After becoming the group pet of the Public Procuratorate
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Take it, you can eat it in the classroom. "
Even after saying this, Bai Ming still ignored him, Lu Wu was very puzzled, this was a different child from the past who was smiling when he saw him.
This abnormal attitude made him puzzled, so he asked softly: "Xiaobai, is he full this morning? If you really don't want to eat, I won't force you."
Bai Ming turned his head to the side, glanced at him cautiously, met his gaze, then immediately looked away, and said coldly, "I'm not hungry, thank you."
Lu Wu hurriedly stuffed a few mouthfuls into his mouth, swallowed in a panic, wrapped another bun in paper, put it in his schoolbag, rushed to Bai Ming, bent down and lowered his head, wanting to look at him again, full of Asked suspiciously: "What's wrong with you? Are you unhappy?"
Bai Ming deliberately avoided his gaze. When he was on the left, he hid to the right. When he turned to the right, he returned to the left again. After a few rounds like this, Bai Ming raised his head and said seriously: "I'm fine."
After speaking, he lowered his head again, like a flower bud short of water under the scorching sun.
Lu Wu panicked. He clearly remembered that the child was so happy to sing and dance after getting the test paper yesterday, but he hadn't seen him all night, how could he become so indifferent?
He scratched his head, he couldn't imagine anything that could change a child's temperament drastically.
"Are you angry? Did someone offend you? I will vent my anger on you!"
He closely followed Bai Ming's pace, clenched his fists with both hands, and snorted two breaths to express his anger.
After waiting for a long time, Bai Ming remained silent. Lu Wu was a little embarrassed, put down his hands, and asked a little embarrassedly: "Could it be me?"
He didn't hesitate for a moment, although he didn't know the reason, but he immediately moved close to Bai Ming's arm, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry Xiaobai, I was wrong, can you forgive me?"
With the breeze blowing his sleeves, the catkins flying around settled down on Bai Ming's shoulders. When Lu Wu lowered his head and blew, the catkins started their wandering journey again.
Bai Ming was speechless. Brother Tiger had done nothing wrong, but he still apologized to himself without hesitation.
"Xiaobai, I'm sorry, is it because you don't like eating buns?" Lu Wu said tentatively, and continued, "Did I say something wrong?"
With one hand on his forehead, he tried to recall what he had done a few days ago. Suddenly, he hit his left palm with his right fist. Although the next words were a bit embarrassing, he still stammered: "Could it be, is it because, on your birthday night, I, I kissed you?"
As soon as these words came out, Bai Ming was startled, his cheeks gradually became hot, he also stopped in his tracks, stunned on the spot, and said: "Brother Tiger, don't wait for me in the future, I want to go to school and go home by myself."
The bitterness in his heart made him dare not go to see Lu Wu, so he could only bite the bullet and say this hurtful thing.
"Why?" Lu Wu realized the urgency of the situation, as if he had stepped on a stove, he squatted from left to right, trying to see Bai Ming's face again, "Xiao Bai, I was really wrong, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you Don't be mad at me."
"I'm not angry..." Bai Ming's nose was sore and he held back his tears, "I am, I am..."
Lu Wu frowned tightly, with mixed feelings in his heart.
"I'm just used to being alone."
The falling of two tears made those muddy eyes clear again. Bai Ming's voice kept rising and falling. If he was standing behind him, he would definitely not know that he was crying.
Seeing this situation, Lu Wu was at a loss, so he could only stand there stupidly, a possibility sprouted in his mind, so he clenched his fists and said angrily: "Could it be that your father beat you again last night? You obviously passed the No.1 exam, why does he still beat you? Did you tell him that you have my backing, so he threatened you not to stay with me any longer? "
Bai Ming raised his head abruptly, and his breath became short of breath. He thought again of those flat feet and the blood all over the ground. Father has become a sensitive word that cannot be mentioned to him, and this word came from Lu Wu's mouth. Coming out made him even more nervous.
"No, no." He shouted loudly, trying to clear it up.
Lu Wu grabbed his arm and observed it carefully, but he didn't find any new scars, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't be afraid, Xiaobai. We agreed that I will go to your house to talk to your father the day after you finish the exam. I will not let him continue to hurt you and your mother. Don't be afraid of him either. , if you have something to tell me, don't hide it in your heart, I will do my best to help you, okay?"
Lu Wu leaned down and persuaded patiently again, he didn't want Bai Ming to suffer in silence anymore.
These words not only failed to comfort, but made Bai Ming even more nervous. Last night's experience forced him to draw a clear line with Lu Wu, so he wiped off the water marks on his face, shook his head and said timidly : "I won't talk anymore, and I won't talk about it in the future."
After finishing speaking, he ran to the school.
"Wait!" Lu Wu stood on the spot and shouted, he no longer used the tone of negotiation just now, but ordered, "I know you don't eat much breakfast every day, eat this bun before leaving."
Bai Ming didn't slow down, he gritted his teeth, endured the hunger and sleepless sleepiness, and ran away into the distance.
Lu Wu stood on the spot, his hands stopped in mid-air, his whole body almost froze, he looked at Bai Ming's back running smaller and smaller, it was hard to accept such a result, as if everything was an illusion, is his favorite child right? He would treat himself like this for no reason.
The young man was full of spirits and unwilling to do so.
The light in mid-spring is delicate and soft, surrounded by catkins flying all over the sky, he stepped into the campus heavily on the sunny path.
He understands this truth, he also wants to cut himself off from Lu Wu completely like other people in the town, but he can't bear it, every arithmetic problem, every camellia flower seems to leave a young man behind. The traces of this season's spring made him inseparable, he couldn't do such a cruel thing, and he didn't want to do it either.
He coughed a few times and lay down on the table. Although his heart was overflowing with sadness, he grabbed his hair and gritted his teeth tightly, as if this would relieve the pain. He felt that he was sorry for Lu Wu, that he was a bad boy and unworthy. Get close to others.
He was so scared that even he himself began to loathe himself.
The setting sun covered the Baihe River, and when the school bell rang, Bai Ming slipped out of the campus in a stride, just to avoid the boy who usually went home with him.
He didn't go straight to the house. He guessed that Lu Wu would chase after him quickly, but he couldn't run away from Lu Wu. He was afraid that he would not be firm enough and that he would ruin everything, so he chose another path, which was slower than Lu Wu. In the past, it took an extra 20 minutes to walk.
Everything was as he expected, Lu Wu hurried down the stairs, he came to the classroom on the first floor, looked in from the window, and saw that Bai Ming's seat had become empty, so he ran away, he knew that Bai Ming could not go far, and the speed was also fast. No, catching up is just a piece of cake.
This time, he had to ask clearly what he said.
All the way down the hillside, the fragrance of the flower field is gone in the wind, replaced by the fragrance of rice.
The catkins scattered all over the street, rushing around beside Lu Wu. While running, he fiddled with the misty catkins in front of him, turning his head every three steps, for fear of running too fast, so as not to overtake Bai Ming.
He ran for a long time, but still couldn't see the familiar figure. With Bai Ming's speed, it was impossible to get here within this period of time. He stopped and stood and stared behind him.
At the same time, on another small road, Bai Ming was walking slowly. He gently kicked the stones on the ground. After the kick was far away, he walked over and continued to kick away. He didn't want to wake up the little mole sleeping in the field. Rats and little hares, so they kicked lightly and without force.
The stone flew so close that it hit the ground like a thought full of preoccupations.
