Death Spiral [Infinite Flow]

Xu Rendong felt upset.He had no clue about Zhong Xiu's matter.In desperation, he had no choice but to send the others out first.

Rock Monk's dream is simple.He sang rap during the practice, was chased and beaten by the family of the deceased, and after running a few streets, he found the elevator and left cleanly.Others have nothing to say, because Xu Rendong repeatedly emphasized the "elevator" in the story, so everyone has an elevator in their dreams.

In the end, only Zhong Xiu was left.

Zhong Xiu lay alone on the big bed, sleeping peacefully, and her breathing was much more stable than before.Xu Rendong decided to try again, so he closed his eyes and held Zhong Xiu's hand again.

The familiar feeling of dizziness struck again, and a strong suction pulled him into a dream.

This time, before he opened his eyes, he heard the noisy voices of people around him, mixed with mourning and joy.

This is a mourning hall, decorated in white everywhere.There is a gray and white photo on the altar table, in the photo is an old lady with a kind smile.

In front of the altar, a girl in sackcloth and filial piety was kneeling in front of the copper basin, burning paper money.This girl is 13-year-old Xiao Zhongxiu.But what was strange was that there were more than a dozen knives stuck in her back, and the blades of the knives were all sunk into her back. The blood soaked the sackcloth, but Zhong Xiu seemed to be unconscious, just numbly throwing paper money into the copper basin.

Xu Rendong turned his gaze and saw outside the mourning hall, several men and women who looked like villagers were whispering.

"You can hook up with men at a young age, tsk tsk..."

"I've seen something wrong with her for a long time. She insisted that she had gained weight. What happened? What did I say, this little girl is a slut, messing around with people, even her stomach is enlarged... ..."

"I heard that the little bastard was strangled to death by her right after he was born. I don't know if it's a boy or a girl. This little slut is cruel..."

The whispers of the villagers turned into blades and flew towards Zhong Xiu one by one.With her back facing everyone, Zhong Xiu's thin back was slightly hunched, letting the blade penetrate her back, she remained silent.

Xu Rendong stood in the dark, biting his lip hard.

...Why suffer in silence, to refute them, to tell them that's not the case.

Why not refute?Is it true what they say?do you really...

Am I really a wild species?

Xu Rendong knew very little about his own life experience.In fact, even the dean didn't know what happened to Zhong Xiu back then.She only knew that Zhong Xiu left Xu Rendong at the gate of the orphanage when he was born, and didn't even leave any tokens in his infancy so that he could recognize him in the future.

Although Zhong Xiu came to the orphanage a few times afterwards, he never took the initiative to bring up the matter of that year, and the director was not easy to ask.Therefore, Xu Rendong's understanding of Zhong Xiu is limited to "she is my biological mother" and "she is dying."

At this moment, Xu Rendong saw Zhong Xiu's experiences back then in her dream, and felt pain and hatred in his heart.He regretted that Zhong Xiu was only 13 years old at that time, and he had to suffer from these rumors.I also hate Zhong Xiu for not refuting or protesting, isn't silence the same as acquiescing?Is what the villagers said true?Is she really that mean?

Xu Rendong couldn't accept it.

The villagers were still pointing at Zhong Xiu.Xu Rendong's blood surged, he couldn't stand it any longer, and rushed out from the darkness.He angrily grabbed the villagers by their collars, but as soon as his fingertips touched the villagers, the scene in front of him suddenly changed.He actually returned to the darkness.

There was a man and a woman arguing behind him.

Xu Rendong turned his head and found that the scene around him was no longer a mourning hall, but a small and crowded bedroom.The bedroom was full of clutter, but it was neatly tidied up, but the space was too small, which made people feel depressing.

A middle-aged man and woman stood by the bed and quarreled, pointing at each other and yelling at each other.

"It's all your fault! If you hadn't gone out to work, how could Xiao Nizi do such a thing!"

"You still have the face to blame me? If it weren't for you being worthless and unable to make money, why would I go out to show my face as a woman?!"

"You didn't teach her well!"

"This is your family's seed! Something happened and you blame me for not teaching it well? What about you!"

... Are they Jong-su's parents?

Namely, my maternal grandparents.

Xu Rendong watched all this in silence, feeling complicated.

The man and woman quarreled fiercely, and when the quarrel arose, they picked up the sundries on the table and threw them on the ground.The utensils fell to the ground and made a ping-pong sound.The sound pierced Xu Rendong's head like steel needles.

In the corner, the thin girl was squatting on the ground, covering her ears with her hands.

Her body curled up into a small ball, tightly leaning against the corner of the wall, and was still shrinking inward, as if it would be safe.However, in the next second, a big dark hand lifted her from the corner, grabbed her hair, and slammed her head against the wall.

