Chapter 1244 Changing the Education Model
What's so scary about the night? There's a night light, and it's dark even if you close your eyes. If you walk outside at night, besides the stars in the sky, there are also lights on the roadside. His father is always by his side, so he never thinks that he will be afraid of the dark.
The basement was pitch black, and he couldn't see his hand in front of him. There was a smell of dust all around. He had never been to a basement before. He had just taken a quick look and was thrown in by Li Jinxing. He had no idea what was in the room.
The less you know, the more frightening it is.
In the empty room, his cries seemed to echo. He stumbled in the dark basement and hit a wall.
"Dad, please hit me. I don't want to be locked up here. Please punish me by not eating... It's so dark here, I'm scared..." He didn't know how long he would be locked up here. His voice had become hoarse from crying. He was sobbing and coughing, and his throat felt like a chopstick was stuck in it from his heart and lungs to his throat.
He was panting, coughing and retching, with saliva and mucus flowing everywhere. He wiped his face and thought about what happened today.
No matter how he cried and shouted, his father didn't say a word, just like when he threw him in, without any hesitation, he turned around and closed the door, turning off the lights along with it.
Father is a mountain, and now he is an iceberg that is hard to melt.
In the past, when he made mistakes and had to face the wall to reflect on his mistakes, the longest time was two hours. This time, being locked up here, how long will it take him to reflect?
Siyan had a feeling that his father was very angry this time and would not easily forgive him or let him go, just like what he had said.
If you make a mistake, you have to pay the price. It can’t be solved by simply saying “I was wrong”.
He is suffering the consequences now.
This time, it was enough to leave an indelible scar on Siyan's heart.
Even if he doesn't want to learn his lesson, he will learn it. From now on, he will never disobey his father.
Siyan leaned against the wall and shivered. Once a person falls into fear, he will imagine all kinds of horrible scenes. Children have strong imaginations, and the monsters they think of are particularly scary, such as densely packed rats, a python with its mouth open at him, and centipedes and cockroaches crawling on his back.
These images made him close his eyes and grit his teeth. He could only hug himself, cover his ears, and force himself to think of some beautiful images.
After Li Jinxing threw Si Yan in, he went back. Si Xu was still crying, but he didn't dare cry too loudly. He muffled his voice, sobbed and coughed. The nanny held him in her arms and tried to comfort him, but it was no use. Instead, he cried even harder.
After Li Jinxing returned, he gave the nanny a cold look. The nanny stiffened, and Sixu also stopped crying a little. She bit her lower lip and dared not look.
"Let him cry here alone, don't pay any attention to him, and don't comfort him. He will stop crying naturally when he has cried enough. If he cries every time he encounters something and needs to be comforted, he will never grow up!"
In the past, when educating his children, he was too lenient and not strict enough. He always felt that his two children were more obedient and sensible than other children and did not require him to worry too much.
It is because of the lack of discipline that these two children are now lawless and make mistakes frequently!
Sixu is less independent than Siyan. If he continues like this, he will never make a name for himself. It is time for Sixu to step out from behind Siyan.
Survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest, he should teach them this truth. Brothers compete in such an environment and become stronger together.
Such brotherly love and respect for each other will lead to one side becoming stronger and the other weaker, which is something Li Jinxing does not want to see. Both of his children should be strong. No one can restrain them except him, not even Gu Wanqiu.
The nanny was so frightened by Li Jinxing's fierce aura that she dared not even breathe, and could only slowly put Sixu down.
Si Xu stood there with his head down, feeling uneasy. In the past, whenever he encountered problems, his brother would protect him and stand in front of him. Now that his brother was gone, the front of him was empty and he had to face it all alone.
But he was not as capable as his brother. When his brother was not around, he was alone and helpless. Si Xu tried hard to hold back his tears, lowered his head, and tears fell from his eyes. He sniffed and sobbed.
The gaze that rested on him became colder and colder, and Li Jinxing's voice seemed to come from above his head, covering him.
"Is it true that without your brother, you can't do anything? Li Sixu, it's time for you to grow up and stop relying on your brother. You need to be able to stand on your own two feet, otherwise this society won't tolerate you. I don't like your timid attitude either..."
Si Xu lowered his head, his hands hanging on both sides of his body, now clenched tightly. He was still sobbing uncontrollably, his tears did not stop, and he still looked so cowardly.
