Chapter 148 Scene 13 Liu Zhaodi, I can call you "Mom"...
"Mother."
"Hey, look, Xiaohui can call me mommy now!"
"Mother."
"Yes, Xiaohui is amazing!"
"Mother!"
"Hey, Mom's here!"
"Mother"?
Oh, these two short words were like a curse full of thorns that lasted for decades, entangled her child for the rest of her life and death.
But Liu Zhaodi, you haven't experienced what it's like to be a child yet, are you going to have a child of your own?
Liu Zhaodi, when you knew the meaning of your name, when you realized that the only way to survive seemed to be to devote everything to your family, have you ever thought that the "Mom" you never called out would also appear in the mouth of another poor child?
Liu Zhaodi, when you were sold to another hell for a hundred yuan, did you ever think that you would be pushed into the delivery room and see the child that made you despair in a pair of blood-stained hands?
Liu Zhaodi, Liu Zhaodi, I want to ask you, can I call you "Mom"?
Mom, I learned about your past from your mom, the grandma who escaped from the mountains but couldn't find her home.
So I don’t dare to ask you to love me.
But you love me.
You love me, love this devil's child, love this child who has brought you endless pain and aging.
Mom, mom, you are like a mountain and also like a book.
You stood tall in front of me, your body covered with wrinkles and roughness. They were proof that you were alive, but also evidence of your suffering.
"Mom, look, this is Xiaohui's drawing of you!"
Mom, my name is Liu Hui, and I have the same surname as you.
"Mom, don't you like Xiaohui's paintings?"
Does this mean that we are actually the closest relatives by blood, and that we are actually the people who can rely on each other the most in this world?
"Mom, then, then, Mom doesn't like it. Xiaohui won't draw anymore. Xiaohui won't draw anymore!"
But mom, when you look at the picture of you that I drew, the you who is as strong as a warrior, why are you crying?
"Mommy, don't cry! Mommy, don't cry! Xiaohui, Xiaohui, wipe Mommy's tears!"
Mom, don’t you feel like a warrior?
You are so strong, so brave, so gentle, and so smart.
Mom, you are a natural warrior!
It's not because of your family, it's not because of your husband, and it's not because of your children. It's simply because you are you.
Because you are a warrior, no proof is needed.
"Mom, look, a photo studio!"
Mom, hey, mom, in your long life, have you ever taken photos?
"Mom, just take one, just take one. I heard that we have to take pictures when we go to school!"
Mom, you always touch my hair gently and tell me that "reading" is very important. But mom, why didn't you tell me that you had no chance to learn to read?
"Wow, Mom, look at the photos in this album. Aren't they beautiful?"
So pretty? Xiao Liuhui, what's so beautiful about that photo?
"Can I take a picture too? Mom, are you serious?!"
The beautiful girl in the photo, can she hold a watermelon, cover herself with a thick quilt, blow a fan, and watch a cartoon you have never seen?
"Yeah! Thank you, Mom! Mom is the best!!"
Liu Hui, is this what you think of as "happiness"?
No.
No.
No.
My happiness is my mother holding me and combing my hair again and again, my mother teaching me how to knead dough, and my mother secretly covering me with a thin blanket after I fall asleep...
Mom, my happiness comes from you, and my life also comes from you.
You taught me to speak, you taught me to walk, you taught me everything.
"Mom..." Liu Hui tightly grasped the wooden comb in her hand.
"Those people who died before were all killed by me alone. I sneaked into their rooms at night and did it."
Liu Zhaodi clutched her clothes nervously, her voice trembling: "But, but I was forced to do that. I don't want to kill anyone!"
"So, I want to atone for their sins here!"
"Everyone, please vote for me. Vote out a werewolf like me, and everyone will have a better chance of survival!"
"The food I made for everyone before was actually given to me by that little kid. I didn't cook it myself."
"I'm sorry, sorry, sorry for lying to you all for so long!"
"If you don't vote me out today, it's very likely that I will continue to kill people, so please, please vote for me!!!"
"What an impassioned speech, hahahaha!! Now, everyone, please start voting!"
Liu Hui stared at the table, trying to stare back at the voting button that was about to appear.
However, to her surprise, when the voting button rose, it was already pressed!
On the button, a smiley face was drawn in blood.
“No, no, no no, how could this happen…!?”
Liu Hui trembled all over, and she grabbed the button with trembling hands.
She dug her fingernails into the edge of the button, trying to pry it loose.
But why, why was it that no matter what she did, it was all in vain!? Why didn't that button budge at all!?
“No no no no no…Mom, no no no…You can’t die, you can’t die…!!!”
Liu Hui's vision was blurred by tears. She only saw large patches of scarlet on her hands, followed by the voting button flashing with a strange light.
"The voting is over! Let me count the total number of votes."
