mousepad-d2 Chapter 41 Let him go
Chapter 41 Let him go
Probably out of frustration, the man kicked me once and then kicked me twice in a row. He stammered and stopped me a few times, but he didn't stop me until he said he wanted to call "fourth brother" to come over and he would not give up.
The man stood where he was, looked at me with dark eyes, stammered and took half a step forward to block me, "San, Sanshui, don't vent your anger on the child, the child."
Tang Shi didn't know when he opened his eyes, his head rested on my shoulder, and there was no trace of blood on his face.
"uncle……"
That stammer seemed easier to talk, I held Tang Shi's hand, looked up at him, and begged, "Can you give us some water."
He stammered a glance at us, didn't speak, picked up an unused plastic takeaway box from the table and poured some water.
My throat felt like it was on fire, and the cut in my mouth hurt, and the whole mouth smelled of blood.
After getting the water, I swallowed hard, wishing I could drink all the water in the plastic bowl in one go.Tang Shi's condition was worse than mine, and his lips were all peeled.
Resisting not to drink, I carefully handed the plastic bowl to Tang Shi's mouth, and whispered, "Drink water."
Tang Shi raised his hand to block it, and pushed my wrist away, "You drink."
I sipped a little water with my lips, then handed the plastic bowl to his mouth, "I've finished drinking, you can drink it."
There wasn't much water in the plastic bowl, and Tang Shi didn't touch it after taking a sip. I had no choice but to drink the rest of the water by myself.
Time passed by bit by bit, I don't know what time it is now, and I don't know how long I have been locked here.
Sitting in the corner for a long time makes the blood circulation in my legs not so good, and I feel numb and uncomfortable after a little movement.
The man named Sanshui was sitting on a stool playing with his mobile phone, stuttering and sleeping against the wall on a pile of waste paper shells, snoring.
Tang Shi was very heavy, and it was very uncomfortable to press on me. I changed his position and let him lie on my lap, and stretched out my hand to test the temperature of his forehead.
Still hot.
What should I do... I put my hand on Tang Shi's forehead in a daze. Tang Shi grabbed my hand and slid it to his face, lying on my lap and looking at me quietly.
I looked at him in a daze, and before I could think of anything, the door of the room was kicked open again.
The man in charge of negotiating with my family strode over, panting, as if pissed off.He asked Tang Shi: "Is your father the one who is an official?"
Tang Shi didn't speak. He looked weak, but he didn't know where the strength came from in his hand. I wanted to withdraw the hand that was pressed by him on the face, but he held on tightly.
"Ask you something!" The man was quite irritable, "Your father's surname is Tang?"
Tang Shi still ignored him, and Sanshui, who was playing with his mobile phone, put away his mobile phone and ran over, stretching his neck: "Fourth brother, what's wrong? What's an official?"
"I told you not to make trouble!" The person called Fourth Brother raised his hand and gave him a slap in the face, and said in a low voice, "You must bring him along with you, and make trouble."
Sanshui was slapped, his face was sullen, he endured it and did not speak.The fourth brother anxiously took two steps forward, then came back, pointed at Tang Shi and said, "I can't help it, send him away first, send him out."
What's the meaning?Can Tang Shi go? I tightened my heart and looked up at them.
"Look at what!"
Sanshui shook his fist at me, "I'll beat you to death."
I looked away, stared at the cobwebs in the corner, and listened carefully to what they were saying.
It turned out that they felt that the officials were unreliable, and they were afraid that Uncle Tang would call the police when Tang Shi was here.
It's funny, wouldn't my parents call the police?
These people act on impulse, regardless of money, even if they are really poor, it is not a reason for them to trample on the law at will.
However, if a person has really reached the point of extreme viciousness, he probably doesn't have the word law in his eyes.
They argued over whether to send Tang Shi away. The fourth brother insisted on sending Tang Shi away, but Sanshui said that Tang Shi's father was a high-ranking official, and a high-ranking official must have money, so he could blackmail another sum.
"We have already brought people here, and there will be problems anyway, so why not take the risk and ask for more, we will go home after this time, and we will not come here to work in the future!"
Stuttered in surprise, he said anxiously: "Crazy, crazy! It's agreed, we just, just pay back the wages!"
"Fourth brother, talk, talk!"
He couldn't say anything about Sanshui, so he turned his head to look at the fourth brother, but the fourth brother frowned in thought, as if he was moved by Sanshui's words.
Stuttering is inherently uncomfortable, and when you are in a hurry, you can't speak, and your face turns red.
Sanshui continued to encourage the fourth brother, and Tang Shi, who was lying on my lap, suddenly said, "Call my dad, I can make them not call the police, and you can take the money and leave."
"You?" The fourth brother looked at him suspiciously, "Are you okay?"
Tang Shi glanced at him, his eyes were weak but not to be underestimated, "Forget it if you don't believe me."
It might be that Tang shi seemed too calm and reliable, or they were in a hurry to go to the doctor, anyway, they handed over the phone to Tang shi.
