Mo Xiuxiu recalled that on that day, the teenager took the initiative to come to her class to find her.
He looks tall and handsome, with handsome features, except for a red birthmark on his forehead, which is almost impossible to pick out.
That birthmark didn't make him look ugly, on the contrary, it added some qualities, which made him very recognizable.
He was able to name her and said he had been paying attention to her for a long time.
Mo Xiuxiu had also met him at the school's debating competitions and recitations. She remembered the way this young man was talking in front of everyone. His vision and insight made her think he shouldn't live in this corner of the city. .
She asked him why he came to see her, but he refused to say, only to meet her outside the Rainbow Iceberg store near the school after school.
The classmates cheered one after another, but Mo Xiuxiu was a little hesitant. She could feel that the reason he was looking for her had nothing to do with love.
When the boy looked at her, his eyes were clear and free of distractions, which was completely different from the greedy eyes of those men looking at her.
After school, she still went.
Two people were sitting outside the smoothie shop. The young man invited her to drink a cheap smoothie. The two of them ate while watching the people coming and going by the side of the road. The young man suddenly said such a sentence.
"Let's do something amazing together."
Mo Xiuxiu never thought that this sentence would change her life.
She only remembered that when she said this sentence, there was a kind of light in the eyes of the young man in front of her, which was something she had been looking for for a long time.
Mo Xiuxiu's heart was pounding, she asked curiously, "What is the world-shattering event."
"Before I explain it to you in detail, I hope to communicate with you. At least we need to resonate with some concepts, so that we can become comrades in arms and go on together."
The teenager smiled lightly and continued: "I think our life is terrible now, the bad guys don't get the corresponding punishment, the good guys don't get the rewards they deserve, there are loopholes in the legal supervision, the gap between the rich and the poor is getting bigger and bigger, people's lives Busy, hopeless, all the money earned by everyone has been harvested by the house, and it is increasingly powerless to change the status quo of their lives... Everyone is struggling and has no time to take care of themselves, let alone care about those of us who live in the city of 10,000 households People…”
"You know what kind of environment we live in, where we live, where we live, these two words overwhelm us all... It's like in a 1,000-meter race, we run to the finish line with others, but others are better than others. We were born with 500 meters short, we were exhausted and we could never get to the finish line first."
"We just want to live in a safe home like everyone else, but with our strength, we can't do it..."
Having said that, the teenager asked her, "Your family is living in an unfinished building now, right?"
Mo Xiuxiu looked at him and nodded. She felt a little sour in her eyes. These words came to her heart. What should I say, she was extremely disappointed with her life.
From childhood, it took her a long time to accept one thing.
People are born unequal.
Some people live in big houses and have relatives to take care of them, but she lives in a narrow shack. She doesn't have a thick raincoat, but only a cheap umbrella. When it rains, the broken umbrella will disappear. It was blown upside down, completely unable to keep out the wind and rain. Holding an umbrella like that, she was at a loss.
And her life is also a mess, just like this umbrella that can be easily overturned by the wind, there is no happiness, only embarrassment.
She doesn't have enough clothes and often wears half-dry underwear to school. Some people can sit in the cake shop and eat those delicious food, but she can only eat smoothies made of this cheap sugar water here.
The reason for all this is not that she is not cute, she is not beautiful, and she does not work hard. Just because she was not reincarnated into a normal family, her family was poor and had no money.
Her father's legs are disabled and he has no education. He can only do odd jobs. Her mother is always sick and has a low IQ. She occasionally does some cleaning work.
Not to mention making money, the family is like a bottomless pit, always tearing down the east wall to make up the west wall, and living a tight life.
That's it, when Mo Xiuxiu graduated from elementary school at the age of twelve, her parents still wanted to have another boy.
Mo Xiuxiu had a big quarrel with her parents about this. Where will the child live? Does the whole family drink Mistral
The mother comforted her optimistically: "We can squeeze it, the children won't take up much space, and you can help us look after the children later."
Dad also said: "There is a boy in the family, and we will be able to support this family in the future, and we will have new hope."
Mo Xiuxiu smiled angrily and said, "I'll help you look after the children? Children are too fragile. They're a soft lump. They are easy to fall off when they are held, and they are easy to choke when they eat. If their hands are too heavy, they will be pinched. I'm not an adult yet, let me take care of the child? Do you rest assured?"
Hearing this, his parents showed horrified expressions, as if they didn't expect a little child to say such vicious words.
