Seeing the sudden change in her son's face, Chen Yulian muttered again, and made up her mind to take her son to the doctor tomorrow, but a smile appeared on her face, "Xiao Qi, if you feel uncomfortable, just eat and continue to sleep.
, Tomorrow, Monday, mom will take you to the doctor to prescribe some medicine, so I’m just going to take a day off and rest for a day.”
"oh."
Xiao Qi nodded slightly. He also needed some time to sort out his thoughts and adapt to his current mood.
Happiness comes so suddenly that people sometimes cannot react.
Chen Yulian was still not at ease, so she decided to give her son a few more words, "Xiao Qi, you turned eighteen last week and have become an adult. You must learn to take care of yourself. Don't worry your mother all the time."
,do you know?"
"knew."
Xiao Qi felt warm in his heart. In the next ten years, his days with his parents would be numbered, so it was very warm to listen to his mother's nagging over the phone.
Now listening to it in person, I feel even more good about having my mother by my side.
yes!
You are all eighteen years old, you should work hard on your life, eighteen...
Um?
Birthday last week?
Today is Sunday?!
Xiao Qi's face turned pale.
Extremely pale.
"mom……"
"how?"
Chen Yulian was engrossed in eating and didn't realize that her son's face was as pale as paper and his voice was trembling uncontrollably.
"Today...what day is today..."
"Silly boy! Why are you talking nonsense?" Chen Yulian looked up and was shocked again when she saw her son's face. "Are you okay? Do you want to go to the hospital?"
"Mom! I'm okay, tell me quickly!" Xiao Qi's hand holding the chopsticks was shaking uncontrollably.
"Today is September 8th, Sunday...Hey! What are you doing?"
Before Chen Yulian finished speaking, Xiao Qi, who had been staring at the clock on the wall, dropped the bowl and chopsticks and ran towards the door.
Chen Yulian quickly grabbed her son's arm, her face turned pale, "Son, don't scare mom! What's going on?"
As she spoke, her eyes turned red, and a feeling of worry and fear took over Chen Yulian's mind.
Xiao Qi reached over, hugged his mother hard, and then let go: "Mom, it's too late, I'll come back and explain to you!"
"But...it's so late, what are you doing out there?" Chen Yulian asked with a frown.
The clock now points to eight-thirty in the evening. Even though it is the summer season, it is pitch dark outside.
If her son hadn't been honest since he was a child, Chen Yulian would really be worried about what bad things he might do.
Xiao Qi grabbed his mother's shoulders and said as calmly as possible: "Mom, I have something very important to do. It's not a bad thing. I'll talk to you when I get back."
He knew his mother's character. Even though she was usually so fierce, she actually doted on her son, especially since he had never done bad things since he was a child and studied hard.
As long as you tell her well, my mother will definitely let you go out.
As expected, Chen Yulian thought for a while and nodded, "Xiao Qi, you have to come back early, don't let your mother worry... this damn child~~"
Seeing that Xiao Qi ran out before he finished speaking, Chen Yulian was angry and funny, but another thought flashed through her mind: Could this silly boy be in puppy love?
Of course Xiao Qi is not in puppy love. In fact, when he was in the United States, he never dated a girlfriend. He just focused on learning all kinds of knowledge and scientific research. There are too many doctoral students in the same field who are like this, so it doesn't seem out of the ordinary.
.
It's not that Xiao Qi doesn't like women, on the contrary, he has many girls who he likes and admires silently, especially his deskmate who is as beautiful as a fairy, and she is the one he dreams about most.
The reason why he has never dated a girlfriend happened to be tonight.
It was what happened tonight that left a lingering shadow on Xiao Qi.
Now that he actually had the opportunity to break through this shadow, Xiao Qi was naturally so nervous and excited that his whole body was shaking. Even when he ran out, he exceeded his usual fastest speed.
However……
Running too fast is not a good thing either.
Because he ran out of the municipal government family building area and reached the intersection of the street, Xiao Qicai sadly discovered that he had forgotten to pick up the car from the carport.
Without a bicycle, it's such a long distance from here to Huangshulin. How can I get rid of my inner demons and rescue the two most innocent and pitiful classmates?
Just as he was gritting his teeth and wanting to run back to the carport to pick up the car, his eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure.
Xiao Qi was overjoyed and rushed forward quickly.
Because he moved too much, the handsome young man pushing the bicycle and chatting and laughing with a girl noticed it early, raised his head and looked over, and was stunned.
Xiao Qi didn't care whether he stayed or not, he grabbed his car and said, "Master He, let me borrow your car!"
"Hey, hey, Archie, this is my new chariot! What are you doing...don't, don't, don't...don't break it. Wherever you want to go, I'll take you there!"
