Canary [Rebirth]

In the early morning of the next day, the genius was slightly bright, Pei Xiangque opened his eyes, and turned over in a daze. In front of him was a mottled concrete wall and a musty smell, and he suddenly woke up.This is not Ningjin, not my home, but the small warehouse where I have lived for more than ten years.

He thought about it and planned to continue persuading Pei Ding today.

A piece of paper was suddenly handed over to him, Pei Xiangque turned his head, Pei Ding finished handing over the paper, and sat down with Zhou Xiu at the original seat not far from him.

The four eyes of the two were dark, and there were some complex and incomprehensible emotions in them, which made Pei Xiangque feel a little strange.

He lowered his head, and the paper said, "What you said yesterday is true, we know. According to what you said, you were lucky and got rescued. This is indeed a good opportunity to learn, and the people in the city The school is different from the school in our country. You are the eldest brother in your family, you haven’t been to school for a long time, and you can’t understand the language. This opportunity is useless for you. Why don’t you tell the teacher in the rescue center to take this Give Xiaolong the opportunity. Let him study hard, you and Xiaolong are a family, isn’t yours the same as his? In the future, he will have a bright future, and the two brothers will not have any divisions. Everyone is harmonious.”

Although this word was written by Pei Ding, the meaning inside and outside the words was finalized by Zhou Xiu.Pei Ding won't let it go, but Zhou Xiu is very good at speaking softly, as if it is quite reasonable, if Pei Xiangque refuses to agree, he will be ignorant.

Pei Xiangque seemed to be splashed with a basin of cold water, and his eyes went dark. The half page was only a dozen lines, but he read it for a long time. He hardly understood what it meant, so he could only shake his head desperately.

He wanted paper and a pen, but Pei Ding saw him impatiently, pulled a piece of paper, and wrote casually: "You should be a little self-aware, what your mother asked me to write is for your face, don't give it to me." Shameless. You can't study well, and I won't let you study again. If your younger brother is promising in the future, don't you have a good face?"

Those are all his, his beautiful house, his Uncle Lu, his school, his different life.

Pei Xiangque wanted to shout, but his throat and tongue didn't obey his command, and he couldn't speak a word.

He jumped off the bed, stepped barefoot on the rough concrete floor, and before he had time to put on his shoes, he snatched the paper and pen from Zhou Xiu, and wrote almost with all his strength: "No, I won't agree, die!" will not agree..."

Before the words were finished, Pei Ding saw the words written earlier, his face turned red with anger, he pulled him over and pointed at Pei Xiangque's nose and cursed: "What an ignorant fool!"

When he got so angry, Pei Ding was about to scold endlessly again, but Zhou Xiu on the side had more brains than him, calmed down, stood up and poked Pei Ding's arm, their eyes met, and there was no harm. Then Pei Xiangque, who obviously couldn't agree now, stepped out of the door in two or three steps with a tacit understanding, and quickly closed the door bolt outside.

After a while, a piece of paper was handed out from the crack of the door, which said, "Then you can stay here well, and come out when you feel like it."

Obviously, the two of them had already discussed it yesterday.This opportunity belonged to Pei Xiangque, and it was basically impossible for him to hand it over easily. Zhou Xiu came up with an idea. Anyway, the summer vacation was still long, so he just had to grind Pei Xiangque slowly.If the negotiation fails this morning, then lock Pei Xiangque up, confiscate all the things he brought back, and send a few steamed buns and a bottle of water every morning to ensure that he can eat enough.And children can't stand loneliness, and they can't bear to agree when they can't tell.

And they will also ask around about this youth rescue center, and they will go both ways.Zhou Xiu's joy could no longer be suppressed. She was almost certain that in the not-too-distant future, Pei Xianglong would have the opportunity to go to Ningjin, and she would also be able to go to a big city instead of serving Pei Ding here.

Since marrying Pei Ding, she has rarely been this happy.Zhou Xiu thinks very long-term. She is not too old, and her appearance is attractive enough, but she has no chance. Otherwise, how could she hang herself on Pei Ding?

