Seven Evil Slips Chapter 98:

Uncle Zhang bought some fruits, such as watermelons from early spring, imported cherries, and mangosteens.

When approaching the private club, I looked up and saw a car.

Black hummer, so big, crouching like a menacing beast, with a row of hunting lights on top, like angry questioning eyes.

Uncle Zhang stood still.

Luo Ren walked around from the back of the car to the front of the car, leaned against the front of the car and stood still, crossed his arms, raised his eyes to look at the sky.

It's a good day today, with a cloud or two floating in the blue sky.

Obviously she was waiting for him, but she didn't look at him, she was calm and relaxed.

Uncle Zhang laughed, he liked this young man a little bit.

It's kind of interesting, no matter what the result is, if it's a man, you should chase after it. That's your girlfriend. If you don't have it, you should find it.

Uncle Zhang didn't ask how Luo Ren got here, he took it for granted, no matter whether it's overt or dark, a man should have some tricks.

If this is the selection of a son-in-law, Luo Ren should have passed his test, but it's a pity, no.

Uncle Zhang sighed.

He said: "The proprietress is above, Luo Ren, come in and talk."

After finishing speaking, he raised his feet and walked into the clubhouse. The stairs were stepped up one by one, and each step seemed to deliberately widen and raise the distance from the ordinary world.

Luo Ren looked up and saw the signboard of the psychological club. The logo was a black circle, inside was a black silhouette of a woman, with her neck raised slightly, her arms stretched out, touching the boundary of the circle, about to come out but not out.

In a sense, everyone in this world is trapped in their own shadows. The difference is that some people are brighter, some are darker, some are clearly divided, and some confuse the illusory reality, so some people just After entering this square house, some people are still wandering outside.

Yan Hongsha's phone call came at this time.

Question: "Luo Ren, is there any news about Kiyo?"

The voice was timid, since she was reprimanded by Luo Ren in the mountains last time, she had a natural avoidance and fear towards Luo Ren.

Luo Ren said: "Yes. I just don't know why, and I'm in the psychological club."

Previously, I guessed that I might have gone to a better hospital for diagnosis and treatment, although this guess is not tenable-changing hospitals is not a shameful thing, why hide it.

Uncle Zhang at the front turned around, as if wondering why he followed so slowly.

"If it's okay, hang up first, and then contact me."

Yan Hongsha paused for a second or two, and suddenly became anxious: "Don't, don't, Luo Ren, I have something to tell you."

Luo Ren signaled Uncle Zhang to wait for him, then stood under the clubhouse's signboard logo, and finished answering Yan Hongsha's phone call.

The content of the phone call was nothing new to him, but he could tell that the two girls were cautiously trying to hide their secrets. He smiled and said, Got it.

Before hanging up the phone, Yan Hongsha hesitated and asked, "Luo Ren, do you despise Kiyo?"

Luo Ren said: "You think too much."

He put away the phone, took a deep breath, and walked a few steps to catch up with Uncle Zhang.

The mood is still calm, but it is not uncomfortable.

That kind of feeling that one person walks alone, and the whole world pours suspicion, worry, concealment, and avoidance, even if it is well-intentioned, it also makes people feel discouraged.

Stepping on the stairs covered with thick dark pattern carpet all the way up, there are portraits of people from all over the world hanging on the side wall, Freud, Jung, Vygotsky, the gloomy eyes of the masters look at the world, Worrying without exception.

What makes Luo Ren dumbfounded is that there is actually a portrait of Lao Tzu, with a line of mottos under the portrait.

——He who overcomes others is powerful, and he who overcomes himself is strong.

After thinking about it, I was right. Any psychological problem is probably due to the competition between myself and myself.

***

Walking to a gorgeous double door, Uncle Zhang asked Luo Ren to wait.

Wait and wait, everyone has already arrived, and he is not impatient.

After a while, Uncle Zhang came out and led him in.

The room is dark and gorgeous, and the carpet is soft and thick, so you don't have to worry about damaging even fragile things if you fall on it.

Luo Ren thinks that this kind of arrangement is very good, and people's hearts are also fragile. Entering such an environment will feel safe and secure.

Large and luxurious mahogany table, behind which sat an elegant middle-aged man in a suit, Luo Ren had seen his photo, He Ruihua.

Huo Zihong is also there, sitting on a camel-colored leather sofa. This kind of sofa is very popular among guests because it has no personality and shape.

Luo Ren greeted Huo Zihong: "Long time no see."

She has gone out to relax for so long, but she may not really find peace, and her heart is not a sheep, so if she changes to a piece of grass to graze, she will have no desires or desires.

When saying hello, he noticed that Huo Zihong was holding an old-fashioned video tape in his hand.

The dark box looks bulky and bulky compared to today's data storage cards, but there must be secrets that have not been seen for a long time locked inside.

