Chapter 43: A Little Boy Without a Name
Xiufu Town, is a quiet town. Probably because of the remote location, not many people live here. When Zuo Yang arrived, it was just a rainy morning, and the moss-covered stone path carried a fresh smell of earth, and he walked into the alley, where every house was whitewashed and tiled, and the red lanterns hung high in the corners of the houses made Zuo Yang feel like he was in a fantasy world outside the big city. However, the tiles on the roof have fallen off, and the lanterns have become no longer bright red and bright due to the dust. Although it is mixed with a sense of dilapidation, this does not affect Zuo Yang's appreciation of the simplicity of this town. A small river meanders under the thin bridge along the houses of the residents, and in the morning you can see some women washing clothes by the river. The town's shops are scattered and the streets are short, but at first glance, they are full of authenticity, peace and warmth. Zuo Yang finally understood why screenwriter Hong was looking for such a remote place to collect style•••••••
Zuo Yang followed Xu Hai's explanation and found the breakfast stall that Hong Si would patronize every day. Zuo Yang found Hong Si sitting on a stone bench drinking soy milk at a glance. Hong Si's temperament is always different, seemingly arrogant and cold, but there is a soft sense of intimacy in her bones, no wonder she can become Xu Yang's good friend.
Hong Si saw Zuo Yang walking towards her, so she smiled and beckoned, turned back to the boss and said, "Boss, add another soy milk and xiaolongbao." ”
Hong Si put breakfast on the small table and motioned to Zuo Yang to come over, "What are you doing standing, come and eat together." ”
Zuo Yang shook his head shyly, "No, I'll stand here and wait for you." ”
Hearing Zuo Yang's polite tone, Hong Si couldn't help but sneer and glanced at him and said, "Stand there and wait for me? Are you a maid? Don't talk nonsense, come and eat, how can you drive without physical strength?" I'm the hottest screenwriter now, if there is a car accident, are you responsible?"
"This ••••••" Zuo Yang thought about it, and walked in front of Hong Si and sat down to have breakfast together.
Hong Si took a big sip of soy milk and said to Zuo Yang, who was eating quietly, "You have changed." When Xiao Yang was still there, you were the most courageous person I have ever met. Now •••••• only promised, are you following Xu Hai together, the days are too good, you will grind out your courage. ”
Zuo Yang suddenly stuffed a whole bun in one bite, and after swallowing it hard, he said to Hong Si: "Screenwriter Hong, I'm done eating." Let's go, we must be there before one o'clock in the afternoon. It's not good to be late. ”
Hong Si was not in a hurry, he was still eating one bite at a time, "What's the hurry, if it's a minute late, Xu Hai will kill me." ”
Zuo Yang didn't say anything to argue, he bowed slightly to Hong Si, "Then, you eat slowly••••••"
Zuo Yang had no choice but to watch her eat. Hong Si didn't feel embarrassed at all about his actions, but ate more slowly and methodically.
It's really boring to stare at a person eating all the time, Zuo Yang was about to fall asleep, and suddenly the boss's roar pulled Zuo Yang back to reality from a trance.
"Little rabbit cub, you dare to steal my grandson's buns!
Hearing this, Zuo Yang immediately turned around, it turned out to be a little boy who stole two meat buns and was caught by the boss. The boss kicked the kid to the ground, punching and kicking him so hard that the people watching the excitement on the side of the road did not dissuade him. The boss is a big man, beating a child like this, Zuo Yang really can't stand it, and wants to go up to dissuade him, but he is stopped by a sister-in-law who sells vegetables, "Young man, a good person is not a casual person." That kid is known to our neighbors, and he is from the next village. I don't know if there's a home, always stealing••••••"
"Then you can't be beaten like this!" Zuo Yang ignored his sister-in-law's advice and stepped forward to grab the breakfast stall owner, "Boss, I'll buy four buns from you for this child, don't beat me." ”
The boss finally stopped, and the child was already paralyzed on the ground, but he was still holding on tightly to the bun he had just stolen, and the skin of the bun had been broken, but he was still holding on tightly for fear that others would take it away.
