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When Sheng's mother was cooking, she caught a glimpse of someone out of the corner of her eye and said naturally, "Go get the bowl from the cupboard."

When the bowl was handed to her, she first saw the hand holding the bowl. There were two big blood holes on the back of the hand covered with sand, as if it had been hit by a stone, and it was still dripping blood.

"You...you're going to die, and you're fighting outsiders again?" Sheng's mother scolded the boy in front of her bitterly.

It has been 12 years since the family immigrated to South Sudan. 15-year-old Sheng Yingqi is tall, but tall, and very thin, like a black and thin telephone pole.

He didn't seem to hear what Sheng's mother said, he put the bowl on the cooking table, then turned and walked out.He came to the kitchen to drink water. After drinking enough water, he went back to his room, dragged out the medical kit under the bed, and treated his wound.

Pour physiological saline, apply liquid medicine, and tie gauze belts in a familiar way.

Sheng's mother chased after her from the kitchen, "Your father saw you like this, and he wanted to beat you again. Can't you be more obedient? I have enough things every day, and I still need to worry about you. Sheng Yingqi, you are 15 years old now Strictly speaking, you are already an adult. Why can’t you let us be parents? Did your father and I owe you in our previous life? You insist on fighting with people outside. Wipe your ass with your dad."

Sheng Yingqi did not stop bandaging.

Sheng's mother was still furious after finishing the call, and rushed to pull the gauze wrapped by Sheng Yingqi, "Are you dumb? Didn't you hear me talking to you?"

The gauze that Sheng Yingqi had just bandaged was torn into a mess. He squinted his eyes, threw the gauze on the ground, and looked up at his mother, "What do you want me to say?"

"You! You fought outside, do you think you are reasonable now?"

"It's not that I want to fight, it's that they are looking for trouble." Sheng Yingqi raised his hands and stood up from the ground.

Where their family lives, only they are Chinese, and the rest are either a small number of Caucasians or South Sudanese aborigines.The schools here are still very irregular, and there are often children who are several years apart in a class.

Sheng Yingqi came here when he was three years old, and his parents had no time to take care of him, so they had to send him to school early.And this move turned Sheng Yingqi on to fight with others to a certain extent.

Although she has no time to take care of the children, Sheng's mother is also afraid that Sheng Yingqi will be hungry. Every day before sending Sheng Yingqi to school, she will put a lot of food in his schoolbag and put money in Sheng Yingqi's pocket, saying that if someone asks him for money, he will give it to him. other side.

In this ghost place, don't think about whether the law is not legal.

Father Sheng has only been here for a month, and he was robbed in broad daylight.

But Sheng Yingqi was unwilling to give it, he thought why should he give it.

The end result of not giving is to be beaten. After the beating is over, the money is also taken away.

In the beginning, Sheng's father and Sheng's mother certainly felt sorry for the child, but Sheng Yingqi was like a stubborn bull.He was not convinced, he came here, and he was robbed by a group of children.

He once gave some ideas to his parents, the idea of ​​being able to return to China, but Sheng's father and Sheng's mother didn't believe him, and even thought it was shocking for him to say such words at such a young age, combined with the letter sent to Yan Jiayu, so Sheng's father invited local people to exorcise him, saying that he was invaded by evil spirits.

The exorcism here is to tie a person up and hit him with stones. It is said that stones can drive away evil spirits, and then he is poured with unknown black water.

The sun was scorching hot, and Sheng Yingqi was tied to a pillar, sweating profusely, and flowing through the fresh wound, the burning pain was like thousands of ants eating his flesh.

He called his parents, but Sheng's father and Sheng's mother seemed to really think that he was invaded by evil spirits. Seeing him being beaten, they had no intention of saving him. Instead, they gave the liar a lot of money.

Sheng Yingqi looked at his parents who had fallen into madness, and suddenly thought of Qin Mingzhu.He thought that he had also found a celestial master, and wanted to trap Qin Mingzhu in the human world crazily.

Qin Mingzhu...

He may never see Qin Mingzhu in his life, he will be trapped in this dead place.What is Qin Mingzhu doing now?It should be sweet with that short-lived ghost.

Mother Sheng wanted to say a few more words, but when there was movement outside, her expression changed immediately, and she greeted her, "I'm back."

Father Sheng's voice came, "Well, I picked up Erbao on the way."

Sheng Yingqi's younger sister was called Erbao by Sheng's father, and Erbao was her nickname.She is seven years old this year, and she is cute and well-behaved. The first thing she did when she got home was to call her mother, and she took the initiative to ask Sheng's mother if she wanted to help.

Sheng's mother touched Erbao's face and said lovingly: "Mom doesn't want your help, you should do your homework first."

"Where's brother? Is brother back? I have a question to ask brother."

As soon as Er Bao said this, Mother Sheng's expression turned ugly for a moment, "Your brother is busy, you won't ask me any questions, it's the same to ask your father, there's no need to ask your brother."

After finally coaxing the child into the room, Father Sheng on the side had already seen the clue, untied his belt, and said, "That brat is fighting again?"

"No, I've said everything, where are you going?" Sheng's mother quickly stopped in front of Sheng's father, "He is already fifteen this year, what's the use of beating him."

"I don't beat him, I don't educate him, so let people outside beat him? He fights outside every day, and he will die quickly one day." Sheng's father was furious, and he dragged his belt to Sheng Yingqi's room.

Sheng's mother had no choice but to growl: "It's time for dinner, you beat him now, and Erbao will cry again when he sees it later."

