Chapter 415 Torture
Guo Shan didn't understand why Wen Shaoyuan asked him to come here. Was it just to introduce him to these people?

He was confused.

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Seeing Wen Shaoyuan leave like this, he seemed very unwilling.

The huge anxiety and confusion almost overwhelmed Guo Shan.

Even though he was afraid to be alone with Wen Shaoyuan because of his sudden question before, he still felt more at ease with Wen Shaoyuan's presence than with a stranger.

At least, no matter what, he and Wen Shaoyuan have been classmates for nearly six years.

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Just when he finally made up his mind to move and leave, Master Xiao looked at him.

His body froze instantly.

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Guo Shan glanced at Xiao Xiao quickly, then lowered his head as if frightened.

Under the violently trembling eyelids, the eyes were turning around in panic.

Xiao Xiao: ...

Is he so scary?

However, perhaps his cold attitude towards the parasitic vine monster caused the child to misunderstand.

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However, if other people could see how Guo Shan was truly possessed by the monster, they would definitely be even angrier than he was.

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Xiao Xiao has always been good at controlling his emotions.

No, rather than saying he controls it, it would be more accurate to say that his emotions rarely fluctuate greatly.

Therefore, from childhood to adulthood, other people's impression of him is mostly that he is mature beyond his years, quiet and steady, and perhaps a little plain and dull.

There was even a time when a customer at the teahouse tactfully suggested to Xiao's parents that he should go out more often instead of staying in the teahouse all the time with their old man whose body was half buried in the ground.

It is said that the good children were contaminated by the old man's decadence.

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Of course, as a result, he doesn't seem to have much youthful vigor now, and has become more and more indifferent.

Xiao Xiao inexplicably felt like laughing.

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So, his emotions were actually sensed by a child. One can imagine how drastically his mood fluctuated.

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Because Guo Shan's appearance was so weird and miserable that Xiao Xiao couldn't help being moved or angry.

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The parasitic vine monster was about the thickness of an adult's wrist, tightly wrapped around the child's thin body.

It spread from the calves all the way to the child's cheeks, almost submerging the child.

The vines' dark green color was tinged with a hint of crimson, and they lacked the usual plant fragrance. Instead, a strange, nauseating smell wafted through the air.

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Xiao Xiao remembered what Xiao Yuan had told him about Guo Shan's situation.

Guo Shan was not hated or even bullied by his classmates from the beginning.

No one could remember when Guo Shan started to become increasingly silent, and his expression always showed a hint of panic.

His face was pale without a trace of blood.

He looked really miserable and embarrassed.

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The teacher was the first to notice that something was wrong with Guo Shan, but Guo Shan brushed it off by saying that studying was too hard.

Faced with Guo Shan who refused to tell the truth, the teacher could only advise him to strike a balance between study and relaxation, not to work too hard and to rest more.

In fact, the teacher also made a home visit and talked to Guo Shan’s family about Guo Shan’s situation.

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However, Guo Shan comes from a single-parent family with only a mother but no father.

He also has a sister who is two years younger than him.

In order to support the family, Guo's mother worked very hard and did not have much time to take care of Guo Shan.

What's more, in the eyes of Guo's mother, Guo Shan did not have any bad changes or abnormal behavior at home.

Guo Shan has always been an obedient and sensible child and doesn't require her to worry too much.

...So, after talking with Guo's mother, the teacher really felt that Guo Shan looked so bad just because he was too tired from studying during this period.

Moreover, as a woman herself, she knew how hard Guo's mother worked and did not want to add more burden to this mother who was almost crushed by the burden of life.

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Although the children were careless, they gradually noticed Guo Shan's pale cheeks, abnormal expression, and increasingly taciturn state.

At first, the classmates were also concerned about Guo Shan.

After all, they are all classmates, and teachers have always taught them to love and care for each other.

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However, faced with the goodwill shown by his classmates, Guo Shan was always vague and evasive in his words, and even looked like he was about to cry.

This seriously undermined the students' enthusiasm for caring about Guo Shan, and made the children, who were encountering this situation for the first time, helpless and bewildered, and even gradually developed some impatience and anger.

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How long can you maintain your concern when it is always rejected?

What's more, they are students who have no patience and don't know what the hardship is.

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Soon, few students were willing to talk to Guo Shan.

No one likes to have their genuine concern treated in such a perfunctory manner.

Since Guo Shan doesn't care about their concern, they are too lazy to care about him.

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The students at first actually had a bit of a spiteful mentality.

Children get angry quickly, but they also get rid of it quickly.

If Guo Shan had softened a little later, the matter could have been easily uncovered.

Unfortunately, Guo Shan just became more silent and gloomy.

A year later, no classmate was willing to talk to Guo Shan anymore, and a few naughty boys even started bullying him.

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It was natural for the teacher to notice all this, but he was powerless to do anything.

Because of the non-cooperation of the parties involved.

Faced with Guo Shan's silence and stubbornness, the teacher, who had tried his best to persuade him, could only let him do what he wanted.

As long as the classmates don't make too much noise, she won't interfere.

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After seeing the parasitic vine monster on Guo Shan's body, Xiao Xiao understood the reason for the child's change.

How scared and terrified must such a young child be when he is haunted by this monster?
Maybe he asked for help, but no one believed him.

Maybe he just endured it silently.

In the end, he put himself in a situation where "almost everyone in the world is his enemy".

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Xiao Xiao didn’t know what would have been the final outcome for this child if he hadn’t appeared, and no one else who could help this child had appeared.

Did the parasitic vine monster find a better host and take his life, or did he continue to live in a daze, like a walking corpse, until the end of his life?

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However, now that he has appeared, neither of these two endings will occur.

The only outcome for this child is to grow up healthy and live the life he wants.

At least his life won't be adversely affected by the monster.

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This child has suffered too much.

Xiao Xiao never likes to beat around the bush.

He stretched out his hand and grabbed the parasitic vine monster that was wrapped around Guo Shan like a leech.

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To say that the parasitic vine monster is a leech is an exaggeration.

This was the first time that Xiao Xiao felt so disgusted with a monster.

Because what this monster did was actually torturing the child.

It is torture from body to mind.

(End of this chapter)