Chapter 37 Section 35

Helen didn't know how long she had been in the bathroom, but JOE didn't come to rush her. She wondered, did JOE drink too much and passed out now?She heard Li Bing say that when a man drinks alcohol, if he is not drinking to the point of "drinking impotence", he is drinking to the point of "drinking impotence". Sometimes she said that Li Bing was drunk, and Li Bing would point to his thing and say, "I'm not drunk today, I just drank to the point of 'drunken yang hyperactivity'. Look at how energetic it is." Of course, the rest of the mouth is full of alcohol. Li Bing pressed her on the bed and rescued his little brother who was drunk.

But sometimes Li Bing drank too much, and his little brother was not so majestic, which meant that he had already reached the point of "impotence after drinking", and then he just fell down anywhere and fell asleep. She hoped that JOE drank to the point of "drunken impotence" today, maybe he is sleeping soundly in bed now, why didn't she take this opportunity to run away?But you can't open the door, and you can't jump out of the window, because this is the second floor.If she calls the police, there's no evidence against JOE, at least she's locked up, and they come and get her out.

She turned off the water, ran to the door to listen to the movement outside, and just put her ear on the door when she heard JOE knocking on the door: "Haven't washed it yet? Isn't it too long?" She was startled, and hurriedly said: "That's good, that's good." Then she ran back to the bathtub, turned on the water, and continued to wash. JOE didn't seem to hear any flaws from the sound of the water, he just said: "Don't wash for too long, the hot water will be used up after a long wash." "It will be fine soon." She still let the water rush, standing there in a daze.It seems that JOE didn't drink much today, at least not to the point of "impotence after drinking", nor to the point of "reminiscing about bitterness and thinking about sweetness".

She knows that people who drink alcohol can do anything. The so-called promiscuous sex after drinking not only means that men will be sexually promiscuous after drinking, but also that they will be different from ordinary people in many ways. out of nature.The things that you dare not do normally, you dare to do when you are drunk; the things you dare not say when you are drunk, you dare to say. She saw JOE drunk once, probably because he drank too much at a friend's party.But that time may be the so-called "staying" wine, and the symptoms of drunkenness appeared relatively late, because when JOE came back that day, he seemed to be conscious, and he drove back by himself.After returning, he grabbed her and chatted with Lily, talking nonsense, bragging about his love affair and his abilities.

But after a while, I started crying.At first, she and Lily thought he was joking, and imitated his example, crying fakely, but later found out that he was really crying. JOE's crying that day was the kind called "counting crying" in her hometown, that is, crying while telling or talking. Sobbing and crying are considered discussions. JOE blamed his parents that day, saying that he was angry with his parents since he was a child, and he had to cook for himself when he was very young, and later he had to cook for his parents, and then his parents forced him to live and study on the other side of the city, saying that there schools are better.He had no relatives or friends there, and the other boys bullied him.His parents never cared about his life, his mood, only cared about his grades.Although he didn't beat him very much, he rarely smiled. Their almost indifferent strictness made him feel that he was their own son.

At that time, she felt very sympathetic to him. A man cried so much that his nose was full of tears, presumably because he had a lot of grievances in his heart.As the saying goes, tell the truth after drinking, she believes that what JOE said that day is true.She told Lily a lot to comfort him, and she herself became more determined in her heart to take her daughter away from Li Bing, because a child who grew up in a loveless family, even like Joe is now, looks pretty good on the surface. It is successful, but there is still a shadow in the heart, which shows that the childhood experience has a great impact on the child's mind and character.

But the next day, when Lily asked JOE why he cried yesterday, he didn't remember him crying at all, let alone what he said. Lily reminded him for a long time, but he couldn't remember.But he admits that his parents are very strict with him. He only fears them, but has no love for them. Now he doesn't have much contact with them. She thinks that a person's childhood experience can deeply affect a person's life. People who are weak, helpless and oppressed in childhood may have hidden in their hearts a desire to revenge, vent their anger, and even out. thought of.The sad thing is that such people often dare not take revenge on those who are stronger than them to vent their anger, so they can only look for people who are weaker than themselves to attack.

She didn't know if she became JOE's punching bag today, did he use her as his mother's substitute, and wanted to take revenge on his mother on her?Then he was likely to treat her brutally, maybe sexually abuse her?Does that make him feel psychologically revenged on his mother? She had only heard about "sexual abuse," but didn't know what it was.She can deduce from this word that it must not be normal sexual intercourse, but she doesn't even know what normal sexual intercourse is.All of her sexual experience comes from Li Bing, and she can only regard it as normal sexual intercourse.She thought, if JOE was just "doing" normally, maybe it wouldn't be so scary.But who knows what he will go crazy today?