Unknowingly, he went around to the flower field, almost all the camellias had faded away, and they were no longer as beautiful as before. He looked at the only green leaves left in the mountains and plains, feeling lost in his heart.
He recalled the day when he ran with Lu Wu in the flower field. At that time, he was like a dancing skylark. How could he think of today's situation?
He thought of Xiaopang again, now that the flowers and branches have withered, the harvest must not be good.
He thought a lot, as if the past stories were mercilessly mocking him. If he could go back to the past, even if he was beaten and scolded by his father, he would be willing, but he didn't want his mother to suffer, and he didn't want to be betrayed. Going to a strange village, no matter how beautiful the spring is, he does not want to suffer such an experience.
Such contradictory psychology made him miserable, and the knot in his heart was difficult to untie. He couldn't let go of his dependence on Lu Wu. That kind of emotion seemed to have been engraved in his bone marrow. If he wanted to forcibly abandon it, he would have to go through a painful pain .
At this moment, a kitten emerged from the field. It surrounded Bai Ming, rubbed his trousers lightly, and meowed, trying to attract Bai Ming's attention.
He broke away from his thoughts in an instant, looked down, and saw a yellow and white garden cat looking up at him. From childhood to adulthood, no matter where he went, he seemed to be very popular with small animals. The cat likes to stick to his trousers , Magpies are willing to land on his shoulders, even butterflies and dragonflies are not afraid of him, they will fly around him a few times from time to time.
He knelt down, stroked the top of the orange cat's head, heard it whirring, his eyes flickered and said, "I'm sorry little cat, I don't have anything to eat, and I'm also very hungry."
The orange cat didn't leave, and seemed to see that he was depressed, so he obediently leaned aside, trying to soothe the passerby's mood.
Bai Ming caressed its back and stroked its hair. It was hard to vent the grievances that had been held in for a day. Thinking that the cat couldn't understand, he whispered: "Little cat, I want to ask you, if you have a good friend , but because of some irresistible things, you have to stay away from him, otherwise you will lose your family, what will you do?"
The orange cat meowed twice, but they couldn't understand each other's words.
Bai Ming frowned slightly, and explained emphatically, "How can I not only keep my mother, but also play with Brother Tiger?"
The orange cat meowed twice again, as if responding to the question.
Bai Ming gently twisted the shaved hair into a ball, and seemed to have an answer in his heart, and asked in surprise, "You mean, as long as I keep my mouth shut and don't let Brother Tiger find out, Mom will be fine, right?"
The cat sat on the ground, looked at him, and meowed again.
"But I won't lie. How can I tell Brother Tiger?" Bai Ming was lost in thought, with a frustrated expression on his face.
The orange cat left its front paws off the ground, resting on Bai Ming's knees, opened its mouth wide and yawned, then stretched itself, stretched out its tongue to lick its paws, and kept barking.
"You're right! I just try to avoid this topic as much as possible, but I have to discuss the specific details with my mother. My mother loves me so much, she will definitely agree to my reconciliation with Brother Tiger."
He stood up, as if the setting sun had become brighter, and those problems were solved, he completely lost the troubles before, and felt relaxed and happy.
Bai Ming lowered his head and said to the orange cat, "Thank you, I'm going back. I'll definitely come and bring you some delicious food tomorrow."
He waved his hand, smiled at the bewildered cat, and walked quickly towards the house.
Seeing him leave, the cat quietly hid in the flowers.
The sky, clouds and shadows, and a lake of clear water reflected in Bai Ming's heart, he didn't understand the language of cats, but it was the voice in his heart that induced him to express his urgent thoughts.
He no longer kicked the stones on the road, but weaved a complex and grand fantasy in his mind. In that world, his mother agreed to his proposal, and he never said anything about his father. After that, he came to Lu Wu's Home, after earnestly apologizing, they played freely as before, this time there was no beating, no monsters, and all the faces were filled with pure and simple smiles, the smiles were as clean as the blue sky.
The wind is blowing, and the wind is blowing from the direction of home, blowing a long-lost coolness.
80. Bereavement
Lu Wu didn't see Bai Ming on the way.
He walked to the door of Bai Ming's house, and saw that the wooden door was tightly fastened. This door was always open in the past. After all, it was a shop inside, but at this time today, the shop was tightly closed. Lu Wu kept muttering in his heart. Something must have happened.
"Xiao Bai is really abnormal today, he must have something to hide from me."
Lu Wu put his hands on his hips and stood outside the door like a door god. He had promised that Bai Ming would come to negotiate with Bai Tao today, so he was going to wait here forever. He didn't believe that Bai Ming would not come home, so he had been thinking about it all day. , He didn't even listen carefully to today's class, he must find out the truth.
He stood for a while, then sat on the steps of the doorway, resting his head on his hands, looking far away at the end of the path.
That kid who always likes to cling to himself, and loves to talk about some big truths from time to time, is now hiding around, which makes him very sad.
He can feel that Bai Ming is very dependent on him, that kind of dependence is very intuitive, and he can see through it at a glance, such as doing math problems, such as swinging, and such as making noodles, eating snacks and other daily life, Bai Ming needs to rely on himself.
But at the same time, he also gradually felt that he was also very dependent on Bai Ming, but this dependence was invisible. It was because he admired the child's spotless heart and innocent kindness, and it was the company he longed for from Bai Ming, and that kind of dependence. There is only the warmth and softness that Bai Ming can bring, as well as the inexplicable feelings born in his heart. This thing is very abstract, but it exists objectively.
It wasn't until he really left Bai Ming that Lu Wu realized how much he needed him.
He raised his head, and the white clouds had cleared away, he lowered his head, and all the ants returned to their nests, he tried to divert his attention to other things, trying to pass the time, waiting for that person to appear .
But the longer he waited, the less at ease he felt. Remembering that the reason his father moved to the town was to investigate a trans-regional trafficking case, his heart suddenly hung up and he didn't dare to think about it.
He broke out in a cold sweat, so he stood up, and was just about to reach out to knock on the wooden door. Just as his fingers were about to buckle on the door, the wind in the world seemed to evaporate instantly. There was the sound of a shovel, the sound was so small that it would be difficult to hear it if you were not close to the door.
He withdrew his hand knocking on the door, stood still on the spot, and put his ear on the door. The sound immediately became clear, with ups and downs, and an even rhythm.
"Could it be that Xiaobai was taken back home by his father a long time ago, and now he is beating him again?"
Conjectures were thrown in Lu Wu's mind, and he gasped. Whether he was being abducted or being beaten, neither of them was a good result. If he was beaten, he would go in and stop him. To inform Bai Ming's family, and the only thing these two results have in common is the need for police intervention.
He was so anxious that he immediately took out his old mobile phone that could only make calls and dialed his father's phone number, but no one answered after waiting for a while. He decided to save Bai Ming by himself, so he ran outside the south wall and clapped his hands , Climbed up nimbly, he clung to the wall, grasped the protruding bricks with his fingers, as if he was not bound by gravity, he fell to the top of the wall in threes and fives.
He exposed his head and looked into the courtyard, he was stunned.
There was a woman standing in the yard, holding a shovel tightly in her hand, and was digging the soil constantly. Her hair was disheveled, her clothes were soaked in sweat, her trouser legs were stained with mud, and even her feet were splashed. clods.
She digs and throws away, and can only shovel half a shovel at a time. Every time she digs three times, she has to wipe the sweat from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve. She dug a hole in the middle of the yard. Enter one person.
And at her feet not far away, lay a motionless man. The man's eyes were wide open, there was a gash on his neck, and his clothes were covered with dried blood. Zombies on TV.