The boss sighed and said, "Brother, I make you think I'm a bad person, the key is this rabbit cub ••••••"
Zuo Yang immediately took out the money and stuffed it to the boss, "Get me buns." ”
Hong Si helped the little boy up and patted the dust off his body. Zuo Yang handed the packed bun to the boy, "Take it, kid." The little boy took the bun and turned around and left••••••
Zuo Yang and Hong Si kept following behind the little boy, and the little boy glanced back at them, turned around and walked faster and faster, and finally even ran up. Zuo Yang pulled Hong Si to chase forward desperately, and Zuo Yang grabbed the child's shoulder, "Child, don't run, we want to help you, we won't hurt you." ”
The little boy seemed to be frightened, his body was trembling, Hong Si half-squatted down and gently patted his shoulder covered with wet mud, so that his trembling body could calm down, "Good boy, tell Auntie, what's your name?"
The little boy looked at her coldly, "I don't have a name. ”
Hong Si smiled and shook his head at him and said, "Silly boy, everyone has their own name•••••• where do you live?"
"Hell. The little boy replied without thinking.
Hong Si gasped suddenly, how could such a young child say the word "hell" in such a flat tone, "Who said it! Child, who taught you!" Hong Si's sympathy for this child rushed to the top of his head, "Stealing buns, is it because you are hungry?"
The little boy hugged the bun to his chest and shook his head desperately.
Zuo Yang hurriedly stepped forward to pull up Hong Si and said to the little boy, "Don't be afraid, child." We won't snatch your buns. Can you •••••• take us to 'Hell'?"
The little boy turned around and continued to walk forward, no longer disgusted by the two people who followed him••••••
Follow the little boy around and into a dilapidated cabin. This cabin couldn't help but remind Zuo Yang of the cabin where Xu Yang was locked up back then. The dampness in the room was terrible, and the smell of rotting wood in the air made people feel sick all at once. The room was very small, a dilapidated wooden bed, a broken pot and a rusty iron basin that was falling on the roof of the house•••••• there seemed to be a person lying on the bed, because the quilt completely wrapped the body, and the white quilt had grown green mold spots because of the dampness, which made people feel eerie from a distance.
The little boy seemed to be accustomed to this kind of living atmosphere, and he suddenly ran over to the person lying on the bed with a smile, "Mom, Mom•••••• I have buns to eat today." I'll feed you. ”
The little boy pulled off a little bun, lifted the quilt, and fed it to the man lying on the bed. The man had only taken a few bites before he threw it all out, and the little boy patted her on the back, all with such skill. Seeing the side face of the man, Hong Si's heart suddenly surged with an inexplicable familiarity, she approached the person step by step, and said to the little boy, "Child, help your mother up." The little boy helped his mother up, and the feeling in Hong Si's heart became even stronger, and she raised her hand tremblingly and slowly ruffled her hair on one side. Suddenly, Hong Si felt that her nose was extremely sore, and tears suddenly "stuffed" her eyes, she put down her trembling hands, but she couldn't control the trembling corners of her mouth, "Little •••••• Yang••••••"
Zuo Yang couldn't believe his eyes, he couldn't believe that the person in front of him was Xu Yang. The woman in front of her was pale, her expression was sloppy, and she curled up in a ball, how could it be the innocent, noble, and lovely Xu Yang back then? Zuo Yang knelt in front of her and held her cracked hand, "Xu Yang, it's me, ••••••
Hong Si was also very excited, she saw Xu Yang shaking her head desperately with an indifferent look, "Xiaoyang, I'm Sisi! Do you remember? In college, we are a drama club, I write a script and you come to act, remember! I am Hong Si who eats and goes shopping with you and rehearses the play! Look at me, look at me••••••
Xu Yang carefully stretched out his hand and touched Hong Si's face, "Sisi•••••• Sisi••••••"
Seeing Zuo Yang's reaction, Hong Si's eyes instantly ignited with hope, she nodded desperately and said, "That's right, that's right, I'm Sisi." Hung Si!"
