Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Cage
He opened his eyes, as far as the eye could see, there was only a strange gray, a little light hung in the middle, so that people could not open their eyes, he thought it was the sun, and when his eyesight gradually recovered, he found that it was just a simple chandelier, tungsten bulb shadows, rippling a circle of shadows, is a ripple of light.
The good news is that he is alive, and the bad news is ......
The bad news was that Gu Tianqing was no more than a foot away from him, and the terrazzo floor was piled with yellow sand, cement, and two neat stacks of bricks. His mind was still confused, and a hoarse voice squeezed out of his throat: "Brother, what are you doing?" β
That "brother" made Gu Tianqing's movements stop for a beat, and there was no superfluous expression on his face: "Can't you see it, build a wall." β
Drywall...... Drywall...... Build............ He suddenly came back to his senses, and the adrenaline inspired by fear supported him to roll over and get up, and the little beast rushed towards Gu Tianqing: "You can't do this to me!" β
Xu didn't expect him to recover so quickly, Gu Tianqing's reaction was two seconds late, which gave him a chance to fight backβbut it was only a chance, at the moment when the angry claws were almost within reach, he was pulled down by a strong force, and his forehead hit the cold and hard ground. Even if he had been beaten enough by Gu Tianqing these days, the pain at this moment was beyond his upper limit, and for a few seconds he couldn't even feel anything, until his consciousness swept over with severe pain, and he found that the floor on the side of his face was wet, and it was saliva and tears that flowed out unconsciously.
"The greater the force, the greater the reaction." Gu Tianqing straddled him condescendingly, and couldn't see his expression clearly against the light, only a little vague outline: "Do you like the dog leash I made for you?" β
"I ...... I said I had evidence ......"
"I know, so I'll spare you for the time being, but that doesn't mean I'm going to make you feel better."
He picked up the man with one hand, pinched his chin and pressed it down, and the sound of cold and hard metal rang out, and when he looked down, it was a thick black chain, one end chiseled into the wall, and the other end was attached to his ankle, and fastened with a three-ring padlock. He felt a chill in his heart, not only because of the escalation of his physical limitations, but also because of the belated swelling pain from his ankle at the momentβit must have been because of the recklessness just now, which also injured the joint.
Gu Tianqing also noticed his abnormality, he put the person in the corner of the wall, squatted down and touched the chain, and told him: "It's not broken, it's just a sprain." β
His eyes were sour, but he couldn't help but sneer: "Then aren't you very disappointed." β
Gu Tianqing's hand retracted as if it was burned, he took two steps back, and put on the mask made of ice again: "No, if I want to torture you, I have a way." As if to prove himself, he went back between the bucket and the bricks, and began to work as a mason without saying a word.
He leaned against the rough wall, saw that the mud and sand were stirred on the opposite side, picked up a red brick, and evenly applied it to the floor, and the work in his hands was dexterous, as if he were applying cream to a cake base. His heart was already cold, but his mouth was still hard: "Hey, you are doing such illegal reconstruction, don't the neighbors suspect you?" β
"It's tiring to bring in all these things, isn't it?"
"If you have a chain, why bother building a wall? Am I so good? β
"Gu Tianqing, are you dumb? Talk? β
"Fuck, you're a fucking scumbag pervert, don't pretend, what a revenge, hehe, your face is so fucking disgusting!"
No matter how agitated he was, Gu Tianqing just turned a deaf ear, just unhurriedly built the second, third, and fourth blocks...... The longer and higher the barrier between the two, his psychological defense line also collapsed completely, and when he could barely see Gu Tianqing's face, he finally couldn't hold back his crying: "...... You might as well kill me!" β
Gu Tianqing finally reacted to his words. He put down his tools and walked around in front of him, his dirty fingers pinching his cheek: "You know what? My sister had a miscarriage in your mother's confinement room. I've also been locked up in that room, and it won't be bigger than where you are now, guess when she was the most painful and helpless, did you ever want to make your mother happy and kill her? β
The strong hatred in the words made people's hairs stand on end. As soon as Gu Tianqing let go of his hand, he slid down the wall. He knew he was finished, but he was terrified that he didn't know exactly what day it was.
When the last brick was topped out, the boundless darkness swallowed him.
***
In order to save his life, he accepted Gu Tianqing's deal, and in the next five years, he reported four names: Fan Jianguo, Fu Yan, Qian Pengyun, Meng Xue, the four of them, they were the doorman, logistics, instructor, and doctor there back then.
"But I didn't find out that they worked together." Wang Shiqi interrupted him: "Whether it is within the hospital or the social security institution, there is no record of these people serving in office. β
The boy smiled bitterly: "I heard the dean tell the following arrangement, these people are specially hired, temporary workers, and they use cash to settle their salaries, so that when something happens, they can clear their responsibilities." Those people themselves also know that because they have little money, they have a big temper, and every adult has the absolute power to punish students, and it is common for them to be injured and broken. Gu Tianyu hasn't been there for a long time, but she is the most disobedient one, in that kind of place, you know......"
Of course Zheng Yuan knows. There are 10,000 sentences of admonition in traditional culture about being unruly, straight wood is cut first, Ganjing is exhausted first, and the whirlpool is rotten first, and it is not difficult to guess what Gu Tianyu has encountered.
She fled, was caught by the doorman, and the rough hemp rope cut into the flesh; She went on a hunger strike, was pressed tightly by logistics, and rancid porridge water poured down her throat; She resisted, she was whipped by the instructor, her thumb-thick steel bar was pumped to her leg, she was sick, she was deceived by the doctors, and she was left to struggle in her dying life. No one killed her, but everyone killed her.
