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>> Adversity is like a strong wind, tearing off our coats but not our hearts, so that we can see our true selves.
The sun slowly jumped out of the horizon, and the sunlight tore through the darkness, carrying the temperature to dispel some of the cold left behind by the night. On the streets that are still filled with morning mist, there are already sporadic figures in a hurry, and most of them are laborers at the bottom of the city. Liu Fanxu tugged at the collar of his rough-felt coat, buried his head and trembled, and continued to walk forward.
The city was waking up, she didn't know where she was, she didn't know where she was going, she had nothing, including the coat she had stripped from a dead homeless man. If it had been yesterday, she wouldn't have even looked at the coat, but now, it was on her. The edges were sharpened, faded from their original color, and they were dusty, making her look like a street bum. Liu Fanxu sneered, now, what is the difference between her and those homeless people on the street. The same homeless, the same loveless. However, she didn't want to die yet.
Liu Fanxu stood up suddenly, she lowered her head, her feet were very white and tender, so she was cut out of blood by the asphalt road, and it hurt like pins and needles, coupled with the cold weather, she felt that her feet were gradually losing consciousness, as if they were going to leave her. She used to be so picky about choosing those expensive shoes, but now she didn't even have the most ordinary and cheap pair of socks. Why can't she put her socks on when she sleeps? What a terrible reality! But now, what she needs to worry about most is not her feet, but her hungry stomach, counting the previous two days of dieting, she has not eaten for three days, of course, it will be four days soon, if she does not find food to satisfy her stomach today.
Oh no! This is the end of a hasty escape from his manor, with only a nightdress that covers his hips and a wand that never leaves his body. But what use is this for a witch who is running away from everyone! Once she wields her magic, she will be discovered by the Potters, and even if she is abroad, it will not dampen the enthusiasm of the magicians of all countries who are desperate to please the savior. The unprecedented solidarity that happened in the matter of tracking her down is really a situation for me. Liu Fanxu sneered again, she must not go back again!
After silently reciting the warmth mantra, the chill on her body, especially on her feet, was slightly relieved, and she knew that this was just a drop in the bucket, and she couldn't last long. Not eating for a few days is wandless magic, and it can't achieve the expected warmth effect at all. Liu Fanxu moved his toes, because of the warmth, the scratched wound was painful and itchy, and it was uncomfortable. She frowned lightly, her palm-sized face was snow-white, her big, dark eyes were so black that they were reflective, and her pale and purple thin lips were tightly pursed. Liu Fanxu's bloodline from the Celestial Dynasty makes her obviously different from the British wizards, although her facial features are still deep, her skin is as white as jade, and the pores on her body are so thin that they are almost invisible. But this beautiful face and this greasy skin did not bring her the slightest kindness, as it was in the past, and it is still so.
She tightened her collar again, lowered her head even deeper, and deliberately grabbed her unkempt black hair to block her face. Liu Fanxu knew since she was a child that this good skin would bring her troubles, and she was also good at how to disguise and avoid these troubles, but no matter how well she disguised it, she couldn't fill her stomach. She stood there in frustration for a moment, shrunk her toes, which were grinding from the road, and limped on. The pedestrians on the street gradually increased, they were in a hurry, and when they passed by Liu Fanxu, they did not stop, in their eyes, she was just an ordinary wanderer. So, she didn't need to waste a lot of magic to make up for another Ignore Charm? Liu Fanxu breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, but she felt very hopeless, she didn't know what to do to change the current situation.
Although she firmly told herself that she would never go back to her old life, even she would feel depressed in an unprepared, even outright self-made situation. Liu Fanxu, who has been deprived of all his strength by days of running, really wants to sit on those steps that look quite clean. She did so hesitantly, although at first she told herself that if she stopped, she would probably freeze to death on the street, but now that she had no body, she felt that between freezing to death and exhaustion, well, she still didn't want to choose either.
Liu Fanxu arched his feet, wrapped his hands around his two pitiful legs that were in direct contact with the cold air, his eyes wandered on the two miserable feet, and he was thinking about this departure in a trance. Liu Fanxu was even vaguely thinking about whether to end her life like this, when a shadow hung over her head.
"Hey, at least let me die in the sun" Liu Fanxu protested weakly, she didn't even have the strength to raise her head again.
"Are you okay? Well, you look pretty bad! "The person who came had ear-length golden brown curly hair, a thin figure, but very tall, a delicate face, clean brown eyes, although he had heavy dark circles, but it would not make people think that he had bad habits, his upper body was wearing a very ordinary brown woolen coat, a black knitted scarf around his neck, a pair of washed and somewhat whitish jeans on his lower body, a pair of coffee-colored cotton boots on his feet, and a polished messenger bag on his shoulders. is still a college student with a very sincere and clear voice, but at this time Liu Fanxu was already confused, and to her ears, his voice was like an illusory echo floating from afar.
