Zhaoyazhuang murder case
Wanting changed her posture and leaned on the railing of the overpass: "Zhao Jianyu and I were classmates in elementary school. We went to a village elementary school in Zhaoya Village, Tanli County, instead of Yanqu City."
"Oh, yes, you all have the surname Zhao." Liu Tianyi suddenly realized, "But where is Zhaoyazhuang?"
"It's a very, very far village. It takes five hours to drive from the school to Tanli County, and one hour from Tanli County to Zhaoyazhuang."
"So far! Wanting, did you grow up there?"
Wanting's eyes were filled with complex emotions that Liu Tianyi couldn't understand, and they were not suitable for people of their age: "My mother used to be there."
The bustle and bustle of Christmas faded away from them, and Wanting's voice was wrapped in the cold wind.
"Zhaoyazhuang is a remote little village. We have to admit that our village is barbaric and backward."
"Zhao Jianyu lives with his grandfather. His father only comes home during the Spring Festival. I have never met his mother."
"When Zhao Jianyu was in the fourth grade of primary school, he secretly raised a puppy and hid it in an old, deserted house behind the school. Less than a semester later, the puppy was discovered by his cousin, who immediately complained to his grandfather."
"Wait a minute." Liu Tianyi couldn't help but interrupt, "It's just a dog, why are you complaining?"
"All the animals in the village that need to be fed must be valuable. That dog is lame, and it can't guard the house even if it grows up. It's better to feed a few more ducks, which can be sold for money."
"After my cousin complained, my grandfather asked him to 'help take care of the children.'"
"Although he is called my cousin, I am actually only 6 years older than Zhao Jianyu. We are not closely related by blood. Besides, we are all related in the same village. I can barely be considered Zhao Jianyu's cousin."
My cousin, who is about 16 years old, grew up in the village and is at the most lawless age. The illusionist can probably guess what will happen next.
"My cousin said, 'We can't let this dog grow so big for nothing, we might as well kill it and eat its meat.' Zhao Jianyu fought back desperately, his cries so loud that the whole village could hear them."
"My cousin said, 'You can't even bear to kill a dog, just like a woman. What kind of future will you have when you grow up? No wonder your mother ran away with another man.'"
"Zhao Jianyu suddenly stopped crying. He said he wanted to eat meat, too. The dog was going to die anyway, so he might as well kill it with his own hands."
Liu Tianyi couldn't believe it: "He really killed the dog he raised since childhood"
"It was even more horrible than that. They boiled a bucket of boiling water to make it easier to pluck the fur. Zhao Jianyu tied up the dog's paws and threw the dog in alive. My cousin immediately closed the lid, and the dog howled like a human."
"A child was attracted by the howling and asked what they were doing. His grandfather smiled and scared the child, saying that they were scalding the baby."
"My cousin got his hand scalded by the boiling water splashed by the puppy when it struggled, and Zhao Jianyu laughed at him instead."
"Is there no one to stop them?" Liu Tianyi was indignant. "Aren't there any aunties or sisters in the neighborhood who can't stand the killing?"
Wan Ting had no expression on her face: "In our village, when women gather together to talk, they are chased away by men like sparrows. Who can stop them?"
No one would stop it. In a village like this, being ruthless and ruthless was synonymous with strength and bravery - they called it "looking promising at first glance."
A kind and empathetic child who grows up in such an environment will eventually be assimilated into the environment through constant learning, imitation and "correction" from people around him.
But Zhao Jianyu obviously did not need a slow assimilation process. Wanting was right, he was indeed terrifying.
"After that, no one dared to bully Zhao Jianyu for a long time."
“Someone bullied him.”
"Of course, children without parents are easier to bully than dogs in the village."
"The good times didn't last long. Someone started bullying him again. Those people also bullied me. That day they drove us to a small river."
"Is there no one in charge?" Liu Tianyi was so angry that she jumped off the railing. "It's useless to sue the teacher or the parents."
"The village is different from here. Something terrible happened near the creek, and one of the people who bullied us died."
Liu Tianyi didn't dare to interrupt again and listened attentively with bated breath.
"They tied us with ropes and insisted on playing some kind of bride-kidnapping game. The creek is quite far from the village, and the surrounding area is a cracked riverbed. Not only is there no one living there, even ducks are unwilling to swim over there."
"In the middle of the disgusting game, an abnormally burly man suddenly appeared, and I watched him beat the leading kid to death with two punches."
