After the sky darkened, in that private house, Wu Qi and the children he brought back sat facing each other across the table, and there was a bowl of noodles in front of them, each eating silently.

After an unknown amount of time, Wu Qi put down his chopsticks and said to the child: "It turns out that you are a little girl, and I am really clumsy." The boy wiped his mouth, raised his hand and grabbed his hair that had fallen down, and bowed his head in silence.

Wu Qi laughed a few times to himself, and his face, which had not changed much, relaxed, because of the change of face of the Sichuan opera, the child was stunned, and a pair of big eyes stared at Wu Qigan on his little face, until Wu Qiyan looked back at her with a smile, and then quickly lowered his head, still holding chopsticks in his hand, and didn't know whether to continue eating noodles or put it down.

"Where's your daddy?" Wu Qi leaned forward and rested his elbows on the table, holding his chin with his hand and asking the child.

But after hearing this, the child was a lot lonely, and said sullenly: "Dad was caught by the devil to work and never came back, my mother was sick and had no money to die at home, except for my father and mother, there was no more, only myself." ”

Wu Qi did not feel pity for this child's background, but said with a smile: "Child, you are very smart, and the most important thing is that you know how to use your own intelligence, deliberately soiling yourself to make people see that you are a girl, so that you can live to this day unharmed, but I don't pity you, because I see the evil in your eyes, even if you are still thinking about some bad people who hurt people, am I right?" ”

The child's small mouth was startled, and the chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground and made a few crisp sounds, which made people's ears hurt even more in the already quiet room.

"You're scared of me, aren't you?" Wu Qi looked at her with a smile.

The child held his mouth and nodded.

"Then why are you following me? Do you think I'm carrying something of value and want to steal it while I'm not ready? Wu Qi's eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a hint of majesty on his young face.

The child raised his face at this time and met Wu Qi's eyes with a smile with his big eyes. I mustered up some courage and said in a crisp voice, "No! I just think you're awesome, and I feel like you can protect me. ”

Wu Qi didn't speak, but reached out and took out a pair of clean chopsticks next to him and put them in front of the child, signaling the child to eat first with his eyes, and then just watched the child pick up the noodles one by one and eat them, and the two of them looked at each other from time to time. But the child quickly lowered her head after seeing it, she didn't dare to look at Wu Qi's eyes again, let alone let Wu Qi see her own eyes, this young man in his early twenties gave people a strange old age, and also had a pair of eyes that could perceive people's hearts, the child had lived for so many years It was really the first time she had encountered it, and she couldn't help but be full of curiosity about Wu Qi.

After eating, Wu Qi had already stuffed some firewood into the hearth, and made the stove more prosperous to resist the cold of this early spring. The child was just about to clean up the dishes and chopsticks. I heard Wu Qi whispering: "Just put it there, I'll clean it up later, and the child will ask you something." ”

"What's the matter?" The child sat down slowly again, blinking at Wu Qi.

Wu Qi patted the sawdust in his hand casually, exhaled and sat opposite the child, the expression on his face was very relaxed, not like the cold smile during the day, and said in a tone like chatting between friends: "We are all hard-working people." Your father and mother are gone, and I haven't seen your father and mother at all. But I can be a little better than you, I still have a big brother I recognize, and I plan to take you to him, at least you can have a place to stay, and you don't have to worry about eating anymore. ”

"I have a home, I don't go!" The child hung his head and refused very simply.

Wu Qi smiled and said, "You have washed all your faces." This doesn't mean to go back, right? It's still the same sentence before, you are very smart, the smartest child I have ever seen in the same age, I am helping you, of course you can not do with. Anyway, I have a lot of free time these days, and I want to find something to do, so I don't need to say too much if I want to, your little brain should understand. ”

After speaking, Wu Qi went out with a kettle and planned to boil hot water, but before going out, he suddenly turned around and asked the child, "By the way, I forgot, what is your name, child?" ”

The child pinched his fingers and said a name sullenly: "Pinpin, three mouths." ”

Wu Qi smiled and said, "You little girl is actually literate, it's very good." ”

The kettle was sat on the stove, and as the water boiled, the air in the room became hot and humid, which was a bit stuffy, which was also the inconvenience of those days.

The two of them were still sitting facing each other, the various noodle bowls placed in front of them just now, and at this time, they were replaced by a cup of hot water, Wu Qi looked out the window and his eyes became soft, as if he thought of something, he raised his hand and rubbed his scalp, sighed and seemed to want to return to his previous state, but after many things he has experienced in the past two years, he can never go back to the beginning, and he can no longer be the former Xiao Qi, people always have to grow up, they will not always be as innocent as they were children, they always have to let themselves be ruthless, and do something that they know is wrong but still have to do it, This growth is a pathetic in itself.

