The Midnight Owl

“I, I want to go to the toilet.” Faced with the reflection of Chi Yingxue’s father’s concern, Kuang Jinxin lied.

The anxiety and anxiety in his heart slowly gathered into a familiar and unfamiliar voice, and he kept telling him-escape, Xiaosijin, escape quickly!

The sweet smell of oranges is here again.

“Toilet? Of course.” Chi Yingxue’s father turned and walked back and took Kang Jinxin’s hand. The corners of his eyes were affluent fine lines, and his eyes were as gentle as water. Called Chi Yingxue. “

After finishing his speech, Jin Xin did not wait any longer to speak, so he took a step and led people straight to the door of the room not far away.

His hands are large and powerful, and he firmly holds Kuang Jinxin. At first glance, he sings like a cartoon in the family. He holds a small hand in a big hand, with a kind of warmth.

However, only Jin Xin could feel that the force of oppressive force, which he could not help talking about, was almost half-forced to go to the room, making a little secret effort, trying to pull out his hand, which made his force stronger.

“Uncle Chi … Uncle Chi … You don’t have to do this, I’ll just follow you …” Kuang Jinxin gently reminded the other to let go, but the man in front of him could be ignored.

The dim moonlight cast a shadow on his face, even if he didn’t twist his eyebrows and set his eyes, there was still a kind of lingering gloom.

Kuang Jinxin looked at him and thought of the head teacher of the second grade of the elementary school.

It was a woman who was “easy to blow up”. In fact, she was not good at controlling her emotions, and her emotions were very easy to get out of control. At that time, students who knew these would know what little things they wanted. She nicknamed it “Explosive Barrel”.

As soon as the “explosive barrel” was blown, some classmates would be unlucky, either pulling their ears to the punishment station in the corridor, or slapping their workbooks. Sometimes they were very angry, and they were just seven or eight years old with a pointer or ruler Greet the little child.

Kuang Jinxin is very obedient, never makes mistakes, and has never been beaten, so he is not afraid of this teacher. At that time, they didn’t understand what corporal punishment was and what they shouldn’t, they thought the teacher was the absolute authority, and should be punished if they made mistakes.

Until one time, he brought a small packet of tea to the school. That was the first time he helped his grandparents to fry tea. He said it was helpful. In fact, he was squatting beside the cauldron to help watch the fire, but after frying, he was also happy. Yes, my grandmother gave him a little. He stayed like a baby, carrying it at home and also at school, and secretly opened the class to smell it.

Just like this, she was caught by the dynamite bucket. She dragged him to the hallway and grabbed his tea and threw it on his face. He squatted down to pick up tea, crying, and she yelled “Do I let you move”! He was so frightened that he stood up immediately, not even crying. She reached out and gave him a slap in the face, slapped several times in a row, and then pinched him, wherever it hurt.

It was the first time that Kuang Jinxin knew what fear was. It was more terrifying than all the monsters and ghosts imagined in childhood. He still remembers her red nails till now.

There are so many beautiful reds, flowers, maple leaves, colored pencils, hawthorn cakes in my childhood … but it is this one that can really leave a mark.

The sound of the door being pushed back pulled Kang Jinxin’s thoughts back.

Chi Yingxue’s father took him into a room similar to the reception room in the front yard. There were sofas and coffee tables in the center of the room, a few green plants in the corners, a book shelf and a cabinet standing beside the wall.

The extremely dim light makes every piece of furniture look like an outline, and does n’t feel anything. Wait until you see it slowly. Kang Jinxin found out that the sofa is black leather, and the coffee table is a modern slate countertop, bookshelves and cabinets. But it is Chinese mahogany.

The completely different styles are placed in the same room, the style of painting is strange and split.

“Sit.” Chi Yingxue’s father finally let go of his hand and kindly invited Jin Xin to sit.

Kuang Jinxin stood at the place where he had just entered the door, without moving under his feet, staring blankly at the other party, reminding: “The toilet is …?”

Chi Yingxue ’s father said that there is a toilet in this room, but Jin Xin looked around and found no bathroom door.

The man didn’t seem to hear his question and repeated it again: “Sit down.”

This time there was one more word than before, but the tone changed from being polite to a vague command.

Kuang Jinxin’s throat tightened, his heart panicked, and the enormous pressure on his face made him almost afraid to look at the man again.

He couldn’t describe the feeling, as if there was a high-voltage power grid above his head, which deterred you and coerced you so that you had to follow the established route.

Swallowing hard, he walked hard to the sofa and sat down slowly.

“That’s right,” the man smiled with satisfaction. “Children, listen to adults.”

