The old man walked slowly and alone for a long time. Finally, with the help of a kind passerby, he successfully got on the No. 306 bus.
The other party stepped forward to help because he discovered that the old man had vision problems.
"Thank you, young man!"
The old man showed a kind smile.
After getting on the bus, someone else stood up and offered her seat.
After going back and forth like this, the old man's hatred was softened again and again.
I felt so warm that my desire for revenge became indifferent.
Suddenly, the old man doubted whether his actions were appropriate.
After all, the Xie family had reconciled with him back then, and they had lost money.
Although it is not much, it is within the legal provisions.
It may be too impulsive for me to behave like this now.
But when I think back to my miserable life, I feel very reluctant.
If Xie Lin had not shot herself in the eye, maybe the outcome would not be as bad as it is now. At that time, everyone knew that her future was bright, if...
There are no ifs in life.
In real life, he is obviously a victim, but Schelling is not affected.
He did not pay the price for his wrongdoing.
The old man thought about the scene where the prosthetic eye came out and scared the little girl to tears, and his heart felt like a knife. Wasn't Xie Lin the cause of all this?
"Xie Lin, I want you to give an eye for an eye!"
The old man gritted his teeth and secretly made up his mind.
In fact, she was still young and not very sensible when her eye was injured.
At that time, it was her father who personally made the decision to compromise with Xie Lin, without caring about her feelings.
Now, she has to make the decision for herself.
The old man is kind-hearted and has never killed a chicken in his life.
Now that I have the idea of doing bad things, I feel a little unaccustomed to it, and I even feel fear in my heart.
Even though the chili noodles were packed in her handbag, she still felt as if someone knew about it and was watching her closely, making her dare not relax for a moment and even become nervous for no reason.
Along the way.
The old man felt that the bus was running so fast that he had no time to think about it. In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the so-called Bianhua Community.
The community in front of us is very dilapidated. After the baptism of time, it no longer looks like the most expensive commercial building in Wanning County. It looks like a twilight old man.
Time makes people age, and it also makes this community age.
Walking on the path outside the community wall, the old man seemed to have returned to the afternoon of decades ago.
The sun was shining that day and it was very hot. Her parents were very happy that day. The family was going to my grandma's house for a vacation.
"What if..."
The old man thought with regret.
While trembling along the road, he moved forward with difficulty on the old steps. Even though it was decades later, the old man was still deeply impressed by this place. He even knew the layout and structure of every pedestrian path in the community.
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As I walked, the hatred from the past came to mind again.
The old man endured nearly 10 levels of severe pain that day, which he still cannot forget.
Although my eyesight is not as good as before, I still walked into the community yard accurately based on my senses.
People were coming and going in the yard, most of them were elderly people. Most of them were children back then, but now they are as old as her. Some were walking their dogs, some were walking their grandchildren, and they all looked so leisurely and relaxed.
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Among them, there was an old man who looked at the old man with a familiar look.
As we approach Building 4.
The old man subconsciously grabbed a handful of chili noodles from the bag and held it firmly in his hand.
When she meets her enemy Xie Lin, she wants to sprinkle the chili powder on his eyes to let him taste the pain she felt back then.
"I haven't seen Xie Lin for decades. He must be old now."
The old man thought secretly: "No matter how old he is, I will recognize him even if he dies and turns to ashes."
She has arrived 4 buildings down.
She knows better than anyone that Xie Linjia lives on the fourth floor.
Before coming, the old man had simulated in his mind more than once how to let Xie Lin eat chili noodles in his eyes.
It can be said that he is extremely proficient, and even every movement has been practiced by the old man no less than a thousand times.
In any case, the old man is very sure of himself.
The community is an old-fashioned tube building with only six floors at the top and no elevator. It took the old man nearly ten minutes to reach the fourth floor with difficulty and find the door of room 404 with a strong feeling.
Take three deep breaths.
At the same time, the revenge plan is simulated in the brain again and again.
Proficient.
Raise your hand to knock on the door.
Just as his fingers were about to touch the door panel, the neighbor next door suddenly opened the door and came out. Seeing such a special old man standing at the door next door, he took a curious look.
The old man was so frightened that his heart almost reached his throat.
She became nervous and scared, and her hands that were already shaking started to shake even more.
The expression of 'guilty as a thief' is clearly revealed on his face.
The neighbor noticed something, walked down a step, turned back, and looked at the old man suspiciously.
He opened his mouth and asked: "Auntie, who are you looking for?"
The old man was completely panicked when he heard this.
She has been kind all her life, but she didn't expect that it would be so difficult to do bad things for the first time.
"I, I'm looking for Xie Lin."
The old man gritted his teeth and said it.
I wanted to say a few words to let the other person leave so as not to ruin my plan.
But the other party said: "Xie Lin? Which Xie Lin?"
Obviously, this neighbor had never heard of the name Schelling.
The old man was a little panicked. It wasn't that the other party refused to leave, but that he didn't seem to know Xie Lin at all.