"Bitch! You are so embarrassing, how will our family see people in the future!"

"Shame! Go to hell! Go to hell!"

The rough male voice resounded like thunder.Zhong Xiu was pressed firmly, and his head hit the wall one after another, making a shocking bang bang sound.

Zhong Xiu cried, "Don't hit me! Dad! Please! Stop hitting me! It's not my fault! He forced me!"

Xu Rendong was taken aback.

he?who?

Xu Rendong pricked up his ears, wanting to continue listening.However, the man didn't give Zhong Xiu a chance to explain, he pulled Zhong Xiu's hair vigorously, and hit her against the wall even harder.Soon, a bloodstain appeared on the wall.On Zhong Xiu's forehead, blood stains and broken hair were stuck together.

The man was still scolding: "You have lost our family's face! Go to hell! Go to hell!"

Zhong Xiu struggled desperately, turned her head to the side with great difficulty, and asked the woman for help: "Mom! Help me! I was forced, I was bullied...I am not..."

The woman sneered, "Then why does he bully you instead of others? It's not because of you!"

Zhong Xiu's eyes widened in astonishment when he heard these words.In the next second, those big eyes full of shock and pain were slammed into the wall.Zhong Xiu covered his eyes and screamed.

This scream was like the cry of a dying cub, and Xu Rendong came back to his senses in an instant.Only then did he realize that he should save people, but when he stretched out his hand to Zhong Xiu, the surrounding scene changed again.He missed again.

This time, he came to a school.In the classroom, a dozen children surrounded Zhong Xiu and went to take off her pants.Zhong Xiu screamed, desperately holding down his pants.Several boys pressed her on the desk, pressing her hands and feet tightly.The girls booed:

"Quick, take off her pants! Look at the bottom of a woman who has given birth!"

"Did you smell something? It stinks! My mother said that the bottom of a sassy woman will rot. Zhong Xiu's bottom must have rotted long ago!"

Even though they were all teenagers, they spit out the cruelest words from their innocent mouths.Xu Rendong's heart ached unbearably, and he rushed forward to try to pull these little devils away.But when he stretched out his hand, the children all disappeared.

In its place is a young woman wearing glasses.

Zhong Xiu lowered his head and stood in front of her, his little face flushed red.

"Teacher, please, don't let me drop out of school..."

The female teacher frowned in displeasure, pushed her glasses and said, "No, the principal has already said that you will have a bad influence if you stay here, and other students will learn from you."

There was another knife on Zhong Xiu's back.She bit her lip and whispered softly: "But, it's not my fault...it's really not me..."

The female teacher's eyes were full of disgust: "If you hadn't been outside at night, how could those people have followed you?"

With tears in his eyes, Zhong Xiu explained with red eyes: "No, it's because grandma is sick, so I'm going to ask a doctor for grandma..."

"Okay, okay, don't explain." The female teacher waved her hand impatiently, "If you refuse to inform your parents, then I will tell your parents in person! What's the phone number?"

Seeing the female teacher pick up the microphone, Zhong Xiu was anxious and frightened, her legs gave way in desperation, and she knelt down in front of the female teacher.The trembling little hand grabbed the corner of the female teacher's clothes, and Zhong Xiu cried and begged: "Teacher, no, please don't...I promise you, I will tell it myself, and I will tell my parents when I get home..."

Only then was the female teacher satisfied, she took the corner of her clothes out of Zhong Xiu's hands, and wrote lightly: "The teacher didn't mean to make things difficult for you..."

In the dark, Xu Rendong's heart ached unbearably.

It turned out that so many things happened back then... She was only 13 years old, why did she have to go through all this?

Xu Rendong could only feel the anger surging in his chest, making him want to roar, want to rush out and push the female teacher to the ground and beat him up.But he knew he couldn't.For some unknown reason, he couldn't interfere with Zhongxiu's memory.Once he does, the scene changes.He couldn't help her at all.

That savage energy rushed around in Xu Rendong's body, causing his blood to surge up, almost spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Zhong Xiu bid farewell to the female teacher, picked up her schoolbag and left the school.Xu Rendong suppressed his emotions and followed her closely.

It was dark outside.Zhong Xiu raised her small face and looked at the dark sky, as if some bad memory had been awakened, she shivered abruptly, then walked quickly towards the house.

Outside the school is a dirt road, with fields on both sides, full of dense crops.When Zhong Xiu passed a corn field, he obviously quickened his pace.The corn grew taller than her, and it was like a forest in the dark, making people afraid to step into it.

Occasionally, the wind blows, and there is a rustling sound in the cornfield.Zhong Xiuhui was so frightened that his whole body froze, trembling and unable to move.It took a while for her to recover and continue on her way.

Xu Rendong followed her silently, feeling a heavy heart.

