With a violent sound of the door closing, the woman's tears slid down her cheeks like beads with broken threads. She stood stunned, but her eyes fell on the little boy in front of her.

This child named Yin Yu was indeed brought back by Xia Hongming from outside, but he was not an illegitimate child, but the child of the victim's family. To be precise, he is actually a homeless child who was once abducted and trafficked by traffickers from R City to other provinces, and now he has been sent back to R City.

For a period of time after the massacre, Yin Yu had been living in a local welfare home. However, the people in the welfare home did not treat Yin Yu as well as they had promised. On the contrary, it can be seen from the scars all over the child's body that Yin Yu must have suffered a lot in the welfare home.

This incident is both angry and helpless.

According to the relatives and friends of the adoptive family, Yin Yu was originally an innocent, kind, lively and lovely child, very likable, but because of the strong stimulation in the tragedy, the child suddenly lost the ability to speak, and his personality became withdrawn and weird.

It is conceivable how anxious and fearful such a special child would be when he was sent to a welfare home and faced an unfamiliar environment and strange crowds all day long. His actions and demeanor must have inadvertently annoyed the staff of the orphanage, and in the end he was punished again and again.

It is precisely because Yin Yu has become very different from before that the child's real blood relatives are unwilling to accept this hot potato. Xia Hongming's idea was that instead of letting the child continue to suffer in other families or welfare homes, it was better to take care of the child himself.

However, when it comes to taking care, as the deputy director of the R City Public Security Bureau, Xia Hongming's work is always extremely busy, so the task of taking care of the children naturally falls on the head of his wife, that is, Xia Shi's mother.

Deng Yunwei is a virtuous and kind woman, and she especially likes children. After hearing about Yin Yu's tragic experience, she agreed without thinking about it. Their family's economic conditions are very good, but they don't care about raising an extra child. However, when things happened suddenly, she and Xia Hongming both forgot to discuss this matter with Xia Shi first.

Just now, because of impulsiveness, Deng Yunwei slapped Xia Shi, she regretted it and felt very distressed. She wanted to chase her out and explain to Xia Shi, but when she saw Xiao Yu with a frightened face, she didn't worry about leaving the child at home alone. She cried and called Xia Hongming, saying that Xia Shi ran away from home and asked him to call someone to find her son back. Xia Hongming comforted her and said, "Don't look for it, you take good care of Xiaoyu, Xia Shi will come back." ”

At about eight o'clock in the evening, it was completely dark outside. Qiao Sheng dragged his tired body into the courtyard of the bachelor dormitory. As soon as he took a few steps, he saw a familiar figure sitting on the edge of the flower bed downstairs in the dormitory, with his head bowed and fiddling with his mobile phone there.

"Yo, what kind of wind blew you here today?" Qiao Sheng walked a few steps, came to the person's side, glanced down at the phone screen and asked, "What are you playing?" ”

"Brother Joe?" Xia Shi hurriedly turned off the mobile game, put the mobile phone back in his pocket, glanced up at Qiao Sheng, and said in a slurred voice, "I, I...... ...... at home"

Qiao Sheng looked at Xia Shi's slightly red and swollen eyes, as well as the faint slap print on his cheek, and couldn't help but smile in his heart, and then asked with concern, "You haven't eaten dinner yet, have you?" ”

"Not ...... yet," Xia Shi shook his head awkwardly.

"Well, I didn't eat either." Qiao Sheng said and pulled up Xia Shi's arm, and by the way, picked up the schoolbag thrown on the flower bed, "Let's go, let's go to the restaurant at the door to eat something." ”

A few minutes later, the two sat across the street in a Sichuan restaurant. Qiao Sheng didn't ask what he wanted to eat in the summer, he ordered three stir-fried dishes and a cold dish, and asked for two bottles of beer and a bottle of drink.

While waiting for the food, Qiao Sheng looked at Xia Shi, and said thoughtfully while smoking a cigarette: "Let me guess, you must have had an awkward relationship with your mother because of the new little ghost in the family." Your mother spoils you so much and never wants to beat you, which means that you must have said something excessive or done something excessive. You came to the dormitory to find me, you must have come to spend the night. You want to threaten your parents with running away from home, so that they can send that child away and give you a clean life. Am I right? ”

Hearing Qiao Sheng's words, Xia Shi opened his mouth in surprise, and only after a while did he ask, "How do you know this?" ”

Qiao Sheng took a sip of beer and replied with a smile, "Because this afternoon, I sent that child to your house." ”

"What?" Xia Shi was almost about to jump out of his chair and asked loudly, "How dare you help my dad send his illegitimate son to my house?" My mom didn't chop you with a kitchen knife? ”

"Huh? Bastard? Qiao Sheng finally knew where Xia Shi's dissatisfaction came from. He laughed a few times, patted Xia Shi's head and said, "Stinky boy, what do you want?" How could Director Xia be that kind of person. ”

"But......" Xia Shi was confused, "my mother said that from today onwards, that child will be my brother." If he's not my father's illegitimate son, could it be my mother......"

