That night, Meng Xin took Liu Ting to the hospital and examined her well, and learned from her mouth that the injuries on her body were indeed her father's cruel hands.

"Don't go back yet." Meng Xin took her to the parking lot and said, "Go to my house and stay for a few days." ”

Liu Ting stood outside Meng Xin's car, without any emotion of redemption: "Go to your house for a few days?" When will I go back? ”

Meng Xin didn't expect her to say this.

Liu Ting never felt that she could get out of her home. That was the root of her poverty, the fate that hung in her soul. It's not that she hasn't been rescued by others, but most of the help can only help her for a while, she has to go back after all, after all, she has to go back to her father, back to her life.

Sooner or later, she will have to step on the pontoon bridge again, and sooner or later she will return to her fate.

Meng Xin got out of the car, stood in front of Liu Ting and looked at her, without any coaxing tone, and said to Liu Ting like an adult: "I will do my best to negotiate with your father, but if he doesn't completely change his attitude towards you, don't go back." I won't let you go back. ”

Liu Ting rolled her eyes and asked, "Then where am I going?" ”

"By my side." Meng Xin replied categorically, without a trace of hesitation.

Liu Ting looked at her directly.

Meng Xin's serious face showed some kind smiles, and he sideways let out the passenger door: "Can you come up now?" ”

It was Liu Ting's first time in a private car, and she wasn't even sure what to do properly when she opened and closed the door.

Meng Xin opened the door for her without saying a word, fastened her seat belt, did not have any hidden superior language, did not have any superfluous movements, Meng Xin was quiet and full of strength, making Liu Ting comfortable and down-to-earth in an unfamiliar environment, especially unexpected and touching her heart, she felt what "respect" was.

The place where Meng Xin lives is a very ordinary community, because she came back very late, and the community is full of cars. Meng Xin took her around for a long time but couldn't find a place to park, so she had to drive out again and park on the opposite road.

The two got out of the car, and Meng Xin took Liu Ting's hand and crossed the road late at night.

Time has passed, and there are many details of the past that you may not remember, but there is always a feeling of that moment that remains in your mind.

Liuting remembered the smell of perfume on Meng Xin's body, some of the fragrance of pear blossoms, and the sweetness of figs, which couldn't be lined with Meng Xin.

Liu Ting lived in Meng Xin's house, and for two weeks, Meng Xin drove her to and from school every day, and dragged Liu Ting's homeroom teacher to Liu Ting's house to visit her home.

Liu Ting's homeroom teacher went once, and was beaten out by Liu Ting's father together with Meng Xin. When the head teacher saw the kitchen knife in Liu Xiangjun's hand, he was frightened, and ran out without saying a word, he didn't have time to put on his shoes, he didn't pay attention to his feet, and he stepped on the rotten vegetable leaves and broke his hand.

"Why bother with such a thing! This is a student's housework, and no one else can interfere! The head teacher hung his arm on his chest and vented to Meng Xin, "Even if you can manage it for a while, can you manage it for a lifetime?" There are so many children who have been beaten, and you have to take care of each one? Why are you so idle. ”

Meng Xin was also angry when she heard him say this: "What do you call me idle? You are her teacher, can you allow your underage students to be subjected to domestic violence? How can you bear it? ”

"I want to help too." The head teacher said calmly, "But I know how capable I am." Teacher Meng, I advise you, don't worry about this matter, that Liu Xiangjun looks like a hooligan, he gambles and takes drugs, and he is still a □□ criminal, maybe he has killed people, do you know? You're young and you're a female teacher, so be careful to put yourself in there. ”

Meng Xin glanced at the head teacher full of eyes and did not refute him.

She knew that the Tao was different, and that they would never be able to understand each other. It was useless to say more, Meng Xin left, and continued to follow the path that he felt was right.

Liu Ting has been living in her teacher's house for a week. Meng Xin went to visit his home several times, but he couldn't talk to Liu Xiangjun well, and every time he went to Liu Xiangjun, he was drunk, either wanting to beat people or trying to do something.

Meng Xin also understood that Liu Xiangjun was an unreasonable person, she asked Liu Ting if she had any other relatives, and Liu Ting said no.

Meng Xin reported the case directly to the Public Security Bureau, and when the public security came to mediate, Liu Xiangjun went against the norm and vented bitterness to the public security, saying that someone had kidnapped his beloved daughter, and he was very anxious, hoping that the public security comrades could help him find it back. When the police asked him if he was violent against his daughter, Liu Xiangjun said in disbelief:

"How could I have abused my daughter? She's my lifeline! It may be that she didn't do well in the exam, I scolded her twice, she had a big temper and someone instigated her with bad intentions, so she ran away from home. Ay...... It's all my fault, I won't scold her again......"

Liu Ting's injuries had already healed, and the police advised her to go home first, but Liu Ting was unwilling.

Meng Xin also felt that it was not feasible: "What if her father beats her again?" ”

The police said: "You can report the case to the neighborhood committee, or you can report the case to us." ”

It's light to say, but Meng Xin understands that it's not like that at all.

It is impossible for her to let Liu Ting go back.

Meng Xin asked Liu Ting to stay at her house to prepare for the midterm exam, and one night, a strange man came to her house to see Liu Ting, and the two talked for a long time in the corridor, and Meng Xin did not enter the house until late at night. When Liu Ting helped her with her slippers, she found that there were tears on her face.

"That's your boyfriend?" Liu Ting asked.

