Chapter 793 Desperate People
After the police left, the woman cried out. She picked up the torn coat and silently wiped the drink and food residue on the floor, not noticing the reactions of the two children in the back room.
The short boy with mental retardation grabbed a handful of food from the ground and stuffed it into his mouth along with the garbage and the dregs of the wine bottle.
The thick lip was scratched by the residue, leaving a small gap. It seemed that he felt pain, and the short boy whimpered.
Logically speaking, the two children were hiding in the back room. They should be brothers. But when the younger brother started crying, the taller boy ignored him, as if he didn't see him at all. The woman who was still cleaning outside realized something was wrong and ran in quickly. She put her hand into the child's mouth and pulled out what he had swallowed.
She was skilled in her movements, and this probably happened more than once or twice.
"Don't eat randomly and put everything in your mouth." The woman patted the child's back, even though she was scarred and had to take care of two children: "Ali, didn't I tell you to look after your brother?!"
The tall boy was standing nearby, not knowing what he was thinking.
I noticed what women called tall boys. This boy who looked to be eleven or twelve years old and much taller than his peers should be Zhu Li.
"Growing up in a family like this, it's no wonder things get twisted."
There was movement downstairs, and I hid back on the fourth floor. After a while, a man came up cursing.
"Call the police?" The man's voice was gloomy and scary: "Ali, take your brother out first."
He moved his wrists with handcuff marks on them, his face turned red, as if he was trying his best to suppress his emotions.
Hearing the man's voice, the woman seemed to expect that something bad would happen. She quietly pushed Zhu Li's back: "Take care of my brother."
Zhu Li dragged his crying brother out of the hut. The man locked the iron door with a bang, and then there was another heart-wrenching sound in the house.
Holding his brother's hand, Zhu Li stood outside the iron gate for a long time, as if he had made up his mind. With a smile on his face, he coaxed his brother, saying that he would take him to eat good food. There were two children, one big and one small. Just walked downstairs.
I was also very worried about the situation of the woman in the house, but my reason told me that this was just Zhu Li's dream, everything had happened before, it was just a memory, and no matter what I did, it couldn't be changed.
Following closely behind the two brothers, he came downstairs.
To my surprise, the police car did not drive far. The policeman who stayed to help the woman clean up the house was patrolling the area. He was probably worried that the woman would be harmed again.
Zhu Li knew what the man was planning to do when he separated himself and his brother. He also heard the screams of his mother in the house, but instead of asking the police for help, he held his brother's hand and entered the depths of the city.
Jinghai has been changing almost every day for the past thirty years. The city is constantly renovating and expanding outwards, and there are construction sites everywhere.
It was dark at night, and Zhu Li led his foolish brother into a certain construction site. He was very familiar with the terrain here. He dodged the guarding workers and quickly came to a fence with a no-entry sign hanging on it.
The two children walked around the fence for more than ten meters, found a gap that could barely accommodate adults, and squeezed in.
I was curious about what they were going to do, so I followed them quietly.
Inside the fence is the foundation of the building under construction, which is three to four meters deep, with steel bars and cement pillars at the bottom.
"Come on." After entering the fence, Zhu Li let go of his brother's hand and walked quickly in front. The smile on his face became more sincere: "Come here, I will give you delicious food."
A half-meter-wide wooden board was placed on the edge of the cement pillar and the foundation. Zhu Li easily walked across the board and stood on the cement pillar, looking at his brother with a smile.
The short boy was instinctively afraid and did not dare to go over despite Zhu Li's shouts.
After a stalemate for five or six minutes, the smile on Zhu Li's face froze. His expression at this time was very similar to his terrible father, gloomy and scary.
"What on earth does he want to do? Come to the construction site to play with his brother in the middle of the night?" I continued to watch, and Zhu Li quickly lost patience. He walked to the other side of the board and forcibly dragged his brother to the cement pillar.
The short child was trembling with fear and hugged Zhu Li's waist and arms. The two brothers stood on the high concrete pillar like this.
"Zhu Cheng, you are hurting everyone by living like this. Do you know? As long as you live, mother will never be able to get rid of that man." Zhu Li seemed to be talking to himself. He looked at the short boy's lips. On the cut wound: "You are living in such pain, it is better to die, so that my mother and I can be happy."
The younger brother didn't know what a terrifying thing Zhu Li was describing. His legs became weak and he hugged Zhu Li tightly and refused to let go.
However, Zhu Li's next move was a bit surprising. He was much stronger than the short boy. He directly took out his hand, held down the child's wrist, and squeezed the child to the edge of the cement pillar.
"Xiaocheng, can you help me? Help me!" Zhu Li may have planned it many times, and the angle he chose was just right at the exposed steel bars under the foundation.
The younger brother was like a sparrow caught by a hunter, making a sharp sound. Zhu Li turned a deaf ear and pushed his younger brother down with sudden force with his hands.
After falling from a concrete pillar three to four meters high, the steel bar penetrated his brother's chest, cracking his ribs and causing blood to flow out. The younger brother's clothes were stained red, and he looked like an abandoned rag doll. His little mouth was still opening and closing, but he no longer had the strength to make a sound.
Appreciating his masterpiece, Zhu Li, who was only 11 or 12 years old, showed a satisfied smile on his face. He did not have any regrets. Perhaps he was already looking forward to the upcoming happiness.
"I will live on with your share. Good night, my brother."
Just when Zhu Li pushed his brother off the cement pillar, something as bright as crystal fell out of his body and rolled down next to his brother's body, stained red with blood.
Zhu Li took a few deep breaths, suppressed his smile, pretended to be panicked, and hurriedly returned the same way. He seemed to be preparing to tell the adults about this "unfortunate" and "accident".
After he ran away, I walked out of the darkness, jumped off the concrete pillar with doubts, and picked up the crystal that fell out of Zhu Li's body.
Even if it is soaked in blood, this crystal is still bright. I hold it in my hand and feel it with my mind. It contains all kinds of beautiful things, such as happiness, kindness, perseverance, etc.
"This should be the humanity that Zhu Li discarded." I didn't know what the use of this thing was, so I put the crystal away and chased Zhu Li back to the community.
Before Zhu Li, who was putting on a show, could tell the news to the adults, he saw several police cars and ambulances parked at the entrance of the corridor, and there were even newspaper reporters at the scene.
The neighbor who had remained silent before also hid behind the window to peek. An ominous premonition appeared in Zhu Li's mind. He stared at the entrance of the corridor. Not long after, three policemen dragged out the man with blood-stained hands.
Even if he was controlled, the man's expression was still ferocious and terrifying. He shouted and resisted, and was finally pushed to the ground.
This scene is consistent with the scene I saw in the newspaper pictures. The man was put into a police car and taken away. Immediately afterwards, the emergency doctor carried a stretcher downstairs. Zhu Li's mother was no longer human, her breathing was weak, and it looked like she was dying. .
Zhu Li was like a little animal cornered, running faster and faster towards the stretcher, but was stopped by the police.
He cried and yelled, but all to no avail. Finally, the policeman who was helping the woman pack up the groceries came over, gently held Zhu Li's head, and let Zhu Li chew on him to vent his anger.
The expected happiness did not appear. Instead, the "home" that had been carefully maintained was completely destroyed.
No one asked about the matter of Zhu Li's brother. After the police car drove away, the surrounding neighbors closed the curtains and continued to remain silent. Zhu Li was the only one left standing blankly at the door of the community.
"This incident in childhood should be the beginning of Zhu Li's mental illness." I stood in the shadows and stared at him, "This is just a shallow dream, but it has already involved human life, domestic violence, etc. I really don't know What his mid-level dream would be like.”