"Before anyone could react, the man ran away. Then we gathered together, trembling, and waited motionlessly for the adults from the village to arrive."
"Later, the county police came, and the city's super-control department also came. They jointly searched the entire village, but did not find any suspicious persons."
"Aren't you afraid?" Liu Tianyi crossed his arms in front of his chest. "I mean, you saw the man's appearance clearly, aren't you afraid that he will come looking for you?"
Wanting shook her head: "Because of this incident, my father took me to Yanqu City. I heard from the police that the man is very likely to be a superpower, and may have the ability to hide or escape. He has not been found yet."
"This is really horrible. Let's stop talking about this and go drink something hot." Liu Tianyi and Wanting walked down the overpass and joined the queue to buy milk tea.
They wrapped their coats tightly and stood silently in the crowd for a long time before they drove the terrifying Zhao Jianyu out of their minds.
Liu Tianyi was swiping her phone while secretly glancing at Wanting, and finally it was their turn.
"I'll treat you." Liu Tianyi said enthusiastically, "Have you read the letter in the greeting card?"
"Thank you, but that's all. I've read the letter. If you want to go, go by yourself."
"Aren't you going? It's just a birthday party. My birthday is on the 22nd of this month, and she said it's three days before her birthday, so we can celebrate it together." Liu Tianyi ordered two cups of hot milk tea.
"You are going to celebrate your birthday with someone who bullies you." Wan Ting seemed to have heard a big joke. "Why do you want to wear the same hairpin as her?"
Liu Tianyi begged: "Wanting, please go with me. It will be my birthday present."
Unspeakable disappointment turned into raging anger. Wan Ting raised her voice: "I'm celebrating your birthday right now. She doesn't even want to take us out to play. Why should we go and join in the fun?"
Liu Tianyi put down his phone.
"You know they make fun of us every day, talking about the zoo owner and the zoo director, and also talking about watching cartoons and playing house."
"She invited you only for show. Deep down she definitely doesn't want you to go. Liu Tianyi, be more mature! Don't you understand this?"
"You are immature!" Liu Tianyi also raised her voice, "Are we going to be marginalized in the class forever?"
"Besides, the birthday party wasn't entirely for her. Several people in her grade had birthdays during these few days, and it just so happened to be Christmas, so she took this opportunity to organize a party."
"Isn't the birthday party she organized her birthday party?"
Liu Tianyi adjusted her tone: "I was chatting with my parents and talked about what happened this semester. They said it was normal for such small groups to exist in school. What I should do is not to resist them, but to find a way to join them."
"If you join them, they will exclude you!" Wanting sneered.
"If you think about it carefully, it's not to the extent of ostracizing me. Besides, my parents said that my junior high and high school classmates are valuable connections that may be useful someday in the future."
"I couldn't accept their argument at first and had a big argument with them, but later I felt that it made sense. Besides, I was just bragging about the zoo incident, so I have no reason to defend myself."
Wan Ting asked softly: "What about me?"
"Wanting, my parents also said..."
"Your parents, your parents! Your parents say everything!" Wanting screamed.
Liu Tianyi insisted on finishing her words: "My parents also said that if your friend doesn't go to the birthday party with you, let her go home and tell her parents what happened at school, and she will eventually go."
As if she had been hit hard, Wanting was unable to utter a word.
Liu Tianyi stood there, looking at her with a determined and expectant look. She opened her mouth, but no sound came out. Finally, she chose to turn around and leave.
After hesitating for a while, Liu Tianyi did not chase after him. She rushed all the way to the birthday party room and was greeted by the girl with the hairpin. The girl with the hairpin immediately looked behind her and said, "Wanting didn't come with you."
"She can't come because of something at home." Liu Tianyi helped Wanting make up a lie.
"Her family, that's normal. She and I were classmates in elementary school, and her family has always been like that."
"What happened to her family?"
"It was a parents' meeting in elementary school," the girl with the hairpin said lightly, "Both her mothers came, and finally her father came too and chased her mother away."
Liu Tianyi was confused: "What two mothers, what drive away, what are you talking about?"
"Literally, she has two mothers. She was born to her father and a chicken outside, and she was kept outside until fifth grade."
"But his father's wife disagreed. She thought that a child raised by a chicken would cause trouble to the family in the future. So she gave the chicken a large sum of money and asked the chicken to stay away from the child."
"Then, the one who was kicked out at the parent-teacher meeting." Liu Tianyi stuttered.
The girl with the hairpin giggled: "Of course it's her biological mother."
