CH 34.2

Little Mute (2)

Xiao-Zheng pricked his ears and only continued after hearing him walk away. “Xiao-Yun suddenly got a call from her neighbor in her hometown several days ago, vaguely saying it was better to take her brother with her than leave him in their uncle’s house. Xiao-Yun was anxious and desperately asked what was going on. The villager said her uncle’s whole family was mistreating Xiao-Zhuang.”

Ruan Qingmu’s gaze was cold. “Did they abuse him?”

“That’s right, ah. They bullied a kid who couldn’t speak and complain and also bullied Xiao-Yun who couldn’t see.” Xiao-Zheng’s milky pupils were gazing far away. “They would always press Xiao-Yun for money every month. In the end, they only borrowed several sets of clothes from other families for Xiao-Zhuang to wear on the days she went back in the Chinese New Year, letting Xiao-Yun touch them and feel at ease.”

Ruan Qingmu clenched his teeth. “Such bastards and nobody ever told Sister Yun?”

“She was only some girl who worked outside all year round. Who would dare to offend her uncle’s family and speak of this?” Xiao-Zheng bitterly laughed. “This time, his family’s son broke Xiao-Zhuang’s head with a brick and didn’t even treat him. He lay in the house with blood all over his head and face. A neighbor couldn’t take it anymore and finally looked for Xiao-Yun’s phone number and secretly called her.”

Ruan Qingmu’s handsome face was slightly green as he gritted out word by word. “And then?”

“Sister Mu was afraid blind Xiao-Yun would be bullied by his uncle if she went back alone, so she thought of an idea.” Xiao-Zheng sighed. “She asked Brother Qiu to bring several men and directly broke through the old house, taking them completely by surprise. As expected, they saw her aunt beating the mute child with a stick when they entered her uncle’s house. The child was still young and didn’t understand anything. Moreover, he was mute and could only scream ‘ahhh.’ Brother Qiu said his lungs almost exploded with anger by the time he and his men entered the house.”

Ruan Qingmu’s anger slowly rose as he thought about that kid’s body that was full of bruises just now. “Brother Qiu didn’t beat that family?”

“He did. Brother Qiu said he disregarded the consequences and gave that bitch a hard slap and kicked the buttocks off of the bastard who had hit the boy with a brick. After that, he grabbed Xiao-Zhuang and got him in the car. He drove straight to the county station and took back the kid in one breath.”

Ruan Qingmu snorted fiercely. “Just let them off lightly like that?”

Xiao-Zheng laughed bitterly. “Then, what could be done? Should he kill the people and be sent to jail later?”

Ruan Qingmu gritted his teeth in anger. “Wasn’t he all covered in tattoos and had a swagger to his walk? I thought he was a ruthless person this whole time. He really fooled me.”

Xiao-Zheng asked in surprise,“What? Does he have tattoos on his body? I never gave him a massage. But I felt he was quite friendly and was very good to Sister Li…”

He suddenly stopped and laughed awkwardly. “Brother Qiu is actually a good person. He’s good to just about anyone.”

Ruan Qingmu rolled his eyes. “What happened after that?”

“Brother Qiu brought Xiao-Zhuang here. They had actually returned yesterday. He was afraid Xiao-Yun wouldn’t be able to bear the sight of him, so he discussed it with Sister Li and wanted to bring the kid to the hospital first. But they didn’t expect this kid to be afraid of people. After being taken by several strange men inexplicably, he babbled and cried.”

Ruan Qingmu nodded. “Of course, anyone else would be afraid too.”

Furthermore, the kid couldn’t hear, so he couldn’t be coaxed.

Xiao-Zheng laughed bitterly. “No matter how other people saw, it wasn’t right for several men to have with them a shivering mute boy. As a result, the boss of the small inn tried to do a good deed.”

Ruan Qingmu was surprised. “What happened?”

“Brother Qiu and several others were eating instant noodles inside the room when they were arrested by the local police, who suspected they were a nest of human traffickers.”

Ruan Qingmu was stunned and involuntarily let out “fuck” from his mouth. It was hard to imagine!

After a long time, he suddenly laughed. “Anyway, there are still a lot of good people.”

Xiao-Zheng also let out a light laugh and looked in his direction with his unfocused eyes. “That’s right, the small inn’s boss is quite good.”

“Sister Li got a call just now. She brought Xiao-Yun to the local police station to fetch them and they were just released.” Xiao-Zheng helplessly shook his head. “So, we’re currently in the middle of a mess right now.”

Ruan Qingmu sighed. “Then, what does Sister Yun plan to do?”

Xiao-Zheng said, “Xiao-Yun said she would die with her brother no matter what happened. She wouldn’t leave him behind in the village anymore. She… knelt to your mom just now.”

Ruan Qingmu was so scared, he jumped when he heard that. “What was she doing?”

“She said she would instead work without getting paid a single cent in the future and beg your mom to let her brother live here. If not…” Xiao-Zheng smiled bitterly. “If not, how can a blind person like her raise a mute brother?”

Ruan Qingmu was stunned. “Of course, my mom would take care of both the sister and brother. Who wants her money, ah?”

Xiao-Zheng’s mouth twitched and didn’t say anything.

He couldn’t see, but he had good instincts. He didn’t know why but he always felt Sister Li’s son seemed to be a different person than before the accident.

However, he was a kid after all and saw the world through simple eyes.

He and Xiao-Yun worked and lived here. Sister Li only took half of their commission each. Besides paying for the disposable appliances, sterilized towels, and the high electricity bill due to always leaving the air conditioner on, she also had to help them pay for various insurances. She was already considered very generous.