under the filth

Eisen died, completely disappeared from Tang Cen's world without warning.

Lu Sheng pressed on Tang Cen's body, Tang Cen hugged his shoulders tightly, opened his mouth wide, exhaled warm air, and stared at the ceiling dully with unfocused eyes.He wanted to sob and howl, but he couldn't make a sound from his throat. Tears flowed from his gray and lifeless eyes, wet most of his face.

Tang Cen, who was imprisoned in the room, had always regarded Su Yuqing, who was seriously ill, as his only spiritual support. In order to see him, he kept enduring Lu Sheng's humiliation, but Aisen's death completely crushed Tang Cen.

Abandoning Opera Chow and breaking up with Eisen, Tang Cen did all this because he didn't want to drag them down.He knew that Eisen would not let him go, but he didn't expect that Eisen would chase him all the way to China after he broke up with him, and even had an accident because of it.

It's all his fault!It's all his fault!

Tang Cen cried silently until Lu Sheng left, until he lost his strength and passed out, and the bed sheet under him was already soaked with tears and other bodily fluids.

That sudden car accident took Eisen from Tang Cen's side, but it didn't free him from Lu Sheng's endless torture, it just made his already hopeless life worse.

The third day after Eisen's accident happened to be the visit day promised by Lu Sheng, but this time Tang Cen was unable to visit Su Yuqing.Before, he was always afraid that Lu Sheng would break the contract, but he was the one who broke the contract first.

His spirit was stimulated and his emotions fluctuated too much, Tang Cen fell ill again.

The illness was so severe that Tang Cen had a high fever for three consecutive days and fell into a coma.His body was already weak, and the continuous high fever tossed him to the brink of death. Not to mention going to the hospital to see Su Yuqing, he couldn't even do such a simple action as raising his hand.

Tang Cen's consciousness was very blurred in the past few days. When he fell asleep, broken pictures kept flashing in his mind. He couldn't see what it was, but every time the picture flashed, his brain and heart always felt a tearing pain. , The pain spread all over his body, making him unable to breathe.

For three days in a row, Tang Cen either lay on the bed and moaned in pain, or clutched the bed sheet and spoke fragmentary words. However, Lu Sheng only gave Tang Cen a lot of pills and a glass of cold water, and occasionally poured cold water on his forehead. of liquid.

The cold liquid was poured on his forehead, and Tang Cen shivered fiercely. His hair, which was drenched in water, stuck together and exuded a pungent smell. The liquid smelled like alcohol.

Tang Cen, who was delirious from the burn, thought at first that Lu Sheng was going to burn him, a lowly bastard, to death, and he secretly rejoiced that he was able to be relieved. Later, his body temperature dropped a little, and he realized that Lu Sheng was cooling him down.

After recovering a little bit of consciousness, Tang Cen began to dream again.He dreamed that he was dragged by a white withered hand, falling into the depths of the abyss, and his eyes were scarlet.

Falling to the bottom of the abyss, Tang Cen fell heavily to the ground, and was dragged to stand up again.He always felt that someone was pushing his back, and he kept walking forward, stepping on the path flowing with scarlet liquid, the soles of his feet were covered with sticky liquid, even before his eyes were large patches of scarlet, and he could even There was a strong smell of blood.

The borderless red was reflected on Tang Cen's retina, he covered his eyes in pain, trying to block his sight, scarlet tears flowed from between his fingers.

Tang Cen let out a shrill scream. He woke up from the nightmare and fell into another endless nightmare again.

The long torture didn't stop because of that accident. Tang Cen was still locked in that small utility room, lying on that big bed covered with viscous body fluid, and fell asleep wrapped in a damp quilt every day.

It turned out that Tang Cen would still put on a flattering and obedient attitude, but since Eisen's accident, he was like a body without soul and consciousness, and he greeted Lu Sheng dully every day.

Of course, Lu Sheng was dissatisfied with Tang Cen's attitude, so every time he came, he would play some new tricks, sometimes with various props, and sometimes with colorful pills or injections.

