Natsuki walked ahead, and Jane only followed quietly behind her.

Speechless all the way.

Returning to the village from the field, except for these two people, everyone else was still laughing and laughing, and even Jane's mother didn't take the child's injury to heart, and what made Xia Muxi feel even more helpless was what this cheerful woman said when she saw the child for the first time-

"How could it be hurt?" The woman put down what she was doing, and then held her son's face with her dirt-stained hands. "How many people are there?"

"Five people." Jane only said.

"You little devil, why can't you even deal with five people? was even injured by the other party, and I'll see how everyone laughs at you in a while. The woman patted her son's face and sighed with some disappointment.

"I'm sorry, Jane was injured solely because of me." Natsuki said guiltily.

"Men are born to protect women, but fortunately Muxi, you're fine, otherwise I wouldn't spare this little ghost."

"Is there a hospital nearby?"

"What are you going to do in the hospital?"

"Jane's head is bleeding, she has to go to the hospital, and I don't know if the injury is serious."

"There's no fuss about boys bleeding a little, we all have a ready-made first aid kit at home, we'll just get it ourselves when we go back later."

"How?"

"Okay, Muxi, listen to Auntie."

"Okay."

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Xia Muxi looked at the woman sitting in the front car and laughing with others, and then looked at Jian Ji who was covered with blood on her face.

Are you really not worried about your children at all? Or is it because you are too worried that you will pretend that nothing happened?

Back in the village, Natsuki took the first aid kit the woman found and went to Jane's room.

At this time, Jane was only washing her head and face with water.

"Come and sit down." Xia Muxi saw that the water in the basin had already turned into blood water, and he was angry and distressed.

"Hmm." Jane sat obediently on the edge of the bed, her long black hair still dripping with water.

Xia Muxi put the first aid kit aside, picked up the towel on the side, moistened it with warm water, and then carefully wiped the water droplets from Jane's face, as for the wet hair, she didn't dare to touch it, because she was afraid of touching the wound.

"Where's the injury?"

"It's just a piece of skin on the back of the head, it's fine."

Natsuki didn't speak, but looked carefully at the back of Jane's head, and then found the place where he had been injured by the wooden stick.

A blur of flesh and blood!

Natsuki took a deep breath and then took out disinfectant and cotton swabs from the first aid kit.

"Let's let my mom come." Jane only looked at Natsuki's trembling hands, thinking she was scared.

"Do you think I'm scared?"

“···”

"I'm just angry." Xia Muxi skillfully stopped the bleeding and disinfected the wound, and after bandaging it, carefully fixed the bandaged area with gauze.

Jane only looked at the slender hands stained with his blood, and the girl's pure white down jacket, which was also stained with his blood.

"I'm sorry I got your hands and clothes dirty."

As soon as the words fell, the mood that was finally about to calm down surged again!

"What's the matter with you kid? At this time, you are still worried about whether my hands and clothes are dirty? Also apologize? I'm the one who should say I'm sorry! Natsuki's hands were clenched tightly, and she turned her head away from looking at Jane in front of her.

"Am I you off again..."

"I'm sorry." After saying these three words, Xia Muxi walked out of the room with a first-aid kit.

There was a faint pain in her head, and Jane only smiled a little bitterly, he was really not good at dealing with girls.

The sky outside gradually darkened, and more than a dozen families began to prepare for today's dinner.

"Auntie, I'll go first."

"It's never too late to leave after dinner."

"No, thank you, Auntie."

"It's getting late, the road on the mountain is not easy to walk, let the little ghost head send you."

"No need, I can do it myself, let Jane have to rest."

"Alright then, be careful." The woman didn't plan to force her to stay, she knew that Xia Muxi wanted to leave because she didn't want to go.

"Well, I'll come over early tomorrow morning to change the dressing for Jane."

"Then I'll work hard for you."

The woman sent Xia Muxi outside the house, and Xia Muxi waved at the woman and left.

When Xia Muxi passed by a house, he found a figure curled up in the straw hut of that house.

Natsuki stepped forward and recognized the man in the hut.

"You're the one in the afternoon." She asked.

The man nodded.

"It turns out that you came back with the villagers, and I didn't even notice you just now. And, thank you. ”

"Thank me?" The man had his head down, his long hair covering almost his entire face.

"You found the villagers and told them the news, right? Otherwise, Jane wouldn't have come running to save me out of nowhere. ”

"Not me." Jane? It must have been the boy he met. Although he was ready to ask for help, after all, before he could open his mouth, the boy suddenly disappeared, so he didn't actually do anything.