"I said you......" Qiao Sheng snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand, looked at Xia Shi with a smile and said, "You are so young, why are you thinking of adults in your head?" That kid wasn't your parents' illegitimate child, he was just a victim of a case. Your father felt sorry for him, took pity on him, and didn't want him to be hurt by anyone again, so he decided to adopt him. ”

"Adoption?" Xia Shi seemed to understand something, but he still had some doubts. "For such an important matter, they should discuss it with me in advance, right? After all, from now on, there will be an extra person in our family! ”

Qiao Sheng continued to explain: "First of all, it only took a few minutes for Director Xia to make this decision, and this matter came very suddenly, and he may not have had time to greet you yet; Secondly, I think the result is the same whether the business is negotiated or not. I'll tell you a story, and after you listen to it, you'll probably be able to understand Director Xia's feelings......"

Qiao Sheng told Xia Shi as much detail as possible about Yin Yu's life experience. Although he shouldn't have told Xia Shi about these things, now, he felt that he had no need to hide them at all.

After listening, Xia Shi silently stared at the beer bottle on the dinner table, unable to say a word for a long time.

If he hadn't heard it with his own ears and seen it with his own eyes, Xia Shi couldn't believe that there would be such an unfair thing in this world. For an eight-year-old child, such a fate is so sympathetic and regrettable, no wonder it took the father a very short time to make the decision to make this child a member of their family.

Thinking that his attitude towards that child was so bad, Xia Shi couldn't wait to slap himself again. He covered his head with remorse, let out a long sigh from the bottom of his heart, and said reproachfully: "Brother Qiao, I'm so stupid that I lost my temper at him for a toy. ”

"It's all a misunderstanding, it's okay to explain it clearly."

"Do you think he'll forgive me?" Xia Shi raised his head and looked at Qiao Sheng with an inquiring gaze, "How should I get along with him in the future?" To be honest, I really don't have the confidence to be a competent older brother......"

Qiao Sheng smiled at Xia Shi and said, "It's up to you to figure out this matter by yourself." Judging from the current situation, Yin Yu's psychological condition is somewhat abnormal, and he needs the guidance and careful companionship of his family. I think you may not have a good time in the future. But I believe that you will definitely find a solution to the problem, after all, you are the son of Director Xia, and you will never bow to difficulties easily, right? ”

At ten o'clock in the evening, when Xia Shi returned home, he saw his mother sitting on the sofa in a low mood, staring at the remote-controlled car on the ground in a daze, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Mom, what's wrong with you?" ”

Hearing Xia Shi's voice, Deng Yunwei instantly came back to her senses. She wiped the tears that had not dried from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, got up and walked to Xia Shi's side, touched the left side of Xia Shi's beaten face, and said worriedly: "You are back, is your face still painful?" ”

"I'm fine." Xia Shi didn't care about this for a long time, and looked around and asked, "What about Xiao Yu?" Sleeping? ”

"Alas......" Deng Yunwei sighed, pointed to the door of the bathroom and said, "Not long after you went out, the kid locked himself in the bathroom, couldn't scream, didn't eat dinner, worried about me." ”

"He's still mad at me, is he?" Xia Shi grinned, feeling a little sorry for that child. He put down his schoolbag, walked to the door of the bathroom in three steps and two steps, knocked on the door and said, "Xiaoyu, what happened tonight is not right for me." I shouldn't have yelled at you, I shouldn't have bullied you. You forgive me, okay? ”

No one responded behind the door.

Xia Shi continued: "From today onwards, I promise not to be stingy. Whatever toy you like, just take it. Wherever you want to play, I'll take you, and I'll buy you whatever you want to eat. Please, don't be angry, open the door, okay? ”

Still no movement.

Xia Shi was a little anxious, slammed the door a few times, and shouted anxiously: "Little ghost, you hurry up and open the door for me, I want to go to the toilet." If you don't let me in, I'm going to pee my pants. As soon as the words fell, I heard a "click" from behind the door. Xia Shi tried to turn the doorknob, and the door actually opened.

Summer Time turned on the bathroom light and walked in.

The boy stood in front of him, his eyes red and swollen, tears still flowing down his white face. After careful inspection, Xia Shi found that the boy's body was covered with multiple bruises, and his body was so thin that he didn't look like an eight-year-old child.

The boy looked up at Xia Shi and opened his mouth with difficulty, but he couldn't make a sound in his throat.

Seeing the boy's appearance, Xia Shi felt a tingling pain in his chest. He knelt on the ground with a "plop", hugged the boy tightly in his arms, stroked the boy's yellow and messy hair, and made a promise for the first time: "Xiaoyu, from now on, this is your home, and I am your brother." I'll protect you no matter what happens, and I'll never let anyone hurt you again......"

A few seconds later, a heartbreaking cry rang out in the bathroom. It was like a heavy rainstorm that had been brewing for a long time, and after a long period of cloudy clouds, the rain finally raged down.

Cry, vent all the unhappiness in your heart, and throw out all the emotions that have accumulated in your heart for so many years.

From now on, you have to say goodbye to your past life once and for all. When the sun rises and the sun shines on the earth again, you will have a new identity and a new life.

Xia Jinyu, do you like the name?

The boy nodded, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.