Chapter 3 Ring the Bell to "Save Him"
Chapter three.
The day when Chen Qiudu had half of his gland removed was a typhoon day.
That was also the day his father was going to sell him.
He still remembers his father holding him up high with a look of satisfaction on his face when he was a child, treating him as his only treasure.
"Our autumn crossing is really beautiful."
"You must keep a close eye on Qiu Du, and don't let other alphas covet him."
But when the gambling addiction was embedded in every inch of this man's skin, Shen Qiudu saw only endless desire in his eyes.
The person who once protected him became the first sword to kill him.
That was the first time his father lost everything, leaving only him and his mother.
My father returned home in a depressed state, numbing his nerves with alcohol and constantly cursing everything that happened at the gambling table that day.
The group of people held a knife to his neck and threatened him to pay back all his gambling debts within one day, either in exchange for something or with his life.
Originally, his father had never thought of selling him. At that time, Chen Qiudu was still his proud son.
It was not until the deadline that his gambling companions reminded him casually.
He said, I am not as lucky as you, to have such a good son, who is handsome and an Omega, and can completely offset the hundreds of thousands of gambling debts you owe.
He also said that if his daughter was not just an ordinary beta, she would definitely be able to pay off all his gambling debts.
At that moment, my father sobered up completely.
He walked out of the abyss like a man-eating demon, holding a bottle of wine, and stretched his claws towards the boy who was only seventeen years old, the boy who trusted him unconditionally and exposed his vulnerable back.
When Shen Qiudu woke up again, he was tied up in the room with ropes.
If he guessed correctly, it wouldn't be long before he was sold to a casino by his biological father.
But God took pity on him and he encountered a typhoon, which stranded the ship that had taken him away at the port, forcing him to be trapped in the house.
In order to negotiate, his father raised the price and left the house. Fortunately, his mother, who was working away from home, left work early due to the typhoon and noticed everything.
The weak and incompetent mother was like a silent ostrich in the eyes of his father, but he underestimated the mother's love for her son.
The mother who had always had no sense of existence at home and was bullied, picked up the scissors for the first time for him. Her skinny body smashed the shaky wooden door, and rushed to the unconscious Shen Qiudu in the sound of thunder and rain, panting.
"Adu... I'm sorry, it's my fault that Mommy is useless and can't protect you..."
"Adu, Mom is here, don't be afraid..."
The mother burst into tears, and her hot tears burned the tightening rope, giving Chen Qiudu a chance to breathe.
But now, even if the rope is loosened, what can they do?
Run away?
But where can they go when they are penniless and rely on their father for survival?
An old woman in her thirties, accompanied by a dazed 17-year-old boy, had no way out but death in this stormy day.
The mother held Chen Qiudu tightly in her arms, just like when she gave birth to him.
But now, she regrets it so much.
"I'm sorry, A'Du. It's my fault. I shouldn't have given birth to you..."
"You shouldn't have given birth to an Omega. I'm sorry for you..."
"Yes, yes! It's Omega... It's all Omega's fault!"
"Adu...Adu, we don't want to be Omegas anymore, not anymore!"
Chen Qiudu didn't react to his mother's words. He looked through the swirling clouds outside the window and saw the heavy rain pouring down. The whistling wind penetrated his ears, carrying raindrops that splashed freely on the glass window.
The reflection of the room suddenly appeared on the window glass.
In the silent night, he saw his mother raising her hands high, with a dazzling light flashing in her hands.
The mother turned the blades of the scissors on herself.
"Mother--"
Fear completely killed Shen Qiudu's unspoken words.
The dull pain was like a long rainstorm. In an instant, Chen Qiudu felt that his entire body was being eaten and bitten by thorny insects. The insects were densely packed and layered, weaving a huge spider web that trapped him in it and made him unable to escape.
The flowing blood almost drowned Chen Qiudu. His eyes gradually lost color, and his body stiffened and fell directly on his mother's shoulder, like a walking corpse.
"I'm sorry, A'du. Mom doesn't want this to happen..."
"But only in this way can you survive!"
The mother's hoarse cries were drowned out by the thick smell of blood and rain, but Chen Qiudu only felt tired, so tired that he wanted to close his eyes.
Maybe he shouldn't have lived in the first place.
When his father rushed into the house trembling like a madman, what he saw was the scene of his mother hugging Chen Qiudu and crying until her throat broke.
Chen Qiudu's arms hung limply at his mother's side, his eyes lifeless like dead water, and his palm still held the half of the gland that had been cut off.
