hope for redemption

In the dark night, gusts of cold wind whizzed past, making a frightening whistling sound. On the dark and muddy path, two figures could only be vaguely distinguished by the moonlight.

Jiang Xi received the last knife, stood up and looked coldly at the man lying on the ground bleeding all over, begging for mercy with a vague mouth.

He picked up the hem of his clothes and wiped off the fingerprints on the handle of the knife, then threw it beside the man and said in a cold voice, "There are no fingerprints on the knife, and there is no surveillance on this road, but there are total fingerprints on the front, back, left, and right sides of the road where you bothered me just now." Five cameras, I will accompany you if you want to call the police, and I will accompany you if you want to continue to trouble me. But, you must be prepared to pay the price.”

Hearing what Jiang Xi said, the man uttered a few syllables indistinctly. Jiang Xi didn't bother to figure out what he was talking about. As he walked outside, he tore off a piece of fabric from the hem of his clothes and crumpled it tightly. on the arm.

There were only thumbtacks all over the road and a bicycle lying on the side. The boys who were knocked down by Jiang Xi just now had long since disappeared.Jiang Xi sneered coldly, this is their so-called brotherhood.

After thinking about it, Jiang Xi walked back to the muddy path, took out his mobile phone from the trouser pocket of the man lying on the ground, dialed the emergency number, gave the name of the place, and hung up. Tear off a piece of cloth, wipe off the fingerprints on the phone, and stuff it into the unconscious boy's hand.

After doing all this, Jiang Xi stood up and said, "You're welcome."

Then he wrapped the piece of fabric just now around his arm, tied it with his teeth and his other hand, walked to the side of the bicycle, picked up his coat and schoolbag, and did not intend to care about the bicycle that fell on the ground, Let it be picked up by any cleaner tomorrow morning.

After draping the coat hastily on his body, Jiang Xi slowly walked back to the rented house along the side of the road.

It was almost dawn at this time, only a few houses in the surrounding buildings were still lit, and there was no one on the road, not even a night shift taxi. The cold wind whizzed past Jiang Xi's skin, along the The half-torn long-sleeved sweater was poured into Jiang Xi's body.

But now Jiang Xi has no mood to care about these things anymore, the emotions of anger, fear, and sadness in his heart are mixed and poured into his mind, drowning Jiang Xi completely.

He didn't understand why it was like this again. He had already left Noah's Ark and An Sheng, why they appeared in his current life again, they were like a shadow, haunting him all the time Reminding myself all the time.

Jiang Xi, you cannot escape, you are destined to become who she wants you to be.

Coldness, suspicion, pretense, blood, etc. These things An Sheng taught you have been engraved into your bones, how can you get rid of them.

Can't get rid of it?Jiang Xi walked on the street like a walking dead, thinking in confusion.

At this time, An Sheng's charming voice appeared in his mind, and that voice kept talking.

What you can't get rid of, what you can't get rid of...

The voice was like chanting a mantra, constantly echoing in Jiang Xi's ears, as if pulling him into the boundless night.

Do not....

Jiang Xi raised his hand suddenly and slapped himself several times in a row.

The bruised nose and swollen face that had been slapped because of the fight just now was attacked by Jiang Xi's merciless slaps. The bruises and dark red spots were intertwined on the face, and the whole face was horribly horrified.

Jiang Xi had some ringing in his ears, but the sharp tingling sensation on his face hit his nerves directly, making him wake up all of a sudden.

Only then did he realize that he had already walked through the rented house to the intersection of Qingnian Road, and his hand was still pressing on the arm of the other hand, because the inside of his arm was a little sore from lifting it for a long time.

Jiang Xi took a deep breath and spit it out slowly. After calming down, he removed the palm that was holding his arm tightly, and found that the white cloth had been stained red with blood, but the blood barely stopped.

The wound is a bit deep, probably need stitches.

Jiang Xi thought about it for a while, and remembered that there was a small clinic on the other side of Xiaoye Street, and then immediately ran towards it.

But Jiang Xi forgot that it was early in the morning, how could such a small clinic be open until now.

Facing the closed door of the clinic, Jiang Xi squatted on the ground and began to cry.

