I love children, and when I look at their gentle faces, my heart melts. - Zhu Zhe

The water in the culvert flowed loudly, and a pair of hands stained with mud soaked in it, Zhu Zhe half-squatted, rubbed off the residue in the ditch, and pulled his hands out of the water. Taking out a white handkerchief from his pocket, Zhu Zhe dried the water on both sides of his palm. After making sure that his hands were not a little dirty, he got up and climbed to the top of the hill by stepping on the pile of rubble on the ground.

Looking at the woods on the side of Ganshan, the forest was pitch black, and he dispelled the idea of continuing the pursuit. There is a hidden crisis in Ganshan at night, and the three ronins rush into it, and they will inevitably have to suffer a little. The ronin had seen the blue light, and it would be best to dispose of it, but the precisely calculated gravel did not keep the long-legged man, which surprised him.

From the little blue house all the way to here, about twenty kilometers away, the long-legged man carried the two of them running, and the speed was slowing down, he couldn't figure out where that guy got the motivation in the end. Maybe he underestimated the long-legged man - this is the most taboo, people are on the verge of death, and often have the potential to surpass the limit, after all, those who can mix in this chaotic world are not ordinary people.

Zhu Zhe turned around and turned back, on the way to pass the trampled tripe vegetable garden, he stopped, bent down to pick up some scattered, held in his hand and planned to take it back to cook, he said to himself: "I was in a hurry, I was distracted for a while, and I accidentally affected you, I apologize!" He pulled out a hoe from under a worn-out plank nearby, loosened the soil, and used a broken bucket to soak the soil so that the fungus could grow.

This land was accidentally found a few years ago when he went out to a distant home, the environment is suitable for fungi, earlier he could only see a few scattered flowers, and then he took the time to cultivate, so that there is such a large piece now. When he turned the soil, he noticed that the number of tripe vegetables in the upper right corner was obviously small, and there was a base left by a knife on the ground, and the cutting technique was skillful, and the base near the base was only a variety with thin meat and not strong fragrance, and it seemed that the person who came was a connoisseur, not only knew how to eat this thing, but also knew how to choose high-quality ones.

"Tripe vegetables, big is excellent, and the dome is the best quality." The words that came to his mouth were told by the owner of the shop Zhong three years ago when he visited a newly opened dumpling shop in the village of Atuliel. The dumplings used in Boss Zhong's shop have tripe dishes in them, and they taste very good. When he came back, he learned to make it for the kid, and the taste was praised. The moment he saw this treasure land, he had the idea of building a vegetable garden. If it was someone else, Zhu Zhe shrugged his shoulders and didn't mind, the land was not under his control, what grew on the ground was wild, and the food could not be wasted, and some of it had to be eaten.

He pulled out an old pocket watch with a gold chain from his trouser pocket and opened the cover, which showed a group photo of him standing side by side with a woman holding a child. Tonight, when everything is done, they can live together forever. The hour hand of the dial had already pointed to the number twelve, and Zhu Zhe's heart tightened, and he almost forgot something important after delaying it for too long. He put away his pocket watch and hurried back to the little blue house.

When he got back to the house, he saw the open door, and stood in the doorway, looking down the corridor, the door to the studio around the corner was open, and the boy who had been lying on the ground was gone. He hurriedly ran towards the small white house on the side, and walked up the three steps, the strange wind that persuaded the three ronins to retreat had long since disappeared. He cautiously walked into the room, through the living room, where the door to the study on the left side of the hallway was not closed, and there seemed to be someone inside.

Zhu Zhe walked to the door, a bright moonlight lit up the dim study, and landed on an unsuspecting face, accompanied by a gentle breathing sound, he breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted softly twice: "Boy? Brat? "But the boy slept very deeply, very heavily on the ground, and was not woken up at all.

He found that there was an ancient book in the boy's arms, at the moment of entering the eye, he felt a strong force from the book constantly attracting himself, he unconsciously stretched out his hand to take it and take a look, his fingers were bounced off before he touched it, and the skin on his fingertips was burned off, the power of this book was so great!

The kid was carried back to the studio of the little blue house by Zhu Zhe, he had previously reminded him that it was not suitable to sleep in a place where he worked, the smell of engine oil here was strong, and it was not good for his health, but the kid couldn't listen to it, and he was used to finding a pillow and wrapping himself in a futon to sleep on the ground. Anyway, he rubbed the boy's curly hair, tonight will be the last night the two of them will be together. He respects the kid's choice, and getting this book means that the kid's departure will be inevitable, the best will happen, and the worst will happen. To tell the truth, he hoped that he would still be there tomorrow when he came back to make breakfast for the boy, and if he really wanted to leave, he should have one last meal. He was reluctant, but he also had to say goodbye.

