“Mom.” He called again.

“Get out!” The woman in front of her was stimulated by this address, and suddenly yelled and shook off his hand.

Little Li Sui was taken aback, and hurriedly reached out again to grab the woman’s skirt: “Mom, don’t leave me.”

“How many times have I told you! Don’t call me mom, call me Aunt Li!” The woman glared.

Little Li Sui was very scared, he didn’t understand why, a mother is a mother, everyone else has a mother, why can’t he call her a mother, but even though he was reluctant, he still changed his name timidly: “Aunt Li.”

Only then did the woman seem to be relieved, and turned around to go into the house. He took three quick steps and two trots to keep up.

This is a courtyard house with a large area. There is a pond in front and a garden in the back. There is a big tree surrounded by three people in the middle. The outermost is a high courtyard wall. The dwelling was airtight and sealed off from the outside world.

As long as Li Sui can remember, he has been living in this high courtyard, rarely going outside, and occasionally going out a few times, always sitting in the car with “Mr. Xu”.

Mr. Xu is a tall man in his 50s, a little fat, and always wears a suit that doesn’t fit well, like a man in a case.

When he was very young, Mr. Xu often came to see him, taught him to read and write, bought him candy figurines, gave him toys, and took him out to watch lanterns. That was the happiest time for little Li Sui , Whenever the sun sets, he sits on the threshold, waiting for Mr. Xu to come and pick him up.

In his opinion, although Mr. Xu is not as young and good-looking as other fathers, he is more easy-going than other fathers. He neither forces him to do homework, nor beats or scolds him, and even takes him in a car.When Mr. Xu came to pick him up one time, little Li Sui asked him in a low voice: “Are you my father?”

“I am your father.”

“Then can I call you daddy?”

Mr. Xu smiled and said “yes”.

Little Li Sui slipped off him, ran to the front quickly, and said, “I have a father!”

When he got home that day, Xiao Li Sui couldn’t wait to tell his mother about it. Unexpectedly, his mother was furious when she heard it, and threw all his little sugar figures and toys into the lotus pond. Did not let go.

“Let me hear it again, and I’ll throw you in, do you hear me?!”

Xiao Li Sui resisted crying, tears rolled in his eyes.

From that day on, he seldom saw Mr. Xu again, and he didn’t even come over during Chinese New Year.Later, he grew up a little bit and became sensible. He heard the old woman who was cooking mention it intermittently, and finally gradually pieced together the whole story.

His mother is a beautiful woman from a town in another province, and his father, Mr. Xu, is a high-ranking official. One time, Mr. Xu passed the town when he was inspecting with a leader, and he fell in love with his mother.Mr. Xu already had a family at that time, but he couldn’t bear the loneliness and wanted to seek some excitement. After repeated hints to no avail, he simply took his mother away by force and locked him in this yard. It was closed for eight years.

Although his mother was not born in a big city, she was outstanding in appearance and had always held herself in high regard. How could she be willing to suffer this kind of humiliation? It’s a pity that the family has no power and power, so she can only swallow her anger and dare not speak out.At the beginning, she even committed suicide, but she was rescued repeatedly, in exchange for more and more humiliation. Later, she gradually became tired, and she simply stopped talking, and sat in the house all day long behind closed doors.

Within two years, Li Sui was born.He has a good appearance, his eyes are very similar to his mother’s, and he has a lovely face, but for some reason, he is often not seen by his servants.In this high courtyard wall, except for the occasional warmth from Mr. Xu, even his own biological mother felt that he was a witness of shame and did not want to get close to him.

Little Li Sui grew up in this complicated environment until he was six years old. One day, the iron gate outside was suddenly smashed open, and a large group of men in uniform rushed in, kicking and kicking at the door in the courtyard. .At that time, Xiao Li Sui was in the backyard with his mother, and when he was nervous, he heard someone outside shouting that the high official Xu had fallen from his horse, and he wanted to liquidate his assets and confiscate the stolen money.

