010/Qiliu
That seems like a very distant memory.
Ying Zhou thought.
When did the idea come to her, "I want to protect her."
It must have been when I was seven years old. Xu Wenling cried and told Li Yang to stop gambling. She blocked the door and refused to let him go out.
She was four months pregnant at that time and her belly was already slightly swollen.
Xu Wenling probably thought that the child in her belly would be her talisman, but what she got in return was a hard slap from Li Yang.
"You fucking bitch, did you earn the money? You don't care how I spend it. I think it's only because I married you, the bad guy, that I'm unlucky." Li Yang breathed heavily, cursing, as if he was covered in hair. The enraged Niu, the bag stuffed in Qian's hand was bulging, "Get away."
There were no online loans at that time, and informal loan sharks were all cash transactions.
Li Yang has been losing for three days. He just won hundreds of thousands three days ago. When he came back, he was in a good mood. He kissed the side of Xu Wenling's face and said that he would take her and her son to the beach for vacation during the summer vacation.
But this time Xu Wenling was particularly stubborn, with a pleading tone in her voice: "Stop playing cards, okay? Xiaozhou hasn't paid for piano lessons yet. The teacher said he has talent. It would be a pity to waste it..."
That's not a very smart statement.
Li Yang became even more angry, and he kicked him directly: "You're not my damn son, so ask his biological father to go."
This time Xu Wenling was kicked far away. He fell to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time.
Li Yang didn't even look at it, slammed the door and left.
When Yingzhou came home from the tutoring get out of class, he saw such a scene. His mother was covered in cold sweat and her face was pale. She was lying on the ground in pain and was unconscious.
He called 120 and the ambulance came. Before the ambulance arrived, he gave Xu Wenling simple first aid.
The operator praised him as a brave and smart kid.
Yingzhou didn't know much about the details. He only knew that his brother was gone and Xu Wenling would not have any more children.
Li Yang cried bitterly and vowed that he would never gamble again. But within half a year, he returned to his old ways.
At that time, the family was already heavily in debt, and apart from gambling and selling houses, there was basically no way for Li Yang to pay off the debt.
Xu Wenling is just an ordinary housewife. She has nothing but a pretty face and can't take care of her husband.
The gambler once again waved his fist at his wife because Xu Wenling cut his ID card into pieces and refused to let him go for private loans.
This time Yingzhou was at home, and he remembered the operator saying that he was a brave child.
He bravely stood in front of Xu Wenling.
Li Yang could lift him up and throw him out with one hand.
He picked up the stick that fell on the ground and smashed it over his head and face.
That night, Xu Wenling cried and applied medicine to him. The disinfectant alcohol was applied to his bruised face. It hurt, but Yingzhou tried his best to keep his eyes open and not let himself shed a single tear. In order to prevent Xu Wenling from being sad.
But she seemed even sadder.
Xu Wenling said: "Mom doesn't need your protection. You can protect her after you grow up, okay?"
So Yingzhou endured it hard. He got up at 6:30 every day and ran to school; he ate a lot and didn't stop until his stomach hurt; just to grow up quickly.
He is growing up and his mother is changing.
When she was in a good mood, Xu Wenling said, "Mom will make you a small cake today, okay?"
When she was in a bad mood, Xu Wenling would say: "If it weren't for you, how could I marry him?! You need to have a household registration to go to school, and everything costs money to eat! There is no need for money. If you don't get married, I will take you with me." You don’t even have a place to stay, and you still want to study?”
"I have endured for you for so many years, is there anything wrong with me? My only fault was giving birth to you! Why do you think I was discriminated against and took you away from home! Your biological father was a murderer! Everyone at that time I couldn't bear to have an abortion. I shouldn't have given birth to you!"
Yingzhou grew up in such criticism. His mood gradually changed from pain and self-blame to numbness.
Finally, at the age of 14, he was as tall as his stepfather.
Yingzhou had a fight with him. He is a relentless avenger, a burning fire and a biting wolf.
But Xu Wenling was a cold knife thrust from behind.
In popular opinion, children are not allowed to hate their parents.
This hatred was suppressed, but it did break out at some point.
When Xu Wenling cursed him like crazy again, Yingzhou was not as silent as before.
He calmly picked up the pen that fell on the ground and put it on the desk. Then he took off his school uniform jacket and put it on the stool.
The sequence and actions were exactly the same as before his damn stepfather took action.
He frowned and asked, "Didn't you ask for this?"
A deformed family that is painful, chaotic, hates each other, and cannot find any warmth and love.
There are always weak people who will be eaten by such monsters.
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…
In the living room, the two people didn't speak for a long time.
"Isn't she not alienated?" Yingzhou asked. His eyes couldn't find the focus and were very distracted. As if he hadn't come out of his memories yet, he murmured as if he was sleepwalking, "Why is it her?"
Yuan Wenxin: "Don't you think it's strange that everyone nearby is an animal in your eyes, but she is not?"
