The ghost face in the driver's seat - uh, although Gu Lian is very unaccustomed to calling a stranger a ghost face, but looking at the tightly fitting grimace mask on his face, she feels that this title is too vivid and close to life - the personality is like a copy of Wan Qingcheng, taciturn, serious, except for the first greeting, basically don't speak.

Gu Lian is actually very worried, if this person is secretly replaced by someone else, can Manager Wan really see it?

She was sitting in the back left seat at this time, turning over the small cloth bag, looking at it happily, but she was reluctant to eat. This candy is really dreamy, the candy paper is made of a beautiful thin origami that resembles a traditional Japanese pattern, the warm orange background is scattered with scattered cherry blossoms, the light blue background is long with bright coral shells, and the spherical candy of various colors drips around in the palm of the hand, which is beautiful.

She watched them one by one, her face full of reluctance, and her memory went back to her childhood. Her parents are career-oriented, and their personalities are too big, and they always forget her birthday.

Gu Lian really wanted to complain, please she was born in November, which calendar did they use to calculate the hellish leap year birthday?!

One year, when she was six or seven years old, they never mentioned her birthday from beginning to end, and they didn't even go to dinner with her because of work. She secretly cried, and who knew that they brought her a piece of puff cake when they returned.

At that time, the surprise overwhelmed her, and Gu Lian felt that the originally dark world was suddenly lit up, and it was full of light. Birds singing and flowers – even though they didn't even remember it was her birthday.

Fan Ziling handed her a bag of candy, just like her parents at that time, sending surprise and light in her silence.

No wonder she always said he was like her father. Gu Lian sniffed the smell of candy and smiled. She thought that she was really a good person to buy, and she knew that what he just said was not a threat, but a statement of facts, but she was still bought by a bag of sugar.

"It's not promising, how long have you been smiling with a bag of candy. Liu Liu hugged her arms and leaned lazily on the chair to hit Gu Lian.

Gu Lian was in a good mood. I didn't want to quarrel, so I said with a smile: "The courtesy is light and affectionate." ”

"Just like you, it's not like you were coaxed to death by a man. Liu Liu looked at her. Suddenly, he frowned, quite hating iron and steel.

Gu Lian thought of something, glanced at the ghost face vigilantly, lowered her voice and leaned into Liu Liu's ear and said, "Manager Wan was threatening you with your mother just now. ”

Liu Liu was stunned. He shrugged his shoulders. said: "Whether it is a threat or a reward, it depends on your own mentality." What's the use of being loyal to my base and the threat falling into the void? I've always only looked at the good. ”

Gu Lian tilted her head: "So you know." With that, she retracted back to her place.

Liu Liu looked at her strangely, and said with a sarcastic tone: "Are you worried about me?"

“……”

Gu Lian was silent for a second, then turned her head to look out: "Who is worried about you." ”

Liu Liu looked at the back of her head for two seconds. Gu Lian suddenly turned her head again, pursed her lips and admitted with a little annoyance, "Okay." I'm a little worried about you, you don't want to be sold and count the money for him. ”

Liu Liu snorted and laughed, the laughter was like a silver bell, crisp and proud: "You are still worried about yourself!"

Gu Lian once again realized what it meant to have an incompatible aura, and looked out the window without speaking.

But she didn't see Liu Liu looking at her again, her eyes flickering, she didn't know what she was thinking, and after a while, she smiled self-deprecatingly and withdrew her gaze.

The car walked a few kilometers and slowly stopped.

It was a big day outside, and there was a wave of heat on the road beneath my feet, and after just a few minutes of standing on the ground, my hair became permed. In front of you are a series of low-rise buildings, with a large domed two-story building in the center, and the doors are closed. At first, when they saw the convoy coming, some people looked around in surprise, and by the time the car drove to the warehouse, they had all shrunk back as if there was no one there.

Gu Lian was still looking, and Liu Liu had already walked straight towards a white building. Gu Lian looked at it, and there was an inconspicuous wooden sign hanging on it, with five black characters written on it: "Women's Welfare Institute".

Liu Liu stepped up the three stone steps and knocked on the door.

After a while, the door opened lightly, and a dark yellow face full of wrinkles appeared in the crack of the door, vigilant like a frightened bird, and asked in a hoarse voice, "What are you doing?"

"Grandma Quan, I'm Liu Liu, and I've come to see my mother. ”

The door was silent for a moment, and then it opened quickly, and the old woman, who was shorter than the two girls, leaned her back, and her eyes were as dim as a bean, exuding surprise: "It's Liu Liu." ”

Liu Liu had a soft smile on her face: "Yes, Grandma Quan is in good health?"

"Good, good ......"