Pei Ding stomped at the door, scolded Pei Xiangque for his ignorance, smoked another cigarette, and told him again, "We can't let this idiot run away. We Xiaolong are still waiting for school."

Zhou Xiu stroked his back with a smile, "That's a matter of course, there will be no mistakes. Otherwise, or cut off the electricity inside?"

People have no light, no sound, only a single person, how long can they last?

Pei Ding was taken aback, but still nodded.

A door away, inside the house.

Just now when the two of them went out suddenly, the door was slammed shut, and then there was the sound of the wooden bolt closing. The room was completely dark, with only a faint light in the sky, and the skylight was too small to illuminate the small and dark place. Room.Pei Xiangque's face was pale, he was sweating profusely, he could barely move his hands and feet, he still gritted his teeth, moved to the door step by step, and hammered down hard, but it was useless, no one paid any attention to him.

Pei Xianglong watched his parents walk away, and watched with a smile as Pei Xiangque slammed into the door, throwing stones at the door from time to time, giving a little reaction as if teasing, waiting for a more violent impact immediately.After a while, he felt that the game was boring, so he left contentedly, and sneaked to his room to play a second-hand game console. He cheated the money for the game console from Pei Ding, saying it was an English teaching aid. fee.

Pei Xiangque, on the other hand, completely lost contact with the outside world. He still refused to give up and knocked on the door, but his thin and emaciated body couldn't knock it open. He finally gave up and turned around to flip on the light switch on the wall.

The light didn't come on.

It was dark here, he was alone, and no one would open the door for him.

Pei Xiangque looked towards the skylight with a numb expression. His retina seemed to be full of black spots, so dense that he couldn't see the way ahead.And the throat seemed to be blocked by a sponge soaked in water, almost suffocating.

Turn around.

Pei Xiangque thought of when he was young, the period when Zhou Xiu had just married in after his mother died.Because Pei Ding went out to work, Pei Xianglong was not born yet, and there were only him and Zhou Xiu in the family.

Only two people.

His memory is vague, only fragments or pictures one after another, locked doors, warehouses without light, squeaky mice running around, no one answering for many years, these overlap with the current scene, As if it was yesterday again.

Pei Xiangque was terrified, trembling with fear, he huddled up on the bed, had to gasp for breath, and escape from the memory.

For so many years, he has been trying hard not to be trapped by the past. Even if he is afraid and can't speak, he is strong and brave like his mother said, don't give up, turn back and look forward.

But why is it still like this, his life has always been bad, and now his only good luck will be snatched away by Pei Xianglong, he doesn't understand.

When he was young, he always envied Pei Xianglong, Pei Ding liked him so much, even at his place, he couldn't even speak loudly and curse at others.Pei Xiangque was still a child, he watched others being loved and wanted to be treated tenderly.He would be patted on the head, kissed on the cheek, chatted softly, taught to write by hand, picked him up from school, and protected him when others bullied him.That person would still smile at himself, and even if he couldn't speak, he would praise himself, no matter what.

He thought about it for so many years, as if he had a long dream.It wasn't until Pei Dingzhen pulled Pei Xianglong out of school because he wanted to train him and handed him over to Zhu San to go out to work, that he thought that it would be better not to continue this dream.

Because it will never happen.

But it doesn't matter anymore, he doesn't need Pei Ding to treat him well anymore, he has Uncle Lu.

Thinking of Lu Yu, Pei Xiangque finally stretched out his hands hugging his knees, raised his face that was on his legs, and looked at the shadow cast by the skylight.

Even for the best Uncle Lu in the world, he can't give up.

He wants to escape.

This room is different from the other rooms in the yard. It was originally built as a warehouse.And there is nothing valuable in the farmhouse's warehouse, the most are farm tools and fertilizers, no one will steal it, so there is no need to put a lock on it.At that time, for the sake of convenience, after the door was finished, as long as the original door was installed upside down, the door bolt was outside, and the buckle would not be blown open by the wind and rain.

And this kind of old-fashioned bolt can be slowly removed from the inside with a blade or other things, as long as you have patience.

