Played by the devil in the palm of his hand

At the beginning of the third dream, the orphanage was immersed in darkness, a pale moon hung in the night sky, half of it was covered by dark clouds, so even the moonlight was dim.

The office of the orphanage was still lit, and the entire window was set on the gray wall like a small shiny square.

Xu Chi walked up and down the steps of the door, hesitating, wondering whether he should go in or not.He played with his fingers for a while, looked down at his toes for a while, picked the leaves of the nearby bushes for a while, and finally ran to the steps and sat down again.

Jun Ye couldn't laugh or cry, it was the first time he saw Xu Chi dawdling like this, even though it was a child.

After grinding like this for a while, the door opened from the inside, and the young teacher saw him in surprise, "Xiao Chi? Why don't you go back to the dormitory to sleep so late?"

Xu Chi took a step back in shock, then his eyes darkened, he lowered his head and whispered, "I saw..."

The young man was taken aback, "What did you see?"

"... During the day, when uncle and aunt come, in the office..."

The young man suddenly understood, and his face became extremely ugly at that moment.But soon he regained his composure and calmed down.He half-kneeled in front of Xu Chi, put his hand on his shoulder, and said softly, "Do you know why the teacher did this?"

Xu Chi shook his head in confusion.

The young man said: "Because the teacher wants to play with you, the teacher doesn't want you to be taken away by others, don't you want to live with the teacher?"

"But..." Xu Chi stared at the tip of his shoe sadly, and his voice became softer, even with obvious crying, "I want Mom and Dad..."

"Isn't the teacher better than mom and dad?" The young man looked at him carefully and said in a deep voice, "Xiao Chi, the teacher loves you, do you understand?"

At that moment, all the emotions hidden behind the lens were exposed without any concealment, sharp and morbid, which made Xu Chi feel scared instinctively.

He is only 12 years old and doesn't know any sexual knowledge at all, but he subconsciously felt that the "love you" that the teacher said is different from the "like" that he said.

That is not the love between children who want to play together, but a deeper emotion that violates morality and ethics.

Xu Chi didn't know what this emotion meant, but he was very angry that the teacher deliberately spread rumors about him to prevent him from being adopted, and also tore up his roster.

So Xu Chi broke free from the opponent's hand, turned and ran away.

The young man stood up and did not chase him, but stood where he was, watching Xu Chi run away without saying a word, until the thin figure completely disappeared into the night.

The dream after that became very fragmented, becoming fragments that could not be connected one after another, but Jun Ye roughly understood from these fragments what Xu Chi had experienced in the hands of this young teacher.

Arrange these fragments in chronological order, and it is a complete story.

In the beginning, Xu Chi took a shower in the bathroom.In the orphanage is a large open bathroom, with only a translucent plastic curtain between each shower head.The curtain is very low, basically only 1.6 meters high, but it is more than enough for children.

Xu Chi carelessly rubbed the shampoo on his hair, the foam flowed down his forehead and into the corners of his eyes, so he closed his eyes.

After a while, he suddenly felt as if someone was watching him in the dark, and opened his eyes vigilantly, but was stung by the foamy water, and he rubbed his eyes hard to open them.

Xu Chi turned his head and saw the young man standing behind the curtain. He was so tall that the curtain did not reach his shoulders.He just stared at Xu Chi silently for an unknown how long.

Xu Chi often took a bath with him before, but for some reason, this time his keen instinct like a small animal told him that something was wrong, it was not correct.

The teachers and social workers in the orphanage taught little girls not to let strangers undress or show their bodies, but no one taught boys that.

But Xu Chi took a step back instinctively and hid in the hazy water curtain.

The young man stared at him for a while, and then showed the same expression as usual, "Xiao Chi, are you still angry with the teacher?"

Xu Chi didn't speak, and washed his hair on his own.

The young man said again: "The teacher didn't do this on purpose. The teacher just thinks that couple is not good. I want to find you a better family."

Children are careful, and Xu Chi immediately noticed that he was lying.Mingming said before that he didn't want him to leave the orphanage, but now he speaks ill of the couple.

Xu Chi became even more angry. He vaguely sensed that the friendly relationship between himself and the teacher was slowly breaking down, and a new, dark, and huge thing began to surface.That distorted emotion may have always existed, but Xu Chi didn't know it.

The young man said again: "Xiao Chi will sleep with the teacher today, can you go to the teacher's dormitory after taking a shower? The teacher will come back after rounding the room."

The teacher’s dormitory in the orphanage is separate from the children’s dormitory. Due to insufficient funds, the children’s dormitory is very crowded. There are five or six bunk beds in one room. It’s okay in autumn and winter, but it’s almost too hot in summer. can't sleep.

