"Yeongdeungpo, Yeongdeungpo...... Hey, where is the welfare home in Yeongdeungpo~"

The female police officer drove the car cautiously, craned her neck and looked around, her mouth kept muttering.

When she looked up at the already dark sky, the rain had stopped, but she still hadn't found where the welfare home her predecessor said was.

The female police officer bit her lip a little anxiously, then blinked and thought about it, and stopped the car.

"Bang. ”

Closing the door, she put him on the side of the road, then turned her head to look around, and in a short time found her target—a grocery store across the road.

After visually measuring the width of the road, and then looking at the vehicles coming and going, the female police officer's brows furrowed slightly, thought about it, glanced at him, then squatted down and touched his head, and said softly: "Sister, go buy something, can you wait here?"

A pair of deep black eyes blinked, he looked at the female police officer with a kind smile in front of him, was silent for a moment, and nodded silently.

"Really good, remember, you can't walk around, you know?"

The female officer smiled, touched his head again, and then said another sentence with a pretended seriousness on her face.

This time he didn't think much about it, and directly focused on his little head.

"Good. ”

The female officer smiled again, patted him on the head, then stood up, craned her neck to look at the passing car, and cautiously walked across the road.

He blinked, looking at the cautious appearance of the female police officer, and a faint smile seemed to flash on his little face, which had been indifferent, and then, he looked up at the sky that was almost darkening, and his eyes were a little distracted.

"Whew-"

I don't know if it's the reason why everyone is rushing home, the female police officer came all the way, stopped and stopped, and finally arrived at the opposite side, she couldn't help but sigh, and then turned her head to look, and saw that the child was still standing obediently in place, and she was still looking at something with her head up, so she felt a little relieved, turned her head back, and walked to the grocery store.

"Auntie, give me a pack of rice and a bottle of water. ”

Standing in front of the grocery store counter, the female police officer snorted skillfully, then took off her hat and sat down on the chair in front of the counter to rest.

When she sat down in the chair, the female police officer glanced back again, and then nodded.

Well, quite obedient.

In her sight, he no longer looked up at the sky, but turned to look at the propaganda board behind him that he didn't know what was printed and then stunned, looking at the somewhat dull little appearance, it was really a little cute.

"Hey, why are you eating this, aren't you going back to dinner?"

A slightly concerned word sounded, the female police officer looked back, smiled, took the gimbap and water from the hand of the shopkeeper's aunt in the apron, and then said a little embarrassedly: "I haven't gotten off work yet, I'm hungry, so I'll come and buy something to eat first." ”

It was true that she was full at the noodle shop before, but after driving for so long, her stomach was a little hungry again, and she couldn't find the way, so she simply came over to buy something to eat and asked for directions by the way.

"Auntie, do you know where the Yeongdeungpo Welfare House is?"

After taking a sip of water, the female police officer smashed her mouth, and then she didn't forget the main purpose of her coming, and asked the shopkeeper's aunt with some annoyance.

"Yeongdeungpo's welfare home? Hey, Ichiko, are you going there? Send the kids? Then you have to hurry. Hearing the words of the female police officer, the shopkeeper's aunt said enthusiastically.

"Ah...... Yes, but ...... Why hurry?"

Hearing the aunt's words, the female police officer blinked a little stunned.

"It's going to close because it's getting dark. ”

The shopkeeper's aunt lowered her head and sorted out her things while explaining to the female police officer: "Hey Yigu, let me tell you, our welfare home in Yeongdeungpo is the best in the whole of Seoul. It's just that because of this, there are many people who deliberately throw their children there, so it seems that the welfare home only accepts children for a certain period of time every year, and does not accept children for the rest of the time, and this year's time seems to be ...... Oh, that's right, I won't accept it tomorrow, today is the last day, so say, Miss Policeman, you send people over quickly. ”

"Ah...... yes, I see......"

Hearing the words of the shopkeeper's aunt, the female police officer nodded a little stunned, and then blinked thoughtfully, and suddenly felt a little sudden in her heart.

After thinking about it, the female police officer hurriedly asked the owner's aunt for the address of the welfare home, and then turned around and ran back across the road, however, she found out at this time......

"Big ...... Daihatsu ......"

The female police officer's eyes widened and she stared at the empty other side of the road in a daze, and her mind even went blank for a moment.

A spirit came back to her senses, and she immediately hurriedly ran back across the road, standing in place and turning around a few times, stunned that she couldn't see the little figure.

"Hey...... It's over!"

Constantly looking to the left and right, she even stretched out her neck and stared into the distance with wide eyes, but she couldn't find the little figure she wanted to find, and couldn't help but pull her hair and moan in pain.

But at this time, her eyes seemed to notice something, and she couldn't help but turn her head to take a look, and then her eyes suddenly couldn't help but widen, and her fingers trembled a little and clicked on the propaganda board on her side, and looked at the content on it seriously, and then hurriedly trotted all the way to her left hand side and left in the direction.

"Tick-tock. ”

An imperceptible drop of rain dripped on the billboard, as if to announce that the uncertain weather was about to change its face again.

On the billboard, a map that appears to be Yeongdeungpo is printed, but most of the handwriting has been blurred, and only a small part of the place names are still visible, and in that small part of the place names, one name is circled by a purple pen.