That woman was Bai Ming's mother whom Lu Wu had seen with his own eyes - Bai Juan.
Bai Juan glanced around and vaguely saw the figure on the south wall, then raised her head to meet Lu Wu who was half-opening his mouth.
In an instant, as if she was struck by a bolt of lightning, the shovel fell from her hand and fell straight into the dug hole.
Everything seemed to be an illusion, Lu Wu leaned against the wall in shock, and the phone in his pocket rang again, and he knew that it was his father calling back.
The overturned soil particles were raised layer by layer, filled with unpleasant dust.
At dusk on the western mountain, the last color of Baihe Town was washed away, and the last ray of skylight poured in, like a dying person returning to the light.
Facing the last light, Bai Ming finally walked back home from a distance. Before he reached the entrance of the shop, he saw the place crowded with townspeople. He thought for a few seconds, today is not a holiday, logically speaking, Even if there is a gathering in the town, they will not be crowded in front of their own house. Besides, the road is long and narrow, and there is no room for a few people, and now it is even more crowded.
This human wall is so tight that it is difficult to find a gap to insert it.
Bai Ming calmed down. He walked behind the crowd with their backs to him, bent slightly, and got in between their legs. He lowered his head, as if walking through an impenetrable forest, with only a few shifts. The halo fell among the crowd, casting star-like light on the ground.
And the adults above their heads were also chattering away, not paying any attention to the children under their feet.
"I didn't expect that there would be a murder case in our town."
"I heard that the woman was killed when she was beaten. I don't know if the woman will be sentenced to death?"
"If you don't have the death penalty, you will have to sit in prison for the rest of your life. I haven't heard of people who beat their wives and were arrested by the police. On the contrary, they kill people and catch them."
Hearing this, Bai Ming was taken aback, and instantly became nervous. He vaguely realized that this was not a rally, but everyone came to watch the excitement.
He couldn't believe that the murderer that everyone said was his mother, his thoughts froze at this moment, he was at a loss for a moment, so he stopped tiptoeing, and suddenly squeezed forward like crazy.
"Why is this kid so crowded?"
"Whose child should be taken away quickly? Aren't you afraid to see the shadow of the dead body?"
Bai Ming didn't care about the words of the people around him. After a rampage, he finally squeezed into the first row. What caught his eyes were two police cars with flashing lights, and four or five policemen in police uniforms. The police tape blocked the door of the store, and everyone looked serious and unsmiling.
And among the group of policemen, one was Lu Jian. Standing behind Lu Jian was Brother Tiger, whom he had been thinking about all the way.
The commotion in the crowd caught the attention of the police, Lu Wu glanced into the crowd and saw the child, he quickly walked to the cordon, supported Bai Ming's shoulder, and asked anxiously: "Xiao Bai, where have you been? Why did it take you so long to come back?"
Bai Ming didn't look at him, but stared straight at the wooden door of his house. Panting slightly, he watched two policemen walking out of the house carrying a stretcher.
There was a person lying on the stretcher, covered with a white cloth, Bai Ming knew that the person lying on the stretcher was his father.
Lu Wu lay between him and the stretcher, unwilling to let him see such a scene.
Bai Ming's eyes were empty, his face was expressionless, his whole body seemed to have been sucked out of his soul, leaving only a flesh/body that did not rot.
"Xiaobai..." Lu Wu was startled, and couldn't believe it, "You know all this, right?"
The breeze can't wrinkle the waves in Bai Ming's heart, he can't let anyone go, only the small world at home, "Did you call the police?"
Lu Wu was stunned, as if he had been hit in the head, his pupils shrank, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"I was still fantasizing on the way home, fantasizing that you wouldn't take mom away..." Bai Ming's voice was low and cold, as if he was counting the snowflakes in nine days, "but I was wrong, mom was right, I should stay away from you."
These words were like an ice pick, which pierced Lu Wu's chest hard, and his heart seemed to be split in two. He shook his head hurriedly, trying to explain: "No, no, I thought your father beat you at home, so I called the police, and it turned out that wasn't the case..."
"Then why don't you let your father go back?" Bai Ming interrupted him, and looked at the culprit fiercely, "Since you know what my mother is doing, why do you let this group of people come over?"
"me……"
Lu Wu was speechless. When Lu Jian just picked up the phone, he could indeed lie and hide it, but he thought killing people was illegal, so he revealed the truth.
Not long after the stretcher was brought out, Bai Ming saw his mother coming out of the courtyard. Her mother was with disheveled hair and handcuffs, and was being escorted out by two policemen, one on the left and the other on the right.
When Bai Ming saw his mother, he couldn't help it anymore. He bent down suddenly, got into the security belt, rushed towards his mother, and shouted loudly: "Mom! Let go of my mother!"
When he exclaimed, everyone, whether it was the passers-by watching or the police escorting him, was stunned.
When the mother heard this immature voice, she turned her head and saw her son carrying a schoolbag running towards her. Her eyes lit up and she showed a final smile. She never thought that she would see her son for the last time.
Bai Ming rushed forward, but before he could take two steps, he was grabbed by Lu Wu.
"Little Bai! You can't go in!"
The power that hindered him made Bai Ming furious. He couldn't control that much, and shook Lu Wu's hand vigorously, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't shake it off, so he had to raise his other hand and slam it down. While beating, there was a roaring panting sound from his mouth, like a red-eyed beast, ready to eat the person in front of him at any time.
Lu Wu's arm was beaten red, he didn't want to stop Bai Ming.But as far as Yu Gong is concerned, Bai Ming really can't get close. He raised his head slightly and looked at his father, only to see that Lu Jian couldn't bear it, and gave him a look of permission. After he understood, he let go of Bai Ming.
Bai Ming's tears were rushing down, he broke free, ran a few steps quickly, and hugged his mother.
His mother knelt down and hugged him tightly in her arms.
This was the last time that Bai Ming felt the warmth of these arms. His mother's gentle embrace was his shelter since he was a child. Every night when he was beaten to death by his father, he could rely on his mother's embrace.
This embrace was like a gentle Huifeng, he hugged his mother's neck, weeping uncontrollably.
The mother gently rubbed his hair with her hands, and tears continued to flow down her cheeks. She patted Bai Ming's thin back. These ten years have passed so quickly, and she can still remember the first time she hugged her son like this. She originally thought that the days would be long, and she would have more opportunities to hold her children in the future, but by fate, she had only held her for ten years, and she hadn't held enough yet.
The tinkling of the handcuffs was extremely unpleasant.
"Mom..." Bai Ming cried until he was in tears, his whole body was shaking, every word he uttered was like touching an electric wire, he had nothing else to say, he just kept calling out over and over again, like From childhood to adulthood, every time he encountered danger, he would hide behind his mother like, "Mom, mom, mom."
"Ming'er..." The mother sobbed in a low voice, and said the last words in her heart, "You must study hard and eat well in the future, do you hear me?"
Bai Ming didn't listen, he grabbed his mother's clothes tightly, and when his mother spoke, he would cry loudly to cover his mother's voice, he didn't want to listen to his mother, as if as long as he didn't listen, his mother would keep talking, will not be taken away by them.
He yelled loudly, panting and coughing uncontrollably between yells.
He regretted that he had chosen this long detour. If he had followed the original route back home, maybe things would have had a completely different ending.
He kept crying, and his tears, snot, and saliva almost all stuck to his mother's clothes. He just didn't let go, and grabbed his mother with all his strength.
This scene made Lu Wu's heart ache.
