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On a moonlit and starry night, the old man on the watch held a wooden stick in one hand, a gong in the other, and an iron whistle on his chest. While striking the gong in his hand, he slowly walked through the quiet town streets.

Hearing the sound of beating on the street, Chen Xiaoxi slowly sat up from the bed.

Because tomorrow is a very important day for Chen Xiaoxi, she went to bed very early. But somehow, the weather tonight was very hot, and Chen Xiaoxi lay on the bed for a long time, but no matter what, she just couldn't sleep.

It is a sparsely populated town called Guming Town. Most of the people who live in the town are old people who have lived here for generations. Although every house here has been electrified, it has lived a modern life in the city. However, some of the customs that have been passed down through generations in the town are still many of them passed down today. After nightfall, the townspeople go home to rest and do not wander the streets in the dark.

In the early hours of midnight, there will be a special person to patrol the night watch, which is an ancient custom that has been passed down since the establishment of the town in Guming Town.

Guming Town is the most secluded and historic town in Shili Eight Townships. In today's years, no one can remember how long the town has existed.

The population of the town is small, and the neighbors are very harmonious. On weekdays, things like quarrels and quarrels in the streets where the family is short and trivial are rare in the town. The people who live here are very kind and enthusiastic to people, and there is no worldly intrigue in the outside world.

I remember that it was also a summer night, and the weather was as hot as today at night, and people who were hot couldn't sleep.

At that time, Chen Xiaoxi had just turned eight years old, and that night, because her grandfather went out to run errands, he couldn't come back at night, so Xiaoxi was the only one at home. But the summer night was extremely hot, and the young Chen Xiaoxi was home alone, and it was difficult to sleep.

In the early hours of the night, Grandpa Zhang, who was in charge of the shift in the town, walked through the streets of the town as usual, banging on gongs and wooden sticks. Chen Xiaoxi, who is still young, can't sleep well at home. After hearing the sound of the watch outside, Chen Xiaoxi was greedy for fun for a while, so he got up temporarily and secretly ran from home to the street, wanting to find Uncle Zhang, who was on the watch, and follow him to patrol the town at night.

Grandpa Zhang is the second oldest person in Guming Town, and the oldest is Chen Xiaoxi's grandfather. On weekdays, the relationship between the two families is very good, and they move around more frequently. Therefore, Chen Xiaoxi has often gone to Grandpa Zhang's house to play, eat and drink since he was a child. Sometimes her grandfather went out to run errands and couldn't come back at night, and she would go to Grandpa Zhang's house for the night.

"Grandpa Zhang, wait for me. Xiaoxi will go on a night patrol with you. ”

After Chen Xiaoxi heard the sound of the change, he ran out of his house in a hurry. However, when I came to the street, I didn't find the shadow of Grandpa Zhang. Chen Xiaoxi was puzzled at the time, she had just heard the sound of Grandpa Zhang walking over in front of her house in the house. But after chasing him out, in a blink of an eye, he disappeared Grandpa Zhang's figure.

Although Chen Xiaoxi is still young, she has grown up in Guming Town since she was a child, she is lively and active, and she has walked through almost every corner of the town with those children in the town. In the town, you won't get lost even if you walk with your eyes closed. In the town he was familiar with, Chen Xiaoxi was not afraid of anything at all because it was dark.

While Chen Xiaoxi was walking on the street, he looked around for Grandpa Zhang.

Although he has lived in the town for eight years, to be honest, this is the first time Chen Xiaoxi has walked on the streets of the town in the middle of the night. In the old days, with the repeated advice of my grandfather and the habits that the townspeople had developed over the years, no one would walk around the streets at night. So Chen Xiaoxi never knew what the town he had lived in for eight years was like at night.

At that time, it was summer time, and people felt unusually hot and stuffy at home. But when Chen Xiaoxi walked on the streets of the quiet town, for some reason, he always felt a chill on his body, but when he felt carefully, there was no sign of wind blowing around. I don't know where this inexplicable chill came from.

Although he felt a little cold, Chen Xiaoxi didn't think too much about the reason. Her only goal now is to find Grandpa Zhang as soon as possible, and then follow Grandpa Zhang to patrol the night, and after that, take the opportunity to follow Grandpa Zhang to his house for a night. Without her grandfather at home, she really couldn't sleep on her own.

