Early Saturday morning, Wumart hypermarket has a regular morning market sale day.

Although it was still early, the interior of the mall was already full of saber rattling and killing. The middle-aged woman carrying the vegetable basket, the bantuo uncle who roared in the Beijing accent, and the grandmothers and aunts who were holding a small pu fan and carrying a small speaker obviously just finished dancing in the square, everyone was intertwined in front of the counter, pushing and arguing over a few celery sticks. Yang Haohui felt like a sardine in a can, but this was also a daily activity, and he had no fluctuations in his heart, looking at the price, selecting, and then throwing it into the basket with an expressionless face. For the next week's food, squeeze all the muscles and bones.

"Hello, the total price is 358 yuan. The cashier at the counter smiled.

"Thank you. Yang Haohui put away the change and smiled politely. mentioned his "food" for the week, and quickly turned around and walked out of the mall.

He had to be in a hurry, and for others, Saturday meant lazy sleep, going out to play, going to the playground to buy ice cream and riding a roller coaster. For Yang Haohui, it was just another busy day. He had to go to the computer stall every Saturday to work and pick out his pitiful food money for the week from the boss of the week. Coincidentally, the boss is not only like Zhou Papi, but also has the surname Zhou.

It's the height of summer again, and the sun always comes early. Today's sky in Beijing is rare as a wash, with a warm breeze blowing, and the green leaves rattling, sprinkling a mottled broken light. He looked up at the sky, this is really a good weather, if he can, Yang Haohui really wants to go out and wander aimlessly, do whatever he wants, and go wherever he goes.

It's a pity that he lost the mood after calculating the expenses. Half of the size is as hungry as a tiger, counting left and right, and the result is only overspending. There's no way, before you want poetry and distance, life is still necessary.

In a week, Yang Haohui will be twelve years old.

If you look at housing alone, no one will imagine his financial situation. A single small villa in the North Fourth Ring Road, with its own real grass courtyard, not to mention that there is a mine at home, no matter how you look at him, Yang Haohui must be a rich second generation who can afford to wear AJ. It's a pity that it backfired, if it weren't for the overtime and odd jobs, it is estimated that he would not even be able to drink instant noodle soup.

Yang Haohui didn't have much luxury for a better life, for a child who had no parents at the age of six, it was a miracle to be able to survive on his own.

Yang Haohui before the age of six should be the envy of all children in his peers. In terms of family background, he seems to have a very good family background in his memory, which can be seen from the petty bourgeois villa, and in terms of himself, he is a veritable genius. Born four months old to speak, at the age of 3 to participate in the early education intelligence test results IQ200, at the age of 4 without a teacher to learn the basic Chinese characters, and can be very fluent in reciting pi to 74 digits, at the age of 5 he assembled a small manipulator with styrofoam and waste radio, and almost appeared in the Beijing Evening News.......

Wealth, talent, and parents who love them very much. Yang Haohui was born with everything, or rather...... It should have been.

Everything changed on his sixth birthday.

On August 13, 2012, the "Beijing 813 Missing Population Case" occurred. From 12 o'clock to 12:07 a.m., the whole city of Beijing lost power for unknown reasons. Yang Haohui's parents, Yang Haojun, Qing Yinghui's whereabouts in the bright light are unknown. Yang Haohui, who fainted, was found by the security guards who were attracted by the bright light and was rescued in time.

The police investigated after the incident and the missing person has not been heard from. The only valid information is a video from a backup camera of the street in front of Yang Haohui's house. Two blurred black shadows entered the bright light, and the light flashed and disappeared along with the figures. It's like...... It evaporated out of thin air.

In addition, a strange transparent crystal composed of six shorter hexagons in the center of a longer hexagonal shape was also found at the scene, which seemed to be a necklace, but unfortunately it also had no reference value for solving the case.

What's even more weird is that Yang Haohui is the party. During the incident, only a minor concussion without amnesia was caused, but all memories of the night were lost. He also tried to recall, but his memory was like a film washed by a photographer, with only a vague piece of light and shadow.