She had heard of women being raped to death by men, but she didn't know what it was about.If those men only rely on their thing, she can't think of how they can kill people.After they're done, won't they just go soft?Even when it was hard, it was not hard enough to kill.They must have punched and kicked the girls, or hurt them maliciously, before, after, or during that thing, and there must have been a lot of bleeding to cause death. She didn't know if JOE would use violence against her. Since she didn't resist, he probably wouldn't, but I heard that some people just have the habit of abusing women. If you resist or not, they will abuse you. From the abuse have fun.I'm afraid that JOE is a two-faced person. In front of young girls, he pretends to be sympathetic, so that they will remember his kung fu and never forget it for a long time.In front of her aunt, he exposed all the cruelty that could not be exposed by others, and it would be even more unlucky for her.

And JOE has had so many sexual partners, who knows if he has STDs?What if he gave her an STD?If it is a general venereal disease, it can be cured well, but what about AIDS? She was also afraid that he would play tricks, set up a camera somewhere, and record everything today, and use it to blackmail her in the future, making her live in NIGHTMARE forever. Judging from JOE's behavior today, he is definitely not a gentleman, nor is he a mischievous act when the so-called lust is over his head, but a calm, planned, and prepared threat to blackmail.It is entirely possible that such a person insulted her, and would eventually expose her to Li Bing.She hoped that Li Bing and the others would go to Beijing as soon as possible. After Li Bing went to Beijing, JOE would not be able to call and expose her.When Li Bing signed the card for his daughter, it would be useless for JOE to say anything else.

