Chapter 482: Darker than the night is the human heart
Now, no one would believe it if they told others that Shen Qing’s glory and wealth had nothing to do with them.
The family regretted it deeply, but others would not let them off just because they regretted it.
Seeing that her words were not working, Wei Xueqin was about to use her cell phone to call the police, but as soon as she took out the old phone, it was blown away and broken into pieces by the person closest to her.
Shen Jianchun was a useless loser in the village. He couldn't protect his wife, and when he saw a group of thugs with bare arms coming in, he was so scared that he hid in the corner.
Wei Xueqin was holding the child in her arms and didn't dare to fight with anyone, so she could only sit on the ground and throw a tantrum.
The gang of thugs were annoyed by what they saw, but they also knew the principle of "respecting the old and loving the young" and did not attack the couple. Now their son Shen Jingui came back, and he looked tough and suitable for being beaten to vent their anger, so they immediately surrounded them, punching, kicking and cursing, with threats in every word.
"I told you to come here and steal money! And you dared to call the police? Believe it or not, I'll chop off your hands before the police even show up. Oh, one of your hands has already been chopped off." The man lifted Shen Jingui's bloody hand, "Do you mind chopping off both of them?"
Shen Jingui grimaced in pain, lost in thought, unable to make out what she was saying. She begged for mercy, spitting out blood and foaming at the mouth: "I'm sorry, we were wrong. Please stop..."
Shen Jingui didn't dare to call the police. He owed 5 million yuan from playing cards and signed a debt agreement. If he called the police, those people might chop off his limbs. He couldn't afford to offend the people in the city, so now he just wanted to go back to the countryside to farm.
The thing that I once least wanted to do has become a luxury at this moment.
Wei Xueqin was holding her grandson and was horrified when she saw Shen Jingui's hand. Even if her son was useless, he was still a treasure in her heart. She had never hit or scolded him, but here he was, someone had chopped off his fingers.
"Stop hitting me." Wei Xueqin cried and begged for mercy, "I'm willing to do anything as long as you don't hit my son."
After hearing what he said, the group of people really stopped and looked at this useless family with contempt, "Then take out our money."
"We really didn't take your money. How many times do I have to say it?" Wei Xueqin had just finished speaking when she saw the man pressing Shen Jingui to the ground and pulling his right hand back. With just a little force, he could break his hand.
It was the first time that Shen Jingui was beaten so badly. He cried out to heaven and earth but no one answered him. He could only ask Wei Xueqin to save him.
"Mom, please save me, I don't want to die, I'm in so much pain."
Wei Xueqin burst into tears and quickly said, "We don't have any money right now, but we will definitely work hard to pay you back."
The thugs then let go of Shen Jingui and saw something sticking out of Shen Jingui's trouser pocket. They pulled it out and found that it was an IOU with five million yuan on it.
"He owed five million, and still had money to gamble, and he said it wasn't the money you stole. Tell me, did you lose the money we left here?" The gangster asked as he stepped on Shen Jingui.
Wei Xueqin was shocked when she heard this: "What...what five million? Jin Gui, you lost it? Where did you get so much money to pay it back? How can you gamble..."
"I've been cheated!"
"This IOU is real. You borrowed money and lost it yourself. Who would cheat you? Your hand was also cut off in the casino."
There was no point in saying more. A group of thugs only took Wei Xueqin and Shen Jianchun away. They didn't want the child, and as for Shen Jingui, she owed so much money and would be a nuisance if she was taken away with her.
Wei Xueqin and Shen Jianchun were dragged to an underground factory and worked day and night. If they took a break, they would be targeted and beaten.
Not only is the work tiring, but I also work for free and don't get paid a penny. The food is also poor, with steamed buns and porridge from morning to night, and if there is any meat, it's just oil residue.
In just one month, the couple lost a lot of weight and cried here, feeling regretful. They had come here to ask Shen Qing for money, but not only did they not see the money, but their own money was stolen as soon as they got off the train, and now they were abducted here.
I don’t know how my son and grandson are doing now. If I had known this would happen, I shouldn’t have come here. Wouldn’t it be better to continue living in the countryside?
