Volume 13: Out of the Rubik's Cube (15)
When Zhu Mengtian and his group came down from the mountain, it was already time for the night to shine with stars. Lingxiao Town still seemed a little deserted because of the road closure. However, there were also people walking on the street in groups or enjoying the cool air at their own door, which seemed particularly leisurely and comfortable. This atmosphere made them calm down. They were exhausted from climbing the mountain for a day and walked towards the Redwood Inn with a chatter and laughter. Li Yingsheng originally wanted to go back to his orchard, but he beat several pheasants and rabbits on the mountain, saying that he would sell them to the inn, so he followed them.
When I reached the last turn of the fork in the road, I saw Jiao Shuhuan waiting there from a distance. I didn’t know what I was thinking, and sat on a stone on the side of the road in a daze. After hearing their laughter, I came to my senses, patted my pants and stood up and waved to Jiao Shuyin. Jiao Shuyin walked over and said with a smile: "Ahuan is so obedient, come and pick up Sister Home?"
But Jiao Shuhuan did not laugh, and he said expressionlessly: "Dad beats my mother again."
Jiao Shuyin's smile faded and soon disappeared without a trace. Perhaps it was too dark, and she looked a little cold and depressed when she didn't smile, and she said in a plain tone: "For Xiaoyuan's tuition? Or did the inn overpay electricity bill last month?"
Jiao Shuhuan said: "No, my uncle came to borrow money. My mother gave him five hundred yuan, but my father saw it."
Jiao Shuyin nodded, without any special reaction, and just said, "I understand."
Zhu Mengtian and Zong Shaoxian followed Jiao Shuyin. At first, they didn't expect that it would be such a family matter. They didn't avoid it for a while, and they heard it completely, with a slightly awkward expression, but Jiao Shuyin was much more calm than them, and she smiled at them and said, "Sorry, family misfortune, I'm laughing."
Li Yingsheng said in a muffled voice: "Let's go, go back and see how my aunt is doing." He was obviously not very surprised.
Zong Shaoxian and the others thought that the couple had just had a fight, but when they returned to the Redwood Inn, they found that all the friends who stayed in the town were in a bad mood. They were puzzled and Han Lu asked in confusion: "What's wrong with you?"
"It's okay." Lin Yingkong comforted him. At this time, they were waiting in the lobby on the first floor of the inn to pray to Meng Tian and the others for dinner. There were many guests around who were having midnight snacks, and it was useless to say more.
Han Lu nodded obediently, and the others were a little confused, but they still sat down to prepare for food. Jiao Shuyin went straight to the kitchen after entering the door. After a while, he came out with a calm face and collected money on the counter instead of Jiao Shuhuan. Jiao Shuhuan went to clean up the table, but Jiao Shuyuan was still missing.
A moment later, Jiao's mother came out with a tray of dishes and placed them on the table where Feng Rong and the others were. Yiling looked up inadvertently and saw the purple scars on Jiao's face. It was very serious at first glance. He was secretly surprised, but he did not show it. He lowered his head to avoid her face to show politeness. Soon, several other team members who were uninformed also noticed Jiao's mother's injuries, and then he vaguely realized that the two men seemed to be fighting a little fiercely...
Because there were no creatures from the supernatural world on the first floor of the inn, Zhu Mengtian whispered to Feng Rong and Lin Yingkong after eating half full. After hearing this, Lin Yingkong pondered and said, "What do you mean is the Wushi Mineral Vein may be in the water?"
Zhu Mengtian nodded, "Although the entire ghost valley has not been accurately detected, only that river has responded and rewarded, and it is not in the river, but also under the river."
Lin Yingkong frowned, "Then you're going to go into the water... Have you found the so-called deep pit buried with corpses?" Going into the water is not a problem, but if there is something strange in the valley, then the danger of going into the water is uncertain.
Zhu Mengtian said this strangely, "Although it is called ghost valley, we really didn't find any ghosts. We even had very little resentment. Maybe it was because no one would go there, so there was no dead."
"If there are a large number of corpses and no resentment, it is a bit inconsistent with the actual situation," Feng Rong said, "So that story of Uncle Qing is fake?"
Zhu Mengtian asked: "Minister, have you gone to find Uncle Qing during the day? Haven't you been looking for him?"
Lin Yingkong curled his lips, "God knows where that stinky Taoist priest went..." Anyway, he just disliked the Taoist priest, and was pointed at the nose and scolded him as a monster. Assistant Lin was very slim, okay? He didn't see that Yiling was forced to take advantage of the minister in J City last time. After returning to the v6 branch, he would be in peace for half a month. When Han Lu saw him again, he said that he had lost a lot of weight!
As they were talking, a muffled sound of porcelain shattering came, not obvious, but the Lingshou Bureau and his group caught the sound, subconsciously looked towards the kitchen on the first floor of the inn, but the thick curtains obscured the scene inside. Unless it was a perspective eye, they could not see anything. Lin Yingkong raised his eyebrows, and the shadow under his feet sneaked into the kitchen against the wall. However, as soon as the shadow beast walked to the door, there was a sudden fierce quarrel coming from inside. Lin Yingkong was startled, and the shadow beast shrank back.
At this time, except for the Lingshang Bureau and his group on the first floor of the inn, there were only one or two tables of guests left. They were all living in the inn. When they heard the quarrel, they were shocked. Jiao Shuyin on the counter accidentally fell the calculator that was calculating money. She frowned and ran towards the kitchen. Jiao Shuhuan, who was huddling in the corner, looked at him, hesitated for a moment, and then got up and followed him.