He was afraid of such a father. He didn't dare to look at him, and didn't dare to respond to his words.
He felt sad and felt that his father was very strange today. He hit his brother and his tone was so cold. The person who once said that he loved him and his brother the most now said "I don't like you" to him. It was like his faith was shattered and the light gradually faded.
Li Jinxing frowned, said those words, and turned away.
Until Li Jinxing left, Sixu kept his head down, his body as stiff as a piece of wood.
With Li Jinxing's warning, the nanny didn't dare to coax Sixu at all. She could only watch him quietly from the side. She felt so distressed.
What Li Jinxing said today was really too harsh. He shouldn't have said such words to a six-year-old child.
He didn't know how long he stood there, until his tears stopped, until his breathing was no longer heavy, until his sobbing stopped. Si Xu raised his face. His whole face was red from crying, especially the tip of his nose and his eyes. His eyes were so swollen that he could not see anything clearly.
He sat down on the ground, speechless and in a daze.
"I miss my mother so much... I miss my brother so much..." His voice was hoarse, as if his throat was broken.
The nanny just looked at him and still said nothing.
No one responded, so he pretended there was no one around and talked to himself.
"Dad hit my brother today. I don't like him like that at all... I really want to go back to the days in Rongcheng. If I had known that returning to Haicheng would turn out like this, I would never have come back. I don't understand... Shouldn't I have opened the window for Mom, or shouldn't I have stolen things? I want to grow up quickly. Maybe I can protect my brother when I grow up... I'm so useless now... I always let my brother protect me and let him bear all the consequences... I'm sorry, brother..."
Si Xu rarely spoke such a long speech. The nanny beside her felt so sad that her eyes were hot after listening to it.
How she wanted to hug this helpless child, pat his back and comfort him.
——Just grow up slowly. You have done nothing wrong to anyone. You are very obedient and sensible. You are your brother’s favorite younger brother.
The nanny stretched out her hand, but then slowly retracted it. She was afraid that she would not be able to help but comfort the child. In order to prevent this from happening, the nanny could only leave here temporarily. Her choice was to escape, leaving the child sitting on the ground, hugging himself alone.
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Gu Wanqiu was awakened by the pain the next day. Although the doctor gave her a painkiller, her leg still hurt a lot and was swollen. She could clearly feel that her right leg was broken into several sections.
For a moment, she could hardly feel the existence of her right leg, as if it had been sawed off. She reached down with trembling hands and touched her thigh. She tried to move her toes, but she could only move her left foot. She couldn't even move the toes of her right foot.
The poison in her body must have attacked her again. In addition to the pain in her legs, her heart and lungs also began to hurt. She groaned and tears fell.
When she jumped from the second floor, her right leg was torn off by the chain. She didn't feel much pain at the moment of jumping, but now that she has woken up, she feels the pain of the broken leg.
"Gu Wanqiu, does it feel good to have a broken leg?"
Hearing Li Jinxing's voice, Gu Wanqiu turned her head and looked over, meeting Li Jinxing's cruel eyes.
Her heart beat faster and she stared at Li Jinxing blankly.
Li Jin walked and stood in front of her, then lifted the quilt off her. She was wearing very thin clothes, layers of thin fabric, and a short-sleeved shirt, and the bruises on her arms were conspicuously exposed.
The needle holes had disappeared. Li Jinxing saw her arm and didn't think much about it. He knew that it was because her arm hit the wall when she jumped out of bed.
He was wearing only shorts, and his legs were covered in wounds. His ligaments were strained, and his right leg was broken in three places. You could see the twisted leg bones from the surface, and his left leg was not much better.
The quilt was lifted, and a cool breeze came. Gu Wanqiu shivered. When the poison took effect, she was extremely afraid of the cold and shivered almost uncontrollably. Now she felt like she was in an extremely cold place, and her body was almost frozen into ice.
Gu Wanqiu looked very unhappy. Li Jinxing seemed to be appreciating every inch of her expression and did not notice anything unusual. It was normal for her to look unhappy. After all, she was in pain... It was not a minor bump, her leg was broken.
Li Jinxing leaned over slightly, touched Gu Wanqiu's thigh with his hand, and then slowly moved down.
Gu Wanqiu opened her eyes wide. Her right leg had not lost all its flexibility. When Li Jinxing touched her leg, it felt like small insects were crawling on it.