Even among the passers-by behind him, some looked at the poor child and silently shed tears.
Time waits for no one, dark clouds gradually emerge, covering a corner of the sunset.
The mother let go of the child in her arms and wiped the snot off his face with her hands. She carefully looked at Bai Ming's eyebrows and eyes, wanting to see his son's appearance for the last time. She looked at the feet from head to toe, and straightened the cuffs and trousers for Bai Ming. After dusting off his body, she hoped to use this last time to do more for her children.
Bai Ming is still holding on to his mother's arm. The family love that his father has not given to him for so many years is doubled by his mother. His mother makes clothes for him and earns him tuition fees. His mother is the only everlasting light in his dark life. of lanterns.
But now, the candle in this lamp is about to run out, Bai Ming can only watch it burn out its last brilliance.
Two police officers lifted the mother's arms and pulled her from the ground.
Bai Ming gritted his teeth and pushed the two policemen away, trying to use his weak body to block the crowd. When facing his father, his mother had already protected him too many times. This time it was his turn to protect his mother.
He put on a fierce look, bared his teeth, and panted angrily, but the tears never gave him any chance to stop. Even though he stood in front of his mother, he still cried uncontrollably.
A few young police officers came running beside Lu Jian and pulled Bai Ming away.
Bai Ming punched and kicked, but there were so many opponents, his tricks could not constitute the slightest threat, he even kicked so hard that he accidentally fell down.
The mother was escorted into the police car. Even before she got into the car, she was still looking back at her child. Before she could take a few glances, she was pushed into the car by others. police.
The car door was closed tightly, and Bai Ming struggled to get up. He ran out of the rear window and pulled the door vigorously with both hands, but the door was locked from the inside. He stood on tiptoe and looked at his mother through the window, crying, and still held the door with one hand. He hit the car door with his other hand on the window glass. He pressed his face against the car window. He wanted to get closer to his mother, closer.
But all he did was in vain, it didn't help at all.
Lu Jian came from the side, easily grabbed Bai Ming's two wrists, and pulled him aside. He controlled Bai Ming who was struggling everywhere, and comforted him: "You are obedient, child, and don't hinder the police uncle from handling the case."
Before leaving, the car window was finally rolled down by the police. The mother raised her head, looked at Lu Jian with tearful eyes, and said, "Officer, what will we do tomorrow?"
Lu Jian rubbed the top of Bai Ming's head lightly, and replied, "Don't worry, the child is innocent. Since the child has no other immediate family members, I will help him complete the formalities and properly arrange for him to enter the town's orphanage."
The mother nodded, stretched out her trembling body, lowered her head to look at the restless Bai Ming, and said the most nagging words on weekdays, she opened her mouth slightly, choked up and said: "Minger, the food in the orphanage must be better than the food in the orphanage." Mom cooks delicious food, you should eat more, don’t be picky eaters, and go to bed early, so that you can grow taller in the future, and no one will call us dwarfs anymore.”
She reached out and wiped the tears from her face.
Hearing his mother speak, Bai Ming finally stopped moving, his body softened suddenly, he was finally willing to listen to his mother's speech, but every word of his mother made his tears flow out uncontrollably.
"When the weather gets hot in the future, remember to change your clothes and get along with other children. Mom can't take care of you anymore. You have to take good care of yourself."
Bai Ming was on the verge of emotional collapse. He stared at the people in the car. His mother, who was usually within reach, seemed far away at the moment. He didn't know why, why the whole world was stopping him from running towards his mother?
The mother took a breath, and the corners of her eyes were slightly swollen, "Remember to study hard, go to college, find a job you like, and live a good life."
These were supposed to be words that Bai Ming would only hear when he grew up, but his mother confided all of them at this moment, and she didn't know if she would have the chance to say it again in the future, so she simply said all her entrustments at once.
The windows began to roll up and the car caught fire.
My mother wanted to stop the policeman who was shaking the window, but she still had a lot to say, and while the policeman closed the window intermittently, she said a few more words quickly, but Bai Ming, who was crying out of breath, heard, Her voice was getting weaker and weaker, and she couldn't even make a sentence.
At the last moment when the car window was rolled up, she tried her best and shouted loudly: "Ming'er, don't forget mom, mom will always love you!"
Tears welled up, breaking the embankment in Bai Ming's heart, he shouted loudly, his little hand stretched in mid-air trembled slightly, he couldn't believe that he had lost his closest person.
The car started slowly and accelerated away towards the distance.
A few low-altitude swallows flitted across the sky, and flew in the same direction as their mother left.
81、Break
The police car, with its red and blue lights flashing, left in the distance under the dark blue sky.
Bai Ming was pulled aside by Lu Jian, although he kept crying, he could still see clearly that his mother who had gone away was also looking back, looking at him reluctantly through the rear windshield.
The grief and indignation in his heart turned into strength, and he bit Lu Jian's hand violently, leaving a row of deep red teeth marks.
Lu Jian yelled in pain, stretched back the hand controlling Bai Ming like a conditioned reflex, and kept blowing to relieve the pain. At this moment, he saw Bai Ming push himself away and run towards the leaving police car. He was about to get up to stop him, but Lu Wu flew past him immediately, and chased after Bai Ming.
Bai Ming screamed hoarsely, but there was nothing he could do, he could only watch helplessly as the police car escorting his mother got smaller and smaller.
"Mommy mommy!"
The crying had already depleted the oxygen in his body, but the intense running at this moment made his lungs hurt again, and there were several bloody smells in his throat. The tearing pain made him cough twice. Even so, he still didn't give up chasing, and didn't even slow down a bit.
That was his last chance to see his mother, and he didn't want to miss it.
The speed of the car was getting faster and faster. After a while, Bai Ming could no longer see his mother's face clearly in the rear windshield, but he was still running hard. As long as he could see the police car, he would not stop.
Lu Wu quickly chased after him, grabbed Bai Ming's arm, and hugged him from behind.
Bai Ming was hugged like this, and his pace was forced to slow down. He tried his best to break free from the obstruction, but Lu Wu hugged him so tightly that he couldn't break free at all, so he shouted hysterically: "Let me go!"
Lu Wu maintained the status quo and did not let go, "Xiaobai! Calm down!"
Bai Ming gritted his teeth, and finally lost his strength after struggling for a while. His body went limp, and he and Lu Wu sat slumped on the ground. He watched the police car sink into the end of the road and gradually disappeared from his field of vision. His only pillar It also collapsed and broke, and the building in my heart was shattered. The candle in the darkness finally failed to survive the long night, and when the cool wind blew, it went out silently.
He opened his mouth halfway, his body went limp, his hands rested on the ground, and wept loudly.
The most important person in his life was ruined by his brother Tiger.
He cried until the sky was dark, as if the world had lost its brilliance, and the long-lasting tears had already soaked his collar and fell to the ground drop by drop.
He thought of how soft the feeling of falling asleep in his mother's arms was, and he knew that from now on, every sleepless night, there would no longer be a warm embrace to embrace him to sleep. The person who told each bedtime story, and whenever the nightmare came, he woke up from the bed and was relieved to see the familiar face beside him, he will never see again.
He lost his beloved mother forever.
He cried loudly on his back, his head was dizzy, his voice was already hoarse from crying, and his body was shaking violently, as if he would collapse at the touch of a button.
Lu Wu still hugged Bai Ming tightly, leaning his face against Bai Ming's back, frowning tightly, with a sad face, he called out worriedly: "Xiao Bai, I'm sorry."
"Don't touch me!" Bai Ming roared, and his body began to shake violently again. He had never hated Lu Wu so much.
