Chapter 1270 The Sound of Rain at Night (Part 2)

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"Why? I've already swallowed my anger so much, why don't you let me go!"

Xia Qing's hysterical roar lingered in Lin Sheng's mind.

He had never seen such eyes before, like a beast forced into a desperate situation, full of despair, madness, grief and anger, which was shocking.

Lin Sheng eagerly learned about Xia Qing from his classmates, and finally found out what happened to her two months ago.

It turns out that the person sitting in his current seat is a beast named Zhao Yunjie. He has been pestering Xia Qing since half a year ago, but has been rejected.

However, on the day the summer vacation began, this beast succeeded.

The classmate didn't say anything about what happened next, and Lin Sheng had already guessed the answer.

The beast is still being imprisoned, but it is said that there is insufficient evidence and he will be released soon.

Insufficient evidence? When Lin Sheng heard this familiar word, he felt an indescribable sadness in his heart. At this moment, he and Xia Qing felt sympathy for each other.

"What should I do..."

Lin Sheng said in his heart.

When he returned home in the evening, this time he did not shut himself in directly as usual, but sat in the living room.

When his adoptive mother saw him, she looked surprised and came over to greet him.

Lin Sheng has lost his parents since he was a child. It was his adoptive father Ma Weiguo and his adoptive mother Li Mei who raised him.

Like many families in the world, the mother is gentle and loving, and she is more or less doting on her children.

The father, on the other hand, has a bad temper and is not good at communicating, but he is very good at educating with sticks, so the relationship with his rebellious son is very tense.

Not long ago, Lin Sheng was ordered to drop out of school because of a group fight, and Ma Weiguo was tied to a coconut tree outside the door and smoked all afternoon.

After that, Lin Sheng refused to say a word to his adoptive father. As soon as Ma Weiguo came home, Lin Sheng immediately locked himself in the room and refused to come out even if he was hungry.

Li Mei was caught in the middle and was too worried to think about food and drinks. She even asked her husband to say a few soft words.

And Ma Weiguo's answer was: If he doesn't eat, let him starve, and he will starve to death!

The house was only a small place, so of course Lin Sheng could hear these angry words clearly, so the father and son started to compete.

But today, Lin Sheng suddenly stopped going to the room. Li Mei thought that her son was enlightened, and she was so happy that she burst into tears. She also said that she would go out to buy meat and cook a big meal tonight.

Not long after Li Mei left, Ma Weiguo came home from get off work.

Compared with when Zhao Yunjie was arrested two months ago, Ma Weiguo's image was much worse.

The stubble on his face is thick, the dark circles under his eyes are large and deep, and his eyebrows are filled with sadness.

But his eyes were still firm and bright, he knew clearly what he wanted to do and how he should do it, and he would not compromise due to any pressure.

After entering the house, Ma Weiguo was obviously stunned when he saw his son sitting on the sofa.

Then he pretended not to care and changed his shoes, and asked in a deep voice: "Aren't you going to go into your doghouse to hide from me?"

"I have something to ask you." Lin Sheng's tone was also very harsh. Although father and son were not related by blood, they had the same bad temper.

"Do you know Xia Qing?" Lin Sheng continued to ask.

Ma Weiguo frowned: "Why do you ask this?"

"She is my deskmate. She was beaten by Zhao Yongjie's girlfriend today. She is currently reflecting at home."

"She is a very nice person. She has been bullied before and no one helped her. This time she resisted but was punished and sent home to reflect."

Lin Sheng was talking to himself, his voice sounded very deep.

"Then can you help?" Ma Weiguo asked.

Lin Sheng immediately replied: "Yes, but as soon as I walked over, Xia Qing had already solved it by herself. The woman who bullied her was disfigured and was sent to the hospital."

Ma Weiguo was silent for a while and said, "If this is the case, then letting her go home and reflect is actually to protect her."

Lin Sheng shouted angrily: "But it was obviously Li Wei and the others who were at fault first, Xia Qing just resisted."

"Do you have evidence?" Ma Weiguo asked in an equally loud voice.

"So those people beat me, and I still have to be beaten without fighting back in order to have evidence?" Lin Sheng was obviously not talking about Xia Qing this time, but the grievances he had suffered.

As a police officer, Ma Weiguo cannot act on impulse. Of course, everything must be done rationally and with evidence.