Zhu Zhe picked up the boy's hand and said, "Ten years, in a flash. Over the years I have spent with you, Uncle Zhe, I feel very happy, I wonder if you are satisfied with the case file I handed in? If you can, I hope you can rate me out of 10 to rate my work. ”

He put down the boy's hand and continued, "Please forgive me for keeping things out of the forbidden realm from you, using the excuse that strange beasts are rampant outside to dispel your curiosity. According to the instructions of the madmen, you are not yet allowed to have access to the outside world. Now that the time is ripe and the world has recovered from that great war, it is a relatively safe environment for you to leave, and you will have to find the answers with your own hands to the confusion that has been buried in your heart for years. I respect your choice tonight, but I hate the madmen who have turned the world into a porridge and trapped innocent people in a world like ruins. Now they are gambling with you and putting the future on you, which is too cruel and unfair for a child...... Tonight, my story ends and your story begins. The road ahead is up to you, but don't forget that our hands were not born to kill. ”

Zhu Zhe bent down and kissed the kid's forehead lightly, in his eyes, he had already regarded the kid as his own child, not a relative, but even a relative. He covered the boy with the futon, and when he got up, he noticed a lifelike monkey-shaped machine hanging on the platform, and he knocked on the body of the machine with his hand, and it was very strong, as if it could move, and he sighed: "The boy's craftsmanship is really getting better and better." By the way, he packed up all the tools scattered on the board, stood at the door and took one last look at Ma Jiujun, and then quietly closed the door.

When he came to the living room, he cleaned the table top that he had not had time to clean up, soaked the picked tripe vegetables in water, washed off the surface of the silt, and dried them on the kitchen stove. After packing up, he dried his hands and looked at the furnishings around him: the sofa, the dining table, the kitchen, the studio, the bedroom...... Things are still things, which lasted for ten years, carrying the memories of him and the boy from the beginning of their encounter to the present waving goodbye. Parting hurts, and parting inevitably reminds of the past.

Ten years ago, on an early spring evening, he was still very impressed. He came to the little blue room with his suitcase, and saw a child sitting on the steps in front of the door, it was the first time the two had met, no, more accurately, it should have been the first time he saw the boy, and the boy only saw him four days later.

"Hello, my name is Zhu Zhe, and I will be the housekeeper here in the future." He stepped forward and greeted politely, but the child bowed his head and ignored it. He thought he was talking too quietly, so he repeated again, "Hello, my name is Zhu Zhe, and I will be the housekeeper here in the future." ”…… After repeating this sentence five times, the kid in front of him still didn't respond to him.

He thought to himself that this child was a problem child, and he deliberately lost his temper with him here. This is not good, he shook his head, it is disrespectful to meet without greeting. Zhu Zhe squatted down, patted the child's shoulder, and motioned for him to raise his head, but the child was indifferent. There was no way, he bent over, but the moment he saw the child's face, he was shocked!

It was a face that was not supposed to be on an eight-year-old, with a blackened forehead, hollow pupils, sunken cheekbones on both sides, nostrils that stopped breathing, and a mouth full of saliva. Zhu Zhe didn't know what a person had to go through to become this appearance of wandering on the edge of death.

Ah, he froze in place, his head froze, he couldn't figure out the current situation, where was he? Why? What is this child's name? Is the child dead? The whole process lasted only a minute, and then a man's face came to his mind, accompanied by a deep voice, "Go to the forbidden land to take care of a child for ten years." ”

These words are concise and clear, and the place, person, and time limit are clearly explained. Zhu Zhe carried the prepared suitcase and came to the forbidden place before the sun set, and then saw a half-immortal child, the process was very fast, but it took ten minutes, and the result was unexpected, he failed, and he failed before he started.

"What a joke!" Zhu Zhe burned a wave of anger in his heart, he knew the man's style of doing things, and he also knew what the identity of this child was, what he should do now was to save this child! He carried the child to the sofa in the living room, lay it down, and carefully checked the child's body, no breathing, no heartbeat, only the body temperature was normal, as if life was frozen in the second before death. He has encountered a lot of strange things in his life, but this is the first time. He found a medical kit in his suitcase, and there was no way to feed the child with food or water, so he had to give a nutritional drip.

As the day passed, the child did not move; Two days have passed, and the child still hasn't moved; Three days passed, and the child remained as it was; Until the morning of the fourth day, Zhu Zhe, who was sleeping on the ground, heard movement from the sofa, he opened his eyes, a vivid face in front of him, the child with a pair of bright eyes, with a hoarse voice: "You...... Why are you crying? ”