"Hmm!" Liu Xin put the dog tag on his neck and slowly left behind the old man.

The distance from the big tree to Athos had already made Liu Xin's weak body almost hollowed out, and he didn't take two steps before his feet were unstable and he fell heavily to the ground.

"Son, come and I'll hold you." The old man looked at Liu Xin who fell to the ground, and bent down with difficulty to pick up Liu Xin.

Liu Xin shook his head firmly, struggled to get up, pulled the corner of the old man's clothes and walked forward, looking at the old man bending down with such difficulty, obviously his health was not good, he had already taken a long sword, and it would be very difficult to pick himself up. And Liu Xin didn't want to let others sacrifice for himself like this anymore, so he decided to exercise from this time on.

"Hehe, kid, you're really sensible, then let's go." Letting Liu Xin pull the corner of his clothes, the old man slowed down a little and staggered away with Liu Xin.

"Grandpa, why are you coming out at this time?" Liu Xin also wanted to know why the other party appeared here at night, and he still needed to ask for some information, so he asked.

"Grandpa came here to look for something, now the orcs are wreaking havoc all over the Storm Kingdom, and it is very dangerous to come out during the day." The old man also explained to Liu Xin with a smile.

"Looking for something? Grandpa lost something? Liu Xin didn't react for a while, the other party actually came out at night to look for something, is it a very important thing?

"Hehe, yes, grandpa came to find something every day." The old man didn't tell Liu Xin directly what it was, but although Liu Xin was a child, his mind was more than 20 adults, and he was still an old bird who had experienced the end of the world. Immediately reacted, the old man came out to look for food.

"And where's Grandpa's house?" Liu Xin asked again, obviously he didn't want to demolish the old man.

"Grandpa's house is at the back of that mountain, we can't go back until dawn." The old man pointed to a mountain range in the distance.

In this way, Liu Xin and the old man talked all the way forward, and Liu Xin finally knew the accurate time now, it was actually the 4th year of the appearance of the orcs, and it was about to reach the 5th year, obviously the dark gate had appeared for more than four years, and it was time for the second orc war. And Liu Xin couldn't bear the weakness of his body, so he could only stop talking and move forward step by step.

There was a light in the distance, and it was clear that the sun was about to rise. Liu Xin, who was already unconscious, finally reached the top of the mountain range with the old man, and under the stimulation of the sun, Liu Xin's eyes narrowed slightly, and his consciousness couldn't bear it, and he fell asleep completely.

"Hey, it's not easy for you, little guy, you have persevered so far, Anne has a companion this time." The old man saw that Liu Xin was asleep, so he picked up Liu Xin with difficulty and continued to walk forward.

When Liu Xin woke up again, he was already on a bed covered with hay, and next to him, there was a sleeping baby.

"Where is this?" Looking around at the simple thatched house, Liu Xin thought suspiciously.

"Grunt~~" Suddenly, there was a hungry grunt in Liu Xin's stomach, and Liu Xin's chest was almost hungry against his back.

Crawling down from the bed with difficulty, Liu Xin walked around the simple thatched hut, only to find half a dry and hard loaf of bread, but Liu Xin did not eat it, he did not forget that the old man went out in the middle of the night to find food.

As I stepped out of the thatched hut, there were three or two thatched huts outside, and some people walked by in twos and threes, they were either old people or unrestrained Haitong, and there was no adult at all, even young people.

"Huh? Isn't this the kid that Old Mike brought back? You're going to take care of your sister at home, and old Mike has gone to town to change food. An old lady also saw Liu Xin, walked over and rubbed Liu Xin's head and said, and the group of playful children also saw Liu Xin, and came over to look at Liu Xin curiously.

"Hmm." Liu Xin replied softly.

"Ah, what is this?" A child looked at Liu Xin's shirt full of holes, and couldn't help but pull it up and take a look, but he didn't expect to see the tail under Liu Xin's shirt.

The old lady also turned her head to look at the child's exclamation, looking at the slightly swaying tail, not only was her face full of shock, but she was also talking and laughing with Liu Xin just now, and immediately picked up a child next to her and left quickly.

"Monster, monster! Run, everyone! The old lady held the child in her arms and cried out loudly, her face unable to hide her fear.

"What? Got a tail? ”

"Where did Old Mike find a monster?"

"Is he an orc too? Humans don't have tails. ”

As the old lady shouted, the old people around also looked over, and they all quickly came up and took away their children, hiding far away and discussing. The children who were still around Liu Xin disappeared in an instant.

Looking at the people who couldn't stop talking, Liu Xin didn't have the idea of explaining at all, what they liked to think was their own business, what did they have to do with themselves, and they turned around and entered the thatched house.