Knowing that the touch reached her knee, where it was torn and also the most painful place, Li Jinxing directly pressed his hand on the broken part of the knee and held it tightly.
The sharp pain spread in his blood, and Gu Wanqiu opened his mouth and let out a hoarse groan of pain.
It hurts so much... My tears fell even harder, and cold sweat broke out on my forehead, staining my hair.
Seeing her crying in pain on the bed, Li Jinxing showed no mercy. He continued to slide down from the broken tibia and grabbed her broken ankle.
Wherever my hands passed, I felt unbearable pain.
"Li...Jinxing..." Gu Wanqiu shouted while panting.
She knew that no matter what she said, it would be useless. Li Jinxing would not kill her. He would only torture her slowly like he was doing now.
No matter how deep the feelings are, they will become shallow with time, not to mention that she had ruined his feelings so much that the love they once had long since turned into heavy hatred.
"Does it hurt?" Li Jinxing asked.
She was in so much pain that she couldn't speak. Now, even breathing felt painful to her.
"Gu Wanqiu, you knew you wouldn't die if you jumped out of the window, but you jumped anyway. You thought if you broke your back, I could untie the chain, right? You wanted to use your body to force me to leave. If it were me more than ten years ago, I might have softened my heart and let you go, but now, I won't."
Li Jinxing bent down and picked up the chain from under the bed. He sat on the edge of the bed and slowly moved the chain closer to Gu Wanqiu's neck.
Gu Wanqiu was now unable to move and could only watch as Li Jinxing dragged her by the back of her head, passed the chain around the back of her neck, adjusted the length and locked it up. The chain that usually tied her right foot was now tied around her neck.
The icy chill made her teeth chatter. Li Jinxing's movements at this moment were still gentle and did not hurt her, but Gu Wanqiu felt that Li Jinxing now was even scarier than when he was pressing her injured leg just now.
"A dog should act like a dog. I've thought about it carefully. Which dog is tied by the ankles? Aren't they all tied by the head? Like now, you are looking more and more like a dog." He touched the iron chain on Gu Wanqiu's slender neck. With a force on his hand, Gu Wanqiu was easily pulled up, with her head tilted back and a face full of pain.
Li Jinxing smiled with satisfaction. He let go of his hand, and Gu Wanqiu's head fell on the pillow.
Gu Wanqiu returned to the room where she jumped out of the window. The curtains were drawn and the light in the room was mainly from the lamp. Li Jinxing stood up and pulled open the curtains.
"To prevent this from happening again, I sealed all the windows. Do you like this?"
Gu Wanqiu looked over and saw that the windows that were once open were now all equipped with guardrails, making the place look more like a cage.
There was no extra expression on Gu Wanqiu's face, and she retracted it with just a glance.
As if dissatisfied with Gu Wanqiu's indifferent attitude, Li Jinxing continued, "I already know that it was you who asked Siyan to steal the key to open the window for you. Stealing is a very bad behavior, so do you know how I punished Siyan?"
When Siyan was mentioned, the expression on Gu Wanqiu's face changed significantly.
Li Jinxing leaned against the window behind him, his back to the light, his eyes full of hostility locked tightly on Gu Wanqiu: "The first floor below ground is the basement, where we store sundries. It's rarely cleaned. It's very dark in there, and the smell is very strong. Sometimes there are rats. I locked Si Yan in there and made him face the wall and reflect on his mistakes. That child is afraid of the dark just like you. He should still be crying in there now..."
Gu Wanqiu was breathing heavily and her chest was aching badly.
Li Jinxing smiled and said, "You don't think I won't punish a child who makes mistakes, do you? He shouldn't have stolen things, and he shouldn't have opened the window for you. People who make mistakes should pay the price and bear the corresponding consequences. There's nothing wrong with locking him up down there. Let him face his fear. Maybe when he comes out, he won't be so afraid of the dark anymore."
The light behind him embellished Li Jinxing's figure. His facial features were three-dimensional and handsome, which was obviously his good side. But now, he just looked like Satan who had just come out of hell.
The undisguised anger was like a surging wave, coming towards you and capable of crushing you to death at any time.
Li Jinxing: "Gu Wanqiu, do you regret it now? Seeing Siyan being punished because of you, do you feel any remorse or guilt?"
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