I took a bus from Bangkok to my cousin's house in Rayong City, and my cousin was very happy, but in fact, it was only less than a month apart, which shows how strong my cousin's affection is.

During the meal, I asked my cousin: "Did your friend Lao Li take his son to the hospital to have a look, he can't get sick just because he ran into an evil spirit, right?" ”

My cousin said, "Of course I've been to the hospital, but I can't find out the cause of the disease. ”

I asked, "What kind of anomaly is it?" ”

The cousin said: "I heard Lao Li say that his son suddenly began to behave abnormally one day, which was particularly weird, but the child was normal before and never had autism and mental problems. I have a good personal relationship with Lao Li, so you can go and have a look. Tomorrow night he comes to my house, and then you drive my car to his house. Anyway, it's not far, and their home is also in Rayong, which is only a twenty-minute drive away. "I agreed.

The next night, the meal had already been prepared, but Lao Li didn't come for a long time. I asked if he had forgotten, and as he was talking, Lao Li arrived, and as soon as he entered the door, he shook hands with me with a smile: "You are Mr. Tian Qi, Boss Wu's cousin, right?" Fortunately, I will be honored. I'm really sorry, it's a child's business again, and I delayed for more than half an hour, so I made you wait for a long time, I really didn't mean it. "I hurriedly said it was okay.

The cousin asked, "Has your son's illness flared up again?" ”

Lao Li said: "Yes, alas! Judging from the way he dressed, he knew that he was a person with very ordinary family conditions. I had dinner at my cousin's house, because my phone didn't roam internationally, and my cousin had two mobile phones, so he gave one of them to me for temporary use for emergency contact. In this way, I drove my cousin's car and drove Lao Li to his home in the northwest of Rayong City.

The neighborhood is full of slums, old and dilapidated apartments, with concrete cisterns downstairs and young men and women standing by the pools bathing, men wearing only panties and women wearing only a saloon around their bodies.

Through the glass window, I was amazed to see these people bathing: "These men and women are actually bathing together, oh my God." ”

Lao Li smiled bitterly: "What's strange, the poor have no money, and there is no shower at home, so they have to wash it like this." ”

"It turns out that there are poor people who don't have showers at home......" I couldn't help but sigh.

I stopped the car in front of an old apartment and went up to the fifth floor to Lao Li's house, which was very simple, exuding a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine, and there were two plates of leftovers on the dinner table. A muffled voice came from the bedroom, as if someone was covering their mouths to speak. A middle-aged woman came out of the back room, her head was covered with sweat, in addition to tears, her face was covered with a large piece of plaster, and even her eyes were bruised, it seemed that the smell of Chinese medicine was emitted like this. Seeing us come in, she quickly wiped the tears on her face, and subconsciously turned her face sideways to prevent people from seeing the scars.

"Mr. Tian, this is my wife. Mr. Tian, Boss Wu's cousin, is here, pour water! Lao Li said to his wife, and his wife hurriedly poured water to wipe the table.

Lao Li said embarrassedly: "In order to save more money, I rented the cheapest apartment when I went abroad to work, don't laugh." I hurriedly said that it was nothing, and then cut straight to the point, asking what is the situation of the children of the Lao Li family, and where are the people now? Lao Li pointed to the back room: "In the bedroom, it's already tied up." ”

I was surprised: "Why tie it up?" ”

Lao Li shook his head and didn't answer. I went to the bedroom and opened the door, and there was a little boy about six or seven years old tied to the bed, bound like a rice dumpling with strips of cloth tied up and his mouth blocked. Seeing someone come in, the little boy rolled around, whining, tears and snot, looking at us pitifully, looking very pitiful.

