People are often in the most critical moments, in the most embarrassing predicament, and in the moment of despair, to recall more of the past things that they did not want to think about and did not disdain to think about.

Those past events that once made me unpleasant, but when I thought about it at this time, it gave Xu Yang a trace of warmth. In this small room where time seems to have stopped, only these memories of the past let Xu Yang know that he is still alive.

Xu Yang no longer felt hunger, thirst, pain, or fear. I could only feel endless tiredness, and I just wanted to close my heavy eyelids and fall asleep.

Xu Yang hugged his shoulders and curled up weakly in the corner of this room, and it was pitch black all around.

The four strong men guarding him didn't know where they had gone at this time, and Xu Yang was powerless to think about it. At this time, he didn't even have the strength to sit up, and every breath had to take a lot of effort, not to mention the idea of escaping.

In the quiet of the night, I don't know where the sound of the faucet dripping came from, "tick, tick, tick, tick......"

This sound, which I can't hear even if I prick up my ears during the day, is unusually clear at the moment. Xu Yang only felt that his blood and soul were leaving his body bit by bit with this ticking sound.

There was occasionally a chaotic snoring sound not far away, I don't know which floor it came from, Xu Yang was sure that it was where he usually slept, and he had been listening to these snoring sounds for more than two months.

But at this moment, he can only listen with his ears, but he is no longer able to think. The occasional scream of a wild cat in the distance made the night even more terrifying.

Xu Yang was dazed and about to fall asleep, and suddenly a loud siren broke through the quiet night, followed by the sound of people running and shouting, and there was chaos in an instant.

Xu Yang struggled to sit up, but fell down again, and once again used the last bit of strength in his body to prop himself up, a few people had come in outside the door, and a strong light flashed at Xu Yang, Xu Yang was stabbed by the strong light, and immediately closed his eyes, only to feel a faint pain in his eyes.

"There's another person here. I heard someone shouting to the person behind him.

Xu Yang didn't know who it was, he struggled to get up, but he couldn't be weaker anymore and fell to the ground. The man with the flashlight hurriedly ran over and shouted to the people behind: "Get the ambulance over!"

Xu Yang lay on his back on the ground, only to hear people ask with concern: "How are you?" Hold on, hold on!"

"Mmmm, mmmm, hmm..." Xu Yang hummed several times in a row, trying to answer as much as possible, but the voice was blocked in his throat, and he couldn't get it out, and in a hurry, he was about to faint, and he opened his eyes strongly, shouting in his heart: Don't sleep, don't sleep, don't sleep!

There were a few more people in the room, and a few more flashlights, Xu Yang's consciousness was completely blurred, and he only felt that someone was taking his pulse, touching his head, and listening to his heartbeat among the people who pressed him, and then he felt that his body was lifted, and there were many shadows in front of him, flashing red and blue lights, and someone was asking him with concern, and he fainted in front of him.

............

Xu Yang slowly opened his eyes. The white ceiling, the round incandescent lampshade, a drip bottle hanging on a shelf in front of him, and a transparent thin tube attached to the back of his hand.

The house is not big, with white walls and blue walls, and the small room is neat and quiet.

The small room has big windows, the windows are very bright, and the sunlight pours into the house, Xu Yang's cold body immediately warms up.

Xu Yang closed his eyes, opened them again, and his consciousness gradually became clear, only to know that he was not dreaming, and saw that he was covered with a white cloth quilt, and the shabby clothes and pants on his body were gone, but he changed into a comfortable hospital gown.

With the sobering consciousness, Xu Yang dared to be sure that he had really left that terrible little black house, and his heart was ecstatic. Then I felt weakness and pain all over my body, I was thirsty, I wanted to open my mouth to shout but my voice was weak, I wanted to get out of bed, but I couldn't move. It's like being in a nightmare, with a clear mind but unable to move.

Xu Yang closed his eyes again helplessly. The door opened at this time, and a few people walked in, Xu Yang opened his eyes, and the first thing that caught his eye was his mother's caring face, followed by his father.

"Thank goodness, my son, you're awake. When the mother saw Xu Yang wake up, she was stunned for a moment, and then she threw herself on Xu Yang with old tears, hugged Xu Yang, and shouted with all her might: "You scared your mother to death! You scared your mother to death! You have been in a faint for three days and three nights, and you don't know when you shout and beat you, my mother thinks that you will never wake up again, you are scared to death!"