Pei Xiangque calmed down, and finally remembered the method he had tried before.He was afraid of being locked up here when he was a child, and even though Zhou Xiu didn't dare to lock him up because Pei Ding was at home, he would occasionally think about what to do if he was locked up again, so he thought of many ways and tried them one by one. , and finally found such a really feasible.

If I remember correctly, there should be a thin piece of iron that I picked up hidden here, which is very suitable for inserting and moving the wooden peg on the outside.Pei Xiangque rummaged through the box and finally found the thin iron sheet that he had hidden in the corner. It was just rusted, and he took a sandpaper to remove a layer of rust. Pei Xiangque tested the hardness, and it was probably still usable.

Pei Xiangque bit his nails, turned his ears to listen to the movement outside, and waited patiently for the opportunity. The weather was too hot, and there was no wind in the room. The sweat on Pei Xiangque's body soaked his whole clothes. He seemed to be Those who were fished out of the water had to take the time to wipe their faces, otherwise they would not even be able to open their eyes.

In the afternoon, they should have finished their meal, and there was no movement around them, and they couldn't go to work in the fields on such a hot day. They should all sleep for a while, and wait until the evening before going out.Pei Xiangque couldn't wait for the evening, he wanted to escape early, so he inserted the slightly fragile iron piece into the crack of this rough wooden door, and moved cautiously towards the opening direction.

I don't know how long it took, but the iron piece seemed to be unable to withstand this torture, and broke in two with a "click", Pei Xiangque's heart sank.But fortunately, the width of the iron plate is enough to reach the bolt, but it takes some effort.

The door finally opened.

Pei Xiangque rested on the door panel, turned around, closed the door bolt as before, and fled out in a staggered manner.

Facing the scorching afternoon sun when he came out, Pei Xiangque felt a little dizzy. He was penniless and couldn't run away even if he wanted to. The only safest way was to call Lu Yu.

Pei Xiangque walked along the path in the village, and finally met someone.The man was leaning against the big tree, holding a mobile phone. Pei Xiangque had a certain impression of him, because people around his age in the village always made fun of him as a fool, but this man never did, although he never stopped him.

Pei Xiangque picked up a hard wooden stick, and walked over timidly, but this was no longer the time to be timid and afraid. He wrote a line with the stick not far away, walked up to the person, and stood firmly. look at him.

The man's skin was very dark, and he managed to draw some attention from his phone to Pei Xiangque. Knowing that the person in front of him couldn't understand, he walked straight to the ground, glanced at it, and added it jokingly. said a word.

- There is a fee.

Pei Xiangque was startled, and wrote in a hurry, even unable to see the gestures clearly, "I don't have any money now, can I return it to you later?"

The man squatted on the ground and handed over the phone nonchalantly. He was not afraid that Pei Xiangque would do anything to his precious phone.

Pei Xiangque didn't have time to express his gratitude, so he quickly dialed Lu Yu's phone number.He knew this number by heart so well that he would never forget it no matter what. The other end rang a few times, but he didn't get through.

After talking on the phone yesterday, Lu Yu thought for a long time, but postponed the next two days and rushed to Pei Xiangque's hometown.He just couldn't let go of Pei Xiangque, his most precious treasure was now in a strange place that he couldn't grasp, which Lu Yu couldn't bear.At this time, he had just got off the high-speed rail, followed by a few people transferred temporarily, called two taxis, negotiated the price, and got in the car, when Lu Yu's phone rang, it was an unfamiliar local phone number .

This is his private number, few people know it.

Lu Yu let the bell ring for a while, and finally got through.

There was a rapid panting sound on the opposite side, and just like that, Lu Yu immediately recognized that it was Pei Xiangque's voice.

He asked, "Apei, what's the matter?"

Pei Xiangque's voice was hoarse, with an imperceptible trill, "Uncle Lu, I, I escaped. My dad wants to lock me up, no, no, he has already locked me up. Because... "

Probably because of excessive fear and nervousness, Pei Xiangque said what he said upside down, repeated it back and forth, and forgot the last sentence when he said the next sentence, but these few words were enough for Lu Yu to understand his current situation.

Lu Yu's voice was low and soft, with the power to calm and trust Pei Xiangque, "Don't be afraid, Ah Pei, it doesn't matter. You hide it well, and then tell me where I am, don't be found, don't use anything Just wait until I find you, you know?"

