Ten Days End

I didn't expect that almost twenty years have passed, and no matter where Teacher Ning went at that time, I am going to die.

What will I become? There are only cockroaches and bugs around here.

Will I become a bug?

No... I don't want to.

I hate bugs.

I feel like I'm going to fall asleep, but I'm still one meter away from getting that bottle of water...

Let me drink a sip, I'm really thirsty.

There was a huge noise outside the door, but I only had eyes for that bottle of water.

"Ganlang"!

The door was kicked open, and I heard someone running in.

"Sister Zhang!!!"

What Sister Zhang or not... Don't touch me now, I just want to drink water.

I felt myself being helped up, and I felt a huge pain all over my body.

Don't touch me, don't touch me now...

"Sister Zhang!!" The man screamed heartbreakingly, but the short two words broke.

I turned my head with difficulty and looked at the person in front of me.

Who is he?

It looks like Xiao Sun.

But Xiao Sun doesn't look like this.

This man has a scruffy beard, red eyes, messy hair, and wrinkled clothes. He looks like me, and hasn't taken a shower for more than 20 days.

How could he be Xiao Sun?

"I, I'll call the police now!!" he shouted.

"Don't..."

When I heard the word "call the police", I finally reacted to the situation in front of me and slowly grabbed the hand of the man in front of me.

"Don't call the police..." I said, "Take me away... Just take me away..."

"Ah...?" The man in front of me was stunned, then frowned, "Sister Zhang, are you... are you sure?"

"I'm sure..." I said with my last bit of strength, "Don't call the police... Please..."

...

When I opened my eyes again, I saw a pure white ceiling.

I didn't know where I was, but I felt that I was lying in a very comfortable place.

I might have reached heaven.

Faintly, I suddenly felt someone groping my arm.

I screamed subconsciously and then pulled my hand back. I felt like I had regained some strength, but my skin was still dry.

"Ah!" A girl in a nurse's uniform was startled, "Ms. Zhang, are you awake? Please don't move, I'm giving you an IV."

"Don't touch me!!" I screamed, "No one should touch me again!!"

The nurse in front of me seemed to be frightened and took a half step back uncontrollably.

"Sister Zhang!!"

A man and a woman pushed the door in, followed by a person in a doctor's uniform.

I recognized that the man in front of me was really Xiao Sun. He looked so vicissitudes, as if he was ten years older.

The other girl was Meng Meng, who looked worried.

Is her honeymoon over? Did I... cause her trouble?

"Sister Zhang, you finally woke up. Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Xiao Sun asked worriedly, "Does your abdomen hurt? Are you dizzy?"

He was about to reach out and grab my arm, but I dodged him in horror.

No, I can't be touched by Xiao Sun.

I'm really too dirty.

"Don't touch me..." I said, "No one can touch me..."

"Sister Zhang..." Xiao Sun's eyes were red, "It's okay, it's okay now, you are safe, we are here with you. No one will hurt you again."

"No... I will never be safe..." I shook my head a little absentmindedly, "You all go... No one should look at me... No one can touch me..."

"But the doctor will give you an infusion, you are a little malnourished now..." Xiao Sun said softly in a very gentle tone, "When you recover a little, I will take you to eat your favorite dessert, okay?"

The gentler Xiao Sun's tone, the more painful my heart is.

The happiness that I could have touched by tiptoeing and trying my best, I can never touch it now.

"Yes, yes!" Meng Meng also squatted in front of me with tears in her eyes, "Sister Zhang... I bought you your favorite peaches, but you can't eat them now. Please listen to the doctor, okay? I also made an appointment with the best psychologist in Chengdu for you. Can you meet me then?"

Seeing my look, the man dressed as a doctor slowly took a step forward and whispered to me: "Ms. Zhang... I sympathize with your experience very much, and I understand that you don't want anyone to touch you... But now we are treating your illness, why don't you make a concession? Under normal circumstances, we can not touch you, but in critical moments and medical occasions, otherwise your condition will be more dangerous."

Critical moments and... medical occasions?

Yes, except for critical moments and medical occasions, no one can touch me.

I slowly lay downI lowered my head and let it fit the pillow as much as possible. It felt really comfortable.

"Sister Zhang..." Xiao Sun sat next to me. He seemed to want to pull my hand, but he didn't move for a long time. "I have been looking for you these days... I'm sorry... I'm too stupid... I didn't expect you to be so close to home..."

"It's okay." I said with a wry smile, "Xiao Sun, don't talk about you. Even I didn't expect my biological parents to do such a thing."

Soon, the nurse gave me an IV and walked out of the room with the doctor.

Seeing them leave, Xiao Sun dragged his stool and got closer to me. Meng Meng also stood by the door and stared at the passers-by outside the door from the window.

I have never seen him show this expression.

"Sister Zhang..." He frowned and said, "Why didn't you let me call the police...? I don't know if you were confused at the time, but shouldn't that man be punished by law? I have taken samples of the fluid that man left in your body without your permission. If you need it, we can put him in jail immediately. It doesn't matter what he has. I can find a connection to send the police quickly, and he won't have time to react."

Let Ma the butcher go to jail?

No... I don't want to do this.

I let out a long sigh, looked into Xiao Sun's eyes, and said very seriously: "Xiao Sun, do you know? In our village, we are considered husband and wife after giving the betrothal gift and parents nod. Someone was trafficked to our village before. Under the mediation of the village party secretary, the girl just made up a marriage certificate and stayed there forever."

"What...?" Xiao Sun was obviously stunned, "Sister Zhang, what are you talking about? How could this happen...?"

"You haven't sued people in the mountains, right?" I said with a wry smile, "Local customs are often an important basis for sentencing. My parents accepted his betrothal gift, and we are husband and wife in custom. Even if this is illegal, it is still the local customs."

"You mean..."

"Xiao Sun, let me test you." I slowly turned my head and looked at him, "What crime did that man commit?"

"Illegal detention, intentional injury, human trafficking, rape." Xiao Sun blurted out.

"It is difficult to establish human trafficking now. Even if the remaining three charges are all proven, what is the maximum sentence for this person if he is sentenced to multiple crimes?"

Xiao Sun narrowed his eyes slowly after hearing this...

"Illegal detention for twenty days... intentional injury... rape..." He quickly found the problem. "If the circumstances are serious, it is usually life imprisonment. If the situation is very bad... it can be sentenced to suspended death sentence..."

"Let me ask you again, how long does it take to be sentenced to a life sentence?"

"If you behave well, the longest is about twenty-two years."

"Then how is the suspended death sentence sentenced?"

""Responsible death sentence"..." Xiao Sun lowered his head silently, unable to say a word.

"You and I both know that a suspended death sentence will not kill you, so I can't let him go to jail." I said, "It's unfair to me if he lives a peaceful life in jail."