Chapter 303: The Old Beggar
In the history of China, beggars have always been a very promising profession, in ancient times, there were beggars rampant in the rivers and lakes, famous, now there are professional beggars with a monthly income of 10,000 yuan, brocade clothes and jade food, all say that life is like a play, all rely on acting skills, which is really suitable for people to look at beggars today.
If it weren't for a beggar who lacked arms and legs, not only would he not arouse people's sympathy, but he would also be considered a street liar, arousing disgust and contempt.
But in fact, beggars can be said to be a profession that requires a lot of technical content, and many beggars' makeup skills have reached the level of magic workmanship, comparable to the royal makeup artist in international blockbusters, otherwise how can they pretend to have stumps and broken arms with sound limbs? Dressing up a thin body as a pregnant woman with a big belly?
In addition, many professional beggars can also be regarded as real psychological masters, so that he can know under what circumstances and in which specific groups of people, in order to win people's sympathy to the greatest extent, and willingly take out money.
Not to mention that as a beggar, they must abandon their dignity, whether it is the scorching sun or the bitter cold, they need to walk in humility day after day, witness thousands of white eyes, swallow the bitterness of being disgusted, so in a way, the money they earn is also obtained through their own hard work.
After all, people didn't steal or rob, they also ate with their hands, even if they were beggars, they should be respected.
Everyone looks at the beggar differently, and the senses generated are also different, and the well-intentioned people would rather be deceived. There is also a flood of sympathy, and there are indifferent people who are unwilling to pay a penny even if they believe that the other party is really cornered. The impression of the beggars is pity, contempt, disgust, and disdain, but there should be no fear.
But all this. For Chen Dong, it was an accident.
From a very young age, he had a deep-rooted fear of beggars. This is also the only psychological shadow that he cannot overcome since his death.
In the past, every time he saw a beggar begging for money from a distance on the street, Chen Dong would bypass it from a distance, but it was not because of indifference. It's that he can't suppress the horror in his heart.
It's all there. It all stemmed from the face he could never forget in his mind, the face of a beggar.
Chen Dong has only seen this beggar face twice in real life, once when he was 2 years old, but at that time, he was too young, so his memory was extremely vague, and this impression only existed in his subconscious.
Another time. It was when he was 14 years old, when he saw the beggar's terrible appearance again. The fear that had been hidden in the subconscious for 12 years suddenly surged like a flood and could no longer be contained.
When Chen Dong was 14 years old, a lot of very important things happened, his adoptive parents were buried in the fire, Chen Dong became an orphan again, and at the same time, he met Lin Shu Lin Xiaoshan, who was taken away from L City by the latter and started a new life.
But in the middle of these two things, Chen Dong still had an experience, that is, when he hid behind the big tree in the courtyard that day, the old beggar who brought him endless fear suddenly appeared, so that he no longer had the heart to investigate the life and death of his parents, so he could only flee far away, and then he met Uncle Lin.
Since then, Chen Dong has never seen the old beggar in real life.
But no one knew that the appearance of this old beggar had appeared in Chen Dong's dreams countless times, making Chen Dong struggle between nightmares and becoming the most powerful demon in his heart, which could never be defeated.
Until today, Chen Dong came to L City again, and when he was about to leave all his past, this old beggar, for the third time, appeared alive in front of Chen Dong's eyes!
Chen Dong didn't know why a beggar would appear outside the airport, and he didn't know why he discovered the existence of this beggar so coincidentally when he was about to leave L City.
In an instant, Chen Dong's body became extremely stiff, he wanted to take a step and flee quickly, but found that his legs did not obey at all, he wanted to keep telling himself that the other party was just a beggar, but now he was so powerful, but the fear in his heart was constantly spreading, amplifying, and intensifying in his mind, and he couldn't do what he wanted at all.
"Mr. Tan......" Chen Dong gritted his teeth and squeezed these three words out of his throat, trying to restrain his body from trembling.
At this time, Mr. Tan and Chen Dong stood opposite each other, so he couldn't see the old beggar behind him, and at this time, he was emotional, and he didn't notice Chen Dong's movements.
At this moment, the old beggar also discovered Chen Dong, so he grinned and showed an extremely terrifying-looking smile, a mouth full of brown rotten teeth exposed to the air, exactly what Chen Dong had seen back then.
However, the next moment, a scene happened that Chen Dong couldn't believe.
He looked at the old beggar's ugly smile, but the fear in his heart suddenly melted like ice and snow under the scorching sun! At this moment, Chen Dong seemed to see a kind of love from the old beggar's face!
How is this possible!
