2003 was a year of many uncertainties.

The death of several big stars, the Iraq war, the earthquake, the fires, SARS... Too many changes have diluted the joy, and what shrouds the sky is an indelible rich melancholy.

The midsummer sky should have been clear and cloudless, but now it is gray. The little flower hung her head listlessly, ignoring the crying of the green grass next to her. From time to time, a light breeze blows mixed with heat waves, causing the cicadas on the trees to become more and more noisy.

A few children are standing on the potholed concrete floor and playing a new soccer ball, and the dilapidated tiled house behind them is mottled and old by the years.

"Luo Luo, this is for you to eat!" The cute girl with pigtails handed the little boy next to her a sparkling candy, "This is even better than the last time you gave me!" The girl said with a smile, her eyes flashing with a light that echoed the candy.

"Thank you, sister!" The little boy fluttered his eyelashes and long big eyes thanked him softly, took the candy and couldn't wait to peel off the candy paper and stuff it into his mouth, his fleshy white and tender little face was soaked in the sweetness of the candy, and he smiled sweetly like honey.

The scene suddenly changed rapidly, and after a while, the wind raged and the blizzard fell, and in a short time the snow fell all over the branches, and the snow-white ground was paved with a creaking sound with every step of the foot, and then left large and small footprints.

It was the first dark night after the snow, and in the hut with only a few old furnishings, a kind-faced man wearing an old patched cotton jacket sat beside the heater that emitted a warm orange glow, knitting a sweater and telling the children sitting next to him an old story:

A long time ago, there were two brothers who had a very good relationship, and each of them received a very powerful power, and the younger brother wanted to use this power to destroy all the evil in the world, but the elder brother stopped him.

The elder brother told the younger brother that it is precisely because there is good and evil that the world will remain balanced and will not tilt. If only good remains, then there is no restraint, and sooner or later irreparable things will happen.

But the younger brother didn't listen, and used this power to eliminate everyone's evil thoughts, and proudly pointed to his achievements to show off to his brother.

The elder brother didn't squeak, just silently turned to leave.

Behind him was a grand scene of people chanting his brother's name and honoring him as a god.

The elder brother has since disappeared, and no one knows where he went.

The younger brother, who has a supreme position, gradually loses his heart under the admiration and love of everyone, and feels that this monotonous and boring world is too boring.

Darkness crept up in my heart, surging into a disaster. The younger brother desperately suppressed the malice, but it backfired.

After all, the younger brother was devoured by malice and turned into endless darkness that enveloped the whole world.

The malice that erupted from it returned to the people, and in the face of this dark and hopeless world, forgotten sins were reawakened, killing, greedy, plundering...... The worst part of human nature is awakened, and the world is reflected in the red of blood, and it is reflected in the darkness.

At the moment when the world was about to be destroyed, a white light suddenly appeared in the sky, and then spread and dispersed the darkness.

With the reappearance of blue sky and white clouds, the warm sun shines on the earth and sprinkles on everyone. The slaughtering people laid down their weapons and knelt down to watch the dead depart as they gradually dissipated into crystal clear gold beads in the sunlight.

Good intentions gradually awakened, and since then people have both good and evil, some people are better at goodwill, and some people lose to malice, but it is precisely because of the coexistence of good and evil that the world has returned to balance.

"Grandma Qin, what does this story mean?" The little boy asked curiously, blinking his eyes.

"You'll understand later." Grandma Qin kindly rubbed the little boy's head, "It's not early, you should go to bed." ”

The little boy nodded obediently, and walked with the other children to the next room, where they each climbed into the double wire bed to get ready to rest.

In her sleep, someone seemed to be dragging herself, and when the little girl opened her eyes, she heard the little boy sobbing in a low voice, "Woo woo... Sister... I wet the bed... What to do... Tomorrow they'll find out and they'll laugh at me... Woo..."

The little girl tiptoed out of bed, led the little boy to his bed, picked up the quilt, quietly opened the door and walked out.

"This big guy is very warm, and the quilt will definitely dry after a while!" The little girl proudly turned on the heater and put the quilt on it, sat next to the boy in front of the heater and felt the comfortable warmth, sleepiness gradually came up, and before she knew it, she fell asleep with the little boy head to head......

When they woke up again, there was only the smell of burning on the tip of their noses, the little girl and the little boy stood in horror in the fire and looked at the burning stove and screamed in fright, and the wailing sound kept coming from the next room, they stood in the fire and held hands tightly, their trembling legs had long been unable to take a step, the two children looked at each other in the furnace, only to find that the other party was a coke!

The two children, who realized that they had long since died, turned to powder and were engulfed in flames at the moment they realized. The flames that burned more and more vigorously rose into the sky, reflecting the red half of the sky and piercing the night.

For a while, there was a lot of noise, and the sound of sirens and crowds of people chattering woke up this night that should have been sleeping, and firefighters rushed over with water cannons to extinguish the burned dark bungalow.

