After all, it was the first day of the competition, especially the gamblers at the scene, who were relatively restrained. Coupled with the limited prize money in the arena, everything is moving in a virtuous circle in a good direction.
Yang Xiao greeted Qin Shubao and turned to leave.
Almost half an hour later, he made an appointment with Li Xiaoqiang and planned to pick up his son with him.
On the other side, although time was a little tight, Cao Meng still basically handled the things arranged by Yang Xiao properly.
At this moment, on the pier of Lancang River, Li Zhengzheng was ashen, slumped on the ground as if he had no strength at all.
Under Cao Meng's command, about twenty tall men in black suits completely blocked the dock.
Li Zheng was not beaten or scolded, nor was he subjected to any torture. Cao Meng first took the money, paid off his gambling debt in front of Li Zheng, and then brought him here.
No one in the whole process had any verbal communication with Li Zheng.
After being rescued, Li Zheng cried profusely at first, and then gradually changed from joy to fear.
He didn't know why these people wanted to help him.
In this world, the only one who is willing to help him unconditionally is his father Li Xiaoqiang.
But Li Zheng knew that his father had no ability to ask these people to help him.
As time passed, Li Zhen soon became uneasy.
He could only swallow his saliva and watch Cao Meng smoke cigarettes one after another, as if waiting for something.
Li Zheng looked around subconsciously. There was nothing above the pier. Except for a bucket half as tall as a man, standing alone on the side.
A chill suddenly crept up from behind to the back of my head.
Li Zheng swallowed a few more mouthfuls of saliva and broke into a cold sweat. He had long heard of people being put into barrels and sunk into the river, but he never thought that one day he would end up like this.
With a sad face, he wanted to beg for mercy, but his legs were trembling, and he felt his chin was also trembling.
Nearly fifty years old, he had no dignity at all, so he knelt down in front of Cao Meng and began to kowtow.
"Brother, please spare my life, spare my life..."
Cao Meng knelt down and looked at Li Zheng as if he were a fool. It was obvious that the guy in front of him was a bad gambler who couldn't be helped.
Cao Meng has been in society for many years and has seen all kinds of garbage. The kind in front of him is completely hopeless and should be classified directly as hazardous waste. The best way is to put it in a bucket, humanely. destroy.
This kind of garbage cannot be changed. Even if his fingers were cut off one by one, he would still gamble.
He will try his best to raise money just to survive in the casino. In his life, he has only one wish in the future, which is to make money, make a fortune from the casino, and achieve financial freedom from then on.
However, it is just a dream after all, a fantasy that can be encountered but cannot be achieved.
At first, when he received the order from his boss, he really scratched his head and thought it was a bit difficult to deal with, but there were always more solutions than problems.
Cao Meng really thought of a way.
First, he ignored Li Zheng for a while without saying anything, and let Li Zheng guess by himself. It happened to be effective, and it scared this guy to death.
"Do you know how many kilograms of cement can be filled with one person in this bucket?"
Patting Li Zheng on the head, Cao Meng continued: "Forty-two kilograms! Don't ask me how I know it, and I won't tell you if you ask me."
Li Zheng raised his head and cried with snot and tears. He was really scared. The young man in front of me was not like joking with him.
Who would bring such a large group of people to play pranks on him at night?
His heart felt cold, and even his breathing became rapid. In his head, the only reason he had was telling him that these people must have had other reasons for rescuing him, and they couldn't have been just to kill him.
It's just that he can't think of the real reason now.
Maybe their boss is a lunatic, a psychopath who likes to kill people!
Gradually, countless thoughts were flying in his mind. Under the stimulation of huge pressure, Li Zheng felt that he was about to collapse.
He lit a cigarette and smoked it for Li Zheng.
Cao Meng, who was squatting on the ground, continued to say indifferently: "You bad gambler, you are very lucky. Someone has replaced your debt. Guess where he is now. Use your imagination and you will win a prize if you guess. ,I said."
Li Zheng was dumbfounded, following Cao Meng's gaze and looking at the lonely blue bucket on the dock.
He knew that the only person in the world who still cared about him was the old man, his father Li Xiaoqiang.
In my heart, a string broke. Li Zheng opened his mouth wide and wanted to say something, but he instantly lost the ability to speak.
My mind went blank.
Father!
Li Xiaoqiang, he was put into a bucket!
An indescribable grief instantly destroyed his soul, which had been riddled with holes by gambling.
Struggling to get up and run towards the bucket.
However, Li Zheng was pinned to the ground by two men in suits.
"Ah! Ah!!!"
