In the middle courtyard, next to the main house of the He family, in a dark corner, Liu Guangtian was smelling the stench of urine and feeling thankful! He had escaped a disaster tonight.
Hearing his younger brother's cries for help, he was powerless to help. If he hadn't been quick-witted, he would have suffered the same fate as his brother.
Thankfully it's summer now; if it were winter, people would freeze to death.
Gradually, the shouts from the backyard disappeared. Liu Guangtian squatted for a while longer until his legs went numb. Coupled with the overwhelming smell of smegma, he couldn't resist any longer and secretly sneaked back to the backyard.
To his surprise, the lights in his house were still on, which meant his dad was determined to beat him up tonight.
What should we do?
By the way, the one who tied the knot must untie it. Let's go find Xu Damao; we can make do at his place.
As clever as I am, Liu Guangtian immediately changed direction and quietly sneaked to Xu Damao's house.
Seeing that the lights inside were off, Liu Guangtian didn't dare to knock on the door. He could only lie down by the door and call out softly.
Xu Damao, who was inside the house, was still awake. The commotion from the Liu family was so great that he couldn't fall asleep even if he wanted to.
Finally, the noise from next door stopped, and I was just about to go to sleep when I heard a series of "whooshing" sounds again.
Startled, Xu Damao sat up abruptly and listened intently again.
Indeed, there were faint whistling sounds coming from the doorway, and they sounded exactly like Liu Guangtian's voice.
"Was Liu Guangtian beaten to death?"
"You wronged spirit have come to the wrong place. You should go find Liu Haizhong."
Xu Damao silently prayed that Liu Guangtian would be held accountable and leave quickly!
But things didn't go as planned; Liu Guangtian didn't leave, but instead his sobbing grew even louder.
The standoff lasted for two minutes, both inside and outside the house. Finally, Xu Damao had no choice but to walk behind the door and muster his courage to speak.
"Guangtian, if you have something to say, talk to your dad. Why are you talking to me?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Guangtian, standing outside the door, couldn't help but scoff, "You want to talk to my dad? Are you sure you're not looking for trouble?"
However, since I'm asking for help, I can't be so aggressive in my tone.
"Brother Da Mao, open the door, I need to talk to you."
This time, Xu Damao finally heard clearly because he was standing behind the door.
"Why did you call me? I'm about to go to sleep."
"Brother Da Mao, my dad has gone crazy at home and is hitting people randomly. I ran away from home and I'm too scared to go back."
Xu Damao then realized that he had misunderstood, so he opened the door and let Liu Guangtian in.
After entering the house, Liu Guangtian recounted the reason why his younger brother had been beaten, and then asked if he needed to stay overnight.
Xu Damao didn't want to agree at first, but then he thought that Liu Guangtian was, after all, his loyal brother, and he couldn't let his brother down.
In the end, they could only make Liu Guangtian sleep on the floor and set three rules: he had to leave at dawn, he couldn't snore, and he couldn't tell his father.
Liu Guangtian naturally agreed to everything, but whether he could actually do it was anyone's guess.
In the middle of the night, Xu Damao looked utterly dejected as he stared at Liu Guangtian, who was snoring loudly. He regretted how he had attracted this powerful figure.
Finally, after a grueling night, Xu Damao saw the light at the end of the tunnel. The first thing he did upon waking up was to kick Liu Guangtian, who was lying on the ground.
"Dad, I was wrong, please stop hitting me."
Liu Guangtian didn't even open his eyes, mechanically got up, and shouted something.
"Hahaha!"
"Get up, we agreed to go now."
Liu Guangtian then realized that he had been tricked. It turned out that it wasn't his father who hit him, but Xu Damao who had taken advantage of him.
"Brother Da Mao, please save your brother! Do you want me dead if I go back now?"
Xu Damao thought about it and realized that it made sense, but hiding here wasn't a solution.
Seeing Xu Damao's indecisive look, Liu Guangtian had a new idea.
"Brother Da Mao, how about I go with you to show a movie? I can help you carry the projector."
Liu Guangtian's suggestion made Xu Damao's eyes light up. There was a movie showing today, but the road was a bit difficult to travel. Now everything was perfect, someone could carry the projector.
"Then it's settled. I'm helping you, so if any problems arise, don't blame me."
"Okay, Brother Da Mao is generous and won't cause you any trouble."
"Then go wait for me at the gate of the steel mill, and make sure no one sees you."
To be fair, Xu Damao was quite kind-hearted. After speaking, he took two steamed buns and gave them to Liu Guangtian, afraid that he would go hungry.
"Thank you, Brother Da Mao."
Liu Guangtian put away the cornbread, quietly left the courtyard without attracting anyone's attention, and then headed straight for the steel rolling mill.
After Liu Guangtian left, Xu Damao calmly washed up and made breakfast. He ran into Liu Haizhong, and the two greeted each other.
However, Liu Haizhong was clearly a little distracted. As for why he was like that?
Perhaps she was worried because her second son hadn't come home all night and couldn't be found in the morning, or it could be for other reasons.
"Honey, you eat first, I'll go look for him again. That child is really something, he hasn't come back all night."
Liu Haizhong had no choice but to accept it.
After breakfast, Liu Haizhong had to go to work. He said a few words to his wife and then hurriedly headed to the steel rolling mill.
Xu Damao, from the propaganda department of the steel rolling mill, picked up a projector and film early in the morning, preparing to go to the countryside to show movies.
"Da Mao, that's great! You usually don't want to go to Kaoshan Village, why are you so enthusiastic today?"
"It's Zhang, the propaganda officer, saying with a flirtatious look in his eyes."
Looking at the alluring Zhang, Xu Damao had the desire but not the courage. She was Director Li's woman, and he dared not provoke her.
"Hey! We're all serving the people, we can't skip it just because the road is bad!"
Listen to that! What a high level of awareness!
If he were to meet someone who didn't know Xu Damao, they might even shower him with praise.
But Officer Zhang knew him too well and dismissed the suggestion with disdain.
"Oh, right, Officer Zhang, I need to trouble you with something."
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
"When you have lunch, if you run into Liu Haizhong from our institute, tell him that his son is going to the countryside with me today."
"Is he that chubby guy who always walks with a dragging gait?"
"Yes, yes, yes."
"Okay, no problem."
After the two finished speaking, Xu Damao pushed the cart and walked out of the factory.
At lunchtime, Officer Zhang was carrying his lunchbox when he was summoned away by a single glance from Li Huaide at the entrance of the canteen.
As for what Xu Damao had told him, he had long forgotten it.
In the evening, when Liu Haizhong got home from get off work, the first thing he asked about was his son.
But his wife's answer threw him into a panic.
"What? You couldn't find him? How could you not find such a healthy person?"
"Honey, should we call the police?"
Calling the police is not an option.
If someone asks why it was lost, how is he supposed to answer?
"Don't worry, let me think of another way."
But what can we do?
Left with no other choice, Liu Haizhong disregarded his embarrassment and walked towards the front yard.
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