This is a blue gift that Paul has never seen.

There is no elegance and calmness, no indifference and calmness, no maturity and wisdom, the sunny temperament that belongs to the big boy comes to his face, as if in the hot summer, he jumped into the emerald transparent lake, and the sound of "bang" water came to his ears, and then the noise and chaos of the whole world disappeared, replaced by pure midsummer.

Cool and clear.

Little by little, the smile overflowed from the depths of the soul, lighting up the whole face and the whole world, and it seemed that even the sound of the wind became light and excited, sending cheerful laughter and colorful joy.

They don't have smartphones, they don't have luxury pools, they don't have top-of-the-line cars, they don't have fancy toys, they don't have cool air conditioning, they don't have snacks, they don't even have new clothes and good shoes, all they have is a simple surfboard made of white foam, but in this moment, they are the happiest kids in the world, enjoying their childhood.

Involuntarily, a smile bloomed at the corner of Paul's mouth.

"Look, look, there's a big octopus there, be careful!"

In the midst of laughter, Lan Li's voice sounded again, and in the next second, Paul saw that all the children were scattered, avoiding him from a distance, and began to clench their little fists and strike back, and then he realized that he was the big octopus.

So Paul began to wave his hands and shout, "Woohoo!"

A puzzle flashed through my mind: how the hell should the octopus scream?

But in a flash, Paul began to swoop down on the children with open arms, hula, and all the children began to run quickly, and the young smiling faces bloomed wantonly, and the flying dust outlined a brilliant rainbow light in the golden sunlight, colorful and dazzling.

A minute earlier, Paul had lost his way in the strange hamlet, sweating profusely from the heat, wetting his T-shirt, and inevitably feeling irritated and confused.

A minute later, Paul became the most popular child king in the square, and all the children surrounded Paul in groups, shouting, "Octopus! Octopus!" and constantly hitting Paul with small fists, and the scene was a little "bloody" for a while.

Lan Li, who was standing next to him, laughed loudly, without the restraint of etiquette, without the cover of a mask, without the graceful reserve, Lan Li laughed so wantonly and happily, the hearty laughter broke through the restraints in his chest, surging vigorously.

"Sharks, let's attack sharks together!" We must unite!" In the midst of the crisis, Paul finally grasped the life-saving straw, and then led the army of children to swarm towards Lan Li together.

But surprisingly, Lan Li did not dodge, just stood in place, let the children surround him, completely drowned, in the midst of the children's group attack, he made a gesture of giving up resistance, as if the shark was really defeated, and finally died heroically.

The suffocating and rough exaggerated acting skills are really too exaggerated, and they don't have the appearance of top actors all over the world, as if they are childish and brilliant imitations of elementary school students, which makes Paul stunned, and then clapped his hands wildly and laughed, and his abdominal muscles were already stiff, like hard stones.

If reporters or film critics saw Lan Li's performance of "Shark Death", they should vomit blood in shame, and finally bleed to death.

Paul laughed so hard that tears came out of his eyes.

"Miguel!

"Angel, I'm home, I'm ready for lunch!"

"Miguel, don't you remember lunch time? Get back quickly! Or you won't eat today!"

"Anthony, Anthony, Anthony......"

"Every time, do you have to shout at lunchtime? I'm going to pinch your ears when you come back!"

The shouts one after another, loud and crisp, pungent and fierce, echoed in the staggered alleys, which were the call from the mother, and then all the children scattered and rushed in different directions, in response to the call of the deadly chain.

Suddenly, one of the children stopped, turned around, and shouted, "Sir, can you continue with the afternoon surfing practice?"

In a word, most of the children stopped, and all their eager eyes flocked to Lan Li, and then they saw Lan Li who was packing up the foam surfboard, and did not look back, but just shouted, "I need a nap." See you at three o'clock on the beach at the pier, remember, three o'clock! Whoever comes early to wake me up for a nap will drop off in the afternoon to go on a date with the sharks!"

