Chapter 17: The Shadow Man Appears
On the return car, Xingyu sat by the window, his eyebrows were deeply squeezed together, his two little hands were pinched together fiercely, and his eyes looked out of the window expectantly and sluggishly for a long time. No matter how charming the scenery outside the window was at this time, it could not catch the sad eyes of this young man.
Looking into the distance with that panicked mood, Xingyu only prayed that the flying car could drive faster, faster, and couldn't wait to reach Mengze Town in the next second.
When he was still in Bowei City, when Xingyu heard Udi tell him that his house was on fire and his mother was gone, Xingyu suddenly felt like a mountain was collapsing happily in his mind, and a sense of panic that he had never felt before instantly invaded every cell in his body.
At that moment, he panicked, and he was really scared.
Xingyu, who is only 16 years old, encountered the most panicked night of his life. Perhaps only when a boy has experienced these things can it be a sign that he has really grown up.
Watch as the sun sets step by step towards the ground, replaced by a blanket night and scattered light rain.
Xingyu sat like this, trying to empty all his thoughts in his head, because he never dared to think about it, because he was afraid that he would think in the worst direction, because he was afraid that his imagination would become real, and he was afraid that the scene that had appeared in his dream would really be reflected in his real life.
During the time when the car was moving at full speed, in Xingyu's watch, he repeatedly dialed his mother's number all the time, but no one answered.
Every time he heard the replay at the end of the phone ring, Xingyu's heart was like being poured with basins of ice water again and again, and he was afraid that if it was again, he would be unable to bear it and froze.
After the flying car arrived at the station, despite the pouring rain, Xingyu quickly jumped off the flying car, passed through the crowded crowd, and rushed home in a hurry.
Running through the familiar streets and looking at the familiar buildings, Xingyu sped up his running.
Along the way, Xingyu ignored the relentless heavy rain in the sky, and coldly and wantonly invaded his whole body; Ignoring the traffic on the street that was disrupted by himself, the angry cursing from the car; Ignoring the cheeks that had been scratched by the cold ground because of the slipping of his feet.
After running for a long time, I came to the place where the original "home" should be, but what I could see was not a familiar home, but a piece of scorched land left after being ruthlessly burned down by the fire.
There was nothing left, just a few days away, and the entire house that Xingyu had carefully cleaned before setting off disappeared out of thin air.
Because there was also space debris that was burned, the local government collected all the things that their house could not be burned early this morning, and now all that is left is the ashes of this place, which are flying all over the sky under the mockery of the rain.
Looking at his former home, Xingyu knelt heavily on the ground, and the splashing rain ate away at his entire trouser tube. Stretching out his hands and gently grabbing the burned home, he let the rain wet his hair and body wantonly, his immature face wantonly, and his fragile and nearly broken heart wantonly.
After a long time, the rain gradually stopped.
Under the moonlight, a young man knelt in front of a ruin, the young man looked up at the moon, his blood-red eyes, fair skin, and soaked clothes looked particularly dazzling in the moonlight.
The boy didn't understand who it was that would have such a deep hatred for their family.
Because if there is a fire in the house, the defense mechanism of the house should be able to play a protective role instantly. And if it was just an ordinary fire, it would not have burned down the entire room, because there was still a larger space than the real space, and an ordinary fire could not destroy even a single piece of that space.
But to be able to directly destroy the entire house and the separate space inside without alarming the local government, how much hatred it must have.
Xingyu never knew that in addition to the identity of his mother as a cleaning worker, there was another more mysterious identity, and how could he know that all this was just a move to destroy the corpses, just to destroy the evidence that they had been here.
"Could it be something to do with family heirlooms?"
This is the only thing of some value that exists in Xingyu's hands.
"Could it be that someone has hit the idea of this thing and done such a dehumanizing thing?" That's all Xingyu could guess.
"Uncle Tang."
A name suddenly flashed through Xingyu's mind.
"Uncle Tang must know what is going on, he must know his mother's whereabouts."
Along the way, Xingyu always had a feeling that his mother was not dead, maybe she just went to a place he didn't know.
Ignoring his messy appearance at this time, dragging his heavy body, Xingyu pulled his legs and ran to the library, at this time he only held one belief in his heart, that is, no matter who the enemy was, no matter how strong the enemy was, he would be desperate to find his mother.
Coming to the door of the library, there was no strong antique fragrance of the past, the plaque of the library fell to the ground, split in half, and the two wooden doors creaked and shook with the sound of the wind, giving Xingyu a feeling of unease.
"Could it be that Uncle Tang also had an accident."
Running quickly into the library, Xingyu was hit by the sight in front of him again, and his heart, which had been hurt many times.
There was no such thing as the usual harmony in the library, the books and shelves had fallen to the ground, all the drawers had been opened and messed up, and the table that had been in the middle was also missing at this time, only the books and some residual wood chips were scattered all over the floor.
"Uncle Tang." Xingyu roared, his face full of horror, he didn't want to lose his two favorite and dearest family members at the same time on the same night.
With Xingyu's roar, under the pile of books in the middle, something seemed to move.