For a while, everyone was in the yard, and everyone was scrambling to move things. Little Li Sui had never seen so many savage strangers. He was frightened for a while, and he didn’t even want to be dragged away by his mother in the chaos. Remember, when they realized it, they had already run into a forest park in the suburbs.

It was getting dark, and after running for a long time, Xiao Li Sui was already exhausted, and accidentally tripped over a tree root on the ground and fell to the ground.His hand was suddenly empty, his mother stopped and looked down at him.

It was just when the lanterns first came on, and the cold moonlight fell from the gaps in the leaves, reflecting in the eyes of the two of them, Li Sui lay on the ground, raised his head with difficulty, and the moment they met their gazes, he flashed past each other. Ruthlessly deciphered her mother’s intentions, she didn’t want him anymore.

The next second, there was the sound of adults running quickly in the forest. Li Sui looked at the person running away alone in front of him, and an indescribable fear rose in his heart. He almost instinctively got up from the ground and chased after him, crying while running.

But he was so small, he couldn’t run faster than adults, and he couldn’t catch up after a few strokes, and fell to the ground again.

Little Li Sui was out of breath from crying, and said hoarsely to the back: “…Mom!” He has no relatives, only one mother left, even if his mother treats him badly, that is still his mother.

The echo resounded in the grove, and the woman in the distance stopped suddenly when she heard this address, and turned her head to stare at him fiercely.

Little Li Sui was frightened and helpless, trembling uncontrollably, lowered his head to wipe his tears, when someone hit his head unexpectedly, he was stunned for a moment, raised his head, and saw his mother standing in front of him angrily, teeth clenched. beep.

The head was beaten again: “What’s your name, I told you, what do you want to be called?”

Xiao Li Sui was stunned for a moment, then stammered: “Li, Aunt Li…”

“Hey, what are you doing over there, abducting and selling children?!” Two patrolmen appeared beside the grove at some point, probably attracted by the crying, and suddenly swept over with their flashlights.

Both of them were startled, thinking that someone was going to take them back, they escaped while taking advantage of the chaos, they didn’t dare to stay any longer, and left in a hurry.

When the two of them left, they didn’t bring anything with them, no money, no phone, and no ID card.After being imprisoned for too many years, Li’s mother has long been out of touch with the outside world, and she doesn’t know what the situation is now, and whether she can ask the police for help.

When the gate was broken open, her first reaction was to escape, but she really escaped regardless, but she had no clue at all. Only then did she realize that it was not only this high wall that imprisoned her for the past eight years. , and a heart wall.

To be on the safe side, she decided not to go to the police, and took Xiao Li Sui directly back to her hometown.

Without money, she had no choice but to beg all the way, because she was afraid of being discovered by the Xu family, so she dared not go to crowded places, and only looked for some food and travel expenses in nearby villages and towns.Here are some peasants from the countryside with outdated and conservative concepts. Some men saw her beautiful and had evil thoughts and wanted to arrest her and sell her for money. Fortunately, they were rescued by a few simple and honest villagers passing by, so they were safe.

Li’s mother was frightened and ran away overnight with little Li Sui, not daring to go to other people’s houses to beg for things.They just stopped and went along the route they remembered. When passing through a village on the edge of the provincial line, they finally ran out of change and food, and Li’s mother also fell seriously ill, coughing all the time, and could no longer go on.

Little Li Sui was very anxious and asked for help everywhere. The barefoot doctor in the village was a good man. Seeing how pitiful the two of them were, he gave his mother a simple examination.

“You don’t have a cold, but a lung disease. I suggest you go to a big city to take a film.” The doctor said.

Li’s mother just shook her head after hearing this, and Xiao Li said in a childish voice, “But we don’t have any money.”

The barefoot doctor was also in a dilemma, so he had to show them the way, “There are people selling blood at the entrance of the village, and the price is quite high. I think you should go and ask.”

Mother Li hesitated for a moment, and took little Li Sui there.There are quite a few people who come to sell blood, all of them are nearby villagers. It looks like a black blood station here, without even the most basic sanitary conditions, and a few people use a needle.

