Chapter 42 A Wild Man Hiding in the Bed
It was a little difficult to breathe, but fortunately he didn't use too much force. The movement probably hurt the boy's wound, and his face was covered with cold sweat.
Gu Qingshi immediately spoke up, "Don't be afraid. Although I'm not a local, I don't mean any harm. If you're worried about me, I'll go get help."
"No." The boy stopped her without thinking, and whispered, "Don't shout at them."
"Why?"
"I was kidnapped by them. I am not their biological child. I want to go home."
There was a fierce look in the boy's eyes, "If you call them, I will kill you."
Gu Qingshi didn't expect that he was actually an abducted child. Thinking of his past life experience, his face became serious and he grabbed his hand, "I won't shout, you let me get up first. When were you kidnapped? How many years have you been kidnapped?"
The young man was not at ease with Gu Qingshi, so he still held her down, but he answered.
"I was kidnapped by them when I was eight years old, and I was kidnapped for eleven years, but I always remember that I am not a dog boy, I am not their son, I have my own name, my name is Shen Muqi, and I want to go home."
Eight years plus eleven years, that is to say, he is nineteen years old, but he looks only fourteen or fifteen years old, and his arms are covered with scars and even burns.
Gu Qingshi’s pupils shrank, and just as he was about to say something, he heard a noise coming from outside, and Shen Muqi tensed up instantly.
"Don't be in a hurry." Gu Qingshi turned off the flashlight first.
Soon there was a knock on the door. "Doctor Gu, our village puppy is missing. Can you let us see your room?"
Gu Qing pretended to be annoyed by being woken up, "No, I'm asleep."
"I just heard you talking. Is Gou Wa in your room? Don't believe Gou Wa's nonsense. My son is mentally ill. It would be bad if you listen to his nonsense and help him."
Gu Qingshi felt that Shen Muqi's breathing was stagnant for a moment, and knowing that he was nervous, he patted him gently in the dark and replied, "I have never seen any dog baby in your family."
Gu Qingshi had experienced such excuses as mental illness or disobedience in his previous life, so he didn't believe it at all. Instead, because of what the outsiders said, his trust in Shen Muqi increased.
Compared to the people outside, she believed more in what she saw, the despair in Shen Muqi's eyes. She had experienced it before, so she understood.
Seeing a young man with similar experiences to herself, even the scars were so similar, Gu Qingshi was rarely moved with sympathy, and she made a decision in an instant - to help Shen Muqi.
"Didn't you see my dog? You can't joke with us." People were still talking outside, but Gu Qingshi felt something was wrong. She didn't bother to think about it and immediately pulled Shen Muqi to bed.
Just as the quilt was covered, the door that Gu Qingshi had locked was violently pushed open, and the torch instantly illuminated the entire room.
Gu Qingshi screamed and wrapped himself in the quilt, "What are you doing? How can you barge in like this!"
There were six of them in total. The man in the front was called Gou Wa Dad by everyone. He was dressed not much different from the people in the village. He had an honest look on his face. He frowned and apologized to Gu Qingshi, but his eyes were sharp as he looked around the room.
Finally, his eyes fixed on the bloodstains on the bed sheet, and then he walked in without hesitation to look under the bed.
Gu Qingshi's eyes were filled with anger. "You are being hooligans. Lu Yuan, Fang Wen, village chief, where are you? Come and save me!"
Hearing that they were playing hooligan, everyone hurriedly grabbed Gou Wa's father and said, "Let's go out first. If Gou Wa is not here, we will look for him somewhere else."
"Wait." Gou Wa's father pointed at the bloodstain, "Can you tell me where this blood came from? Little girl, don't say it was your nosebleed."
Gu Qingshi shook his head, "Of course not, it was me who did it accidentally."
She spoke vaguely, with embarrassment and ashamedness on her face. The married people present understood instantly and felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
"Dad, let's get out of here."
"Wait." Gou Wa's father did not move. He looked at him with squinted eyes. Although he pretended to be honest, he still revealed an imperceptible sinister look.
Gu Qingshi was very sensitive to people's good and evil vision. He noticed it quickly and his nerves suddenly tensed up.
Gou Wa's father looked at Gu Qingshi's bed covered with a quilt and said, "Little girl, aren't you going to get up?"
"How can I get up while you're here?" Gu Qingshi's face was filled with humiliation. He picked up a pillow and threw it at him, "Get out! Get out!"
Gou Wa's father apologized, then changed the subject, "That's not what I meant. I was just afraid that Gou Wa would hide in the bed."
As he spoke, Gou Wa's father's eyes became sharper. He ignored Gu Qingshi's anger and looked at her with murderous intent in his eyes. "Gou Wa is my only son. If you lie to me and let Gou Wa get lost, I will kill you."
Gu Qingshi was horrified by his gaze and hugged the quilt tightly, "I told you I didn't see it, what's the point of saying you lost your child and didn't go find him, why do you take your anger out on me?"
Gou Wa's father smiled, and the gloomy air disappeared instantly. He became honest again, but his words were still full of threats.
"Then cooperate with us and let me find you to see if there are any Tibetans. You don't want to be known as a wild Tibetan man, do you? If I can't find anyone, I will apologize to you. If you dare to lie to me, no matter who you are, don't even think about leaving the village. Our village is the most united."
Shen Muqi, who was hiding under the quilt, listened to his threats, his hands clenched into fists, full of despair.
He thought Gu Qingshi would not insist, but he did not expect Gu Qingshi to remain motionless, sneering, "You said you didn't see it, so you didn't see it. Who are you threatening? Do you know who we are? You threaten us. Get out now!"
There was a gleam of ruthlessness in Gou Wa's father's eyes, and he was about to step forward and lift the quilt regardless of anything, when he suddenly heard a loud shout.
"stop!"
Lu Yuan's eyes were sharp, like a sword, and he looked at Gou Wa's father with undisguised murderous intent.
For a moment, Gou Wa’s father felt his hair stand on end and his hands froze.
"Lu Yuan, you are finally here." Gu Qingshi breathed a sigh of relief and told what had happened in a few words.
"Village chief, is this how you treat guests in your village? Breaking into a woman's room in the middle of the night?"
Lu Yuan's questioning made the village chief sweat profusely. "No, no, Gou Wa's father is worried because he lost Gou Wa. Gou Wa's father, apologize to him and get out!"
There was a flash of unwillingness in Gou Wa's father's eyes, but he knew the situation was hopeless, so he could only grit his teeth and apologize, and turned back into his harmless and honest self.
After he went out, he explained with a sad face and complained to everyone, "This kid ran away when I wasn't paying attention. This time he also killed the dog at home. I don't know what to do with him. When I find him, I may have to tie him up with a rope to prevent him from going out and beating people one day."
The villagers who followed him smiled innocently and comforted him, "Gou Wa didn't do it on purpose, so don't beat him when you get back."
"I won't beat him. It's just that his mother became sick again because he ran away, and her mind is not clear anymore."
Gu Qingshi couldn't help but pursed his lips when listening to this. Compared to someone like Duan Renjie, whose evilness could be seen from his face, this kind of person who appears to be honest but is actually vicious at heart is more terrifying.
(End of this chapter)
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