mild compromise

Xiao Chenghao's nose scolded viciously: "Today your head teacher called me and said that you not only skipped class, but also went to steal other students' money. Do you have any sense of shame?!"

Xiao Chenghao said coldly with a dry voice: "There is such a father as there is such a son."

"What did you say!"

"Am I wrong? You can't take care of me and you have the right to control me? You go to drink and gamble every day, and the poor family doesn't even have money for meals. If I don't steal money, how can I get money to eat? You have money to give Me? You have lost all your money, and even sold the house to pay off the debts, so we have to live in this dilapidated rented house now. If my mother was still alive, I would have divorced you a long time ago Fly far away!"

Xiao Hong was so annoyed and ashamed by what he said, he untied the belt tied around his waist in twos and twos, raised his head and slapped Xiao Chenghao, "You son of a bitch, you dare to talk back, now that your wings have grown hard, you have Can you bear it? Let’s see if I don’t beat you to death!”

In order to avoid Xiao Hong's whip, Xiao Chenghao dodged sideways, and before he had time to pay attention to his feet, his left foot was cut open by a broken piece of porcelain bowl, and the warm blood mixed with the wet sweat under his feet, covering the floor. Dyed red.

Xiao Chenghao didn't care so much, rushed into the room with bare feet, closed the door heavily and quickly locked it.

"You bastard son, get out of here!" Xiao Hong stood outside, slapping and kicking the door vigorously.Xiao Chenghao moved the nearby cabinet over to block the door, climbed onto the bed, picked up the quilt and covered his head, pretending he couldn't hear anything.

After Xiao Hong had a drunken frenzy for a while, he finally stopped, the sound of "da da da" slippers gradually faded away, and with the sound of "bang——" the door, Xiao Chenghao knew that he had gone to the room to rest, and then Get your head out of the quilt.

He stared in the direction of the door lazily, showing a bit of sadness.

This family was not like this before. His father was the chief engineer, and his mother was the financial director of a foreign company. They lived quite well.Later, the mother was seriously ill, and they used up all their family savings for treatment, but unfortunately they couldn't keep her in the end.After his mother left, his father became increasingly depressed and spent his days drinking. At first Xiao Chenghao thought that his father was just in a downturn for a while. He believed that he could regain his strength and get out of the grief of losing his mother.

Later, there was an error in a project in Xiao Hong's unit that was declared to the state, and the higher-ups wanted to hold him accountable. The leaders of the unit made a confession in advance, and pushed Xiao Hong out as a scapegoat. Xiao Hong was fined for no reason. Unconvinced, he ran to argue with those people, and even said that he would collect information and report them to the central government, but he was threatened one after another, and even had a leg broken.The double blow from his family and career caused Xiao Hong to fall into the trough of his life, and became even more depressed. In addition to alcoholism, he was also addicted to gambling, and his temperament began to change drastically. Whenever Xiao Hong lost money outside, Xiao Hong would go home. Take it out on your son.The gambling debts owed by Xiao Hong grew bigger and bigger like a snowball. In the end, debt collectors came to the house every day to harass and threaten them with various violence. Xiao Hong had no choice but to sell the house to pay off the debts.

Now the father and son are poor and have nothing. They are moved to live in a rented house of several hundred yuan with extremely poor environment and public security. It's a sneaky thing, but sometimes, he feels that he is really desperate. His depraved father drinks and gambles outside every day. He can't afford the money for meals, so he can only steal. Unexpectedly, he was caught by the school's camera. He was ordered to drop out of school, but the class teacher tried his best to persuade the principal, hoping to give him a chance to have a good talk with his father.

But even if we talk about it, what's the use?His father would only scold him and beat him, and the scars from the belt on his body were always old and new.It's not that Xiao Chenghao is incapable of fighting back, but he always thought that he was his biological father, so he backed back and backed Xiao Hong again and again, and endured and endured.

Xiao Chenghao reached under the pillow and took out a photo. It was taken when he traveled to Singapore with his parents when he was in junior high school. At that time, Xiao Hong had just been promoted to be the chief engineer. travel.It was Xiao Chenghao's first time flying by plane, and the family had a great time, and Xiao Hong bought him many commemorative gifts.

In the past, his father loved him so much, his mother was gentle and virtuous, and everything was so beautiful, who would have thought that in just a few years, he would fall into this situation?

If mom hadn't been sick...

How can there be so many ifs.

He misses his dead mother. Last week was the school's open day. All the students in the class took their parents to visit the school. , Li Li’s mother specially brought home-made meals and soup for her son. She was sitting on the side with a smile all the time, watching her son eat big mouthfuls, and asked her son with concern if the food provided by the family was enough. OK.

