After eating the second bowl, Shen was drunk and half leaned back in the chair, feeling very satisfied.

He is not a glutton, and today he has experienced the joy that food can bring to people.

He imagined that if the followers of the "Tianyi Sect" had tasted this family's chicken cutlet rice, they would probably give up their rejection of "materialism".

The proprietress refilled a cup of barley tea for him, and he drank the tea and swept his gaze to the little girl beside him.

The surrounding cruet was moved in front of her by the girl, who first arranged them in a certain order, and then stared intently.

The proprietress whispered: "This kid is a little weird, he doesn't speak, he always likes to fiddle with the bottles and cans on the table, others can't touch it, and he screams when he touches it." ”

Shen Zui also saw that she was a little special, and asked, "Why is she alone, no adults are watching?"

The proprietress continued to whisper, "She has an older brother who looks a few years older than you and looks quiet. For some reason, every day as soon as I opened the door, her brother would leave her with me, buy her one for ten chicken steaks, and pick her up until almost in the afternoon. ”

Shen Zui smiled: "Haha, that's treating you as a nursery." ”

"Isn't it? ”

There were guests in the store again, and the proprietress was busy greeting her, and she turned her head to look at the little girl drunk.

She was very delicate, with only a thin layer of black hair on her head, large but blank eyes, and several clearly visible scratches on the inside of her wrists.

The girl stared at the group of cruet bottles for a long time, and suddenly showed a depressed expression, holding her head in her hands, and weeping silently.

The people around didn't hear the cry, they didn't notice anything unusual, only Shen Zui was surprised when he saw it.

He quickly got up, walked to the girl, and asked her, "Little friend, what's wrong with you?"

The girl didn't look up, first pointed at the cruet, then covered her ears with her hands and squatted on the ground.

Shen Zui didn't understand what she meant, let alone what to say, and helped her up, she still pointed to the seasoning bottle with her finger.

The problem is on the cruet, Shen thought to himself.

He looked left and right at the bottles, unable to see a clue, so he stood in his chair and looked down. On closer inspection, he found that the position of the cake was somewhat similar to that of a traditional shogi layout, except that some pieces were missing.

It looked like it was in the middle of the game, and he suddenly realized that he was mentally calculating the pieces corresponding to each bottle.

If you follow the trajectory of the chess pieces, in the most extreme case, the opponent's five soldiers have crossed the river, the cannons are crossing the river, and only one of them is guarding the commander. As for the reason for the emptiness of the general's main formation, it should be that the offensive rhythm of the already side was not grasped well, and the connection between the middle line was cut off, so that the car and artillery were alone in the depth, and the attack was weak and the rescue could not be saved.

Shen Zui usually likes to play chess, and when he meets a veteran, the rise of the initial killing, but the other party can always inadvertently slowly consume your vitality, and finally leave you alone. Now this chess game is indeed a dilemma, but it is not to the point of hopelessness.

Shen Zui touched his chin, thought seriously for a long time, and an idea flashed in his mind, he patted the girl on the back, helped her up, pointed to himself, and then pointed to the "chessboard", meaning to ask her if she could try it himself.

The girl seemed to understand what he meant, and the tears were gone, she looked at him with a wink, and then moved the enemy's "car", the rook one flat five, the general.

Shen Zui began to move the "chess pieces", like seven into five.

Girl, soldier six into one, general.

Drunk, will be five flat four, eat soldiers.

Girl, Che Wuping Six, General.

Drunk, will be four flat five.

Girl, three retreats one.

Shen drunk to advance and retreat, four into one, the other party's handsome is in danger.

Girl, six cars and four retreats, eat pawns.

The cannon that Shen Zui was ambushing on the side had a place to use at this time, and the cannon was nine and four, and he used his strength to knock out the opponent's car, and the situation was reversed by half in an instant.

The girl didn't take the next step, and she could see that the previous awkward situation had eased, so she smiled.

A magnetic voice came from behind him, and he said, "You are the first person who can make my sister happy." ”

Shen turned around drunk, and it was a polite boy who spoke, he was smiling, giving people a very cordial feeling.

