Chapter Twenty-Six: Calm Down
The two of them had a simple lunch and returned to the rental house.
Zhu Xixi took stock of the magic weapons and ancient books he had at hand, and planned to start with Ah Xu to see if he could get some clues.
At this time, Ah Xu's face suddenly changed, and he immediately rushed into the bathroom and locked the door, and Zhu Xixi outside the door looked at his small body in confusion and "swished" over.
"What's wrong with you?" Zhu Xixi asked outside the bathroom door now.
But there was no answer, she put her ear to the door, and there was no sound inside.
"Got something bad?" Zhu Xixi asked.
Still no answer.
"I'm in! I really went in! Zhu Xixi couldn't help but raise her voice, knocked on the door, and began to faintly worry about whether Ah Xu was sick.
Still no one answered......
Now Zhu Xixi's heart is furious, why is there no sound at all? Could it be that you fainted? She hurried to the cabinet to find the key to the bathroom, and just poked the key into the lock, and before she could turn the handle, she made a "clang" sound on the door!
The sudden commotion made Zhu Xixi panic, his heart beat soaring, and he looked at the door in horror.
"Stink! Prostitute! Child! The drunken curse of the man at the door rang out, "Open the door for Lao Tzu!" Open the door! Play dead, huh! Open the door! ”
The iron security door was kicked and rattled, followed by the sound of the door opening, followed by the screams of a woman, seemingly painful.
Zhu Xixi's attention was completely pulled away, and the sounds of domestic violence evoked the shadows of her childhood, fear and anger at the same time, because the woman finally let out a painful scream, and the sound pierced her heart at the same time like countless needles!
At this moment, Zhu Xixi's anger rushed straight to his head, and he walked quickly to the door and opened the door, just in time to see the man pulling the woman's hair and smashing it on her body with a fist, the woman knelt on the ground and was powerless to resist, except for the exclamation just now, she didn't make a sound!
Seeing this, Zhu Xixi kicked directly on the man's buttocks, with a fierce light in his eyes.
The man who was kicked was himself in a drunken state, coupled with his defenselessness, and the whole person rolled down the stairs, letting out a painful wail.
Unexpectedly, when the beaten woman saw the man rolling down, she covered her mouth in surprise, and then glared at Zhu Xixi and asked, "How did you beat someone?!" ”
She said that she was about to go down the stairs to check the strength of the man, and the angry Zhu Xixi grabbed the woman's weak arm and said fiercely: "He beat you like that!" You still care about him?! Why?! Why don't you resist when it's so painful?! Why endure?! Do you have to kill you?! ”
Zhu Xixi questioned heartbreakingly, his breath was short, his eyes were red, and his eyes contained too many complex emotions.
At this moment, she may not be asking about the woman who is being subjected to domestic violence, but about her mother who died of domestic violence many years ago.
I want to ask her why she didn't resist!
The woman was frightened by Zhu Xixi's eyes, and said tremblingly, "He is my husband......"
"So what!" Zhu Xixi's tears fell uncontrollably, gritting his teeth and roaring, "Is this identity the gold medal for him to kill you without death?!" ”
She gulped in a big breath and clenched the woman's arm hard, the knuckles on her fingers not only white but also trembling slightly, and she felt her heart beat like a drum beating on her eardrums.
"You let go of me! Let me go! The woman began to push Zhu Xixi in pain, but she was too thin and there were still injuries on her body, and she couldn't break free of Zhu Xixi's hand at all.
And Zhu Xixi, who was deeply immersed in his own emotions, became more and more energetic in his hands, and his tears fell more and more uncontrollably.
At this time, the man who rolled to the bottom of the stairs relieved himself, grinning and looking at Zhu Xixi, who kicked him down the stairs, he wanted to struggle to get up, and cursed in his mouth: "Damn, dare to hit me!" I'm going to kill you! ”
Suddenly, the male ghost in a retro suit and a bowler hat appeared again, still only the lower half of his face could be seen, he stood at the top of the stairs and whispered: "Zhu Xixi, calm down!" Hee-hee! Calm down! ”
The man's voice was low and magnetic, with a little anxious emotion, he had never seen Zhu Xixi so excited.
He even wanted to raise his hand to touch Zhu Xixi, but he still took it back, and could only repeat it over and over again: "Zhu Xixi, calm down!" ”
The cold and ethereal voice of the male ghost really pulled Zhu Xixi out of the whirlpool of childhood shadows, she looked up at the male ghost in confusion, and the strength in her hand was relieved.
The beaten woman took the opportunity to quickly push Zhu Xixi away, stumbling down the stairs to check on the man's injuries, but as soon as she leaned over, the man slapped her without hesitation and continued to curse.
Zhu Xixi staggered back two steps, closed her eyes and frowned, took a deep breath to calm herself, and after calming down a little, she wiped away the tears on her face as if inadvertently, looked up at the male ghost and asked, "Who are you?" Why did you appear with me three times twice? ”
I've seen him several times before, and last time he came to the rescue in the hospital, Zhu Xixi was full of curiosity about this male ghost, and this male ghost had seen her break down twice because of the shadow of her childhood.
"I ......" The male ghost was about to say something, but his voice was drowned out by the beating and scolding on the staircase turntable.
