Because it was under the stairs, the door was very small. If it hadn't been for the soft sound just now, Zhu Tianlei would definitely not have noticed it.
He pushed it and the door swayed slightly, but it was obvious that it was fastened inside.
"Little sister, I know you are inside, could you please open the door? It's dark inside, how scary it is!"
Zhu Tianlei lowered his voice very low, very soft, for fear of scaring the little girl inside.
"Little sister, I am Sister Xiaomei's boyfriend, and I am also a friend of you little darlings. If you have anything to do, you can tell your brother, please open the door, okay?"
Zhu Tianlei stood hunched outside the door and whispered a lot, but there was no movement inside the door.
Zhu Tianlei felt inexplicably uneasy, and he put his hand on the doorknob.
"Little sister, brother is about to push the door open. Be careful. Brother counts to three and then pushes the door open. One, two, three!"
With a creak, the door was pushed open, and Zhu Tianlei subconsciously covered his nose.
The hut was small and trapezoidal in shape. It was full of debris and had a pungent musty smell.
But in such a small room, which is less than four square meters, there are four children standing there, including the little girl who just disappeared from the stairs.
In addition, there were two girls and a boy, four children standing in a row, their eyes full of fear, and there was something that even Zhu Tianlei couldn't see clearly.
"Did you lure me here on purpose?"
The little girl looked to be no more than 10 years old, and she was very delicate. She was wearing a small peacock-colored cotton skirt and holding a stuffed toy in her hand that was so dirty that the original color of her eyes could no longer be seen.
Looking at Zhu Tianlei, the girl's big eyes flickered, but Zhu Tianlei saw a depth and coldness in these black and white eyes that were completely inconsistent with her actual age.
"Are you a good person?"
The girl's voice was hoarse, and it didn't sound like the vocal cords of a 18-year-old child.
This question was childish and ridiculous, but for some reason, Zhu Tianlei nodded solemnly.
"I am, you can trust me."
When the girl heard Zhu Tianlei's words, she didn't react at all. The other three children were like puppets and didn't react at all.
"You help us kill Dean Xie, and we will give you money!"
Looking at the handful of colorful change the girl took out from behind his back, Zhu Tianlei felt as if he had entered a funny world.
"Kill Dean Xie? Why, he is your dean. Without him, you would have no place to live, let alone food, clothing, and education."
This was Zhu Tianlei's subconscious reaction. He thought so and said so.
"You and him are in the same group."
The little girl took back her hand and said viciously, like an angry little wolf.
Zhu Tianlei was a little dumbfounded. These children had watched too many TV series and knew that they had hired murderers.
"Little girl, you need to know how to be grateful from an early age. Dean Xie is your benefactor. You..."
Just as Zhu Tianlei was about to continue speaking, the little girl suddenly rushed up, hugged Zhu Tianlei's arm, opened her mouth and bit Zhu Tianlei's wrist.
hiss!
Zhu Tianlei took a breath.
I bet this little girl is really a wolf!
"You are not good people!"
The girl let go of her mouth, her lips and teeth were stained with blood. She looked at Zhu Tianlei and said through gritted teeth. The hatred in her eyes made Zhu Tianlei frightened.
How could a **-year-old child have such terrifying eyes?
Suddenly, Zhu Tianlei's eyes fell on the little girl's collar, and a purple mark was slightly revealed on the exposed skin.
"How did this happen?"
"Get away, don't touch me!"
Before Zhu Tianlei stretched out his hand, the little girl screamed, and the other three children seemed to be frightened, hugging each other and trembling.
"Let me see what's going on with you."
The little girl refused to be touched, so Zhu Tianlei walked up to the only little boy again and whispered.
The little boy was trembling all the time, his face was pale, and he subconsciously wanted to dodge Zhu Tianlei's extended hand, but he seemed to be afraid.
Zhu Tianlei opened the little boy's clothes and was stunned by what he saw in front of him.
There was not a single intact skin on the little boy's skinny body. Bruises, redness, swelling, ulcers, and all the injuries that Zhu Tianlei could think of could be seen on this child's body.
"How...how could this happen?"
Zhu Tianlei felt that his voice could not suppress the trembling.
He had a guess in his mind, but he didn't dare to amplify it.
"Didn't you say that Dean Xie is our benefactor? This is his kindness to us..."
The little girl snorted coldly. Her expression and tone did not look like a child at all.
After the girl finished speaking, she suddenly threw the change in her hand at her feet, tore off her coat, and then lifted up her underwear. The situation was almost the same as that of the little boy, even with more old injuries.
"You two, lift up your clothes too."
The little girl gave the other two little girls cold orders.
Looking at the four children in front of him, their combined age was only forty, but the scars on their bodies made Zhu Tianlei feel that even adults, let alone several children, might not be able to bear this kind of injury.
"Just tell me what is going on, and I will definitely seek justice for you."
When Zhu Tianlei spoke, his upper and lower teeth bumped together.
He didn't want to get angry in front of his children, but his anger was like boiling water. No matter how hard he suppressed it, he couldn't suppress the roiling water.
When Zhu Tianlei came out of the small room, his face was frighteningly gloomy.
"Tianlei, what's wrong with you?"
On the way back, Hao Xinmei looked at Zhu Tianlei's gloomy face and couldn't help but ask.
"Xiao Mei, what kind of person is Xie Hongchi?"
"Uh...Why do you suddenly ask such a question? Of course Dean Xie is a good person!"
"Good guy?"
Zhu Tianlei sneered.
"Tianlei, what's wrong with you? What happened? I think you're a little strange!"
"Nothing, I'm a little tired, I'll take you back first!"
"You won't come with me?"
Hao Xinmei asked subconsciously. Now, she is more and more dependent on Zhu Tianlei, and the two of them cannot meet often, so she cherishes every opportunity to be together more and more.
"I have something to do tonight, you can go to bed by yourself!"
After that, Zhu Tianlei said nothing more. Until Hao Xinmei got off the car and entered the villa, Zhu Tianlei didn't say another word.
Hao Xinmei felt a little aggrieved.
After entering the house, Hao Xinmei opened the floor-to-ceiling curtains in the living room and saw that Zhu Tianlei's van had not left. Zhu Tianlei was sitting in the driver's seat, smoking.
She knew that Zhu Tianlei could smoke, but in the more than half a year they had known each other, Zhu Tianlei had never smoked in front of her.
Zhu Tianlei rarely does this. What happened? (To be continued)