"Xie Lin." The old man emphasized again.
I'm a little speechless and helpless. To the old man, he is just 'Xie Lin' anyway, and he doesn't have a corresponding photo. How to describe it?
However, what the other party said next made the old man freeze in place.
"Mom, there doesn't seem to be anyone named Xie Lin here! Are you going to the wrong place?"
"No, you can't go wrong."
The old man argued excitedly: "This is what I'm looking for, No. 404, Building 4, Bianhua Community."
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The other party nodded and said: "Yes! This is No. 404, but no one in his family is named Xie Lin!"
"What? No?"
While the two were talking, the person inside the door seemed to hear something, opened the door and came out, a middle-aged man and woman.
"Lao Wang, this old lady said she was looking for Xie Lin, do you know?"
The man named Lao Wang shook his head and said: "There is no one named Xie Lin."
The old man couldn't help but turn pale, and suddenly turned crimson, like a child who had done something wrong.
Several people were surprised when they saw the chili noodles in the old lady's hand.
However, seeing that the old lady's movements were slow and she was so thin that she could fall over in the wind, so she was unprepared. Lao Wang's neighbor asked curiously:
"Auntie, do you have something to hide?"
Lao Wang also noticed it. He saw that one of the old lady's eyes was red, swollen and bloodshot, but the other eye was extremely clear. At first glance, it looked like a fake, and he felt inexplicable fear.
To be precise, the old lady at this moment is like a ghost in the eyes of these two neighbors.
In other words, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is an old witch. How can there be any old person in the world who looks so strange?
It's really rare.
The old lady refused to listen at first and insisted on going in to find the so-called 'Xie Lin'.
Seeing how pitiful the old lady was, the couple planned to let her in.
At this moment, the hostess of the house suddenly remembered Xi Dedao:
"By the way, isn't Xie Lin the same person he was decades ago?"
Lao Wang also gradually gained an impression.
He looked at the old lady and asked, "There is also a man named Xie Dajiang, who is Xie Lin's father, right?"
The old lady immediately nodded and said, "Yes, that's his dad."
In this way, it seems that the truth has come to light.
The hostess said in a tactful voice: "Madam, to be honest, the Xie Lin you are looking for is no longer in Wanning County."
"Not in Wanning County?" The old man took a breath and froze on the spot.
"Yes!" the hostess continued: "In addition, he left fifty years ago, so we bought this house."
Look at the old man’s troubled expression.
The two families could not help but sympathize.
"Auntie, what's going on? It's been more than fifty years, why are you still looking for him?"
After being stunned for a moment, the old man had no choice but to tell his tragic past in detail with tears in his eyes.
The old man finally asked with doubts in his eyes:
"I just want revenge, am I wrong?"
After listening to the old man's story, the neighbors were deeply touched. Even the hostess of the house was directly shocked. She was also a woman and deeply sympathized with this unfortunate experience.
"Auntie, you are right. If it had been me, I would have made him fight an eye for an eye long ago. And you also used chili powder. Instead of me, you directly used a chisel to make him blind and even see blood in the process.
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The hostess's teeth were itching with hatred.
The male host seemed to be much calmer and said disapprovingly:
"Well, I think it's been more than fifty years since the incident, so there's no need to pursue it further."
The neighbor said: "Yes! 'An eye for an eye' has been true since ancient times, but if you do it now, you will definitely violate the law. Maybe you won't blind the other person, but you will get an orange. It's really not worth the loss."<
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Even though the two men said this, they still couldn't calm down in their hearts.
The old man said with great grievance: "I am almost seventy years old this year. If I don't take revenge, I will never have another chance."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned and didn't know how to answer.
What the old man said was both angry and serious.
In fact, what the old man wants is not the so-called eye for an eye, but a sincere apology from the other party.
But after so many years, I haven't seen Xie Lin or his father say a word of apology. It seems that they will feel at ease as long as they lose money.
No matter what.
For the elderly, after telling their unfortunate experiences, their depressed mood will be much better.
At the same time, the desire for revenge has become a little less intense.
In fact, over the past few decades, the old man has rarely told his tragic experience to others, especially a stranger.
But when I tried it for the first time, it felt very different.
Seeing the juniors who respect and care for him in front of him, the old man is extremely happy.
Grateful: "Thank you for being so patient and listening to me."
"Mom, if you need help with anything, just tell us and we will try our best to help you." The hostess comforted.
The two men nodded in unison.
The old man said gratefully: "Thank you!"
Then he muttered cynically:
"I'm almost 70 years old, what else do I need from you? I've already died a hundred times."
Later.
The neighbor went downstairs beforehand.
The owner of the house sent the old man away and returned.
The old man walked along the stairs with extremely heavy steps. He was already very relieved, but when he was approaching the downstairs, he felt unwilling again.
"I just want them to sincerely apologize to me in front of me!"
Maybe I think too much.
When I was going downstairs, I accidentally stepped on the ground, lost my center of gravity, and fell down.