Grandma Quan trembled and stretched out her ugly, dry hand like cracked loess, and Liu Liu naturally caught it. Grandma Quan smiled with difficulty, and was about to lead Liu Liu to walk inside, when she suddenly seemed to have just seen it, and looked at Gu Lian suspiciously: "...... is this?"

Liu Liu hesitated for a moment and said with a smile: "Don't worry about her, let's go, Grandma Quan." ”

Gu Lian stood alone at the door, looked back, and leaned on the car door smoking alone, sensing Gu Lian's gaze, but just glanced at her coldly.

She turned back again, the women's welfare home in front of her did not turn on the lights, and when she looked at the backlight, if it was the same as the corridor of the black hole, the slightest cold breath overflowed, it was obviously such a hot day, but it was as cool as late autumn, and there was no movement.

Is there really anyone? Could it be that everything is just her delusion?

Gu Lian felt like she was in a ghost town. Just a few kilometers away, compared to the base of 40,000 people revelry, this frontier land is like a land abandoned by the gods, and there is dead silence everywhere.

Liu Liu's words just now meant that she could do whatever she wanted, right? Gu Lian stepped in. Leaning against the light leaking in from the window, she could barely make out the direction, Gu Lian bypassed the huge screen at the very front, and there was a long corridor with no end in sight. Along the way, the quiet rooms were like phantoms, passing by one by one, and Gu Lian almost thought that she had been passing through the same place repeatedly.

Until I heard a burst of laughter.

At the end of a double-fronted room, the door is half-closed. There was light and voices overflowing from it.

Gu Lian breathed a sigh of relief, quickened her pace and walked over, opening the door slightly. The scene inside the house unfolds before my eyes. In a venue as spacious as a big dance floor, 180 women of different ages placed chairs at random, laughing and chatting, and the bright lights illuminated, and Liu Liu and Grandma Quan were the center of the crowd.

Gu Lian was watching intently, and suddenly heard a few immature screams and laughter, but she didn't react yet. There was a hard blow to her waist, and she snorted in pain—her head slamming against the door.

What's going on?

Gu Lian inhaled cool air and rubbed her head. While looking down, a five or six-year-old little radish head was looking at her timidly, and several children who followed behind also paused, as if they couldn't figure out whether they should step forward to rescue their friends.

"Who are you?"

Gu Lian almost thought that she was in the wrong place. This is supposed to be a women's welfare home, right? Where is a group of children?

"Me. I ......"

The delicate and thin little boy muttered a few words, and suddenly burst into tears.

Gu Lian was taken aback, big tears rolled down from the boy's eyes, and a frightened look appeared on the childish face without a few taels of flesh, which was particularly pitiful. Gu Lianzheng was distressed, leaning over to comfort her, but suddenly felt a chill down her spine and took a few steps back.

The little boy cried loudly. The back of one thin white hand was wiping tears, and the other hand was tinkering in the pocket of his coat for a while. When he took it out, he pointed straight at her.

The famous American Browning pistol of 7.65 mm caliber was pointed at her fiercely, and the seven bullets in the magazine were murderous, and the little boy who looked harmless to humans and animals was about to faint crying, but the hand holding the gun skillfully opened the safety bolt, and the soft fingers were weakly on the trigger, slightly pulled in, and the creaking sound of the gun could be faintly heard......

Damn, don't you want to be so thrilling! She's just here to play!

Gu Lian mourned her bumpy fate, raised her hands and said, "Little friend, don't be impulsive!"

She stared cautiously at the barrel of the gun for fear of misfire.

The little boy cried heartbreakingly.

Gu Lian was anxious to jump to her feet, and the little radish head behind her was still clapping her hands and screaming, encouraging the little boy to shoot bravely.

was in a hurry to get on the fire, she suddenly had an idea, took out a cloth pocket from the hoodie pocket, reached out and took out a few pieces of candy: "Sister has sugar here, good boy, let's not cry, come and eat candy." ”

The lines she saw from the anti-abduction manual played a boundless role, and the little boy immediately stopped crying, and the little radish head behind him also looked at her with bated breath...... Sugar balls in your hands.

The little boy sobbed and said, "I want to eat." ”

"Then put the gun down. Gu Lian breathed a sigh of relief and coaxed with a smile.

Mr. Fan, you are so prescient!

The little boy wiped his tears with his hands, apparently in a tangle.

The little radish heads in the back disintegrated into two factions.

"Hurry up and put it down!" urged a tall fat boy who clearly played the role of a fat tiger among the children.

"Don't let it go, she's lying to you!" said a shrewd little man.

"Hurry, hurry!"

"Just shoot her with one shot, what a word!" said a little boy who was four or five years old and looked like a dough sneered.

Gu Lian supported her forehead, education in this era is really ...... That's a problem.

Is this what children should say!!

"Ari, put down your gun and don't scare the guests. A hoarse voice rang out, and the little radish heads fell silent, and Ari put down his gun.