Now Wei Xueqin still hopes that someone can rescue her, and the best thing is that Shen Qing can find her.
Instead of waiting for the patient, the patient got sick. The patient fell to the ground and became paralyzed, making the treatment useless.
But those people still didn't let her go and asked Shen Jianchun to drag Wei Xueqin to the street to beg for money every day.
Today, Shen Jianchun was still the same, dragging Wei Xueqin with one hand and holding a piece of cardboard in the other. When they arrived at the old place, he put her on the ground to beg.
There was no light in his eyes anymore. He stared at one direction with a cloudy look, and shouted from time to time.
"Help, please have mercy on us."
Wei Xueqin exuded a foul odor, her mouth was crooked and drooling, and she was paralyzed and couldn't go to the toilet by herself, so she defecated and urinated directly in her pants. The stench was so bad that passers-by who wanted to give her money were driven away as soon as they approached.
It seems that I have no money today, and I will definitely be beaten when I go back. Shen Jianchun looked worried. It’s not that he has not thought about running away, but he didn’t dare to do it again after he saw a worker who tried to escape being caught and beaten and put on a hunger strike.
Shen Jianchun lowered his head and saw a pair of shoes out of the corner of his eye. He looked up from the shoes and finally stopped at the face. His pupils dilated and his lips trembled.
Is "Shen Qing" their daughter who is a big star, and is she here to save them?
"Shen...Shen Qing, daughter, you are finally here."
Shen Zhichu lowered her eyes and looked down at them condescendingly, her face expressionless. Being stared at by her cold gaze, she felt shame that could not be hidden. She felt like she was looking at two mice.
In order to better resemble Shen Qing's original appearance, Shen Zhichu didn't wear any makeup, dressed simply, and tried her best to show off her facial features.
Shen Jianchun met Shen Zhichu's eyes and suddenly stopped talking. Although they looked very similar, he knew from the look in her eyes that this was no longer his daughter.
"How have you been this past month?"
Whether you are living well or not can be seen at a glance. Shen Zhichu asked even though she knew the answer. Shen Jianchun did not miss the disdain and ridicule in her eyes.
Shen Zhichu said to himself: "I am very happy to see you become like this. Evil will be punished by evil. If you two elders live too well, then wouldn't it be a waste for me to pay people to do things for me?"
Wei Xueqin is paralyzed, but her brain is intact and she can still hear.
Shen Zhichu has already said this, what else don’t they understand?
Think about everything they encountered when they came to J City. First, their money was stolen, they were cheated by a man named A Biao, and they were abducted here unjustly to do hard labor. They were paralyzed and begged on the streets. They suffered all the tears and insults in their entire lives.
The real culprit who harmed them was actually their own daughter "Shen Qing"
Wei Xueqin stared at her hatefully, her eyes full of murderous hatred.
Wei Xueqin twisted her mouth and spoke incoherently: "It's you, you ungrateful bastard. I should have drowned you in the river and sold you to someone else as a child bride. You actually hurt your own family like this. Shen Qing, you will not die a good death. You will definitely be punished after you die." She cursed her own daughter with the most vicious words.
Shen Zhichu was almost beginning to doubt whether Shen Qing was their daughter.
She learned from Shen Qing's memory that Wei Xueqin cared most about her son and grandson.
"Do you want to know how Shen Jingui and your grandson are doing now?"
Sure enough, Wei Xueqin immediately became quiet when "Shen Jingui" was mentioned.
The corners of Shen Zhichu's mouth curled up, and her smile was soft and generous, like a good person, but what she said next was like a knife on their necks.
"Shen Jingui was bitten by a dog and died of rabies because she didn't get the rabies vaccine. She died just three days ago. I have some photos here. Do you want to see them?" Shen Zhichu slowly took out the photos from his bag and threw them on the ground. Wei Xueqin and Shen Jianchun stared at the photos in shock.
Death from rabies looks very miserable. In the photo, Shen Jingui has sunken eyes, a pale face, black lips, and looks completely lifeless.