In Xu Yang's memory, his mother never hugged him after he was five years old, and now his mother is really holding herself, and she can't help but mourn in her heart, and she cried out.

"Don't cry! Father said in a thick voice.

Xu Yang put away crying, and his mother hugged her son with pity for a while, before she reluctantly stood up straight, staring at Xu Yang tenderly with teary eyes.

Xu Yang looked at his father, his father's face was tense, but his eyes were full of softness and love.

Xu Yang mourned again in his heart, shouted Dad, and tears rolled down again.

In just 6 days in the small black room, Xu Yang experienced hellish torture, physically and mentally devastated, plus malnutrition, a big man of 1.85 meters and a strong man of 160 pounds, when he was rescued by the police, he was already dying, and only more than 140 pounds were left.

After more than ten days of recuperation in the hospital, Xu Yang's body gradually recovered, and he returned to his hometown with his parents, the home he thought of countless times when he was desperate, and the mountain and the stream that he thought of countless times.

In the more than ten days in the hospital, there were constantly police officers who came to make records and make inquiries, and Xu Yang answered them one by one without concealment, but what he knew was really limited.

Xu Yang later learned that there were dozens of pyramid scheme dens across the country, covering many provinces and cities, and the police had been watching them for a long time. On that night, the provincial police took unified action to wipe out dozens of pyramid scheme dens across the country, and Lao Li and several former lecturers were also arrested one by one in this operation, and the leaders involved in the case were also arrested one by one. But Brother Niu and the four strong men guarding Xu Yang didn't know how to get the news, so they slipped away in advance and are still on the run. It's no wonder that Xu Yang didn't see the four strong men that night.

Xu Yang, who returned to his hometown, recovered physically, but had mental problems. At night, he often dreamed of Brother Niu's face, the face of a twenty-three or four-year-old white and pure young man, but he instantly turned into a devil, and pounced on him with his teeth and claws. Xu Yang wanted to run and couldn't move, but he was pressed to the ground by four strong men, but the faces of the four strong men were not human faces, animal faces, and human bodies, but they were all hideous and terrifying. Xu Yang shouted for help, but it was dark and no one came to save him.

Xu Yang no longer has the heroism of the past, Zhang Fei Changbanqiao scared off Cao Jun's spirit, Xu Yang has nothing left on him, and he locks himself in the house all day long, afraid of seeing people.

This saddened Xu Yang's mother and father, the mother cried when she saw her son, and every time Xu Da Butcher came out of the stall, he also lost his old bold smile.

His parents sought medical advice everywhere for Xu Yang, and even asked Daxian to tell fortunes and make fortunes, and asked witches to dance to exorcise demons, but they didn't get better. A young man who used to be a dragon and a tiger has become a wilting and sick cat now.

The days passed like this, Xu Yang was young and strong after all, and he got better little by little. Time is truly the most miraculous doctor in the world, and it can heal all wounds.

Although Xu Yang's nightmares have become fewer and his spirit has recovered little by little, his former heroism is no longer there, he has become taciturn, and he does not like to interact with people. But no matter what, my father and mother felt some relief and steadiness.

Wei Zhengdao really didn't expect that his eldest brother would experience the baptism of life and death in just a few years. Looking at the eldest brother's face, although he did not have the heroism of the past, he had a little more vicissitudes and calmness. After some twists and turns, it is not necessarily a bad thing, but I feel that Xu Yang is better than before, but his body has lost a lot of weight.

"Second brother, you are so dignified, how could you quit such a job that is the envy of many people?" Lin Yu pushed the big glasses on the bridge of his nose and asked puzzled.

"Yes, second brother, I heard about it at the time, and I couldn't believe it was true, did something happen to you? Xu Yang was also puzzled.

In their opinion, the profession of the police is a profession with infinite beauty, mighty and handsome, who dares to provoke you, and everyone has to listen to you. And he is also a state civil servant. Xu Yang was able to quit such a job, they couldn't understand it.

Seeing that the eldest brother and third brother were so curious, Xu Yang's thoughts suddenly returned to the four years he had joined the police, sighed, and spoke eloquently.