Night falls.

Ai Zi was lying on the bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time, she looked sideways at Hotaru Sakura, who had already fallen asleep, and her heart was even heavier.

She put one hand behind her head and sighed softly.

From time to time, I still think of the man and the intermittent images in the painting.

Ai Zi gritted his teeth, and a method that was not very polite to Ke Lan rose in his heart, and he couldn't sleep anyway, so it was better to ......

Ai Zi tiptoed to lift the quilt, and every movement was quiet, for fear that he would wake up the Hotaru Sakura next to him, put on his shoes, turned around to confirm that Hotaru Sakura was still asleep, and sneaked out.

The silver glow of the moonlight makes the courtyard seem to be covered with a quiet veil.

Ai Zi kept looking, for fear that someone would find her, and soon, she touched Kelan's door, and pushed the door open almost nervously, secretly relieved in her heart, fortunately, this door was not old, and there was no "squeak" sound.

Ai Zi stood on tiptoe and sneakily walked to Kelan's bedside.

In the moonlight, Kelan's light veil had been removed, her sleeping face, and the scabbed scar.

Ai Zi saw Ke Lan's scar for the first time, she had imagined it, but she didn't expect that this scar was even bigger than she imagined, accounting for nearly half of her side face.

It's a pity, it's a pity that such a gentle woman is like water.

Ai Zi pursed her lips, still determined to do something to steal Kelan's memory.

She looked at Ke Lan's face and secretly said "I'm sorry"

Then, his eyes slowly closed, and he felt the seven feathered beads on his chest with his heart, and sure enough, within a while, a ball of white light floated out of Ai Zi's body and floated on Ke Lan's body.

The light of the Seven Feathers Beads enveloped Ke Lan's body, and Ai Zi's expression became a little subtle.

Rewind the clock to eleven years ago.

A very ordinary morning, for the people of Liubo Town, is just the beginning of an ordinary day.

But for Noyou and Nokolan's family, this day was the beginning of all nightmares.

That year, Noyou was four years old, and Nokolan was eleven.

Their father had no money to pay off because he had gambling debts, so the bullies who wanted money kicked them out of the house.

Ke Lan carried three burdens on her back, one hand leading the still young Nuoyou, while the other hand carried a few other luggage.

They walked aimlessly down the street, staring strangely at all the people who cast pitiful glances.

Since their mother's death, their father has become a drunkard and gambler, and his business has become increasingly deserted, and finally the family can only live by guarding empty rice jars and drinking gruel.

Nuo You held Kelan's hand tightly and lowered his head, he was afraid of the strangers around him, afraid of their gaze.

He pulled the corner of Ke Lan's clothes and asked softly, "Sister, where are we going?"

Ke Lan squatted down, held Nuo You's arms, and squeezed out a smile: "Let's go to find my father, but before that, my sister has to do one thing first, Nuo You, can you wait for my sister at the door of this store." ”

Nuo You followed the direction pointed by Ke Lan, and looked up hard, there was a plaque of "Dang" hanging at the door of the store, he was still young, and he didn't understand the meaning of this word at all.

He nodded, but he still grabbed the corner of Ke Lan's clothes uneasily, and tears almost overflowed in his eyes: "Sister, you won't want to make promises, right?"

Ke Lan gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Nuoyou's eyes, hugged Nuoyou in her arms, and held back her crying: "No, Nuoyou is so well-behaved, how could my sister leave you, you count from one to one hundred now, and my sister will appear in front of you again, okay?"

Nuo You immediately began to open his mouth and count quickly.

Kelan lifted the burden on the ground, entered the pawnshop, and placed the five luggage in front of the shopkeeper who was planning to make a plate.

Ke Lan is not as tall as the counter, so she can only hold the edge of the counter and try to worry: "Shopkeeper, you are good, look at it and give more." ”

The shopkeeper glanced at the squint, picked up the burden one by one with a look of disgust, pulled it a few times, and said disdainfully: "We don't accept clothes, hurry up and pack up and take them away!"

Ke Lan was flustered now, this was all their belongings, and they were still counting on being able to exchange some silver to save their father who was detained, her tears could no longer be hidden, and she flowed down in an uproar: "Shopkeeper, I beg you, give me some silver, my father is still counting on this help, I beg you, I beg you!"

Ke Lan took a step back, slammed, and knelt on the ground, knocking her head twice.

Until a hole was broken in her forehead and only bled out, the shopkeeper didn't look at her, just thinking about it.

However, Ke Lan did not stop, one by one, "Please, do well", while kowtowing constantly.

At this time, the shopkeeper's wife came to bring him tea, and when she saw the little girl who had been kowtowing, compassion came up, and she said in the shopkeeper's ear: "It's strange and pitiful, just give a little money to send away." ”

The shopkeeper snorted unwillingly, took out a few small ingots of silver from his sleeve, threw them in front of Ke Lan, and said impatiently: "Take the money, don't get in the way of my eyes, hurry up." ”

Ke Lan picked up four pieces of silver and thanked her again and again, Xu was in too much of a hurry, it was dark in front of her, she gritted her teeth, and walked out of the pawnshop.

When Nuo You counted to ninety-eight, he opened his eyes and saw Ke Lan walking out in a hurry, which was originally a burst of joy, but when he saw the bleeding wound on her forehead, he couldn't help crying "wow".

Everything in front of Ke Lan became ups and downs and blurry, but she still knelt on the ground and touched Nuo You's shoulder, she smiled and comforted: "It's okay, sister is okay, Nuo You don't cry, our family will be reunited soon, go, I'll take you to find your father." ”

Nuo You was still crying, but the howling turned into a low sob.

He let Ke Lan take his hand and walked towards the gambling house.

The middle-aged man, who was covered in alcohol, was thrown by the rope and threw it in the corner, gasping for a long time, motionless and thinking that he was dead.

At this moment, a girl came in with a little boy open the curtain, and they trembled with every step, especially when they came closer, and when they saw their father lying in the corner, they almost threw themselves down beside him.

"Father, father" Kelan and Nuo You shook the drunk man vigorously, his beard was unshaven, and the smell of alcohol on his body could not hide the smell.

He opened his sleepy eyes slightly, smiled and said, "Fifteen, twenty, I won!"

"Father!" Ke Lan saw her slumped father, tears welling up in her eyes.

The stout man who was sitting on the upper seat and drinking tea leisurely glanced at Ke Lan, and the person next to him immediately signaled and dragged Ke Lan to him.

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