Luo Ren sat down on another sofa, there was pre-made tea on the table at hand, Uncle Zhang sat on a chair near the door, with fruit bags at his feet, like patients waiting in line for medical treatment .

Huo Zihong said: "This Mr. He Ruihua was working as a doctor in a well-known hospital eight years ago. At that time, he was the attending doctor of Kishiro. Later, even if he came out to set up a club by himself, he kept in touch with us all the time. , has been following Kiyo's case."

Luo Ren asked: "Always?"

"Always."

"Does Kiyo know?"

"Don't know."

Luo Ren's heart tugged a little.

He Ruihua said: "Or, you can first tell this Mr. Luo about what happened eight years ago."

Well, eight years ago.

A number worth pondering, Kiyo has practiced martial arts for eight years. It was also eight years since Huo Zihong moved his family to Lijiang suddenly.

***

Huo Zihong was silent for a while, she didn't think much about some things, the human heart has the nature of seeking good and avoiding evil, and there are some things that she always wants to discard completely selfishly.

Now she has to restore it bit by bit, and the past has been pulled away bit by bit, and her heart is heavy when she hasn't even opened her mouth.

"Eight years ago, Kiyo... was fifteen years old, and she was still a little girl. At that time, I had adopted her for more than ten years. Kiyo was very nice, cute, cheerful, and mischievous."

"I have a good friend in class named Shen Wen. The two of them do everything together except sleep. Best friend, best friend, you can say whatever you want."

"One day, something happened. In fact, at first glance, it was just a trivial matter."

Aunt Hong sighed and smiled, thinking, it's fate to be like this, good luck tricks people.

At that time, there was a Hollywood blockbuster released, "Night at the Museum". Kiyo and Shen Wen agreed to watch it together, and Kiyo bought tickets in advance.

But when that day came, there was a change of mind.

Shen Wen said that her parents would not let her go, and the senior high school entrance examination was coming soon, so she was told to study hard at home.

Of course Kiyo is not happy, she can't find other friends temporarily, and if no one is with her, she doesn't want to go to see it herself, and throws away the ticket money, it's a shame she can't bear it.

She had an idea of ​​her own.

She went to Shen Wen's house with her schoolbag on her back, knocked on the door, met Shen Wen's mother's surprised eyes, and said, "I'm going to go to tutoring with Wenwen."

Didn't talk about it beforehand, Shen Wen was at a loss, so she had to fumble with Ren Mudai's compilation.

Kiyo said: "The math teacher said that I got a set of papers, which were given by the teacher who gave the questions for the senior high school entrance examination. There is a high possibility of winning the exam questions, so in a small range, I found a few top students in the class to study together. Take a look."

Shen Wen's mother didn't doubt it, and she was quite relieved: Kiyo and Shen Wen both studied well, and they were the teachers' focus. With good materials, it is normal to give priority to top students.

When going out, Shen Wen's mother told her: "Take the main road and watch for a car. If you are late for tutoring, call back and ask your mother to pick you up."

Having said this, Huo Zihong paused.

Luo Ren asked in a low voice: "Is something wrong?"

"I didn't go to school, I took another road, because the movie was about to start, and the two of them copied the abandoned building from the construction site, and took a shortcut that few people take."

Luo Ren's hand on the back of the sofa tightened slightly, even though he knew it was over, listening to her description, he still felt depressed, because of the tragedy that could not be changed.

Huo Zihong took a deep breath, wanting to finish the matter in a few words, but haste instead of speed, always felt that he couldn't finish it.

"I met a group of hooligans, bad boys, and dragged two people upstairs. At that time, Kiyo... well, I said it was a little girl, and sometimes, it was a big girl. I knew what was going to happen, and I struggled to the death. I don't know if it's luck or misfortune..."

Huo Zihong's voice was a little trembling: "Muyo may have struggled a lot. She fell from upstairs. I don't know if it was the second floor or the third floor... Anyway, it was very high, and the back of her head hit the ground, bleeding a lot... ..."

She stopped.

Luo Ren looked at Uncle Zhang: "So Muyo's car accident, you have been going to the doctor all the time, asking if there is any problem if you hit your head, right?"

Uncle Zhang nodded silently, as if feeling cramped, he picked up the fruit bag and carried it into his arms. In the silent room, only the sound of plastic bags was heard.

Clatter clatter.

"Later, when the group of people were caught, the leader confessed that at first, they just wanted to have fun and didn't want to kill anyone. But, they thought that Kiyo was dead, so they thought, anyway, they will lose their lives, one of them will die It is death, and death of two is also death."

"So Wenwen was miserable, insulted, and strangled to death."