Zhong Xiu finally returned home.Fortunately, her parents were not at home.But there was no one else at home either.

Zhong Xiu went straight to the mourning hall, wiped the dust off the black and white photos on the altar, then sat on the ground, staring blankly at the photos.

There were dozens of sharp knives stuck in her back, and the blood from the wound had dried up.She just sat with her knees hugged, like a little hedgehog, licking the wound by herself.

Xu Rendong's heart was about to break when he saw it.He couldn't bear it any longer, and called out in a low voice, "Zhong Xiu."

Zhong Xiu was shocked when he heard the man's voice.She shrank back instinctively, looking in horror at Xu Rendong who came out of the darkness: "You...you..."

Xu Rendong comforted: "Don't be afraid," his throat was bitter, so his voice became hoarse and low, "I have no malicious intentions, don't be afraid."

Zhong Xiu curled up in a corner of the mourning hall, still unable to conceal the panic in his eyes.

Xu Rendong sighed, placed a stick of incense in front of the black and white photo, closed his eyes again, and bowed reverently.Zhong Xiu saw that he looked solemn and dressed like a city man, and her curiosity gradually gained the upper hand.

"You... do you know my grandma?" Zhong Xiu asked timidly.

Xu Rendong thought for a while, then nodded.

The two chatted for a while.Xu Rendong's elegant and gentle conversation made Zhong Xiu gradually let go of his vigilance, and the expression on his face also relaxed.Probably because she has suffered from cold eyes and violence for a long time, it is rare for someone to talk to her well, so she cherishes it very much.

Xu Rendong felt that she was getting close to him, so he carefully changed the topic to that matter: "Why didn't you call the police?"

Zhong Xiu lowered her head and looked at her shoes: "At that time, I only knew that I was being bullied. I didn't know that I would give birth to a baby. I was always bullied, and my grandma always told me to bear it. The weather is calm, so this time I thought I could bear it..."

She caressed her belly in a daze: "But the belly is getting bigger and bigger, and it looks more and more like Youxi, and I don't feel right. I dare not tell grandma, grandma still thinks that I have gained weight and scolds me for being lazy." .”

Xu Rendong was silent for a moment: "Then why did you give birth? Why didn't you destroy it?"

Zhong Xiu raised his face, his big eyes were full of confusion: "'Knockout'? What is 'Knockout'?"

Xu Rendong said: "I mean...abortion."

Zhong Xiu tilted his head, but still didn't understand.

Xu Rendong was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that Zhong Xiu didn't know about abortion.He subconsciously glanced at the altar, and immediately understood the reason.

Zhong Xiu's parents were working outside all the year round, and they didn't care about her. Zhong Xiu was brought up by her grandmother since she was a child.The rural old lady naturally didn't know what sex education was, so Zhong Xiu didn't understand what was going on when she was bullied, and she didn't even know that she could still have an abortion.

It wasn't until Shiyue conceived and Zhong Xiu secretly gave birth to the baby that everyone realized what had happened.So one after another came to accuse Zhong Xiu.

From the beginning to the end, no one asked who actually attacked this ten-year-old child.Who on earth dragged a girl who was going to find a doctor for her grandma into the cornfield that night, and committed a crime that was worse than a beast.

Zhong Xiu listened to Xu Liandong's explanation of the meaning of abortion, nodded thoughtfully and said: "So it's okay." She rubbed her stomach again, and said rather annoyed, "If I had known earlier, it would be better to abort him. "

Xu Rendong felt the bitterness in his mouth and could hardly speak.After a long time, he asked, "You hate him so much, why didn't you strangle him as soon as he was born?"

Zhong Xiu suddenly smiled: "I thought about it."

The four light words, "I've thought about it", hit Xu Rendong's heart hard like a heavy hammer.

Xu Rendong was smiling wryly, and Zhong Xiu said again: "But he looks so small and wrinkled, so pitiful. Let's forget it, he didn't do anything wrong."

Xu Rendong was silent.Zhong Xiu looked up at him, suddenly remembered something, and asked with a smile: "By the way, I don't know your name yet. What's your name?"

Xu Rendong opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.The emotions in his heart surged out, and he could no longer face Zhong Xiu.So he turned his head and left the mourning hall.

After leaving Zhong Xiu's house, Xu Rendong walked alone on the country road.The stars were low in the sky, and there were no lights on the dirt road, so the road could only be seen clearly by the dim moonlight.The cornfields on both sides were blown rustlingly, reminding Xu Rendong of something very bad.He quickened his pace and left here.

After being blown by the cold wind for a while, he finally remembered his mission.He searched around the village for a long time, but still found nothing.

There is no elevator.

In Zhong Xiu's dream, there was still no elevator.What exactly is going on?