Pei Xiangque finally stopped. He seemed to twitch his nose, and hummed heavily, completely trusting Lu Yu's words, "Uncle Lu, I'll wait for you in the bamboo forest at the entrance of the village."

No matter when you come, I will wait for you.

Pei Xiangque added something in his heart.

Lu Yu asked his cell phone again, asked the person on the side to answer the phone, and promised generous terms slowly.The man was only 16 years old and didn't have a bank card, so Lu Yu asked someone to charge a large amount of phone bill for him first, which was intuitive and clear, and the man agreed wholeheartedly.

After talking about this matter, the phone did not hang up, and Pei Xiangque was holding it all the time. Lu Yu comforted Pei Xiangque in a gentle voice.

After a while, there was a sudden noise from the other end, which seemed to be arguing and scolding.After making a lot of noise, there was another loud noise, and there was no more movement.

Lu Yu looked at the hung up phone, his expression was calm, his eyes were deep and dark, he couldn't see the bottom line.He just turned sideways and knocked his knuckles on the car window, one after another, without any rhythm, but more and more hurried.

He's not that calm.

Not long after Pei Xiangque sneaked away in the afternoon, Pei Xianglong also got up from the bed. A child of his age is seldom sleepy, loves to play, and can't stop for a moment. up.When I climbed out and passed the small warehouse, I became more interested, probably because teasing real people is always more interesting than game consoles, which seems to be superior to others.

So, he picked up another pile of pebbles and played with Pei Xiangque like he did in the morning, even though Pei Xiangque was his half-brother.

But throwing a few pebbles down, there was no reaction at all. Pei Xianglong braved up and opened the door, but there was no one inside.He remembered what his mother Zhou Xiu had said to him. Pei Xiangque represented whether he could go to the big city to play in the future, and he must not lose it. He rushed to Pei Ding's room immediately, pushed them both awake, and screamed like a mourner. shouted, "Dad, Mom, Pei Xiangque has run away!"

Pei Ding and Zhou Xiu quickly climbed down from the bed, broke into a cold sweat, and walked along the path in the village. Pei Xianglong was covered, and the three of them looked around furtively. Zhou Xiu's sharp eyes saw Pei Xianglong at a glance. Xiang Que was on the road not far away, walking towards the entrance of the village.

Pei Ding and Zhou Xiu rushed forward, and the scene was chaotic. Pei Xianglong also hugged Pei Xiangque's leg to prevent him from moving.Although there was another person to help, both Pei Ding and Zhou Xiu were risking their lives, and that person couldn't intervene at all, and the dilapidated and old mobile phone fell to the ground during the dispute and the screen went black.

People from the same village walked by the roadside, watching the family of four fighting from a distance, and pointing fingers.

When Pei Xiangque was finally caught, Pei Ding was anxious and embarrassing, and felt that because of Pei Xiangque's disobedience, he had lost face in the village. It fell on Pei Xiangque's face fiercely, and scolded: "You little bastard, you can't understand human language, don't you even lose your humanity? You don't know how to make money for the family, eat the inside and outside, and run away? Why am I not here? Just strangle you when you were born!"

Pei Xiangque was dizzy from the slap, with the smell of blood in his mouth, he was about to pass out, but he just tried his best to keep Lu Yu from falling down, and he was almost dragged back by Zhou Xiu and Pei Ding all the way.

He thought a lot in his heart, and felt stupid. After thinking a lot about the result, there was something he didn't expect, that is, Pei Ding could let him continue to work hard, and give Pei Xianglong the opportunity to study. In the end, if he disagreed, he was locked up. stand up.

It's almost like a joke.

He shouldn't have come back.If he hadn't come back, hadn't held on to a glimmer of hope, and still had some extravagant demands on his so-called father, he wouldn't be where he is now.He should be beside Uncle Lu right now, chatting happily with him about where to go.

