Chapter 203 Torture Ten minutes after Chen Guangsheng entered Manager Xue's office, the office door was opened again. This student, who had been making an impassioned speech for the future of specially recruited graduates in front of the station square that morning, now looked as miserable as if he had been drenched in heavy rain. His face was pale, and when he walked out of the office, he was met with a burst of disdainful sneers from inside. "Where did you come from, you stray dog! How dare you come to me and ask for money? I gave you a bit of cold shoulder, do you really think you are a big shot? And you said I owe you design fees? Who do you think you are! Did the Institute of Geology give you the status of a formal researcher? And you want to ask me for money for those crappy blueprints!" The sound was so loud that many people in the hall could hear it. They all turned their eyes to look at Chen Guangsheng who walked out silently with his head lowered. The looks from those around him were very dazzling, like knives, scraping at Chen Guangsheng. He hurriedly crossed the corridor and quickly left the building. His hunched figure had lost all the vigor he had in the morning and looked more like an old man who was about to die. Looking at his leaving back, the two people who were sitting in the corner of the lounge and watching this good show and drinking tea slowly showed sneers on their faces. "Look, look, he wants to organize and establish the Tongjin Society. Does he really think that he can have the right to speak just because he is lucky and has a little ability? He doesn't even think about whose mouth they are stealing food from." The person behind the man who looked like a skinny monkey couldn't help but ask.
"Boss, what if he succeeds in the end? If those gentlemen in the cabinet really agree that their Tongmenghui is an official organization, will he seek revenge on us?" "Don't worry, I have channels. The Tongjin Society may be recognized, but he will definitely not be the one to control it and become its president. How did the chaos in other cities in the East Region happen? How could those masters who are in charge of the plan not consider these things? Chen Guangsheng is destined to be a stray dog on the roadside in this life. The more outstanding he performs, the more talented he is, and the more ambitious he is, the more miserable his life will be!" The skinny man stood up from the chair, sneered and put out the cigarette in his hand, then took out his communicator and made a phone call. "Get everything ready. I want to see how long this kid can hold out! Legal residence in the central government has become extremely expensive now. As long as we can completely tame him, we will make a fortune!" After leaving the office building, Chen Guangsheng stood blankly on the side of the road. He didn't know where to go or what to do. If the operation cannot be performed before tomorrow, his father's life will be beyond saving! Where did he make 50 in less than a day? Or should we steal or rob? The moment this thought came into Chen Guangsheng's mind, he shook his head firmly. Why didn't he agree to the threat from the man on the phone and continue to do the shameful things he had done before? Because now everyone will see hope! The Tongmenghui has been initially established. As long as it finally meets the requirements of the cabinet and obtains the recognition of the central citizens, then at least the special recruits who were previously regarded as worse than pigs and dogs like the laborers and farmers will be able to turn things around and have the opportunity to make their own voices heard! As the initiator and leader, if he did such a thing at such a critical moment and left something to be done about it, it would be a stain that the Tongjinhui would never be able to wash away! This is a matter that concerns the future of more than 100,000 specially recruited students in the entire central government and even the entire East China Region. Chen Guangsheng must not allow the hopes and efforts of so many people to be destroyed because of his own problem! But was he really going to watch his father, who had raised him and almost died of exhaustion in the factory in order to pay for his college tuition, die because of him? Chen Guangsheng closed his eyes in pain, and at this moment, a text message suddenly came to his communicator. When he saw the content of the message, his body couldn't help but start to tremble! Soon, he found the nearest bank nearby. “Why is my money frozen?” The teller at the front desk retrieved his account and answered in a professional tone. "The news we received is that someone reported that 32817 yuan of your account deposits were from irregular sources. According to regulations, the bank has temporarily frozen this part of your property. Once the Criminal Investigation Department has checked and ruled out any problems with your funds, the funds in your account will be automatically released." Chen Guangsheng slumped in a chair at the bank reception desk in a daze. It was not until a security guard came up to him and asked him tentatively that he stood up and staggered out. He didn't understand why things turned out like this. Clearly, everything was moving in the right direction. In the morning, he was still working hard for his ideals and ambitions, but in the afternoon, he became so embarrassed and humble. Up to now, Chen Guangsheng only had 300 yuan in cash on him, and this money was not enough to pay for his father's surgery, let alone one day's hospitalization fee.