———When the fire was extinguished, the bungalow collapsed into ruins, and the firefighters looked at each other, their faces full of chagrin and helplessness. Having survived countless fires, they know very well that the survival rate of such fires is only one percent, plus the collapse of buildings...... I'm afraid that even that one percent no longer exists......

"Well, the number of victims is being confirmed...... Yes...... No survivors have been confirmed...... Yes, Roger! "Although everyone knew it in their hearts, the search and rescue work was carried out normally. The detachment leader, who had finished reporting to the superiors, hung up the phone and immediately plunged into the search and rescue work......

Eleven bodies of char were soon found and placed in body bags. When the police in charge of finishing up set up a cordon and finally left, the first snowflakes finally fell from the gloomy sky that had been gestation for many days. The white snowflakes fell gently on the ruins, as if Heaven wanted to comfort the innocent children who had unfortunately died, and soothe their lonely souls who had nowhere to return.

An elegant man wearing glasses appeared on the ruins out of thin air, crouched down and closed his eyes to the pile of rubble covering his hands on a white layer of rubble, and after a while, two balls of soft white light rose from the ruins and fell in front of the man, turning into human form, and then turning into orbs of light and flying into the distance.

"I hope that when I meet you again, you will have grown into the kind of person I need." The man looked up at the snowflakes that were getting bigger and bigger, and his handsome face was full of anticipation.

"The leaky basement was damp and stuffy, and a scrawny child curled up in the corner and watched the water drip, his eyes blank.

Moldy dry hard bread was on a broken plate next to it, and the water in the dog bowl was muddy. In fact, there were several children in this basement a few days ago, but in the end, he was the only one left.

Because the other kids are dead, killed by that pervert.

"Gee, are you the only one?" The door to the basement was suddenly opened, and the short woman with short white hair, a mask, and round-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose couldn't help frowning when she saw that he was the only one left, "Why is it you monster who is left?" Forget it, you come out first, I'm going to have a change of fun today. ”

The little boy obediently stood up and walked up to her, he knew very well what would happen to him if he resisted her, and followed her up the steps with his head bowed, and his eyes suddenly brightened.

But he didn't want this kind of brightness at all.

The circular field is surrounded by spotlights, all focused on the square area in the middle of the field, and the blood-soaked brown killing field is paved with the lives of countless children.

The boy's disgraceless dead eyes looked at the field and refused to take a step, and he remembered being brought here every three days to fight other children, even his best friend here.

Because if they don't kill each other, they will also be killed by that pervert, and it is better to live one than to die both, and the relieved expression of his friend dying in his arms lingers in front of him, turning into blood and staining his eyes red.

"Get in." The woman pushed the boy hard and threw the dagger on the ground, "Kill it, and you'll be free." But what can monsters do even if they survive? The woman pointed to the Tosa fighting dog in the center of the field, "Tsk, it's a shame that you are the one who was left after spending so much time and energy." ”

The boy bent down and picked up the dagger, without squeaking. He knew why women didn't like him, and he was the only one who disdained other children when they tried to please her in order to get clean water and food, so even though this was an extremist organization that trained young mercenaries, it was inevitable that he would not be treated well because he couldn't satisfy his perverted desires.

In fact, he could have lived a very happy life, until the man who agreed to adopt him and looked kind sold him to the perverted albino girl as a pet in a blink of an eye, just in exchange for a mere 300,000 yuan for his son's treatment.

He didn't hate that man, he knew that if he wasn't really cornered, who would want to do such a conscientious thing?

But from then on, he chose not to trust others anymore.

Even if he was locked up in a basement to fight all day long because he was extremely uncooperative, because only one child could survive, and even fought with his companions the day before for clean food, he chose to lock his heart and develop a deep dislike for human creatures.

But even in this ugly place, there are people who still maintain good hearts. It was a frail child, who looked sick all day long, and the other children did not think he was a threat, and had never bothered to attack him, and had asked him why such a person had been brought here, but he kept silent and responded.

The two eccentric people were quickly classified as aliens and excluded, which is why they became acquainted. When he became familiar with it, he found that his friend still maintained a good heart even in this boundless darkness, and kept telling him about the beauty of the world, telling him to believe that there would always be such a person in this world who would accompany him through all the good things in life.

Xu is too beautiful to portray, even if there are fewer and fewer children around him, he never loses hope in his eyes, until that day he and his friends are in the same group.

"You have to live, and see all the good things in the world for my sake." The moment the dagger plunged into his chest, he heard his friend's whisper, and he couldn't control his emotions anymore and roared angrily and rushed towards the fierce beast in front of him.

At the same time that the Tosa fighting dog fell, the little boy covered in blood also fell, dying. When he was dying, a tall figure seemed to appear in front of him, gently holding him up, and his mouth opened slightly, as if to say, "I'm late." ”

Suddenly, the warmth drove out the cold, and the boy felt that countless lights rose around him and melted him, dispelling all fear and despair.