Pei Xiangque was thrown back to the small warehouse like a piece of rubbish, he coughed twice, and finally said what he wanted to ask along the way, "Pei, Xianglong is your son, then I, am I not? "

Pei Dingyi became even angrier when he heard this, and kicked him again, "What are you, a little beast raised by your mother, why didn't she take you with her when she died? How could you compare with Xiaolong?" ?”

Zhou Xiu looked at him coldly, with a vicious smile on his not yet fully aged face.She thought to herself, Pei Xiangque made the right move when he was a child, who knew that Pei Ding hated fools who couldn't speak so much?

Thinking about the bright future after going to Ningjin, Zhou Xiu couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile.

It's really good.

The door was gradually closed again, because I don't know how Pei Xiangque got out, Pei Ding and Zhou Xiu took turns guarding the door, planning to check it again tomorrow.

And the unlucky guy whose phone was broken thought that he had lost his most precious property, and it would be too uneconomical if he didn't get paid, so he scolded the Pei family behind his back and walked slowly towards the entrance of the village.

He waited boredly for half an afternoon, and when he was about to give up, several figures appeared in the distance.He hurried up to meet him, and the tall man who walked in the front was wearing a black suit and smiled at himself.He didn't know much, and he didn't know how to describe that person, but he just felt a little scared, not a little bit.

That person is Lu Yu.

The dark-skinned boy who was about the same age as Pei Xiangque led a few people to Pei Ding's house while describing the scene when Pei Xiangque was captured just now.

Lu Yu turned his face slightly, his outline was cold and deep, half of his lips were slightly curved, and he seemed to be smiling, but his voice was cold, "You mean that Pei Ding slapped Pei Xiangque, and finally dragged left?"

The dark-skinned young man scratched his head, "Uncle Pei's attack is very ruthless, I feel that Pei Xiangque's mouth is broken."

"Thank you for watching so carefully and fighting. Thank you very much." Lu Yu glanced at the person following him, who took out a bundle of cash from his bag, "Thank you Remuneration. You send us here."

According to the boy's directions, the end of this road is Pei Xiangque's home. Lu Yu paused, untied his tie slowly, took off his coat, rolled up the cuffs, and the shirt inside was almost wet with sweat, revealing a smooth and full body. The muscular lines, the boy gasped.

Lu Yu walked to the gate of the courtyard, knocked on the door three times, and ordered in a low voice, "Two people come in with me, and the rest guard the door. If someone escapes, I will kill him."

Zhou Xiu happened to be in the yard, asked who it was, opened the door, and vaguely saw a tall, thin, strange figure. cried out.

This scream attracted Pei Ding, who was resting in the room. He saw Zhou Xiu lying on the ground moaning, and three tall and strong strangers standing beside him. step forward.

Lu Yu looked up and saw him, and asked with a smile: "Excuse me, are you Pei Ding?"

His smile seemed so terrifying that he was so frightened that Pei Ding backed away again and again, and stammered, "I, I'm Pei Ding, what are you doing at my house! Yes, what's the matter?"

Lu Yu walked straight towards him, and said casually: "I have a treasure, which was accidentally left at Mr. Pei's house, so I came here to take it back."

Before the words fell, he had already walked in front of Pei Ding, and punched Pei Ding in the face. Pei Ding wanted to hide, but his fist was too fast to dodge.Lu Yu is a person who has been exercising all the year round and has also learned boxing. With just one punch, he knocked out Pei Ding's teeth and knocked him to the ground. Blood dripped from Pei Ding's mouth continuously.

Pei Ding was blinded by this punch. He felt that his right side of his face was completely numb, and his ears could not hear. After a second, the sharp pain suddenly exploded. He only dared to cover his face and hid on the ground like a turtle. It seemed that he didn't even have the courage to fight back, so he asked dully: "What, what's the matter? I, I don't know you..."

Lu Yu kicked Pei Ding's heart, and withdrew some strength. Before he was about to die, he half-closed his eyes, his eyes were cold, as if he was looking at a dead person, "But I know you. By the way , which hand did you touch Ah Pei today?"

Pei Ding received a heavy blow to his chest, coughed violently a few times, couldn't turn his head, and was panting, "Who, who is Ah Pei? I don't know..."