Although she has been isolated from the world for so many years, Mama Li still has the most basic knowledge of disease prevention and control. She was worried about infectious diseases, so she asked a few people in the village, and they all said that no one got sick here, so she felt relieved to draw blood.

It stands to reason that the blood of sick people cannot be used, but she can’t control so much at the moment. If this continues, they may die of illness in this village before returning to their hometown.

The 600ml of blood received 400 yuan, which was only enough for travel expenses. Li’s mother’s eyes fell on Xiao Li Sui, who seemed to have sensed something and stretched out her arm.

The fake doctor who took blood looked at it and said in surprise: “This child is too young, are you sure you want to take it?”

Li’s mother was ruthless: “Puff.”

Another man who took blood at the side turned around: “I’m so anxious to ask for money, it’s okay to take it if you want, let’s do a test first, in case something happens, we can’t bear the responsibility.”

So little Li Sui was taken into a dark room, there were several men and women inside, the whole process, little Li Sui was at a loss, only knowing that he was put into various instruments, and there were strange noises in his ears. Beeps.

After the examination, the fake doctor took a hundred milliliters of blood, and Xiao Li Sui felt a little dizzy, so her mother took the money and took her to eat something.

After a night’s rest, they were going to ride motorcycles outside the village. As soon as they reached the entrance of the village, a couple approached them. Both of them were wearing masks. They really didn’t look like nice people.

“Will you sell it, you bastard?” The man went straight to the point.

Li’s mother subconsciously pulled little Li Sui closer to her: “Who are you?”

“It doesn’t matter who we are, just ask you if you can sell it, we will offer 100 million.”

Mother Li was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly let go of her hand.

Xiao Li Sui quickly tightened her mother’s hand, fearing that she would sell herself, so she opened her innocent eyes and called “Mom” in a low voice.

Li’s mother looked down at him, although she didn’t have much love for this child, and even always felt that he was a stumbling block in her life, but she still hesitated at that moment.

“Not for sale.” She pushed the two of them away, and quickly ran away with Li Sui in her arms.

Hidden all the way, finally bumped back to my hometown, opened the courtyard door and saw that the people in my hometown had moved out long ago.Li’s mother was at a loss, and asked an old lady in the courtyard to find out that there was a flood three years ago, and the house and crops were flooded. People in their hometown moved out of the city to make a living in order to survive. She couldn’t tell exactly where it was.

Li’s mother was in despair. She looked forward to the journey, and the only belief she had was to go back and be reunited with her relatives. At this moment, her hope failed, and she couldn’t bear it all of a sudden, and fell to the ground.

“Aunt Li.” Little Li Sui hurried to help her.

She looked at Li Sui absent-mindedly, her eyes gradually changed from despair to cruelty, her hands were shaking with anger, little Li Sui was instinctively scared, and took two steps back, Li’s mother’s illness was not cured at all, and she was stimulated by this , spit out a mouthful of black blood, and passed out.

Little Li Sui was terrified. Fortunately, a middle-aged uncle who delivered charcoal fire came outside the hospital at this time, and several people hurriedly carried him to the health center. The doctors here are volunteer doctors from big cities. Mama Li’s illness, she concluded with a solemn expression: “Lung cancer.”

When the adults heard this, they couldn’t help but gasped. Little Li Sui still didn’t understand what kind of disease it was, but he knew how to read other people’s faces, and his heart skipped a beat, and he looked at the doctor anxiously: “My mother is going to die. Yet?”

The doctor did not answer his question directly, but said: “Prepare a sum of money to go to the city hospital for treatment, maybe it will take a few years.”

The adults all looked at each other in blank dismay, avoiding their eyes one after another, and were happy to help them a little bit, but when it comes to money, they can only be thankful.We can’t blame the villagers for being cold-blooded. This disease is a bottomless pit, and it’s still the kind that never returns. The town has only had a flood for a few years, and the rich have already moved away. The remaining few households, I am living on subsistence allowances, so how can I have the money to help them.

Li’s mother stayed in the hospital for two days, and she couldn’t afford the hospitalization fee, so she had to move out. Fortunately, the old lady in the yard was kind and cleaned up two unoccupied rooms for them to stay.