It was an emotional outburst that had been simmering for a long time, and closed clinics and untreated wounds were just a trigger.

At this time, the loneliness in a strange city, the heartbreak of being betrayed by relatives, the loss of being alienated by the person you love, the powerlessness of not being able to escape from the past life... All kinds of emotions that had been accumulated in the bottom of my heart burst out suddenly, such as The trend of flood discharge is generally unstoppable.

The howling cold wind took away Jiang Xi's choked sobs, and there was only a figure squatting on the side of the road and crying loudly on the deserted street.

A burst of ringing pierced through the invisible room, and the black figure slumped on the carpet moved, stretched out his hand to feel around, and finally found the cell phone that was vibrating and ringing from under his thigh.

The black figure opened the covered mobile phone and held it in front of his eyes. The irritating light made the man squint his eyes.

At this moment, the light on the screen also illuminated the shadow's face.

The face was bruised and purple, the cheeks were slightly swollen, and there were still some blood stains.

"Hey?"

Jiang Xi was taken aback by his own voice, which was as rough and hoarse as sandpaper, let alone the person on the other end of the phone.

"Jiang Xi?" Old Zhang called out in surprise, and after a pause, he said, "That's right."

Jiang Xi woke up instantly when he heard Lao Zhang's voice, and quickly sat up and rubbed his tingling temples and said, "It's me."

"What's wrong with you? Why did your voice become like this?" Lao Zhang asked worriedly on the phone.

"I have a cold." Jiang Xi touched his forehead, feeling a little hot.

"Did you have a fever? Did you take any medicine?" Lao Zhang continued to ask.

"I got an injection and took medicine." Jiang Xi replied without changing his face and tone.

"Hey, that's good." Lao Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to ask, "Is there anyone at home to take care of you? Are you renting a house by yourself?"

Jiang Xi suddenly remembered that Lao Zhang was Lin Wang's uncle, the son of his mother-in-law, and he must be asking someone to take care of him by asking now.The mother-in-law has gone to buy fabrics in the past few days and is not at home, so the only one who can come is Lin Wang.

"No, I'm at my grandfather's house now, and my grandfather is taking care of me." Jiang Xi quickly explained.

"Oh, that's it," Lao Zhang thought for a while without any doubt, and said, "If you get sick in the future, remember to take sick leave, just send me a message, understand?"

"Okay, okay, I'll remember." Jiang Xi responded repeatedly.

"Okay, then I won't disturb your rest."

After speaking, Lao Zhang hung up the phone.

Jiang Xi sat on the ground staring blankly at the phone in his hand, not knowing what he was going to do now.

I didn't know how I got back yesterday, but I slept on the carpet all night.

Now I am sore and weak all over, and my head is burned and a little dizzy.

At this moment, Jiang Xi had only one idea left in his mind, which was to go to the hospital immediately.

Otherwise, I might really die here.

Jiang Xi casually took a cotton coat from the hanger, put it on, picked up the phone and went out.

After he took a taxi to the hospital, he realized that he didn't bring his ID card with him, and he couldn't even get a number.

What a fucking bad luck!

Jiang Xi kicked a pillar outside the hospital, feeling still unrelieved, and kicked several times in succession, making it look like the hospital had enmity with him, and the people around all turned their faces to look at him.

Not long after kicking, Jiang Xi felt dizzy and subconsciously supported the pillar next to him to stand still.

Jiang Xi is very familiar with his physical condition, he is the kind of person who either does not get sick, and if he gets sick, it will definitely be fierce, and he wants to make you feel all the sins you have never suffered in your life at once.

Knowing that I really can't procrastinate any longer, I must find a place for treatment immediately.

Jiang Xi leaned on the pillars and looked around the hospital. Dede Rice Noodles, Jiajiale Supermarket, Wang Boying Clinic...

Wait, there seems to be a clinic there!

Jiang Xi took a closer look, yes, it is indeed a clinic.

God will not kill me.

Jiang Xi rubbed his head and walked quickly to the clinic.

At this moment, there was only one patient in the clinic who was receiving an injection. As soon as Jiang Xi walked in, a gust of hot air mixed with disinfectant rushed towards his face, making Jiang Xi even more dizzy.

