Chapter 304: The Mystery of Origin
The old beggar's slightly terrifying face, coupled with the words he spoke, seemed so ghostly under the darkness of the night.
However, Chen Dong was not infected by this strange atmosphere, he just nodded slightly, and then stepped forward and opened the wooden door of the hut, making a "squeak" sound of old logs rubbing against each other.
The old beggar smiled at this, and then walked in the door, groping in the darkness for a while, and then a dim light rose.
Chen Dong walked into the wooden house silently, raised his eyes and looked at the surrounding environment, the room was not big, about a dozen square areas, and a small space was separated by the door, where there were stoves and pots and pans and other things, thinking that it should be a kitchen.
Then there was a small bed of about one meter, two crumbling chairs, and a blackened wooden table, which looked extremely simple, Chen Dong did not see any electrical appliances in the room, thinking that in such a place, I am afraid there is no power supply equipment.
It looks like a beggar's den, but it doesn't look like a professional beggar's house.
As we mentioned earlier, these days, the beggar who is really capable has already bought a house and a car in a big city, and where can he live in such a shabby place?
The old beggar didn't pay attention to Chen Dong's scrutinizing gaze, he stepped forward, pulled over a chair, and motioned for Chen Dong to sit down, while he went into the kitchen and lit a fire, and somehow found a somewhat worn kettle, mixed it with water, and set it on the stove.
Wait until all this is done. The old beggar slowly came to sit down opposite Chen Dong and looked at him with interest.
I don't know what Lu Dao is for, in Chen Dong watched the old beggar boil water and sit down. I couldn't help but feel a touch of strangeness in my heart, because the old beggar at this time was too much like a person Chen Dong had seen, but, thinking about it, Chen Dong also felt that his speculation was really a bit fantastical, so he could only shake his head.
There was a smell of corruption in the air, but it wasn't all that unacceptable. At least there was no imaginary sour smell, Chen Dong raised his eyebrows in surprise, feeling that the beggar in front of him was a little more mysterious.
One lives on top of an ancient tomb. appeared many times in important moments in Chen Dong's life, knowing the true identity of Chen Dong, and also knowing the truth about the death of Chen Dong's parents, this old beggar. It was as if a layer of fog was shrouded in the upper and lower parts of the body. made Chen Dong completely unable to see through.
After a while, it was the old beggar who took the lead in speaking: "Unexpectedly, you seem to have been doing well in the past few years, but you have lost some weight." ”
The old beggar's tone was as if he was Chen Dong's elder relative, and even the smile on his face became more cordial, as if he was talking to Chen Dong.
Chen Dong suppressed the strong doubts in his heart, because he knew that the other party had already brought him here. Then you should know the truth, this old beggar will definitely tell himself as it is.
"Honestly. During this time, I also boasted that I had seen a lot of big people, but I didn't know what Lu Dao was, until I saw you, I realized that you are the most terrible person in my heart over the years. Chen Dong said faintly, an inexplicable light flashing in his eyes.
The old beggar smiled again, revealing his mouth full of rotten teeth, and then shook his head and said, "The last time we met, I never thought that your reaction would be so great that it would almost cause me a catastrophe. ”
Since the old beggar took the initiative to mention the events of that year, Chen Dong was no longer hypocritical, and asked very simply: "If I remember correctly, the last time I saw you, it happened to be when my parents were buried in the fire, and you happened to appear at the scene, I think, you owe me an explanation." ”
The look on the old beggar's face remained pleasant, and he didn't seem to care at all that the young man in front of him could kill himself with a punch if he wanted to, and he said with a smile: "Actually, it's very simple, the reason why I appeared there is because I was originally the eyeliner responsible for protecting your father's safety, if you are in terms of seniority, you should call me Uncle He." ”
Hearing such an answer that had troubled him for many years, Chen Dong was stunned for a while, he didn't expect that the truth would be so simple, if the duty of this old beggar back then was really to protect the safety of Chen Dong's adoptive parents, then after Chen Dong's parents were both buried in the fire, this person appeared in front of Chen Dong, naturally to protect Chen Dong from being harmed!
Then everything is in order!
"It turns out that the demon I have been afraid of for nearly 6 years is actually a savior who protects himself?" Chen Dong sighed secretly in his heart, however, at this moment, he suddenly realized something more important.