Xu Yang suddenly shook off Zuo Yang's hand and hugged Hong Si tightly, crying hoarsely, "Sisi•••••• Sisi••••••"
Hong Si desperately suppressed her tears, she stroked Xu Yang's hair like withered grass, "Cry•••••• cry•••••• as long as you are alive••••••"
Xu Yang patted the little boy's head and said to him, "You can go out and play for a while." Mom has something to say to my uncle and aunt. ”
The little boy didn't say a word, picked up a basin of old clothes under the bed and went out.
Zuo Yang looked at Xu Yang's cold eyes, and said softly: "You, are you still angry with me?" I'm angry that I haven't been over to save you••••••I'm sorry, I've been looking for the right time, but ••••••" Zuo Yang said and took out the white cloth that Li Wei handed him from the inner pocket of his coat, "I have always worn it on my body, it is all your blood and tears•••••• it always reminds me that you need me ••••••"
Xu Yang sneered: "It's not needed anymore." You're not the one who grabbed the knife for me anymore, and I shouldn't have entrusted my life to a coward. ”
Hong Si was always worried about the little boy, "Xiaoyang, did you adopt the child?"
Xu Yang's laughter became even more poignant, "Haha, Sisi, you are still the same as before, you are such a simple person." The child •••••• my own. It's my child with Ren Zhiqian. ”
"You mean•••••• you ••••••" Hong Si couldn't believe her ears, she really needed to reconfirm what she was hearing.
Looking at Hong Si's suspicious gaze, Xu Yang smiled bitterly: "All this is thanks to my good brother." In order to monopolize the property of the Xu family, he announced that I was dead, and then imprisoned me as a toy and gave it to Ren Zhiqian, in addition to the property, he can also exchange for a sum of money to start a company, you say, is my brother very smart?"
Hong Si held Xu Yang's hand tightly, "Xiaoyang, since you escaped, you shouldn't give birth to this child, it's not fair to that child!"
"Sisi, don't you understand? I don't have the right to choose at all, since I am my child, he should know that there will never be such a thing as fairness in his world•••••• but even if I have chosen, I will still give birth to him. Because he is all my hope. I want him to know that he came into this world to 'enjoy' hatred. Even if I die, I will not let Xu Hai live quietly! My child will avenge me, and my child will bring his mother's resentment and curse into his nightmare, so that he will never have peace!"
Hong Si listened to Xu Yang's words, only to feel a cold wind coming from behind, she couldn't help but shake her head and take a few steps back•••••• if it wasn't for Zuo Yang supporting her, she really doubted that she would faint, "Are you still the Xu Yang I knew before? Your kindness, gentleness, and tranquility have all disappeared? How can you treat an innocent child like this? You let a child have only hatred in his life, and it is better to say that he is your tool for revenge than your own flesh and blood! Hate these things that shouldn't be understood, you, how do you deserve to be a mother!"
Xu Yang snorted coldly with an indifferent face: "I'm not worthy, if you have the same experience as me, are you worthy?"
"Xiaoyang••••••" Hong Si really didn't know what to say, this person made her feel so strange and terrifying••••••
"The child is five or six years old, why don't you go to school?" Zuo Yang suddenly asked.
"I really don't know if I'm getting more miserable or if you're getting stupid. How can a child who has no father and no hukou go to school?" The smile on Xu Yang's face became more and more sarcastic.
"Okay, you wait for me. I'll come back tomorrow and get married with you. He's going to be my kid from now on. Screenwriter Hong, it's not too early, let's go. Zuo Yang said what he wanted to say without hesitation, pulled Hong Si to turn around and leave, without looking at Xu Yang again.
"Are you going to marry a woman with advanced stomach cancer?" Xu Yang's words suddenly made Zuo Yang freeze in place•••••• Zuo Yang didn't think much about it, and blurted out the words, "Even if it's a little later, wait for me, I will definitely come." After speaking, he continued to pull Hong Si forward••••••