Seeing that he could no longer take care of his car, the handsome young man quickly proposed to become a coachman, otherwise he would die.
"Okay, I'm going to Huangshulin, hurry up!" Seeing that he was going to lose time, Xiao Qi could only sit down in the back seat and said.
"Oh... Xiaoyuan, you go home first, see you at school tomorrow!"
The handsome young man also saw that Xiao Qi was really anxious and did not dare to delay. He greeted his female companion and rode away quickly.
A handsome boy named He Hao was the third eldest child in his family. He was a classmate of Xiao Qi. His grades were not very good, but he was handsome and his family was rich.
Xiao Na is relative to the word Lao Na. He Hao likes to play tricks and often says that the young monk is Xiao Na, so Xiao Na becomes his self-proclaimed name. Xiao Qi usually calls him "Master He".
This kind of person should be very popular with girls, but unfortunately, his popularity with women is not good.
The reason is that He Hao has too many mouths, just like a telephone line. If you tell him something that falls into his ears, he will basically turn around and tell you, which makes both boys and girls not like him very much.
However, He Hao was Xiao Qi's classmate in elementary school, junior high school, and high school. Naturally, Xiao Qi had a better relationship with him on weekdays.
Precisely because of their good relationship, He Hao rode hard and murmured that it was not easy for him to ask Xiaoyuan out, but he was messed up by you. It was really a heinous crime.
Xiao Qi, who was nervous and excited at the same time, didn't listen to He Hao's nagging.
Xiao Qi's mind was now completely immersed in the incident that affected his life.
It was six o'clock in the morning on Monday, September 9, 2005.
When I got up in the morning and went to the bathroom, I suddenly heard the ringtone of the mobile phone in my parents' room, and then my father answered the phone. When Xiao Qi came back from the toilet and passed by his parents' room, he found that his parents were getting dressed in a panic.
Seeing his son's surprised look, his father Xiao Xu somehow blurted out: "Something happened to Yang Xue! Something big happened!"
Xiao Qi still remembered that at that moment, he was confused and wanted to continue sleeping, but suddenly it was as if a basin of ice water was poured on his head in winter. After trembling all over, he suddenly woke up soberly that he didn't feel sleepy at all.
Immediately, Xiao Qi, who was confused, followed his parents and went to the hospital first. What he saw was Yang Xue, his good friend since childhood, lying on the hospital bed covered in blood with tubes inserted into his body.
, his head was wrapped tightly. When he got closer, he saw that the gauze was covered with blood, and the hospital bed was also covered with blood.
Yang Xue was injured with a homemade gunpowder gun and then thrown into the Lujiang River.
Originally, Yang Xue was calm enough in the face of danger and wanted to pretend to be dead to escape, but the cruel gangster still threw him into the Lujiang River.
If Yang hadn't learned how to swim and a boat salvaging sand and gravel had not passed by and rescued him, I'm afraid we would never have seen him again.
It happened that Yang Xue was still awake at this time. When he heard his mother sobbing and talking to Xiao Xu and the others, he called out, "Is Xiao Qi here? Is Xiao Qi here?"
Xiao Qi, who had never seen this scene before, was almost paralyzed with fear. Even seven or eight years later, when Xiao Qi thought of this scene, he was surprised that he had the courage to walk to the hospital bed and lean over.
Arriving in front of Yang Xue.
The weird smell of blood made Xiao Qi afraid to see blood from now on, so he just stayed in school and didn't have to worry about anything outside.
"Help me find Su Zi! Xiao Qi, help me find Su Zi!!"
This resolute and subtle voice, without any choking or pause, also became the words that often echoed in Xiao Qi's ears.
Su Zi has been found.
Xiao Qi saw Su Zi lying quietly in the morgue of the hospital half an hour later.
Su Zi, who could no longer breathe, still maintained a look of horror and pain, which showed how severe the torture she had suffered.
Because it was necessary to keep it as it was and let the police investigate and find clues, no one took care of or clean Su Zi's body.
So when Xiao Qi came up, in addition to seeing Su Zi's face, he also saw her torn clothes and pants, saw the tiny wounds all over her body, and saw the hair that covered important parts but couldn't be closed at all.
Legs.
This scene, together with the previous scene on Yang Xue's hospital bed, are known as Xiao Qi's two nightmares.
So far, he has never forgotten it for a moment, and he has a shadow because of it. From then on, he was unwilling to contact others. It was not until three or four years later that he got better.
Maybe it's also because I'm timid.
Xiao Qi, who was sitting in the car, recalled this scene and shook his head with a self-deprecating smile.
But his face gradually became determined.
Yang Xue!
Su Zi!
Just wait!
When I, Xiao Qi, come back, I will never allow such tragic things to happen to you innocent people again!