One meter high

The scenery in front of me changed.

Yuan Yue lowered his head and rubbed his eyes.This time, the place he was in was a messy warehouse.It was mid-winter at this time, and through the dirty glass, one could see fine powdery snowflakes floating outside.

There were several large tin buckets in the middle of the warehouse. Some kind of fuel was burning in them, and flames with black smoke came out. Many people sat beside them to keep warm.The distance from the fire differentiates the status of this group of people. Those who are closest to the flame are all strong young and middle-aged people. A group of half-grown children are huddled in the corner. Among Xi Xi's faces, he recognized the dirtiest face, which was Zhu Qi.

Compared with the last memory, Zhu Qi didn't change much, just thinner, eyes half closed, leaning against the wall sickly, coughing from time to time.

Yuan Yue felt even more distressed, and walked quickly to Zhu Qi's side, but still couldn't touch him.

Zhu Qi was sick, what he needed now was medicine and a comfortable and clean place to rest, not huddled up and sitting on the cold and hard ground.

The leaders in the middle raised the stove and boiled a large pot of boiling water.The high temperature makes the water boil quickly, and steam is gurgling.Yuan Yue looked at them with a hint of hope, hoping that they would suddenly show kindness and give Zhu Qi some warm things, even if it was just a cup of hot water.

"Come here!" One of them yelled at Zhu Qi and the others.

The other teenagers ran over in a hurry, Zhu Qi didn't move at first, but after being kicked by someone, he also walked over slowly.

Yuan Yue didn't know what was going to happen, but seeing the expression on Zhu Qi's face clearly, he had a vague premonition.

"As a human being, you must know how to be grateful." The person in front of the boiling water pot began to speak, and the steaming mist covered his face, leaving only a dark and tall figure, "I have raised you for so long, and I will feed you. Clothes for you. It would be too unseemly to be ungrateful."

"Boss Li, what do you want us to do, you tell me!" said the obedient boy immediately.

"Haha, you are only so old, you have to develop your skills first. Today, you will practice your hands and eyes." Boss Li's voice was very gentle, like a loving elder. He slowly put a piece of soap into the boiling water pot, " Fish it out, with your hands."

What happened next, Yuan Yue had to suppress the idea of ​​killing.

In Zhu Qi's nightmare, he couldn't reveal too much of his emotions, otherwise it would have an impact on Zhu Qi's sanity.

But he has never been so angry.

Not only does he feel sorry for Zhu Qi's physical harm, but also because Yuan Yue knows how kind and clean Zhu Qi was when he was young-he would stand up for a strange girl and ask the perpetrator to return her wallet.Being forced to practice the craft of stealing at this time, the mental humiliation and destruction are far greater than the physical.

Zhu Qi mentioned this experience lightly, but only by witnessing it with his own eyes can he know how cruel things happened to him.

How painful is Zhu Qi?

Yuan Yue watched Zhu Qi resist, watched Zhu Qi's hand being pushed into the boiling water, and watched him compromise under the inhuman torture.After watching everything was over, Zhu Qi climbed back into the corner again, huddled in a ball facing the wall and remained motionless, tears dripped from his chin, but there was no sound at all.

Yuan Yue learned spells on the mountain, and saw people's hearts when he went down the mountain, but he has never faced suffering so nakedly.

He has indeed saved many people in danger, and met many people who have experienced misery, but no one can make him feel the pain so empathetically.

For the first time in his life, Yuan Yue had the idea of ​​killing someone.If killing the person in front of him at this time can erase Zhu Qi's memory, I am afraid Yuan Yue will not hesitate for too long.

It turned out that he was not as good as Zhu Qi thought.

Zhu Qi's tears were deeply imprinted in Yuan Yue's eyes.Immediately after a blur in front of my eyes, another nightmare struck.

The scene this time was quite different from the previous two, it was actually in a garden full of flowers.The soft spring breeze brought the fragrance of flowers, Yuan Yue raised his eyes to look for Zhu Qi, and found that he was climbing on a flower tree not far away, lying on the top of the wall and looking around for something.

Yuan Yue also climbed up the tree two or three times, and stood side by side with Zhu Qi.

Zhu Qi is not as tall as he is now, but his temperament seems to be different from now.Yuan Yue couldn't help but start to daydream, if he could meet Zhu Qi earlier, if he could know him when he just started wandering, that would be great.

Weirui Mountain is not short of Zhu Qi's pair of bowls and chopsticks, but it always looks very empty. It is just right for Zhu Qi to live in it.

"What you said is true?" A strange voice interrupted Yuan Yue's thoughts.Following the sound, Zhu Yulin was talking with three or four young people. They didn't realize that there was a person lying on the wall not far away.

Zhu Qi on the side tilted his head and listened very carefully.Yuan Yue stretched out his hand, although he still couldn't touch it, he touched his head vaguely.

He didn't know what kind of torture Zhu Qi would endure.

"If you doubt it, you don't have to go!" Zhu Yulin here is not as cute and obedient as she showed in front of Yuan Yue, and even a little impatient, "Zhu Linlang will definitely go this way, and I will be responsible for leading him there. He It’s nothing now, if it’s in your hands, shouldn’t it be at your disposal?”

Several young people looked at each other, still hesitant.

Zhu Yulin sneered: "After passing this village, there is no such shop. If father gets soft-hearted one day and brings him back, you will never have such a chance again."

"After all, he is a big living person, let's do this..." One of them hesitated.

"Scared?" Zhu Yulin sarcastically said.

"What are you afraid of? Zhu Linlang is usually so proud, I must let him beg for mercy!" Another person said, "But Zhu Yulin, don't forget the favor you lend us to get rid of your brother."

"He is not my elder brother." Zhu Yulin said, "He was not qualified to be a member of the Zhu family."

Those few people laughed, they obviously didn't believe Zhu Yulin's excuse.

Zhu Yulin was still young at this time, and although he was already capable of harming people, he couldn't bear to be provoked, and immediately said: "Zhu Linlang is really not my brother. My father was never suspicious, but he went to a place and met a A very powerful fortune-teller, he has no son, only one daughter. The fortune-teller also asked him why he raised a son for others, and he became like this."

"Really or not..." Everyone was discussing.

Zhu Qi moved his lips, cursed silently, then climbed down the tree and slipped away familiarly.

And Yuan Yue froze in place, as if he was stunned by a blow to the head, the blood all over his body was cold.

Vivid images flooded into his mind, this time, it was his own memory.