Then she comforted them: "You don't have to pin your hopes on an unborn child. When I grow up, I will support this family."
Mo Xiuxiu cried a lot later, and she didn't want to tell her parents that, she felt like she became one of those vicious sisters in fairy tales. She hated her ugly self.
But she can't understand her parents, it's enough for her to suffer here, why they want to bring a baby into this world reluctantly, make life harder for everyone, and make the family who was already struggling even worse.
If they do have another one, that child will hate them when they grow up.
Later, her parents never mentioned it in her face.
Maybe she should be thankful that her mother's health is not good, and she can't get pregnant even if she wants to.
When she grew up, she began to focus on dancing and wanted to change all that...
She is a dance student, and her tuition can be reduced by half.
Mo Xiuxiu became more and more concerned about those things, whether she looked good or not, whether she danced well or not.
She is not a smart child, and she can only get middle and upper grades if she studies hard. She doesn't believe that knowledge can change her destiny, but she thinks that maybe her appearance and specialties can.
She loves dancing and has practiced at home since she was a child. When she wears those bright dance clothes, people will ignore the difference between her and other children.
She fought hard and seized all the opportunities she could get on stage.
For those opportunities, she could not eat, not sleep, and practice hard.
She is very talented in this area and has won some awards. Except for subsidizing the household, she has bought cheap cosmetics. She has low self-esteem and self-confidence.
Mo Xiuxiu looked at the young man in front of her: "I agree with your idea, and I also want to change this kind of life, but how are we going to do this?"
"First of all, we can try to get everything back on track." The teenager said, narrowing his eyes, "We need to find the reason for everything to stop, and let the bad guys be punished."
The Wanhucheng project is like a dead old machine, the machine is stuck in several places, he must first find those small stones that are stuck with the gears, weed out the culprit that stops everything, and then he can start it hard. it, press the restart button.
Mo Xiuxiu was very puzzled, she blinked: "Are you going to expose the matter to the media?"
The teenager shook his head: "Now exposing these to the media is like throwing stones into the sea, no one will hear these voices. They may even feel that it is a waste of their time and ink, we need to get the Internet first. Attention."
Mo Xiuxiu said: "I tried to do live broadcasts and made some videos, but the clicks were not very good."
The boy said, "That's because you didn't make good use of your capital."
Mo Xiuxiu looked at him and asked in a low voice, "What capital do I have? I can't do anything other than dance."
The teenager said: "In the city, there are too many girls who can dance. And many girls have more resources and more opportunities." He looked at her and continued, "You are beautiful, but it is not enough to attract people. Your attention. Your efforts are not worth mentioning in the face of capital and power.”
Mo Xiuxiu lowered her head after hearing his words. Although she was a little unconvinced, she knew in her heart that he was right.
Recently, the teacher took their dance team to rehearse a dance for the leaders to see. In the last half month, she was suddenly switched from the middle.
Mo Xiuxiu couldn't figure it out at first, and she also cried and asked her teacher...
The teacher just appeased her blindly and promised her some compensation.
Later, she heard that the girl who had been moved to the center had been transferred to the Education Bureau as a leader. If the girl is in the middle, when the girls are performing on stage, maybe the leaders below the stage will pay more attention to the show.
At that time, she realized that even if she tried her best, even if she was beautiful, at her current age, she still couldn't cross the gap left by the original family.
This incident made her feel full of frustration.
Mo Xiuxiu was not reconciled.
Why, those who are not as hard-working as she is and who are not as good-looking as her can stand in the center of the stage, while she can only stand in the corner and play a supporting role who no one cares even if she makes the wrong move...
Now she seems to have a chance to change all that.
Mo Xiuxiu asked the young man in front of him, "Then... In addition to my appearance, do I have any capital that I can use?"
The teenager took a sip of the smoothie and pointed it out casually: "Yes, for example, your courage, your unwillingness, your life..."
Next, the teenager told her about a terrifying night.
It was bold, something no one had ever done, or even thought of.
They will usher in "death" under the public eye, and finally reveal the truth.
"We can use a lot of shooting methods, such as blood packs, such as using phosphorus to cause magic flames. As long as it is matched with your acting skills, it can definitely be fake."
Mo Xiuxiu from the initial surprise and shock to the final silence
"Why did you choose me?" Mo Xiuxiu pondered for a while and asked.
The boy said, "There is something unique about you that allows me to see at a glance that you and I are of the same kind."