Before this, Tang Cen had seen Lu Sheng take medicine, and he took it very restrainedly, only pouring a few pills at a time, unlike now, he stuffed a large amount into his mouth, and occasionally fed him one or two pills.

Tang Cen didn't know what kind of medicine it was, but after taking it, he felt very strange, neither comfortable nor uncomfortable, his whole body felt light, but after the effect of the medicine wore off, his body became empty and unbearable again.

The emptiness was gradually magnified, Tang Cen often couldn't feel his body, and thought he was going to die several times.But the new medicine was stuffed into his mouth and filled the vacant part of his body, and Tang Cen survived in the end.

He continued to live in a daze, and then completely reduced to a string doll for Lu Sheng to play with.

The exquisite face of the string doll once attracted countless suitors, but now there are two dull black pearls embedded in it, which oozes salty liquid from time to time.The tattered body of the doll, which was played with wantonly and torn apart, was covered with bluish-purple scars and soot scabs dripping with pus, and a ring with bells was worn on the upright crimson body, which jingled "jingle dingling" as the body shook. .

When the string doll is favored by the owner, no matter what the posture is, he will always turn his head and look out the window.

Sometimes the sun was shining outside the window, and sometimes the clouds were overcast, but after Eisen's accident, from sunrise to sunset, from cloudy rain to clear sky, the sky outside the window was always dazzling red in Tang Cen's eyes.

Like a painting dripping with blood.

That day, Tang Cen, who had just escaped from the emptiness, looked at the small piece of sky outside the window, and suddenly had an idea.

He was going to find Eisen, to find his uncle.

I don't know where this idea came from, but it was very strong, and Tang Cen's heart began to shake.He didn't see Aisen's body with his own eyes, so he began to doubt what Lu Sheng said, and whether Aisen really died just like that.

As long as he didn't see Eisen's body, he must be alive.A glimmer of hope suddenly rose in Tang Cen's heart. Whenever he looked out the window, there would always be a voice in his heart, urging him to escape here quickly.

Get out quickly!get out!Must escape!Can't stay here any longer!

It was not the first time Tang Cen thought of running away, but Lu Sheng was very cautious. Every time he left, he would lock the door of the room, not giving Tang Cen any chance to escape.

Tang Cen knew that if he failed to escape, he would face even more inhuman torture.Recalling the burning pain when Lu Sheng burned the smoke scar on his body, the flesh on Tang Cen's back twitched violently twice, but in his heart he persistently wanted to escape, even though the chance of success was only one in a thousand.

The strong desire to escape in Tang Cen's heart overwhelmed everything, and his chaotic mind became clearer.He began to secretly count the time of Lu Sheng's arrival, observing all his subtle changes in expression and movement habits.

When Lu Sheng was in the room, Tang Cen was still the same as before, obedient and without temper. After Lu Sheng left, he pinched the flesh on his thigh and arm until he squeezed all the pus from the wound. When he came out, he let go of the broken flesh and blood.

The pain allowed Tang Cen to maintain his rationality. The pus in the wound was squeezed out. He sprinkled the hemostatic powder left by Lu Sheng before, and those stubborn wounds began to heal slowly, and the continuous inflammation symptoms also weakened. .His physical condition began to improve. From the beginning, he could only lie down, but later he was able to stand up while leaning on the wall.

Lu Sheng just locked Tang Cen in the room without completely restricting his movements. He would take him to wash and eat every once in a while, although most of the time Tang Cen was in a lethargic state of collapse.

Tang Cen's body recovered very slowly, and he was barely able to move freely when the temperature began to drop.But Tang Cen didn't dare to procrastinate any longer. As the weather got colder and colder, his body's reaction would become dull. Every day when Lu Sheng went out, he lay down by the window and watched around, planning the time and route of escape.

However, the high-end apartment is different from the villa he lived in before. The high floor made it impossible for him to escape from the window, and the complicated door lock could not be pried open with a thin aluminum pharmaceutical board.Tang Cen could hardly find any route or method to escape. It was because Lu Sheng knew that Tang Cen could not escape, so he locked him in the utility room with peace of mind.