From that day on, little Li Sui began to learn how to make a fire and cook, and he also took care of his mother. During the day, he would go to the mountains to collect firewood before dawn, and at night, he would go to other people’s fields to help pick up rice for some rice.Not long after this kind of life, Li’s mother finally couldn’t take it anymore. Without the help of medicine, the clutches of the disease began to ravage her. In just two months, she lost a full [-] jin, and her cheeks were sunken.

Xiao Li Sui saw her getting thinner and thinner day by day, and was so anxious that he couldn’t help it. At this moment, someone came to him.

Li Sui looked at the man with scars in front of him, and recognized that this was the person who stopped his mother at the entrance of a village in another province a few months ago. He instinctively felt vigilant: “You are a bad person.”

“Boy, you’re right,” the man said in a local accent, “I’m indeed a bad person, but I have money, do you want to come with me, as long as you come with me, I can treat your mother’s illness.”

Little Li Sui’s heart was moved, he hesitated, and asked: “Other people have children, why do you insist on buying me?”

The scarred man smiled with a cigarette in his mouth, thinking that this brat is pretty smart, and said: “Who wants to chase you all the way, I’m not afraid to tell the truth, there is a big boss who wants to buy your heart, you If you follow me, it will be a dead end, but I can promise to find the best hospital for your mother.”

Little Li Sui was skeptical of his words, he was not completely without judgment, God knows if this man will help his mother heal after he leaves.

The man with the scar saw his doubts and said: “Don’t worry, I will do what I say. Besides, I didn’t pay the money. It’s all the big boss’s idea. The decision is up to you. The big boss said, you have to make your own choice.” That’s all right, he won’t do anything that harms his morality.”

Little Li Sui hesitated for a while and didn’t speak. The man with the scar was not in a hurry, and waited for him while smoking a cigarette. When it was getting dark, little Li Sui finally made a difficult decision: “I’ll go with you.”

That night, little Li Sui fell into the hands of the man with the scar. He watched the doctors carry his mother into the hospital in the car, his little hands clenched into fists.

“Can I go?”

“……Um.”

The bumps and bumps of Xiaomian, swaying from side to side, made a piercing rumbling sound, little Li Sui was nervous and reluctant, looking back frequently, but the car never stopped, and everything in his hometown gradually disappeared from his vision.

After a long journey, the man with the scar drove him all the way to a hospital in a big city. After getting off the car, the doctor gave him a detailed physical examination and arranged for him to stay in a special ward for a few days.

One day when Xiao Li Sui woke up from a nap, he found someone talking outside the door. He pricked up his ears and vaguely heard the people outside saying, “The matching was successful, but the age is too young. It is recommended to send it to a place where conditions permit first.” upbringing” and so on.

Xiao Li Sui vaguely felt that the other party was referring to him, and sure enough, a group of people came to the ward the next day, went through the discharge procedures for him, took him out, and sent him to an orphanage.

There are many children in the orphanage, most of whom are deaf-mute. Little Li Sui tried to communicate with them at first, but gradually found that these children could not understand what he was saying, and he seemed to be isolated.

From being unsuitable at the beginning to getting used to it later, perhaps because he grew up in an environment that lacked care since he was a child, he felt a lot more relaxed when he came here and lived with so many deaf-mute children. It is almost responsive to every request, and food and clothing are also taken care of to the extreme.

After half a year, little Li Sui learned a lot in the orphanage, and became much healthier, but he still didn’t meet the legendary big boss, and no one came to ask for his heart, so he was put on hold in the orphanage. , as if forgotten.

However, all this peaceful life finally came to an abrupt end on a thunderstorm night.

That night when he was about to climb into bed, the door of the room was suddenly squeezed open, and a black figure ran in, covered his mouth, and pulled him away.

Little Li Sui was frightened, and was about to break free from those hands, when he smelled a familiar smell in his nose, he couldn’t help but startled: “Mom?”

“Mom? Is that you?” he asked again as he ran.