Luo Ren closed his eyes for a moment, these things were far less dangerous and intense than what he had experienced, but the soothing tone was like hands slowly clenched on the neck, making people breathless.

"And then?"

Huo Zihong was a little dazed.

She remembers what happened that day very clearly. At about ten o'clock in the evening, she received a call from Shen Wen's mother. She was so anxious that she asked her, didn't the two children say they were going to tutoring? The school asked about it, and the teacher said that there was no such thing at all.

Unlike Shen Wen's mother, Huo Zihong knew about Muyo's going to the movies, and vaguely guessed that she made up an excuse to abduct Shen Wen. Kiyo apologized.

But later, Huo Zihong couldn't sit still anymore.

It's time for the movie to end.

People from the two families joined relatives, friends, and neighbors to go out to search together. At that time, they didn't think of calling the police.

Found the construction site.

When Muyo was discovered first, Shen Wen's mother was paralyzed on the spot with that puddle of blood.

Later, Shen Wen was found in the building again.

Shen Wen has died, but Kiyo still has breath.

Huo Zihong couldn't remember what happened later, but she just felt confused. There were countless mouths talking to her every day. The city is not big. Come.

There are clues, a little gangster couldn't bear the psychological pressure, turned himself in, followed the clues, caught another one, and one fled to another city, the brother unit cooperated and caught it.

Arrested, all arrested.

On the third day after the case was solved, Kiyo woke up.

Huo Zihong said: "At that time, I didn't think it was a good thing. Really, I thought, it might be better if Kiyo went with Shen Wen."

The group of gangsters were arrested and locked in iron prisons, waiting for the punishment of the people. The anger of the Shen family was like **** fangs, beyond the reach of the whip.

Kiyo woke up at this time.

Huo Zihong choked with sobs, tears streaming down her cheeks: "The house was smashed several times, and Kiyo was also beaten many times. Sometimes, she knelt down, and I knelt with her. I can understand the anger of the Shen family. It's only natural, we deserve the beating."

Uncle Zhang lowered his head, clutching the plastic bag, motionless.

At that time, he was already a clerk in Huo Zihong's shop. When the proprietress was beaten, he stood by, and Huo Zihong wouldn't let him interfere.

He will also be beaten. Some woman took off his shoes and slapped him on the back of the head. The hard soles made him tinnitus all the time.

He Ruihua walked over with a sigh, and handed the tissue box on the table to Huo Zihong.

Huo Zihong took several teas in a row, wiped away her tears, and blew her nose again. Luo Ren handed her the water, and she drank it in one gulp.

"I have been enduring it, thinking that I might be able to endure it, and let Kiyo endure it. People have done wrong things and have to atone for their sins, but once, I felt that I couldn't bear it anymore..."

Huo Zihong smiled vaguely in front of her eyes.

That time, her home was also smashed, she lowered her head wearily, and kept silent until the Shen family left.

After the Shen family left, she poured water from the thermos to drink, but the thermos was broken, and the poured water contained a lot of shattered pieces of silver-plated glass. .

Huo Zihong pushed the cup away with a sigh, and looked up to see Kiyo still kneeling there.

She wanted to pull Kiyo up in the past, but suddenly found that there was a piece of light on Kiyo's back, like armor.

She didn't react for a while, and asked strangely: "Kiyo, what is this?"

Kiyo didn't say a word, but Huo Zihong suddenly collapsed.

That's a pushpin.

Later she counted, twenty-three of them, each pierced through the skin and penetrated into the flesh, unexpectedly neatly lined up in a row.

Luo Ren's eyes were sore, and his hands were withdrawn from the back of the sofa, stuck tightly together, and the veins on the back of his hands were bulging.

Huo Zihong said: "I feel that I can't live in this place anymore. I can't cope with the situation and I can't solve the problem. I just want to escape. I called Uncle Zhang and told him to move the store and move. , right away, wherever you want."

She took a deep breath and smiled miserably: "Now that I think about it, I'm not good either. I've never set a good example for Kiyo. I only run away when things happen. I run away when something goes wrong at home. When something happened to Muyo, I took her to escape, and many years later, when the truth came to light, I couldn't face Li Tan, so I ran away again."

Huo Zihong dug out the twenty-three thumbtacks one by one by himself. The porcelain plate was placed on the side, and when each one was thrown in, there was a bang and bloodstains.

Kiyo didn't cry out for pain, he lowered his head, crossed his legs, didn't know what he was looking at, and only asked a sentence in the middle.

She said: "Aunt Hong, in fact, it's better for me to die."

Huo Zihong felt a strange chill in her heart. She didn't realize anything until this moment.

After the accident, she only focused on letting Kiyo endure, redeem, and repent, but she never realized that Kiyo was actually still young, and she had the perseverance and resilience that many adults would have. .

There is something wrong with Kiyo's spirit.

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