Holding the phone, Tang Shi made another condition: "You can get the money if I'm here, let him go."
"No." Before those people could speak, I was the first to refuse, "I don't agree."
"It's not for you to talk."
Tang Shi didn't look at me, and continued to say to the three people: "Anyway, you just want money, let him go, I asked my dad to give you 50 yuan, do you have that much salary?"
What time is he still talking like this... What if he annoys them.
I tugged on Tang Shi's clothes to signal him to be more careful, but they didn't care about Tang Shi's last words at all, they were probably stunned by the 50 that Tang Shi said.
The allure of money is naturally great, and these three people can take risks and break the law for the sake of money.
The fourth brother hesitated, and asked Tang Shi if he could ask for 60. They had other brothers waiting to take the money home.
"Yes." Tang Shi readily agreed, making me wonder if he was playing with the donkey and the other three.
The fourth brother obviously thought of this too, "No, you must have lied to us, kid?"
"Cheat you?"
Tang shi lifted the corners of his mouth, revealing a disdainful smile.
Excessive blood loss and slight dehydration made his face pale, and his three-dimensional facial features made him look like a sculpture of an ancient Greek mythological figure.
Pale, indifferent, aloof, unreasonable.
He said: "See this watch in my hand? 20."
He held the phone in his hand, and slowly unwrapped the watch on his wrist with the other hand, and threw it in the direction of the fourth brother, "I still have a lot of such things at home, how can I lie to you?"
Tang Shi's face was almost written "You are not worthy" four big characters.
His attitude made the three people more convinced. The fourth brother took the watch and held it in his hand for a closer look, and then he and Jieba Sanshui looked at each other.
"Okay." He didn't resist the temptation after all, and gritted his teeth, "You call first, and I'll let the smaller one go when I get the money."
Tang Shi lowered his eyes and fiddled with the phone. He was not in a good condition at first, but now he was holding on, and the hand holding the phone was trembling.
I grabbed his hand and whispered, "I won't go by myself. We can go together. How scared you are to stay here alone."
"I'm not you." The call was dialed out, and while waiting for the answer, Tang Shi said, "How could I be afraid."
"But I'm afraid."
The phone was connected, and Uncle Tang's low and tired voice came from over there: "Hello?"
I took the time to finish the sentence: "I will be afraid if you stay here by yourself, so let you stay with you."
Tang Shi took a deep look at me, then turned his attention to the phone: "Dad, it's me."
"Tang Shi?" Uncle Tang suddenly raised his voice, "How are you doing now? Is the moonlight beside you?"
"It's okay, he's here."
Tang shi was already at the end of his strength. After saying this, he coughed a few times and leaned against the wall with one leg slightly bent.
He slowed down, interrupted Uncle Tang's nervous questioning, and said calmly, "Dad, let me finish. You and Uncle Cheng prepare 60 cash first, no new notes, and send it to... "
Sanshui jumped out anxiously, "Send it to the woods behind Jinzhu Square, and call when we arrive."
"Did you hear that, Jinzhu Plaza?"
Tang Shi said: "Just take the money, don't call the police."
Uncle Tang agreed repeatedly, and then asked: "Tang Shi, can Moonlight talk? Your Uncle Cheng wants to talk to him."
"No—" Sanshui wanted to refuse, but was held back by the fourth brother, who shook his head at him, looked at me and said, "Go ahead."
"Dad!" I took the phone and murmured, a little choked up: "Dad, I'm fine."
My father's voice was so hoarse because of the anger, I almost didn't recognize it was his voice: "My dear son, don't be afraid, Dad will be here soon."
I was so afraid of death in my heart that I still had to hold on and say, "I'm not afraid."
When I was talking to my father, Sanshui stuttered and murmured to the fourth brother. I didn't know what to say, and stammered and waved his hands and said no.
The fourth brother hesitated, Sanshui ignored them, and raised his chin at me, "My child, tell your father, prepare another 40 yuan, and it will belong to your family."
"Who made you owe us wages?"
"you……"
I was a little angry, and my hand holding the phone was a little hard.
Tang Shi took the phone out of my hand and looked at Sanshui with a gloomy expression, which made me suspect that he was going to stand up and hit someone at any time.
"A million," he said, "Are you sure?"
Sanshui took a step back when he saw him, and said, "I'm sure, 100 million, not a cent less."
"Ah."
Tang shi looked down at his phone, his lips twitched twice.
Although he didn't make a sound, I guessed from the shape of his lips that he meant "stupid".
My dad and Uncle Tang had nothing to do with their price increase, so they agreed and gave them some time to prepare cash.
When I called just now, I checked the time, and it turned out that it was past two o'clock in the morning.
At this point, the bank's manual counters are not working. I think they need to prepare a lot of cash, and they can't ask for new banknotes, so it is quite difficult.
After hanging up the phone, Tang Shi asked them to fulfill their promise and let me go first, the fourth brother laughed.
"Child, do you think we are easy to fool?"
He said: "Uncle will teach you a lesson today. Since your family has already started raising money, I will not let either of you go until you get the money and leave safely."