Chapter 18: I Am Human

She lowered her head and smiled softly at me.

She said, "Ah Xing, you are human. ”

I remembered what my mother said to me when she squatted on the edge of the bed in the middle of the night, what did she say?

"You're human, you're human, you're human......"

I shrunk my neck, tears coming out of my eyes and hiding in my hair.

At that moment, I knew that I was not like people.

I secretly read a lot of books, a lot.

From "The Theory of Evolution" to "The Selfish Gene", from "The Animal World" to "Encyclopedia of Species".

No matter how much I don't want to admit it, I can't change, I'm not human.

I'm an orangutan.

Chimpanzee.

It is said that the genetic similarity with humans is very high, and it is very high.

I sat in the library, and the school people sat far away from me, and they stole at me and whispered.

I hate this kind of strange look.

I want to shout, I can read, I can count, I have a higher score in high math than you, why do you reject me so much?

Everyone was afraid of me, except for one girl.

She's not good-looking, but she's cute.

She would secretly comfort me when there was no one around; will give me a bottle of water while I read; He would say to me gently, so that I don't care about other people's eyes.

For the first time, I learned what it means to like and what it means to be happy.

I loved her with all my heart, I helped her take a seat, I helped her cook, I helped her clean up, I did everything I could.

But she trembled and said to me that I should not come near her in the future.

I was sad, angry, and unwilling.

Even though I could punch her in the stomach, I didn't.

I just watched her from afar, and that was enough.

However, just like that, she didn't allow it.

She told the instructor that I molested her!

I shook my head again and again, indicating that I didn't, but I was clumsy and couldn't talk about her.

The guide called up the monitor, which showed that I was following her at all times.

She walked into the bathroom, and I followed.

It's cold and damp in the bathroom, and the cubicles are narrow, I'm just worried that something will happen to her, so I can't go in and take a look?

I don't understand.

She cried so much that several of my classmates angrily accused me.

"He usually probes his brain, and always follows Lin Ming, I've seen it several times!"

"I saw it too! He would sometimes scream in the grove in the back mountain, take off his pants and pee! ”

"After all, he is an orangutan, not a human, so what if he has good grades? If it is not of my race, its heart will be different! It's better to kick him out as soon as possible! ”

The last person I knew to speak was the president of my class, and he was always the first in the class before I came.

Their eyes were frightened and resentful, and they pointed at me and yelled.

My mother came, and I bowed my head to explain to her.

But she slapped me indiscriminately.

It was the first time I had seen her look so humble, and she begged the instructor and the director to give me another chance, I would never do that in the future.

She held my head down and forced me to kneel down and apologize.

I gritted my teeth and didn't move.

My voice was low and sullen: "I'm not wrong, why apologize?" ”

"Call the police! Alarm! They roared loudly.

The police arrived shortly after, along with several doctors in white coats and masks.

They have needles in their hands!

My mother stood in front of me and shouted, "I didn't teach him well, don't do this!" ”

"Dr. Li, you are suspected of using state subsidies to carry out human-orangutan gene fusion editing experiments without authorization, and now you are trying to pollute the human gene pool through orangutans.

The mother's eyes were red, her face was distorted, and the flesh on her face twitched.

She dragged the chair next to her and slammed it hard, screaming hysterically: "Don't think! Don't! I'm helping humanity evolve and I'm doing the right thing! I'm Albert Einstein!! ”

Several police officers rushed forward to try to rein her in.

My body reacts faster than my brain.

In any case, she is my mother after all.

I kicked the cop over, piercing one man's stomach with one hand and crushing another's wrist with the other.

Flesh and blood splattered all over my hair, in my eyes, on my blue tracksuit, and turned into dots of dirt that could never be washed off.

Screams and curses filled my eardrums.

I roared in rage.

A doctor rushed forward with a needle in his hand about to plunge into my skin.

My mother rushed over, stood in front of me, turned her head and shouted, "Run!" Come on! ”

Anger, panic, and panic made me a headless fly, subconsciously obeying my mother's words.

I turned around, jumped onto the windowsill in three or two steps, smashed the glass with one punch, and jumped down without looking back.

The whirring wind ruffled my hair, and at that moment, I knew the taste of freedom.

But this freedom is too short.

When I fell down, it happened to fall on a net.

Countless police officers held me down.

Mom, I'm sorry, I still can't run.

After that, I became even more famous.

I can see my posters everywhere.

It's just that last time it was a compliment, this time it's a curse.

It is said that my mother was imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital and screamed every day: 'I am Einstein. ’

Supposedly, I should have been euthanized, but most people said that I was not at fault, that it was my mother who was at fault, and that they were interceding for me.

Eventually, I was stripped of my clothes and thrown into the zoo.

On the hill of the zoo, there are many orangutans that look like me.

I thought I had finally found my own people, my relatives.

However, I couldn't understand their words, I didn't understand their rules, and they stared at me coldly with their sharp eyes open.

They collectively ostracized me.

Humans say I'm an anomaly, and orangutans think I'm an anomaly.

I don't fit in with the world, either the world is crazy or I'm crazy.

I didn't want to go crazy, so I turned to the breeder and hoped he would help me.

He looked horrified and beat me hard.

He said, "Don't speak any more!" ”

The whip in his hand was so long, he used so much force, and his body trembled so much.

He was the one who hit me, but he was more scared than me.

I stole his lighter while he wasn't looking.

Late at night, while all the orangutans were asleep, I brought the straw and plastic waste they used to make their nests.

Don't be surprised, plastic waste is thrown in by tourists, who always laugh, shout, call me a 'stupid orangutan', and throw the garbage in their hands.

Unknown orangutans will pick them up and eat them, and eventually their stomachs will ache.

But I secretly saved up the garbage.

Then, in this deep, silent night, they were piled up at the mouth of the cave.

The moonlight was soft, the stars were shining, and I laughed, my canine teeth sharp.

I lit the straw and garbage, took advantage of the night, knocked out the security guards, and escaped from the zoo.

The fire burned behind me, reflecting half of the sky.

I think now all the animals that look like me are dead.

Now, I'm human!