Even after saying this, Bai Ming still ignored him, Lu Wu was very puzzled, this was a different child from the past who was smiling when he saw him.
This abnormal attitude made him puzzled, so he asked softly: "Xiaobai, is he full this morning? If you really don't want to eat, I won't force you."
Bai Ming turned his head to the side, glanced at him cautiously, met his gaze, then immediately looked away, and said coldly, "I'm not hungry, thank you."
Lu Wu hurriedly stuffed a few mouthfuls into his mouth, swallowed in a panic, wrapped another bun in paper, put it in his schoolbag, rushed to Bai Ming, bent down and lowered his head, wanting to look at him again, full of Asked suspiciously: "What's wrong with you? Are you unhappy?"
Bai Ming deliberately avoided his gaze. When he was on the left, he hid to the right. When he turned to the right, he returned to the left again. After a few rounds like this, Bai Ming raised his head and said seriously: "I'm fine."
After speaking, he lowered his head again, like a flower bud short of water under the scorching sun.
Lu Wu panicked. He clearly remembered that the child was so happy to sing and dance after getting the test paper yesterday, but he hadn't seen him all night, how could he become so indifferent?
He scratched his head, he couldn't imagine anything that could change a child's temperament drastically.
"Are you angry? Did someone offend you? I will vent my anger on you!"
He closely followed Bai Ming's pace, clenched his fists with both hands, and snorted two breaths to express his anger.
After waiting for a long time, Bai Ming remained silent. Lu Wu was a little embarrassed, put down his hands, and asked a little embarrassedly: "Could it be me?"
He didn't hesitate for a moment, although he didn't know the reason, but he immediately moved close to Bai Ming's arm, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry Xiaobai, I was wrong, can you forgive me?"
With the breeze blowing his sleeves, the catkins flying around settled down on Bai Ming's shoulders. When Lu Wu lowered his head and blew, the catkins started their wandering journey again.
Bai Ming was speechless. Brother Tiger had done nothing wrong, but he still apologized to himself without hesitation.
"Xiaobai, I'm sorry, is it because you don't like eating buns?" Lu Wu said tentatively, and continued, "Did I say something wrong?"
With one hand on his forehead, he tried to recall what he had done a few days ago. Suddenly, he hit his left palm with his right fist. Although the next words were a bit embarrassing, he still stammered: "Could it be, is it because, on your birthday night, I, I kissed you?"
As soon as these words came out, Bai Ming was startled, his cheeks gradually became hot, he also stopped in his tracks, stunned on the spot, and said: "Brother Tiger, don't wait for me in the future, I want to go to school and go home by myself."
The bitterness in his heart made him dare not go to see Lu Wu, so he could only bite the bullet and say this hurtful thing.
"Why?" Lu Wu realized the urgency of the situation, as if he had stepped on a stove, he squatted from left to right, trying to see Bai Ming's face again, "Xiao Bai, I was really wrong, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you Don't be mad at me."
"I'm not angry..." Bai Ming's nose was sore and he held back his tears, "I am, I am..."
Lu Wu frowned tightly, with mixed feelings in his heart.
"I'm just used to being alone."
The falling of two tears made those muddy eyes clear again. Bai Ming's voice kept rising and falling. If he was standing behind him, he would definitely not know that he was crying.
Seeing this situation, Lu Wu was at a loss, so he could only stand there stupidly, a possibility sprouted in his mind, so he clenched his fists and said angrily: "Could it be that your father beat you again last night? You obviously passed the No.1 exam, why does he still beat you? Did you tell him that you have my backing, so he threatened you not to stay with me any longer? "
Bai Ming raised his head abruptly, and his breath became short of breath. He thought again of those flat feet and the blood all over the ground. Father has become a sensitive word that cannot be mentioned to him, and this word came from Lu Wu's mouth. Coming out made him even more nervous.
"No, no." He shouted loudly, trying to clear it up.
Lu Wu grabbed his arm and observed it carefully, but he didn't find any new scars, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't be afraid, Xiaobai. We agreed that I will go to your house to talk to your father the day after you finish the exam. I will not let him continue to hurt you and your mother. Don't be afraid of him either. , if you have something to tell me, don't hide it in your heart, I will do my best to help you, okay?"
Lu Wu leaned down and persuaded patiently again, he didn't want Bai Ming to suffer in silence anymore.
These words not only failed to comfort, but made Bai Ming even more nervous. Last night's experience forced him to draw a clear line with Lu Wu, so he wiped off the water marks on his face, shook his head and said timidly : "I won't talk anymore, and I won't talk about it in the future."
After finishing speaking, he ran to the school.
"Wait!" Lu Wu stood on the spot and shouted, he no longer used the tone of negotiation just now, but ordered, "I know you don't eat much breakfast every day, eat this bun before leaving."
Bai Ming didn't slow down, he gritted his teeth, endured the hunger and sleepless sleepiness, and ran away into the distance.
Lu Wu stood on the spot, his hands stopped in mid-air, his whole body almost froze, he looked at Bai Ming's back running smaller and smaller, it was hard to accept such a result, as if everything was an illusion, is his favorite child right? He would treat himself like this for no reason.
The young man was full of spirits and unwilling to do so.
The light in mid-spring is delicate and soft, surrounded by catkins flying all over the sky, he stepped into the campus heavily on the sunny path.
He understands this truth, he also wants to cut himself off from Lu Wu completely like other people in the town, but he can't bear it, every arithmetic problem, every camellia flower seems to leave a young man behind. The traces of this season's spring made him inseparable, he couldn't do such a cruel thing, and he didn't want to do it either.
He coughed a few times and lay down on the table. Although his heart was overflowing with sadness, he grabbed his hair and gritted his teeth tightly, as if this would relieve the pain. He felt that he was sorry for Lu Wu, that he was a bad boy and unworthy. Get close to others.
He was so scared that even he himself began to loathe himself.
The setting sun covered the Baihe River, and when the school bell rang, Bai Ming slipped out of the campus in a stride, just to avoid the boy who usually went home with him.
He didn't go straight to the house. He guessed that Lu Wu would chase after him quickly, but he couldn't run away from Lu Wu. He was afraid that he would not be firm enough and that he would ruin everything, so he chose another path, which was slower than Lu Wu. In the past, it took an extra 20 minutes to walk.
Everything was as he expected, Lu Wu hurried down the stairs, he came to the classroom on the first floor, looked in from the window, and saw that Bai Ming's seat had become empty, so he ran away, he knew that Bai Ming could not go far, and the speed was also fast. No, catching up is just a piece of cake.
This time, he had to ask clearly what he said.
All the way down the hillside, the fragrance of the flower field is gone in the wind, replaced by the fragrance of rice.
The catkins scattered all over the street, rushing around beside Lu Wu. While running, he fiddled with the misty catkins in front of him, turning his head every three steps, for fear of running too fast, so as not to overtake Bai Ming.
He ran for a long time, but still couldn't see the familiar figure. With Bai Ming's speed, it was impossible to get here within this period of time. He stopped and stood and stared behind him.
At the same time, on another small road, Bai Ming was walking slowly. He gently kicked the stones on the ground. After the kick was far away, he walked over and continued to kick away. He didn't want to wake up the little mole sleeping in the field. Rats and little hares, so they kicked lightly and without force.
The stone flew so close that it hit the ground like a thought full of preoccupations.
Unknowingly, he went around to the flower field, almost all the camellias had faded away, and they were no longer as beautiful as before. He looked at the only green leaves left in the mountains and plains, feeling lost in his heart.