In the end, the teenager reached out to her: "What, do you want to join my plan? You will be the heroine of that night. After this incident, you can use people's care to be reborn and completely change your life. …”
Mo Xiuxiu was moved by the three words of the heroine, and she still had some concerns: "It's not illegal to do this, right?"
"What law did we commit? Anyway, we are not yet adults, and no one really died." The teenager said with a smile, "We just use this to punish, and through a live broadcast, let people see the society and themselves clearly."
He paused and continued: "Moreover, this is a great sacrifice. This incident can even change the pattern of the entire Wanhu City, change the fate of everyone, and give everyone a new future."
"You just have to play a good victim, and for one night, after that night, you're going to be in all the headlines, your pictures are going to be broadcast, your beauty is going to be noticed by everyone. People are going to dig Post your account, follow your life, a good school, an artist company, will extend an olive branch to you. Nothing attracts attention more than a beautiful and innocent girl."
Mo Xiuxiu looked at the young man in front of her, she couldn't describe the kind of eyes he had, justice, tenacity, meaningless, and the smile on the corner of her mouth could make her forget all the injustices in the world, and she couldn't help but want to. follow.
What he described was the beautiful life in her dreams.
No, it seemed better than a dream, she had never had such a beautiful dream.
She thought of a word: do not break, do not stand.
Instead of living like a maggot, she'd rather be a moth trying to put out a fire and take a gamble.
Getting the bad guys punished and the injustice noticed sounds like a good thing too.
Perhaps this will prompt people's eyes to turn to this ruined city.
Let the city of Wanhu continue to be built.
And she won't really lose anything, she will survive and live better, it's just a play anyway.
At that moment, Mo Xiuxiu turned all her unwillingness into courage. She felt like a warrior who could overcome thorns, like a fearless one who could leave all the world behind.
She put her hand in his palm, feeling the scorching heat.
She said, "Okay."
In the hospital, Mo Xiuxiu, who told the whole story, lowered her head.
After listening to her story, there was a kind of anger in Qiao Ze's heart: "How can you do such a thing?!"
No matter if it is true or not, no matter what the purpose is, these students, these children, are using life as a bargaining chip and the public as objects that can be fooled.
This is cheating! This is wrong! Whether successful or not, it is extremely dangerous and may attract imitators.
Qiao Ze was angry. He couldn't figure out how these children could be so disrespectful and self-love...
Treat your life as a child's play...
But the fire in his heart didn't know who to rush to. Is it the girl who almost died in front of him? Is that the demagogic boy? Or the one hiding behind the scenes? Or this world that has never been fair
Looking at the girl who bowed her head for the rest of her life, Qiao Ze wanted to say something, but couldn't.
Indignant and unhappy, such a thing would never happen to children in other places, but for these children in Wanhu City, they could do such a thing.
If there were other ways, their young lives would not be used like this.
It is hard for Qiao Ze to imagine how the accumulated despair and helplessness made them think of using their immature life as a bargaining chip to win something
Su Hui is more calm, he knows that he must hurry now, so as to save more lives and end this madness. He continued to ask Mo Xiuxiu, "Who was that person who looked for you in the first place?"
In the story just now, Mo Xiuxiu has been referring to him with "he".
Mo Xiuxiu took a deep breath and said the boy's name: "That person is Tao Yingxu."
It was indeed Tao Yingxu.
Tao Yingxu and the film crew had asked for all the materials before, but now Mo Xiuxiu has corrected him, which is consistent with Su Hui and Lu Junchi's reasoning.
But if he was the initiator, who was the initiator who was hanged from the curtain rod
Who is the real murderer behind the scenes
Su Hui continued to ask, "Is it also him who executed you?"
Mo Xiuxiu nodded.
Both Su Hui and Qiao Ze knew in their hearts that this was impossible.
Just now, Lu Junchi had sent a message that the forensic doctor had just rushed to Tao Yingxu's death scene and had confirmed that the body belonged to Tao Yingxu. He also measured the liver temperature and ruled out the factors of air conditioning and refrigeration. The time of death was at least three hours. The above is before the live broadcast starts.
He couldn't be on the live broadcast.
The teenager who planned the whole plan was already dead at this time.
Someone continued to implement this plan, and changed the way, and the suspended animation that was originally planned has now become a reality.
Su Hui judged that Mo Xiuxiu really didn't know this, otherwise she wouldn't have told lies that could be easily exposed.
Qiao Ze found Tao Yingxu's ID photo and showed it to Mo Xiuxiu: "Are you sure it's him?"
