Part 3 of Chapter 74
It was like a farce.
#Rural-Boy_Self-harm_During_The_Most_Hated_Her_and_Him_Broadcast# directly made it to the top hot search.
Especially because it was a special area that Ah Zhi had harmed, it sparked numerous discussions among netizens.
As long as you’ve watched the live broadcast, most netizens can understand Ah Zhi’s motives, so some people have started to dig deeper into the behavior behind it.
Some netizens kept replaying the live broadcast and discovered that when his Grandma got up, she circle scars on her wrists1 was revealed.
Everything unfolded just as Song Zeqian had arranged.
As long as they could get to the hospital, given Grandma Sun’s physical condition, years of malnutrition, and a variety of uncountable illnesses in both her hands, they would only arrange for her to be hospitalized for treatment, waiting for a more comprehensive medical report.
In a place like this, with so many eyes watching, not to mention the program team’s cameras filming, the hospital would also take this opportunity to publicly express their responsibility towards patients and would not allow Grandma Sun to leave at will.
Along with Ah Zhi’s behavior, online public opinion has escalated to a level they hadn’t anticipated, with the trending topic tagged with ‘Explosive’ within half an hour.
Just at this moment.
Sun family’s second son, who had been missing from home for five years, came forward and posted a video on Weibo. In the video, he choked back tears while holding up his ID to report his father for suspected human trafficking. He spoke about his sisters who were killed at birth and the countless brothers he had, most of whom he couldn’t remember where they had been sold to.
He had seen his mother treated like a baby-making machine since he was young, and once each brother or sister was born, they never returned. His father believed that having two sons to continue the family line was enough.
Not only his mother, but also his older brother’s wife, were all bought. When his father suggested that he, as the second son, should also get married and asked what kind of bride he wanted to buy, he couldn’t bear it any longer. One night, he packed his bags and escaped from home.
Although the second son was two years younger, he appeared even more world-weary than his older brother, Sun Ming. He had endured a life of hardship and couldn’t continue speaking for a long time with a choked voice.
Netizens were shocked; many couldn’t believe that such things still existed in today’s society.
[So, is it human trafficking? Wow, shocking.]
[How many times do we need to say that buying and selling are both crimes?]
[It’s not just buying; his father, the village chief, also sold many children, treating his wife as a tool for giving birth.]
The internet erupted in chaos due to this incident, with numerous bloggers coming forward to scrutinize every detail of this family from the time they disliked that particular live broadcast, finding it increasingly strange as they delved deeper.
Another netizen has stepped forward to voluntarily expose that they are from this village. There is not just one case of human trafficking in the village; the village chief is even the ‘ringleader’ of these activities. This dark industry has its biggest supporter in the village, who has even introduced ‘cheap blind wives’ to his neighbors.
This incident has caused a great uproar.
Naturally, this has aroused public anger, and countless netizens have been tagging the official account of the Beijing Police Department, demanding a thorough investigation into how many such incidents are still happening in the village.
Meanwhile, outside the hospital room.
Today, the camera’s focus is not on them.
Shang Lu and Song Zéqiān sit on chairs in the corner, which is considered a blind spot for the filming.
“Making Ah Zhi do such a thing to force Sun Ming to come to the hospital. Grandma’s safety will be ensured in the hospital. Then the second son steps up to report, and with public opinion completely inflamed, with so many eyes watching, the police will have to make an official statement. The public will be the best supervisor.” Shang Lu counted each step of Song Zeqian’s plan with her fingers and then sighed, “And everyone has seen such scenes with their own eyes now. They truly know the truth, having experienced these firsthand, it’s hard to act out anything without realism.”
The others are just now beginning to understand what has happened, their eyes wide like copper bells.
Song Zeqian didn’t deny it, just tilted his head back and closed his eyes, saying, “Xiao Zhi’s self-harm was not in my plan. I just wanted him to find a way to persuade his father, to cry and make a scene.”
He hadn’t expected that the timid child would have the courage to go that far for his Grandma.
But because Ah Zhi was indeed timid, he got scared at the moment of actually piercing the glass shard, so it veered off and landed near the base of his thigh, only looking like an injury there, but there won’t be any real impact.
Song Zeqian murmured again, “Indeed, no matter how many times, I still don’t want to see suffering.”
After seeing too much so much sufferings, it must be difficult to feel happiness, right?
Just like his father, who used to be a mediocre documentary director, because he had seen too many things like this, his emotions became increasingly negative, leading to depression, and eventually, he chose to end his own young life.
Song Zeqian used to find it incomprehensible, but later, as he saw more, he gradually began to understand that feeling.
Living perpetually in the ‘darkness,’ he found some solace; it helped him stay calmer and make judgments and decisions more rationally.
This is also one of the reasons why he habitually wears sunglasses.
But because the scene at that time was too shocking, his sunglasses fell in the room on the third floor and were not picked up again.
Song Zeqian opened his eyes somewhat wearily, but felt something covering his eyes.
Shang Lu covered Song Zeqian’s eyes with a handkerchief, and said seriously, “Things you don’t want to face, you can avoid it and take a rest. It’s nothing to be ashamed of.”
Song Zeqian sneered, “Nonsense.”
Three minutes later.
Not far away, an argument broke out, seemingly Sun Ming’s voice.
“I want to take my mother home. What right do you have to stop me?
“I knew you were all no good. If it weren’t for my dad being blinded by money, how could he let you come to our house?
“Are you releasing the person or not? If you don’t, I’ll call the police. My uncle is from the police station!”
The man who could be described as silent and reserved in their impression was now speaking one sentence after another, not giving others a chance to speak.
Song Zeqian finally took the handkerchief off and returned it to Shang Lu, getting up and saying, “Let’s go and see what the situation is now.”
In the hospital room.
Grandma Sun grabbed the doctor’s hand and wouldn’t let go, repeatedly saying, “I… I…”
The more anxious she became, the less she could speak.
Sun Ming, even more impatient, wanted to leave after making sure his son was not injured in that part. “Do you know my mother has mental problems? Did you see that? She can’t even speak clearly. You can’t bully people like this, what do you want to do to a mentally ill woman?”
Grandma Sun trembled and reached for the water cup on the table.
The nurse thought she wanted to drink water and quickly helped lift it, saying, “Please be careful.”
Then they watched as Grandma Sun picked up the cup and smashed it against the wall.
The cup split in half, and she grabbed the edge of the broken cup with blood flowing down her fingertips.
Hunching her back, she used her blood-stained hand to write three words on the snow-white bedside table—
[ I’m not ill ]
- most likely, scars due to handcuffs or tied with a rope ↩︎