After speaking, Ertong's figure scurried away and ran out first.

And Xu Ran had just stepped out of the door, and saw Ertong running back panting, sweat seeping through his clothes, and holding a black vest in his hand. As soon as he saw Xu Ran standing at the door of the room, he took a breath before he said slowly.

"Brother Xu Ran, this is for your self-defense."

Xu Ran glanced at the black vest and was slightly surprised.

It's actually a bulletproof vest.

The pitch-black appearance, with more than a dozen English letters printed on it, should be a police bulletproof vest depending on the model.

"How do you have this?" Xu Ran looked curiously at the bulletproof vest that Er Tong was holding in his hand, but he didn't reach out to pick it up.

"Brother Xu Ran, don't worry, this is new, no one has worn it." Seeing that Xu Ran didn't mean to reach out to pick it up, Er Tong hurriedly explained.

Although he didn't know where Er Tong got it, Xu Ran didn't reach out to get it, because he knew that he wouldn't need it at all.

"It's better to leave it to yourself, I can protect myself." Xu Ran smiled and looked at Ertong.

Now don't look at Ertong is only seven or eight years old, but his body is a head taller than children of the same age, and it is estimated that he is almost close to one meter six. Wearing a bulletproof vest also fits just right.

Er Tong shook his head stubbornly, and looked at Xu Ran with a very serious expression.

"Brother Xu Ran, just put it on, I have an ominous premonition......" Speaking of this, Er Tong's eyes revealed a hint of pleading.

He suddenly remembered the strange dream he had last night, he dreamed that Brother Xu Ran was stabbed in the back, blood was flowing all over his body, his face was pale, and he was almost dying.

To this day, thinking of that scene makes him feel cold.

"I really don't need it" Xu Ran smiled, and then spread his palm, "You see I don't have anything in my hand"

Then under Ertong's surprised gaze, he said, "You're optimistic." ”

I saw his hand shake slightly, and a dagger that exuded red light suddenly appeared in his hand.

"How?" Xu Ran looked at Er Tong with a smile.

"That's amazing! Brother Xu Ran, how did you do it? Er Tong looked at the dagger in Xu Ran's hand like a nymphomaniac, and said, "Can I take a look?" ”

"Absolutely." Xu Ran smiled and handed the blood tooth in his hand to Er Tong.

Ertong took the blood tooth in his hand stupidly, and a heavy feeling instantly greeted his heart, he took the blood tooth and looked at it for a while, only to feel that there was an invisible evil qi wrapped around the blade.

You don't have to think about it to know that this is a knife that has killed people.

"This knife has a very strong evil aura, and I can't stand it a little." Holding Er Tong in his hand, he felt that this bloody tooth was like a piece of cold ice, exuding a cold and piercing feeling all the time, and then he couldn't help the evil aura in the dagger, and immediately returned the bloody tooth to Xu Ran.

"I still have a normal dagger here." Xu Ran hid the bloody tooth and took out a dagger as black as ink in his other hand.

But he picked up the dagger.

"This knife will be given to you to defend yourself."

When Ertong heard the three words given to him, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Really." He looked at Brother Xu Ran in disbelief.

"Well, but you also have to promise me two conditions." Xu Ran nodded and said.

"On what terms?" Ertong asked with a wink.

"It's not that you have to take it out, and this knife can't kill people unless there are special circumstances." Xu Ran said.

Ertong nodded heavily and said, "Only a fool would kill someone." ”

He meant two things, one was that even if he killed someone, he wouldn't kill with his own hands. The second is that even if you want to kill someone, you will do it without knowing it.

"That's it! Don't think about it. Xu Ran patted him on the shoulder as if he could see Ertong's thoughts: "Remember not to hurt innocent people." ”

After speaking, he glanced at the sky outside, and a red sun was slowly rising.

"Time is not running out, we have to hurry up."

"But, Brother Xu Ran, are you really not going to wear a bulletproof vest?" Ertong said with tears in his eyes.

"No need, you can see that I am a martial arts person." Xu Ran walked out of the door first, and then waved his hand to Ertong behind him, "You put it on, I'll wait for you outside." ”

After speaking, he walked out of the door without stopping.

Ertong looked at Xu Ran's back in a daze, feeling incomparably empty, incomparably lost, his dream had never been invalid, because it was his prophecy, a true prophecy.

His eyes were slightly red, and a tear slipped silently.

Although Ertong is not yet eight years old, he is smarter and stronger than ordinary children, and if his father had listened to him, he would not have left their mother and son alone, and went west by himself.

Now seeing Xu Ran like this again, he couldn't help but shed tears.

Are life and death really just a thought?

Brother Xu Ran's departure, does it mean that he will never come back?

He really wanted to change this fate, but who could really change his fate, not to mention that he was still a child.

Silently put the bulletproof vest inside, Ertong wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and reluctantly walked out of the door.

Outside the courtyard, Ertong's mother and Xu Ran had been waiting for a long time. But I didn't see Ertong's figure for a long time, and I was a little anxious for a while.

Although Xu Ran is a calm person, he also seemed a little anxious when he saw that Ertong hadn't come out for so long.

He just wanted to open his mouth to call Ertong's name, when he saw Ertong walk out with a solemn expression.

Perhaps, as Huang Na said, Ertong is indeed a young and old child.

Ertong's mother greeted her first, with a hint of reluctance on her face.