He wandered aimlessly on the streets like a zombie. When it got darker, he sat on the curb beside the road, looking at the passers-by and vehicles with empty eyes. Chen Guangsheng had no idea what to do. How should he go back and explain to his mother? How should he face his father? If his father really died in his hospital bed today because of him, would he still have the mood to continue fighting for the future of the Tongmenghui? Chen Guangsheng questioned himself over and over again, and felt pain and despair about these questions again and again. He covered his face, ears clamoring and noisy as the night wore on. The sounds of pedestrians talking, cars honking on the road, music on billboards, merchants promoting their products, and lottery shops announcing winning numbers. Chen Guangsheng felt like he had turned his back on the whole world. He was isolated and out of tune with the hustle and bustle of the world. Just as he was staring at the ground blankly with his mind blank, a lottery ticket fell to the ground at some point. He saw the numbers on it unconsciously, and the winning numbers of that period kept repeating in his ears. When the winning numbers were repeated for the third time, Chen Guangsheng's originally empty eyes gradually regained their spirit! His hands began to tremble, then he slowly reached out and picked up the lottery ticket that had been dropped on the ground! Chen Guangsheng looked around. Everyone seemed to be doing their own thing. No one was looking for lottery tickets, and no one noticed him. This made Chen Guangsheng swallow his saliva subconsciously. He turned his head to look at the lottery shop right behind him. The LED screen that was scrolling numbers clearly displayed the winning numbers. It's exactly the same as the lottery ticket he picked up! The grand prize this time is one million! As long as he takes the lottery ticket and redeems the prize, all problems will be solved, and the troubles that have troubled him will no longer be an obstacle! At this moment, Chen Guangsheng's heartbeat paused for a beat, and in a trance he felt that everything was unreal, like a dream. But his desire for money prevented him from thinking so much. His face flushed and he rushed into the lottery shop eagerly, shouting. "I want to claim my prize! I want to claim my prize!" The owner of the lottery shop looked at the lottery ticket he was waving and didn't seem surprised or surprised at all. After taking the lottery ticket and briefly checking it, he smiled and congratulated him. "Congratulations, sir. You are so lucky to have won the first prize! But if you want to claim your prize, you have to come tomorrow. It is too late today and some procedures cannot be completed for the time being." Chen Guangsheng stared at him with heavy breathing. "I'm in urgent need of money. I can sell this lottery ticket to you! You only need to give me 700,000 yuan for a million-yuan lottery ticket! 700,000 yuan will do!" The owner of the lottery shop was obviously tempted, but he was still hesitant. "But I don't have that much cash on hand. The most I can take out now is 500,000 yuan." "You can give me 500,000 first! The remaining 200,000 should be signed in writing! You can pay me back after you exchange the bonus!" Chen Guangsheng made the decision immediately. He no longer had the depression and despair he had felt before, but instead felt extremely fortunate! After all, not all roads in this world are dead ends! His father can still be saved, and he doesn't have to beg like a dog anymore, let alone suffer humiliation and be looked at strangely by everyone! However, just when he had reached an agreement with the lottery shop owner and was ready to exchange the one million lottery tickets for 500,000 in cash and an IOU for 200,000. A middle-aged woman suddenly rushed into the lottery shop in a rage with a group of people! "It's him! This shameless guy! He stole my lottery ticket! Now he even dares to use it to claim the prize!" The atmosphere in the lottery shop froze in an instant!
The boss, who was originally counting the cash, paused and looked at Chen Guangsheng in front of the counter with vigilance. Chen Guangsheng was at a loss to the extreme. All those countless gazes that were looking at him as if they were a thief were focused on him, making him feel like he was going to be drowned! He murmured in defense. "No, it's not. I didn't. I didn't steal it. This is not something I stole!" "You didn't steal it? Do you have any evidence of buying a lottery ticket? Whether it's the store's surveillance or my spending record, it can all prove that I bought this lottery ticket! Everyone, come and see! Come and see! There's a thief who stole something and admitted it!" "No! No! I didn't steal it! I found it! I found it!" Chen Guangsheng defended himself weakly, but no one who was watching around him listened to what he said. They just pointed at him, which made him unable to bear it any longer. He threw the lottery ticket in his hand to the ground and ran away! He was running wildly on the bustling street, as if he wanted to escape from this world completely! The wind whistled past his ears; the sounds were like the aftermath of those voices of mockery and disgust, leaving his brain buzzing! He didn’t know how long he had been running, nor where he was running to. Chen Guangsheng ran until he had no strength left in his body, and then he finally stopped. He was gasping for breath like a drowning man. After he held his knees and breathed rapidly for more than ten minutes before he came to his senses, he realized that he had been running aimlessly and ended up on a street full of lights and nightlife. There are all kinds of entertainment venues everywhere, including bars, casinos, massage parlors, and karaoke bars. The even louder sound bombarded Chen Guangsheng's brain. He didn't know when his tears had already covered his face. Only now did he realize that he was crying. Tears streamed down his face, finally gathering at his chin and dripping onto the ground. Chen Guangsheng sat down weakly with his back against a dark corner at the edge of an alley, crying silently. He seemed to be completely surrounded and swallowed up by the darkness, unable to extricate himself and powerless to escape. He just