A day ago, a cabin in the woods.

"Children, from today onwards, Xiaoyue will be a member of our family, if I find out that you are bullying my sister, I will not spare you!" Duan Penghao took Xiaoyue's timid hand and walked into the forest hut, and as soon as he entered the door, he joked to the two children who were already waiting there.

The father and three children in this cottage in the woods, who are not related to each other, are a rare adoptive family.

The hut in the forest was built by Duan Basil with his own savings, so that there was enough space to take in children who had been abandoned or had come to the orphanage for some other reason.

Today, Duan Penghao received a call from the director of the welfare home, saying that a new blind little girl named Xiaoyue came to the welfare home, and because her mother was in prison and no one took care of her, she was sent to the welfare home, but because of the particularity of this Xiaoyue, the director hoped that Duan Penghao could take Xiaoyue to him to live there for a while.

Duan Penghao naturally had nothing to say, so she hurriedly drove to the welfare home and took the eight-year-old Xiaoyue to her home and lived with the other two children she adopted.

Seeing that Duan Basil was back, the eldest daughter Chu Mian hurriedly greeted her, sensibly took the package from her father's hand, and stretched out her hand to Xiaoyue in a friendly manner, saying, "Hi! Your name is Xiaoyue, right, I'm a few years older than you, you can call me sister if you want, of course, you can call Chu Mian directly! ”

Chu Mian has always been enthusiastic, and a burst of cannon-like greetings made Xiaoyue, who had just arrived, a little cramped, and she hid behind Duan Penghao vigorously.

Chu Mian saw that Xiaoyue was also wearing sunglasses in the room, and she didn't react at all to her outstretched hand, so she couldn't help but look at Duan Penghao and handed over an inquiring look.

Duan Penghao made a helpless expression, stretched out his hand and gestured on his eyes, signaling that her eyes were out of sight.

Chu Mian grimaced at Duan Penghao, took his hand back, and then turned to Xiaoyue, the enthusiasm in his tone was not affected in the slightest: "Xiaoyue, if Dad is not at home, if you call me directly if there is something, I will definitely come to your side as soon as possible." ”

"Of course, if I'm not at home either, then you can call you Brother Wu Nanzhi, he ......" As he spoke, Chu Mian glanced back at Wu Nanzhi, a stunned boy who was shrinking into a chair reading a book, pretending not to hear anything, and his tone was a little more helpless, "He just doesn't like to talk very much sometimes." ”

Duan Penghao also noticed that he was shrunk in a chair alone, facing Wu Nanzhi, who was speechless in the face of his new little sister, and called him a little unpleasantly: "Nanzhi." ”

Wu Nanzhi heard Duan Penghao call him, so he slowly turned his head, and then reluctantly put down the book in his hand and walked over with his slippers.

"Hello, my name is Wu Nanzhi." After speaking, Wu Nanzhi put his hands in his trouser pockets, turned around and went back to pick up the book, and went upstairs to his room.

"This kid ......"

Duan Penghao was obviously very dissatisfied with Wu Nanzhi's attitude, and when he was about to attack, Chu Mian gently grabbed his arm and signaled him not to be angry first.

Duan Penghao looked at Chu Mian, and then at Xiaoyue, who was hiding behind him, timid, no matter how big his anger was, he had to suppress it for the time being, and he couldn't show his impatient side as soon as they met.

So, Duan Penghao still took Xiaoyue to her room upstairs first, wanting her to familiarize herself with the environment first.

Because of Xiaoyue's eye problems, Duan Penghao couldn't let Xiaoyue live in a room by herself, so she arranged it in Chu Mian's room, but fortunately, Chu Mian's room was big enough, big enough to fit two beds.

After taking Xiaoyue to familiarize herself with her room, Duan Penghao took Xiaoyue around the house again, because their location was not far from Qianlu Lake, and the ecological environment was relatively complicated, so Duan Penghao also told Xiaoyue not to run around by herself when no one took her.