"Forget it." Lu Yu laughed lowly, lifted his foot, stomped on Pei Ding's right hand, and rolled it back and forth a few times, "It doesn't matter which arm you use. Since you If you hit him, how can one hand be enough? Of course they all came back."

Pei Ding let out a terrible cry, he could feel the bones in his hand breaking, and suddenly, Lu Yu crushed his other hand, he didn't even have the energy to scream, he could only keep moving Slight scrolling.

He kept begging and scolding himself, only begging Lu Yu to let him go, because he felt that the person in front of him would really kill him.

Lu Yu looked at him condescendingly, probably a little satisfied, raised his foot, and walked towards Pei Xianglong. Pei Xianglong was so frightened that he just stood there dumbfounded, not daring to move.Lu Yu walked in front of him, knelt down, looked at him, and said in a pitiful tone, "Do you know? Because of your father and mother, this is the only way you can do this all your life. gone."

Pei Xianglong still doesn't know the meaning of Lu Yu's words at this time, what is meant-"It's just like this."

This determined his life from now on.

Lu Yu glanced at the back, and the two of them understood his intentions very well, and quickly dragged the family of three to another room with an open door, gagged their mouths, and prevented them from making a sound.Lu Yu adjusted his breathing and expression, wiped the blood accidentally splattered on his fingers, took off the latch, and gently pushed the door open, an unpleasant and pungent smell came over his face.

The room was pitch black, with only a faint light.He tilted his head, and vaguely saw his little sparrow on the dilapidated bed, wearing the T-shirt and trousers when he came back yesterday, skinny, as if he could be hugged with one hand.

Lu Yu walked over slowly, his footsteps were not light or heavy, just like the usual rhythm of going home, although Pei Xiangque couldn't understand the words, his ears were still sensitive to other sounds, and he always felt that the footsteps It was so familiar that he suddenly raised his head from his knees.

Together with Guang Guang, Uncle Lu walked towards him.

Pei Xiangque immediately got up on hands and feet, and rushed towards Lu Yu. Lu Yu quickly took a few steps forward, sat on the edge of the bed without hesitation, and caught Pei Xiangque.

From home to the present, Pei Xiangque has experienced rejection, force, detention, and beating. Although Pei Xiangque was afraid, he never cried.But when he was caught in Lu Yu's arms unsuspectingly, he cried out.

Because the person in front of him is his most trusted Uncle Lu.He has experienced too much pain since he was a child, and those are nothing, just bear it and pass it, don't cry for irrelevant people, they will only laugh at his own weakness, which is useless.Uncle Lu was different, he didn't want to cry, because Uncle Lu would be worried if he cried, but he couldn't help it.

If he couldn't cry loudly in front of Lu Yu, then what else could he do?

Lu Yu has never seen him cry so hard, weeping loudly and holding his back tightly, he carefully looked at the trembling little sparrows crying in his arms, he didn't know how to comfort him .

let him cry.Lu Yu thought to himself, people always have to vent when they are scared, and Pei Xiangque should be the same.

So, without saying a word, he let Pei Xiangque cry like this for a long time, until the front half of Lu Yu's shirt was covered with cold tears. Xiang Que moved up slowly, stuck to the clothes he was still drying, and finally moved from his chest to his shoulders.

Pei Xiangque's chin touched Lu Yu's shoulder, his face was still seeking for dependence, and he couldn't help sticking to Lu Yu's side neck, crying so hard that he couldn't stop crying, he was full of tears when he spoke, and hiccupped heavily, almost making him cry. Lu Yu thought he couldn't breathe, so he quickly patted his back, "Uncle Lu, I, I'm afraid, so I'll just, keep, wait for you."

Lu Yu was stunned, put his right hand on Pei Xiangque's head, stroked it lightly, and said word by word in Pei Xiangque's ear, "It's my fault, we won't make you sad or afraid anymore , but still didn’t do it.”

"But it doesn't matter, it won't happen in the future." Lu Yu lifted Pei Xiangque up, and the tear-stained and half-swollen face appeared in front of his eyes, "Come home with me, never again leaving you alone."

It's a promise.

Yu Luyu and Yu Pei Xiangque were all like this.