Chapter 58: Please Don’t Hit Me
Right now, Lin Tian quickened his pace, and suddenly urgent footsteps sounded behind him. He turned his head to see that the small boy who begged in the morning was running toward him in panic, still clutching the broken bowl...
The small boy was possibly too hurried to watch his step, and he tripped over a stone, stumbling and falling harshly to the ground. The broken bowl in his hand flew far away, smashing into pieces on the ground, with the money inside scattering everywhere.
Even in such a state, the small boy couldn’t bother with the aching pain that came after falling, and quickly came to the place where the broken bowl shattered, with his small hands swiftly gathering the scattered money into his pockets.
It seemed that money, filthy as it was, was more important than his life.
Lin Tian wanted to step forward to help him, but at this moment, a young man with curly hair appeared behind the small boy.
Seeing the young man walking toward him, the small boy’s face was full of fear, his hands moved faster to grab the money. Meanwhile, he threw the broken bowl into the grass nearby, not wanting anyone to see it.
Unfortunately, no matter how fast the boy’s movements were, he was still just a child—how fast could he possibly be?
He was seen by the young man with curly hair anyway, who immediately quickened his pace toward the boy, his face showing an angry expression.
Without waiting for the young man to approach, the small boy abruptly knelt down on the ground, trembling as he said, "Big brother... I was wrong, I will be careful next time... I won’t dare again..."
The young man with curly hair said nothing, stepping forward and kicking the small boy in the chest. The boy’s frail body flew more than two meters away. When he sat up, he was already vomiting blood uncontrollably.
"You little bastard, you broke another one of my bowls!" The young man cursed at the small boy sitting on the ground, not caring at all about him vomiting blood.
Pointing at the boy’s nose, he cursed, "Do you know how much a bowl costs? Every day you barely get any money, and I still have to spend money to buy bowls for you!"
After speaking, the young man with curly hair walked toward the small boy, grabbed his arm without caring that he was still sitting on the ground, and dragged him forward.
The brutality of his actions was astonishing, especially toward a five or six-year-old child. It left Lin Tian fuming with rage, gritting his teeth!
He also understood why the small boy was so eager to hide the broken bowl despite the pain after falling—he was afraid of being beaten!
Feeling increasingly angry, Lin Tian decided to rescue the small boy. But remembering the disabled beggars in the two minivans, he chose to hold off for now to avoid alerting the culprits.
Following closely behind the young man with curly hair, Lin Tian watched him drag the small boy, using a method that was essentially pulling him along by the arm across the ground, entering the minivan.
With a vicious spit, Lin Tian hailed a taxi.
Getting into the taxi, Lin Tian said to the taxi driver, "Driver, follow that minivan closely!"
The taxi driver, upon hearing this, confidently nodded at the already moving minivan.
The two minivans sped ahead, with the taxi trailing behind!
Luckily, it was near noon, peak traffic time, so the two minivans couldn’t drive fast. So they kept pace following the minivans to a secluded village in the suburbs!
When both minivans stopped at an alley entrance, Lin Tian immediately asked the driver to park on the side, paid the fare, then leisurely got out of the car and walked toward another opposite alley, quietly observing along the way.
The doors of the two minivans opened, and three people first came out, carrying those without legs like they were transporting goods into the courtyard.
While the young man with curly hair kicked the small boy slowly getting off the van, cursing loudly, "You little bastard, watch how I’ll fix you today!"
After speaking, he kicked another small child out of the van.
One minivan was filled with disabled beggars, while the other was filled with children. Seeing this scene, Lin Tian’s fingers dug into his flesh; these people truly deserved death!
Once a few middle-aged men ushered all the beggars into the yard, the young man with curly hair drove the two minivans out of the alley and parked them on the roadside. He then quickly walked into the courtyard.
Only then did Lin Tian turn around and head back, reaching the courtyard entrance. He found a rusty iron gate tightly closed, and within the courtyard came the sound of a vicious dog howling. Thankfully, the courtyard was part of a single-story house, and the wall was not too high. Additionally, the wall, having been in disrepair for years, had some footholds.
Surveying the surrounding terrain, Lin Tian noticed there didn’t seem to be many households living in this alley; most houses were waiting for demolition. Thus, he decided to use an empty house nearby.
Crawling along the yard wall, he reached the roof. The roofs of the two houses were adjacent, allowing him to climb onto the neighboring roof and see everything in the courtyard clearly.
The courtyard was expansive, containing five large iron cages. Aside from one cage holding a fierce wolf dog, the other four cages were surprisingly filled with people.
Seeing this scene, Lin Tian took a cold breath. It turns out these people were exploiting these children and disabled individuals for earning money.
You’d think there’d be a limit to human wickedness.
To lack morals to such an extent, you probably couldn’t be called a human anymore. With this thought, murderous intent surged within Lin Tian.
The wolf dog in the cage, perhaps frightened by the sudden increase in people, barked continuously. Lin Tian considered this as an opportunity; while the dog barked and nobody noticed, he could sneak into the yard and rescue those people.
Just as Lin Tian was preparing to jump into the courtyard, the door of the building opened, and the young man with curly hair stepped out while eating instant noodles.
Standing at the door basking in the sun, after finishing his noodles, the young man approached one of the iron cages with people inside, unlocking it, and pulled out the begging small boy: "Get out here! Damn it, today I’m going to make you suffer!"
The small boy, as if seeing a devil, clung tightly to the cage, lying flat not wanting to come out, crying and shouting, "Big brother, tomorrow I’ll definitely get a lot of money, definitely a lot!"
"Sob... I won’t break the bowl again, big brother, please don’t hit me, I beg you not to hit me!"
The pitiful cry of the small boy didn’t arouse even a hint of sympathy in the young man with curly hair. Ignoring the begging boy’s cries, he exerted force with both hands. Against the strength of an adult, a five or six-year-old child’s effort was no match as the small boy was forcibly pulled from the cage.
Pulled out by the sudden force with no time to react, the small boy’s head couldn’t dodge and slammed into the iron bars at the cage entrance, his cries of pain echoing louder...