Before I met Xiao Shan, I never knew that I was a person who liked to be alone and quiet. In other words, the words "solitude and quiet" did not exist in my soul at that time.
Going to bars and going to KTVs is our daily routine. As the eldest brother of the Chengnan Gang, if I don’t have a big drink with a bunch of gangsters every day, and don’t take my younger brothers to a disco, that would be very disrespectful to me.
A matter of identity.
I usually don't dance in discos. It's not that I can't dance, but I don't like dancing. What I like is to find a corner where no one disturbs me in that noisy environment, and have a glass of beer and slowly enjoy it.
Watching those men and women, stinking of sweat and hormones, frantically squandering their energy and physical strength.
A slim, dignified, elegant and plainly dressed girl walked past me. A girl with her dress and temperament should not have appeared in such an occasion. I don’t know that it was this strong contrast that touched me.
It was her unique temperament that touched me. My heart began to beat wildly, sweat began to form on my forehead, and the desire in my heart seemed to rush out of my body.
I stood up unconsciously and followed her out of the disco. At the door of the disco she stopped and turned around. She didn't say anything, she just looked at me calmly. We looked at each other like that,
I don’t know how long it took, maybe this is what people often call a glance of ten thousand years.
We are in love.
Her name was Niu Ting, and she opened a small meditation teahouse in the city. From then on, I started to like drinking tea. In her small teahouse, she taught me how to make tea.
How to taste tea. In front of her, I always speak softly. It's not that I deliberately do this, nor that she asks me to do this, but it is the natural expression of the truest self deep in my heart.
When she became pregnant, I found out that she was the biological sister of Niu Qiang, the eldest brother in the north of the city. During that time, I was always outside fighting with her brother's people, and afterward I came to her with injuries or blood.
Went to drink tea in a tea house. Why do things in the world always torture people like this?
Niu Qiang said that he would kill me within three days. Niu Qiang was very powerful at the time, and my Chengnan Gang was nothing in his eyes. If he said he wanted to kill me, he would definitely do it.
Her sister completely fell out with him over this matter. Niu Qiang said to his sister: I have completely embarrassed you. Even if you die in front of me now, I will kill Xie Long.
I am not afraid of death, but I am afraid that something will happen to Niu Ting and the child in her belly. We discussed it until midnight and planned to escape at dawn the next day, leaving the city where we were born and raised, and going to a place where Niu Qiang could not find us.
A place where I can live a quiet life and raise my children smoothly.
After making up my mind to escape, I told Niu Ting to go home and pack some things. She held my hand and said to be careful, maybe his brother's people were ambushing my house now, and it didn't matter if I didn't take my things.
I told her that I would be careful and would definitely pick her up before dawn.
I know that even if I escape, Niu Qiang will not let us go. What's more, I still escape with her sister. He will definitely send people to chase me to the ends of the earth.
I didn't go home that night, but went to one of my brothers' houses and took the double-barreled shotgun I had hidden from him. I had to escape, but before I could escape, I had to solve my own worries.
.I would rather have the police chase me than have a bully chase me.
Niu Qiang always spends the night in a nightclub called "Paradise", which is his base camp and lair. In the second half of the night, there are very few people drinking and dancing, and the doorman and most of the waiters have also found a place to take a nap.
After I entered the Paradise Nightclub with a gun, I met a waiter carrying a drink in the corridor. I pointed the gun at him and asked him to take me to Niu Qiang’s bedroom. Fortunately, Niu Qiang turned up while he was sleeping.
Don't lock the door from the inside.
After entering the bedroom, I closed the door and turned on the light. Niu Qiang was awakened by me. When he saw clearly that it was me and the gun in my hand, he calmed down. He said to me:
"You go away, I won't kill you anymore."
"I want to go with your sister." I pointed the gun at his head.
Niu Qiang glared at me, looked at the dark muzzle of my gun, sighed and said:
"If she doesn't listen to me, just let her go."
"I'm not worried so I left like this." I expressed my worries.
Niu Qiang sneered and said:
"You are afraid that I will hunt you down, so I will leave my sister here and get out alone."
"No, I must take her away." I insisted.
Niu Qiang spread his hands and said:
"Okay then, kill me if you can. If you don't dare to shoot, just throw down the gun and go away alone. Don't delay my sleep here."
I also sneered and said:
"I don't want your sister to marry a murderer."
After hearing what I said, he suddenly laughed:
"Haha, you have no ability and no courage. How can my sister like you?"
I stopped talking nonsense to him, lowered the muzzle of the gun, pointed it at his knee, and pulled the trigger. Niu Qiang screamed and lay down on the bed. Without any hesitation, I pointed the muzzle of the gun at his other knee.
With only one knee, he pulled the trigger. Niu Qiang yelled again and passed out.
I didn't dare to tell Niu Ting about the shooting of Niu Ting at first. After we arrived in the south, settled down, and two years after giving birth, I told Niu Ting what I did that night.
She still looked at me calmly for a long time. Three days later she asked me:
"Is he okay?"
"I heard that my life was saved, but I will never be able to stand up again." I answered with my head lowered.
"Let's go, pack your things, let's go home." Niu Ting still looked at me calmly and said.
"But! If I go back, I will be arrested and sentenced." This was the first time I had a disagreement with her.
"Since you have done it, you must be responsible for what you have done."
"But if I take responsibility, do I have to go back and spend a few years in jail?"
"My child and I will wait for you."
Our discussion on this matter ended here. Three days later, Niu Ting and I embarked on our return journey with our children in our arms.
At that time, my mood was conflicting. The case caused quite a stir in Gui'an, and it was said that more than a dozen versions of gang fights were staged. In the words of the police, the social impact was very bad. I knew that even if I went back and surrendered,
, what awaits me is at least eight to ten years in prison.
But if I don't go back, I may lose everything in my life. This is actually a multiple-choice question with only one answer. All I can do is try my best to overcome my inner fear of prison and loss of freedom.
Looking at Niu Ting sitting next to me with her child in her arms, the calmness and calmness on her face, as well as the cute face of the sleeping child in her arms, gave me great comfort.
Eight years is a long time. Eight years is a short time. Compared to the promise between me and her, what are these?