That was for sure. He had defecated in the woods, even though he had not eaten or drunk for three days and nights. With two broken legs, he could not stand up or squat at all. He smelled of body waste.
"Aiyo, let's hurry up and leave. This person stinks. It's disgusting!"
Someone shouted loudly as he covered his nose with his hand.
"That's right. Looking at the scars on his face, I think he was beaten up after he stole something!"
"He looks disgusting. He must be a beggar!"
"Let's go, let's go. I'm going to puke from the smell of his body!"
"That's right. Let's go! Quickly!"
He was speechless at how he was being treated. No one came to help him.
The group of children were chattering and telling each other to leave quickly. They covered their noses with their hands and quickly ran past him. No one even looked at him, and no one extended a helping hand.
Seeing that the group of children had decided to ignore him, he gritted his teeth and used his last bit of strength. He reached out to grab a student's leg.
"Please, little friend, help me. I need to make a phone call," he said in a low voice.
"Hey, don't pull my leg. You stink!"
The girl quickly pulled her leg away and kicked his hand.
She glared at him and said, "Where did this stinky man come from? He's so disgusting. He actually pulled my leg! You look like a dead man. You must have raped someone's wife and had been caught. Maybe that's why you were beaten so badly!"
He widened his eyes and raised his head to look at the girl. She was as beautiful as a princess. He never thought that such a girl would have such a ridiculous imagination.
Just as he was about to explain what happened to him, he heard the boy next to him echo what the girl said.
"That has to be it. Mu Xue, ignore him. This kind of lowlife deserves to be beaten. He deserves to be beaten to death. Let's go!" the young boy said.
Mu Xue suddenly said, "Hey, since he is such a disgusting man, then we should seek justice for whoever his victim was. We should make him remember the consequences of what he did."
As Mu Xue spoke, she took out a coin from her bag and threw it at his face.
"Didn't you want me to help you? Take this coin and go make a phone call. It is ten kilometers away from the nearest town. Take that coin and slowly crawl to make that phone call!" Mu Xue said haughtily.
The group of children who heard and saw what Mu Xue did laughed heartily.
The others also took out coins to do what Mu Xue did. They wanted to throw coins at his face, but Mu Xue stopped them.
"Don't give him another coin," she said.
Mu Xue stopped the boy who took out a coin.
She said, "If we all throw coins at him, won't he be able to collect enough money to pay for a taxi? Let him take my coin and let him crawl slowly to the phone booth!"
The children laughed and said, "Good idea, Mu Xue!"
The children were laughing and shrieking. Then, one after another, they walked past him.
He picked up the coin that Mu Xue had thrown at his face and held it tightly in his hand. He had so many wounds on his palm, and his hands were bloody and sweaty that the coin stuck to his palms.
He had never been humiliated like that in his entire life. He never imagined being insulted like that!
--
PS: Dear Friends: Chapter 8 ends. Today is the Lantern Festival. Joe Mai is here to wish everyone a happy Lantern Festival!