Chapter 22: Pain
Regner had been very worried about Erin lately, he hadn't seen her in a while, and although there had been a few times before when she had been locked up in a small room by that adoptive father and couldn't come out, this time it seemed to be extraordinarily long.
Regner didn't want to go to Erin's house to find her, and every time he visited before, in addition to being beaten by that strong man, Erin's "confinement" time would also be extended by one day, so he never went to Erin's house later. But if you count it this time, Regner hasn't seen Erin for almost two weeks, which has to worry him, and at noon Ragner thinks twice, he still decides to go to Erin's house in the afternoon to have a look.
"Tuk tuk" Regner knocked softly on the door, and then said politely, "Hello, is Erin at home?"
Regner knocked several times and no one answered, he thought there was no one at home, but just as he looked through the crack in the door, the door suddenly opened, and a pair of red eyes burned by alcohol were staring at Regner.
"I said who it was, it turned out to be the concubine of that little girl. The strong man's tongue curled as he spoke, and Regner could clearly smell the strong smell of wine he was exhaling.
"Hello, sir. I'm looking for Erin, is she home?" Regner ignored the brawny man's foul language.
"Erin, she's not here!" After the strong man finished speaking, he slammed the door shut, and through the wooden door, Regner heard the strong man muttering something, "That little girl, I'm not even happy to let Lao Tzu touch it twice, phew, I don't bother to touch it when I look like that ghost!"
"Bang bang bang. Regner knocked on the door again.
"It's over, isn't it?!" the strong man was obviously starting to get a little annoyed.
Regner looked at the strong man's horizontal flesh, swallowed his saliva and plucked up his courage and said, "Isn't Erin at home?
"I've said I'm not home! don't bother me anymore!" the strong man forced his anger and closed the door.
Regner was really in a hurry this time, he knocked on the door "bang", and kept shouting: "Is she really not at home? Where did she go? Tell me, I'll go to her myself, please tell me, I'll go back to him myself, I won't come here again." ”
The door was opened for the third time, and the strong man obviously didn't suppress his anger anymore, he shouted and scolded: "Fucking don't let people live in peace in the afternoon, right? Lao Tzu said that she is not here, and she will not be here in the future, don't bother me anymore, get out of here!"
Regner's heart became even more anxious when he heard that Erin would not be here in the future, and he leaned in as he yelled, hoping to see Erin in the dimly lit room. But before he could stick his head out, the strong man had already pushed him to a foot, and then he waved his hand and slapped the boy hard, and then kicked him to the ground.
"If you dare to come over again, I'll break your legs!Damn, what's worth your worries about!" the strong man dropped the sentence and closed the door again.
Regner paused for a long time before he got up silently from the ground, and he crouched down against the wall of the house and cried softly, as if it had been the first time he had cried since the old man's death, and he was very sad, really sad.
Because not only is he Erin's first friend, Erin is actually his first friend. The children in the slums are very aggressive, and some often form gangs to bully this and that, and Regner, who is a little withdrawn and silent, is obviously not the target of their activities.
So for a long time, except for the old man Regner, he hardly talked to anyone, and then the old man died, and Ragner became more and more silent and closed, but then Erin seemed to be a light in his dark world, bringing him joy and hope, he gradually became cheerful, and gradually began to laugh.
Regner knew that without Erin, he would have been twisted in the endless loneliness, and he would never even know him. And Erin changed him, changed his life, became his first friend, a friend who could share, who could chat, who could joke.
Now that this friend is gone, the light is gone, and Regner feels that his world is only infinite darkness, what should he do? What can he do? Where has Erin gone? Will she be bullied again there? Her appearance will definitely cause her trouble, what will she do if someone throws a stone at her? I am no longer with her, no one to talk to me anymore, no one to protect her anymore! So Regner was sad because he had nothing left, because there was no one in the world to talk to again.
In addition to these, Regner thought of what the strong man had just said.
"What is worth your attention!"
"What is worth your attention!"
"What is worth your attention!"
What the...... Plaything......
Yes, there are really some things in this world that others abandon and consider themselves to be treasures. This is normal, after all, everyone's values are different, but no one can deny that the things they cherish will make people very unhappy to be looked at all times, and they are even more unhappy and unhappy than others looking down on themselves!
Perhaps in the eyes of the strong man, Erin is a dispensable person, a person who only wastes food waste, but this is all Regna, the only thing Regna has, the only person he cherishes.
I don't look like a person in the slums, and others look down on me and admit it, but what if even the only thing you have is regarded as rubbish? You are very powerful, even if you look down on me, you must not look down on what I have! That is my one, my all! If even these things are regarded as waste, then a person is a complete waste! Because this is a denial of the meaning of a person's existence itself!
