Chapter 989: Metamorphosis
Chapter 989 Transformation
Chuchen's father looked at the doctor in shock, realizing for the first time that people could confuse right and wrong to such an extent.
The angry family members rushed forward and punched and kicked him, injuring him. Not only that, they took him to court, used their connections to get a harsher sentence, and forcibly extended the original three-year sentence to a full ten years. Ten years...how many decades are there in life?
On the day of the sentencing, Chu Chen’s mother cried until she fainted.
Twelve-year-old Chu Chen panicked and hugged his mother's limp body on the ground, calling her name again and again, then raised his head and begged the uncles and aunts passing by to save her...
However, people coming and going were afraid of offending the city's powerful families, and no one offered a helping hand to the mother and son. Originally, Director Deng who would smile at Chu Chen when he went to the hospital to find his father, Aunt Zhao who once gave him a few candies, and Professor Li who kindly told him to wear more clothes...
Everyone walked away from the mother and child, like avoiding a savage beast.
It wasn’t until many years later that Chu Chen understood, who would be willing to stand up for a powerless little man? Why bother after thanklessly offending the hospital and those powerful local gangsters?
It’s a pity that he couldn’t figure this out when he was still young.
Twelve-year-old Chu Chen held his mother who was breathing weakly in his arms. He felt an unprecedented sense of helplessness and fear. He looked around and saw a man standing on the witness stand through the indifferent crowd walking in a hurry. Walking down - it was the man who knocked on his door late at night, knelt down in front of his father with expensive gifts and begged, and then bit him back.
Chu Chen didn’t have much time to worry about.
He rushed forward, just as the man knelt down at his father's feet. He also knelt down at the man's feet, crying: "Uncle, please! For the sake of my father helping you, please save me." My mother!"
The man's expression suddenly changed, and he kicked him away fiercely in the eyes of all the people around him. He cursed angrily: "You little bastard! Don't be so slanderous! When did your dad ever help me?! I messed with him!" Isn’t it enough that you’ve caused so much trouble? Go as far away as you can!”
Speaking, he quickly walked out of the court.
Chu Chen was kicked so hard that his ribs hurt. He opened his clothes and found that his heart was bruised.
He endured the pain and moved back to his mother step by step. He took off all the clothes on his body and kept her warm according to some first aid knowledge his parents taught him.
Mother woke up leisurely, took his hand, and took him home in a daze.
While crossing the road, a truck sped by.
Chu Chen watched helplessly as the truck crashed into her, and her skinny and thin body flew backwards far and wide, with blood splattering everywhere. Pedestrians screamed and fled... forming the most ferocious slow motion in the world.
Her legs could not be saved and she was paraplegic at a high level.
Following this are malnutrition, decreased immunity, and wound infection.
Twelve-year-old Chu Chen ran around to raise money for her medical expenses. You could still borrow some money at first, but after a few times, no one was willing to put money into this bottomless pit. The uncles and aunts who were once so friendly to him now avoid him like the plague. Until many years later in his nightmares, Chu Chen often dreamed of going to the home of a relative who was doing small business - he was wearing a pair of old clothes, his head lowered awkwardly, standing in the beautifully decorated living room, surrounded by relatives and friends. During the meal, a beautiful little girl in a pink dress entertained the pet dog with meat bones. The aroma of food wafted into his nose. He was hungry and his stomach growled.
No one paid any attention to him.
He himself blushed with embarrassment and wished he could dig a crack in the ground and burrow down.
From childhood, although his parents could not give him a wealthy life, they still taught him how to be a decent person. At the moment when his stomach growled, he felt that he had been humiliated by his family. Suppressing the embarrassment, he lowered his head and said: "Second uncle, please lend me some money. When I grow up and find a job, I will definitely pay it back to you with interest! Definitely!"
The second uncle responded with a disdainful sneer.
“The little brother is so pitiful, give him something to eat.” At the dining table under the crystal lamp, the little girl in a pink dress held a funny dog bone and handed it to him innocently.
The girl’s mother clapped her hand and scolded her: “Eat well! If you don’t obey me, you will become a little beggar like this in the future!”
Chuchen didn’t know how he got out of their house.
The door of the house closed behind him. He was empty-handed and hungry. He looked at the cold moon outside the window and swore to himself that he would definitely look like a human being! I will never ask for help again!
He dropped out of school and worked several jobs a day, soliciting customers at the train station, helping people put up small advertisements, washing dishes for small restaurants, and handling leftovers... He tried his best and relied on his own blood and sweat to raise the expenses for his mother's later treatment. . Although it is still a drop in the bucket, it is better than nothing.
On the day he was discharged from the hospital, he pushed his crude "wheelchair" that he pieced together from a garbage dump and took his mother back to his musty-smelling home. He hugged his mother's frail and rickety body and cried silently.
Then, I raised my head and told myself that I would never shed tears again in this life.
His father wanted him to become an upright person. However, this year, twelve-year-old Chu Chen understood one thing - all justice is pale and powerless in the face of power.
The turning point of fate came in the winter two years later.
Heavy snow engulfed the entire town. While Chu Chen was working in a restaurant, someone called and ordered more than 20 takeaway lunch boxes. It was a snowy day and the road was long, so no one was willing to deliver. The little boss was helpless and had no choice but to promise that if anyone was willing to go, he would be able to bring home two more lunch boxes with a lot of meat today.
Still no one wants to.
Only Chu Chen, thinking of his mother who was ill in bed, gritted his teeth and went on.
He braved the wind and snow to deliver the lunch box to the place.
It was a film crew shooting snow scenes in a remote corner of the countryside.
It was freezing cold, and everyone was extremely cold. When they saw the hot lunch boxes, they gathered around and praised him while eating: "You're a good boy. You're delivering lunch boxes in such a cold day. It's the conscience of the industry." , Well done!" he said, patting him on the shoulder appreciatively.
Chuchen said a few words of humility, took the money from the studio assistant, counted it carefully, and was about to leave.
But he was stopped by the assistant director who hurried over: "Young man, wait, please help me. Look at the weather, many extras are absent - bah, what kind of quality are they? There are not enough extras on the set, can you help us?" "
(End of this chapter)