After hearing Qin Luo's answer, the child was quiet for a moment, turned his head and looked ahead. Qin Luo felt that he might not have looked at anything at all, because his eyes were empty.
"I used to have a happy family. My father opened a company and ran it very well. My mother took care of the housework at home. She was very gentle. They were very loving and pampered me. They often picked me up from school together. My classmates were all envious.
I, I am also proud of this." The child remembered the past and showed a longing look in his eyes, but his eyes were so ethereal that they could not bear to be broken by the slightest touch.
"However, I lived like this until I was seventeen years old, that is, two years ago, something happened to our family. My father collaborated with others on a big project, but was deceived by the partners. They took all the money my father invested.
He disappeared after leaving, but left a lot of debt for my father to repay. At that time, my father had no way to pay back so much, and almost all his money was used to invest in that project. My father went to borrow money from a friend he knew before.
, but none of them were willing to borrow my father's. At that time, my father looked very tired every day, which made me feel very distressed. I advised my father to take a rest, but my father was still busy all the time. I was afraid that my father would not be able to bear it.
One time, I followed him secretly, but I saw my father kneeling down with his old friend, but that person still didn't help my father, and even scolded my father for being useless." The child bit his lip and clenched his hand.
The hands together couldn't stop shaking.
Qin Luo frowned slightly and looked at the child, but did not disturb the child and let him continue talking.
"In the end, my father had no choice but to sell the company and our house to pay off the debt. We have been homeless since then."
"After that, we rented a small and simple house to live in. It was okay at first. I thought it would be fine as long as we were together as a family, and things would gradually get better. But it only took a few months.
, I knew that my idea was too naive. At the beginning, my father did think the same as me. He also held hope for the future and worked hard for the family. But later, because his work was not going well, his
His temper gradually deteriorated, and he gradually became addicted to alcohol. Every time he got drunk, he would take out his anger on me and my mother. I knew that my father was under pressure from work.
He was in a bad mood, so we endured it and didn't blame him. But when he woke up the next day and saw the scars on my mother and I, he always blamed himself and promised repeatedly that he would never drink again.
.Both my mother and I believe that he will do what he says, because only in this way can there be hope, and we must believe."
The child suddenly smiled slightly as he spoke, but the laughter was so bitter and disappointing. It was very heavy in Qin Luo's ears, and even his heart was a little depressed.
"But Dad still let us down in the end. Every time he didn't go well at work, he would drink. The more he drank, the more he drank. He even got addicted to gambling and didn't even go to class. When he won the bet, he would buy a drink.
He would beat people when he came home drunk. When he lost a bet, he would also buy alcohol and beat us even more violently. Moreover, he no longer felt that it was wrong to hit us as before. Instead, he seemed to be used to beating us and felt that we deserved it.
He beat me." The child took a deep breath and calmed down before continuing.
"Finally, my mother couldn't bear it anymore. One day when my father went out to gamble again, she packed some simple luggage and asked me to go with her. I was shocked at the time. Even if I was beaten by my father, I never thought about leaving.
I never thought that our family would be separated. I begged my mother not to leave and not to leave my father behind. My father would be very lonely. But my mother didn't listen. She was completely disappointed with my father.
No matter how much I begged her, she was unwilling to stay. In the end, I had no choice but to stay by myself. My mother left. If I left too, my father would definitely collapse, although I knew that his collapse would not be because of the departure of his relatives, but because of the departure of his relatives.
There is no one to accompany him to suffer, no one to vent his anger."
"Dad came back very late that day. As usual, he was drunk and in a bad mood. When he came home and saw that his mother was not there, he panicked. When he saw me, he got angry again and cursed me.
I looked at my mother and punched me. It hurt at the time, but I didn't say anything to beg for mercy. I just thought that it was good that my mother was gone, otherwise she would have to be beaten again. My mother is very beautiful, my mother is very gentle, and she is also very weak.
, she couldn't bear the beating from her father, so it was right for her to leave. Where was my mother at that time? Will we be able to see her again in the future? I hope she can live as happily as before, I was thinking silently at that time."
"Dad kept beating me, and I was knocked unconscious. In the end, all I knew was that dad smashed a wine bottle at me, and then I fainted." After saying this, the child lowered his head slightly and lightly tapped with one thumb.
Gently rubbing a thick scar on the back of his other hand. Only then did Qin Luo realize that the scar on the back of the child's hand was so big. He could imagine how serious the wound was at the time and how painful it would be.
"When I woke up, it was already the next day. I was lying on the ground, and my father was lying not far from me. There was a heavy roar. I felt relieved knowing that he was okay, and then he found me.
The wound on my hand had stopped bleeding at that time, leaving traces of dried blood on the back of my hand and on the ground. Only then did I realize that it hurt, the wound hurt, and my heart hurt too."
Tears rolled in his eyes for a long time, but finally couldn't bear the weight and rolled down. The tears burst instantly. The child reached out to cover his eyes, but he still couldn't stop the tears from falling.