"yes, it's terrible, I'm hungry, I'm freezing to death, but other than that, I'm fine." Liu Fanxu's weak voice was so light that she couldn't even listen to it herself, let alone a tall boy with a height of 185. So, he crouched down and approached her, but he raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, he did smell the usual stench of beggars, but it was only on her coat, and he even smelled a faint smell of hair in her hair, which was paradoxical, although it was easy to be overlooked, but it could be hidden from most people.
"If you don't mind, I mean, if you don't, my house is near here, well, I don't think you will." The boy was still thinking about how to persuade her to go home with him, but found that Liu Fanxu had passed out with his legs in his arms. The boy looked left and right, but found no acquaintance who could help him, so he picked her up with his slightly thin arms. This was the first princess hug in his life, he originally thought that he would not be able to afford it, because he knew that his physique was not strong, but he held her, she was very thin and light, and he was able to hold her very easily.
Liu Fanxu knew that she was unconscious, but her consciousness did not completely leave. She knew that she was picked up by the enthusiastic boy, she knew that he didn't stupidly put her in the hospital, she knew that he took her back to his house, she knew that he helped her take off that dirty coat, she knew that he had put her on the soft mattress, she knew that he had covered her with a warm futon. Her face rubbed against the soft fabric, and her pursed lips finally curved. This is a good boy, Liu Fanxu secretly said lucky! Maybe it was the body that was at its limit, or maybe it was the pure breath of the boy's body, and she let herself fall into a deep sleep.
She was woken up by hunger, Liu Fanxu opened her eyelids and wanted to move her arms, but found that the musculature everywhere on her body was screaming desperately, she wrinkled her face in pain, and barely crawled out of the bed with soreness. The expensive nightdress was wrinkled, it was still her original one, Liu Fanxu squinted, and laboriously raised his hand to rub his unkempt hair. One-bedroom single apartment, you can see all the furnishings in the house at a glance, the boy is not in the house, Liu Fanxu moved to the frosted glass door of the bathroom, knocked lightly, listened attentively, and made sure that there was no one inside, before pushing the door open. Since the master is not here for the time being, she better clean herself up first.
The bathrooms are furnished in the most space-saving of the kind, with showers and toilets and vanities. Liu Fanxu seemed to be in his own home, skillfully putting water to take a bath. She didn't even bother to think about clean clothes, she only knew that her most urgent thing now was to wash herself. The nightdress, which was once very expensive, was thrown into the trash can by her disgust. Since it was decided to cut off the past qiē, the meaning of the yi qiē certainly includes this nightdress brought from the past. Haha, now, she's really reborn with a naked strip!
After many years as a wizard, she was about to forget how to live as an ordinary person, and she touched the switch of the shower and tentatively turned it on. Warm, steamy water sprayed out of the sprinkler head, wetting her hair and body, and Liu Fanxu let out a long breath.
The boy who saved her life, it can be seen from his simple clothes that he is a work-study student, and the rented place is also a mid-range environment, and the furnishings and daily necessities at home are also special items in the supermarket. Overall, a good boy who is ordinary but very kind.
Liu Fanxu rubbed his hair with both hands until the foam covered his entire head, and then rubbed the shower gel on his body. Shampoo and body wash are not for men, but they are not floral scents, but they have a sweet, creamy scent. This made her smile for the first time in more than a year, what a cute big boy.
After making sure that she had cleaned herself up thoroughly, Liu Fanxu pulled the bath towel that was stacked neatly on the shelf, wrapped it around her body, wrapped it twice, tied a bow on her chest, pulled another one, wrapped her hair, and tied a bow on her head, and then looked left and right in the mirror, she felt that she looked very much like Miss Minnie Mouse in a cute white bandeau dress in Disney. Ha, it's just that her figure is better, and she is narcissistic about her good figure, and she has always been stingy in praising her figure, and she will not deliberately hide it. She pursed her lips at herself in the mirror, and sold a delicate cuteness.
She is in a good mood, this qiē change is a gift from the lucky boy, and she will repay him. gave herself a lingering kiss in the mirror, Liu Fanxu pushed open the bathroom door with her fists, no wonder she peeked into the boy's private life, it was too clear here. So, she changed the beds she slept in and threw them into the washing machine along with the dirty clothes that the boys had changed into baskets, and hers, like nightdresses and coats, were naturally in the garbage bags she had packed.
