"Xiaolan, the clothes are washed, I'll help you carry them back to dry later." ”

Xiong Chen picked up the two buckets of washed clothes and put them down next to the big stone, climbed up the big stone and sat next to Xiao Lan.

Xiao Lan looked at Xiong Chen's white hands, grateful in her heart, and said in a low voice: "Brother Xiong Chen, thank you, you have to go to the back mountain every day to transport mud, and you do hard work, much harder than me, it's rare to stop today, just take a good rest, I do all the easy work, no effort, you don't have to run every day to help me do it, let the mouthy people see it, go back and add oil and vinegar to the chief manager's ear, it will cause a lot of trouble." ”

Xiong Chen said disapprerovingly: "It's a big deal, I've been used to it all these years, what are you afraid of?"

Xiao Lan's eyes suddenly swelled with a clear spring, it's a big deal to have a good fight, but the stick is ruthless, if you hit it hard, you will have to be crippled if you don't die.

Her pretty face was flushed, and she choked up: "Anyway, you are not allowed to follow me in the future, I will do my own words, you better go back to sleep quickly, take care of your spirits, maybe tomorrow you will go to the back mountain to transport mud, that is heavy work, you can't be distracted, you know?"

"I know, I've always been careful. “

Xiao Lan looked at the other side of the lake, it was the back mountain of the villa, but after so many years, she hadn't been there yet.

"Back Mountain...... Is there really gold buried in the back mountain?"

A shadow swept over Xiong Chen's emaciated cheeks, and his hands clutched the stone surface beside him, and the green tendons on the back of his hands were exposed.

"Don't mention the back mountain, Xiaolan, that place is hell on earth. ”

Xiao Lan lowered her head and stirred her cold fingers uneasily, Jiudao Villa...... In the hearts of their group of slaves, there is hell on earth inside and out.

"You...... Be careful, listen to Sister Chun Tao, last month the four of them went to the back mountain to deliver food to you, and saw that five long-term workers were tired and fell in the mud pit, and they couldn't stand up again, Brother Xiong Chen, you must be careful!"

Xiong Chen took a deep breath, the five long-term workers were not tired in the mud pit, but were killed by the big stones in the mine and discarded in the pit by the foreman.

Xiao Lan's cold little hand covered the back of Xiong Chen's hand, and her tone was earnest: "When you are working, you must be careful, I watch you walk out vertically in the early morning, and in the evening, I must see you come back safely, you know?"

Xiong Chen patted his chest and said, "I'll be careful, Xiaolan, don't worry, I said that I would take care of you, and I must not let myself have an accident." ”

Xiao Lan's eyes stayed on the pair of broken straw sandals on Xiong Chen's feet, the upper of the shoes was covered with a thick layer of mud, and the heels were deep and shallow wounds, most of which were already scabbed, and some of the newly added wounds were swollen with blisters, and a faint amount of blood was oozing out.

"You were injured again yesterday?"

Xiao Lan panicked, lifted the thin skirt, tore off a piece, and leaned down to cover Xiong Chen's wound.

"If you have a wound on your foot, why do you have to soak in the water? When you have pus, you can't go up the mountain, and you will tell the supervisor that you are deliberately lazy, and it is another good beating. ”

Xiong Chen pressed Xiao Lan's hand and said, "Silly girl, why did you tear your clothes? These little wounds will be healed in a few days, don't worry about them, tell me, why did Manager Xiang beat you last night?"

Xiao Lan sniffed and didn't answer, but carefully wiped the blood from Xiong Chen's wound and said, "Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't ...... Born and raised, don't worry. ”

A tear fell on Xiong Chen's broken straw sandals, Xiao Lan's thin and thin shoulders were shaking, the spring cold was steep, and the wind poured into it along the collar of her clothes, and her whole body suddenly shivered, and she sneezed a few times one after another.

"Cold?"

"It's not cold!"

"Xiaolan, tell me, why did Manager Xiang beat you last night?"