Originally, it was someone else's family business, but it was difficult to interfere. The Ling Security Bureau and his group stayed in place in embarrassment without moving, but just pricked their ears to listen to the movement inside. After Jiao Shuyin entered, the quarrel calmed down for a moment. Everyone thought that the tide had just passed, but they didn't expect that less than a minute of calming down, and even more violent quarrel broke out. I vaguely heard Jiao's father shouting, "I won't give you my money even if I bring it into the coffin." Fei Rong was so angry that she gritted her teeth and almost couldn't help but slam the table, but was pressed by Di Bingqiao next to her. Every family had a difficult sutra. The couple quarreled. What was their insertion?
But unexpectedly, as they were quarreling, the sound of pots and pans falling to the ground sounded inside. It was frightening, and Jiao Shuyin and Jiao Shuhuan repeated the words "Don't fight" several times. This is not just a quarrel. Feng Rong signaled E Jingbai, who had already stood up, and then gestured to Zhu Mengtian and Zong Shaoxian. The two of them immediately stood up and rushed into the kitchen. Within a few seconds, they pulled Jiao's father, who was blushing and thick-necked, out.
Jiao's father was still shouting: "I will be in trouble for eight lifetimes if I marry you. What else can you do besides you, a lazy woman, do! I will beat you to death sooner or later..."
Jiao's mother was also supported by Jiao Shuyin and walked out of the kitchen. New injuries were added to her face, but she was not afraid at all. She just stared at Jiao's father resentful and said in a hoarse voice: "Jiao Guangkuang, you must die a good death!"
Jiao's father struggled and wanted to hit her, but Zhu Mengtian held her bare hands. He still raised his neck and stared at Jiao's mother in anger. The two of them looked at each other. The years of dependents and raising children could not leave any traces in their hearts. Their eyes were full of hatred. They did not look like husband and wife. This was obviously an enemy with deep blood hatred!
Jiao Shuyin let out a deep breath, and then said coldly: "Why are you quarreling? Isn't it embarrassing enough?!"
Jiao’s father and Jiao’s mother looked away at the same time, with still scattered resentment on their faces. Jiao Shuyin ignored them, but just smiled at Zhu Mengtian and Zong Shaoxian with a dismal smile and said, “Please let go of my dad, Ah Huan, send dad back to bed.”
Zhu Mengtian and Zong Shaoxian looked at each other, and then let go. Jiao's father staggered, but obviously he didn't intend to fight with a "hard guy" like them. After a cold snorting, he went back to the room angrily. Seeing that he had not waited for him and did not really go to send him off, Jiao Shuhuan went back to the corner, as if what had happened just now would not affect him continuing to play with his phone. Only Jiao Shuyin nodded apologetically to them, and then helped Jiao's mother back to the room. Di Bingqiao looked at Feng Rong, and Feng Rong nodded. Then she picked up the medicine box that was originally prepared for Zhu Mengtian and the others who were going up the mountain and followed.
Seeing that the matter had subsided and did not want to cause trouble, the other two guests quietly went upstairs. There was only Lingshang Bureau and his group in the lobby on the first floor of the inn. The atmosphere was very depressing. After a while, Ding Youlan said weakly: "It's so scary... What's going on?"
Zhu Mengtian shook his wrist and sat back in his seat. He was not full yet. "What else can happen? The couple can fight."
"It's like this?" Ding Youlan looked sad, "I think of He Fu and Shu Xiusang again."
"It's a little worse than the two of them," Cheng Xiaodai muttered, "After all, Shu Xiusang likes He Fu, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten." As for Jiao's father and Jiao's mother... it's hard to explain that they are not enemies.
Fei Rong breathed a sigh of relief and said depressedly: "Why are their marriages so unhappy?" She almost lost her faith in love after seeing them too much.
"There is harm when there is comparison," Zhu Mengtian hooked Zong Shaoxian's neck and shook it. "Because we are so happy, you will feel that they are very unhappy, but in fact, many families are like this, either violence or cold violence, and there is no other feelings except responsibility."
Zong Shaoxian poked him away with his elbow, "Don't disturb me to eat."
Ding Youlan said thoughtfully: "Brother Meng Tian, your point of view is so pessimistic."
"It's true," Zhu Mengtian shrugged, "The tragedy brought about by an arranged marriage is continuable. Children raised in such an environment may also continue the tragedy of their parents, just like Jiao Shuhuan. He either avoids marriage like a snake or a scorpion or becomes a husband who beats a woman like his father. He looks very cold now. I have seen the games he plays, which are very violent and bloody, and obviously have become crooked."
Han Lu tilted her head and listened for a while, and said, "Aren't people living in bad environments destined to be tragedy for the rest of their lives?"
The members of the field team of the General Office knew that he was thinking about the initial research institute. Feng Rong said lightly: "Parents are also included in the environment. No matter how bad the environment is, it is good. If you have good parents, it is not a tragedy." Just like Qin Bianhai's teaching to Han Lu, he turned him from a wild beast to a human.
Lin Yingkong added: "It doesn't matter if it's crooked, but people can save themselves." He didn't say the rest of the sentence because it was a bit cruel - usually, if a person doesn't work hard or is unconscious, it is actually difficult to change.
Just as they were discussing, Jiao Shuyuan suddenly jumped in and said happily to them: "Good evening~"
When the atmosphere was depressed, her joy was simply out of place. The expressions of the Ling Security Bureau and the group of people were strange. Jiao Shuyuan's smile became a little stiff, "What's wrong?"
Chapter completed!