"I'll see you in the afternoon, sir. ”

"I'll see you in a moment, sir. ”

"Good-bye, sir. ”

The shouts were loud and bustling, the children shouted and retreated, and after a while, all disappeared into the alleys, and the whole square was instantly quiet, if it weren't for the countless dusts still surging in the air, reminding that everything just now was real, Paul would almost have the illusion that "this is a dream".

Turning around, Paul saw the foam surfboards scattered all over the floor again, reminding him of what had just happened, and now, Lan Li was cleaning up.

Without asking what was going on, Paul bent down and began to help clean up, then stacked all his surfboards in front of a dilapidated storefront on the east side of the square. It was an earthy yellow gate, made of a few wooden planks that could not stop any gangsters or storms, and could collapse with a little force.

Lan Li leaned in and shouted, "Antonio, I'm going to town, do you need anything?"

"Climbing rope. An old hoarse voice came from inside, "Besides, you go to the liquor store to urge, when will our goods be delivered, I made two calls to the old guy, both voicemail." If you get stuck with that old guy, you can just pull the goods back. ”

"No problem!" replied dryly, turning back to greet Paul, and then walked straight away.

Paul, who didn't understand what was going on at this time, could only follow the footsteps, looked back, and then just above the door, he saw a dangling plaque, "Antonio's Tango", which turned out to be today's destination.

"Lan Li, do you need a car? I rented this car from Miami. Paul hurriedly followed.

"No, Antonio's old pickup truck is parked on the street outside, and we drive the pickup truck over. Lan Li said briskly, and then took a brisk step, "Let's go, you came at the right time today, the children need to practice in the water for the first time, I can use a helper, we need to go to the town to pick up the goods now, I ordered fifteen children's surfboards before, they should arrive today." ”

Confused, Paul hurried forward.

Although he didn't understand what was going on, he could vaguely feel that Lan Li in front of him seemed to have removed all his mental defenses, and it was more real than ever.

Paul couldn't help but think back to the filming of Edge of Tomorrow. Known as the "Great Demon King of Pranks", Lan Li is always so youthful and energetic, and the endless ghost ideas make everyone cry bitterly, and under the elegant mask and skin, there is a hot heart of innocence, which seems to have never aged.

The same is true today.

"Are those children your students?" Paul didn't ask about the ins and outs, and the topic fell directly on the vivid faces.

"No, it's not. Lan Li laughed happily, "They're just passing the time, and I'm offering another option." For their parents, it doesn't make any difference, but for them, it's enough for them to find a way to vent instead of stalking strangers and then stealing and eating and drinking. ”

Behind the understatement, people can feel the tenacity and sadness of grassroots life.

It's a remote town in southern Florida, the town has no resources, it's a run-down fishing village, but the offshore coastline is a large reef and coral formation, forming a natural barrier, whether you go out or enter, you have to take a huge risk, and the so-called fishermen have given up fishing early.

Now, the main source of income here is smuggling, from /drug/product to population, smugglers from South America have chosen this pass, and have been able to form breakthroughs repeatedly, and then stay in the town for a short time, using this as a starting point to enter the North American continent.

Successively, most of the town's inhabitants left the country, leaving only a tiny fraction of the population behind, and gradually lawbreakers and illegal immigrants settled here, secretly doing dangerous illegal jobs here in an attempt to make a living of their own.

But they gradually discovered that the "American dream" promoted on movies and television was just a bubble after all. Even when they come to the United States, they still live at the bottom of society, struggling.

The children were the children of illegal immigrants, mostly from Cuba and a small number from Mexico and Colombia. Most of their parents are working illegally, and they don't need to go to school, wandering around town all day and night, even dealing with drug/traffickers.

Lan Li is not a savior, he has no way to help these illegal immigrants, nor can he change their lives, but at least, he can keep the children away from those dangers.

After the filming of "Detachment", Lan Li realized that the foundation of changing the future and changing life is always knowledge. So, he held a small surfing class so that the children's exuberant energy could find another way to vent, and in addition to surfing, he would also teach some simple reading and literacy.

It's only been 10 days now, and it's not going to be effective yet, but at least more and more children are coming to learn how to surf.