"Yeongdeungpo Amusement Park".

……

"Smack, smack......"

He wore light rain boots and carefully stepped on the somewhat muddy road to avoid being splashed by the standing water on the ground.

After walking for a while, he seemed a little tired, stood where he was, looked up at the sky that was beginning to rain lightly again, his little brow furrowed, and then, suddenly, he turned his head to look in the direction he had come, and a smile appeared on his face again.

That stupid big sister should almost find out, right?

He thought so, and then the corners of his mouth curled, and he shook his little head, and shook off the rain from the poncho hood a little boredly.

Pouting, he blinked at the ripples on the ground, then turned his head again and walked in a random direction......

……

"Hey...... Hey, guest, you can't drink anymore, really, you've drunk a few cases!"

"Oh, auntie, this ...... Uhh......hh It's okay, right?"

"Hey, guest, really, go back, your family should be waiting for you at home. ”

“…… Okay, okay, you know...... Got it!uhhhh......h

Under the dark darkness of the night, a figure staggered out of a cloth tent carriage, his steps visibly stumbling.

"Hey, guest, are you alright? Do you need me to send you back?"

"No...... You go take care of the other guests, I can do it alone, uh, uh!"

"That'...... Then you go well, be careful. ”

"Know...... Got it!"

The figure waved his hand, then staggered away without looking back.

"Hey...... How many times this is the month?"

Shaking her head and glancing at the swaying back, the proprietress of the cloth tent carriage wiped her hands with her apron, and looked back a little helplessly to ask.

"Who knows, except for working during the day, it seems that he has been there all the time, hey, I don't know what happened, drinking like this all day, sooner or later there will be problems. ”

Shrugging his shoulders as he didn't know, the owner of the carriage shook his head with some emotion, then lowered his head and wiped the table.

"Hey Yigu, forget it, tomorrow, if this guest comes back tomorrow, you remember to stop him, don't let him drink so much wine, you know?"

"Got it, got it. ”

……

"No...... You don't have to send me, I can ...... alone."

On the deserted street, a figure staggered along, muttering high and low in his mouth.

"I can do it alone, alone, uh! no...... That's right, I can do it alone!"

"I can ...... alone"

"I can take care of the kids!"

"I'm a man...... Huh? Male...... What am I afraid of? Hmm? I ...... Hey, what's ...... Ahem! ahem!"

"What...... No, I said, who is so immoral?!hmm?!I put this thing in the middle of the road, I thought...... Uhh

The figure stared at the black thing in front of him for a long time, and then recognized that it seemed to be a telephone pole, and then immediately scolded weakly, but on the empty street, except for the mist after the rain, only his voice echoed.

"Hah...... Hey, an ancient ......."

Suddenly, the figure seemed a little uncomfortable, he frowned, sat down with his back against the telephone pole, sat down on the wet ground without paying attention, took a deep breath of the cold, clammy air, and closed his eyes, as if he was too tired to fall asleep.

"I don't need to!!"

Suddenly, however, the figure that seemed to be about to fall asleep suddenly opened its eyes again and roared angrily after a few seconds of silence.

"Let's go!go!go!go!go!I don't need you!I don't need you!I don't need you!,'

With scarlet eyes, he looked at the night sky viciously, and when he said that, he couldn't help but stand up and punch a few times at the air with a little shaking.

"Ha, ha......"

After such a roar, the figure seemed to lose its strength again, and sat on the ground again, panting, staring at the wet ground with a pair of eyes in a daze, and then began to mumble again.

"No ...... required"

"I don't need you...... If you want to go, you can go...... Let's go......"

"I can take care of the children by myself, and I can ...... by myself"

"Really...... I ......"

"Smack. ”

He was stunned, staring at the small inconspicuous drop of water on the wet ground, and he couldn't say anything more than halfway through his mouth......

"Hah...... Ha ha...... Hey, what are the big men crying about? Huh? Hey, I'm old...... Hey, I'm going to stop crying, huh, you...... You're the dad of the kids, huh? What are you ...... How can you cry ......"

He sat on the ground, speaking in a mocking tone, but at the same time he reached out and wiped the tears from his eyes, laughing and crying like a wounded beast......

"Not cold?"

However, at this time, suddenly, a very childish-sounding voice sounded, his movements were abrupt, and then he hurriedly prepared to wipe away the tears on his face that had not yet dried, but halfway through the action, he put down his hand a little dejectedly, and smiled self-deprecatingly.

What is there to hide?

Then, he looked in the direction where the voice came from, but the whole person was stunned for a moment.

A little boy in a poncho stood not far from him, looking at him with a puzzled expression on his face, and the dim light of the street lamp shone on the little boy's face, reflecting a kind of porcelain white luster, but what attracted his attention the most was the small eyes, which were bright and beautiful......

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PS: Tips: Cloth Tent Carriage: That is, the food stalls in Korea. As a kind of existence similar to the domestic food stalls, the cloth tent carriage is obviously different from the ordinary food stalls, it can even be used as a cultural symbol of South Korea, as long as it is Korean, there is no one who has not been to the cloth tent carriage, people are happy, frustrated, usual, and even to talk about business, they will often go to the cloth tent carriage.

Aunt: Actually, it is what Koreans mean by calling auntie, and it is also often used to call the proprietress of a roadside stall.