With his mouth wide open, he could only roar like a beast. For the first time, he turned his head, revealing fierce and bloodshot eyes.
He wants to resist, he wants to kill! He wanted to kill them all. The hatred for killing my father is irreconcilable.
At this moment, he regained the blood of a man.
However, no matter how much he struggled, even if his limbs were stained with blood, he was still pressed to the ground and unable to move.
"It's almost time. Throw it away." Cao Meng seemed satisfied. Li Zheng's mood changed and he turned to a younger brother and ordered.
There was something strange in his eyes.
From this point of view, this kid may really be saved, and he has not really fallen into the abyss of despair.
"thump!"
There was a loud noise, and the blue bucket filled with cement sank directly to the bottom of the river. Perhaps, for many years to come, it will never be discovered again.
"I'm going to kill you! Kill you! Let me go, you sons of bitches, you crazy sons of bitches!"
Finally, Li Zheng let out a violent shout and began to curse wildly.
Tears, unable to stop falling. His heart was bleeding, and the endless anger and sadness were no match for the regret that hurt to the core of his bones.
He knew that everything he had come to this point was because he had gone astray.
He became obsessed with gambling.
It was him who let his mother down, it was he who let gambling ruin his family, and it was he who let his father die tragically. Right now, even the bones cannot be buried with dignity.
People, what is the purpose of living?
Li Zheng found that he had never thought about it for so many years. At this moment, he really wanted to die. The one he really wanted to die was him, not the father who had been cheated by him all his life.
His whole body was trembling, and he was in grief.
His emotions were collapsing, and the guilt in his soul made him want to commit suicide immediately.
But he couldn't do it.
Being pinned to the ground, he couldn't even stop living now.
In my heart, the only obsession is revenge. But subconsciously, there was a devilish voice telling him all the time that everything was his fault and that he was the source of everything.
However, fate never has a regret medicine to take.
If people do something wrong, they will bear the consequences.
Gradually, a wry smile appeared on Li Zheng's face. He could no longer feel relieved.
Because he knew that he was wrong.
However, the man who had endured and burdened his whole life for him could no longer hear his confession.
He will bear this curse until the end of his life.
Seeing Li Zheng gradually regaining his composure, Cao Meng signaled to his younger brother to let him go. He has seen the boss's car and will be arriving soon.
When Li Xiaoqiang followed Yang Xiao to the dock, his heart suddenly tightened.
He had already seen his son Li Zheng, but he was in a very embarrassed state with some blood stains on his body, which seemed a bit shocking.
"Son, son, how are you? Are you hurt anywhere?"
The old father quickly ran forward and began to check Li Zheng's injuries.
Li Zheng raised his head and looked at the sudden appearance of his father. He was stunned for a moment, and then he threw himself into Li Xiaoqiang's arms and cried bitterly.
This shocked Li Xiaoqiang. In all these years, he had never seen Li Zheng so fragile.
I don't know what he went through just now to become so sensitive.
Li Xiaoqiang didn't know how to comfort his son, but Li Zheng knelt on the ground and began to kowtow to his father.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Dad, I will never gamble again. I really will never gamble again."
On the cement floor, accompanied by heavy kowtow sounds, Li Zheng's scalp was bruised, blood covered his face, and he had mixed feelings in his heart.
The joy of regaining something made him hold Li Xiaoqiang tightly. After living for so many years, he suddenly woke up for the first time. He was very lucky that he still had a chance to make amends.
Li Xiaoqiang couldn't help but burst into tears. How could he not see that this time, Li Zheng was really different.
Looking at Yang Xiao, his eyes were full of gratitude.
The son's ability to turn back as a prodigal son and reincarnate as a human being all depends on the man in front of him.
He wanted to kneel down and express his deep gratitude to Yang Xiao, but Yang Xiao stopped him in time.
"From now on, live a good life. By the way, I have no intention of settling the 100,000 yuan that Li Zheng owes him. I just want to help Brother Qiang with insurance. If he doesn't gamble in the future, forget it and treat it as nothing. Son, but if he still dares to gamble, I will personally come to collect the debt. When the time comes, I guarantee that Jesus will not be able to save him."
Being able to help this old friend and return a favor made Yang Xiao feel quite happy.
As the night wind blew, his thoughts returned to the past again, to the moment when he needed help from others.
As long as a person lives, he should do something and not do something.
If you do some, you can feel at ease and have smooth energy, which is most suitable.
Even if one day he really turns into a monster, he will work hard to maintain the essence of being a human being in his heart and it will not change.
[This plot is actually a real person who happened to be around the author. Later, the guy really stopped gambling, no joke. 】