The man did not stop the domestic violence even if he fell down the stairs, gritting his teeth like a demon, beating the woman with all his strength and no power to fight back, as if there was some deep hatred between them, and cursed in his mouth: "Looking for someone to deal with me? Yes? XXX! XXXXX! you! ”
Zhu Xixi angrily and helplessly raised her hand to cover her eyes and tried to calm herself, but after a few deep breaths, she was still ready to rush down the stairs to teach the man a lesson.
"You're going to kill him!" The male ghost hurriedly spoke out to stop him, "Zhu Xixi!" Calm down! ”
Zhu Xixi, who had already rushed down from the fire, directly grabbed the back of the man's neck, the thin man was not her opponent at all, and he was thrown up a few flights of stairs like mud, knowing that he had encountered a hard stubble, he could only curl up and look at Zhu Xixi in horror.
Zhu Xixi struggled for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and swung his fist to hit the man.
"Don't!" The male ghost floated to Zhu Xixi's side and shouted to stop him.
Just when Zhu Xixi's fist was about to fall on the face of the domestic violence man, an unfamiliar male voice sounded: "Do you want to help call the police?" ”
The male ghost was the first to look up, and downstairs a man in a black sweatshirt and gray jeans, the hat of the sweatshirt covered his head, and he looked white and clean in his twenties, exuding a lazy temperament all over his body, as if he hadn't woken up.
He should be the mysterious neighbor on the fifth floor, Li Jiang's friend.
The man bent down and put his hands on the railing, the pendant around his neck dangled on his chest, it was a crystal glowing with blue light, he looked at the three of them like a good show, yawned and said, "It's okay to fight every night, why don't you stop during the day?" Hey, little girl, what are you doing with other people's housework? If you go down with this fist, you won't have anything to say when people sue you. ”
At this time, Zhu Xixi completely calmed down, withdrew his hand, glanced at the domestic violence man with eyes like garbage, adjusted his breathing and walked upstairs with a cold face.
The woman immediately threw herself at the man's side and began to care about whether he was in pain.
"See." The mysterious neighbor said in a playful tone, "No matter how good the relationship between the husband and wife is, you are purely nosy. ”
The words of the mysterious neighbor made Zhu Xixi feel uncomfortable, and the anger inevitably burned again, and he wanted to scold him, but when he looked up, he found that the male ghost was gone.
Where did it go?
The next time I see him, I will arrest him first, and then ask him what the origin and purpose are.
"Little girl, don't meddle in the future, they will stop beating for a while, but as soon as you intervene, the woman will be beaten even more." The mysterious neighbor threw down a sentence and turned to go upstairs with his hands in his trouser pockets.
The appearance of this person made Zhu Xixi, who was already in a bad mood, even more unhappy, she raised her head and said angrily: "You don't meddle too much, what are you doing here?" ”
"Look at the fun." The man stopped and half-turned his head, shrugged his shoulders and said casually, "By the way, come down and condemn it, such a big movement disturbed my sleep." ”
He finished and went upstairs.
At this time, the woman who was abused used used her thin shoulders to support her husband and trembling to help him up the stairs.
Zhu Xixi didn't want to see this couple, mourned their misfortune, and was angry with them, so they could only turn around and go in and slam the door shut.
After the surroundings quieted down, Zhu Xixi sat slowly on the ground against the door panel, her legs weak, as frightened and scared as when she faced the domestic violence scene when she was a child.
She buried her head in her knees, curled up in search of some security, trying not to think back to those hard nights.
After a while, the door of the bathroom opened, and Ah Xu walked up to Zhu Xixi with a solemn face, looked at her worriedly, raised his hand and touched her head, and whispered, "Zhu Xixi, cry loudly if you want to." ”
Zhu Xixi slapped Ah Xu's hand away, raised her head and still had an indifferent face, but her reddened eyes still exposed her vulnerability, and asked coldly, "What are you doing in the bathroom?" ”
"I ...... I have diarrhea. Ah Xu was obviously lying, "What's going on outside?" Sounds noisy. ”
And Zhu Xixi was not in the mood to delve into anything, so she got up and walked to the bedroom with a tired look, and dropped a sentence: "Don't disturb me." ”
She lay curled up on the bed, hugging herself tightly like a baby.
When I encountered sad things since I was a child, Zhu Xixi would always self-hypnosis: go to sleep, it's good to wake up, and it won't hurt when you fall asleep.
Sleep is the most healing way for her.
Ah Xu looked at Zhu Xixi's thin back, recalled the appearance of her frantically questioning the woman, and the appearance of red tears at the end of her eyes, and felt distressed.
What exactly did she go through?
For a whole afternoon, Zhu Xixi stayed in the bedroom and didn't come out, Ah Xu sat at the door and guarded worriedly for an afternoon, and finally couldn't help but knock on the door softly and asked, "Zhu Xixi?" Are you hungry? I'll cook instant noodles for you to eat. ”
No one answered......
"If you don't speak, you're eating." Ah Xu got up and said, "Shall I cook instant noodles?" ”
He looked at the closed bedroom door with some uneasiness, but still walked towards the kitchen, stepping on the stool and clumsily cooking instant noodles.
As soon as the instant noodles were cooked, Zhu Xixi opened the bedroom door and walked out, she had just woken up in loose home clothes, her long hair was scattered, and she looked a little less guarded and attacked, and much softer.
"You're out?" Ah Xu put the small milk pot on the coffee table in front of the sofa and said, "The time is just right, let's eat." ”