"Mom" saw that it was her mother, and Ertong also ushered it up, plunged into her mother's arms, and sobbed softly: "Mom." I'll be back soon. ”

"Good boy." Ertong's mother gently stroked Ertong in her arms, and suddenly glanced at Xu Ran next to her. "Ertong, please take care of it."

When Ertong's mother said this, there was no smile on her face, but a trace of reluctance, as if she was about to leave this world, with a trace of reluctance, with a trace of unwillingness.

After a moment of silence, Ertong's mother walked to a corner with Xu Ran, took out some dry food from her pocket and gave it to Xu Ran, and said, "These are the biscuits that Ertong usually likes to eat, you just take it, and Ertong will ask you." ”

"Auntie, I'd better keep it to yourself, I have dry food in my backpack, and I won't be hungry for Ertong." Xu Ran smiled and pushed the biscuit back.

Ertong's mother pushed it in front of Xu Ran again, "It's not in the way, I still have it at home." ”

Looking at the pleading gaze, Xu Ran finally put the dry food in his backpack.

"Then we'll go first." Xu Ran said, and then turned around and walked towards Ertong not far away.

"Okay" Ertong's mother nodded, and looked at Xu Ran's back reluctantly.

At this moment, Ertong's mother shed tears, like an old man who was about to die, looking at her son, full of nostalgia and reluctance.

"So?" Walking out of Ertong's house, Xu Ran looked at Ertong, who was a little sullen, patted him on the shoulder and asked.

"Nothing!" Ertong blinked, and suddenly raised his head to look at Xu Ran, "Brother Xu Ran, do you believe in the prophecy?" ”

"How so?" After hearing Ertong's words, Xu Ran thought for a while, "Although there is no scientific basis for this prophecy, the degree of its fulfillment is quite accurate, for example, in ancient China, there was a strange book, which recorded a lot of prophecies, and so far many prophecies have been said in the book, but not all of them will be effective." ”

Xu Ran talked eloquently, but Ertong's heart sank, if he followed what Brother Xu Ran said, then he would not be very dangerous.

As soon as the thought fell, Er Tong suddenly felt that a pair of eyes were staring at him, so he glanced up, only to find that Brother Xu Ran was blinking with a pair of big eyes and looking at himself curiously.

"What's wrong, Ertong, what's wrong?

Ertong shook his head, looked at Brother Xu Ran in a daze, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Xu Ran, or we won't go." ”

"Why?" Xu Ran looked curiously at Ertong, who suddenly changed his mind.

"Because I don't want to go." Er Tong didn't explain much, because he knew that even if he said it, Brother Xu Ran might not believe his words.

"Do you know what it means for a man to stand without faith?" Xu Ran glanced at Ertong deeply. "Don't forget the people in the village, they can count on you to show me the way."

Ertong snorted coldly and unusually counter.

"If it weren't for their greed for money, where would this have happened?"

Xu Ran saw that there was no one around, and then hurriedly covered Ertong's mouth.

"Don't talk nonsense, you're from a village."

Ertong glanced at the surrounding houses with disdain, and then pushed Xu Ran's hand away.

"What kind of people from a village, they are beasts, seeing my father pass away, they come to the door again and again to find fault, if it wasn't for my mother to stop me, I would have to kill them."

It was hard for Xu Ran to imagine that this sentence came from a seven or eight-year-old child. He sighed, then said.

"Although they are wrong, God has the virtue of a good life, and sin does not lead to death."

As Xu Ran's words fell, Er Tong's eyes became much darker.

"I see." Seeing that he couldn't convince Brother Xu Ran, Er Tong had no choice but to follow him silently.

Granny Li's home was in the northeast corner of the village, and Xu Ran and Erzhu walked for about half an hour to get there.

And Huang Na had already packed her things and waited for the two of them to arrive, and those villagers were also crowded in Granny Li's house and waited quietly.

As soon as Xu Ran and Ertong walked in the door, they saw a group of people waiting here, and Huang Na also walked over with a smiling face.

"Why is it so long?"

"There was a little accident on the way, so it was delayed." Xu Ran said slightly apologetically.

Huang Na glanced at the two of them suspiciously.

"Then let's get going." With that, he picked up the backpack that was placed on the ground.

At this time, Granny Li and other villagers also came over.

"Thank you, young man."

Xu Ran hurriedly waved his hand.

"Granny Li, don't say that, I'm just pushing the boat along the water."

"Anyway, I still want to thank you." Granny Li said gratefully.

"Grandma, what about me?" Huang Na pointed at herself, her mouth flattened, and she said with some displeasure.

"Nana is also my benefactor." Granny Li smiled and patted Huang Na's tender white hands.

Huang Na suddenly grinned and looked at Granny Li.

"I knew my grandmother wouldn't forget me."

Xu Ran suddenly turned around and glanced at Ertong behind him, "Then we'll go first." ”

Ertong has been silent since she walked into Granny Li's house, and she has not gone to see Huang Na and the other villagers.

Instead, he lowered his head and pondered, thinking about what Brother Xu Ran said just now, if the prophecy was not effective, then he only hoped that the dream he had last night was just a nightmare.

"Hmm" Suddenly hearing Brother Xu Ran's voice, his mood seemed to improve. Raised his feet and walked in front of Xu Ran. "I know the way, so let me lead the way."

"Good! When the time comes, I'll rescue my uncle and them, and I'll treat you to a big meal. Huang Na said to Ertong with a smile