And this is where the conflict between father and son lies.

Lin Sheng did not get the answer he wanted from Ma Weiguo during this communication, so he decided to go find Xia Qing himself.

Before Xia Qing's accident, she had several good friends in the class, and they all knew where she lived, so Lin Sheng found out Xia Qing's address without much effort.

Xia Qing's home is located near a mountain. On the back of the mountain is the sea, on the left side of the mountain is the sea, and on the right side of the mountain is the sea. Walking in the woods, you can even hear the sound of breaking waves.

Lin Sheng came outside Xia Qing's house and gently pressed the doorbell.

But the person who opened the door was a thin old man. He looked at Lin Sheng with a cold face and said in a wary tone: "Who are you looking for?"

"I am Xia Qing's deskmate." Lin Sheng said, taking out a book from his schoolbag. "The teacher was worried that Xia Qing would lose some knowledge, so she asked me to send her notes and explain to her the knowledge she didn't understand. Give an explanation.”

In order to make this lie come true, Lin Sheng took notes in class more carefully than anyone else today.

When Grandpa Xia Qing heard that Lin Sheng was here for this matter, his expression became friendly. He invited Lin Sheng into the yard, and then turned to call Xia Qing.

After about half a minute, Xia Qing came.

She was wearing a white pleated skirt at home, as white as a lily. The fragrance floating in the air, Lin Sheng couldn't tell whether it came from the orchids in the yard or from Xia Qing.

He was stunned, and his heart even skipped a beat.

The heart of this young man had never been so throbbing as it was now, and many inexplicable words appeared in his mind.

Lin Sheng wanted to say it out loud, but found that he couldn't organize it at all, let alone say it out.

The two looked at each other in silence for a few seconds, and Lin Sheng raised the notebook in his hand: "This is my note for today, but the handwriting is a bit ugly."

"Thank you." Xia Qing took the notebook, gentle as the summer breeze.

Then, Lin Sheng stayed and explained to Xia Qing the knowledge he had only learned for one day.

There were several times during the period when he almost exposed himself, but fortunately he was quick-witted and rounded it off.

In the next half a month, Lin Sheng came to give Xia Qing notes every day.

At first, the only topic they talked about was study, but as they got to know each other, they started talking about other things.

However, Lin Sheng never mentioned a word about Xia Qing's past.

During this period, Lin Sheng also got along very well with Xia Qing's grandfather Xia An.

This skinny old man was as gentle and kind as his granddaughter Xia Qing, and he was timid. Killing a chicken would cause a lot of chaos.

Xia An asked Lin Sheng to help hold it down, but Lin Sheng himself had never killed a chicken before, and he was so scared that his hands were shaking.

As a result, Grandpa Xia gritted his teeth and cut it with a knife. The chicken was so painful that it immediately broke free from its restraints and began to fly up and down, with blood splattering all over the yard. Those who didn't know would think it was a murder scene.

Xia Qing was watching the two lively treasures, one old and one young, and she was almost crying with laughter.

In addition to cooking for Xia Qing, Grandpa Xia usually stayed in the mountains to repair roads.

There was no road from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and few people usually went there. But Grandpa Xia started to build a road many years ago, and now it is only a little way to the top of the mountain.

Lin Sheng was puzzled and asked Xia Qing why.

Xia Qing told him that many years ago, grandma disappeared on this mountain.

Grandpa was afraid that if grandma came back one day, she would not be able to find the way home on the mountain, so he built this road.

Xia Qing also said that the place where grandpa and grandma got engaged was also on the top of this mountain.

There is a forest full of fireflies there. The stars in the sky and the fireflies on the ground at night are very beautiful.

However, Lin Sheng and Xia Qing once waited in the forest until midnight, but they did not see the so-called fireflies.

Half a month later, Xia Qing received a notice to return to school because she had to take an exam.

For this exam, Lin Sheng was full of confidence, because he had worked the hardest in his life in recent days, and his grades would definitely improve.

After the exam, he found that he had indeed made great progress.

Then he ran to ask Xia Qing happily how she did in the exam, and Xia Qing told him with a smile that she got the first place in the class this time.

Then Lin Sheng blushed, and he was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to crawl into on the spot.

A poor student, who was a teacher of a top student for half a month, was simply a big joke.