Meng Xin stood at the door for a while, not answering her question.

"I'm staying with you, is it getting in your way?"

Meng Xin stepped forward and touched her head and said, "The final exam is coming soon, you review it well, don't worry about the rest." ”

"How can you not care about ......," Liu Ting muttered in a low voice, "You got into trouble because of my business." ”

Meng Xin sat cross-legged on the coffee table in the living room, tilting her head and smiling at her. Although this smile was obviously tired, and even the redness and swelling around her eyes had not subsided, this smile made Liu Ting obsessed.

"You're my student. I said that I would do everything I could to help you. Meng Xin said, "There is more than just sadness and despair in this world. Believe me, it's not that good, but it's not that bad. ”

Liu Ting has never hoped for anything, nor has she ever believed in anything, Meng Xin is just an ordinary ordinary person, but she has a temperament that reassures Liu Ting, and even makes her want to try to believe something.

Liu Ting sat across from her, nodded and said, "I believe in you." ”

Meng Xin looked at her and smiled with relief.

Liu Ting knew that Meng Xin was very important to her.

Meng Xin is her lifesaver, and it is precisely because of Meng Xin's existence that she wants to try again, try to understand the world again, accept the world, and try to move forward to the future again.

Whenever he woke up from the ice coffin, Liu Ting would ask himself: If Meng Xin hadn't died at that time, would she have always been by her side and be the most ordinary "person"? She just wants to live an ordinary life and be by Meng Xin's side.

It's a pity that fate didn't give her this opportunity, nor did it give Meng Xin a future.

From childhood to adulthood, whether on TV or in books, everyone is desperately trying to output a value - to be a good person.

Why be a good person?

Liuting asked himself, Meng Xin is such a good person who has not been able to have a good life, and even left this world in a very humiliating and tragic way at the best age, what is the benefit of being a "good person"?

Liu Ting did well in the midterm exam, and under the guidance of Meng Xin, she scored 118 points in the math test, and the only wrong multiple-choice question was because she was careless and filled in the wrong answer sheet.

Meng Xin was very happy and emotional when she looked at her report card, but Liu Ting could find that she smiled with a little bitterness.

"What's wrong?" Liu Ting asked her.

Meng Xin smiled bitterly: "It's nothing." ”

"Broke up with your boyfriend?"

Meng Xin was surprised: "How do you know?" ”

"That man hasn't been here for a long time, I heard you crying in the toilet the other night."

Meng Xin: "......"

"Is it because of me?"

"How could it be. Children don't care so much, how can you understand the world of adults. ”

"Well, I don't understand." Liu Ting said, "I just don't want to see you sad, I don't want to be a burden to you." ”

"You just need to study hard, nothing else should you think about."

Liu Ting hopes that this is her home, and the person in front of her is her mother.

Meng Xin doesn't just feel like a mother.

There is another very subtle and indescribable feeling in Liu Ting's heart.

It was another July and a half, and the ghost door opened.

Because Liu Ting was admitted to the top ten in the final exam, Meng Xin was very happy and took her to other provinces to play around and just came back.

Liu Ting pushed the suitcase and didn't let Meng Xin mention anything.

"Imp." Meng Xin knocked her on the head, "What kind of adult?" ”

Liu Ting smiled proudly: "I will soon be a real adult!" ”

The two laughed all the way upstairs, and Meng Xin asked her if she had any university she longed for. Liu Ting said that she wanted to take the provincial exam.

"Where are there any good universities in the province? You should go to G City. ”

"There are no good universities in this province." Liu Ting said, "But there are you." ”

Meng Xin laughed: "Ouch, you can't do without me so much, you really want to be my daughter......"

When she was about to open the door, Liu Ting felt someone behind her, and her heart trembled, and the key fell to the ground.

"What's wrong?" Meng Xin picked up the key and watched Liu Ting look into the dark corridor.

There is no one in the dark, no sound, only the mystery of the night.

"No, nothing." Liu Ting felt that she was too careful.

Just now she clearly heard the familiar sound—the sound of wine swaying in the bottle, and even the unpleasant smell of wine and meat mixed with flue-cured tobacco—the smell could always be smelled on Liu Xiangjun.

"Let's go inside." Meng Xin opened the door and entered the house, both of them were very tired, and went to sleep after taking a bath.

It rained heavily that night.

The fatigue of traveling is all over her body, and Liu Ting is very tired, but she has not been able to completely fall asleep. She was not sure, and from time to time she was awakened by thunder, and kept looking out the window.

Thunder tears the sky, and lightning illuminates the night. Liu Ting didn't dare to close her eyes, she always felt that the next moment when the earth was angry, she would see a man's black shadow in the window.

There was another burst of thunder, and Liu Ting suddenly heard a scream.

She sat up quickly.

Outside the house, thunder was billowing and the screams were gone. She didn't know if the sound was real or if it was her imagination.

No, she was so scared that she couldn't sleep alone anymore.

Liu Ting picked up the bear doll that Meng Xin gave her and opened the bedroom door.

It was pitch black outside, and she wanted to turn on the light in the living room, when she suddenly stepped on something.

She stopped, not daring to move, and her breathing stopped.

It feels like a person.

A familiar stench permeated the dark living room, the smell of wine and meat mixed with flue-cured tobacco.

A flash of lightning struck the sky, and the living room suddenly lit up.

Liu Xiangjun's hideous expression when he raised the bloody kitchen knife above his head was Liu Ting's last memory in this life. 166 Reading Network