Perhaps because the incident was too supernatural, or because the informant was just a six-year-old child, the police rushed to close the case with "death of a missing person" after only three days of investigation. That day, Yang Haohui cried for a day and a night holding the crystal necklace.

The wealth of the past is no more, and the only remaining family foundation is only provided for Yang Haohui when he is eight years old. Although the relevant welfare institutions gave him a lot of subsidies, although others were poor, the maintenance cost of the old house was ridiculously high. In any case, it is also a small villa that can gain a foothold in the North Fourth Ring Road, and the pitiful subsidy every month is all smashed in it.

In fact, Yang Haohui is not unable to sell the house and then live in the welfare home, after all, the money in the house is something outside the body. It's just that he occasionally thinks that if, of course, only if, his parents who are missing, suddenly come back one day, the home will always be a little more comfortable than living in a welfare home.

In this way, Yang Haohui was eight years old at the time, but he was about to start working to support himself. But thanks to his talent, after he taught himself some computer books, he was lucky enough to be hired as an apprentice by a computer repair booth. Although the salary is small, he can barely make ends meet.

The trouble didn't stop there, after Yang Haohui's parents disappeared, a message about him spread. Some people say that their whole family is a monster, and they were taken in by a certain Taoist priest on the same day. Some people also said that Yang Haohui had something unclean in his house, and his parents had committed some taboo and were summoned. There is also a government secret theory, saying that his parents are actually personnel of a certain secret experiment of the government, Yang Haohui is a genetically modified artificial person, and his parents were recalled to the headquarters to perform official duties...... With the topic brought by his high IQ since childhood, it is quite impressive. Sometimes he really admires these people who are tired of spreading rumors in the streets and alleys, and they use their brains to write an autobiography, and it is estimated that the third uncle of the southern faction will hide his face and cry.

Most people show their happiness when others are unlucky.

The rumors brought about the departure of the little ones around him one after another, and those little buddies who played with him or the little girls who liked him but were shy and unspeakable, all lost their voices unconsciously. Yang Haohui obviously didn't do anything, but he always had to look at the parents of other people's children again and again, first smiling at him, and then turning around and whispering to his own children, "Stay away from that weird child." Then I watched as the child was quickly led away by the parents.

One night, wealth, family affection, and friends are just casually gone. There is only an old house left that costs a lot of money every month for water, electricity and maintenance.

But what can be done, what should be done? People have to live.

"I went to work at eight o'clock, and now it's six forty. It takes 10 minutes to go home, and 30 minutes to Zhongguancun by subway. I still have time to have breakfast, just eat instant noodles, there are still leftovers. You can also leave a soup after eating, and eat rice when you come back in the evening......" Yang Haohui muttered as he walked, in fact, every Saturday is such a process, but he is such a habit, everything has to be confirmed several times. In order to make a living, his daily life is very busy, and he can't live early if he doesn't plan carefully.

Just thinking about it, the mobile phone buzzed in his pocket and trembled, and Yang Haohui adjusted the mobile phone to vibrate mode in order to save power. A Nokia C310 was pulled out, it was a very old mobile phone, it is impossible for people who have heard of Nokia not to know this style, compared to the communication function, C310 is more suitable for smashing walnuts.

Flipping open the cover of the mobile phone that had peeled off, a Northeast accent with a murderous aura like cracked silk erupted from the microphone: "You shriveled calf looking for a cut, don't you, fuck it, look where you are now?" Tell your turtle grandson, you can't come in half an hour, you are ready to eat shit this week!" Then with a snap, the phone hung up.

Yang Haohui silently closed his phone, and continued to rush forward without moving his brows, he was used to all this.

This phone call every Saturday is a habit of his, as small as losing an extra dime on the mahjong table, to being beaten by his wife after eye-to-eye with a female customer. Boss Zhou will call to find his stubble when he is in a bad mood. But no matter what, Yang Haohui still has to go to work on time with the same deep love as Party B for Party A, if it is segmented with the strength of lol, the strength of Boss Zhou to deduct wages is more than enough for the strongest king.