The person pulling him didn’t answer, but just led him into the rain, little Li Sui instinctively trusted him, followed closely, took advantage of the cover of the thunder, walked all the way through the corridor of the orphanage, and ran towards the gate.The security room, which has always been strictly guarded, was empty at some point. They rushed out through the narrow gate until they reached the river. If you don’t go home for half a year, you still have the face to call me mom!”

Little Li Sui was stunned, the rain was streaming down his hair, his face was hot.He even forgot to cry, and looked up at his mother with grievances in his eyes.

There was lightning and thunder above her head, and heavy rain poured down. Li’s mother was panting with anger, panting, but tears fell, and she hugged him and began to cry loudly: “Mom has been looking for you for half a year…”

The sound of sobbing continued to echo in the rain, Xiao Li Sui was surprised and shocked, he thought his mother would not come to him, after all, in these years of getting along, she always showed only disgust towards him.

After the two of them cleared up the out-of-control emotions of the reunion, a round-faced man appeared by the river, holding something in his hand, wrapped in plastic cloth, the shape looked like a weapon.

Li’s mother sensed that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked: “What are you going to do? Didn’t you say you came to find him for me?”

The round-faced man smiled sinisterly, “Yeah, I came to find him for you, without you, how could he run out with you on his own initiative, and how could he escape from the protection of the Lu family? It will fall right into my hands.”

“What are you doing, you—”

Before he could finish speaking, the man lifted the plastic sheet, and at this moment, a bolt of lightning struck, illuminating the object in his hand, which turned out to be a gun.

“Stupid woman, do you really believe me when I tell you to help you?” The round-faced man loaded his gun, and moved his gun towards Li Sui, “Little friend, I’m sorry, it’s not that I want to kill you, it’s that your heart is a treasure to us.” Big hidden danger, we have to rely on you to vent our hatred with the Lu family.”

After all, he raised his hand and was about to shoot, Li’s mother’s eyes widened, she didn’t know where the strength came from suddenly, she rushed forward, wrestled with him, and shouted at Li Sui: “Run, run!” There’s a wooden boat over there, run!”

Little Li Sui’s mind was in chaos, his little head could not handle such a large amount of information for the time being, so he could only follow his mother’s words mechanically, turned his head and ran towards the river.

Just when he ran to the river and loosened the rope of the wooden boat, there was a piercing gunshot behind his ears. Little Li Sui turned his head and saw his mother fell down slowly, without moving a second time, and the blood was gradually falling on the ground. Diffuse, and then washed away by the rain.

Seeing this scene, Li Sui couldn’t roll his eyes anymore, he seemed to have forgotten to grieve, he climbed onto the boat with stiff limbs and kicked hard.It rained heavily, and the river swelled very high. As soon as the rope was loosened, the wooden boat floated a large part immediately.

The round-faced man ran over with a ferocious expression, stood by the river, aimed at the position of Li Sui’s head, and raised his hand to shoot.At this moment, several off-road vehicles drove up from the shore at high speed, and an armed man jumped out of the vehicle, shooting him in the foot almost at the same time as the round-faced man fired.

The round-faced man wobbled, and the bullet deviated from the planned trajectory and was shot. Li Sui had no time to dodge, and was shot in the shoulder blade. The whole figure seemed to be frozen, and he fell straight down.

The rain was still falling, hitting the face mercilessly, the wooden boat gradually drifted away, and there were loud shouts from the shore.Little Li Sui opened his mouth, turned his head with the last bit of strength, and tried his best to look at the shore. Before he completely lost consciousness, he saw a young but extremely familiar face on the off-road vehicle led by him—— The face was clearly that of Lu Shang in his youth.

Stimulated by this scene, he shook his whole body, broke free from the illusion, and slowly opened his eyes.

The voice next to his ear gradually became clear, and Li Sui was panting profusely with sweat, when he heard Dr. Liang pat his forehead and kept asking him something.

Li Sui raised his hand, only to realize that his face was covered with tears. He had no time to care about this, so he reached out and grabbed Liang Zirui’s white coat, and asked in a hoarse voice: “Does he know, Lu Shang… has always known about me Who is it?”