“I’m going to find Chi Yingxue,” the man turned and walked outside the door, slowly and lowly telling again, “You are waiting here, don’t run around.”

The door was slowly closed.

There was no footsteps outside the door.

Kuang Jinxin sat on the sofa, gasping slightly, sweating his palms, but his back was straight, and he dared not move.

After a while, the sound of footsteps finally sounded, moving away, until it disappeared.

Moreover, Jin Xin’s entire body became paralyzed, as if he had just ran 10,000 meters, and his physical strength was completely overdrawn from the inside out.

But soon, he regained his energy and listened carefully with his ears to confirm that there was no more movement outside. Then he got up quietly and crept to the door.

He must run. why? do not know. He knew that if there were one hundred ways to find Chi Yingxue, passing Chi Yingxue’s father was definitely not a good way.

Say no to clean up, but he would rather believe the sixth sense!

Looking out the door, the veranda was empty.

The dark clouds seemed to fade, and the moonlight sprinkled on the pillars, making them brighter.

Kang Jinxin raised his hand to touch the door panel, pushing it away very lightly and carefully, the speed was cautiously slow, and almost no sound of door hinge could be heard.

He carefully controlled the speed, and finally waited until the door panel quietly opened to an angle of about 30 °, to allow the next person to enter and exit, before he held his breath and stepped over the threshold sideways.

He didn’t dare to move too much or too fast, just like the slow motion in the movie, he rubbed a little out, and finally the whole person came outside the door, and he gently closed the door.

He exhaled silently and for a long time against the door panel, he slowly poured his energy, turned around and pulled his leg …

“Where do you want to go?”

In the mildly indulgent question, Kuang Jinxin froze in place and withdrew his feet.

Chi Yingxue’s father stood in front of him. He didn’t know when he came. He hadn’t opened the door yet. He only came back and closed the door. He came, silently, like a ghost. Against the moonlight, his face was shrouded in a shadow, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, which was really creepy.

“I didn’t say, let you wait here, don’t run around.” The man lowered his head slightly, staring at Kuang Jinxin, the warmth in his voice didn’t pass to his cold eyes at all.

“I came out … came out to find the toilet.” Kuang Jinxin couldn’t think of any words. He was so upset, panicked and scared, together with the indescribable pressure, that shorted his brain.

“Hush,” Chi Yingxue’s father shook his head gently. “Don’t find a reason for your mistake.”

“Wait, Uncle Chi … this, this is too weird,” Kuang Jinxin made a stiff smile, “I’m here as a guest, how can I punish guests …”

Chi Yingxue’s father’s smile gradually converged, and soon, even a little disguised gentleness, dispersed.

“If you make a mistake, you will be punished,” he said word by word, like announcing an irresistible decree, “talking back to adults, sophistry, and sin plus one.”

Kuang Jinxin looked at his face and became a bird of prey under the moonlight, and finally understood that it was useless to say more.

He stretched out his hand and pushed hard at the middle-aged man!

While the other party was unprepared and stumbled back, turned and ran to the left!

He didn’t know where the cloister on the left was leading, only that he could not see the end at a glance. It must be far enough for him to run out of danger!

But he just ran out of two steps, and suddenly came a sharp pain in his scalp-someone grabbed his hair tightly, brutal and fierce!

The next second, he was ripped back by a huge force!

The middle-aged man still grabbed his hair and forced him to raise his face. The other big hand raised and slapped him hard!

Kuang Jinxin just felt his head buzz and lost focus.

The violence came suddenly and for no reason, but it seemed to have signs. Kuang Jinxin did not know whether all the people who used violence had the same breath, but at this moment, he really seemed to be back in the corridor of the second grade of elementary school.

The teacher slapped him in the face. He cried and called me wrong, but he didn’t dare to move, letting the other side fan.

The middle-aged man slapped him a second slap.

Li Dao had no reservation at all, as if he wanted to kill him like that.

However, this slap made Jin Xin fan awake.

Suddenly he was glad that he was no longer a child, he grew up, he was no longer so weak and could not help but never cry again and called me wrong, but he only forgot to resist!

The third slap fan came with a strong wind.

Kuang Jinxin suddenly grabbed his hand hard, biting hard at the tiger’s mouth!

In this case, it’s too late to order stationery, you can only fight hard!

“Huh!” The man took a deep breath in pain and pulled his hand back. With his movement, the other hand holding Kang Jinxin’s hair relaxed instinctively.

Kang Jinxin seizes the opportunity, the agile cat lowers his waist, and pushes his head toward the opponent ’s chest, focusing on the heart nest!

The man’s face changed in an instant, and his body stepped back uncontrollably.

Moreover, Jin Xin looked at the right time without turning his head back to the left, and ran deep in the veranda!

