As soon as these words were uttered, Yi Pin perked up. Originally, he thought this kid was just playing a prank, but unexpectedly, the boy sounded so serious.
"Why?"
Yi Pin asked with some confusion.
"Because they always beat me!"
The boy said, with a glimmer of tears in his eyes.
Yi Pin frowned. But there were no injuries on the kid's face at all.
"How did they beat you?"
Yi Pin ruffled the kid's hair and smiled slightly.
"With a broom, a remote control, and sometimes they even throw bowls at me..."
As the boy spoke, his face was full of terror.
Yi Pin looked at the kid in front of him. Just as he was about to hold the kid's hand, he saw that the kid's hand was covered with wounds.
Yi Pin was shocked by this scene and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"How old are you...?" Yi Pin asked absent - mindedly. He held the kid's hand and rolled up the sleeve, only to see that the hand was full of bruises. The whole piece of skin was like this. It seemed that there was no intact skin left.
"Eleven years old!" The kid replied calmly.
"Are they your foster parents?" Yi Pin frowned. Generally, if they were biological parents, they hardly ever beat their child so severely.
"No, they are my biological mom and dad!"
The little boy replied dejectedly. Maybe for many people, parents are a warm term, but for him, parents are a terrifying existence, the key that threatens his survival.
"Then why don't you run away? And why are you dressed like this today?" Yi Pin frowned. Just as Shen Yu said, once you've chosen this profession, you can only move forward. No matter how life will be, no matter how cruel reality is, you can only accept it.
Yi Pin was stunned and didn't know how to describe the situation or how to break the ice.
"Because I can't run away. And everyone doesn't believe me just because I'm a kid. I thought that if I dressed like an adult, they would believe me!"
The little boy smiled, but the smile on his face was getting stronger and more miserable.
He glanced out of the window, and suddenly a look of fear appeared on his face.
Yi Pin followed his gaze and saw a woman with a kind smile on her face walking towards them.
The little boy whispered over and over again: "Save me, please save me, brother!"
Yi Pin frowned.
The woman rushed in and glared at the little boy.
"I told you not to run around. Why are you so disobedient?" The woman's gentle voice rang in their ears. Yi Pin frowned, feeling irritated. Why didn't this woman look like a child - abuser?
"I'm sorry to trouble you, lawyer. My child's mind is not very good, so he always talks nonsense. Please don't take it to heart!"
The woman smiled and tried to take the little boy away.
"You can't take him away!"
Seeing the helpless look in the little boy's eyes, Yi Pin couldn't bear it anymore. He stepped forward and said, with a trace of anger on his lips.
"Why not? I'm his mom, his biological mom!" The woman frowned and said irritably, looking at Yi Pin calmly.
Yi Pin was speechless. He really had no right to interfere in other people's family affairs, especially without any evidence.
Then Yi Pin watched as the little boy was taken away by the woman. The woman helped the little boy tidy up his clothes, but there was bitterness in the boy's eyes. He seemed very scared, and his face showed a look of fear.
Watching the boy being taken away with his own eyes, Yi Pin frowned.
He quickly ran out, but found that the two of them had disappeared. Even their backs were nowhere to be seen. They had vanished into the crowd.
Yi Pin was extremely irritated. Why did he hesitate? Why couldn't he be more determined?
He was the child's last hope, but now he had lost everything.
The child still had to endure the hardships of the world, and feel the helplessness. How painful it must be to want to die but not be able to, and to want to live but not be able to.
Just when Yi Pin was full of regret, it was too late. The kid had quietly disappeared, and he didn't even know when.
Just when he was extremely remorseful, Yi Pin sighed helplessly.
Suddenly, the phone rang. Yi Pin answered it. The voice on the other end was strange. It was someone he didn't usually contact.
"Brother, when are you coming? Mom and I have already gone shopping!"
Xiao Shan's cute and sweet voice came from the phone.
Yi Pin slapped his head and then remembered that he had a date with Xiao Shan. He didn't even know about it and had been busy all the time.
"Okay, brother will come right away, okay?" Yi Pin said with a smile on his lips.
"Don't buy anything. Just come empty - handed. And come quickly! My uncle will be back today too!"
Xiao Shan's worried look made Yi Pin laugh.
After work, Yi Pin brought some food and gifts and went to visit.
"Mom, uncle, brother is here, brother is here!" Xiao Shan was extremely excited, with a shallow smile on his lips.
So when he opened the door, he bumped into Yi Pin. Yi Pin smiled and picked Xiao Shan up.
"Our Xiao Shan is getting heavier! Have you eaten something good?" Yi Pin said with a smile, stroking Xiao Shan's belly.
He picked Xiao Shan up and walked towards the room.
There was a figure busy in the kitchen, and Xiao Shan's mom was making tea for Yi Pin, smiling.
"You've come. You didn't need to bring anything!"
"I saw them on sale on the roadside, so I just bought some!"
...
The two chatted casually.
Xiao Shan ran into the kitchen excitedly: "Uncle, the super - handsome brother I told you about. He's really good at scratch - off cards..."
Then Xiao Shan pulled a person out. The moment Yi Pin looked up, he stood there stunned. Isn't this Shen Yu? Why is he here?
Shen Yu was also very confused and looked at Yi Pin in front of him in shock.
"Why are you here?" Yi Pin asked, his mouth slightly open, with a smile on his lips.
"I was about to ask you the same question!" Shen Yu said, with a smile that he couldn't hide on his face.
"Do you know each other?" Xiao Shan's mom asked with a smile.
"Um..." The two didn't know how to answer for a moment. They not only knew each other, but also slept in the same bed last night, kissed each other.
"Great!" Xiao Shan cheered. It seemed that for him, it was the most wonderful thing in the world for his uncle and that brother to play together.
The two parties stood there stunned. Yi Pin couldn't figure it out. The world was really too small. Why did they always bump into each other unexpectedly? And now they met in such a way!