Chapter 37 Looking Back
Liu Chang turned around and cursed: "You want to find a rich father? Do you have the luck to do that?"
After saying that, he wanted to kick him, but He Shu dragged him to the side.
He was very angry now, and the anger he had never felt before made him really want to beat this man up.
He Shu has always felt that he was miserable, but when he saw this person of the same age as him today, what did his experiences matter?
He really couldn't believe that there were parents in this world who were so cruel as to sell their own children.
There are still beasts who abuse children like this!
He Shu held Liu Chang tightly, and the village secretary and the old man also came up to persuade him.
Zhao Qishui walked towards Liu Ji and gently embraced the thin and short child in his arms.
"I envy him... You will definitely find your son..."
After Liu Ji finished speaking, he took a step back on his own initiative and left Zhao Qishui's arms.
Zhao Qishui came with high hopes, but his hopes were dashed once again.
Even though he had experienced it several times, he still couldn't bear the result every time.
Zhao Qishui was a little distraught at this time, and didn't know what to say when he looked at the poor child in front of him.
He turned around and called He Shu, and the two of them left the village and sent the old man home. No one spoke along the way.
After leaving the old man's house, Zhao Qishui asked He Shu to drive, and he sat in the passenger seat, not knowing what he was thinking.
He Shu drove the car out of the village and stopped when he was about to get on the highway.
"Uncle Zhao, can we help Liu Ji?"
Zhao Qishui turned his head, thought for a while, and shook his head gently: "He Shu, I can't help you."
He has seen too many children like this over the years. In some cases, the children were already gone by the time he found out that they met the requirements and rushed to see them.
Even the body could not be found, and he refused to admit it when questioned.
What Zhao Qishui feared the most was that his son was no longer around. If that happened, he would never find him even if he searched for his entire life.
More than a decade ago, human traffickers were rampant, and many adopted children were from illegal backgrounds.
So they kept the child secret until the child was registered, but the seller could no longer find the child.
"Then let's call the police and tell them he's abusing us. Anyway, we can't just sit there and do nothing."
He Shu took out his cell phone. He had made up his mind. If Uncle Zhao didn't care, he would take care of it.
Zhao Qishui held He Shu's hand and sighed heavily: "Drive back."
After all, he couldn't bear it, and he never told He Shu that he used to be as passionate as He Shu, and even though the son was not his own, he couldn't bear to see a child with the same experience suffer.
However, he paid too much in those times of being soft-hearted, not just money...
How much is He Shu like now and how much is he like in the past?
However, Zhao Qishui didn't want He Shu to be like him and have his courage extinguished by reality.
It is a rare thing to have a pure heart, especially for a child like He Shu who grew up in an incomplete family.
The car drove back to Liu Chang's house and stopped at the door.
Liu Chang had just finished dealing with Liu Ji and was about to go out to get the 500 yuan he had just earned to buy some wine and meat in town.
Seeing Zhao Qishui coming back again, he immediately blocked the gate vigilantly.
"What do you want to do?"
Zhao Qishui took a breath and suppressed his anger: "I don't think you want to continue to support Liu Ji. You have ruined his body and he can't do any work."
These words really touched Liu Chang's heart. No one wants Liu Ji to work outside, and he just eats white meals at home all day.
"What do you mean? Do you want to be kind and give Liu Ji some treatment? Oh, then I'd really like to thank you."
Liu Chang changed his face again. If someone was willing to help them, who wouldn’t want benefits?
"You can ask Liu Ji to come with me and write a severance agreement. He is eighteen years old this year and has civil rights to make his own decisions."
"Bullshit, I raised him up because he's still alive today, and you still want to pick him up for free?"
He Shu wanted to ask, is torturing someone like this considered raising him? But Zhao Qishui stopped him. It was useless to reason with such a person.
Moreover, Zhao Qishui did not plan to give Liu Chang any more money, because such people had no sense of contract and might continue to harass him even after receiving the money.
These are the painful lessons Zhao Qishui has learned in the past...
"Okay, then I'll call the police. I suspect Liu Ji is my son."
Liu Chang pointed at Zhao Qishui and yelled, "You just said no."
"I think so now. I'm going to take Liu Ji to do a paternity test. If you don't agree, then wait for the police to come."
Liu Chang bravely shouted, "Are you calling the police to scare me? Liu Ji was legally adopted by me, and his household registration is registered. He is my family member, Liu."
"You don't have to tell me this. You asked me to write a letter of commitment before. You bought Liu Ji. Even if he is registered, if I can prove that I am his father, I have the right to take him back."
Liu Chang was stunned. He didn't expect that his overconfident behavior would backfire and he would end up shooting himself in the foot.
"I won't give it to you today, what can you do? You two outsiders still want to run wild in our Xiaosutun?"
Seeing this, Zhao Qishui did not argue with him and directly asked He Shu to call the police.
At this time, He Shu was full of admiration for Uncle Zhao. It turned out that things could be handled in this way.
There is no point in arguing with Liu Chang. The only thing to do is to take Liu Ji away first.
He Shuli immediately called 110. While he was on the phone, many people in the village heard the noise and came out to watch.
The village secretary also came, and Zhao Qishui talked to him aside for a long time.
In fact, when Liu Chang bought Liu Ji, he really wanted to raise him as his own son because his wife was infertile. He also named the child Liu Ji, hoping that he would bring some good luck.
It's just that he didn't spend three hundred yuan. Given his family's financial situation, how could he have come up with that much money ten years ago?
Later, his wife died of illness, and he lived with Liu Ji alone, and their lives became increasingly poor.
Liu Chang felt that Liu Ji was a jinx. After he bought him, he did not bring prosperity to the family at all, but instead killed his wife.
He felt that he could not marry again because of Liu Ji, the burden.
In fact, it was because Liu Chang was cunning, lazy and treacherous that no woman was willing to live a hard life with him.
On weekdays, Liu Chang was very harsh to Liu Ji. The child never had enough to eat and had to work in the fields before his hoe was even taller.
Liu Chang tortured Liu Ji like an animal, but Liu Ji was lucky and the villagers couldn't bear to see him and secretly gave him some food, so he was able to hold out until now and not be tortured to death.
However, everyone in the village saw Liu Ji's situation, and if they ignored him, he would not live for many more years.
Liu Chang is now the stinking dog shit in the village and no one wants to pay attention to him.
Before, the village secretary accompanied Zhao Qishui to see the child and heard the child say that it was not the child. Now Zhao Qishui is back again.
How could the village secretary not know what the other party was trying to do?
Soon, the police arrived. Liu Chang originally thought that the villagers would help him out because of their generations of friendship.
As a result, most of the villagers remained silent, and the secretary did not help him.
Liu Ji's appearance also moved the police. No matter whether the child was his biological child or not, abusing him was a crime.
Liu Chang was taken away by a police car. Zhao Qishui and He Shu helped send Liu Ji to the hospital for examination.