"Little sister, do you know what this place is?"

Just when Chen Xiaoxi was seriously looking for Grandpa Zhang, a stranger's voice suddenly sounded beside her. At the same time, Chen Xiaoxi suddenly felt the temperature of the air around him, as if he had suddenly dropped a little, and Chen Xiaoxi's thin body couldn't help but shiver.

When she turned around, she saw a beautiful big sister standing behind her who she had never seen in a small town. The big sister in front of her was wearing a simple, clean white dress, and the rest of her body was exposed, and her skin was very fair; Looking up at each other's faces, the big sister's eyes were beautiful, as bright as stars in the sky at night. It's just that when she spoke, Chen Xiaoxi found that this big sister's lips were a little pale; Looking down, she didn't have shoes or socks on her feet; A pair of crystal clear feet, just standing directly on the stone pavement of the street.

Although Chen Xiaoxi is still young, she has seen almost all the people in the town. And she also has an innate talent, which is a good memory and the ability to remember it. Whether it's a person or an object, as long as she takes a look at it, she will remember it firmly in her mind.

"Big sister, you're so beautiful. Are you from the town too? I've never seen you before in town. ”

Chen Xiaoxi's immature little face showed a blank look like a little adult, which was very cute.

"Hehe~ Little sister, you are also very beautiful and cute."

The girl who suddenly appeared looked at Chen Xiaoxi's cute appearance and couldn't help but be amused by her.

"I'm not from here, somehow, I feel like I'm lost. This town also came all the way after dark, when I saw the red lantern hanging on the gatehouse at the entrance of the town. ”

Chen Xiaoxi glanced at the gatehouse at the entrance of the town a little strangely, it was pitch black, and there were no red lanterns.

"Little sister, sister has been walking for a long time. I'm so tired, can you take me to your house for a night's rest? ”

As she spoke, the girl's face couldn't help but become even paler, like a haggard white piece of paper, without a trace of blood.

didn't find Grandpa Zhang, but met a beautiful big sister who was lost, looking at the big sister's obviously haggard face in front of her, Chen Xiaoxi's clever big eyes couldn't help but turn, wanting to help her. And in Chen Xiaoxi's opinion, the beautiful sister in front of her is not only tired of walking, but also her eyes are not very good. There was nothing on the gatehouse at the entrance of the town, but she said she saw a red lantern. But rightly, if her eyes were good, she wouldn't get lost at night.

Thinking like this, Chen Xiaoxi suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, then you can come with me." My grandfather went out today for something, and there happened to be a spare room at home. I can't sleep at home alone, and my big sister can just stay with me. ”

As he spoke, Chen Xiaoxi took the woman's hand with an innocent smile on his face and began to walk towards his home.

Chen Xiaoxi, who grew up in a small town, has never been in contact with outsiders, and the people in the town have always been kind. Therefore, in the young Chen Xiaoxi's heart, he was very simple, and he never had the idea of embankment outsiders.

When holding the woman's hand, Chen Xiaoxi felt that the other party's hand was very cold, as cold as the air on the streets of the town at the moment. It seems that this big sister has really been walking outside for a long time, and her hands are so cold.

Chen Xiaoxi took this strange and beautiful big sister she had just met, and walked all the way to her home.

On the way, perhaps because Chen Xiaoxi saw people outside the town for the first time, he kept chattering along the way, asking each other all kinds of questions curiously.

"Big sister, what's your name?"

"Big sister, where are you from?"

"Big sister, what is the place outside the town like?"

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When he arrived at the door, Chen Xiaoxi had already asked all the questions he was curious about. Moreover, this girl who got lost in the middle of the night seems to be very fond of Chen Xiaoxi. Chen Xiaoxi asked those trivial questions, and she answered her impatiently one by one.

The girl has a nice name named Li Shan, and she told Chen Xiaoxi that she is 20 years old this year. As for her hometown, it is in a city in the south called Lingxi. And this time she went out to play with her friends, but I don't know how to get it, and the friends who came with her suddenly disappeared. She was left alone to walk aimlessly through the streets, and finally came to the town here.

After entering the door, Li Shan somehow suddenly became restrained. followed behind Chen Xiaoxi step by step, not daring to take a step.