He recalled the day when he ran with Lu Wu in the flower field. At that time, he was like a dancing skylark. How could he think of today's situation?
He thought of Xiaopang again, now that the flowers and branches have withered, the harvest must not be good.
He thought a lot, as if the past stories were mercilessly mocking him. If he could go back to the past, even if he was beaten and scolded by his father, he would be willing, but he didn't want his mother to suffer, and he didn't want to be betrayed. Going to a strange village, no matter how beautiful the spring is, he does not want to suffer such an experience.
Such contradictory psychology made him miserable, and the knot in his heart was difficult to untie. He couldn't let go of his dependence on Lu Wu. That kind of emotion seemed to have been engraved in his bone marrow. If he wanted to forcibly abandon it, he would have to go through a painful pain .
At this moment, a kitten emerged from the field. It surrounded Bai Ming, rubbed his trousers lightly, and meowed, trying to attract Bai Ming's attention.
He broke away from his thoughts in an instant, looked down, and saw a yellow and white garden cat looking up at him. From childhood to adulthood, no matter where he went, he seemed to be very popular with small animals. The cat likes to stick to his trousers , Magpies are willing to land on his shoulders, even butterflies and dragonflies are not afraid of him, they will fly around him a few times from time to time.
He knelt down, stroked the top of the orange cat's head, heard it whirring, his eyes flickered and said, "I'm sorry little cat, I don't have anything to eat, and I'm also very hungry."
The orange cat didn't leave, and seemed to see that he was depressed, so he obediently leaned aside, trying to soothe the passerby's mood.
Bai Ming caressed its back and stroked its hair. It was hard to vent the grievances that had been held in for a day. Thinking that the cat couldn't understand, he whispered: "Little cat, I want to ask you, if you have a good friend , but because of some irresistible things, you have to stay away from him, otherwise you will lose your family, what will you do?"
The orange cat meowed twice, but they couldn't understand each other's words.
Bai Ming frowned slightly, and explained emphatically, "How can I not only keep my mother, but also play with Brother Tiger?"
The orange cat meowed twice again, as if responding to the question.
Bai Ming gently twisted the shaved hair into a ball, and seemed to have an answer in his heart, and asked in surprise, "You mean, as long as I keep my mouth shut and don't let Brother Tiger find out, Mom will be fine, right?"
The cat sat on the ground, looked at him, and meowed again.
"But I won't lie. How can I tell Brother Tiger?" Bai Ming was lost in thought, with a frustrated expression on his face.
The orange cat left its front paws off the ground, resting on Bai Ming's knees, opened its mouth wide and yawned, then stretched itself, stretched out its tongue to lick its paws, and kept barking.
"You're right! I just try to avoid this topic as much as possible, but I have to discuss the specific details with my mother. My mother loves me so much, she will definitely agree to my reconciliation with Brother Tiger."
He stood up, as if the setting sun had become brighter, and those problems were solved, he completely lost the troubles before, and felt relaxed and happy.
Bai Ming lowered his head and said to the orange cat, "Thank you, I'm going back. I'll definitely come and bring you some delicious food tomorrow."
He waved his hand, smiled at the bewildered cat, and walked quickly towards the house.
Seeing him leave, the cat quietly hid in the flowers.
The sky, clouds and shadows, and a lake of clear water reflected in Bai Ming's heart, he didn't understand the language of cats, but it was the voice in his heart that induced him to express his urgent thoughts.
He no longer kicked the stones on the road, but weaved a complex and grand fantasy in his mind. In that world, his mother agreed to his proposal, and he never said anything about his father. After that, he came to Lu Wu's Home, after earnestly apologizing, they played freely as before, this time there was no beating, no monsters, and all the faces were filled with pure and simple smiles, the smiles were as clean as the blue sky.
The wind is blowing, and the wind is blowing from the direction of home, blowing a long-lost coolness.
80. Bereavement
Lu Wu didn't see Bai Ming on the way.
He walked to the door of Bai Ming's house, and saw that the wooden door was tightly fastened. This door was always open in the past. After all, it was a shop inside, but at this time today, the shop was tightly closed. Lu Wu kept muttering in his heart. Something must have happened.
"Xiao Bai is really abnormal today, he must have something to hide from me."
Lu Wu put his hands on his hips and stood outside the door like a door god. He had promised that Bai Ming would come to negotiate with Bai Tao today, so he was going to wait here forever. He didn't believe that Bai Ming would not come home, so he had been thinking about it all day. , He didn't even listen carefully to today's class, he must find out the truth.
He stood for a while, then sat on the steps of the doorway, resting his head on his hands, looking far away at the end of the path.
That kid who always likes to cling to himself, and loves to talk about some big truths from time to time, is now hiding around, which makes him very sad.
He can feel that Bai Ming is very dependent on him, that kind of dependence is very intuitive, and he can see through it at a glance, such as doing math problems, such as swinging, and such as making noodles, eating snacks and other daily life, Bai Ming needs to rely on himself.
But at the same time, he also gradually felt that he was also very dependent on Bai Ming, but this dependence was invisible. It was because he admired the child's spotless heart and innocent kindness, and it was the company he longed for from Bai Ming, and that kind of dependence. There is only the warmth and softness that Bai Ming can bring, as well as the inexplicable feelings born in his heart. This thing is very abstract, but it exists objectively.
It wasn't until he really left Bai Ming that Lu Wu realized how much he needed him.
He raised his head, and the white clouds had cleared away, he lowered his head, and all the ants returned to their nests, he tried to divert his attention to other things, trying to pass the time, waiting for that person to appear .
But the longer he waited, the less at ease he felt. Remembering that the reason his father moved to the town was to investigate a trans-regional trafficking case, his heart suddenly hung up and he didn't dare to think about it.
He broke out in a cold sweat, so he stood up, and was just about to reach out to knock on the wooden door. Just as his fingers were about to buckle on the door, the wind in the world seemed to evaporate instantly. There was the sound of a shovel, the sound was so small that it would be difficult to hear it if you were not close to the door.
He withdrew his hand knocking on the door, stood still on the spot, and put his ear on the door. The sound immediately became clear, with ups and downs, and an even rhythm.
"Could it be that Xiaobai was taken back home by his father a long time ago, and now he is beating him again?"
Conjectures were thrown in Lu Wu's mind, and he gasped. Whether he was being abducted or being beaten, neither of them was a good result. If he was beaten, he would go in and stop him. To inform Bai Ming's family, and the only thing these two results have in common is the need for police intervention.
He was so anxious that he immediately took out his old mobile phone that could only make calls and dialed his father's phone number, but no one answered after waiting for a while. He decided to save Bai Ming by himself, so he ran outside the south wall and clapped his hands , Climbed up nimbly, he clung to the wall, grasped the protruding bricks with his fingers, as if he was not bound by gravity, he fell to the top of the wall in threes and fives.
He exposed his head and looked into the courtyard, he was stunned.
There was a woman standing in the yard, holding a shovel tightly in her hand, and was digging the soil constantly. Her hair was disheveled, her clothes were soaked in sweat, her trouser legs were stained with mud, and even her feet were splashed. clods.
She digs and throws away, and can only shovel half a shovel at a time. Every time she digs three times, she has to wipe the sweat from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve. She dug a hole in the middle of the yard. Enter one person.
And at her feet not far away, lay a motionless man. The man's eyes were wide open, there was a gash on his neck, and his clothes were covered with dried blood. Zombies on TV.
