Chapter 68 The wall of his heart

shone with cold light, and an extremely sharp kitchen knife flashed past and struck directly from the top of Zhang Sheng's head. If this knife really fell, it would probably cut off even the hardest steel in an instant, let alone a human ear.

Fortunately, Zhang Sheng was alert, and just before the knife was about to fall, he quickly turned sideways to avoid the life-threatening blow.

Zhang Sheng did not run away, but waited for the black mist behind him to catch up.

He knew that the crazy female ghost was obviously coming towards him. If he ran away, if the ghost was like a wild beast, waving a kitchen knife and slashing indiscriminately, then not only would he not be able to save people, but it would also trigger a more violent disaster. turmoil.

"Tianwei, what's your mother's name?"

Cui Yu saw Zhang Sheng strolling in the garden. He didn't seem to pay attention to the female ghost at all. Instead, he seemed to be playing a slightly thrilling game of "Eagle Catching Chicken".

Zhang Sheng seduced the ghost, cleverly avoiding the location of the three people like a ghost, and at the same time arrived at a place far away from the human skin wall.

In this way, most of the evil spirit around the female ghost receded like a tide.

This also corroborates his guess that the only territory owner who has so many common memories with Men Tianwei and is connected with the human skin wall is Men Tianwei's mother.

At this moment, the human skins hanging on the wall began to chirp again.

It was as if a group of noisy crows were laughing at the chasing female ghost: "Crazy woman! No wonder I haven't seen the child's father for so many years. He doesn't want her anymore. He doesn't want her anymore."

Men Tianwei listened to the side and felt that he was about to die . collapse.

"Her, her name is Xu Taohong."

His eyes turned red and he bit his lips tightly. He was really worried about the safety of his old classmate before he struggled to say his mother's name.

Perhaps because of recalling the experiences he experienced in high school, Men Tianwei felt an inexplicable aversion and rejection towards the mention of his mother. Every time he glanced at her, the cold face of the woman that remained in his memory seemed to be piercing his nerves with a sharp knife, making him feel even more painful.

If I remember correctly, Mentianwei mentioned his daily schedule when he was in school, either going to a clothing store or beauty salon to spend money, or cooking in the kitchen at home while talking on the phone.

Xu Taohong would cook three meals in one go, then freeze the meals in the refrigerator, and wait until her son came home to heat them and eat them. This was how she made it until she graduated from high school. In this way, she can spend more time enjoying life and social activities, just like wandering out is always happier than being at home.

Men Tianwei once wrote in his composition, "Mother is an owl that never returns home at night."

Even late at night, she was still indulging in the feasting and feasting, exuding a strong smell of alcohol, and felt like she had drifted away as soon as she stepped into the house. Sometimes, before she even reaches the bedroom, she flops onto the sofa and snores.

This lifestyle seems to be a fixed script in Mentianwei's family, and for him, he has already adapted to this family atmosphere.

No, it's not a habit, it's numbness.

Men Tianwei is addicted to the two-dimensional virtual world, imitating the tone of the anime goddess and talking to himself, which is only a distraction.

Why did he never feel his mother's joy in giving him life even though they were under the same roof?

On the contrary, they were in a room alone, with only a few words of conversation when they met. This was the normal situation between mother and son.

After confirming the identity of the domain lord, Zhang Sheng used his shield technique to block the knife swung by the woman, and said silently to Cui Yu:

[While Men Tianwei's resistance is not serious yet, let's backtrack. ]

Cui Yu responded and left his original position, used his magic power to transform into a magic weapon, and landed firmly in Zhang Sheng's hands.

The dial is also getting hot.

Zhang Sheng suddenly couldn't hold back his laughter: "...This is the first time I encountered a fever magic weapon, and it looked like a hand warmer when you touched it."

Cui Yu mumbled plainly: [The backtracking time is not long enough, probably only Xu Taohong can be seen. The state of the disease in its advanced stages. 】

【That's enough. We are detouring here, but there is no way to solve it. This is because we have not found the domain owner. Moreover, that is Men Tianwei's mother. If he is unwilling and uncooperative, we will not be able to disinfect him. ]

This time, Cui Yu seemed to understand and remained silent for a long time.

[So, for those who cannot even take care of themselves, not having children is the only way to be responsible for others. 】

Zhang Sheng felt that these words sounded very humane.

He smiled and took the woman's kitchen knife with his bare hands. The moment the sharp blade touched his skin, the disheveled female ghost was also pulled into the backward barrier, and slowly regained her composure under the purifying magic power.

They met Xu Taohong three years ago.

At that time, she was lying in the intensive care unit with intubation all over her body. Only her eyes and eyelashes could tremble to express emotions.

Due to her long-term alcoholism and unstable sleep schedule, she also consumed a large amount of new cigarettes, which caused cancer in her trachea and most of her lungs, making it difficult for her to swallow food.

The hospital ward that has been there for several years is surrounded by white and gray.

Men Tianwei stopped going home after graduating from high school, because in his impression, if he wanted to work in the system in the future, he could not be stained by professional stains. Including family, and mother.

