"How did you meet this child?" Li Donghan looked at the girl lying on the hospital bed, turned his head and asked the man he met yesterday.

"Seen in the snow. Putting down a bag of fruit he had bought from outside, the man kicked the chair next to him under the bed, leaned over and touched the girl's forehead, "When I saw her, I had already fainted." ”

"I guess I couldn't stand those two people, so I secretly ran out. Li Donghan glanced at the pale girl with pity.

The man didn't speak, but tucked the girl's back and turned and walked out of the room to the doctor's office.

"When will you wake up?" asked the man, sitting directly at his desk.

The doctor looked up and saw that it was the person who sent the little girl last night, took off his glasses and said: "The child has frostbite all over his body, and his skin is not necrotic, but there are still many wounds on his body caused by beatings, and we have done treatment, and he should be able to wake up tonight." ”

"Okay, thank you, doctor. Hearing the doctor's answer, the man got up and prepared to go out.

"Wait. The doctor stopped the man, "Why does that girl have so many wounds? Some of the bruises are still old, if it were you......"

"It's not me, it's her parents who did it, I just want to save her life. Knowing what the doctor wanted to say, the man interrupted him.

The doctor opened his mouth, judging from the man's behavior after sending the girl to the hospital, it really didn't look like what he did, and he was also a little sympathetic to the child, so he asked.

At last, the doctor said, "Poor boy......

When the man returned to the ward, Li Donghan walked over and said, "I still have to go to the forest ranger station, this child will be troubled for you to take care of, by the way, little brother, what is your name?" ”

"It's okay, no trouble. The man smiled, "My name is Lee Jae-cheol." ”

"Then good little brother, I'll go first. Li Donghan left the hospital and muttered in his heart: Zai Zhe, this name is really strange.

The man asked the nurse to take care of the girl, and then went out for a meal, and when he returned to the hospital, it was already eight o'clock in the evening. Taking the fruit bought at noon to the water room and rinsing it carefully, Lee Jae-chul returned to the ward to find that the girl had just woken up and was looking out the window in a daze.

Hearing someone push the door in, the girl turned her head to look at him, then continued to look out the window.

Lee Jae-chul walked to the side of the hospital bed and sat down, picked up an apple and asked, "Do you want to eat one?"

The act of sitting down startled the girl, who shrank into the quilt like a frightened rabbit, leaving only a pair of eyes full of timidity to look at him.

"Don't be afraid, I brought you from the mountains to the hospital. Lee Jae-chul smiled at the girl.

"Did you save me......" Hearing the man say that he saved himself, the girl hesitated for a moment and said, "What about them?"

"They?" Li Zaizhe was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the girl was asking about those wolves, and secretly praised the girl's cleverness in his heart, "After I reasoned with the wolf king, he asked me to take you away, and then I took you away, they should go back." ”

"That's it......" Hearing the man say the wolf, the girl was completely relieved.

"What, do you know that I'm not a bad person?" Lee Jae-chul reached out and touched the girl's head, and said with a smile, "Think about it, how can I be a bad person?

Seeing that this very good-looking man saw through his thoughts, a layer of blush spread on the girl's somewhat pale face.

"Do you want to eat?" asked Lee Jae-cheol, the girl blushed and didn't speak, "Don't be so shy, just say it when you're hungry, I will still care if I take you out of the mountain and eat me?"

"Well...... "I feel the man's care for me, and the girl is grateful and a little sad at the same time, and her so-called parents have not been a stranger to her.

Hearing this, Lee Jae-chul left the ward to buy food.

Half an hour later, Li Zaizhe came back with some food, took out the simple table from under the bed, put the eight-treasure porridge and a plate of side dishes he bought, and said to the girl: "You just woke up, you have to eat some light, and I will take you to eat it when you recover." ”

"Hmm. The girl nodded, feeling more and more grateful to this good-looking uncle.

I don't know if it was because she was reserved or just sober, but the girl ate very slowly. It took nearly twenty minutes to finish the small amount of food. Lee Jae-cheol cleared the table and put it back under the bed.

After eating, the girl's face was much more rosy, and Lee Jae-chul picked up the apple and began to peel it.

"Uncle, why are you so good to me?" the girl said with a red face as she saw the man's serious skinning.

"Why is it so good to you......" Lee Jae-chul muttered to himself, remembering the scene he saw when he returned to the hospital room after washing fruit, and the look when the girl turned her head to look at him, and the loneliness and sadness contained in it reminded him of himself who had learned the truth not long ago.