"Doctor Wang, someone is here!" The patient who was sitting on the chair and receiving the injection shouted inside.

"Hey! Here we come!" A female voice with an accent came from behind the white curtain, and then a woman with burgundy curly hair and a white coat walked out through the curtain, and asked in surprise when she saw Jiang Xi : "My dear mother! Who beat you like this?"

"No one, I fell by myself." Jiang Xi found a random place and sat down, because he really couldn't stand still.

Dr. Wang walked over quickly and looked at Jiang Xi's face and said: "How could this be a fall, it must have been beaten, you look at the wound..."

Jiang Xi was really not in the mood to hear her muttering here, and interrupted impatiently: "I'm here to see a doctor, not for you to analyze my wound."

Hearing Jiang Xi's unfriendly tone, Dr. Wang also knew that he was talking too much, so he smiled awkwardly and asked, "Is there any other discomfort besides the face?"

"I got a cut on my arm, and I have a little fever." Jiang Xi said succinctly.

"A hole? What kind of hole? Was it scratched by something?" Dr. Wang asked repeatedly.

"Knife wound." Jiang Xi was too lazy to talk nonsense with her, and took off half of the padded jacket, revealing the tattered sweater underneath.

"Ouch! This blood!" The woman who was sitting on the side giving the needle exclaimed, and then looked at Jiang Xi with a look of contempt and sneered: "You bastards now think that having a few brothers is great, You even used a knife, I really thought the police couldn't control you!"

Jiang Xi was already on fire in his heart, and being ridiculed by this woman so eccentrically, the anger in his heart was like an erupting volcano, continuously gushing out.

Jiang Xi lifted off the padded jacket, strode up to the woman and strangled her throat, slowly looked at her flushed face and said, "Do you know whose blood is on my sweater? It’s the bastards you mentioned. Do you know how many of them there are? More than a dozen of them, as strong as a cow. I broke their hands and smashed their kneecaps one by one. It’s been a week now, The police haven't come looking for me yet."

After speaking, he let go of his hand and watched the woman leaning back in the chair with a terrified expression, coughing and panting heavily.

Jiang Xi glanced at her coldly, walked back to his seat and looked at Dr. Wang who was so frightened that he was stunned in place, and asked aloud, "Is there still treatment? If not, I will leave."

"Ah?" Dr. Wang trembled from Jiang Xi's fright, walked over tremblingly and said, "I'll treat me."

Looking at Dr. Wang's expression, Jiang Xi knew that she probably imagined herself as the boss of some kind of gangster. If she died, she would call a bunch of people to smash her shop and make her unable to open it.

Jiang Xi admitted that what he said just now was a bit exaggerated. Originally, he just wanted to scare the woman and tell her to shut up.Unexpectedly, even the doctor was frightened.

How should I put it, is my acting skills too good?

"This... this knife wound is a bit deep, I have to clean it for you and then sew stitches." Dr. Wang stood beside Jiang Xi with an iron plate and said, "I have to cut off your sleeve."

Jiang Xi hummed and handed her his arm to signal her to do whatever she wanted.

After a series of operations such as administering anesthesia, debridement, stitches, taking medicine, etc., when I walked out of the clinic with a large bag of medicine, it was dark outside.

Jiang Xi sighed, sighed a little about his fucking life, then stopped a taxi by the side of the road and went straight back to the rented house.

Jiang Xi still went to school the next day, for no other reason than to make trouble for others.

I'm not happy, and you don't want to be happy either.

But Jiang Xi found out that coming to school was to create trouble for him. Since he entered the school gate, whenever someone passed by him, he would glance at his bruised face, and then leave with his companions whispering.

This is not the worst thing, the worst thing is that I was in this cold winter... no, it was that Lao Zhang carried me out of the corridor in the cold wind and questioned myself for more than ten minutes.

"Jiang Xi, tell me the truth, did you go out to fight?" Lao Zhang stared at the marks on Jiang Xi's face and asked seriously.

"No, I really fell it myself." Jiang Xi shook his head and repeated.

