Chapter 866: The Past (Part 4) (Part 2)
The nine-year-old child was very naive and thought that as long as he got out alive, his life would be smooth sailing.
But the girl, who was already fourteen or fifteen years old, curled her lips in a bitter smile.
"Even if I can be cured, what good will it do? I'm already blind and have no legs. My parents will dislike me for looking like this."
Little Ruanqi choked up and retorted: "No... Mom and Dad love you the most..."
"But I can't be a burden to them." Tears streamed from the girl's only remaining eye, and the other hollow eye socket looked up at the ceiling. "My family is poor, and my parents are farmers. If I return to the village in this state, my parents will be ridiculed. Rather than being laughed at for the rest of my life, I'd rather die."
The girl's words made Ruanqi feel the evil of the world for the first time.
She didn't understand why a person who was injured would be laughed at by others; nor did she understand what was wrong with a person struggling to survive.
She was too young to understand the concerns the girl was expressing.
She only remembered what Nie Beilou had taught her.
Nie Beilou said: "Everyone suffers. As a doctor, you can only heal the body, not the heart." Some people desperately seek survival, while others seek death. Different hearts lead to different choices. Xiaoqi, if you ever encounter someone who desperately wants to die, what will you do?
Little Ruan Qi, who was only four years old at the time, looked completely bewildered. "Master, your question is so strange. How could someone want to die? It's so much better to be alive. I can have little cakes to eat."
Nie Beilou was amused by the child's innocent words.
He touched her head and said to her earnestly, "Xiao Qi, all life in this world is worth cherishing. The grass by the roadside, the flowers in the mountains, the fish in the river...all living things are worth saving. If you ever meet someone in unbearable pain who wishes to die, you must save them."
Little Ruanqi: "He's living in such pain, why do you still want to save him?"
"We need to save it." Nie Beilou looked at a small grass growing between the bricks and said slowly, "Look at this grass. The temperature was high a few days ago and it almost died. But it rained last night and it's back to life. If it hadn't survived that day, with such good sunshine today, this grass would never have had the chance to see the light of day again."
"So, Xiao Qi, as long as you're alive, no matter how painful it is, you'll still encounter some beautiful moments. But if you die, everything will return to nothingness. You'll never feel the sunshine, the fragrance of flowers, the rainbow again...everything. You won't feel anything anymore."
Xiao Ruanqi: "But what if that person begs me not to save him?"
"They still need to be saved." Nie Beilou patted her shoulder. "Everyone deserves a chance to live. Since you have the ability to give them this opportunity, you can't turn a blind eye. As for whether they will choose death again after surviving... that's their own business. You gave them the chance to live, and that's enough."
That day, Nie Beilou said a lot of things, one of which left the deepest impression on Ruan Qi.
——Everyone should have the opportunity to live.
Only when you are alive can you have the opportunity to feel pain and happiness. If you are dead, then you have no right to feel even pain.
Little Ruanqi remembered this sentence firmly. Even though she was captured and tortured in Xiaoyao Manor, she never thought of dying.
She wants to live, even if it is painful, that is the color that life gives her.
When you die, there is no color at all.
Xiao Ruanqi doesn't want to die, and she also hopes that the girl won't die.
She cried and said to the girl, "Sister, you will get out alive. Please don't die, okay? There are a lot of delicious food outside. Let's eat together after we get out."
The girl let out a wry laugh.
What future does she have?
The girl raised her hand with difficulty and grabbed Ruan Qi's arm.
"Little sister," she raised her head, revealing hollow eyes, "can you do me a favor? Just think of it as a sister begging you."
Ruan Qi anticipated what she was going to say and shook his head desperately.
The girl held on to her tightly: "Little sister, can you use the candle in your hand to help us burn down this villa? Please give us some relief, we are in so much pain!"
The children who were sent to the garbage dump had already been tortured to the point that they had lost the strength to live.
Not only this girl, but all the children in the villa, as long as they were still conscious, began to beg Ruan Qi.
"Please kill us... I'm in so much pain, I'm in so much pain every day..."
"Don't you have a lighter? Please set this house on fire and give us a good time."
"Little sister, please, let me die... I'm in so much pain..."
"Please, please..."
Countless pleas, like sobs from the eighteen levels of hell, surrounded the nine-year-old girl.
Ruan Qi suddenly felt very cold.
She felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. The cold water mixed with ice chips soaked her entire body, even freezing her blood.
Everyone was begging her to end their lives.
Ruan Qi trembled all over and couldn't help but take a step back.
"No, I can't kill you..."
"Please, little sister, burn this place down and let us die!"
No, no...
Ruan Qi kept backing away, the candle in his hand shaking and swaying.
"I, I can't kill you... Don't lose heart, okay? My master will be here soon, and he will definitely rescue us!"
The little girl cried and told everyone over and over again, hoping they could hold on for a few more days.
But at this moment, a dark shadow rushed out from the side.
The shadow rushed straight towards Ruan Qi. Ruan Qi was caught off guard and the candle in her hand slipped from her fingertips during the collision.
boom--!
The tiny flame fell to the ground and hit a pile of discarded curtain fabrics. The curtain fabrics were made of chemical fibers, which are flammable and burst into flames instantly.
The small flame turned into a big fire in the blink of an eye.
Ruan Qi's face changed drastically. Without thinking, he turned around and wanted to rush over to put out the fire.
But there are people who are faster than her.
The boy who had first begged her to die, used up the last bit of his strength, stood up, rushed forward, and rushed into the fire in the blink of an eye.
"No--!" Ruan Qi screamed and cried.
She wanted to save him, but just as she stretched out her hand, a strong force suddenly pulled her back.
The girl who lost her eye pulled her behind her, then turned and rushed into the raging fire.
With two bodies as fuel, the fire could no longer be controlled and the flames shot high in an instant.
The dancing flames raged in the villa, and thick smoke flowed out of the villa through the window cracks, finally attracting the attention of the Xiaoyaozhuang patrol team.
The patrol team arrived soon, and Jiang Chunian also came with them.
Little Ruanqi's desperate and sad screams followed the thick smoke out of the villa. When Jiang Chunian heard her voice, his face darkened. He immediately kicked open the door and rushed in with his men.
(End of this chapter)
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