Yingzhou couldn't help but retort: "But you also said when you came here that if you have awakened as a superpower, you will not be infected again by other evolutionary sources. And didn't you see animals too?"
Yingzhou's voice was calm.
But Yuan Wen knew clearly that except when he was excited, Yingzhou rarely spoke such long sentences at once.
"Yes, but," Yuan Wenxin took a deep breath, "The larva in my body is similar to the scout bee responsible for vigilance in the bee colony. It will only react when it encounters disaster."
This incident actually sounded a warning to Yuan Wenxin, that is, not to rely too much on the memories of the previous life.
At least in his impression, the farmer was an old man with a gray beard.
Yingzhou sat on the sofa, silent for a long time, and slowly raised his head: "...Then, what should we do? Kill her?"
In the afternoon, because the old apartment had small windows and poor lighting, the lights in the living room were on.
The black shadow behind Ying Zhou spread slowly, like the spread wings of a bird, occupying half of the wall.
The black shadow was burning like a ball of flame that could burst into flames at any time.
All it takes is one thought of Yingzhou, and it will drag Yuan Wenxin into the fire and burn it to ashes.
Yingzhou raised the cup on the coffee table and drank water. The water cup was placed against his lips. He didn't take a sip, but just used it to cover his face.
The moment Yingzhou raised his head, he glanced at Yuan Wenxin. The pink eyes rolled up, and a large area of the whites of the eyes were exposed to the air.
During the most desperate and chaotic period, Yuan Wenxin had seen this look many times.
Strange, indifferent, secretly weighing.
Yuan Wenxin realized something at this moment.
Yingzhou didn't kill Zhou Mingzhe or Li Yang, not because he was kind-hearted, but because in his perception, these two people were not threats at all. It would do him no good to do it himself.
After all, neither Zhou Mingzhe nor Li Yang are likely to cause problems for him in the future. Why bother asking for trouble.
But at this moment, Yingzhou wanted to kill him.
Yuan Wen had a hunch that after he gave a positive answer, Yingzhou would take action without hesitation.
Yuan Wenxin's mood was very complicated. This kind of complexity must be described in words. It is probably sympathy mixed with surprise.
He even wanted to laugh, so he actually laughed out loud: "If I were you... I would choose to do it when I go downstairs, or at other times. At this time, I will not be so vigilant, and I can't see your expression. Not here.
"You obviously don't have a clear understanding of your abilities. Of course, this is normal. Many people who have just gained powers feel that they are omnipotent and think that they are the center of the world and the son of heaven. But Yingzhou, you kill Don't kill me. You should know that even if you really kill me, the matter will not be solved. Death is not the end, but the beginning. Because you need to kill not only me, but also the entire family behind me."
Yingzhou asked expressionlessly: "Really?"
"Yes, but I don't say this to anger you. I just hope that you can have bigger things in your eyes and understand the laws of how this world works."
Yuan Wenxin said this sincerely, and seemed to be thinking about Yingzhou.
Yingzhou frowned: "You seem like the teacher I hate. He said I wasn't gregarious enough and didn't know how to have a good relationship with my classmates. He also said that when I come out of society in the future, these rubbish will be my connections, and I will regret it... It’s really a disgusting feeling that I know something is wrong but I don’t know how to refute it. It’s like taking a bite of an apple and looking down to find half a thin white worm broken into the pulp.”
"Besides, having said all that," Yingzhou raised his chin slightly, raising the corners of his mouth with a mocking look in his eyes, "Have you recovered from your previous injury?"
Yuan Wenxin was silent for a rare two seconds.
He took a deep breath and replied: "It is now the early stage of the strange recovery, and your mother may not become a farmer. Moreover, the alienated person can only be seen by you now, which shows that the degree is still very light. The evolutionary source has not been completely integrated with her. Maybe it can be saved.
"But Yingzhou, you have to be clear about one thing. If she really degenerates into a farmer. Even without me, there will still be people who want to deal with her in the future. Can you protect her for the rest of your life? You have to let more innocent people go for her sake." Are thousands of people dead? This number is not one or two, but tens of thousands. Thousands of corpses are placed in front of you, can you remain indifferent?"
Yingzhou replied: "I can."
The atmosphere was deathly silent.
Yuan Wenxin covered her face with one hand, her shoulders trembled, and she let out a few muffled laughs from her chest: "Indeed, of course you can, after all you are... but you obviously hate her, don't you?"
This time, Yingzhou didn't answer. He lowered his eyes, his expression distant and indifferent.
Yuan Wenxin: "There is currently a research institution in the mountains that is conducting special research on strange resuscitation. It may be possible to save your mother by sending her there. There is a technology that can try to separate people from harm. Overall, it is similar to Your mother is sent to a nursing home for mental health. But only she can go there, not you. Can you accept this choice? "
"Strip it off? Do you have to send it to a research institution?"
Ying Zhou thought of Zhou Mingzhe and the shadow that escaped from him.