Lee Jae-chul chose to carry her out of the mountain at first, just because he couldn't bear to see the already poor girl die so miserably. Now he cares about her so much because Lee Jae-chul doesn't want this girl to be the same as him before.

"Because I have a fate with you. Lee Jae-chul was silent for a long time, and just as the girl began to feel uneasy, he spoke, "Also, call me brother, don't call me uncle, I don't have that seniority." ”

The girl who was immersed in Lee Jae-cheol's sentence "I have a fate with you" heard Lee Jae-cheol's words behind her and couldn't help asking: "Why aren't you uncle, you are so tall and so old......"

The corners of Li Zaizhe's mouth twitched, and he put down the apple in his hand and said seriously: "Of course it's not uncle, I'm only 15 years old, and it's not old, it's mature." ”

"Hmm. The girl bit her lip and tilted her head to look at him, and after a while, she smiled and said, "Okay, I believe you, let's call you brother." ”

Seeing that the girl finally admitted the fact that she was 15 years old and in her prime, Lee Jae-chul peeled the apple again.

After handing the fruit to the girl, Lee Jae-cheol said, "Do you still want to go back? ”

The girl froze for a moment, swallowed the flesh in her mouth, then looked up and asked, "Can you save me?" I can do any housework, and I can take care of you by your side!" Saying that, the girl became excited, reached out and grabbed Li Zaizhe's arm on the bedside table, her eyes flashed with tears, and she said urgently: "Please, please take me away, they are so terrible, I don't want to go back to that place, I ......" looked at the man who put his hand on top of his head and showed a warm smile, the girl stopped pleading.

"Don't worry, I can't bear to let you go back to that kind of life, since you said so, when you get better, I will take you to your parents, and then, take you away. Lee Jae-chul looked at the girl who was stunned in front of him and said in a slow but firm tone.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you......" Hearing the reassurance of the man who had made himself call his brother, the girl lowered her head and repeated the words of gratitude in her mouth, the tears falling from her eyes wetting the quilt.

Lee Jae-chul patted the girl's hand and said with concern: "You just woke up, don't cry, rest early." ”

"Hmm. The girl nodded, holding back her tears, and tried to put on a smile.

Helping the girl to lie down, Lee Jae-chul remembered that he didn't know her name and age, so he asked, "What's your name, and how old are you?"

"I'm 11 years old, and I don't have a name...... They didn't give me ......."

Seeing that the mist in the girl's eyes began to fill again, Li Zaizhe pinched her face and said with a smile: "It's okay, my brother will get you one, huh...... Peace, how about it? I hope you will always be safe and quiet in the future. ”

"All right!" cried the girl with joy.

"If you have a surname......," Lee Jae-chul mused.

"It's good to be the same as my brother!" the girl arrived first.

Feeling the flickering wings in the eyes of the girl who had just been named An Ning by herself, Li Zaizhe nodded and said, "Well, you will be called Li Anning in the future, and you will have the same surname as your brother." ”

"Li Anning, my name is Li Anning. The girl smirked and muttered.

"Alright, go to sleep. ”

"Oh, good night, brother!" Li Anning said happily as he looked at the man who made him feel happier than ever.

After the girl fell asleep, Lee Jae-chul lay down on the empty hospital bed next to him. This is a small county town, and the hospital is relatively large, but it is to cope with tourists in the tourist season, so there are many empty beds now.

Thinking of everything he saw after the dark blue crystal pillar entered his body yesterday, Lee Jae-cheol's eyes were clear, and he said in a low voice: "There really is such a world, but what about this world? Is it fake?" Thinking like this, Lee Jae-chul fell asleep.

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"Shall we go back now?" Li Anning looked up at Li Zaizhe, who was holding his hand, and hesitated.

"Of course, go back and make it clear to your parents now, and then I'm going to go to the Kunlun Mountains, where I have an emergency. Feeling the beads of sweat on the girl's palms due to fear, Lee Jae-chul squeezed her hand comfortingly.

After receiving three days of treatment in the hospital, the girl basically recovered, but some bruises on her body did not subside, after prescribing some external and internal medicines from the hospital, Li Zaizhe asked the nurse to help her take a bath, and accompanied her to the mall to buy a dress, and then went to the barber shop to cut her hair. It's full of innocence and cuteness that a girl of this age should have.

Standing in front of the familiar but fearful door, Li Anning cowered and did not dare to move forward.

Li Zaizhe touched her head, bent down to pick up Li Anning, and said, "Brother will carry you in." ”

The girl hugged Lee Jae-chul's neck tightly and nodded as if she had found support.

"Squeak. Lee Jae-chul reached out and pushed open the somewhat old wooden door.