However, this is the case, in Chen Dong's heart, the shadow that has been accumulated for more than ten years is like being exposed to the fiercest sun, and he can no longer show his hideous face.
Chen Dong's eyes widened, feeling the incredible change in his heart, and then he said to Mr. Tan: "Mr. Tan, you go in first, I want to stay outside for a while." ”
Mr. Tan was stunned when he heard this, but then patted Chen Dong on the shoulder and sighed: "The plane is about to take off in twenty minutes, don't delay too long." ”
Chen Dong nodded, but his attention was not on Mr. Tan at all, and it was not until Mr. Tan left for a few minutes that Chen Dong gradually came back to his senses, and then he walked towards the old beggar not far away with firm steps.
Chen Dong walked very slowly, and the smile on the old beggar's face never changed from beginning to end, he just watched Chen Dong approach him step by step, but he didn't show a look of surprise.
"You're finally back."
As soon as he walked in front of the old beggar, Chen Dong was thinking about what kind of way to use as the opening remark, but he didn't want to hear such a sentence!
For a moment, Chen Dongzhi felt a sudden burst in his heart, and then almost subconsciously, he asked such a question like a ghost: "Who are you?" ”
If you change the occasion and change the person, you will only feel ridiculous at Chen Dong's question, but for Chen Dong, this doubt seems to come from his instinct, he carefully looked at the old beggar's unkempt hair, wrinkled clothes, and slightly hideous face, and naturally asked this question.
Unexpectedly but as if it was reasonable, although the old beggar did not directly answer Chen Dong's question, he sighed softly: "I didn't expect that after so many years, you can still remember me." ”
Chen Dong's heart was shocked, as if he had guessed something, he stepped forward again, his eyes burst out with a brilliant and dazzling light, and then asked again: "Who are you!" ”
The old beggar still didn't answer Chen Dong's question, and even directly ignored the amazing momentum that Chen Dong exuded now, he smiled lightly and said, "It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is, who are you?" ”
This answer is quite a bit of a high monk asking Zen, or rather, it is more like playing a dumb riddle with Chen Dong, but unfortunately, the person who said it was an old-eyed, ragged beggar, so such a sentence seemed mysterious for no reason.
The light in Chen Dong's eyes became more and more vigorous, brighter and brighter, and then he changed the question: "Did you kill my parents!" ”
In an instant, the air around Chen Dong suddenly froze, making people feel that it was difficult to breathe, and a trace of suddenness appeared in the old beggar's eyes, and there was a trace of sorrow, and then he took a deep breath and said to Chen Dong: "It's not safe here, if you want to know the way, then, please come with me." ”
After speaking, the old beggar turned around and left, leaving Chen Dong with no room for refusal!
Chen Dong struggled slightly in his heart for a few seconds, he dismissed the plan to subdue the old beggar and torture him, and then silently opened his legs and followed.
The old beggar didn't know if his legs and feet were a little inconvenient, or he was waiting for Chen Dong to catch up, so he walked very slowly, Chen Dong followed him closely, looked back at the bright lights in the airport, and then took out his mobile phone and made a call.
"Mr. Tan, you take Zhao Shuang to go first, and I will take the next plane back!"
After saying this, Chen Dong didn't even wait for Mr. Tan to reply, he hung up the phone, and directly turned off the mobile phone, compared to the importance of Mr. Tan to the revenge Mozi Society, the weight of this old beggar in front of him in Chen Dong's heart is undoubtedly heavier!
The mystery that has plagued Chen Dong for nearly 6 years is about to be solved, how could Chen Dong give up this opportunity!
The airport in L city was built on the outskirts of the city, and the two of them quickly deviated from the airport highway and walked into a muddy path, the lights were very dim all around, and they couldn't tell the direction, but the old beggar looked like he was familiar with the road, but he seemed to have walked on this road for many years.
Half an hour later, Chen Dong, led by the old beggar, came to a lofty mountain range, and saw the lights not far away, there seemed to be a small village here.
However, to Chen Dong's surprise, the old beggar did not enter the village, but turned a corner again, and walked for about ten minutes before stopping.
At this time, in front of the two of them, a simple wooden house appeared, Chen Dong looked around, and found that the light around him was extremely dim, if it weren't for his amazing vision, I am afraid he would not have found those lights in the distance.
"Where is this?" Along the way, Chen Dong never said a word, and at this moment he finally frowned and asked the first sentence.
The old beggar looked back at Chen Dong and smiled, then stepped forward, raised his leg and stomped on the ground, and said, "There is an ancient tomb down here, which is also where I live." (To be continued......)