inspire-indiana Chapter 317 Those who listened to the old man's inner thoughts went mad with killing (8)
Chapter 317 Those who listened to the old man's inner thoughts went mad with killing (8)
Su Dingding clung to Song Changqing's arm, tears streaming down his face.
"All these years, I always thought my biological parents had abandoned me, but it turns out the only one who abandoned me was you. You beat my own mother to death when she was only eighteen..."
Gangzi chimed in, "No matter the era, murderers must pay with their lives. You've lived so many more years, old man, you've really gotten off easy!"
The Song family's children wanted to ease the tension, since more than fifty years had passed and there must have been some misunderstanding.
But the people who came to demand an explanation didn't give them a chance to breathe, and the scene quickly descended into chaos.
When the police car arrived, the officers were stunned; there were still people causing trouble.
After finding out the reason, they took the main people away.
Worried that Su Dingding might suffer a loss, the people even specially found several powerful representatives to accompany her.
Among them, besides Gangzi, there was also a lawyer.
Song Changqing's eldest son told him not to talk nonsense, since it had been a long time and there was no evidence for many things. As long as he didn't admit it, there was nothing anyone could do.
Even if something is found out, it's been over fifty years, and he's almost eighty years old; they won't let him go to jail.
Song Changqing was fearless, unaware that Su Dingding was just playing around out of boredom.
Since she's said to bring misfortune to her father and squander money, she can't bear this reputation for nothing.
After several days of turmoil, anxiety, and embarrassment, Song Changqing's health was clearly not as good as before.
Every night he would dream of Zhao Laogeng's birth mother, a little girl named Erxiuer. Her family was poor, and she was only fourteen years old when she was sold to him as a maid.
She was seventeen when he violated her. The young girl was unwilling, but he was the master. If she resisted him, she would never have a good life again.
Pregnancy didn't stop her from working. Song Changqing's first wife and two concubines were all furious with her. A maidservant who climbed into the master's bed deserved to die!
It was also her bad luck that she gave birth to a son with six fingers, which gave the mother a handle to use against him.
Actually, the family that Zhao Laogeng was given to was carefully chosen by Song Changqing's first wife, who just didn't want him to have a good life.
As for Erxiuer, she also found an excuse to have her beaten to death. To put it bluntly, she wanted to show the maids in the house what would happen if they climbed into the master's bed.
Song Changqing knew all about these things, and he had tacitly approved of them; otherwise, they wouldn't have dared to do it.
In his dream, Erxiuer came to him covered in blood, demanding her child back. Song Changqing was terrified and ran away, but she kept chasing after him, even grabbing his neck and trying to take him with her.
Since then, Song Changqing has been ill and has never recovered.
He was in a daze all day long, either dreaming or on his way to dreaming.
In his dream, he became Erxiu'er and suffered all the torment she had endured, leaving her utterly devastated.
Gangzi, with a big spicy snack in his mouth, was disgusted with himself as he wove dreams for him.
Su Dingding also curled her lips, after all, from Song Changqing's perspective, she was now Erxiuer, and the one who was bullying her was Song Changqing, which meant that she was the one who had sex with herself.
I wonder what he thought when he looked at his own face?
“Gangzi, let Zhao Laogeng experience the hardships he suffered as a child!” Su Dingding added, “You can exaggerate a little, after all, art comes from life.”
[Host, I understand!] Gangzi swallowed the spicy strip in his mouth, and Su Dingding put another one in his mouth.
With plenty of spicy strips, Gangzi is full of energy.
Song Changqing gave birth to her child with great difficulty, and while she was still weak, she was dragged out.
The child was said to be a jinx to his father, so the fortune teller took him away and gave him away. She was also said to be an evil spirit, so she was thrown to the ground and everyone in the family gathered around and watched helplessly as she was beaten to death.
Song Changqing shouted loudly that he was not Erxiuer, but it seemed that no one could hear him.
He was in so much pain that his bones felt like they were about to crack, he was covered in blood, and finally he started vomiting large amounts of blood.
The expressions of the onlookers grew increasingly distorted; they dared not look at her, yet not a single person pleaded for her.
His first wife even gave him a smug and contemptuous look, which made him angry but helpless.
Song Changqing thought he had escaped Erxiu'er's misfortune by being beaten to death, but then he found himself turned into a child.
He was devastated when he saw the extra sixth finger on his left little finger.
But he was only a three-year-old child, what could he do? His adoptive father whipped him and didn't give him food.
In the dead of winter, he was wearing shorts, no shirt, and no shoes, and his snot was stuck to his mouth from the cold.
My whole body was covered in chilblains, which were both itchy and painful.
He lived worse than a dog. When he saw that the neighbor's dog had food to eat, he tried to steal the dog food, but he was bitten by the dog and ended up covered in dog poop.
Everyone bullied him; even the village children beat and cursed him, urinated on him, and made him kneel on the ground like a dog.
Song Changqing kept crying in his dream. He didn't think that this might be Zhao Laogeng's life. He felt sorry for his son. He just felt that he was too pitiful. He had lived a life of plenty. Why did he have to suffer this pain?
Although I knew clearly that I was in a dream, the feelings were real. I really felt pain, hunger, and wanted to die but couldn't.
His children watched him at his bedside, tears streaming down their faces, but there was nothing they could do.
She has been in a semi-comatose state for several days, crying like this every day, and sometimes talking in her sleep, which they can't understand.
"Dad has suffered such a huge shock, won't he be able to handle it?"
"He is reaping what he sowed. It's already a great blessing that he only got his comeuppance after so many years."
"Fourth brother, how dare you speak like that? This is your own father!"
"Fourth Brother is right. If it weren't for him, my mother wouldn't have died so young."
There were seven brothers and sisters, but they were born to four different mothers, so naturally they didn't get along very well.
If Song Changqing hadn't been rich, they probably would have gone their separate ways long ago and wouldn't have been able to come together.
None of the four mothers were happy; they all grew up in unfavorable environments, so their basic interests came first.
The three younger children grew up with the concubine and were educated by her, so they retained some kindness and did not lose their humanity like the others.
But in this family, their word doesn't count, and they're often unwilling to get involved in many things.
Seeing Song Changqing lying there crying incessantly, they hoped that he was reflecting on the absurd things he had done over the years and genuinely repenting.
Several people emerged from the hospital, each lost in their own thoughts.
The older brothers were worried about how to divide their father's estate since he was probably dying, while the younger brothers were concerned about visiting Zhao Laogeng, since he was the eldest brother and their abilities could at least improve his current life.
Before they could even get in the car, the boss received a phone call; a court summons had been issued.
Zhao Laogeng sued Song Changqing more than 50 years ago, and the court, under pressure, actually accepted the case.
"What? They even found a witness?" Song Changqing's eldest son couldn't believe it. How could that be?
"Dad is really being sued?"
"He's in that state, he shouldn't go to jail, right?"
"Is that a matter of whether he goes to jail or not?" Song Changqing's eldest daughter panicked. "My son is going to take the civil service exam, we can't let him delay it!"