Mo Xiuxiu blinked and said, "I confirm, he was the one who talked to me before, saying that he wanted to arouse the reflection of the society through this live broadcast... He said that he would arrange everything and design all the details, He asked me to choose a way of dying that I liked. I like swimming very much, so I chose to drown. Then I just need to be an actor and perform with all my heart.”
The way of death is everyone's choice, so the way of execution is different.
The kids had just filmed a documentary and treated the live broadcast as a filming performance.
Mo Xiuxiu continued to say: "I've been waiting for him in that house since I came out of school this afternoon. When it was almost time, he came, blindfolded me, took my hand Also stick to…”
Su Hui asked, "Is he any different from usual?"
Mo Xiuxiu recalled: "He wore a mask today, saying that he was afraid that he would accidentally swipe his face during the live broadcast, and also used a voice-changing microphone. But I saw his birthmark, oh, yes, he His voice was a little hoarse, and he told me it was a cold."
It sounded that the murderer was a man with a height and body similar to Tao Yingxu.
"Is he the only one?" Su Hui still remembered the girl reflected in the fish tank.
Mo Xiuxiu said, "There is also a thin girl who is his assistant."
It sounds like the girl is like an accomplice, hiding in the corner the whole time and not appearing in the camera, so it may be that she assisted in completing the third live broadcast.
"Can you recognize her?"
Mo Xiuxiu shook her head, "I haven't seen her before, today is the first time I've seen this person, and I haven't seen her front, she's been hiding in the corner. I only saw her wearing A uniform from our school, probably a freshman in high school."
Su Hui coughed a few times and sorted out his thoughts. He continued to ask Mo Xiuxiu, "Have you practiced this process before?"
Mo Xiuxiu nodded: "After putting the fish tank away, we tried it twice. Last Wednesday and Friday night, we measured the injection time of the water, and he also told me how to pretend to choke and how to struggle. would be more realistic…”
The familiar environment, the process of repeated trials, weakens the children's sense of fear...
"How were those people chosen? For example, the man you correspond to, Lian Chengyan."
"It was Tao Yingxu's choice. He said that he guaranteed that those people were guilty... I don't know where he found out the crimes of those people."
"Do you know how many people are participating in this night's live broadcast? Who are the others?"
Mo Xiuxiu shook his head in confusion: "He didn't tell me these things, he always contacted me unilaterally."
When she said this, she looked at Su Hui: "I have confessed, I... I am not the mastermind, these things are designed by Tao Yingxu, I just cooperate with the acting. I admit that we should not use this method, we should not It's a prank, but our intentions are good, isn't it right to let those bad people be punished?"
Up to now, the girl doesn't know what kind of bad effects and consequences it has had.
The ward was quiet for a while, and Qiao Ze looked at her with pity.
"...No one really died, right?" Mo Xiuxiu tried to laugh, her voice trembled a little, and tears filled her eyes, "You lied to me, right?"
Su Hui coughed a few times, his handsome face had a kind of indifference, and he said in a hoarse voice, "We don't have time to lie to you."
The smile on Mo Xiuxiu's face gradually narrowed. It turned out that those were really not pranks or exercises, and everything was not as good as he promised her. She asked in a trembling voice, "Are they really dead?"
Su Hui said solemnly: "Your actions are not innocent, they have disturbed the social order and violated the law. Someone died tonight, and Tao Yingxu is also dead. The person you saw before was not him. We There's a rush to find out the truth, so you'd better think about who else might be that person now."
Mo Xiuxiu's eyes straightened, she cried out with a wow, and the tears couldn't stop flowing. Only then did she know what she was facing tonight.
A perverted murderer was sitting across from her at that time, watching the water rise little by little, and then preparing to drown her. She brushed shoulders with death.
The huge sense of fear, like a monster eating her sanity, was more real than any performance.
She would only agree to do such a thing when she was dizzy. Now she is afraid for a while, and her whole stomach is twitching, making her want to vomit.
She almost died, not only that, but if that person did something else while she was tied up and blindfolded... she would be powerless to stop it, unable to resist.
"It's not him tonight? It's impossible..." Mo Xiuxiu cried, "I... I don't know, he... He looks like Tao Yingxu, he is the same height, and even his voice is very similar... I... I don't know him Who would it be."
She wiped her tears and said, "I remembered something again. I asked Tao Yingxu when I was planning all this before. Why did I think of this plan? He mentioned that he has a friend..."