Wei Xueqin couldn't bear it anymore and screamed, "He is your brother, why didn't you save him, why didn't you save him."
"Shen Qing is also your daughter. Did you let her go when she begged you to? As soon as she had some value, you wanted to peel off her skin and drain her blood, squeezing out the only value in her. You ask me why I didn't save him? It's a waste of air to keep a scum like him alive."
Shen Qing is dead. She didn't even have the right to live. She was pushed into despair step by step by her relatives. If Lu Tingchuan was the executioner, then these people were the instigators. Shen Qing was less than eighteen years old when she left home. Since Shen Qing was born, they didn't think about how to raise her well, but about what value they could exploit.
For example, they had to take on the rough housework at home. They started washing clothes and cooking at the age of five or six. They were not even as tall as the stove, so they had to stand on a stool to do the work. If they did not do it well, they would be beaten.
Do you know why they sent Shen Qing to school? Was it because they suddenly felt a sense of parental responsibility, or perhaps a sense of parental guilt?
Neither.
Because of the poverty subsidy awarded by the state that year, Shen Qing could not only go to school for free, but also receive a scholarship if he did well in school.
In addition, Wei Xueqin felt that her daughter had some knowledge and could be sold at a good price in the future.
Shen Qing was only fourteen or fifteen years old when he finished junior high school. After the nine years of compulsory education, he had no money left, so Wei Xueqin stopped letting Shen Qing go to school.
At that time, Shen Jingui was 23 years old and should get married. Wei Xueqin wanted to use Shen Qing to exchange for the betrothal money to buy a house for Shen Jingui and get married.
Shen Jianchun is a father but he failed to fulfill his responsibilities as a father. He just watched the family coldly and was a coward who could only obey Wei Xueqin's words.
Back then, Shen Qing was being discussed as being sold to a domestic violence man whose wife had died.
As for Shen Jingui.
When Shen Zhichu turned to Shen Qing's memories, a chill rose in his heart. It would be too good for him if Shen Jingui died.
When Shen Qing was in school, she was young and beautiful. She was famous for her good looks, which naturally attracted a lot of people's attention.
Shen Jingui brought a group of people to molest her own sister, and paid her one dollar for each time they put their hands into her clothes.
How did Shen Qing protect herself from pollution in such an environment? Shen Zhichu didn't even dare to think about it. Even if it was Shen Zhichu, she couldn't guarantee that she could survive as tenaciously as she did.
In a word, it would be better to die than to live like this.
But even such a strong person like Shen Qing could not escape suicide in the end.
You never know how dark the world is.
What is darker than the night is the human heart.
Shen Zhichu played with the two silver coins in his hand and threw them in front of Shen Jianchun: "You seem to be in good spirits and should be able to live for a long time. Then live well for your precious son. The longer you live, the better."
Shen Jianchun felt very cold and curled up and shivered, while Wei Xueqin lay on the ground powerlessly struggling to death, with Shen Jingui's death image in her eyes and mind.
"As for your precious grandson Shen Fugui, I will help him find a good family to change his name. From now on, you will have no children or grandchildren. But seeing your current condition, you don't need anyone to support you. It's fine for you to be self-sufficient and beg on the street." After Shen Zhichu finished speaking, he couldn't help but sneer, and this time he didn't even hide the coldness in his eyes.
She put on a mask and turned to leave, and the couple watched her get into a luxury car they had once dreamed of.
………
Anything that can be solved with money is not difficult. But when dealing with scum like this, you naturally have to take away the little bit of things they care about the most to feel relieved.
Hadn't they looked down on Shen Qing since they were little? Then she wanted them to carve Shen Qing's appearance into their memories for the rest of their lives at the moment of their greatest despair, unable to forget it even if they wanted to. Just thinking about it would cause them heartache and lifelong regret.
Shen Zhichu had been keeping an eye on this family since they boarded the train to J City, and letting them appear in public was simply an insult to the eyes.
Shen Zhichu wanted to get rid of them as quickly as possible. She didn't care whether the method was clean or not, as long as it worked.
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