Although I felt disgusted, I still trotted all the way under my feet. Even if you are a minute late, it can have a big impact on the quality of life next week.

"According to the latest news from this station, there have been a number of vicious robberies in the area from Lishui Bridge to Datun Road in Beijing recently. At present, the police are intensifying their investigations, hoping that the public will reduce their travel at night, if there are witnesses, please contact the police in time......"

Yang Haohui turned around and saw a cake shop. The beautiful announcer on the TV on the glass counter is methodically broadcasting the news of the day, and the TV at the booth of this kind of store is usually used to broadcast the street interview advertisement that makes passers-by smirk after feeding the store a bite of the store's dessert. It's rare to change the topic today, and it seems that this robbery case is indeed a bit big.

But he wasn't interested in reporting such a robbery, and his eyes were fixed on a cake next to the TV, a pink cherry salivating over the milky cream.

"Birthday present...... Yang Haohui held on to the glass and muttered to himself.

In one week, it was his twelfth birthday. I can't remember the memory of his birthday before the age of six, but since he lost his financial resources, Yang Haohui hasn't celebrated his birthday seriously. It is said that the birthday cake is the tombstone of youth, but the silver in his pocket is so stunned that Yang Haohui doesn't even have a chance to stand a grave. Occasionally, a handful of cheese is bought to spread on the pancakes and a spare candle that has been burned for a short time. Say happy birthday to yourself in the mirror, and then answer thank you, and the birthday is over.

After standing in front of the glass for a while, he turned around and left, time waits for no one, and Boss Zhou will not wait.

Unconsciously, even he was a little surprised by his steps, he had already reached the entrance of an underground passage, which was the only way for him to return home.

"Pity me, I haven't eaten for three days. ”

"Give me a little money, young man. ”

"Please...... I ......"

In a special place like an underpass, the special profession of beggar is naturally indispensable. Yang Haohui had just walked into the passage, and many beggars huddled in the corner had already gathered around like rancid flies.

Yang Haohui dodged left and right, Pudu sentient beings were God's work, but it was a pity that he was not.

The distance of the underground passage is not long, and it will soon come to an end under the brisk pace of the sun, and there is only a flight of stairs upward, and the warm sunlight is obliquely shining down.

Suddenly, an indescribable throbbing filled Yang Haohui's heart. It felt sudden and without warning, like a gravitational pull, a gravitational pull emanating from the heart. Yang Haohui felt like a magnet that he was attracted to, and it seemed that he had seen a partner he hadn't seen for a long time, and he was eager to hug each other warmly.

He looked in the direction of his senses, and a little girl curled up at the base of the wall, a beggar girl to be exact.

She's very different.

There is no loud begging from ordinary beggars, nor is it like the "cooperative" begging of many women and children singing and harmonizing. There was no one around the girl, she just curled up on the side of the stairs, her little face buried in her knees. The short dirty hair stuck together and swayed in the wind along with the tattered ragged clothes. It seemed that his age matched his own, and the poor dog's tail grass in the oak grass shivered when the wind blew.

Yang Haohui was suddenly a little stunned, and he didn't understand why he was stunned. It's just that the figure of this girl makes him somewhat familiar.

Yang Haohui trembled, followed by a burst of embarrassment. He stared at the little girl for a long time unconsciously, no matter who the other party was, it was rude after all.

"Let's buy something to eat. ”

The girl looked up suddenly, her dirty and dark little face made it impossible to distinguish her appearance, but her big black eyes sparkled like jewels.

There was no one in front of her, only a hundred-dollar bill lying quietly at her feet.

Carefully pinching the red piece of paper, the girl's little nose wrinkled, and a little puzzled expression appeared on her face. A strange feeling suddenly appeared in her mind, a throbbing of mutual attraction. The person in front of him is gone.

The girl's eyes were shining in the sun, like melted gold.

"You...... Who is it?"

To be continued......