The fact that she is being served by others does not mean that she cannot take care of herself, on the contrary, she can take better care of herself with this boy. Liu Fanxu threw the takeaway lunch box into another garbage bag in disgust, a boy is a boy after all, and the details still can't get rid of the label of thick branches and leaves. So, she'll keep it spotless, orderly, and unrecognizable, and make sure the boy thinks it's his third life lucky to save her! Thinking so, there was a clatter of keys unlocking on the apartment door, and Liu Fanxu straightened up, wondering whether he needed to put up a boss to welcome the return of the apartment owner. She saw that he was still dressed as she had when she first met him, but the difference was that he was now carrying a plastic bag in his hand, and the aroma that kept wafting from it was sure that it was food.
"Hey!" Liu Fanxu raised his right hand and greeted the boy who was stunned at the door. She didn't know that the flattering expression of her smiling eyes was like a cute beckoning cat.
And the boy who was stunned there because he saw her dressed up woke up and hurriedly closed the apartment door with his backhand. But this subconscious action made him panic again, he pursed his lips shyly, and stammered to explain: "I'm worried that people outside will see it, no, I mean" The unclear distress made him frown, and finally the real estate company generally lowered his shoulders and changed the topic in frustration "Hey, are you better?" I don't think you will be willing to go to the hospital, so I took you home on my own initiative, I am not a bad person" probably realized that this emphasis was useless, and he felt desperate for his communication skills, so he finally didn't say anything else, but raised his hand awkwardly and compared the food in his hand, carefully put it on the table in front of Liu Fanxu, and said very simply, "You can eat this." ”
Since the boy started to speak, Liu Fanxu quietly observed him, and several times when she saw him change the topic in embarrassment, she wanted to take over the conversation, so that he could relax, but the boy's speed of speech was fast and urgent, so that she couldn't keep up with the rhythm when she was used to arias. However, it was the time for him to finally run out of words, and it was the turn of her Virgin's heart to appease his weak communicative abilities. Therefore, her expression was even more exaggerated, and she sighed in a unique aria: "Oh ~ Merlin ~ You are the benefactor that Merlin gave me ~ If there is no you ~ I really don't know what I should do!" Infected by her own acting skills, she peeked at the boy and found that he frowned tighter eyebrows, she smiled knowingly, it seemed that her boy was not moved by him at all, so she had to change back to a normal tone, "Okay, I mean, thank you." Given my frustration at this time, I am deeply grateful for your help. She cleared her throat and carefully glanced at the food in the plastic bag, "Can I eat it?" I'm hungry and have to say, you're really thoughtful and of course I'd appreciate it even more if you could take me in for some time to come! Liu Fanxu wrung her fingers shyly, she glanced at the boy's unchanged expression, and continued with some confidence, "I promise, when I get used to here, I will immediately find a place to live and leave your life." ”
"No, no, I mean, you can stay." When the boy realized the meaning of his words, he pursed his lips in some confusion, he seemed to like this action to relieve his feelings, and when he felt uncomfortable, he would subconsciously do so. Liu Fanxu smiled secretly in his heart, he was really cute, even more cute than the savior who had just stepped into the magic world back then. She grinned, this time more genuinely, and her joy infected the boy, who finally relaxed his tense expression and slowly showed a happy smile.
Liu Fanxu knew that the boy was just impulsive to take him in, but he didn't change this impulsive decision in the end, he chose to believe that she, a stranger, was a good person who deserved help. She would never let him down, so she clenched her fists and gestured to him, reassuring with a very competitive attitude, "Please rest assured, I will never let you regret this decision!" In the days when we live together in the future, please leave your one to me to take care of, I will definitely let you live this life in vain, no, no, I mean, I will never regret this decision! Immediately changing his words can't change the fact that the boy heard it, seeing his eyes glaring in surprise because of her weird words, Liu Fanxu really wanted to insert his eyes, hey, it's true, after being at home for a while, he can't even say the most basic flattering words.
Fortunately, the boy didn't care about her nonsense, he sat opposite Liu Fanxu, took out a two-person lunch box from the plastic bag, kept one for himself, and pushed the other to her. She happily took the lunch box, opened it, squinted her eyes and happily smelled the fragrant rice, felt the stomach that was more jubilant, endured the saliva that was about to secrete excess and overflowed the corners of her mouth, and nodded to the boy in an effort to maintain etiquette, "My name is Liu Fanxu, and knowing you is the greatest luck in my life!" ”
The boy was stunned for a few seconds when he heard her words, then he jerked his head down and fiddled with the lunch box, and soon the boy's clean voice came out with a consistently beautiful voice, "My name is Span Serared, and I'm glad to know you!" ”