"So why don't you expose me?"

Lin Sheng asked with his head down.

"That day, you came to the toilet to see me laugh, right?" Xia Qing asked faintly.

Lin Sheng quickly replied: "Of course not, I want to help you!"

Xia Qing smiled: "Among so many classmates, you are the only one who wants to help me, and everyone else avoids me."

Some things can be confirmed with just a look or a move.

There is no need to say anything more, Lin Sheng has understood everything.

But the happy days only lasted for a short time, and sadness was the main theme of the two of them.

After school, Lin Sheng said goodbye to Xia Qing as usual and prepared to go home for dinner.

However, he was suddenly attacked by a group of people.

Lin Sheng immediately recognized the identities of these people.

As mentioned before, Lin Sheng's father was a murderer who killed a contractor.

And the contractor's son was among the group of people who besieged him.

Before transferring to another school, this person had been causing trouble for him a lot, but he didn't expect that he would come again after transferring to another school.

Lin Sheng of course fought with him, but two fists could not beat four hands.

Just as other classmates were watching, a girl came to his aid. It was Xia Qing who had returned.

She waved a wooden stick and hit the people who besieged Lin Sheng with all her strength.

But she was no match for these people and was soon pushed to the ground.

Xia Qing originally wanted to get up and fight again, but she found that her stomach was cramping and blood was flowing out between her legs.

Now everyone looked at her, looking at a loss.

Xia Qing was quickly sent to the hospital. The doctor told her that the child could not be saved and could only undergo an induced abortion surgery. He also asked if Lin Sheng was the father of the child.

Xia Qing shook her head to deny it, but Lin Sheng answered yes.

This made Xia Qing very angry, and she asked him why he admitted something he didn't do at all.

Lin Sheng didn't answer, but asked the doctor to go and operate on Xia Qing quickly.

Soon Xia Qing came out of the operating room, and Lin Sheng followed her into the ward.

The two sat opposite each other, without saying a word.

After a while, Xia Qing broke the silence: "Aren't you curious, where did this child come from?"

Lin Sheng smiled softly and said, "Actually, I knew it a long time ago, but I don't care about your past."

"No, I care." Xia Qing squeezed the sheets tightly, "I will never forget those days. It was like a bone-deep wound, with blood oozing out as you breathed. It was and will be in the future. It keeps torturing you and never heals you for the rest of your life.”

Lin Sheng clenched his fists, his eyes showing infinite loneliness, and he didn't even know how to speak to comfort him.

"I used to think so." Xia Qing suddenly added, "It wasn't until I met you that I saw hope of wound healing, so I really thank you."

After the conversation started, Lin Sheng told Xia Qing his story.

When he was young, his parents were construction site workers.

After working for a year, the contractor finally refused to pay me.

Lin Sheng's mother went to ask for wages, but was beaten to death by the foreman's men.

In the end, due to lack of evidence, only a few of his subordinates were punished, and the contractor only lost some money.

In order to retaliate, Lin Sheng's father directly stabbed the contractor and one of his men to death, and he was also sentenced to death.

After losing his parents, Lin Sheng was adopted by Ma Weiguo, who was responsible for handling the case.

He grew up with the reputation of being the son of a murderer and was often bullied, especially the son of the contractor.

The beatings that happened today happened often in the past.

This is also the reason why Lin Sheng lives on the streets.

In a sense, Lin Sheng and Xia Qing both share the same fate and experience the same pain.

Therefore, two injured souls can trust each other as if they fell in love at first sight and join forces to keep each other warm.

Not long after, Xia Qing was discharged from the hospital.

Even though she didn't want the baby, those who caused her to miscarry were serious crimes, each of whom would go to jail.

But if you can get her forgiveness, you might be able to get a suspended sentence.

When faced with the pleas of these people and their families, Xia Qing said that she could understand, but only if you don't cause trouble to Lin Sheng in the future. He has never hurt you.

Of course, these people agreed to Xia Qing's request, and their grudge against Lin Sheng was wiped out.

But on the other hand, Li Wei publicized Xia Qing's miscarriage and maliciously slandered her, just to discredit her.

At the same time, Zhao Yunjie is about to come out due to insufficient evidence.

Blows hit Xia Qing one after another. The strange looks and gossip from people around her made it almost impossible for her to resist.