He often struggled to communicate with Xu Taohong, and he couldn't figure out what she was doing with her friends every day. The new cigarettes she smoked were mixed with a large amount of chemical carcinogens. Despite repeated attempts to dissuade her, she refused to listen and smoked secretly, doing whatever she wanted.

It wasn't until she fainted that Xu Taohong didn't wake up for a long time and was discovered by her neighbors. She was sent to the hospital overnight for examination. Only then did she learn that she had an incurable disease - advanced lung cancer, cirrhosis of the liver, and uterine erosion.

With her body in such a state, other middle-aged people would have suffered a nervous breakdown when they learned of her condition. Xu Taohong smiled dreamily at the report sheet and muttered: "...Son, mom is going to die, can you?" Come and see me."

But Men Tianwei vowed never to go back since he was admitted to university, and he has always abided by the rules he set. He would send money home every month after his salary was paid. He also counted his mother's previous savings, which would definitely be enough for medical treatment. If he could be cured, he would collect more money.

Zhang Sheng saw that the few hospital beds around him were all empty. They were beds that had just been cleared out for patients who had failed in treatment. The whole room was filled with the rotten smell of disinfectant and dead people.

In fact, when a person is about to die and his body is festering, the smell is like smelling a bowl of expired moldy dairy products, which makes him frown involuntarily.

He walked towards Xu Taohong, whose eyes were downcast, and placed his hand half an inch away from her. From her eyes, he could see the first half of her life:

Xu Taohong was born in a small mountain village, and her family conditions were very poor, but she was unwilling to accept it. Ordinary, she always wants to go out to see the world and leave this broken place that cannot carry her vision.

She dropped out of junior high school and taught herself by imitating the movements in TV shows. Later, she studied with a dance teacher she was familiar with and improved her dance skills little by little. Because of her tall figure and graceful dancing, she soon rose to prominence in the village and became a local celebrity.

Although she already has a certain reputation in the village, she always feels that Liaocheng's development is too backward to satisfy her ambitions and ambitions. So she decided to leave her hometown and go to the southern metropolis to seek more opportunities.

At that time, she never thought that a young girl had to protect herself outside. She felt that youth was her only asset, so she hooked up with a dance teacher she knew, asked for some money from the man, and finally got a bus ticket after piecing everything together. , began her journey south.

During that journey with an unknown future, Xu Taohong relied on resting in the corner of the train and supplies from her fellow passengers to reach her destination - Jiaotou City. After arriving in this city, Xu Taohong was immediately attracted by its prosperity. She realized that as long as she had enough courage and determination, it would be possible to get ahead and find suitable business opportunities.

However, her education was too low and she could not calculate the profit of each batch of goods purchased from the factory. As time went by, her self-confidence was frustrated, and she changed her mind from going overseas to do business.

Xu Taohong picked many bosses and rose to the top through her own means. Finally, she seized an opportunity to get to know the boss of the shipbuilding company at that time. Boss Men is a generous and charming person, but he also has an unspeakable side - he has average fertility and it is difficult to have children.

Xu Taohong knew this very well, so she sang and sang every night, trying her best to please Men Qiu.

Finally, her "hard work paid off" and she successfully became pregnant with Men Qiu's child.

Just when she thought she was about to lose her mother to her son, Men Qiu suddenly came to her door and gave her two choices: either abort the child, or go back to her hometown to hide.

Men Qiu made it clear that the Men family would never marry a penniless girl from out of town with low education.

Xu Taohong felt extremely desperate and angry. She never thought that after putting in so much effort, she would get such a result.

Xu Taohong kept these past events on her lips and told them over and over again. Mentianwei had a deep memory and dared not forget them.

When he was very young, he could feel the resentment in his mother's heart. Whenever he saw the villa that he bought with a check from the family, Xu Taohong would always sigh, and then there would be no more words to say to his son.

She never even called her son by his nickname, she always kept it: "Men's", "Xiao Zaizi", "Men Tianwei"... She called them in turn, just not wanting to face Men Tianwei's biological father who had already called them Mother and son are excluded from their own lives.

The woman who was tortured by the disease was so skinny that she could not stand up, but her ears were always filled with the accusations made by her neighbors over the years, saying that she seduced a married man and gave birth to a child with some wild man.

Even if she used her savings to build her family villa to be more spectacular than the houses around her, she would not get any envy.

She was a little confused, just like when she boarded the train going south and was driven away by a man when she came back. She was injured all over her body, holding the newly full-month-old Men Tianwei in her arms.

From that day on, she was unwilling and afraid to face that she was a mother.

"Tianwei...Tianwei..."

The woman seemed to have lost all sight, and even the water glass within reach accidentally knocked over. Her voice was hoarse, as if the living part of her life had been withdrawn from her body, and everything around her became blurred and gradually passed away.

"Son... I didn't hook up with a married man, I just wanted to be respected by others, so that you could be respected by others..."

But she never saw Men Tianwei again until her death.

There are still more than eight million yuan in the bank card, which is enough to replace several lungs for her, but she is unwilling to receive treatment.

She held Zhang Sheng's hand with all her strength and begged: "My son, please see me..."