sat there until the night grew darker and the people on this street who were indulging themselves to death grew more and more crazy. He and they are like two creatures from two different worlds. Just then, a gambler who came out of the casino cursing noticed him and walked up to Chen Guangsheng with a malicious look on his face. "My friend, I'm a little short of money, can you lend me some money?" Chen Guangsheng was like an empty shell without a soul. He did not answer or resist, and allowed the gambler to snatch his last few hundred dollars in cash. It's not that he can't resist. The awakening of the rules has long made his physical fitness far superior to that of ordinary people, but Chen Guangsheng doesn't know what the point of his resistance is. Now he just feels that everything is illusory, his life is meaningless, and perhaps his struggle and so-called ideals are simply a joke. Time passed minute by minute, and more than an hour later, the gambler who had snatched the last money from him walked towards the exchange counter on the other side with his arms full of large chips, laughing happily! When passing through the alley, he seemed to have just realized that the lucky star he met tonight had not left yet. In a good mood, he felt kind and threw a chip from the pile of chips in his arms, which rolled to Chen Guangsheng's side. "Good brother! I was able to win back all my capital and earn so much extra thanks to you! If you borrow, you must repay! I will pay you back three times the money! Don't accuse me of being ungrateful!" Chen Guangsheng stared blankly at the chip worth one thousand yuan that rolled beside him. He didn't know what he was thinking. He just picked up the chip gently and then turned his gaze to the bustling casino filled with shouting, cheering, annoyance, yelling and crying. He slowly got up from the ground, his body seemed to have no brain to think about how to act, he walked into the casino, and used the chip with the lowest denomination to sit at a gambling table! The gamblers around him didn't mind how small his chips were, and even welcomed him to join the game. He had never gambled before and didn't know how to gamble at all. He just put his only chip in the bet and then held on to it! The first time he won, his original capital of one thousand yuan doubled to two thousand yuan! The second time, he still threw out all the chips in his hand, and he won again! The third time, he won all in again! It was as if he was not a poor guy at all, but a wealthy man who could spend a lot of money! And this time he won again! Chen Guangsheng's eyes were lit up again! He seemed to see some hope. The fourth, fifth, and sixth time, he put all his chips in each time, and he won every time! Under the glaring light, with countless gamblers around the gambling table cheering for his luck, Chen Guangsheng felt like he was going crazy too.
He began to cheer with the gamblers, twist his body with them, and drink heavily with them! When his opponents at the table were under pressure and did not dare to open their cards, he would also follow suit and urge them to do so. When he won again and again, his eyes were filled with bloodshot and his face could no longer be seen in its original state! I don’t know how many times he won. After changing opponents twice at the table, Chen Guangsheng was already surrounded by chips! Now he has won three hundred thousand from a thousand yuan bet! At this moment, everyone at the table felt that they had a sure win, and everyone threw out a large number of chips. There were even a few who seemed to be driven by his madness and went all in! Chen Guangsheng, with trembling hands, pushed out all the chips in front of him just like before! This is the last time and his last hope! As long as he wins again this time, he can stop and make enough money for the surgery! As everyone held their breath, the biggest gamble of the night began! It was as if Chen Guangsheng had already used up all his luck tonight, and luck did not come to him this time. He lost completely, without a single chip left. The gamblers around him sighed and lamented that they did not see the legendary miracle tonight. All his money was lost this time, and Chen Guangsheng, who was no longer qualified to sit at the poker table, just stayed in his seat. Lose and gain, gain and lose, lose and gain again, gain and lose again! This mental torture over and over again is really going to drive him crazy! At the dealer's urging, the penniless Chen Guangsheng suddenly desperately picked up the chips on the gambling table! "No! I can't! This is my father's life! This is his life! I can't lose! I can't lose! Let's do it again! We can do it again! This time it was an accident! This time it must have been an accident!" His struggle and madness ultimately only attracted the casino security. There were even two first-level scientists among the security guards. They worked together to pin Chen Guangsheng to the ground, and then started beating and kicking him, leaving him with torn skin and blood on his head. Finally, they threw him into a dark alley next to the casino like a dead dog. "Why are you gambling if you can't afford it? Where did this blind stray dog come from?" A mouthful of saliva fell on Chen Guangsheng's face, and he lay on the ground, motionless like a dead man. The cold evening wind blew past, causing the man, who had been tortured beyond recognition, to tremble uncontrollably. After a long time, he began to sob from under his face buried in his arms. He gave in. What ideals, what ambitions, what future, those things are all fake, they are all fantasies! He accepted his fate. He resigned himself to the fate of pulling the communicator out of his pocket and placing his finger on the skinny guy's phone. Just as he closed his eyes and was too weak to press it down. The sound of gentle footsteps suddenly sounded in his ears. Chen Guangsheng raised his head and saw a tall and slender young man wearing a black windbreaker and a black bracelet on his wrist walking up to him. The young man looked into his eyes, raised his eyebrows as if surprised by his miserable appearance, and asked. "Chen Guangsheng? It's not easy to find you. I have a business deal. Are you interested in doing it?" (End of this chapter)