This time he succeeded and ran out dozens of meters in one breath without being blocked!

He didn’t dare and didn’t have time to look back. He just ran forward desperately, almost anaerobic, and had a sweet taste in his throat!

But he still hasn’t slowed down, even running faster and faster!

A new room appeared in front, the door panel was concealed, leaving a dark gap of about an inch.

Kang Jinxin chose the former between “direct passing” and “entry into the room” in the electro-optic stone fire room-he now refuses any still space, and only makes him feel safe when he runs!

The door had reached the side, and Jin Xin did not slow down.

Unexpectedly, a white thread-like thing suddenly flew out of the door slit, and at the moment Kang Jinxin passed by, it came out like lightning and wrapped tightly around his neck!

Kuang Jinxin only felt a sharp pain in his neck, just like being strangled with a steel wire, and then running forward, he must definitely separate his head!

He braked urgently, and the huge inertia almost made him lose his balance. As soon as he stood firm, he immediately raised his hand to grab the white thread that protruded inside the door slit!

The white thread tied his neck one end and the other was still hidden in the darkness inside the door!

As soon as the thread was caught, Kang Jinxin discovered that the feel was wrong, not the steel wire or the rope, but the plastic, the kind of plastic strapping used for packing and bundling things in shopping malls or factories!

This strap is not the same as the rope. The rope must be knotted. However, once the pointed end passes through the small square serial port, it will be completely stuck. It can be pulled tighter and tighter, but it is impossible to loosen it anymore. open!

Kang Jinxin gritted his teeth and pulled him inside the door to contend with his strength. He raised his arm hard and quickly looked for stationery that could break the strapping. But before he could find it, the door suddenly pulled hard!

This sudden force was so great that he slammed into the door and fell into it!

Before he could get up to see the dark room, his arm was suddenly caught and twisted behind him!

Kuang Jinxin only felt the pain like a dislocated shoulder, and at the next moment he heard the tightening of the strapping—his hands were tied behind his back.

Then came the feet.

The straps tightened his two ankles tightly, and the plastic straps almost tightened the meat.

Until he was no longer able to resist, the people behind him finally quieted down.

He struggled to turn around and saw Chi Yingxue’s father.

The middle-aged man hadn’t disguised his kindness, and his face was as cold as ice, which was in great contrast with his violent and brutal behavior.

His voice was very calm, and it made people feel chilly: “I don’t criticize you, because criticism is useless.” His eyes were suddenly gentle, with a cold, cruel gentleness, “wrong, you can only rely on yourself Come and reflect. “

After finishing talking, he grabbed Kuang Jinxin’s hair and dragged his life to the wall. The other hand rubbed against the wall, and a small piece of wall was pulled to the left, and a very small space was pulled out inside. It was said that it was a closet, but it couldn’t fit two more quilts.

Kang Jinxin doesn’t know what he is going to do, only knows that the danger is approaching: “You can’t do this, this is a crime!”

The man smiled, this time it was true, with a smile on his eyes, like hearing the most interesting joke under the world.

“What did I do to educate my son?” He asked the innocent, but he took it for granted.

Kuang Jinxin was stunned, and after a while, he reacted: “You admit the wrong person, I am not you …”

Before he finished speaking, he was forced into the room by his head!

The dark grid was too small, Kang Jinxin’s body was curled up into a very twisted posture, and the man was still pushing his leg inwards, pushing his bones sore!

Finally, he went in completely, like a piglet with no abilities to fight back, and was stuffed into a cage to be slaughtered.

The man wiped off the dust on his suit, smoothed the folds on his clothes, and put together expensive cufflinks before looking at him again and calmly announcing the rules: “If you think enough, you can come out.”

“I know I’m wrong!” Kuang Jinxin almost immediately confessed and resisted when he rebelled, but in this situation, it’s definitely not a smart choice to be tough, “I know it’s wrong, I’ve already reflected deeply, really ! “

The man was unimpressed, with an undoubted authority in his voice: “When is it enough to reflect, I’ll say it.”

“Snapped!”

The secret grid was closed mercilessly.

Kuang Jinxin caught a tiny “click” with his ears, and there is no doubt that the dark lock automatically fell.

The world is completely gone.

The suffocated darkness, in this narrow space with almost no gap left, swallowed Kuang Jinxin like a flood.

He is not afraid of black.

But when he has tasted fear, violence, and pain, this closed darkness can easily become the last straw to crush him.

Of course, he will not be crushed. He has partners, friends, relatives, and classmates. He knows that he is just breaking through. All the darkness and pain will always pass when the time comes.

But what about Chi Yingxue?

What about the young, helpless Chi Yingxue who can only rely on his family?