"One vote—" Tianyin's voice was very long, "Two votes—"
“Three votes—four votes—!!! Oh my god, there are exactly four votes, which is more than half of the people present!!!”
“Let’s congratulate number 7 for being voted in!!!”
Tianyin's voice sounded increasingly mechanical in Liu Hui's ears: "Now, please, No. 7, choose whether to hand over the [Sheriff], and to whom you want to hand the [Sheriff] over!!!"
"...As for me," Liu Zhaodi's figure swayed, "I'll hand over the [Sheriff] to No. 10."
No. 10, No. 10.
That's my number.
Liu Hui grabbed the iron gate, tears dripping on her fingertips, and the piercing pain made her almost kneel to the ground.
"Okay, okay, okay!!!" Tianyin laughed. "Next, everyone, please pay attention. The most important part of our game is about to begin!!!"
"——Flip card number 7, [Hunter], please choose who you want to take away!!!"
hunter?
No, no, no no no no no no no no no no no no no!!!!!!!!
The iron door of Liu Zhaodi's room was opened and she walked out.
"I'm taking number 6." The woman's voice was firm.
Number 6 is Tan Renshou, the school doctor who molested me.
"Okay, okay!! Room 6 is now open to you. Please start your massacre!!!"
Liu Zhaodi walked forward and picked up the kitchen knife from the ground in the middle.
Liu Hui recognized it at a glance. It was a kitchen knife that her family had used for a long time until it was abandoned due to an unexpected incident nine years ago.
"It fits my hand very well, thank you." Liu Zhaodi held the kitchen knife.
Immediately afterwards, her figure disappeared at the door of Room 6.
The whole place was silent, with only the brutal sounds of the kitchen knife chopping meat and chopping bones.
Blood and flesh splattered out of Room 6, gradually seeping into the gaps between the stone slabs on the floor.
“Da da…”
Liu Zhaodi walked out slowly, holding a kitchen knife, with her brows lowered and stepping on the blood.
On the professional suit was a disgusting red and white sticky liquid, which dripped onto the ground, a mixture of the woman's tears and sweat.
"[Hunter], your actions have been completed. Next, your trial will begin!"
The woman didn't say anything, she just looked at Liu Hui quietly with gentle eyes.
"Xiaohui." she called.
“…Mom!!!” Liu Hui rushed out almost the moment the iron gate opened.
She ran desperately towards Liu Zhaodi who was pierced by the sharp thorns on the ground.
"Xiaohui." Liu Zhaodi swayed, and the force of the blood spurting out made her go limp instantly.
"Mom!!" Liu Hui finally hugged her before she fell to the ground. "Mom, why, why did you...?"
"Xiaohui," she leaned in Liu Hui's arms, "Mom knows you haven't had a good life these past few years..."
"Mom, from that kid, there, knew... someone here, did something to Xiaohui, it's not good, cough cough cough cough ah cough!!!"
"mom!"
"So, Mom wants to help Xiaohui. Mom wants to protect Xiaohui..." Her throat moved.
"Mom, take the bad guys away, and Xiaohui won't be hurt anymore, and won't be happy anymore..."
Her voice was thick: "Because, Mom, wants Xiaohui to live well..."
"mom……"
"Xiao Hui, I'm sorry... These past nine years, Mom feels... cough cough cough cough cough... I'm out of control and have hurt Xiao Hui a lot..."
"Xiao, Hui... Mom... I'm sorry, you..."
"Mom, Mom! Don't die, don't die!! We haven't even had a proper conversation, and I haven't even hugged you properly once!"
"Yes, no, sorry..." Her eyelids were heavy and covered her eyes, "Yes, no, sorry..."
"Mom!!" Liu Hui grabbed her bloody hand, "Mom, wake up, look at me, Mom!"
"...Hey, Mom, Mom, wake up, wake up... Mom, has always been, by Xiaohui's side..."
"Mom..." Liu Hui choked, tears blocking her throat.
"Xiao Hui, you are a very, very smart, very brave, and very, very capable child..."
"So, you are more useful than my mother..."
"Mom, mom, don't die, please..." Liu Hui buried her head in her shoulder.
"Xiao, Hui...!" she cried again, "Nine, years... Mom, it's really been a long, long time. I haven't heard you call me..."
"mom……"
"Mom, I really want to hear more..."
"thump."
"thump."
"thump……"
Her heartbeat gradually stopped.
She curled up in Liu Hui's arms like a baby, her body covered in blood.
“Mom…? Mom…!!!! Mom!!!!!!”
If only "Mom" was really a spell, Liu Hui thought. In that case, could she just call out a few more times and save her?
Too bad "Mom" was never a mantra.
That is the living "love".
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"Congratulations on unlocking Liu Zhaodi's true identity: Liu Zhaodi!"
"Ding Dong! Detected that you have met all the requirements for judging the character Liu Zhaodi!"
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