The suspicion in his voice was obvious.
Yuan Wenxin added: "...you don't know yet, Zhou Mingzhe died while you were in the hospital. When he died, his whole body was as dry as a mummy. After anatomy, there was not a drop of blood in his body."
"What about security?"
"If she died unnaturally inside, I would be willing to die to apologize."
"How can you ensure that your words are credible?"
"It will not interrupt her contact with you, and you can evaluate it yourself."
Yingzhou: "No, I'm talking about dying to apologize."
Yuan Wenxin thought for a moment and replied with a smile: "I think no matter what I say, I can't make you feel at ease. So, Yingzhou, you have to grow up quickly."
Yingzhou thought for a long time.
"good."
He put away his shadow, and the light in the living room gradually became brighter.
Only then did Yuan Wenxin realize that the room had turned dark just now, not because the sun had set.
Yingzhou's growth rate was far more terrifying than he imagined.
After his rebirth, his arrogance due to the unknown prophecy became particularly ridiculous at this moment.
Without further ado, Yuan Wenxin started contacting the research institute on the spot.
He didn't even think about how to explain to the relevant person in charge why he knew the internal phone number, but it didn't matter.
Yuan Wenxin's every move was not hidden from Ying Zhou.
In front of Yingzhou, he relayed the story, communicated with the institute, and finally hung up the phone and said: "Go pick up your mother. The people at the institute said they would arrange a plane and... a containment capsule."
Containment module. Used to imprison some evils that cannot be killed.
In the previous life, there were also superpowers whose evolutionary sources were out of control, and they would send themselves in at the last moment of their lives.
Ying Zhou was not very interested in talking, and his expression was particularly dissociated.
He walked downstairs and followed Yuan Wenxin numbly into the car.
It was only 3 kilometers from his home to the supermarket where Xu Wenling worked, but unfortunately he caught up with the evening rush hour.
Traffic jam. Neither of the two passengers in the carriage spoke.
When the lanterns first came on, the sky turned dark little by little.
"Actually, I understand you." Yuan Wenxin's eyes were blank, and his face showed a strange and deep sadness that was not suitable for his age, "I am even jealous of you."
Jealous of Yingzhou for having such courage and determination.
At this moment, Yuan Wenxin looks very story-telling and fragile. Maybe just a question will open up your heart.
It's a pity that Yingzhou is not interested in other people's stories.
*
Xu Wenling stood at the checkout counter from 2pm to 10pm. It was almost time to get off work, and some cashiers were in a hurry to go home, or had other things to do, so they simply put up a "Closed" sign to signal people in line to go to other people.
As long as there is no surprise inspection by the leadership, no one will care about these details.
Xu Wenling was the last one to get off work.
She went to the workroom to change her clothes, turned on her phone, and found that Yingzhou had sent her several messages.
-What time do you get off work?
-It's raining heavily today. I'll pick you up outside the supermarket.
Xu Wenling's mood was full of surprises.
She stood in front of the mirror a little awkwardly and checked her clothes, which were very ordinary. Pretty decent.
The woman in the mirror is old and tired. Being tortured by life, I can no longer see the beauty of my youth.
Xu Wenling walked out of the supermarket and immediately saw Yingzhou waiting for her with an umbrella.
In this brief moment of looking at each other, Xu Wenling saw... a flower.
This flower has only one bud, which comically takes the place of the head, and the neck becomes a slender flower stalk.
Slender and easy to break, but also stubborn and unyielding.
Will it bloom? What about after flowering?
This illusion lasted only a moment, like many hallucinations she had imagined.
For some reason, Xu Wenling's eyes were red and her nose was sore.
She had the urge to cry.
Yingzhou looks even better than when he was young.
His father was very good-looking, and there were many people pursuing her at that time, including coal bosses, clothing factory directors, and college students, but Xu Wenling still married the man with no money and unknown origins without hesitation.
Yingzhou stepped forward and handed her the other umbrella.
"Small boat." The temperature was a bit low, and the cold wind blew. Xu Wenling sniffed and opened the round umbrella, "Why did you remember to pick me up? What should I do if I catch a cold?"
Not completely loving, not completely unloving.
This is perhaps the most hurtful part of family relationships.
At this moment, Yingzhou suddenly said: "Mom."
"……Um?"
"I killed Li Yang." Yingzhou said the most terrifying words in the calmest voice, "His body is in the refrigerator. I paid a lot of electricity bills. If no one calls the police, no one will find it. I found it. Car, can you come with me?"
Of course this sentence is false, but that’s what Yingzhou wanted to say.
A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky at this time very cooperatively.
A few seconds later, there was thunder and heavy rain.
Xu Wenling's umbrella fell to the ground.
The rain fell on her body. Xu Wenling opened her mouth wide and couldn't say a word for a long time.
Her lips opened and closed, her expression full of confusion and panic. He looked like he was about to cry.
Maybe she had cried.
But in the end, Xu Wenling replied: "Okay."
