The young boy's answer left Qin Sisi stunned for a while, before she finally understood what the boy was trying to convey.
"You're saying that these people demanded money from you, and when you didn't give it, they beat you to death?" Qin Sisi felt as though she had touched upon the truth of the matter, yet it seemed somewhat unbelievable.
The boy silently nodded, and after a long time, he finally recounted the events.
Dong Yansen, fourteen years old, attended a local junior high school in the town. His mother ran a small shop near their home, and his father was a truck driver. Their family was relatively well-off.
But the previous year, Dong Yansen's father died in a car accident. The family lost its pillar of support and their circumstances took a turn for the worse. That was when Dong Yansen's nightmare began.
