Chapter 117 A Lost Fool
Wei Mingliang rushed out, no matter how cold or dark it was outside.
He gritted his teeth and ran towards the Jinguan Department Store.
He searched the entire Jinguan Department Store inside and out, up and down, but could not find any trace of his parents.
Wei Mingliang forced himself to come back despite his almost unconscious body from the cold and knocked on the door of the Qian family across the street.
When he went out in the morning, he saw Qian Li, ignoring his mother's dark face, affectionately pulling his mother along.
"Knock, knock, knock, why are you knocking? It's the middle of the night and you can't let me sleep." Qian Li opened the door and saw Wei Mingliang with a ferocious face.
The complaining voice gradually died down, "Mingliang, why are you knocking on my door so late at night and not sleeping?"
Wei Mingliang grabbed the door frame, his eyes red as he asked, "Where are my parents? You went out with my parents, so you must know what happened, right? Tell me quickly, where did my parents go?"
Qian Li rolled her eyes, then said with a guilty look, "Sister Sun and the others haven't come back yet? I separated from your parents when I left home, so I don't know where they went."
Wei Mingliang knew that there was something fishy going on, but no matter how he pressed the issue, even kneeling down to beg Qian Li, Qian Li insisted that she knew nothing.
Wei Mingliang did not give up and went to ask each family one by one, including those who had gone out in a group together.
He kept kneeling and kowtowing, just begging them to tell him the whereabouts of his parents.
But those people didn't know what they were worried about. Like Qian Li, they all hesitated and said they knew nothing. Some even tried to drive people away in disgust.
In the end, Fang Tiexiong couldn't bear to see Wei Mingliang, a child, being bullied, so he took him and knocked on the door of a house in Building No. 9.
Fang Tiexiong: "Old Zhou, I know you left the house with the Wei couple from our building today. Tell me the whereabouts of the Wei couple, and this compressed biscuit will be yours."
Old Zhou looked embarrassed, but looking at the scar on Wei Mingliang's forehead and his red eyes, he couldn't bear it. "I'm telling you, if that family comes looking for trouble with me, you can't just ignore it."
Fang Tiexiong nodded.
Old Zhou sighed and said, "I didn't actually see the details of what happened. I just know that the Wei couple found a box of chocolates. Old Chen wanted it, but they refused, saying their son was sick and they wanted to take it back for him. Old Chen hit Old Wei on the head with a stick. When we ran over, the Wei couple had already fallen from the upstairs. When we went downstairs to check, they were already dead."
Wei Mingliang's legs went weak instantly. "Yes, were they at the Golden Light Commercial Building? I, I went there, but I couldn't find them. Are they still alive? That's why they disappeared."
No one present spoke.
Wei Mingliang didn't believe it and ran out to look for it like crazy.
It was not until dawn that he found a tattered down jacket stained with blood, but he still recognized it as his father's clothes.
Wei Mingliang knelt in the snow, holding his clothes and crying heart-wrenchingly.
He raised his head again, his eyes were cold without a trace of warmth.
"Ding Dong", the doorbell rang.
After Xu Sichen finished the last mouthful of century egg and lean meat porridge, he went to open the door. Standing outside was Wei Mingliang, who looked disheveled.
"Sister Xu, can I borrow something from you? After I use it, I will pay you back with my life." His voice was as rough and dry as sand, as if every word he spoke could wipe out blood.
Xu Sichen looked at him quietly, and without waiting for him to ask what he wanted to borrow, he turned back to his room and took out a Tang sword for him.
Xu Sichen: "Will you use it?"
Wei Mingliang bowed solemnly, then hid the Tang sword in his down jacket and walked down step by step.
Looking at his back, there was no emotion on Xu Sichen's face.
Everyone will eventually go down this path, it's just a matter of sooner or later.
Wei Mingliang returned home in a daze. The Cheng family was sitting at the dining table eating.
The Cheng family looked at him mockingly, then continued to eat, while still mocking Wei Mingliang.
"Haha, I thought you were going to stay with those two losers and not come back!"
"Mom, he used to be very knowledgeable. How can you call him a waste?"
"If not waste, what is it? I can't get anything back, and I just open my mouth to eat. It's better to die, and it will save food."
"Grandma, if we save the food, can we eat more?"
"Of course. Grandma said it would be best if all the Wei family members died. That way, everything here would belong to us."
Although they are just children under ten years old, their vicious minds are no less than those of their parents and grandparents.
The more they spoke, the more excited they became, and the words they said became more and more unpleasant.
In the past, Wei Mingliang would have jumped up and fought them to the death.
But now he was like a soulless puppet, walking into the small room without a trace of emotion.
Just as I was about to push the door open, Chen Meijuan's voice rang out.
"Mingliang, your parents are gone now. It would be a waste for you to live in this room all by yourself. We have already prepared the balcony for you. You can sleep there from now on."
Wei Mingliang paused for a moment, then said without any emotion, "Okay, I'll go in and move my things out."
"Where are your things here? We, the Chen family, are being kind by letting you sleep on the balcony. From now on, this room will be occupied by the two of us old people, and the things inside are ours. If you dare to go in and take anything, I'll break your legs!"
Chen Meijuan added with a smile: "The bedding and other things have been put away for you. There is enough for you. If there is not enough, please tell me."
Wei Mingliang nodded numbly, then walked slowly towards the balcony.
The balcony was filled with all kinds of garbage, and even frozen feces and urine could be seen.
Mixed in there was something that looked like bedding and was full of dirt and even smelled of urine.
He seemed to have no feeling and simply chose a corner and curled up into a ball like a fool who had lost his mind.
"Wife, are you crazy because of this? Will you be able to go out and help us find supplies in the future?"
"It's better to be stupid and just throw it away. Then the house will belong to us, and we won't be afraid even if the government comes."
As the night deepened, a fire was burning in the living room, adding a little warmth to the cold house.
In the house with four bedrooms and two living rooms, Chen Meijuan's family of four occupied the largest master bedroom, Chen Meijuan's parents occupied one room, Chen Laoda's family of three occupied one room, Chen Laoer's family of three occupied one room, and Chen Meijuan's single cousin slept on the sofa in the living room.
They were like a nest of poisonous snakes, occupying only one room at first and then the entire house.
On the balcony, Wei Mingliang curled up in a pile of garbage, motionless, as if he had merged with the garbage.
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