Chapter 001 Crisis
An Xiaohai groaned in pain and woke up from his coma.
There was burning pain all over my body, especially in the right chest, which was excruciating.
The smell of urine filled the air, and the wet and hard concrete ground pressed against his cheek. The little bit of coldness made An Xiaohai's chaotic mind gradually clear up.
"Is this hell or the world? Am I dreaming? Is this the world after death?..."
An Xiaohai struggled to get up, but as soon as he supported his body, the severe pain in his right chest made his eyes dazzle with stars, his whole body felt weak, and An Xiaohai fell heavily to the ground again.
No, this is not a dream... This feeling, this memory, is too clear! It was so clear that it tortured An Xiaohai for thirty years!
An Xiaohai's memory is very good, to the point of being pathologically good. In professional terms, An Xiaohai is a patient with mild hyperamnesia.
An Xiaohai never told anyone about this.
An Xiaohai lived in heaven until he was nineteen years old. He was the only child in the family, and he was pampered by his elders since he was a child;
Because of hyperamnesia, An Xiaohai's grades were always among the best no matter how naughty he was. In that era when academic performance was everything, everyone indulged him even more.
In 1992, when An Xiaohai was 18 years old, he was successfully admitted to the National University of Defense Technology. An Xiaohai suddenly became a celebrity from all over the country. He became someone else's child in the eyes of everyone and the most beautiful boy in the small fishing village.
But from that moment on, An Xiaohai's good luck in his life seemed to run out, and soon he plunged into an extremely dark hell.
In the summer vacation of 1993, An Xiaohai got into a fight after returning to the village, and accidentally stabbed someone to death. From then on, his life took a 180-degree turn and entered the second half of endless darkness. .
The first instance found An Xiaohai manslaughter and sentenced him to ten years in prison. An Xiaohai's family was dissatisfied and naturally chose to appeal.
But on the second night after An Xiaohai was admitted to prison, an accident happened. He was inexplicably stabbed in the lower back by a prisoner in the same cell.
After countless repeated treatments, one kidney could not be saved, and An Xiaohai's body quickly weakened.
At the same time, An Xiaohai's family's appeal also failed, and because he was involved in another fight in prison, An Xiaohai was given an additional three years in prison.
The double huge blows, both physical and mental, completely broke An Xiaohai's will. An Xiaohai has been in decline since then, and his hyperamnesia has turned from his unknown pride into an unknown nightmare!
Everything about the pain was deeply imprinted in An Xiaohai's mind. He remembered every detail clearly. These horrific memories would keep popping up and tormenting him.
Although his family had been running for him, An Xiaohai began to give up on himself and contracted various bad habits in prison, with his sentences being added to his sentence.
It was not until 20 years later, in 2013, that An Xiaohai finally got out of prison.
A full 20 years of prison life transformed An Xiaohai from a high-spirited young man to a frail middle-aged ex-offender.
Four elderly people in the family, including grandparents and grandparents, passed away one after another in the years after he was imprisoned. In order to help him treat his illness and reverse the case, his mother sold everything in the family and owed countless debts. of foreign debt.
When An Xiaohai was taken home by his mother, what he saw was a simple shack made of canvas, and the yard was full of rubbish picked up by his mother.
Twenty years is enough to change a person's life, and even the world. Everything outside has changed.
An Xiaohai is nearly 40 years old, has no education, no work experience, is weak, and has a criminal record... This makes An Xiaohai almost without any ability to survive in society.
Fortunately, there were still people who had not given up on An Xiaohai. In addition to his mother who supported him by picking up rags, there were also Pan Zhuangzhuang and Lin Xuan'er. They were both raised in An Xiaohai's village and had grown up playing together.
Especially Lin Xuan'er, An Xiaohai's accidental murder had a lot to do with her.
With the joint efforts of the three of them, it took An Xiaohai nearly seven years to finally start to pick himself up.
But fate is like this, as long as it teases you once, it seems to have tasted the sweetness, so it will start teasing you again and again.
Fatal blows followed:
The first was Pan Zhuangzhuang. He became addicted to drugs for some unknown reason. His temperament changed drastically from then on, and going in and out of drug rehabilitation centers became a common occurrence. From then on, he had been deliberately avoiding An Xiaohai and never appeared in front of him again;
Then there was Lin Xuan'er. On a drizzling early morning, she was hit and killed by a dump truck on her way back to the village;
The successive blows made An Xiaohai's already broken heart shatter into pieces again, and he almost fell into the boundless darkness again.
Fortunately, her mother was still calling An Xiaohai's side and brought An Xiaohai back to the world again.
But by this time, my mother had already reached the end of her strength. Before she knew it, her mother was almost 70 years old.
"Xiao Hai, Mom really can't hold on any longer. You must live well and don't give up..." These were the last words left by her mother before she died.
An Xiaohai hugged his mother's body like dry wood and sat in the shack all night. He knew very well that if he hadn't been worried about him, his mother might not be able to hold on anymore.
Just the sight of people knocking on your door several times a day to collect debts is enough to drive anyone completely crazy.
"Mom, I'm sorry, forgive me, I really can't face this world alone..."
Complete despair overwhelmed An Xiaohai, who hugged his mother until he slowly stopped breathing three days later.
At the moment of his death, An Xiaohai saw a dark sea. His mother, Lin Xuan'er and Pan Zhuangzhuang, as well as his grandparents, were waiting for him with a smile on this black sea.
An Xiaohai really didn't have the courage to live anymore. How could he not feel as smart as he was? It seemed that everything he suffered was not just God's will!
In the darkness, it seemed as if there was a big invisible hand covering the sky and the starlight above An Xiaohai's head!
However, when An Xiaohai finally reacted, he had become a weak prisoner who had lost one kidney and had been in prison for more than ten years. He had no chance to resist.
So, let's end it!
This is An Xiaohai's life full of tragedy, and the tragedy began in the summer of 1993!
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The moonlight shone in from the small iron window, and the light stimulated An Xiaohai to open his eyes again.
"This is not a dream! Dreams are not so real!...Am I reborn?...Or is the experience of those thirty years just a dream?..."
The pain continued to erode An Xiaohai's body and mind, making An Xiaohai more and more sober.
An excitement arose in An Xiaohai's heart. If everything hadn't happened yet, then An Xiaohai would have a chance to make a comeback!
Excitement was like a warm current that instantly filled An Xiaohai's body, which made the pain all over his body seem to lessen a lot.
An Xiaohai tried his best, gritted his teeth and turned over.
Yes, it's that familiar prison! An Xiaohai even remembered every mold mark and trace in the cell.
The pain in the chest and abdomen began to become severe again. The two ribs that had been broken not long ago were caused by Liu Jun, who was in the same cell.
This same Liu Jun would pierce An Xiaohai's lower back with a sharp toothbrush a few hours later, destroying one of his kidneys and his life.
At this moment, none of this has happened yet!
An Xiaohai shuddered, endured the pain, gritted his teeth and sat up. He had to do something, otherwise once the tragedy happened again, he would be in ruins again!