"I'm sorry to scare you, Miss Gu, I'm Wang Song, Rui's father. With a bold voice, a stout man appeared in front of him with a kind smile. His beard covered his face, his eyes were bright, his chin was broad, and his whole person seemed to be full of vicissitudes but gentle and cheerful, which made people feel even more pity - he was in a wheelchair, one leg was gone, and his black trousers were empty.

Out of some respect and fear, Gu Lian hurriedly bowed and said, "It's me who bothered." ”

"Dad. Ari clinged to the man's sable-bodied legs, his eyes still dripping into her sugar.

Gu Lian's heart softened when he saw such a soft look, sighed secretly, counted the number of people and divided the candy: "You all come and eat." ”

After only two seconds of hesitation, the little radish heads rushed up, seven or eight hands grabbed each other, and a kid secretly took advantage of Gu Lian's inattention, suddenly reached into the cloth pocket and stole two pieces out, turned around and ran away.

"Stinky boy...... Gu Lian grinded her teeth, and heard the man in the wheelchair laugh helplessly: "I'm sorry, they...... It's been a long time since I've seen an outsider, and it's been a long time since I've eaten fresh sweets. ”

Gu Lian saw that the elders came out to apologize, so she had to smile and said, "It's okay." ”

"Come, come in, Liu Liu is back today, and we are about to have a banquet to celebrate. Wang Song said with a smile.

Gu Lian looked inexplicable, but she still pushed the wheelchair for him and walked in.

"Those kids ......"

Wang Song was greeted by people along the way, and he also greeted him with a smile, enthusiastic and hearty.

"It's all kids in orphanages or sanatoriums. Wang Song said slowly.

"Why aren't they in the base?" Gu Lian couldn't hide her doubts.

"Because the base doesn't need them. Wang Song pursed his lips with a bit of sarcasm and self-deprecation, "We," he patted his lost thigh, "it's all like this." A woman of age, a disabled person, a child who has been abandoned by his parents because he has no special abilities, an elderly person who has lost the ability to work and has no one to support him......"

"This is the garbage dump of the expeditionary base. Wang Song looked at her sideways and said, a little sad.

However, Gu Lian saw a familiar light in his eyes.

It's called hope, or the light of ambition.

Gu Lian said slowly: "So, did you choose the opposite path from the base?"

Wang Song smiled but did not speak.

Gu Lian sighed: "Okay, I know that it is impossible to just let me distract, I am glad that I can help." Tell me, what should I do?"

"Where did I show my flaws?" Wang Song showed a big smile, and in his rough voice, he already brought his own acquaintance.

"You called me 'Miss Gu'. Gu Lian tilted her head.

"I see, I was too careless. Wang Song nodded.

Gu Lian pursed her lips and didn't speak. I don't want to admit it, but the disappointment creeps in little by little. She should have known that their every move was purposeful, but why did she still feel a little sad and tired......

Wang Song motioned for her to stop in the corner, a dexterous operation of his thick palm, the wheelchair spun around gorgeously, he looked at the little girl who looked a little lonely, his beard was hidden, and he could still see his kind smile: "Why are you so pessimistic?"

Gu Lian shrugged her shoulders and said she didn't care: "I think this is called objectivity." ”

"Mr. Fan did tell me ......"

Gu Lian listened with a little self-deprecation.

He said......" Wang Song said slowly: "The little girl came to a strange place alone, and she didn't encounter anything happy with them along the way, so I finally had a chance to come out to breathe, and I want to trouble you to take care of her more and make her happier......" He looked at Gu Lian's expression, paused, and said, "Mr. Chen also said that they are all men, and they can't notice many things, so please take care of them for them." ”

Gu Lian's expression gradually froze.

Stunned, she touched her ears, suspecting that she had misheard. It was a long time before she squeezed a whisper out of her throat, "What...... How could they ......"

"Miss Gu looks very stressed, maybe she has encountered a lot of things along the way, but I believe that your companions really care about you. Wang Song laughed, "Life is not all happiness, especially for abandoned people like us, but we have also found our support and family." Human beings are so difficult to die, even if there are sad and sad things, as long as there is a little light, it is enough to support themselves to go on. ”

"I'm sorry for the tirade and some self-righteous remarks. But this is indeed my heartfelt words, what does Miss Gu think?" Wang Song's eyes seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts, and he asked her with a smile.

Gu Lian's lips moved, and after a long time, she slowly unfolded a cheerful smile that had not been revealed for a long time and was covered by the gloom of life.

"Perhaps......" Gu Lian said with a choked smile.

Render to God what is God's, and to Caesar what is Caesar's, even if she hesitates, even if she hesitates, and let her enjoy a moment of warmth. (To be continued.) )