Meng Qing struggled desperately, but the strength of a thin nine-year-old boy was no match for a grown man. He was dragged further away.
While he and Teacher Yu were talking in the taxi’s back seat, they hadn’t noticed another car parked at the orphanage entrance.
Teacher Yu had been looking down, taking out her wallet to pay the fare. Hearing Meng Qing’s cry, she looked up and saw him being forcibly taken away. Forgetting about the fare, she rushed out and grabbed the foster father’s arm: “Let him go! You can’t take him!”
The foster father didn’t waste words, kicking her in the abdomen and sending her several meters away. Teacher Yu let out a muffled cry, curling up in pain on the ground.
Meng Qing cried out in panic: “Teacher Yu! Teacher Yu!”
But Teacher Yu didn’t have the strength to respond.
Adoptive father twisted Meng Qing’s arms, dragging him directly to the back of his car, opened the trunk, and lifted him like a small chicken, throwing him inside, forcefully closing the trunk lid, then driving away.
Meng Qing kicked desperately at the trunk lid, shouting loudly: “Let me out! You bastard! How dare you hit Teacher Yu! Let me out!”
But no matter how hoarse his voice became, the car continued to speed on, only stopping after a long time.
The trunk lock made a slight “click” sound. Meng Qing clenched his small fist, waiting. The moment the trunk lid opened, he lunged outward, simultaneously swinging his fist forward.
It was late at night, pitch black with nothing visible. His punch missed, and losing his balance, he tumbled out of the trunk, falling head-first awkwardly on the ground behind the car.
The adoptive father grabbed his collar, lifted him up, and dragged him about ten steps to the roadside, throwing him on the ground. Meng Qing had been dizzy from falling out of the trunk and still felt the world spinning, unsure of his location, only knowing they seemed to be in roadside bushes. Immediately, punches and kicks rained down on him.
The adoptive father beat him while cursing. Because of his escape and finding Teacher Yu to tell the truth, they were forced to leave the city and find another place to settle, suffering massive losses.
