"Okay, next one." The teacher said.
In the classroom, the students read the texts one after another in a serpentine order, and after a while it was Mawson's turn.
The gray figure stood up. The upper half of his face was not in the picture, only a mouth that opened again and again, unable to make any sound.
The teacher's questions gradually turned into stern questioning.
One head drooped.
A pair of eyes looked over helplessly.
"..."
Tian Gang looked down at the notebook on the table and looked up at the blackboard from time to time, as if he was copying the key points carefully.
He kept an eye on his nose and his heart, and resolutely refused to disturb the center of the storm. He took the lead in following his heart before he became a mature and indifferent adult, and learned how to protect himself wisely.
The merciless scolding echoed throughout the classroom.
Tian Gang no longer felt those two glances that tortured his conscience.
He remained silent, lowering his head and minimizing his presence, like every student who gets angry in front of the teacher. He blends in with them, blends into the group, becomes a member of the public, and thus gains a sense of security.
The orange-red sunset spread over the campus. Tian Gang stood at the door of the school doctor's office. *
He waited for Mo Sen, who had a small ice pack tied around his neck, and for the amnesty for self-deception.
"What... I'm sorry. It's just... something in class.
"At that time, it was difficult for you to speak with your voice, right? When the teacher asked you to get up to answer questions...
"I didn't notice it. At that time, it seemed that Mo Sen looked at me.
"...I'm so sorry, I wish I had noticed.
"I'm really sorry that I didn't have time to help you explain to the teacher."
The sarcastic tone, the fingers scratching the cheek uncomfortably, the relieved smile after hearing "It's okay."
In the past, Tian Gang turned around under the soft light filter, jumping for joy, as if he had never done anything wrong and there was no need for relief.
"Anyway, it's great that you're okay! Let's play games together again when we have free time!"
He turned his back to the flaming clouds in the sky, smiling brightly, and the side of his face was coated with a magnificent red color, like a beam of dim light entangled with false warmth.
The dreamlike memories suddenly shattered and were replaced by a cold corner of the hospital.
"——Actually, I secretly asked He Ye afterwards, please stop bullying Mo Sen."
Tian Gang, who still wears a pot lid as an adult, whispered, "But He Ye asked me impatiently at that time..."
"'If you don't bully him, will he bully you?'
"I'm just, speechless."
Qiu Xue looked at Tian Gang and hesitated to speak. In the end, she remained silent and quietly stared at his lifeless profile.
"So." Tian Gang took another breath, "In school, in order to prevent myself from getting involved, I kept a distance from Mo Sen."
"Some time passed after that. I don't know if Moson went through the procedures for dropping out of school, but he never came to school."
"He Ye said, 'It's boring when no one bullies me'... and then ordered me to bring Mo Sen out."
Tian Gang's eyes were lowered, dazed, and his words became more and more confused.
"I had to call Mawson and lie to him and say:
"'He Ye suddenly had a conscience and wants to apologize to you for what he did before'... something like that.
"That's it, Mo Sen was tricked out."
Tian Gang's throat was crawling, his hands were tightly clasped together, and he couldn't stop trembling.
"Then, then..."
The screen pans, and the intersection is bustling with people.
The last daylight remains in the sky, and as dusk approaches, the red and green traffic lights are dim and bright, and a thin figure walks erratically, as if he is in heaven. *
He Ye and several followers were standing in an alley not far away, their expressions were terrifyingly indifferent, and their words were more of pure control than urging.
"Hey, hurry up!" he snapped.
The crowd is like a stream. Compared with the hurried passers-by, the group of street girls with cheap makeup and scantily clad clothes are very conspicuous. Bars, barber shops, foot baths, massage parlors...the signs of seemingly formal facilities are all brightly lit. Some people who know the inside story are unwilling to pay attention to them, while others are willing to take the bait.
Mohsen walked to the street and faced the place of prostitution across the road.
Uh-huh...
Thin hands unbuttoned the crooked buttons, and the school uniform shirt opened in the wind. The thick black handwriting was like a tattoo in ancient times, and the brand penetrated the skin and reached the bottom of the heart.
"Class C, Grade 1, Luye No. 2 Middle School"
"Morson"
Moson, who was forced to introduce himself by the writing, continued to take off his school pants and boxer briefs.
He Ye and others standing in the shadows laughed loudly, shouting vulgar and straightforward words one after another.
"Hurry up!"
"Why are you so lethargic, little brother——"
"You won't be able to get up at all, right?"
"Hurry up! Everyone is watching!"
The laughter was sharp and piercing, and only Moson's back and his hand on his abdomen were in the picture.
In the evening, when people passing by after get off work or school, the first scream rang out, followed immediately by the second, third...
The sound was so loud that it even drowned out the laughter in the alley.
"Ah ha ha ha ha ha... Ha ah, I can't do it anymore. It's too strong, that guy is too powerful!"
The attendants were staggering with laughter, and He Ye was also too happy to stand still.
"You can really do it!" He hugged Tian Gang, who only had an ugly face, "Look, it's super funny, isn't it?!"
"Ah, haha, haha...yes..."
Tian Gang forced out a smile, his eyes wandering helplessly, and there was a burning pain on the shoulders and back held by He Ye.
"It's so disgusting, how could you do such a thing..."
"Luye High School, Mawson...what, it's so disgusting!!!"
"If you don't have money to go to whoring, why don't you just stand opposite and masturbate... Uh-huh..."
"Today's minors are really..."
The shocked screams were mixed with tiny sounds of hatred, and the contempt and disgust turned into a sharp arrow that pierced the young man in the center.
He Ye's voice is still ringing, like a medicine pestle, crushing dignity and psychological defenses, grinding them into something intense, extreme, distorted and mutated, repressed, filling Mawson's mouthpiece like sludge. Bury him alive here.
That one moved faster.
Full of self-shattering cruelty.
Humiliation, pain and primitive pleasure are mixed together, and rough stimulation triggers a near-death collapse.
Mawson opened his mouth and turned his head.
Tian Gang shrank away from his gaze.
Like any other time.
…
"——He Ye and I stood together, laughed at Mo Sen together, and despised him together."
Tian Gang's voice was harsh, his drooping eyelids trembled and he closed his eyes as if in a dream, "I will never forget the look in Mo Sen's eyes at that time."
"A very...desperate look.
"The light in my eyes is gone, there is no look, no hope...
"Simply, it's not like a look that a living person can have."
Tian Gang shivered slightly, swallowing repeatedly, his breath dissipated in the air, and his breathing was so soft that it was almost inaudible.
"..." Qiu Xue pursed her lips and said no more.
*For details, see Chapter 101 "Rain in the Day" (12)
*For details, see Chapter 107 "Rain in the Day" (15)
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If the can is broken and dropped, the seal will not be opened.
Next update: 9pm on 12.3
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