Chapter 5: Midnight Fright

I hastened pace, aware that aunt''''s house was nearby. If I could reach it, I would be safe. With all strenth, I pounded on aunt''''s door.

我用了最快的速度往前赶着，姑姑，前面不远处就是姑姑的家，只要我能撑着走到姑姑家我就安全了。

"Ban, ban, ban!" I knocked on aunt''''s door with all strenth.

“咚咚咚！咚咚咚！咚咚咚！”我使劲地敲着姑姑家的大门。

"Who is it?" I heard aunt''''s voice froinside.

“谁呀？”远远地听到是姑姑的声音。

"Auntie, it''''s , Lotus!"

“姑姑，是我，是我，莲儿呀。”

"Child, why are you out so late?" Reconizin voice, aunt quickly opened the door to let in.

“孩子，你怎么这么晚了还在外面呀？”姑姑听到是我的声音赶紧把门打开让我进去。

My trelin body finally found refue.

我抖擞的身子终于找到了安全的港湾。

Once aunt closed the door, I couldn''''t hold back tears and told her everythin that had happened.

待姑姑把门关好后，我再也无法克制住，哭着把事情的经过告诉了姑姑。

The barkin of dos outside continued nonstop. The n was still out there. The barkin continued for a lon ti before ceasin. Only then was I sure the n had left and I was finally safe.

门外的狗叫声一直不停地响着，那个男人还在外面，狗叫声持续了好久才停，等狗叫声停了，我才确定了那个男人离开了，而我也终于真正地安全了。

Later, aunt told father about the incident and blad hifor allowin , a youn irl, to do business alone so late at niht. It was far too danerous.

后来姑姑找到了我的父亲和他说了这件事情，并且责怪父亲让我一个女儿家这么晚一个人在外面做买卖，太不安全了。

However, aunt''''s reprind had no iact. My father reined that selfish and self-centered n. He never showed any fatherly affection. All he ever cared about was how to benefit fro. What advantaes could I brin hi How could I help our faly?

可是姑姑的责怪并没有起作用，父亲永远都是那个自私自利的父亲，他对我从来没有父爱，有的从来就是怎么从我身上获取利益，我能为他带来什么好处？我能帮助这个家庭什么？

Children without thers are truly pitiful, especially irls.

没娘的孩子真的很可怜，特别是针对女孩子。

Perhaps other therless children aren''''t as unfortunate as sisters and I because they still have their fathers or randparents. However, we don''''t have randparents, and our father is a very we