"You are also the first person who can solve her chess game. He said again.

The girl heard his voice and hurried to him, hugging his thighs.

Shen Zui was suddenly praised by him, felt a burst of heat on his face, and said: "Oh, I'll try it blindly, the chess game is not finished yet, and I can't talk about unraveling it." ”

Brother Gongzi spoke very bluntly: "Be modest, what's your name." ”

"Shen drunk, Shen of three points of water, drunk of drunk. ”

Brother Childe said: "Interesting names are mostly because the person who gave you the name is often drunk. I still have something to do, and I will have a chance to talk in the future, goodbye. ”

After speaking, he picked up the girl and opened the door and walked out, his crispness made Shen Zui stunned, and when he came back, he realized that he asked Shen Zui's name, but he didn't leave his name, which was rude.

Shen Zui said goodbye to the proprietress, the sun outside the house was good, and the temperature was very comfortable on the body.

Brandon hadn't traveled far and wouldn't have any local friends, so who would ask him out? I couldn't find anyone at Brandon's residence, and I walked around the nearby streets without seeing anyone, so I was drunk and had to go home alone.

When he got home, he took out the clothes he was going to wear tomorrow from his suitcase, and because they were rolled up and put away, there were no wrinkles, and he hung them up. The leather shoes were pressed to the bottom of the suitcase, and it was a bit difficult to find, but when I finally took them out, the upper had been crushed and deformed.

Shen Zui begged for a few scrap newspapers from the neighbor downstairs, crumpled them into a ball and stuffed them into his shoes, and wiped them with a damp cloth again, looking cold.

Sitting on the couch, he flipped through the required reading list issued by the school, and one of them, "Faith and War," piqued his interest. He wrote down the title of the book in his mind and decided to read it the next time he went to the Palace of Wisdom.

"Knock knock. "There was a knock on the door.

Drunk and lazily got up and walked to the door.

Through a crack in the door, he saw a pair of bright, jet-black eyes, the most beautiful he had ever seen, pure and fragile.

Amanda took off the cyan veil and smiled faintly, the delicate contours of her palm-sized melon-seed-like face were barely whitewashed, her small and delicate nose was delicate, and her thin lips made people feel the urge to kiss.

Shen Zui pushed the door open, his hands becoming overwhelmed.

"Why are you here?" he asked, rushing to answer again, "Oh, I'm here to find Brandon, we have swapped places, and now I live here." ”

She said slowly, "I've already met him, now I'm here to see you." Aren't you going to invite me in?"

It turned out that Brandon was the one she was going to meet.

"No, no, come in. He said quickly.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw the dark green wool coat hanging from it, and asked, "Have you tried it?"

"Just right, thank you. He tilted his head slightly, his gaze turned to one side.

She approached him slightly and said, "I think you look good in this color, so I took it upon myself to pick it for you, for fear that you won't like it." ”

"Loved it. He said firmly.

She gently brushed back her dark curls and said, "I'm here to say goodbye." ”

He bit his lip and remained silent, wanting to hear what she had to say next.

She looked at him and said, "Father has decided to send me to the forbidden school, and if I am chosen, I will not see you again." ”

The words were sharpened into a needle and pierced his heart.

He remained silent.

She asked, "Don't you have anything to say to me?"

He uttered a sentence that disappointed everyone: "Congratulations, you have got your wish." ”

She smiled and said gently, "You... ”

She paused for a moment, then said, "You, you must take care of Brandon for me." ”

"Don't worry, I'll always be there for him. ”

He wanted to say more, but his mouth couldn't open.

After Amanda left, she was overwhelmed by self-blame and anger.

He closed his eyes, and all that came to his mind was her figure. So he stroked his desires with his hands, trying to dispel these negative emotions.

After that, he felt a sense of relief and his body became heavy.

In the dream, she beckoned to him.

There seemed to be a curtain hanging in front of her, and only a pair of large black eyes were bright.

Don't leave me, Shen drunk wanted to ask her, but she couldn't make a sound.

Gradually, she disappeared into the darkness.

He had lost her, both in his dreams and in reality.