That woman was Bai Ming's mother whom Lu Wu had seen with his own eyes - Bai Juan.
Bai Juan glanced around and vaguely saw the figure on the south wall, then raised her head to meet Lu Wu who was half-opening his mouth.
In an instant, as if she was struck by a bolt of lightning, the shovel fell from her hand and fell straight into the dug hole.
Everything seemed to be an illusion, Lu Wu leaned against the wall in shock, and the phone in his pocket rang again, and he knew that it was his father calling back.
The overturned soil particles were raised layer by layer, filled with unpleasant dust.
At dusk on the western mountain, the last color of Baihe Town was washed away, and the last ray of skylight poured in, like a dying person returning to the light.
Facing the last light, Bai Ming finally walked back home from a distance. Before he reached the entrance of the shop, he saw the place crowded with townspeople. He thought for a few seconds, today is not a holiday, logically speaking, Even if there is a gathering in the town, they will not be crowded in front of their own house. Besides, the road is long and narrow, and there is no room for a few people, and now it is even more crowded.
This human wall is so tight that it is difficult to find a gap to insert it.
Bai Ming calmed down. He walked behind the crowd with their backs to him, bent slightly, and got in between their legs. He lowered his head, as if walking through an impenetrable forest, with only a few shifts. The halo fell among the crowd, casting star-like light on the ground.
And the adults above their heads were also chattering away, not paying any attention to the children under their feet.
"I didn't expect that there would be a murder case in our town."
"I heard that the woman was killed when she was beaten. I don't know if the woman will be sentenced to death?"
"If you don't have the death penalty, you will have to sit in prison for the rest of your life. I haven't heard of people who beat their wives and were arrested by the police. On the contrary, they kill people and catch them."
Hearing this, Bai Ming was taken aback, and instantly became nervous. He vaguely realized that this was not a rally, but everyone came to watch the excitement.
He couldn't believe that the murderer that everyone said was his mother, his thoughts froze at this moment, he was at a loss for a moment, so he stopped tiptoeing, and suddenly squeezed forward like crazy.
"Why is this kid so crowded?"
"Whose child should be taken away quickly? Aren't you afraid to see the shadow of the dead body?"
Bai Ming didn't care about the words of the people around him. After a rampage, he finally squeezed into the first row. What caught his eyes were two police cars with flashing lights, and four or five policemen in police uniforms. The police tape blocked the door of the store, and everyone looked serious and unsmiling.
And among the group of policemen, one was Lu Jian. Standing behind Lu Jian was Brother Tiger, whom he had been thinking about all the way.
The commotion in the crowd caught the attention of the police, Lu Wu glanced into the crowd and saw the child, he quickly walked to the cordon, supported Bai Ming's shoulder, and asked anxiously: "Xiao Bai, where have you been? Why did it take you so long to come back?"
Bai Ming didn't look at him, but stared straight at the wooden door of his house. Panting slightly, he watched two policemen walking out of the house carrying a stretcher.
There was a person lying on the stretcher, covered with a white cloth, Bai Ming knew that the person lying on the stretcher was his father.
Lu Wu lay between him and the stretcher, unwilling to let him see such a scene.
Bai Ming's eyes were empty, his face was expressionless, his whole body seemed to have been sucked out of his soul, leaving only a flesh/body that did not rot.
"Xiaobai..." Lu Wu was startled, and couldn't believe it, "You know all this, right?"
The breeze can't wrinkle the waves in Bai Ming's heart, he can't let anyone go, only the small world at home, "Did you call the police?"
Lu Wu was stunned, as if he had been hit in the head, his pupils shrank, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"I was still fantasizing on the way home, fantasizing that you wouldn't take mom away..." Bai Ming's voice was low and cold, as if he was counting the snowflakes in nine days, "but I was wrong, mom was right, I should stay away from you."
These words were like an ice pick, which pierced Lu Wu's chest hard, and his heart seemed to be split in two. He shook his head hurriedly, trying to explain: "No, no, I thought your father beat you at home, so I called the police, and it turned out that wasn't the case..."
"Then why don't you let your father go back?" Bai Ming interrupted him, and looked at the culprit fiercely, "Since you know what my mother is doing, why do you let this group of people come over?"
"me……"
Lu Wu was speechless. When Lu Jian just picked up the phone, he could indeed lie and hide it, but he thought killing people was illegal, so he revealed the truth.
Not long after the stretcher was brought out, Bai Ming saw his mother coming out of the courtyard. Her mother was with disheveled hair and handcuffs, and was being escorted out by two policemen, one on the left and the other on the right.
When Bai Ming saw his mother, he couldn't help it anymore. He bent down suddenly, got into the security belt, rushed towards his mother, and shouted loudly: "Mom! Let go of my mother!"
When he exclaimed, everyone, whether it was the passers-by watching or the police escorting him, was stunned.
When the mother heard this immature voice, she turned her head and saw her son carrying a schoolbag running towards her. Her eyes lit up and she showed a final smile. She never thought that she would see her son for the last time.
Bai Ming rushed forward, but before he could take two steps, he was grabbed by Lu Wu.
"Little Bai! You can't go in!"
The power that hindered him made Bai Ming furious. He couldn't control that much, and shook Lu Wu's hand vigorously, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't shake it off, so he had to raise his other hand and slam it down. While beating, there was a roaring panting sound from his mouth, like a red-eyed beast, ready to eat the person in front of him at any time.
Lu Wu's arm was beaten red, he didn't want to stop Bai Ming.But as far as Yu Gong is concerned, Bai Ming really can't get close. He raised his head slightly and looked at his father, only to see that Lu Jian couldn't bear it, and gave him a look of permission. After he understood, he let go of Bai Ming.
Bai Ming's tears were rushing down, he broke free, ran a few steps quickly, and hugged his mother.
His mother knelt down and hugged him tightly in her arms.
This was the last time that Bai Ming felt the warmth of these arms. His mother's gentle embrace was his shelter since he was a child. Every night when he was beaten to death by his father, he could rely on his mother's embrace.
This embrace was like a gentle Huifeng, he hugged his mother's neck, weeping uncontrollably.
The mother gently rubbed his hair with her hands, and tears continued to flow down her cheeks. She patted Bai Ming's thin back. These ten years have passed so quickly, and she can still remember the first time she hugged her son like this. She originally thought that the days would be long, and she would have more opportunities to hold her children in the future, but by fate, she had only held her for ten years, and she hadn't held enough yet.
The tinkling of the handcuffs was extremely unpleasant.
"Mom..." Bai Ming cried until he was in tears, his whole body was shaking, every word he uttered was like touching an electric wire, he had nothing else to say, he just kept calling out over and over again, like From childhood to adulthood, every time he encountered danger, he would hide behind his mother like, "Mom, mom, mom."
"Ming'er..." The mother sobbed in a low voice, and said the last words in her heart, "You must study hard and eat well in the future, do you hear me?"
Bai Ming didn't listen, he grabbed his mother's clothes tightly, and when his mother spoke, he would cry loudly to cover his mother's voice, he didn't want to listen to his mother, as if as long as he didn't listen, his mother would keep talking, will not be taken away by them.
He yelled loudly, panting and coughing uncontrollably between yells.
He regretted that he had chosen this long detour. If he had followed the original route back home, maybe things would have had a completely different ending.
He kept crying, and his tears, snot, and saliva almost all stuck to his mother's clothes. He just didn't let go, and grabbed his mother with all his strength.
This scene made Lu Wu's heart ache.
Even among the passers-by behind him, some looked at the poor child and silently shed tears.