But the dormitories of the workers are all single rooms, and there is a small TV.In the past, being able to sleep in the teacher's dormitory was a reward for Xu Chi.Only when he is obedient and does not fight for several days can he be allowed to sleep with the young man.

In the evening, they would watch TV together, and the young man would tell him stories and give him snacks. These were all good memories for Xu Chi.

Xu Chi hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

As soon as the dream changed, Xu Chi had already arrived at the teacher's dormitory.

The young man went to watch the night in the children's dormitory, so he is not here for the time being.

Xu Chi wanted to find his roster page, so he opened the desk drawer.He turned it around a few times, and suddenly found that there was a partition in the innermost part, and he couldn't find it without looking carefully.

Xu Chi dug open the partition with his nails, and saw a thick stack of photos underneath, some new and some old.Xu Chi flipped through the pages, and found that they were all photos of himself. The top ones were a few daily photos, and then suddenly changed. There were photos of him sleeping on the bed, changing clothes, and even taking a shower. .

Xu Chi's eyes widened. He felt that he had discovered something very scary.

He was only 12 years old at that time, and he didn't know what pedophilia was, but he knew it was wrong. The teacher was an adult, and he was a child. He shouldn't take such photos, let alone say 'love you'.

Xu Chi hurriedly put the photo back, covered the partition, and hurriedly walked towards the door, but bumped into the young man who had just entered.

The young man smiled and said, "What's the matter? Don't you watch TV?"

Xu Chi stared at the floor behind the young man, eager to leave, and murmured, "I want to go back to sleep..."

"Didn't I say, sleep with the teacher tonight?"

Xu Chi raised his head to look at him in surprise, the bright incandescent lamp shone on his face, and the strange light and shadow distorted his face out of thin air, his eyes were dark and sharp, making his whole body ache.

Xu Chi couldn't help taking a few steps back, his calf hit the edge of the bed, and he accidentally fell on the bed.

The young man glanced at him, went to the table and opened the drawer, wanting to get something, and then he saw a small white piece of paper floating somewhere in the drawer.

This piece of paper was originally caught in the gap between the partition and the drawer. This was a small protective measure he made. If the piece of paper moved, it meant that someone had opened the partition.

The young man collected himself, looked at Xu Chi with a smile on his face, and said softly, "Little Chi, have you ever opened the teacher's drawer?"

Xu Chi's body tensed up, his fingers trembled, and he clutched the bed sheet tightly. He shook his head violently, "No, I didn't move..."

The young man's face darkened, and his smile disappeared without a trace, replaced by a chilling expression.

The young man pulled out the belt around his waist, folded it in two and held it in his hand, and walked slowly towards Xu Chi.

"So, I hate liars like you."

He raised his hand and slapped the belt hard on Xu Chi's calf.Xu Chi screamed, and his calf retracted abruptly as if it had been burned.He ignored the redness and swelling on his calf, turned around and crawled into the bed, trembling with fear.

He wanted to call for help, but he couldn't. He didn't understand why the teacher who had always been very kind to him would suddenly treat him like this. Could it be that it was all fake?

The young man stepped forward and looked at him, as if he was completely immersed in the desire to abuse, without a trace of sobriety, he kept whipping Xu Chi's thigh and back with the belt, and cursed sarcastically: "You Do you know why you are an orphan, because your parents don't want you, no one wants you, just you, just you..."

Just your kind?

Jun Ye stood at the door, looking at everything in front of him, and suddenly remembered what Xu Chi often said:

Forget it, I'm the only one... I'm not good enough for this kind of person... If I die, I'll die, what's the big deal...

It turned out that Xu Chi's passive sacrifice and his imperceptible flattering personality were all because of this teacher.

He is always subconsciously inferior, because he is an orphan, he has not gone to college, and he is different from normal people, so he always feels that he is not qualified, as if anyone is more important than him.

In the dormitory room, Xu Chi finally couldn't help crying because of the pain. He curled up his small body, hid in the corner of the bed, and used his thin back to resist the abuse from an adult.He cried very hard, choked up constantly, and his tears wet a large piece of the bed sheet.

The young man was still scolding: "Useless things, when they grow up, they will be the scum of society. Who wants you, how dare you resist me? How dare you say no?! Bai treats you so well, you bastard who doesn't know what to do!"

Jun Ye couldn't stand it anymore, he raised his hand and snapped his fingers, the light in the room suddenly went dark, and when it came back on a few seconds later, the young man had disappeared.

Although this was Xu Chi's dream, Xu Chi, the owner of the dream, couldn't change the dream as he wanted, because he didn't realize that he was dreaming at all.

On the contrary, Jun Ye, an outsider, can interfere with the dream.

He already had a rough understanding of the reason why Xu Chi left the orphanage, so he naturally didn't want Xu Chi to go through the pain of childhood again in his dream.