Chapter 721 Hope and Despair (24)
Under Qian Xiaoyi’s question, the air suddenly became silent. Inuyama Jun looked at the unfinished burger blankly, as if there was something on it Like flowers. Qian Xiaoyi was also completely unable to connect this down-and-out homeless man with the high-spirited business elite in the previous photos.
After a period of silence, Inuyama Jun finally made up his mind and spoke: "At that time, something...very bad happened. My wife, Heita's mother, fell ill."< br>
Inuyama Jun told a very clichéd story, at least in Qian Xiaoyi's opinion, it was very clichéd, so clichéd that he had seen countless similar real-life events.
At the beginning of the story, they were originally a happy family. The husband had a successful career, the wife was virtuous and gentle, and the son was innocent. It was just like the setting in a children's storybook.
However, something unexpected happened and the mother in the family was diagnosed with a terminal illness. This was also the beginning of the breakdown of the family.
"I spent a lot of money to treat Mayuko." Jun Inuyama said: "But it should be a cancer with a high cure rate, but it cannot be cured in Mayuko..."
< br>He clenched his fists.
Qian Xiaoyi responded in silence. Life, old age, illness, death, and reincarnation are the fairest things to human beings, but they are the most unfair to the people around him.
“At the beginning, she and I were very optimistic, because the doctors said the cure rate was very high.” Jun Inuyama said, “But later on, the situation got worse. We kept changing I have tried all kinds of medicines, from commonly used drugs in China to targeted drugs abroad, but they are of no use... They can only delay her death and make her endure more torture. That was the most painful period for me. .”
"That's when you came into contact with the Hope Cult?" Qian Xiaoyi asked. People who have reached a dead end need to find a spiritual sustenance most, otherwise they will collapse, no matter how ridiculous that sustenance seems to others. and absurdity, and cults like to take advantage of such moments.
"Yes." Jun Inuyama showed a look of hatred: "I was in the hospital and learned about the Hope Teaching through one of Mayuko's patients. At first, I didn't believe in those things because both Mayuko and I had received A well-educated person, but at that time because Mayuko was already terminally ill, With a sense of luck, I followed that person to attend several meetings of the Hope Sect. At that time, the scale of the Hope Sect was not as large as it is now... After several meetings, those people learned about my situation, and then, they Showed me... some magical sights."
Qian Xiaoyi said: "The magical scene? Does it refer to the spell that can preserve the soul of the dead?"
Inuyama Jun lowered his head and said: "Yes, my world view at the time was impacted, and I did There was no other way, so I believed them and wanted to join them. Let Mayuko's soul be preserved and go to... [the other shore] with me and Pingtai."
"What happened next?" Qian Xiaoyi asked: "Why? You have no home and have been wandering? What happened to Pingtai?"
"This is exactly what I want to say." Inuyama Jun said: "In order to obtain a qualification, I gave almost all my money to the Hope Sect, but they were not satisfied yet. They just said that I have not obtained the qualification yet and asked When they asked how to get the qualification, they said that I was not sincere. After they found out that I had a son, they told me that if Ping Tai could become a [spiritual boy] in the church, then the parents of the soul boy could Have the qualifications to go to the other side..."
"Then you gave your biological son to the Hope Sect?" Qian Xiaoyi looked at Jun Inuyama with a look that looked at a scumbag. Inuyama dared not look at him, but just said: "At that time, Mayuko had passed away, and Heita and I missed her very much... At that time, I really believed those people's lies, and I believed them deeply, and Heita himself agreed. , so I thought that was a good thing for Pingtai. Maybe Pingtai became a soul boy and could bring Mayuko back from that world and reunite us..."
His voice became more and more intense. He got smaller and smaller, until his face was covered with shame and he was trembling and speechless.
Qian Xiaoyi shook his head and sighed. Those who are deeply involved are like this. They only think that they are doing the best for their families. They were already obsessed at the time and invested too much cost. They were stubborn. I think I am right and cannot be awakened by words.
Because once they admit that this is a mistake, everything they have done will be in vain, and even prove that their life is a joke.
"What did they do to Pingtai?" Qian Xiaoyi asked.
"It is said to test whether there is a [spiritual boy] qualification, and then use experiments to stimulate the child's potential." Jun Inuyama said: "But I don't know the specifics. I only know that he stays with the children of many believers. Together, there are many people who participated in that kind of test..."
Qian Xiaoyi asked: "Then what? Why did you run away and become a homeless man? What happened to Pingtai?"< br>
Inuyama Jun said: "They kept telling me that Heita's qualifications were not good enough. If he wanted to become a real soul boy, he must invest more resources in potential stimulation experiments. But at that time, I had no money. There was nothing left at home except an apartment, so I started embezzling the company's money... But before that, I had already put the apartment in Pingtai's name, and even if something happened, they would only hold me accountable... ”
"What's next?" Qian Xiaoyi asked.
Inuyama Jun fell into memories: "Then one day, they sent Heita back. At that time, Heita looked very strange and was just shaking. Those people said that the experiment failed and Heita did not have the qualifications to become a so-called Soul boy. I asked Pingtai what happened, but he couldn't explain at all. His mental state was completely broken, and he often screamed inexplicably, as if he had seen something terrible... I felt that I had been cheated, so I went I was looking for someone to teach, but they turned against me. At this time, my misappropriation of company funds was also exposed..."
"Then you escaped?" Qian Xiaoyi? He said: "Leave Heita to live alone?"
Inuyama Jun said dejectedly: "I can only do this. Once I show up, then maybe Heita will be implicated, and he won't even have a place to live. ...Before escaping, I asked my mother to leave the last sum of money as Pingtai's living expenses and tuition... But something happened later that scared my mother, and because she was older, I just went back to my hometown alone..."
Qian Xiaoyi couldn't comment on this. Maybe Inuyama Heita couldn't control his own abilities at that time, which affected the people around him.
But fortunately, Inuyama Heita gradually adapted to it and gained the ability to live alone, so he managed to grow to such a big size.
(End of this chapter)