Quick Wear: When the Villain Holds the Strategy Script
Chapter 402: Encounter 01
The village paths are narrow and winding, paved with bluestone slabs, but have become worn out over the years, with potholes filled with fallen leaves and stones, and the roadside is overgrown with weeds.
But in the middle of the night, a short man wearing glasses forcibly dragged a child towards a yard with lights on inside a house.
"Go, you bastard! Go see your shameless mother. If you don't get the money today, I'll break your legs."
The boy was only four years old, but he was underdeveloped, looked very thin, and walked slowly. How could he compare to the middle-aged man who was walking in a hurry?
For a middle-aged man, such a child would not be very heavy even if he carried it on his back, but he chose not to do so. He was even unwilling to touch the child, as if touching him would be unlucky.
In order to prevent the child from escaping, the middle-aged man tied a rope around his neck and held the other end in his hand, as if he was leading a sheep. No matter how the child cried and begged for mercy, the man never slowed down.
With a "thump", the child fell to the ground, his already dirty and tattered clothes were torn into a big hole, and a sharp stone on the roadside pierced his arm.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man became furious. Unwilling to pull the child up, he pulled the rope a few more times forcefully and dragged the child a few more steps forward.
The child's arms were scratched by the uneven road and he looked painful, but he was not like ordinary children. Even though he was in pain, he didn't say a word and didn't cry or make a fuss.
He quickly got up, and before he could brush the dirt off his clothes, the man hurriedly dragged him forward.
The middle-aged man was divorced from his wife, and the only bicycle in the house was taken away by his wife. He had a bad reputation and could not borrow a bicycle, so he could only walk here. If he could get the money quickly, he could still walk back before it got completely dark.
This village is not big and its location is remote. Even its name is extremely sloppy - Shangou Village.
Nowadays, there are still many old men and women on the street sitting together and chatting after dinner. When they saw the man hurried past, their eyes rolled and they immediately understood what had happened.
In a village without the Internet and entertainment, gossip is one of the few pleasures. As long as it is not said behind closed doors, it will spread throughout the entire small village in no time.
"Is that Shen Li from the west village? Is he here to look for his wife again?"
"What wife? They are divorced. The village chief saw to it."
"Then why did he come here today? Isn't Ni Xinlan already living with another man? Her man is not someone you can easily mess with."
A sneer came from the crowd, containing a hint of contempt.
"What else could it be? It's carrying a kid around with it. Of course it's to ask Ni Xinlan for money."
"Poor Shen's child, I held him in my arms when he was little, he was quite cute, what a sin they have committed."
"Hey, keep your voice down. Don't let others hear you."
"So what? He's the first college student in the village. His house is still built by the government. He still hasn't paid me back the money he owed me last time. What a scoundrel!
No, I have to go and see, if I can get the money, I can get back the money I lent today!"
This place was only a few dozen meters away from Shen Li's destination, and the people who were watching the fun gathered there without any prior arrangement.
Shen Li pushed his glasses and looked at the villagers who were joining in the fun out of the corner of his eye. He cursed something and finally came to the front of the yard with the bruised child.
"Ni Xinlan, come out! Don't think of dumping this burden on me like this. You gave birth to him, so you have to be responsible for him!"
Shen Li calmed himself down, as if he had made up his mind, and then he started to throw a tantrum.
There is not a penny left at home now, let alone this kid. Even I will have no food to eat. I must get the money today.
The lights in the room were on, but no one came out or said a word, which angered Shen Li.
"Ni Xinlan, you're pretending not to hear me, right? Don't think you don't have to take care of this child just because we're divorced! You've already taken so many things from home, you have to give us money every month!"
Shen Li is an educated man, the only college student in Shangou Village. But perhaps he had drunk some wine before coming here, and now he was drunk and his face was a little red. Seeing this, he was about to smash the things in the yard.
"Shen Li!"
The people in the room finally couldn't bear it anymore, they walked out of the door cursing and poured a bucket of water at Shen Li.
"No money? Why didn't you think about having no money when you invested? Why didn't you think about our child when you gambled? Now that we're divorced, you're thinking of asking me for money? No way!"
Ni Xinlan crossed her arms over her chest and refused to give in. She looked at Shen Li's face, which had turned red, perhaps because of the humiliation or the strange looks from the onlookers, and snorted coldly.
As for the child with a rope around his neck, he was not noticed by the two men. He just stood stiffly by the door, listening to their quarrel.
I heard that Shen Li's grandfather was a scholar and well-educated, so he personally chose a name for Shen Li when there were many people with the name "Goudan" and "Erzhu" in the village.
Shen's father used almost all of his savings to buy books for Shen Li, just because Shen Li's grandfather said that he was a good student, and in the end he really became a college student.
However, Shen's father also delayed seeking treatment for his illness and died after Shen Li went to school. Shen's mother could not accept the blow and suffered a sudden heart attack.
It was not until someone went to visit them that they discovered that the two elders had died at home.
Overnight, sadness overwhelmed this once joyous family.
The location of Shangou Village is too remote and transportation is inconvenient. When Shen Li received the news two months later, his parents had already been buried by the village chief and his men.
After graduating from Shenyang University of Science and Technology, he came to the big city to make a living. He was very self-important and used all the subsidies from the village and the money left by his parents to invest. However, he met a scammer and was tricked. Not only did he not make any money, he also ended up in debt.
In order to avoid debt, Shen Li had no choice but to return to this small mountain village. Debt collectors could not find such a remote village at all. Unless they were locals, outsiders would most likely get lost in the mountains.
In the village, Shen Li was too concerned about his reputation to tell others about his debt avoidance, so he lied to others and said that he couldn't bear to leave his hometown and wanted to benefit the village after graduation. He then received a sum of money from the village.
It was during this process that Shen Li met Ni Xinlan.
Ni Xinlan's family was relatively wealthy. Although she did not get into college, she attended high school. She looked down on the illiterate young men of marriageable age in the village and ended up marrying Shen Li.
It was supposed to be a good thing, but Ni Xinlan accidentally found out that Shen Li owed money outside, and the two began to quarrel day and night.
In the five years of marriage, the two had no idea how many times they had quarreled, and even fought. Ni Xinlan despised Shen Li for being a loser, and Shen Li felt that Ni Xinlan had ambiguous relationships with several men, and their life was a mess.
As for the children they had when they were still in love?
It was once the fruit of love, but how deep the love was then is how much hatred there is now.
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