In fact, there used to be people living on this side of Qianlu Lake, but then because of the construction of a forest park, the town government was ready to move all the residents in this area, but it was met with strong protests from local residents, and later it was said that something not very good happened, and those who were originally going to die to the end moved out overnight and never came back.

Many years have passed, and the original houses of those people have almost been demolished, and no one has touched the last few broken houses, one of which is not far from Duan Basil's house.

Duan Penghao took Xiaoyue to familiarize herself with the environment, and taking advantage of this opportunity, Chu Mian came to Wu Nanzhi's room.

Although the door of Wu Nanzhi's room was not closed, Chu Mian still knocked on the door, and heard Wu Nanzhi, who was facing away from him, say "Please come in" before he walked in.

"Namggyi." Chu Mian walked lightly to Wu Nanzhi's desk, because Chu Mian was three years older than Wu Nanzhi, so Wu Nanzhi had to call Chu Mian sister.

Wu Nanzhi put down the book in his hand and said casually: "Sister, you are here." ”

From beginning to end, Wu Nanzhi didn't look at Chu Mian squarely, but Chu Mian was used to this kind of life.

Chu Mian walked to Wu Nanzhi's side, pulled a chair and sat down, glanced at the cover of the book that Wu Nanzhi was looking at just now, smiled, and said, "Theological treatise? Is something so advanced that you read in school? ”

Wu Nanzhi glanced at the theological books on the table that were almost bigger than his head, lowered his head and said, "I borrowed it from the library myself......

"Awesome, I've been studying for so many years, and I've always wanted to read some theological books, but my brain is not bright, and I can't understand how I look at it," although Wu Nanzhi is a little bad at talking, Chu Mian has his own set of communication skills, "Can you tell me what this book says?" ”

Wu Nanzhi let Chu Mian praise him like this, and he was immediately a little embarrassed, and said with a twist: "Actually, this book is about the investigation of strange events in some Western religions, a bit like the supernatural story book you gave me before......

At dinner in the evening, the four of them sat at the table, Chu Mian took care of Xiaoyue, who was invisible to his eyes, while Wu Nanzhi was still eating alone as before, ignoring what was happening around him, Duan Penghao had a headache about this.

Among the three children he adopted, the most troublesome thing for him was not the blind Xiaoyue, but the Wu Nanzhi who was not good at words.

After eating, Xiaoyue and Chu Mian went back to the room, and Wu Nanzhi also went back to his room without a sound.

Although Duan Penghao lives here now, he still goes back to his mental clinic on weekdays, otherwise he can't afford the expenses of such a large family, even if there is a subsidy from the government department.

"Dad, don't get angry about Nanzhi's affairs," I don't know when, Chu Mian came to Duan Penghao's room, "You also know his situation......

Of course, Duan Penghao knows Wu Nanzhi's situation, this child has been unhappy in his family since he was a child, and he has suffered a lot, and he has become this withdrawn character now, and the responsibility is not his.

Even if he was taken home by Duan Penghao, it was only after a long time that he began to speak, Duan Penghao diagnosed Wu Nanzhi, this child is a manifestation of insecurity caused by psychological trauma since childhood, no wonder he.

Duan Penghao nodded, sighed unconsciously, and smiled at Chu Mian instead: "Fortunately, you are here, it happens that tomorrow is the weekend, you take Xiaoyue and Nanzhi to the nearby Qianlu Lake for a walk." ”

"Be on the safe side, though." Duan Penghao didn't forget to tell when he came,

Chu Mian smiled, said of course he remembered, and then turned around and went back to the room, ready to tell Xiaoyue the news of going out tomorrow.

Seeing Chu Mian turn to leave, Duan Penghao breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and looked at the photo placed at the head of the bed with doting, as if he was saying to the photo, and as if he was talking to himself: "It's all according to your meaning, satisfied, right?" ”

In that photograph are two people, one is Duan Basil, and the other is a young woman.

However, before Duan Basil could start to clean up the recent file again, there was a rush of footsteps in the corridor.

Chu Mian ran over anxiously, holding on to the door frame and shouting to Duan Penghao: "Oh no, Dad!" Xiaoyue is gone! ”