Looking back, Xiao Chenghao hasn't eaten the food made by his mother for a long time. He looked down at the photo in his hand, and a transparent drop of water fell on the back of his hand. He didn't dare to cry out loud, so he could only secretly wipe Fluid dripping from the corner of the eye.

ACT9

The more people are forced by life, the more unwilling to face everything in front of them.In order to avoid meeting Guan Lianyi, Xiao Chenghao decided not to go to that Internet cafe again. On weekdays, he often wandered around the temple entrance, gathering with the gangsters there to smoke and talk nonsense.

Over time, he got to know Lao Cai.Lao Cai's full name is Cai Zhuohua. He is not actually old, but looks mature. The age of 25 is often mistaken for over [-]. Naturally, people around him call him Lao Cai. It is said that Lao Cai is a gangster. Member, Xiao Chenghao can't confirm whether this statement is true or not, but he knows one thing, the gangsters in the Miaokou area almost act according to Lao Cai's face.

There is a game arcade on the street opposite the temple entrance. There are often many idle young people gathering here on weekdays. There are so many people and noisy, it is a good choice to steal sheep. Xiao Chenghao can succeed every time, and the theft is getting better every day. skilled.A new face came to the game arcade today. The man was about twenty years old and dressed like a nouveau riche. When he was taking out his wallet at the counter just now, Xiao Chenghao accidentally caught a glimpse. He found that the wallet was full of stacks of thick new hundred-yuan bills. This kind of fat sheep is not common at ordinary times, so Xiao Chenghao naturally missed it.

The man was carrying a bag of game coins and went to play racing. Xiao Chenghao pretended to run to his side to watch and strike up a conversation with him enthusiastically.

"My buddy is pretty cool, is this your first time here?" Xiao Chenghao unwrapped a bag of melon seeds and handed them over to invite him to eat.

The man wasn't polite to him either, he grabbed a handful of melon seeds and put them in his hands, "crunching" them.

"Where, I used to be a regular customer of this game hall, but after going to Japan for a few years, I just came back to China last week, and I wanted to come and play on a whim today." The man looked at the surrounding environment, "This place is the same as before. How did it change?"

The two chatted happily for a while, eating melon seeds, Xiao Chenghao saw that the man had completely let go of his vigilance, seized the right moment, put his hand into the other's pocket with a "swish", and quickly and nimbly took out the bag. The wallet bulging with banknotes was hidden on his body.

After succeeding, Xiao Chenghao put on an apologetic expression, and lightly patted the other person on the shoulder, "I'm sorry, brother, I suddenly remembered something at home, let's talk next time we have a chance."

Today's harvest is quite rich. After coming out of the game arcade, Xiao Chenghao hummed happily, and his walking steps became light and hearty.He tossed the wallet he had just stolen into the air for fun, thinking about where he would go to eat later to reward himself, but before he reached the end of the street, a roar suddenly came from behind him.

"stop!"

Xiao Chenghao turned his head and looked back. Just now, the man was chasing in his direction with three or four people, and he yelled at him while running: "Fuck, your mother's brat! How dare you steal my wallet! Mom is tired of working!"

Xiao Chenghao didn't care about him, and ran wildly. Since he dared to steal other people's things, he naturally had to plan to be caught. It's not that Xiao Chenghao hadn't been discovered before, but maybe With good luck, he could always get away with it every time. He confidently thought that this time he would be able to escape the danger as before, but he obviously miscalculated.

Xiao Chenghao wanted to get rid of the pursuers with all his heart, but he never expected that the way ahead and on the left and right sides would also be blocked by people!Xiao Chenghao stood where he was, watching helplessly as he was surrounded by people from all directions, with no way out.

His knee was kicked hard from behind, Xiao Chenghao fell to his knees heavily, a gangster with dyed red hair stepped forward, grabbed Xiao Chenghao by the collar, and slapped him several times in the face A loud slap in the face, "Damn, tell you to steal our boss's wallet!"

Others also stepped forward to teach him a hard lesson. Their fists and feet landed on his shoulders, arms, lower abdomen, thighs and other parts of his body. Xiao Chenghao was so beaten that he was unable to fight back. He curled up on the ground with his head covered. He was in terrific pain. , but he didn't dare to shout, for fear that those people would attack him harder if they heard about it.

I don't know how long it took, until someone shouted "Stop", everyone automatically and consciously stopped their movements, and stopped punching Xiao Chenghao.

A pair of straight long legs in jeans came to Xiao Chenghao, squatted down slowly,