"Squeak~~" I don't know how long it took, Liu Xin, who was sitting by the door, heard the sound of the wooden door opening, looked up and saw the old man who had walked all the way with him, and slowly stood up.

"Grandpa, thank you for taking care of me, it's time for me to leave." Liu Xin said a word, lowered his head and walked past the old man's side, wanting to leave.

"Child, since you called me grandpa, that's my grandson, or I brought you back, how can I let you leave like this?" The old man grabbed Liu Xin and said.

"But I'm a monster," Liu Xin listened to the old man's words and continued.

"Haha, monster? What kind of monsters are there? Isn't there just a tail, the orcs have appeared, what's so strange about multiple tails? The old man laughed and asked Liu Xin.

"I" Liu Xin was about to say something, but was interrupted again by the old man.

"Show me your tail, I haven't seen it yet." The old man looked at Liu Xin with curiosity on his face and interrupted Liu Xin's words.

"Okay." Liu Xin thought for a while, and did not refuse, obviously with his current body, if the old man wanted to be hard, he had absolutely no choice, so he might as well be generous and pull away the torn shirt a little.

Behind Liu Xin, a fluffy tail was constantly wagging and the old man was amazed.

"It's quite special, okay, put it away, don't be seen by them in the future, or they'll talk nonsense again, come on, be hungry." The old man just glanced at it, then changed the topic, took out a dry and hard bread, and handed it to Liu Xin.

"Gollum." Liu Xin looked at the bread and secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he knew that this was the food that the old man exchanged for his life, and he and the other party were not related to each other, and just wanted to refuse, the stomach rang again.

"Hehe, kid, eat it." The old man forcefully stuffed the bread into Liu Xin's arms, and he turned around and walked towards the thatched bunk, looking at the sleeping baby.

Liu Xin looked at the bread in his arms, divided it into two, and held one of them and nibbled on it.

"Child, Grandpa doesn't know your name yet, what's your name?" The old man watched Liu Xin eat the bread, and asked happily.

"Cow heart whining cow heart." Liu Xin, whose mouth was stuffed with bread, said vaguely.

"Haha, kid, you better finish eating, I don't understand what you say." The old man was like an optimist, with a smile on his face at all times.

"My name is Liu Xin, grandpa, you can eat together." Liu Xin quickly finished eating half a piece of bread, handed the other piece to the old man and said.

"Hehe, Liu Xin, you are so sensible, you eat, you eat, grandpa is not hungry." The old man shook his palm and said.

Liu Xin didn't care about the old man's reaction, stuffed the bread into the old man's arms and fled out of the room.

"Monster!"

"Monster!"

As soon as Liu Xin left the room, a group of children watched Liu Xin grimacing and roaring loudly from a distance.

"Cut, a bunch of little kids." Liu Xin looked at the other party and snorted disdainfully.

"Squeak!" The door behind Liu Xin opened again, and the old man roared loudly with anger on his face: "You little ghosts, are you looking for a fight?" Next time, I won't give you something to eat, so let's play while I can. He also stood in front of Liu Xin, blocking the sight of all the children.

"Let's go, Liu Xin, let's go back, don't play with them." The old man yelled, and then pulled Liu Xin back into the house.

"Liu Xin, leave them alone, go see Annie, she is your sister, you have to protect her." The old man looked at Liu Xin again, said to Liu Xin, and pointed to the little baby on the bed.

"Her name is Annie?" Liu Xin also walked over, carefully picked up the little baby on the bed, the chubby little face was full of dust and tears, it can be seen that the old man's life is not good, and he has no chance to clean up the little baby.

"Well, you have a companion in the future, and little Anne of the province will cry every day when she wakes up and doesn't see me." The old man looked at Liu Xin happily and said.

At this time, the sun was gradually setting, and Liu Xin slept from dawn to evening, which shows how tired Liu Xin was. And the old man also sat aside to introduce Anne's origin to Liu Xin, at this time Liu Xin understood that Anne was the same as himself, was picked up by the old man outside, at that time Anne was younger than himself, and even her eyes were rarely opened, and she slept all day. Then the old man took care of Anne for more than 4 months, and until this time Anne could not speak.

Unconsciously, night fell again, the old man without candles and Liu Xin went to bed early, Liu Xin slept all day, although he was still young and sleepy, Liu Xin soon fell asleep again.

As the night deepened, the old man crept up and walked towards the outside of the house, and Liu Xin opened his eyes the moment the old man left, obviously knowing that the old man was going out to find food again.

Looking at the half of the bread on the table, Liu Xin's heart trembled fiercely. It's been a long time since anyone cared about themselves like this, although they met Leo, Berlin and Uncle Patton, but they didn't feel shocked at this time. He and the old man are not related, but the other party uses the food he found hard to find every night when he is hungry and risking his life, and completely regards himself as his grandson. (To be continued.) )