Xingyu hurriedly ran over and opened the stacked books on it, revealing Tang Jina's bruised and purple face, and his glasses that had long been shattered.
pushed away the several big books that were covered on Tang Jina's body, and Uncle Tang, who was originally tall and mighty, funny and humorous, and not afraid of anything, was lying in Xingyu's arms at this time.
Nothing on his body was intact, his clothes were already in tatters, and there were still traces of blood on the corners of his mouth that had not been wiped off.
"Ahem, ahem." Tangina slowly opened his eyes, and a thin stream of blood flowed from his mouth.
"Uncle Tang, what's wrong with you." Xingyu stretched out his hands to help Tang Jina slowly get up, sat on the ground, and gently patted his back with his right hand.
Tang Jina looked at Xingyu, the tears in his eyes couldn't stop falling, and he choked up, "Xingyu, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for you, I couldn't take care of your mother." Whining. After saying that, he sobbed loudly.
"Uncle Tang, what's going on, tell me quickly." Xingyu looked at Tang Jina's appearance and what he said, a feeling of uneasiness arose, and a slight glint flashed in his eyes, and asked, "Is it it, is it my mother?" When he said the last few words, Xingyu's voice was already full of choked throats, and the last line of defense in his eyes was completely destroyed......
Tang Jina wiped the tears from her face with her big hand, shook her head and said, "No, she's not dead. At least not yet. ”
After listening to Tang Jina's words, Xingyu can be regarded as letting go of the big stone in his heart, as long as he is not dead, it means that there is still a glimmer of hope.
Tangina then sighed and said, "But she was captured. It's all my uselessness, it's all my fault. ”
"What!" Xingyu's heart, which he had just put down, lifted it up again, and suddenly shouted, "I was arrested, how could it be, who was arrested." ”
When Xingyu heard that his mother was not dead, he preferred to know that maybe his mother was just injured and was waiting for him in the hospital at this time. But Tang Jina's expression and answer let Xingyu know that his mother must not have been taken away. With a burned home and a library full of traces of fighting, Seongwoo doesn't know who the enemy he is facing is and how powerful it is.
In an instant, Xingyu felt that the road in front of him had become pitch black, his heart was hit hard, and the tangled pain invaded every part of his body.
"Xingyu, there are many things you don't understand." Tang Jina's eyes were full of an alternative look when he looked at Xingyu, and asked, "Xiaoyu, have you passed the ability test?" ”
"When is it, why are you still mentioning that test?" Xingyu's hands tightly grasped Tang Jina's arms, and his face was full of disbelief, why did Uncle Tang mention that inconsequential ability test at this time.
"Uncle Tang, there are many things you said that I don't understand, what are the things."
Tang Jina's expression became unusually serious, and he asked again, "Tell me, did you pass?" ”
"Uncle Tang." Xingyu screamed a little uncontrollably.
"Tell me, did you pass?" Dongina raised her voice, repeating the question again.
It was the first time he had spoken to Xingyu so loudly. The atmosphere became a little strange for a moment, and the two sat quietly facing each other petrified.
"Xiaoyu, tell me, this is very important, you will understand later." Tang Jina was the first to break the quiet atmosphere, putting his hands on Xingyu's shoulders, and his face showed a rare seriousness.
Looking at Tang Jina's expression, Xingyu endured the extreme pain in his heart and said slowly, "I don't know either. ”
"I don't know, that's passed." Tang Jina's hands grabbed Xingyu's shoulders with some force.
Looking at Tang Jina's extremely serious and nervous expression, Xingyu told him everything that had happened at the aptitude test venue before.
After a long time, Tang Jina slowly put down the hand that grabbed Xingyu's arm, sighed into the distance and said, "Hey, Xiaoxiao, it seems that things are not as you wish." ”
"Uncle Tang." Although Xingyu didn't understand what Tang Jina's words meant at all, there was only one thing that was important to Xingyu at this time.
"Where did my mom go?" Seongwoo asked.
Tang Jina looked at the 16-year-old boy in front of him, and said lightly, "Xiaoyu, you go, get out of here, leave this Mengze Town, and never come back." ”
"Uncle Tang, my mother's life and death are uncertain, my house was burned to ashes, and you actually let me go." Xingyu's voice roared, at this time he couldn't understand the words that came out of Tang Jina's mouth at all, and asked, "Why, what the hell is going on, I will never leave until I understand it, until I rescue my mother." ”
After saying that, Xingyu slammed his fist on the floor of the library, as if he had made a promise to himself.
"Xiaoyu, there are some things that your mother didn't tell you for your own good. You just have to know that everything she does is for you. If you don't leave, you've failed your mother. Dongina half-pushed, trying to push Xingyu out the door.
"No, I'm not going to go, I definitely won't go until I know my mother's whereabouts." Xingyu's voice resounded in the clouds.
"Xiaoyu, we are all for your good, if you don't leave, I'm afraid it's going to be too late."
"It's not that easy to leave." There was a sound at the door, and a person flew in. The man was wrapped in black cloth, and he could only see a pair of eyes like an eagle, and he was staring at Xingyu at the moment, like staring at his prey, and said, "You are Xingyu, I can wait for you." ”