Before Zhang Min could return to complete Shi Ai's discharge formalities,he was obstructed by the grim reaper.Funnily enough,Zhang Min was not much scared of Ah Hai anymore.Zhang Min knew that the man could crush him in a minute without a thought but he had a sudden confidence on the man himself.The cynical part of him even cursed him for being stupid to trust such a dangerous man.Without a word,Ah Hai handed him an envelope and moved into a vacant room that he had just come out of.Zhang Min looked a bit confused at the envelope in his hand but then followed Ah Hai into the room since the man had left the door open.
The room was similar to the one Shi Ai was staying in with the same sterile white walls and numerous machines.But this room was obviously empty.Seeing that Brother Ah Hai stood there with his back turned to him,Zhang Min opened the envelope and a series of pictures came into his hand.
Seeing the pictures,his eyes widened first in disbelief then in horror.He recognized the boys in the pictures.After seeing only a few pictures,Zhang Min was unable to look anymore and throwing them away ran to the bathroom to puke.Zhang Min breatherd hard after he emptied his guts out and tried to straighten up.However those pictures he had seen flashed in front of his eyes again and all he could do was heave drily as his stomach had already been emptied.
After the last spell,Zhang Min closed his eyes and tried to focus his mind so that none of thos pictures flashed in front of him again.
After a few desperate attempts, Zhang Min was able to control himself and went outside.Spying a water bottle on the side table the moment he came out,Zhang Min who had sweated profusely as well as vomited,rushed and picking up the bottle,drank from it hungrily.Those pictures were still trying to push their way inside his head and he thanked the fates that Long Ah Hai had the decency to at least put away the envelope before he came back.The cynical Zhang Min in his head snorted and said,'I thought you were jot scared of the grim reaper.'In this moment Zhang Min decided that this man was not the grim reaper.He was the King of Hell himself.In a shaky voice he asked,"Those boys..What..what have you done to them?"
In an emotionless voice,Ah Hai answered,"Me?I have done nothing.They are enjoying themselves.Do you know they enjoy ra** so that is what my people helped them with.A little aphrodisiac to get them going and then a little drug to bring them down."
Zhang Min drew in a harsh breath and asked,"You made them ra** each other?"
A single and cold,"Yes." was the answer.Once again, Zhang Min was unable to absorb the truth fast enough.On one hand he firmly believed that no punishment was big enough for a rap*** but on the other hand,this side of justice was also not acceptable to him.in this moment,Zhang Min realized that he viewed the world with rose colored glasses and Long Ah Hai had just forcefully ripped away those glasses,forcing him to see a very different level of justice.Zhang Minnknew he would have nightmares from the pictures he had seen so he could only shudder at the thought of those criminals' mental health in the future.Finally,he asked Ah Hai, "Why?"
Zhang Min was asking Ah Hai,not the reason why he had done it but the reason why Ah Hai had shown him these photographs. It was at this moment that Ah Hai turned to look at Zhang Min who felt his insides freeze."Tell me Zhang Min.Am I a kind man?One worthy of a little innocent like Shi Ai?"
Zhang Min had no answer. At this moment Zhang Min came to an awful realization. Long Ah Hai may or may not be kind but he was definitely not the right choice for Shi Ai. A man who had no qualms about torturing other humans,and a man who was cold on the inside.He may show some kindness to Shi Ai but in due time,the feelings in her heart and soul would also freeze if she needed to protect er mattherself.Shi Ai should have a man that would fill her life with laughter and warmth.Not someone who would put the snow to shame.
Without answering Ah Hai's question,Zhang Min turned around and left the room.He was too young..no they were too young,him and Shi Ai to make such a decision for their future.Zhang Min wanted to run and snatch away Shi Ai so that they could escape that man but on the other hand,he remembered how the man had saved her and calmed her.Yes..That was the crux of the matter..Shi Ai it seemed needed Long Ah Hai in her life.He had seen numerous times how she used to fiddle with the ring around her neck whenever she was in a dilemma.Or how she clutched it when they were watching a scary movie.
Zhang Min looked around the hospital garden he had wandered to and collapsed in a bench..Finally he had come to a decision..He would not try to stop or talk to Shi Ai but he would not sit back either.Zhang Min was now going to come out of the virtual world and the protection of his parents and experience the real world so that he could always protect Shi Ai even if it was against the grim reaper in the future.
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