Northern Myanmar: Years of Dehumanization

"That's such a pity. You and I are very close to each other. If you say this, I can't force you."

Xiao Wu heard what I said, nodded, blew out a puff of smoke, and said to me.

They didn’t say they forced me or anything, but actually I wasn’t that important.

I just look similar to the brother who sacrificed his life to protect Brother Bai, but I am not him after all.

"Brother Wu, what's going on with this woman? How did she offend you?"

Instead of continuing the conversation, I changed the topic.

He glanced at the woman next to Xiao Wu who came with the biological mother body yesterday, flicked the cigarette ashes in his hand and said.

"Fuck, I get so angry when I mention this. After they were brought back yesterday, the doctor checked their bodies at night. This morning they told me that this woman has a heart disease!"

When Xiao Wu heard the name being mentioned, it was okay not to mention it. Once it was mentioned, his anger instantly found an outlet.

"Who are you? She has a disease?"

My eyes flickered, and I felt a little confused.

Others may not know it, but I know very well whether there is any internal disease in the biological mother body.

But why didn't the doctor find out that the mother's biochemical mother had internal diseases?

Or……

It's really off the mark.

Xiao Wu cursed and kicked the woman squatting on the ground.

"Ah..."

The woman collapsed on the ground, waved her hands, and opened her mouth to speak, but she only made two sounds.

At this time, I noticed that the woman seemed to be missing a part, her tongue was gone!

In other words, it's broken!

Here is some popular science. Although the tongue is severed, it can still make sounds due to varying degrees of impact on pronunciation and speech.

This woman had an anxious look on her face, as if she wanted to say something, but she couldn't speak because her tongue was broken.

"Brother Wu, when we picked them up yesterday, it seemed that this woman's tongue was not broken, right?"

I frowned slightly, realizing something was wrong. It was too suspicious.

The doctor checked that she had internal diseases, but now her tongue is broken. Is it too much of a coincidence?

"The doctor said that after he found out that she had a heart disease, she was too noisy and would be killed at dawn anyway, so he cut off her tongue."

Xiao Wuti kicked the woman again and said to me.

"Kill? Do you want to kill someone if she has an internal disease? Why not sell her somewhere else?"

As I said this, I knelt down in front of the woman, stretched out my hand to hold her chin, and looked her over. She still looked pretty good.

"You kid, how can you still make this money? What if you ordered this one time, wouldn't you be harming others and yourself? Anyway, it's not our money spent. If you kill me, you will kill me."

Xiao Wu took the cigarette out of his mouth and said this in a laughing and scolding tone.

When I heard Xiao Wu's words, I couldn't help but feel dumb. I didn't expect Xiao Wu to have such a sense of precaution.

But, can you guard against that biochemical matrix?

I've been tricked!

When I wanted to get up, a pendant on the woman's neck caught my eye.

Hanging on it is a small wooden sign, which seems to have something engraved on it.

Fortunately it was a wooden sign, not valuable, otherwise it would have been gone long ago.

After I saw it, I reached out and pulled the wooden sign on the woman's chest closer to me, and then I saw clearly that what was engraved on it was a Buddha statue.

I couldn't help but look at the woman again. In our area, it is important for men to wear Guanyin and women to wear Buddha to ensure safety.

I didn't expect to see such an object in this place.

"Eh? Isn't this a Buddha statue? I didn't expect you to still believe in Buddhism, brother?"

When Xiao Wu saw me pulling the wooden sign over, he couldn't help but bend down and take a look. When he discovered that it was a Buddha statue, he didn't know what it meant and just thought I was a believer in Buddhism.

"Well, I believe in Buddhism and worship Buddha, but what I seek is not peace, but money!"

I nodded, indicating that I did believe in Buddhism, but it was different from what others pursued.

"You kid, you are such a talent."

When Xiao Wu heard what I said, he twitched the corners of his mouth and finally came out with such a sentence.

"Brother Wu, I heard that letting another person pray for you will be ten times better than doing it yourself..."

I threw the cigarette in my other hand to the ground, looked at the woman slightly, and spoke lightly.

I really want to take this woman away.

I really want her to pray to Buddha, but it’s not to pray for my wealth, but for peace.

Sometimes, when there is too much blood on my hands, I want to seek some psychological comfort.

The appearance of the woman just satisfied my thoughts. Moreover, Brother Wu wanted to kill this woman anyway. In other words, this woman had no use value to him.

Giving up the woman to me is just a matter of course. It is a matter of favor and does not involve my safety.

Let's put it this way, if it works, I can take this woman away. If it doesn't work, there will be no harm to me.

"You mean to ask this woman to pray for you, but will she pray for you?"

Xiao Wu can be respected by Brother Bai, so he is naturally a good person. Hearing what I said, he guessed what I meant.

"You have heard what I said, so are you willing to help me worship Buddha?"

I didn't reply to Xiao Wu's words, but proved it through practical actions.

I put the wooden sign down and stared at the woman in front of me and asked.

Women are not stupid. When they heard the conversation between the two of us, they seemed to know that her fate was at stake, so they tried their best to keep a straight face and not make a sound.

The clear black and white eyes wandered back and forth between the two of us.

When I asked her about this, she sat cross-legged on the ground, clasped her hands together, and bowed devoutly.

"Oh, this girl is quite clever. She has to be killed anyway. Since you want her, brother, take her away."

When Xiao Wu saw this situation, he sighed, but his emotional intelligence was still very high, so he gave this woman to me as a favor.

"Then thank you, Brother Wu. Later, I will ask her to help you say goodbye, and you will make a lot of money."

I stood up, thanked Xie Xiaowu with a smile on my face, and then made another pie.

"You kid, you are so fucking sensible!"

Sure enough, when Brother Wu heard what I said, he patted me on the shoulder with a smile on his face.

For a gambler like Brother Wu, the allure of money to him is immeasurable...

"Brother Wu, I'll leave first, otherwise Sister Qiong may have to wait in a hurry."

I said this, pulled the woman up from the ground, and wanted to leave here.

"Well, it's time for me to go to the casino and get busy."

Xiao Wu nodded, turned around and walked towards the casino.

After Xiao Wu walked away, I looked at the woman next to me and said to her:

"From now on, when you pray to Buddha, don't ask me for wealth, but for peace..."