Entering the house, Chen Xiaoxi enthusiastically arranged Li Shan to live in the hut where she lived, and carefully brought her a new quilt at home. And his own little futon was moved to his grandfather's room.

At first, Chen Xiaoxi planned to let Li Shan live in her grandfather's room. However, when Li Shan walked to the door of her grandfather's room, she suddenly told Chen Xiaoxi that there was a smell in her grandfather's room, and she couldn't get used to it. When she spoke, Li Shan also showed an embarrassed look on her face.

After hearing Li Shan's words, Chen Xiaoxi twitched his small nose in his grandfather's room, and smelled it, and there was indeed a strong smell of dry smoke, which was very pungent.

Chen Xiaoxi also knows his grandfather's habit of keeping his cigarette pouch and pot in his hand all day long. When he was young, Chen Xiaoxi was not sensible. At that time, I saw my grandfather smoking dry tobacco with a cigarette pouch and pot, and he could swallow clouds and smoke in his mouth. And when grandpa's cigarette pouch pot is the same as their children's toys, what a magical treasure. For this reason, Chen Xiaoxi at that time cried a few times and asked her grandfather to give her the cigarette bag and pot to play. But later, when Chen Xiaoxi grew up a little, he learned that his grandfather's cigarette pouch and pot were used to smoke dry tobacco, and smoking was harmful to his health. So since then, whenever grandpa lights a cigarette pouch and pot, Chen Xiaoxi will hide far away, and criticize grandpa with a serious face, letting her follow second-hand smoke and mutilate the flowers of the motherland.

When Chen Xiaoxi was one year old, her parents died in an accident. Since then, Chen Xiaoxi has been following his grandfather for his life. Previously, she lived in the same room with her grandfather. However, as Chen Xiaoxi grows older, she becomes more and more intelligent and clever, and compared with many children of the same age, she is more assertive. After knowing that smoking is harmful to her health, she is very resolute to 'separate' from her grandfather.

After a long time, the young Chen Xiaoxi became accustomed to sleeping alone. gave up the room to Li Shan today, and in desperation, Chen Xiaoxi had no choice but to move into his former residence full of smoke again.

"Sister Li Shan, you have been walking outside all night, you must be tired at this time, so rest early. I'm in good spirits, and I'll find my way home tomorrow. ”

Chen Xiaoxi arranged everything for Li Shan, and said to Li Shan with a sensible smile.

"Thank you, little sister. Thank you so much, woo~"

As she spoke, Li Shan suddenly sobbed in a low voice for some reason. Tears fell down in a row, the eyes were red, and I cried very sadly.

"Don't cry, Sister Li Shan, you will definitely find your way home."

Chen Xiaoxi, who was still young, thought that Li Shan was afraid that she would not be able to return home because she was lost. couldn't help but obediently walked over to comfort him, and raised his hand to help Li Shan wipe away the tears on his face.

"Sister Li Shan, your face is so cold."

As soon as Chen Xiaoxi's hand touched the undried tears on Li Shan's face, he couldn't help but feel a chill on the tips of his fingers. Subconsciously withdrew his hand.

Li Shan hurriedly raised her hand to wipe the tears from her face, and said, "It's okay Xiaoxi, my sister is fine, you can go to sleep too." As she spoke, Li Shan reached out and took Chen Xiaoxi into her arms, and her pale lips kissed Chen Xiaoxi's forehead gently.

Chen Xiaoxi suddenly felt a trace of cool air flow from her forehead into her body, after Li Shan's lips left her forehead. The coolness disappeared with it.

Seeing that Li Shan stopped crying, she also showed a smile to herself. Chen Xiaoxi got up and left. When she walked to the door of the room, Li Shan in the room suddenly said to Chen Xiaoxi's back with a crying voice: "I'm sorry little sister, I'm really sorry." ”

After speaking, Li Shan quickly pulled the sheet over and covered her body. At the same time, he turned around and turned his back to Chen Xiaoxi, who was standing at the door of the room.

Li Shan's voice was very soft, but Chen Xiaoxi still heard the voice behind him. By the time she turned around in confusion, Li Shan had already turned her back and covered the quilt and lay quietly on her small bed. The body hidden in the quilt was still squirming gently, as if it was sobbing silently.

(To be continued.) )