Liu Tianyi did not accept it completely: "How do you know this? Her biological mother is really that...?"
"I heard from my mom that this matter caused a big stir in the parents' group. These were said by her dad's wife herself."
After a moment of silence, Liu Tianyi bit the inside of her lip unwillingly: "So you bully her because of this?"
"What are you talking about? Bullying her." The girl with the hairpin turned around with a half smile.
"She said," Liu Tianyi took a deep breath, "she was bullied by you in elementary school."
The girl with the hairpin laughed so hard that she fell backwards: "I dare not bully her. I didn't even dare to talk to her in elementary school. It's so funny that she said that to you."
"I heard about her story when she just transferred here. When she was in the fourth grade of the village primary school, a group of senior students bullied her and her boyfriend. She directly called a thug to beat the guy to death."
That’s not the case, Liu Tianyi refuted in his heart, not knowing whether he was refuting others or himself.
"If you go in now, you might even run into her boyfriend - no, her ex-boyfriend. He's also a weirdo. He came right away when I told him about the free meal."
The hairpin girl closed the door with a smile, "But it's great that you can come. We all welcome you."
The illusionist was isolated outside the door. A second before the door was closed, a short and fat boy sitting alone in the corner slowly turned his neck and looked at her from afar through the crack in the door.
He was definitely Zhao Jianyu, the Zhao Jianyu Liu Tianyi had identified as the one eavesdropping in the dormitory building. The illusionist stumbled back to the classroom with a dizzy feeling, and rushed directly to the notebook, turning to the last page.
After the two parted unhappily on the 25th, the so-called secret letter became Liu Tianyi's diary, and Wanting did not go to school for a whole week.
December 30, 2004 in the Gregorian calendar.
[Wanting, if you don't come to school, I will go find Zhao Jianyu. I'm not afraid of him.]
December 31st, 93rd year in the Gregorian calendar.
[Wanting, I heard what Zhao Jianyu said about your past. I was wrong. Please come to school. I will never quarrel with you again.]
January 1, 94 years in the Gregorian calendar.
【It turns out that when people die, they really have nothing left. 】
The illusionist didn't consider where Wang Yue was or what they were looking for. She arrived on the 31st.
Young boy Liu Tianyi stood in front of the wall of honor in the school corridor, with a photo of Zhao Jianyu in the middle of the wall.
The shy boy holding the certificate in the photo seemed to never be able to overlap with the terrifying Zhao Jianyu described by Wanting.
[He has excellent grades and works hard to make progress. It is the school's off-site enrollment program that helped him realize his dream of studying across thousands of miles.
Faced with difficult circumstances at home, Zhao Jianyu did not give up his thirst for knowledge. He achieved great academic results and was awarded special grants and motivational scholarships from the school.
These honors are not only material support, but also the highest praise for his growth in adversity. 】
A voice suddenly sounded: "What are you looking at?"
"I'm here, I'm not..." The person on the wall of honor suddenly appeared behind him, and Liu Tianyi shuddered with fright.
Boys of this age don't develop as fast as girls. Liu Tianyi is taller than Zhao Jianyu, but Liu Tianyi didn't dare to look him in the eye. He stood there silently, like an insect rustling in the dark.
Liu Tianyi didn't know whether humans would take the initiative to look cockroaches in the dark corners. She forced a smile and frantically urged herself to make up a suitable excuse.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Jianyu spoke first: "Your name is Liu Tianyi, I know you, but you don't know me."
"Of course I know you, your name is on the wall of honor."
"I mean, you don't know what kind of person I am, but I know you. You are Zhao Wanting's follower, the kind of kid who grew up in a honeypot and gets angry at the slightest displeasure."
Sensing something keenly, Liu Tianyi said earnestly:
"I do like to lose my temper, and now Wanting ignores me because of my nonsense. You grew up with her, do you know why she doesn't come to school? Where is she now?"
"Grown up together," Zhao Jianyu repeated strangely.
"That's not what Wan Ting said. That's how I understood it. She only said you were classmates in elementary school."
"What else did she say?"
"I didn't say anything." Liu Tianyi denied it flatly.
Zhao Jianyu narrowed his already small eyes: "Then how did you come to the conclusion that 'we grew up together'?"
Liu Tianyi felt like she had something stuck in her throat. Although she had thought about looking for Zhao Jianyu, she didn't expect Zhao Jianyu to take the initiative to look for her. She could only look at Zhao Jianyu and sneer, then turn around and leave with her hands behind her back.
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