The fierce typhoon seemed to hollow out the entire city, and Chen Qiudu had already seen everything clearly that day.
Thunder suddenly sounded, and Shen Qiudu saw his father's pale face.
He shed two lines of tears, knelt on the ground, and crawled on the ground like a bereaved dog to Chen Qiudu.
But he passed by Shen Qiudu, who was still bleeding and in danger of his life, and carefully picked up the gland in Shen Qiudu's palm.
How ironic.
Chen Qiudu closed his eyes in despair, and the only tears of his youth flowed down his pale cheeks.
A dark cloud of gloom completely enveloped Shen Qiudu's heart for many years thereafter.
It seemed as if he would never be able to wait for his own dawn again.
He was trapped and died during that typhoon.
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On the cold bed, Chen Qiudu slept curled up in a corner, his brows furrowed, his lips uttering intermittent sobs of pain.
He opened his eyes in horror, gasping for breath, his back already soaked.
Fortunately, I just dreamed about that day again.
He relaxed his body little by little, his expression gloomy. His eyes were no longer on the dirty and poor rental house. The pair of scissors for self-defense were not placed on the bedside table, but the bell that Wen Jiangchu gave him.
He forced himself to lean against the bed, staring at the bell in a daze, and subconsciously reached out to touch it.
The next second, a sudden and harsh knock on the door rang out throughout the house.
Chen Qiudu tensed his nerves, staring at the door intently, his palms rubbing on the bedside table, trying to hold the scissors like he used to.
Unfortunately, he accidentally dropped the bell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
At the same time, there was the sound of the person outside the door gripping the door handle and trying to turn it open.
Fortunately, Chen Qiudu deliberately locked the door before going to bed, and even added two clothes hangers, so no matter how the person outside the window twisted, he couldn't open it.
Not long after, the person outside the door seemed to have given up and fell silent.
Chen Qiudu breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the door barefoot nervously, put his ear to the gap, and listened attentively to the movement outside the door with bated breath.
What came was Wen Jiangchu's gentle and tentative voice.
"Chen Qiudu, are you awake?"
Chen Qiudu's brows relaxed, but he still did not let down his guard.
"Just woke up, what's wrong?"
"I heard you sounding a little unwell in the next room, so I thought I'd come check on you. Is it because of the rain that your glands are swollen and painful?"
It would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned it, but after Wen Jiangchu mentioned it, the missing gland in Chen Qiudu's neck actually began to swell and ache.
It's so abominable.
"It's okay. I'm used to it."
"No, Shen Qiudu, please don't endure the pain, okay?"
"If you want to recover soon, you must take it seriously from now on."
"Can you open the door? I just wanted to see you."
Chen Qiudu leaned his back against the door, his eyes lowered. "It's none of your business, and you don't need to be so kind."
"I don't want treatment, and I don't want you to treat me."
"I don't want to owe anyone anything."
Now Chen Qiudu has nothing to offer to repay Wen Jiangchu for saving his life.
If Wen Jiangchu really wanted to treat him, then Chen Qiudu would have no choice but to sell himself to him.
Shen Qiudu absolutely shouldn't do this.
What's more, he still didn't know what kind of person Wen Jiangchu was.
But for someone as compassionate as him, I'm afraid he's just playing with me.
Most likely, he is the bad man my mother mentioned.
Therefore, he must draw a clear line between himself and him and not let himself be misled by his appearance.
Seeing that Chen Qiudu neither opened the door nor said a word.
Wen Jiangchu had no choice but to use his last trump card.
"I will go to the fire scene in the slums tomorrow to check the casualties."
"Chen Qiudu, if you open the door, I will take you with me, okay?"
This damn bad man really knows what can control him!
But this is a rare opportunity to go back, and Chen Qiudu doesn't want to give up.
So he had to undo the complicated locks and hangers and open the door.
Chen Qiudu looked up and saw Wen Jiangchu standing outside the house in black silk pajamas. He was half a head taller than Chen Qiudu and could almost completely cover him.
But it doesn't bring depression, but rather a kind of... gentle feeling.
Chen Qiudu was stunned for a second. Wen Jiangchu saw this and immediately took advantage of the opportunity to go behind him to check the condition of his glands.
The warm breath is just like the mother’s embrace on a typhoon day.
But this time, his glands were not removed.
But to save him——
Although Shen Qiudu didn't know the truth of this sentence.
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