Wu Qi didn't know why he wanted to help this child, probably because she had a little bit in common with her own life experience, but she didn't see the innocence she had when she was a child, the reason was very simple, he didn't know it himself, but he didn't need to know, because now Wu Qi and Li Huan are the same, traveling all over the country, constantly changing various identities and experiencing dangerous things, and often the final answer is disappointing, but Wu Qi enjoys this process very much, he can finally live like Li Huan, That's the most important thing.

Li Huan has never appeared since he disappeared in the Changbai Mountain Research Institute, two years have passed, and there is no trace at all, the only possibility is that he is infected or not infected, but he should have entered the hole leading to the middle of the volcano in the research institute, which is probably more sad for Wu Qi than finding the body.

Whenever he thinks of Li Huan, Wu Qi will inevitably show a lonely look on his face, his efforts at this time are just to let Li Huan see it, but now it seems that this is impossible, thinking about it, there is a sadness in his eyes.

Pinpinren is a big ghost, she has been staring at Wu Qi since just now, watching his every move, I don't know what is going on in my heart, when Wu Qi came back to his senses, Pinpin quickly put away his mind and showed a smile, which looked particularly harmless, but the little hand was rhythmically beating the table leg below. Pinpin thought that her thoughts were well hidden, at least Wu Qi would definitely not be able to see it now, but she might not have imagined that those careful thoughts were all in Wu Qi's eyes, and they were hidden by the slightly upturned corners of her mouth.

"There's something interesting about this kid." This was the last sentence that Wu Qi thought about before going to bed.

This house is an empty house, and I don't know how long it has been empty, and everything is covered with a thick layer of ash, but I didn't expect this product to clean up the house after Wu Qi came back, and took a bath, washing away the ashes on his face.

Every time Wu Qi has a task, he carries his body and temporary residence with him in the local area, and the sixteen houses are also more powerful, no matter where he is, he can get a house that can live in people, but it is only shelter from the wind and rain, not a comfortable place to raise an old man.

Wu Qi did not take Pinpin to find Lao Wu that day, but said that he would go again tomorrow, and this time the little girl did not say anything, and sat honestly and did not speak. The futon on the kang is new, and I don't know when someone put it in, just to give it to Wu Qi.

The kang in the inner room was relatively small, so Wu Qi let Pinpin sleep there, while he himself lay down on a wooden bed outside, and Wu Qi slept so soundly for the first time this night. Generally speaking, there is a little girl with a lot of ghosts in this house, Wu Qi can't sleep too hard, even if he doesn't have that because of his identity and habits, he can't sleep more, but maybe it's because he is close to that brother, Wu Qi feels down-to-earth, so he doesn't care about anything and doesn't think much about sleeping directly.

But this is not to say that he sleeps like a dead pig so that people don't know if they are slaughtered at night, that little girl gets up a few times at night, and when he walks around his backpack in the house, Wu Qi knows it, but he doesn't care, but the corners of his mouth are slightly upturned and he seems to have seen the ghost girl's disappointed look, because there is nothing to turn over in his bag at all.

I originally thought that this ghost girl might be a little disappointed and leave, but I didn't expect to go back to sleep on the kang, she didn't seem to come with him just to steal Wu Qi's things, there may be a little bit of inquiry, this person is not very careful.

After getting up early in the morning, Wu Qi washed his face, but instinctively observed the things in the house, and then looked at the stones placed on the windowsill outside the door, which he deliberately threw casually, just for fear that someone would come at night, but nothing happened, at least in the past two years, the danger was face-to-face, not cloudy.

Wu Qi stood at the door and brewed love, he didn't know what happened to Jiang Nan, the old Wu Hu, and he didn't say goodbye at the beginning, so he had a pimple in his heart, because this mission had to come to Siping, since he came, he couldn't hide and see, it was better to go over and let Lao Wu see Wu Qi who had grown up.

The result was halfway brewing, when it was suddenly interrupted by the shouts of the first product in the house.

"Seventh brother, let's go early! I'm hungry! ”

Wu Qi didn't look back, and said directly: "I'll take you to change your clothes before eating, and then go to find Lao Wu." ”

Pin Pin pulled some dirty clothes on his body, and said with a pout: "Who is Lao Wu?" ”

Wu Qi looked at the sky and said with a smile: "My brother." (To be continued......)