In the past few days, no one came to him, which means that this matter has basically been resolved. At this time, Jiang Xi didn't want to make any more troubles, so he made another mess.

"Do you think I'm blind?! You fell by yourself?! You lied to a ghost!" Old Zhang was so pissed off by Jiang Xi's reckless appearance, he stood in front of Jiang Xi and hopped his feet.

"I'll ask you one last time, did you get into a fight with someone?" Old Zhang asked, staring at Jiang Xi with a gloomy face.

"No, I fell it myself." Jiang Xi shook his head.

"Okay, okay, okay," Lao Zhang said several times in a row, it can be seen that he was really mad with anger: "Go back to the classroom!"

Jiang Xi bowed to Lao Zhang, said sorry and hurried into the classroom.

As soon as he entered the classroom, the students in the class looked at him one after another, as if they were beating drums to pass flowers.Jiang Xi walked to his seat without changing his face, and reviewed the subjects for today's exam.

Yes, today is the monthly exam.

I came here today to help my mother, Xiao Yao... Generally speaking, I just came to make trouble for their Xiao family.

How many points will you dump him this time?

Jiang Xi held his chin and turned the pen to think, the first time was 23, and the second time was 36.

Hmm...13 points...

Then let's make it 49 this time, oops, anyway, 40 points or more is right.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xi's mood immediately improved, and he began to review with great interest.

"I'll go! Who the hell beat Jiang Xi!" Zhuang Zhuang rushed to Jiang Xi's desk as soon as he was studying in the morning, and held Jiang Xi's face up to check his wounds: "I'm fucking... .Which grandson did this, with such a heavy hand!"

"It's nothing, I accidentally dropped it." Jiang Xi smiled and moved his face away from Zhuang Zhuang's hand.

"How could it be that I fell it by myself, this..." Zhuang Zhuang said with a worried face, frowning.

But before he finished speaking, Da Fei interrupted him, looked at Jiang Xi with no expression and asked, "Are you all right?"

"It's okay." Jiang Xi replied.

"Well, that's fine." Da Fei looked Jiang Xi up and down, and after confirming that his limbs were not broken, he dragged away and wanted to say something.

Jiang Xi squinted his eyes a little and looked at the backs of the two leaving. He had a premonition in his heart that he would meet Lin Wang soon.

"Fuck! Da Fei, why are you dragging me! That injury looks like he was beaten!" Zhuang Zhuang broke away from Da Fei, and made a gesture to go back, as if he must ask clearly.

Da Fei sighed helplessly, thinking to himself how could this silly boy get enlightened.

She grabbed Zhuang Zhuang's wrist and pulled him back: "Do you think he will tell you?"

"How did he..."

Zhuang Zhuang originally wanted to say 'Why won't he tell me' reflexively, but when he thought of Jiang Xi's inexplicable estrangement from them recently, the rest of the words got stuck in his throat and he couldn't come out.

"He won't tell you, because he knows very well that we are Wang Ge's friends, not his." Da Fei said, "I know you regard him as a friend, but the way we entered his life at the beginning was wrong. , So, once he and Brother Wang have a conflict, a sober person like him will not have too much contact with us again."

"Then what should we do, the wounds on his face can be seen from the beatings of gangsters, we can't..." Zhuang Zhuang said anxiously.

"I know," Da Fei said, "but we can't interfere in this matter, we have to let Brother Wang do it."

Hearing what Da Fei said, Zhuang Zhuang couldn't react at first, and after looking at Da Fei with a puzzled look for a few seconds, he suddenly realized.

While laughing loudly, he patted Dafei's shoulder and said, "It's really you!"

Then he hurried to a compartment, locked the door behind him, and started sending messages to Lin Wang.

Da Fei smiled helplessly, took out a cigarette and lit it, squinting his eyes and taking a puff.

I thought: brother, you have to seize the opportunity.

The author has something to say:

I have three manuscripts, and I will soon have four manuscripts, um. . . .Maybe chapter 38 will be ?, um, yes, chapter 38 is a half run....that's it....

ah! ! !Binge eating tomorrow! !I'm so excited! !You can look forward to the review starting at 7 o'clock in the evening! !