Xiao Lan hesitated for a long time before she said softly: "Last night I was busy washing dishes in the room, I forgot to feed the cat, the cat was hungry, and ran to the manager to meow, and the manager was angry, saying that I was derelict in my duty and ...... Lightly beaten. ”

Xiong Chen was so angry that he gasped and said loudly: "Just such a trivial matter, he is going to beat you? ”

Xiao Lan's face turned pale, and she hurriedly covered Xiong Chen's mouth, and said urgently: "What are you yelling about? Don't you die? The cat raised by the head manager is much more expensive than our gold." ”

Xiong Chen snorted: ", it's just a little beast." “

Xiao Lan lowered her head, yes, that cat is just a small beast, and the person who can raise it is Xiang Guan, and his value has naturally increased by several levels.

Xiong Chen's eyes filled with pathos, he put Xiao Lan's hand in his palm, and said in a dumb voice: "Xiao Lan, like him, we are all human beings, and we were all born by our parents, why do we have to endure their bullying?"

Xiao Lan looked at Xiong Chen blankly, and after a while, she said with tears in her eyes: "Brother Xiong Chen, it's me who is not good, it is me who has burdened you, you should not have come to this demon cave that eats people and does not spit out bones, it is all my fault." ”

Xiong Chen hurriedly wiped away the tears on Xiao Lan's face, and said in a low voice: "Xiao Lan, you stupid girl, what does this have to do with you? When you were seven years old, I said that I would protect you, even if that tooth woman didn't catch me, I would follow you." ”

The rare gentleness of his tone, the breath that sprayed on Xiao Lan's cheeks, was warm and mellow.

Xiao Lan's heart was pounding, and he glanced at Xiong Chen, who was slightly eyelids, and found that there was a crystal clear light circulating in Xiong Chen's eyes, his thin and burnt yellow face seemed to be rounded, and the whole person seemed to be shrouded in an elegant sea of blue light......

Elegant ....... The sea of blue light, very familiar, very familiar colors.

"Xiong Chen, you just look as good-looking as a fairy...... Really, I see a lot of flickering light around you, it's beautiful!"

Xiong Chen snorted, he grabbed both sides with both hands, and teased: "Immortal, Xiaolan, if I were an immortal, it would be fine, I would take you to fly up to the clouds and swim in the sky." ”

Xiao Lan narrowed her eyes, fantasizing about the picture Xiong Chen had depicted in her mind.

"If that is the case, I will not starve, I will not be freezing, and you will not have to go to the back mountains every day to do that hard work that will kill you at any time. ”

Xiong Chen stared at Xiao Lan in contemplation, her facial features have completely grown, curved eyebrows, slender eyelashes, delicate nose, and round red lips, although her face is not ruddy enough, there is no doubt that Xiao Lan is a beauty embryo, an absolute beauty embryo.

"Xiaolan, you're getting more and more beautiful!"

The corners of Xiao Lan's mouth curled slightly, and when she opened her eyes, she happened to meet Xiong Chen's deep eyes like an ocean.

Such a **, such a deep affection...... Xiao Lan's face flew up a red glow, and she seemed to understand something in the haze, but she didn't seem to understand anything.

"Xiaolan...... I want to believe me, no matter what you see or hear in the future, you must believe me, and believe that Xiong Chen will treat you wholeheartedly. ”

Xiong Chen's big hand quietly put his arm around Xiao Lan's shoulder, slid down a little, skillfully avoided the injury on her back, and gently hugged her into his arms.

"Xiaolan...... Don't move, let me hug you, I want to hug you so much....... I've wanted to hold you for a long time. ”

Xiao Lan didn't move, Brother Xiong Chen has treated himself too well over the years, Xiao Lan has never thought of disobeying him, Xiao Lan just wants to be by his side forever, today, the cool wind blows across the lake, the willow buds on the shore are blooming, Brother Xiong Chen hugged me in his generous arms, I am so happy...... I'd like to be embraced like this by him...... Life.