"I'm sorry, kid. I shouldn't ask you. It's all my fault for making you sad." Qin Luo panicked when he saw the kid crying. He quickly reached out to hold the kid in his arms and patted the kid's back gently.
, clumsily comforted. The tears rolling down on the hands seemed to be burning with a hot temperature.
"I, I'm fine." The child wiped his tears vigorously, biting his lower lip and trembling uncontrollably.
"Although I was seriously injured, dad, dad, he didn't regret it at all. When he woke up, he saw that my eyes were swollen from crying, so he slapped me again and then left. He slapped me so much that it hurt.
His hands used to caress my head lovingly, but he can't go back now, he can't go back." The child's tears were still falling uncontrollably, but he continued to speak persistently.
"Little boy, don't talk anymore." Qin Luo felt very distressed and persuaded the boy while wiping his tears, feeling very guilty in his heart for reminding the boy of sad past events.
The kid took a few deep breaths to stop himself from shaking and continued talking, as if he wanted to speak out everything in his heart in order to relieve the pain in his heart.
When Qin Luo saw that the boy was so persistent, he stopped disturbing him and asked him to continue talking.
"Finally, after a few months, I couldn't stand it anymore. Although I still couldn't let go of my father, I was afraid. I was afraid of being beaten by my father again, so I ran away. I ran very far away, and my body was covered with blood.
The injury from my father’s beating was very painful, but I didn’t dare to stop and kept running until I lost strength and fell.”
As he spoke, the child paused for a moment, turned around and said to Qin Luo with raised corners of his mouth: "Haha, Brother Luo, do you know? I'm so happy that I fell, because it made me meet the uncle. I almost fainted at the time
, when I saw the uncle squatting down to help me up, I saw his peaceful eyes, so beautiful and reassuring. So the moment I fainted, I told him to take me away, but on my second
When I woke up the next day, my uncle was beside me. When he saw that I was awake, he asked me lightly if I needed anything. I looked at him and found that his eyes were still so peaceful, so peaceful that I didn't move away.
Open your eyes. From then on, I stayed with my uncle. He didn’t let me stay or ask me to leave. He didn’t care about my injuries. He didn’t ask about my life experience. After my injuries healed,
After that, he brought me here."
"Everyone here is very kind to me and loves me. Even though they don't say it out loud, I know that every time I want to do something, Brother Chuan will not object. Brother Achi loves money very much.
, but she always buys me a lot of expensive things. My eldest sister doesn’t like to be in contact with other people, but she knows that I want to learn to cook, so she patiently teaches me little by little. Brother Ayi and Brother Ayan are free every day
, and he always takes me out to play. And my uncle, although he always doesn’t like to deal with people and is lazy every day, he always takes care of me every time I get sick and catch a cold. They are really good to me.
Very good, I'm glad I could meet them."
The child had tears on his face, but he smiled happily. Qin Luo could see that he was really lucky to meet Brother Chuan and the others.
Or maybe when the little boy appeared outside his door, it was really the eldest sister who asked him to explain things to her. He is so simple and would not lie to me.
Qin Luo thought so in his heart. Although he knew that it was too hasty to believe the boy like this, he wanted to believe him once.
"After I escaped that day, I never went back and never saw my father again. If I ran away, my father would be very angry. I dare not go back to see him. Brother Luo, do you think I am bad? I
I left my father alone." The child immediately grabbed Qin Luo's hand and asked with tears in his eyes, filled with guilt.
"No, the boy is right to do this. This man is no longer your father. Your father will not be willing to beat you. He will love you very much." Qin Luo reassured.
"Isn't he my father anymore?" The little boy leaned his head on Qin Luo's shoulder, and his tears fell on Qin Luo's shoulder.
Qin Luo patted the kid's shoulder gently. He could understand why the kid insisted on telling all these worries. In fact, he must be feeling very sad because of guilt. He always felt that it was a sin for him to leave his father behind.
But he didn't dare to go back. And his fear of going back may not only be because he was afraid of being beaten, but more importantly because he didn't dare to go back and face his already shattered home, and he didn't dare to face the beauty of the past and the cruelty of reality.
Qin Luo felt very distressed. The child was still just a child, but he was burdened with such a heavy guilt. He kept it in his heart and never said it out.
"Okay, don't cry anymore, otherwise Brother Chuan and the others will definitely feel bad when they come back. If eldest sister knows that I made you cry like this, you will definitely skin me. Be good, don't cry." Qin Luo turned his childish face
Wiped away the tears on his face and said comfortingly.
"I, I understand." The child nodded obediently, took the tissue in Qin Luo's hand, and wiped away his tears with his head held high.
Seeing the little boy trying hard not to cry anymore, Qin Luo's brows were deeply knotted.
Sure enough, the seniors were right. If you want to do this, it is best not to get in touch with your opponent's heart, otherwise you will have inappropriate emotions, which will disrupt your judgment. But I really don't want to doubt Xiaotong.