Therefore, the strong man's words pierced Regner's heart like a red-hot needle, and the words sounded in his mind over and over again, and the needletips pierced his heart again and again.
Regner felt that he was very aggrieved and sad, but more than that, he was angry, he hated that others looked down on him, and he hated that others looked down on Irene. He wiped away his tears, then slowly stood up.
Although Regner is timid, he always waved his thin arms and fought back desperately when others bullied him in the past, even if this result would make him more seriously injured, but for those who made him unhappy, he would let the other party taste his strength no matter what. And today, the people in this room, this big guy, are really, so unpleasant!
"Bang!" the door to Erin's house was opened for the fourth time, but this time it was from the outside in, and the entire door panel had already flown into the house.
Regner had stopped crying, although his face was stained with tears and his eyes were red and swollen, but now he didn't have a trace of expression, just looked at the man in front of him indifferently.
"Damn, the kid has a lot of strength, you really don't want this leg, right?" The strong man's voice was higher than just now, as if he wanted to give himself courage in this way, because he felt that the child in front of him had undergone some kind of change, and he faintly felt that he might not be able to cope with it.
"Tell me where Erin is, and I'll let you go. Regner said softly, as if it were all taken for granted.
"Fuck you, I'm going to break one of your legs today, I don't think you dare to be arrogant!" The strong man was completely enraged by Regna's arrogant attitude, and he raised his fist the size of a sandbag to hit Regna head-on, just by looking at the momentum, he knew that the force of this punch was enough to knock out Regner's four front teeth.
But something unexpected happened, and Regner took his wrist lightly, as if he were holding a feather. The arm, which was not much thicker than a branch, burst out with incredible force, and it clamped firmly on the strong man's wrist, so that the strong man's fist could not move forward a single bit.
"Tell me, if you still want this arm. Regner looked up at the big man in front of him, still without any expression on his face.
When the strong man saw Regner's eyes, he suddenly felt an inexplicable fear, because he remembered that the kid's pupils were originally blue-black, but now they had turned pure black. It was a deep and pure black, and he couldn't even see a glimmer of luster in this pupil!
The sharp pain in his wrist brought his consciousness back to reality, and Regner slowly exerted force in his hand, and his bones made a slight "creaking" sound under the huge grip, as if he was **.
The strong man began to let out a pig-killing scream, and after confirming that he was given enough deterrence, Regner let go slightly: "Tell me." ”
"I ...... I sold her. The strong man said tremblingly, like a frightened fawn.
A cold glint flashed in Regner's eyes, and he unconsciously increased the strength of his hand and continued to ask, "Who did you sell it to?"
"Ahh
"If you don't say it, I won't let you go now. Regner said coldly, the strength in his hands growing.
"They're not something you can provoke!ahhhh
"That's my own business, and what you have to think about now is whether you're going to have to eat with these hands in the future. "Regner continues to ramp up his strength.
"Okay! I said, I said, hell, let go of your hand first! It's about to break! I said! I said!" The strong man finally broke down.
Regner let go again, and the strong man sat on the ground panting violently, beads of sweat the size of beans hung on his forehead, as if he had gone through a fierce exercise.
"Rolson Chamber of Commerce, I sold Erin to them, three gold coins. The strong man gasped for a moment and then lowered his head and said.
......
Silence, silence for a long time, the strong man didn't know what Regner was doing now, he didn't dare to raise his head, for fear of angering the young man in front of him. He just stared at Regner's dirty trouser leg with some fear, not knowing what would greet him next.
"Ah!!!!!!!h
Listening to Regner's howl, the man suddenly remembered that Erin was good, that this ugly little girl seemed so happy all day long, and whenever he came home exhausted from hard work, this little girl would always prepare bread and ale at home and wait quietly.
Even if he sometimes hit Erin when he was in a bad mood, Erin always sat in the corner and wiped her tears and began to clean up the house quietly, never noisy. Thinking of these men, he suddenly felt a little guilty, but when he thought of the three gold coins given by Rohlson, the man felt that all this seemed to be worthless, after all, those three gold coins made him go to the brothel for three days, and those women's white breasts usually couldn't even be touched.
Regner's body trembled slightly, his hands clenched into fists, his nails embedded in the flesh with a little bloodshot. Erin was gone, and the man sold her for three gold coins! A tyrannical mood grew in his heart, and his spirit began to become trance-like.
Regner wanted to beat the man in front of him, cripple him, or even kill him. But he forcibly suppressed the impulse, because it was this man who raised Erin anyway. Regner knew that if Erin was there, she wouldn't want to do that.