The cruel reality was in front of Tang Cen, but he did not give up.He knew there was a third way to go besides picking locks and jumping out of windows, but that way was more dangerous than the other two.

In this life-and-death gamble, Tang Cen had almost no chance of turning the tables. He didn't have any bargaining chips. The only thing he could do was to wait, waiting for the moment when Lu Sheng relaxed his vigilance and forgot to lock the door.

Tang Cen didn't know how long he had been waiting. The blood-red scene outside the window hadn't receded in his eyes. He couldn't tell when it was day and when it was night, but he just waited silently.

Finally, on a certain day when the temperature plummeted again, Tang Cen waited until that moment.

The temperature dropped sharply, and the temperature in the utility room also dropped several degrees. After Lu Sheng finished his work, he gave Tang Cen an injection of glucose for nutrition, and even threw him a set of thin pajamas.

The pajamas hit his head, Tang Cen was stunned for a few seconds, and when he recovered, Lu Sheng had already opened the door and walked out.

With a "click", the door closed, but there was no sound of the deadbolt turning.

Lu Sheng left without locking the door!Tang Cen couldn't believe that the opportunity he had been waiting for for many days was so easily delivered to him.He put on his pajamas, tiptoed carefully to the door, pressed the doorknob, and slowly opened a crack.

Tang Cen leaned on the door frame and looked around nervously, but didn't find Lu Sheng, but heard the sound of papers being flipped behind the half-closed door opposite.

The door was unlocked, and Lu Sheng was still in the study. Surprise and nervousness enveloped Tang Cen instantly. He stood behind the door holding his breath, his heart pounding in his chest, and the violent vibrations spread to his congested tympanic membranes. .

Tang Cen took a few deep breaths, suppressed the joy in his heart and slowly pushed open the door, put out his left toe and lightly touched the ground, then raised his right foot, and slowly landed in front of his left foot.His movements were very light, and he walked from the door of the utility room all the way to the stairs around the corner without making a sound.

Standing at the stairs, Tang Cen looked at the door downstairs.Having reached this point, he didn't dare to relax his vigilance, still tiptoed on the steps of the stairs, holding on to the handrail, and walked down step by step.

When he was about to step on the third step, Tang Cen suddenly found that the rustling sound behind him stopped.

Tang Cen swallowed, and was about to look back, when suddenly a gust of cold wind swept past behind him, and then a huge force slammed hard on the bend of his left knee.

With a loud "bang", Tang Cen rolled down the stairs. While falling, he met the cold gaze of the person standing on the stairs.

was found.This sentence flashed through Tang Cen's mind, but soon he had no extra energy to think about it.His shoulders and back slammed heavily on the railing of the stairs, and the back of his head hit the hard plank as he rolled.

Tang Cen was lying on the bottom of the stairs, his eyes were black, there was a burst of dull pain from the bruise, hot fluid flowed painfully from the back of his head, and the knee that had suffered the heavy blow had long since lost consciousness, and it might have been fractured.

Looking at Tang Cen who was trying to escape and lying on the ground in embarrassment, the corner of Lu Sheng's mouth curled up in a strange arc. He smiled and said disdainfully: "I thought it was weird before, I thought it was my illusion, I didn't expect you really want to-"

"Ah!" A terrified female voice interrupted Lu Sheng, but Lu Sheng didn't show a trace of impatience, and raised his chin slightly to look behind Tang Cen.

Tang Cen, who was lying on the ground, endured the severe pain and turned his head. Suddenly, a young woman in a black suit and skirt appeared in the empty living room. She was standing by the door, covering her mouth with her hands tightly, with Papers were scattered all over the floor.

Tang Cen met her before. She was Lu Sheng's secretary, and the one who put the evidence of Lu Sheng's infidelity on his uncle's desk.

"Since we've been discovered, we can only deal with you first."

Lu Sheng walked down the stairs unhurriedly. When he reached the last step, he stepped over Tang Cen and walked towards the panic-stricken secretary.