But JOE can use today's matter to blackmail her, because she definitely doesn't want others to know about it, especially her own daughter, so he can use this to blackmail her again and again .Maybe he won't always be interested in her body, but he can threaten her in other ways, such as asking her for money. A person as smart and money-loving as he is definitely motivated to blackmail her constantly.When is that the end? She has never believed in treating evil with evil, thinking that it will only make herself a wicked person, and no matter how evil she is, she cannot be as evil as Li Bing and his friends.Her younger brother once said that he was willing to help her "sanction" Li Bing, even if he went to jail for it.But she didn't let her younger brother "sanction" Li Bing, because she didn't want him to ruin her future for someone like Li Bing.To be Li Bing's victim, or to suffer both defeats and perish with Li Bing, is not her ideal way out. After she arrived in the United States, there was only one type of TV she liked to watch most, that is, those wives who were beaten, scolded and intimidated by their husbands. s story. But the heroines in those stories can win in the end, either because they have a gun, or they are good at martial arts, or they have the evidence of their husband's crime.She has nothing now, and it will be very difficult to win.But JOE doesn't look very strong. If she really wants to fight, if she has a powerful weapon, if she strikes when he is smug, she may not be unable to win. The problem is that if she hurt him, she would have to go to jail, and the daughter would still have to be under the custody of Li Bing, and all her hard work would be in vain.She also doesn't want to disable herself, if the result of the struggle is that she is disabled, or loses both, then she still fails, because she still can't raise and take care of her daughter. She had to find a way to punish JOE without being disabled, and without throwing herself into prison. It would be great if she could convince the judge and jury that she was acting in self-defense.But JOE did not use violence or weapons against her, and even who locked the door may not be clear at that time. She remembered that when she heard that JOE and LILY had sex again, she was dubious about what they said.This kind of thing only happens between two people, without the presence of a third party, and without physical evidence, it is difficult for outsiders to tell who is telling the truth and who is telling lies, so how could the jury completely believe what she said? What about?And JOE can also produce evidence to prove that she has told other lies and is a liar, so no one will believe her. Maybe she can only defend and sanction him if she angers him and makes him use violence.But it might be too late at that time, if he had already knocked her out, tied her up, or wounded her, how could she defend herself properly?Hurt yourself in vain. She was trying to think of a solution, when she heard JOE knocking on the bathroom door: "Open the door, let's take a couple bath—" She thought, maybe now is a good opportunity, because JOE came to her bathroom, if she hurt him here, it should be said to be self-defense.But if she couldn't knock him unconscious, he could use self-defense and beat her to death.At that time, he could frame her as much as he wanted, and let her die with a shameful reputation.Even if the U.S. police are resourceful and find out the criminal who killed her, she can only bless her daughter in the underworld. She didn't have time to think about too many details, just wanted to find something that could be used as a weapon, but there was nothing in the bathroom.She tugged on the iron rod that hung the shower cover, but it couldn't be removed. There seemed to be nothing else in the room that could be used as a weapon. JOE urged outside again, and she said: "Come, come." She got out of the bathtub and looked around for something that could be used as a weapon. Finally, she saw a brush for cleaning TOILET under the sink. What a long handle, she didn't know if that would knock someone out, but there was nothing else to do now, so she had to try this. She picked up the brush, walked to the door of the bathroom, and said, "You want to come in to take a bath? Take off your clothes and come in—" She wanted to wait until he undressed and knocked on the door, she would slam the door open, trip him up with her feet, hit him on the head with that brush, it would be best if she could knock him unconscious, and even if she couldn't, she hoped To buy yourself a little time, find something bigger to fight with.If you can't, then grab his place. I heard that the man's place is their fatal point. If you pinch it, they will not dare to move. But she didn't hear JOE's voice, she thought, could he know her plan?Run to get a weapon?She asked: "JOE, AREYOUTHERE?" No one answered, she went over to turn off the water, held her breath and listened to the movement outside, but heard nothing.She saw the shower cover at a glance, which is the curtain hanging beside the bathtub to keep out the water. It was made of plastic, and she thought that if this curtain was used to cover JOE's head and face, he would be suffocated soon. She hurried to get the curtain, a lot of hooks, she loosened one by one trembling, but she suddenly thought that if she took down the curtain, it might not be able to prove that she was acting in self-defense, so let the curtain hang here, When JOE also entered the bathtub, he covered his head with a curtain while he was not paying attention.She knew that he would resist desperately, kick her and beat her, but as long as she clenched her teeth and covered his head firmly, she would surely be able to suffocate him within a few minutes. She waited for a while, but didn't hear JOE knock on the door, as if he was not there anymore.She ran to the door to listen, and heard JOE talking to someone in the living room.She secretly rejoiced, well, someone came, as long as someone came, there would be a solution, because the door was opened. She quickly put on her clothes, decided to rush out desperately, and ran away, and as soon as she ran out, she found a place to call Li Bing and give him a vaccination, lest he listen to Joe's words and refuse to apply for a visa with Mimi . She opened the door a crack and thought she heard BENNY's voice.She didn't know if she was subconsciously expecting him to come, so she had auditory hallucinations.She listened again, and it was indeed BENNY, he was talking. As soon as she opened the door, she ran to the living room and saw BENNY sitting on the sofa talking to JOE. He was wearing the white T-shirt he wore for work. He probably ran directly from the restaurant without going home to take a shower.Unlike usual, he was wearing glasses today, a very old-fashioned pair of glasses with dark frames and larger lenses than those worn by young people today. BENNY saw her and said, "Still here slowly 'washing up'? An hour and a half has already passed." She stammered and asked, "You, you don't have a car, how did you come here?" "Who says I don't have a car? All the taxis in the city are owned by me, so I just need to call one from 'Che Bian'." She saw her suitcase at a glance. After she took the set of black underwear just now, she forgot to close it due to anger and nervousness.She was terrified, wondering how Benny would feel when he saw the box open by the door. BENNY asked: "Have you put away your things?" "Collect it—it's done." BENNY said: "Let's go after we pack it up, let JOE go to bed early." She took BENNY to the room where she lived to get things, and she ran to the living room, closed the box by the door, locked the combination lock, and put it upright. BENNY and JOE each brought out a few items. Seeing her standing beside the box, BENNY asked, "Is the box yours?" She nodded, and he combined his two hands into one hand, took the box with the free hand, and went downstairs. She also went downstairs and opened the trunk of the car. BENNY ran back to move things again, and said to her: "Go and see if there is anything missing." She ran back to check, and nothing was missed.She ran downstairs, gave JOE the door key, and got into the car. BENNY said goodbye to JOE and got into the car too. She started the car and drove out of the gate of the community. She asked, "How long have you been here?" "I've been here for a while, but I don't know your APT number, so it took me a while to find out." "You didn't have the card to enter the door, so how did you get in?" "I waited until a car came in, and then squeezed in." She asked worriedly, "You—what did you tell JOE?" "What can I tell him?" He asked puzzledly, "Why are you rushing to take a shower here? Afraid we won't have water over there?" She faltered and said, "I—I'm afraid that there are too many people on your side, and the hot water is not enough—" He joked, "Then you come here every day to take a shower?" Seeing her silent, he comforted, "I told them to take a shower in the morning instead, so you don't have to worry about running out of hot water." She thought about it and almost ran through a red light. He hurriedly shouted: "Red light! Red light!".She stopped the car suddenly, and he asked, "What happened? Did 'Little White Face' bully you?" "No."