Gu Tianqing has been dormant for five years, maybe it was a breakthrough found from Meng Xue - although these people have nothing to do with the growth center of the year on the surface, it may be the exchange of interests given by Ge Yumei, and their pension medical insurance has been hung under the Xinsheng Hospital, and one of them has become Meng Xue's patient.
He finally found them all, and when he had the opportunity, he atoned for their sins one by one.
"Finished?"
"That's it."
"So, what did he do out there, you don't know?"
"He'll tell me something, but it's not clear." The boy let out a faint breath and unconsciously rubbed the scar on his wrist: "I never believed that he would really kill. β
Wang Shiqi's mobile phone rang, he glanced at the number, opened the car door again and went out. Zheng Yuan faced the boy in the car alone, the memories were intense, but his narration was calm, as if he was just a container, full of the past that belonged to Gu Tianqing, but he didn't talk about himself. Gu Tianqing killed four people, and there may be Hu Liqin and Gu Tianyu's teachers, as well as his parents, of course, all of this can be more or less related to Gu Tianyu, but Zheng Yuan has already seen the blind spot, which is the center of the eye of the storm, but it is weirdly unfazed.
"What about the dean?" He asked: "In the end, what he wants to take revenge on the most is the dean, why didn't Gu Tianqing do anything to her?" β
The boy's eyelids twitched, and he didn't speak.
"In order to avenge Gu Tianyu, he killed the people who abused her, killed the people who ignored her, and even killed the people who might discredit her, but he just didn't kill the culprit." Zheng Yuan forced him to look into his eyes: "Is he too late or has he given up?" Why did he die at your hands? Why would he let you send those letters? What secrets do you have with him? You-"
- Who the hell are you?
Before he finished his words, Wang Shiqi hurriedly jumped into the driver's seat: "Sit tight, I have to drive a race car." β
Zheng Yuan saw that he was in a strange hurry and asked him, "What's wrong?" Wang Shiqi released the clutch and stared at the boy through the rearview mirror.
"I found out his identity, the New Life Growth Center, which is the only son of the current president of the New Life Hospital, Ge Yumei, Xie Li. He disappeared five years ago, and his family did not report it. At the name, the boy jerked his head up, his ears reddening.
"This Dean Ge has already brought a lawyer to the bureau, that law firm is notoriously difficult to mess with, we have to hurry up, otherwise it will be a little difficult."
One foot on the accelerator to the end, ten minutes later, Wang Shiqi's car drove to the substation for the second time. Xu Ye hurriedly came over to answer, and as soon as he stepped into the corridor with people, he bumped into a vast group of people: a half-bald old man in a suit with a half-grown girl, Qian Xin, the top criminal lawyer of the city's "Xinyuan Law Firm", two followers, one with gold-rimmed glasses looked like a personal assistant, and the other was a female doctor who had dealt with Hu Liqin in the hospital when he investigated Hu Liqin last time. The middle-aged woman walking in the front was a little familiar, Wang Shiqi was racing in his mind, and finally thought of where he had seen her - on the propaganda board of the Xinsheng Hospital, she was wearing a white coat, hugging the two children and smiling gently, it was the dean Ge Yumei.
"This old woman has two faces." Wang Shiqi muttered, it was really difficult for the imposing woman in front of him to hook up with the smiling face in the pictorial. Her eyes were sharp, and she went straight through several policemen and fell on Xie Li, the boy was a little stunned, as if he didn't dare to look at her, and finally it was Ge Yumei's side that broke the silence.
"Sonββ!!" The cry sounded defenselessly, Ge Yumei squeezed away Zheng Yuan and Xu Ye and his party, and rubbed Xie Li into her arms: "Silly boy, where have you been!" Do you know that mom has been waiting for you!! The incident happened suddenly, everyone was stunned on the spot, Wang Shiqi reacted to pull the person away, and was intercepted in a black suit as soon as he stretched out his hand: "Officer, mother and son are reunited, heaven and people, don't go to the scenery at this time." β
"You're talking to me about the scenery?" Wang Shiqi squinted: "When the police handle the case, what does the lawyer do when he comes in?" β
"It's not a blind mix, I was entrusted by the victim."
"Victims? You say Xie Li? I'm sorry, but I think it's better for you to call him a suspect. β
"Oh? Do you mean that my client has been kidnapped for five years, taken out by the suspect to kill him, and is justified in self-defense in a hurry? Qian Xin was smiling, but there was no smile in his eyes: "If you want to convict him, at least you have to arrest him first, right?" If the arrest is not approved, he is the victim, and the victim chooses a lawyer to sort out and report the case, which is a kind of punishment for private rights. My intervention did not violate the law. It's you-"
Qian Xin didn't say anything, Wang Shiqi already knew what he meant. Procedural non-compliance was a big hole, and he couldn't let this old fox catch a sore foot.
"Spread out, what are you doing here!" He dispersed the crowd irritably: "Lao Xu, you take someone to make a record, both sides, Lao Zheng, you come with me, everyone else goes back first, don't hinder the police in handling the case!" β
Zheng Yuan nodded, followed Wang Shiqi away, walked to the corner and couldn't help but turn his head once, the noisy situation had subsided, Ge Yumei twisted a tissue to wipe her tears, and was explaining something to Qian Xin, the girl was taking notes on the side, the assistant was handing water and food, only Xie Li, maintaining the posture when he was hugged, his hands together, motionless.
His eyes were always on him.