Chapter 28: Childhood Shadows
"My earliest memory is that I was very lonely and unhappy when I was a child, with no one to take care of me and no other children to play with.
When I was very young, maybe two or three years old, I was locked in the house by my parents almost every day from as long as I can remember until I went to school. ”
Mars Interstellar seems to be telling some unusual story again.
"Why? Why would your parents do that? ”
I couldn't wait to interject, thinking it was too unreasonable.
"Because at that time, our family was still in the countryside, my parents were still farmers, and they had to go out to work every day, and no one took care of me, so they had to lock me in the house alone and wait for them to come back at noon."
"Don't you have a sister then? Can't your sister take care of you? ”
"My sister, I was already in school by then," Mars replied, then went on to tell about his lonely and terrifying childhood.
If I was locked in the house, I could still walk around and play, but my parents kept me in a wooden box.
You may not know that kind of wooden box, we have it in the countryside, it is for children who can just walk, put the child in it, no matter what, they will not fall, but they can't climb out, the space is very limited, and the child can only stand and sit in it.
Normally, there are adults watching the children, but my parents left me alone at home, and locked me in a very poorly lit back room for a morning.
I often listened with my ears pricked up, thinking about the sound of the door locking outside, hoping that my parents would soon open the door and come home.
But even if they came back at noon, after a while, after lunch, they had to go out again, and I was locked in the house alone. ”
"Oh my God, how did that...... Your parents weren't afraid of a fire? Don't worry about what an accident happens? And also...... Aren't your parents worried that you're going to poop and pee? So long. ”
"Yes, I usually endure it, but when they come back, I can't help it, so I can only pull inside. So, if I, when they come back, I'm going to be scolded and beaten. ”
“…… Wow, how did your parents look like this? I sighed incomprehensibly.
Mars Interstellar continues his memories,
"Like other children, they can play with their friends in the yard before school, but my parents don't let me play with them.
When I grew up and became more sensible, I begged them, and I said that I would not run around, just play near the door of the house, and wait for them to come back.
But my parents just didn't allow it, saying that they were afraid that I would be bullied by other people's children, so they would rather lock me in their own small dark room. ”
"Alas...... It's pathetic, you're locked up. ”
I felt more and more pitiful about him, and the soft nerves peculiar to women rubbed my heart for a while, and a dull pain struck.
But the sad childhood story of Mars Interstellar is still being told from thousands of miles away.
"Yes, looking back now, I was very unfortunate when I was a child, I was confined almost every day, and I had no happiness at all.
Also, when I was a child, I was often beaten by my parents, so I was very unhappy with them.
Once, when I was in elementary school, I was discussing with a little kid in my neighborhood about getting ready to run away from home together, and we made an appointment to meet in an alley in front of my house the next morning.
But I waited from early in the morning until it was almost noon, and he didn't come, so I had to go home.
As a result, his parents later took him to my house to ask for guilt.
Because when he was packing up the clothes he was going to take with him, his parents found out, so he betrayed me under the repeated questioning of his parents.
His parents complained to my parents that I had taken their son and instigated him to run away from home.
When the family left, his parents left cruel words, saying that they would never allow it again, and that I would play with their children.
Actually, it was supposed to be our two children discussing and deciding together, but that child insisted that it was my idea, and I wanted him to accompany me to run away from home.
Of course, afterwards, I was beaten by my parents again.
It hurt me so much that I can't forget or let go of the double torture I suffered physically and mentally at the same time that day. ”
“……”
There was silence.
Mars Interstellar on the other end of the headset is probably trapped in the painful memories of his childhood, and he can't get out of it all of a sudden.
After a few moments, his deep voice came back from the headphones.
"I want to ...... It was my experience when I was a child that made me this kind of depressed and introverted personality, and when I grew up to the present, I encountered some very unpleasant things, plus my mother was terminally ill, probably ...... Long-term mental overload, right...... That's why I got it. ”
After talking to himself, Mars talked and analyzed it, and came up with a comprehensive diagnosis of why he suffered from depression.
After listening to the story of Mars's interstellar life and childhood for a long time, I was not frightened away by his illness and his unusual experiences, but my relationship with him deepened.
At this time, we all have the idea of wanting to see each other's true faces, and we are no longer satisfied with the daily frolic of the two inseparable game characters in the game.
Oh...... If...... Heaven gives me another chance, will I wipe it off with an eraser, and then the realistic version of "Mars Yaya" and "Mars Interstellar"?