Hearing the well-behaved daughter's name, Father Sheng's anger couldn't help but half subside.This daughter is the only consolation for their husband and wife now, unlike that rebellious son.

He exhaled foul breath, like a buffalo, and sat down on the sofa next to him, "I really don't know what evil I did in my previous life to give birth to such a thing, I think I should have strangled him in the first place, so as not to save me now Worrying every day."

"Okay, okay, go wash your face, and eat later." Sheng's mother paused, "He will be an adult in a few years, and he will definitely be sensible by then."

Father Sheng snorted, disapproving.

At the dinner table, while eating, Erbao shook his head and talked to his parents about the school.The school she went to was a girls' school that Sheng's father and mother spent a lot of money to get in. Although the conditions were not as good as those in China, they were far better than the schools in this area. At least the security was good.

Erbao told interesting stories, and both Sheng's father and Sheng's mother agreed. After a while, Sheng's father saw the taciturn elder son beside him, and his dissatisfaction overflowed again.He suppressed his anger so that he didn't get angry at the dinner table, but when Sheng's mother took Erbao to take a bath, he immediately walked to the door of Sheng Yingqi's room.

"Open the door!"

It took more than ten seconds before I heard movement inside.

This slow movement raised Sheng's father's anger further, and when Sheng Yingqi opened the door, he slapped him down hard.

"Snapped--"

"You bastard, who told you to fight outside? What I said last time, if you fight outside again, I will cripple your legs first!"

Sheng Yingqi raised his hand and wiped the bleeding corner of his lips, he slowly turned his head to look at Father Sheng, and said generously, "Then hit it."

"Sheng Yingqi!" Sheng's father was so angry that he fell back. He didn't understand why he had an enemy, and he didn't listen to him no matter how much he taught him.

In a fit of rage, Father Sheng went to find a handy tool—a mop.

He tore off one end of the mop forcefully, and walked towards Sheng Yingqi step by step with a stick.

The time to bathe Erbao is one of the few times for Sheng's mother to relax. While teasing her daughter with the ducklings in the basin, she helps her daughter wash her soft long hair.

Suddenly, she heard the noise outside and realized something was wrong. She hurriedly rinsed her daughter's hair and stuffed the duckling into her daughter's hand, "Er Bao, wash yourself first, mommy is going out to drink some water."

Sheng's mother ran out to take a look, and saw Sheng's father slapping Sheng Yingqi with a broken stick, and even broke the stick with one last blow.Holding back her tears, she stepped forward and pushed her husband away, "Are you crazy? Are you really going to kill your son?"

Father Sheng glanced at the stick that was broken in two, and then at Sheng Yingqi.Sheng Yingqi didn't hide, he let him fight, the expression on his face was the same as before, he was naturally stubborn.His little heartache disappeared in an instant, and he just wanted to let go of his anger.

He remembered that all the hardships he had endured in the past ten years were all thanks to this rebellious son.After finally accumulating some property here, the family can barely live in peace, but Sheng Yingqi made him unhappy and insisted on fighting outside.

Where is South Sudan?

Any place that could kill someone.

Sheng Yingqi is still so disobedient!

Furious, Sheng's father threw away one of the sticks, held the other tightly, and beat Sheng's mother again despite Sheng's mother's obstruction.Seeing that Sheng's mother couldn't persuade Sheng's father, she could only push Sheng Yingqi, "Go, you go, if you stay here again, do you want to be beaten to death by your father?"

Er Bao in the bathroom was also disturbed by the noise. She came out crookedly and saw the scene where her father beat her brother, and she cried loudly in fright.

When Sheng's mother heard her daughter crying, she hurriedly turned around to coax her, and said anxiously to Sheng Yingqi, "Go away! Don't stay here! What do you want to do with this house! Just treat me like a mother Please, okay? Don't be mad at your dad!"

On one side are the mother and sister hugging each other, and on the other side is the father who beat him.Sheng Yingqi swayed for a while, and finally left.

He walked into the dark night and wiped the blood from his forehead carelessly with his hands.There is a dilapidated hotel near here, which can barely sleep for one night.

When he was almost there, several people came out from the darkness and surrounded him.

Those people took out their knives and said something, Sheng Yingqi gritted his teeth and took out the money in his pocket.Those people were not satisfied after taking the money, so they set their eyes on Sheng Yingqi's shoes and threatened Sheng Yingqi with a knife to take off the shoes.

Sheng Yingqi squatted down slowly, the blood on his forehead dripped onto the shoe, and someone next to him immediately yelled in dissatisfaction and kicked him on the head, "Boy, did you deliberately dirty the shoe?"

Sheng Yingqi, who was kicked to the ground, touched something on the ground next to him with his fingers. He touched it, and when he found out what it was, his facial muscles twitched unnaturally. Then he grabbed the brick and threw it at those people.

He was fed up, fed up with being here, being bullied, robbed, and beaten day after day.

When the knife stabbed into the abdomen.

He thought about Qin Mingzhu again, and he remembered how Qin Mingzhu slept next to him every morning when he woke up.

The morning light came in through the curtains and sprinkled on Qin Mingzhu's pearly white skin.He stood up and stared at the other party until Qin Mingzhu woke up.

When Qin Mingzhu just woke up, there was still sleepiness in her eyes, and she always opened her eyelashes, closed them for a while, turned over and hugged his waist, and asked vaguely: "Husband, what do you want to eat this morning? "

Sheng Yingqi couldn't help laughing, even when he fell on his back.