"Wait, you said that you showed up there to protect my parents, so did you kidnap me from City C to protect my parents?"
Chen Dong did not call the old beggar the so-called "Uncle He" as he said, but his voice became more and more cold, because the memory imprinted in his heart told him that the trafficker who abducted him to L City when he was 2 years old was this person!
This is also for what, after the fire that day, Chen Dong's first reaction when he saw this old beggar was to run away, not anything else!
The old beggar seemed stunned when he heard this, and after two minutes, he sighed with a wry smile and said, "Unexpectedly, you still remember that about this matter, it is indeed the second biggest mistake I have made in my life. ”
Then, the old beggar seemed to fall into a long memory, and slowly spoke: "That year, I learned from my eldest brother that my sister-in-law was unable to have children, so I thought about whether to adopt a child for my eldest brother and come back. ”
"But when I took you to my eldest brother's house and lied that you were an abandoned child I picked up on the road, I looked at the smiles on the faces of my eldest brother and sister-in-law, and finally I still didn't have the courage to tell them the truth of the matter.
Speaking of this, there seemed to be a hint of self-deprecation in the old beggar's remorseful eyes, and he continued: "Now that I think about it, if I hadn't done so much and didn't do this kind of damned thing, or my eldest brother and sister-in-law wouldn't have died, and all the tragedies that followed wouldn't have happened, you say, is this the will of God?" ”
The old beggar's voice became deeper and lower, Chen Dong was in a trance, as if he saw two turbid tears slipping from the corner of the old beggar's eyes, and at the same time, a sharp whistle sounded, the old beggar took this opportunity to stand up, quietly wiped away the tears, and then walked into the kitchen of the cubicle, took off the boiling kettle, and poured two glasses of boiled water.
Chen Dong took the cup handed by the old beggar, and fell into silence completely, from the other party's words just now, he seemed to hear a lot of very important things, but he couldn't sort out the clue for a while, and where did the sadness and self-blame in the old beggar's last voice come from?
"It seems that you have known my father for many years." After a long time, Chen Dong said tentatively.
When the old beggar heard this, his face regained a glimmer of glory, he nodded, and said: "Of course, I have known my eldest brother since I was a child, and later he soared, and he did not forget our group of old brothers, who always took me by his side and took care of me, and I swore that even if I risked my life, I would protect him!" ”
Saying that, the look in the old beggar's eyes dimmed again, and then sighed: "In order to hide my identity, I did not hesitate to pretend to be a beggar, guarding my eldest brother and sister-in-law 24 hours a day, just hoping to have the opportunity to repay my eldest brother's kindness to me, who would have thought that they would eventually have an accident, and I, but I couldn't do anything, and even revenge was a luxury, but now, I have really become a beggar." ”
When the old beggar said this, he laughed self-deprecating again, but Chen Dong could see that his smile was full of endless bitterness, and he didn't answer, but from the old beggar's words, he knew a lot of things.
Chen Dong finally knew that the person in front of him would become an old beggar, and his adoptive parents were by no means as simple as ordinary people, and the most important thing was that he heard the word "revenge".
That also shows that the fire that year was not an accident, but a murder! And the old beggar in front of him knows who the murderer is!
Thinking of this, Chen Dong couldn't help but clench his fists, pinched his knuckles with a pop, his eyes flashed with a ghostly light, staring straight at the old beggar, as if he wanted to see through the other party's soul.
But before Chen Dong could ask, the old beggar took the lead in stopping the topic, and suddenly asked: "Okay, I've said enough, now I want to ask you a question, how did you know Tan Lunchang!" ”
The shock in Chen Dong's eyes flashed slightly, he never thought that the old beggar in front of him not only grasped the mystery of the murder of his parents, but also knew Mr. Tan, a giant of the Mozi Society, and could even say Mr. Tan's real name!
After settling down, Chen Dong thought of a possibility in his heart, combined with the intuition that flashed in his heart before, the possibility of this answer seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, but he still calmed down, and then slowly put his hand into his arms and took out a black nameplate.
"Because I'm a backbone member of the Mozi Society!"
Hearing this, the old beggar jumped up from the chair violently, and even knocked the wooden chair to the ground, since the two met, this was the first time he behaved so gaffe, only to see him stretch out a hand, pointing at Chen Dong with a slight trembling, his eyes were full of sadness.
"You, you joined the Mozi Society?" (To be continued......)