"Do you want to come with me? You can't sleep here, can you? ”

"You... Do you really not know who I am? ”

"We... Acquaintance? ”

The man held the long hair that was covering his face away with his hands.

"Can you still recognize me, Miss Xia?"

Natsuki moved closer to the man, and through the light refracted from the room, she finally saw the man's appearance clearly.

"Lawyer?"

"It's me."

"How could you..."

The man looked at the girl in front of him, and sure enough, did she really not know anything? Or, pretend?

But until the end, the man didn't tell Natsuki the reason why he became the way he was, perhaps, because he thought of something more interesting.

"Can you take me in temporarily?" He said pitifully.

"You come with me." Although Natsuki didn't know why this person suddenly became so down, and she didn't know why he was targeted by that group of fierce and vicious people, since she had met him, she would naturally help him, even though she herself was only boarding in someone else's house.

In this way, the man followed Natsuki towards the church.

Jane's house at this time.

"Little ghost, it's time to eat!" The woman put the cooked meal on the table and shouted into her son's bedroom.

There was a rustling sound in the bedroom, and after a while, Jane, who had changed into clean clothes again, came out of the bedroom.

"Where's Muxi?"

"She's back."

"When did you go back?"

"After coming out of your room, I left."

"Hmm."

"Who are those people?"

"I don't know either, but it looks like those people aren't looking for Muxi."

"That's good, but you're really careless, how can you give others a chance to take advantage of it, Mu Xi's heart must be very uncomfortable."

"I was too careless." Suddenly, a figure flashed in Jane's mind, "Mom, have you seen a man?" ”

"Men? Is it a somewhat sloppy man dressed in black? ”

"Did you see him?"

"See, and he's back with us, haven't you noticed?"

"I didn't notice it just now, but maybe the group was coming for the men. By the way, where is he now? ”

"We left him alone after we brought him back, and he remained silent and didn't let us get close to him, so he had to go."

"I'll go out and look for it in a while, if it's really what I guessed, then this person may be a problem."

"Then I'll come with you later."

"No need, there are only a dozen families in the village, and I alone is enough, besides, if you are also with me, it will make things bigger."

"Okay, then you can hurry up and eat."

"Hmm."

A small church made of red tiles and white walls.

"Grandma, this is a friend I know." Natsuki introduced the man to the owner of the chapel.

"Muxi, is he really your friend?" Grandma Bai looked at the man in front of her, her unkempt and dusty clothes as if they had been deliberately torn apart. And the man's eyes are full of anger and resentment.

"Well, grandma, can you take him in for one night? It's so cold, if you let him sleep outside, his body will definitely freeze. ”

"There are no more rooms left, is it okay for the church?" Grandma Bai looked at the man and said.

"Hmm."

"I'll send the futon over in a moment."

"Thank you."

"Muxi, you can go with me to prepare dinner."

"Okay." Xia Muxi looked at the man again, "You go wash your face first, and I'll come over and call you when the meal is ready." ”

"Hmm."

Some of them are in the kitchen.

"Muxi, tell me the truth, is that person really your friend?"

"Not a friend, but someone I know." Natsuki didn't plan to hide it from her grandmother either.

"I see, but how did he find here? I didn't think I'm looking for you, was I? ”

"No, I haven't had time to ask him the exact reason."

"Grandma wants to remind you that there is a fierce aura in that person, and it is better for you to keep your distance from him appropriately."

"Don't worry, grandma." In fact, Xia Muxi also felt that this man seemed to have really become different from before.

Soon, a simple dinner was ready.

Natsuki called the man over.

"It's all coarse tea and light rice, don't mind this gentleman." Grandma said politely.

"Thank you." The man picked up the chopsticks and devoured them, not paying attention to his image at all.

For more than half a year, he lived the life of a street rat every day, and almost never even ate a peaceful meal, and basically ate food that was discarded by others, and sometimes the food was already stinky, but in order to survive, he had to swallow it in his stomach.

"Drink some water." Natsuki handed the glass of water to the man. How did this man become like this? Obviously, he used to be so personable and confident.

Where can a man care about drinking water, he only knows to fill his stomach first.

Soon, almost all the food on the table was swept away by him, and Xia Muxi and Grandma Bai barely moved their chopsticks.

"Need to do some more?" Grandma Bai asked, because she felt that the man was not full.

"No thanks." The man gulped down his water.

"Can you tell me what's going on with those people?"

"Can I refuse to answer? You know, everybody has some things that make it difficult for them to talk about it. ”

"Hmm." Since he didn't want to say it, forget it. Natsuki thought to herself.

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