[The content is filthy, but completely true to life]
My older brother, a martial artist as strong as an ox, stepped on my head. It felt like it was about to burst.
My younger brother grabbed the fire tongs and jabbed them at my most vulnerable spot when I wasn't looking. Luckily, I clamped my legs shut, so he couldn't get them in. The root of my thigh was almost cooked by the scorching tongs, sizzling and dripping with oil.
Xiao Sheng felt he would be better off dead. He curled into a ball from the pain, and as it reached its limit, his mind grew hazy. Every humiliation he had ever suffered came flooding back.
His mother died when he was three. His older sister mysteriously disappeared when he was four. After that, every day began with work the moment he opened his eyes and ended with nightmares when he closed them.
When he was hungry, he stole pig slop and dog food.
In the snow, he went barefoot and bare-assed.
His older brother often forced him to drink manure water, while his younger brother tugged at his genitals.
A surge of grief and indignation welled up inside him.
“You're all demons! You killed Mother, and you sold my sister!”
The overwhelming anguish gave Xiao Sheng strength, and he screamed the words at the top of his lungs.
After he finished shouting, everyone fell silent, and the room became deathly quiet.
He didn't know when his father had come in. For the first time in ten years, his father paid him any attention, raising his big foot and kicking him in the face again and again.
His stepmother and brothers could beat and scold him all they wanted; no matter how much it hurt, the pain was only physical. But those two kicks from his father shattered him inside.
A deep sorrow rose in Xiao Sheng's heart. He resented Heaven for its injustice, blamed his mother for trusting the wrong person, and lamented the darkness of this world.
When his negative emotions reached their peak, they erupted completely. He felt a buzz in his head, everything before his eyes went dark, and a profound chill and loneliness filled him...