Time waits for no one, dark clouds gradually emerge, covering a corner of the sunset.
The mother let go of the child in her arms and wiped the snot off his face with her hands. She carefully looked at Bai Ming's eyebrows and eyes, wanting to see his son's appearance for the last time. She looked at the feet from head to toe, and straightened the cuffs and trousers for Bai Ming. After dusting off his body, she hoped to use this last time to do more for her children.
Bai Ming is still holding on to his mother's arm. The family love that his father has not given to him for so many years is doubled by his mother. His mother makes clothes for him and earns him tuition fees. His mother is the only everlasting light in his dark life. of lanterns.
But now, the candle in this lamp is about to run out, Bai Ming can only watch it burn out its last brilliance.
Two police officers lifted the mother's arms and pulled her from the ground.
Bai Ming gritted his teeth and pushed the two policemen away, trying to use his weak body to block the crowd. When facing his father, his mother had already protected him too many times. This time it was his turn to protect his mother.
He put on a fierce look, bared his teeth, and panted angrily, but the tears never gave him any chance to stop. Even though he stood in front of his mother, he still cried uncontrollably.
A few young police officers came running beside Lu Jian and pulled Bai Ming away.
Bai Ming punched and kicked, but there were so many opponents, his tricks could not constitute the slightest threat, he even kicked so hard that he accidentally fell down.
The mother was escorted into the police car. Even before she got into the car, she was still looking back at her child. Before she could take a few glances, she was pushed into the car by others. police.
The car door was closed tightly, and Bai Ming struggled to get up. He ran out of the rear window and pulled the door vigorously with both hands, but the door was locked from the inside. He stood on tiptoe and looked at his mother through the window, crying, and still held the door with one hand. He hit the car door with his other hand on the window glass. He pressed his face against the car window. He wanted to get closer to his mother, closer.
But all he did was in vain, it didn't help at all.
Lu Jian came from the side, easily grabbed Bai Ming's two wrists, and pulled him aside. He controlled Bai Ming who was struggling everywhere, and comforted him: "You are obedient, child, and don't hinder the police uncle from handling the case."
Before leaving, the car window was finally rolled down by the police. The mother raised her head, looked at Lu Jian with tearful eyes, and said, "Officer, what will we do tomorrow?"
Lu Jian rubbed the top of Bai Ming's head lightly, and replied, "Don't worry, the child is innocent. Since the child has no other immediate family members, I will help him complete the formalities and properly arrange for him to enter the town's orphanage."
The mother nodded, stretched out her trembling body, lowered her head to look at the restless Bai Ming, and said the most nagging words on weekdays, she opened her mouth slightly, choked up and said: "Minger, the food in the orphanage must be better than the food in the orphanage." Mom cooks delicious food, you should eat more, don’t be picky eaters, and go to bed early, so that you can grow taller in the future, and no one will call us dwarfs anymore.”
She reached out and wiped the tears from her face.
Hearing his mother speak, Bai Ming finally stopped moving, his body softened suddenly, he was finally willing to listen to his mother's speech, but every word of his mother made his tears flow out uncontrollably.
"When the weather gets hot in the future, remember to change your clothes and get along with other children. Mom can't take care of you anymore. You have to take good care of yourself."
Bai Ming was on the verge of emotional collapse. He stared at the people in the car. His mother, who was usually within reach, seemed far away at the moment. He didn't know why, why the whole world was stopping him from running towards his mother?
The mother took a breath, and the corners of her eyes were slightly swollen, "Remember to study hard, go to college, find a job you like, and live a good life."
These were supposed to be words that Bai Ming would only hear when he grew up, but his mother confided all of them at this moment, and she didn't know if she would have the chance to say it again in the future, so she simply said all her entrustments at once.
The windows began to roll up and the car caught fire.
My mother wanted to stop the policeman who was shaking the window, but she still had a lot to say, and while the policeman closed the window intermittently, she said a few more words quickly, but Bai Ming, who was crying out of breath, heard, Her voice was getting weaker and weaker, and she couldn't even make a sentence.
At the last moment when the car window was rolled up, she tried her best and shouted loudly: "Ming'er, don't forget mom, mom will always love you!"
Tears welled up, breaking the embankment in Bai Ming's heart, he shouted loudly, his little hand stretched in mid-air trembled slightly, he couldn't believe that he had lost his closest person.
The car started slowly and accelerated away towards the distance.
A few low-altitude swallows flitted across the sky, and flew in the same direction as their mother left.
81、Break
The police car, with its red and blue lights flashing, left in the distance under the dark blue sky.
Bai Ming was pulled aside by Lu Jian, although he kept crying, he could still see clearly that his mother who had gone away was also looking back, looking at him reluctantly through the rear windshield.
The grief and indignation in his heart turned into strength, and he bit Lu Jian's hand violently, leaving a row of deep red teeth marks.
Lu Jian yelled in pain, stretched back the hand controlling Bai Ming like a conditioned reflex, and kept blowing to relieve the pain. At this moment, he saw Bai Ming push himself away and run towards the leaving police car. He was about to get up to stop him, but Lu Wu flew past him immediately, and chased after Bai Ming.
Bai Ming screamed hoarsely, but there was nothing he could do, he could only watch helplessly as the police car escorting his mother got smaller and smaller.
"Mommy mommy!"
The crying had already depleted the oxygen in his body, but the intense running at this moment made his lungs hurt again, and there were several bloody smells in his throat. The tearing pain made him cough twice. Even so, he still didn't give up chasing, and didn't even slow down a bit.
That was his last chance to see his mother, and he didn't want to miss it.
The speed of the car was getting faster and faster. After a while, Bai Ming could no longer see his mother's face clearly in the rear windshield, but he was still running hard. As long as he could see the police car, he would not stop.
Lu Wu quickly chased after him, grabbed Bai Ming's arm, and hugged him from behind.
Bai Ming was hugged like this, and his pace was forced to slow down. He tried his best to break free from the obstruction, but Lu Wu hugged him so tightly that he couldn't break free at all, so he shouted hysterically: "Let me go!"
Lu Wu maintained the status quo and did not let go, "Xiaobai! Calm down!"
Bai Ming gritted his teeth, and finally lost his strength after struggling for a while. His body went limp, and he and Lu Wu sat slumped on the ground. He watched the police car sink into the end of the road and gradually disappeared from his field of vision. His only pillar It also collapsed and broke, and the building in my heart was shattered. The candle in the darkness finally failed to survive the long night, and when the cool wind blew, it went out silently.
He opened his mouth halfway, his body went limp, his hands rested on the ground, and wept loudly.
The most important person in his life was ruined by his brother Tiger.
He cried until the sky was dark, as if the world had lost its brilliance, and the long-lasting tears had already soaked his collar and fell to the ground drop by drop.
He thought of how soft the feeling of falling asleep in his mother's arms was, and he knew that from now on, every sleepless night, there would no longer be a warm embrace to embrace him to sleep. The person who told each bedtime story, and whenever the nightmare came, he woke up from the bed and was relieved to see the familiar face beside him, he will never see again.
He lost his beloved mother forever.
He cried loudly on his back, his head was dizzy, his voice was already hoarse from crying, and his body was shaking violently, as if he would collapse at the touch of a button.
Lu Wu still hugged Bai Ming tightly, leaning his face against Bai Ming's back, frowning tightly, with a sad face, he called out worriedly: "Xiao Bai, I'm sorry."
"Don't touch me!" Bai Ming roared, and his body began to shake violently again. He had never hated Lu Wu so much.
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