Seeing this scene, I rushed up to untie it, but Lao Li hurriedly came up to stop it, and I was very angry: "Do you understand that this is illegal?" As a parent, are you abusing children? Perverted! ”

Lao Li said loudly: "If you don't understand the reason, you must not let him go, otherwise everyone will be unlucky!" ”

I said, "How is that possible?" Can a six- or seven-year-old boy still beat someone to death? ”

Li's wife stood at the door of the room, covering her mouth and crying. Lao Li said: "The wound on my wife's face was caused by him with a hammer. ”

I was shocked, Lao Li closed the door and locked it, the three of them sat at the table, Lao Li couldn't stop sighing: "My son's name is Xiao Yong, this child has been very well-behaved since he was a child, but since more than a month ago, he suddenly began to be abnormal." First of all, I talked in my dreams at night, and the content was very strange, all of which were words like "why is it today" and "you hit me, I will also hit you", and I don't understand what it means. After a few days, Xiao Yong began to sleepwalk, and sometimes when he got up in the morning, he saw him standing in front of the bed, looking at us and his wife with his eyes open, and when you called him, he couldn't tell what was going on. ”

Mrs. Li wiped her tears and took over the conversation: "This is not counted, it will get more and more serious in the future." Sometimes while eating, Xiao Yong will suddenly learn the voice of an adult, and he will still speak in a woman's voice, and he will come up with something like 'Do you think I'm pretty, dear', 'I'm your person tonight', these headless words come out. We felt more and more strange and asked what you were talking about, but he was normal again, and continued to eat, and wondered why we asked him these things, saying that he had never said anything. ”

After listening to these stories, I couldn't help but ask, "Could this child be pretending to be on purpose?" Boys are naughty! ”

Lao Li shook his head: "Even if it's naughty, do you think a little boy under the age of seven would say such a thing?" ”

"What?" I asked.

Lao Li said: "He said that night, 'My family is very poor, and the dowry is not much, your parents will definitely look down on me, if that is the case, we will move to Phetchauri, okay?'" 'That's the case. Phetchaburi is a province in southern Thailand, and my son is too young to know that place, and we haven't been to it before, so how can he come up with such a complicated place name? ”

Indeed, this is a very strange phenomenon. I thought for a moment: "If I guessed correctly, then it got worse and worse, from talking to myself to sleepwalking, and then to throwing things, getting angry, and even hitting people, right?" ”

Mrs. Li: "Yes, we slept well that night, and this kid suddenly hit me in the face with a hammer, and yelled 'If you hit me, I'll kill you', and kept talking." Luckily, he was only seven years old and didn't have much strength, but he also cracked my cheekbone. Originally, our family had no money, but now I have spent a lot of money on myself and the medical expenses for this child......" Li's wife cried in a low voice, and I was also very sympathetic and persuaded her vigorously.

I thought about it and asked Lao Li: "Did anything happen to your son before he started to have abnormalities?" ”

Lao Li said: "This question has also been asked, there really isn't, our husband and wife have thought about it for a long time, Xiaoyong is more introverted, never causes trouble, plays with children outside, and doesn't dare to speak out even if he is bullied." There haven't been any anomalies in our house. "I said you'd better recall it carefully, there is a reason for it, no matter who hits the evil for a reason, it can't be for no reason. It may seem like a trivial thing in your eyes, but it is likely to be the bane, and there must be something that you have overlooked.

Lao Li and his wife looked at each other, still shaking their heads. To tell the truth, the Li family is so poor, even if there is something, they can't come up with any money, I'm afraid this business is not profitable, and I don't want to care about it anymore. But after all, Lao Li was a friend of my cousin, so I called Fang Gang.

There was music and the sound of a woman's laughter on the other side of the earpiece, obviously in KTV, I told him about the situation, Fang Gang laughed, his tongue was hard, and he hiccuped: "Not bad, it seems that I want another next home!" You're quite on the road, let me tell you, in the future, like this kind of thing, you should learn more about relevant information, such as what strangers the victim's family bumped into during that time, who they had a quarrel with, who they offended or even animals, what lives they had, how they moved, what they damaged, what they bought and sold, what they lost or picked up, and what they didn't see. Ask more and call me again if there is anything suspicious. ”

Hanging up the phone, I forwarded these words to Mr. and Mrs. Li, who suddenly asked, "Is it okay to pick up things?" ”

I said, "Of course, what, what have you picked up?" ”

Lao Li also asked his wife: "Is there one?" ”