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Chapter I:

"Ah …" "Ah …

"How unlucky!" Cheng Hanlong took off his roller skates and walked towards the kid that he knocked a few meters away. The child's knee was bruised and he rubbed it on the ground for a long time. The blood was already beginning to flow.

"Let me see. Fine, I didn't cry! Why don't you go home and stand in this place? Are you looking for trouble? "

The child scrambled to his feet, moving quickly, not at all as badly wounded as he had been. He crawled to Cheng Hanlong's side and rubbed Cheng Hanlong's leg. He lifted his head and opened his mouth, but no words came out. There was a pitiful look in his eyes. In his hand was a handful of tickets, the biggest of which was a piece.

"So it's a small beggar!" It was at this kind of place! "That's easier said than done." Cheng Hanlong took out a dollar bill from his pocket and patted it on the kid's chest.

"Take it, let go!" Do you hear me? " With one hand, the child quickly tucked the dollar into his pocket. With the other hand, he held Cheng Hanlong's pants tightly. Cheng Hanlong tried his best to pull it off, but he couldn't. He had even wiped away some of the blood on his pants.

Cheng Hanlong panicked and kicked away the child. I broke my roller skates and I haven't let you compensate me! " After saying that, he turned around and walked back home. He had wanted to scold her a few more times. He saw the kid picking up the coins one by one and forcefully held himself back.

Cheng Hanlong was 12 years old this year, and he was in Year 1. Years later, when he recalled this scene, all he could recall was the look of a child who was afraid of being taken away when he was picking up a steel stick.

"Mom!" I'm back. Is dinner ready? " Cheng Hanlong shouted towards the kitchen while changing his slippers.

"Soon, put down your schoolbag and wash your hands!" With that, he carried the dishes to the table. Cheng Hanlong rushed out randomly.

"How did you get your leg? Let me see. Why is there so much blood? " Aunt Cheng ran over.

"It's not mine, don't mention it. I was very unlucky today. My father bought me that roller skate I was not fresh enough to run into! I even bumped into a beggar. Cheng Hanlong said as he served the rice.

"You are a wastrel, you have been like this since you were young. Every time you buy a new toy, you will first take it apart and then put it back. There was a high chance that he wouldn't be able to put it back in his bag. Quickly change your pants after eating dinner later! "

"That's because I have an exploratory mindset, Mom, you don't understand. Only this kind of child has the potential. " Cheng Hanlong said seriously.

"You can only move your mouth. Stop talking and eat! "Taste this." Then mother and son ate in silence. It was still dark outside, and the sun was shining into most of the kitchen. This was a nice part of Beijing and a nice house with nice lighting conditions. Just a little cold. Perhaps it was because of the size of the room!

"Mom, when is my dad coming back?" Cheng Hanlong asked carefully. Seeing the black lines on his mother's face, he realized that he had asked the wrong question. Aunt Cheng didn't answer his question, instead, she got up and left.

"Mom, where are you going? You're not eating anymore? " Cheng Hanlong saw his mother turn around and leave with a hint of panic.

"I heard a knock on the door. I'll go take a look."

"Oh!" Cheng Hanlong continued to eat with his head lowered. Every time he asked this question, he felt that his mother was always avoiding him. He thought he was not young anymore. There are some questions that you can open up to your parents. In his mind, his father was like a mysterious character, and his only use was to occasionally surprise him. As for "mystery," it was elusive, and sometimes his mother could only judge his father to have been there by the subtle changes in the display of things at home, and then she left without saying a word. As for the "surprise", it was simply that Dad was able to hand him a high-tech product at a neglected time. and said, "This is a toy Dad got for you from some country. Is Daddy nice to you? " He then satisfied the worship that a child seeks in front of his peers.

"I remember one time he boldly asked his mother." Mom, what do you like about my dad? "

"You don't understand, your father was like this when he was young. But I like it special. Your dad always gives people a new feeling. "

"How can it not be fresh? He doesn't show up for a year or so. Who's going to get sick of it? "

"It was only later that I got married and knew that life was not something that could be lived by mere novelty. Ordinary days are precious, what am I supposed to tell you? "It's not like you understand …"

Cheng Hanlong thought about it for a long time before realizing that his mom still hadn't come. He put down the bowl and headed for the door. The moment he walked over, he saw a child standing by the door. He looked a little familiar.

"Why did you come here?" Cheng Hanlong asked. At this moment, Cheng Hanlong's mother looked towards a child in shock. The child was standing in the doorway, head bowed. The blood was still seeping out of his knees. Dirty little hands clutched their pockets.

"Go, get that bottle of Cloud South White Medicine inside the house and get some gauze."

"Mom, why do you care about him? "He's the one who asked for money when he bumped into me." Cheng Hanlong said worriedly.

"Whoever he is, is he a child? How could she lose her humanity at such a young age? "Hurry up and go!" Cheng Hanlong reluctantly went to get it.

"Why did you let him in? How dirty. Mom, aren't you afraid that we'll attract flies? " Seeing the beggar sitting on the sofa, Cheng Hanlong became even angrier. His mother didn't answer him. The child's legs had been cleaned and a large piece of the skin had been worn off. The pink flesh was revealed. "A child who had been drugged was gnashing his teeth in pain.

"Does it hurt?" Cheng Hanlong's mother gently massaged, while the child neither spoke nor shook his head.

"My mom is asking you a question! So what if you're a mute? "

"If you find him displeasing to the eye, just take it off and go eat. Otherwise, go to your room and write your homework. I'll send him back after you apply the medicine."

"What?" "Do you still want to send him back for a beggar?"

"Hanlong, look carefully, this kid looks just like your little uncle." Lili turned her head to point at the child and excitedly said. Cheng Hanlong didn't say anything and walked into his room sulkily. He couldn't say anything else. His little uncle was fucking sick. He had never met his little uncle, who was said to have been lost while his mother was playing with him. I haven't been able to find it. She was only six when she lost it. Later, when his mother saw someone who looked like him, she would turn the matter over in her head and punish herself. But humans also grow up! She was 6 years old when she lost it. Her own son is now 12 years old. Why is he still staring at a 5-6 year old child?

"It should be time to leave, right?" Cheng Hanlong walked out of the bedroom. Before Aunt Cheng came back, he fell onto the sofa. He suddenly remembered that this was where the little beggar sat so he jumped up and down like he had been electrocuted. He sat down on the other sofa with a heavy heart. He didn't know why he was so upset, but he habitually took a piece of gum from his pocket and began to chew it slowly. He often used this method to kill time.

It was late at night when Aunt Cheng returned. She looked very tired. Cheng Hanlong looked at his mother who was changing into slippers at the door, and asked casually: "Where did you send them to? They had been gone for a long time. Do you still have a fixed place to stay when you ask for food? "

"The orphanage." Aunt Cheng said, "No one cares about such a small child. That old man thought that I was the one who threw the child away and refused to accept anything, so he made me show a bunch of documents. Luckily, there's someone I know.

"Oh!" Cheng Hanlong passed a glass of water to Aunt Cheng. The two of them chatted nonchalantly as the sky outside gradually turned dark. There was not a single star in the gloomy sky. The city began to enter a tranquil atmosphere.