Cheng Jing, he remembered in a trance that he would be twenty-two tonight, and this name was given to him by an old man who lived under the overpass when he was wandering in a small county town in the northeast......

The old man was a vagabond like him, but the difference was that he only wandered around this part of the town.

At that time, there were still three days before the New Year, and the knee-thick silver snow dyed this small city of Yanbian in silver, and most of the shops in the whole town had closed their doors to prepare for the New Year.

Cheng Jing was wearing an army-green coat with missing right arm that he picked up in a garbage can on the corner of the street, and it was covered with white short sleeves and jeans underneath that he had forgotten to wear for two or three years.

As for the color of the jeans, he couldn't remember it himself, and he hadn't eaten for two days with nowhere to beg, so he could only grab a handful of snow that no one had stepped on the ground to quench his thirst......

The cold weather of more than 30 degrees below zero during the day, coupled with the lack of food to replenish physical strength, made Cheng Jing's already thin body difficult to bear weight.

He felt sick and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, his body was fluttering, and his feet seemed to be stepping on clouds, although he had never really stepped on clouds.

Moving forward step by step, he wanted to ask passers-by for help, but he hadn't spoken for nearly ten years, he moved his lips, and he didn't make a sound.

In a trance, I saw a tent made of cardboard under the pedestrian bridge, no need to think that it was built by a fellow practitioner, the so-called "door" of the tent was open, the reason why it is the so-called door, because it is just a hole exposed in the tent, and people can only enter it by climbing.

Walked to the front of the tent, squatted down and looked, there was no one, thought about it, and got in, he wanted to have a place to rest, I squinted for a while, and I left after a while, Cheng Jing thought in his heart.

Lying on the mat of unknown rags, he felt much more comfortable, and he had also thought about why he was so wandering, and everyone thought he was a fool, despised him, and hated him!

It's very uncomfortable, but only he knows in his heart that a voice has been hinting at him: finding her and protecting her is the only goal of his life!

Cheng Jing is an orphan, maybe it's not clear enough, because since he was sensible, he first went to a southern welfare home, and heard the oldest nurse here say that Cheng Jing was sent by the police here.

At that time, he was only a few days old, and he was sent to the door of the police station, it was also winter, fortunately, the city is not like the north, it will snow in winter, otherwise Cheng Jing would not be able to survive for an hour, let alone be discovered by the police at work the next day.

At that time, the police checked the surveillance at the door of the police station and found that he appeared at the door of the police station at 0:00 in the evening, naked, and the police couldn't find out why it was after checking for a long time.

In the end, it came down to Cheng Jing's parents who were afraid that the child would be photographed by the camera and then the child would be sent back, so they used some means not to let the surveillance capture them.

At first, the welfare institute thought that Cheng Jing had any physical disability or disease, but after several rounds of examinations, everything was found to be normal, which made the welfare institute very puzzled, why did the parents not want him if the child was not sick?

However, as time went by, the welfare institute found that Cheng Jing didn't speak anymore, and at the beginning he would say two sentences, but as he grew older, one sentence a day, one sentence for three days, gradually became one word in ten days and half a month, and finally even didn't speak for a long time!

This situation is still secondary, and what is more serious is that he just goes in a daze in this direction every day, from day to night, without crying or fussing, and not playing with other children, and the cycle repeats.

The dean took great pains for this, and the school where Cheng Jing was studying knew that Cheng Jing was an orphan, so he asked for a well-known child psychiatrist in China, but the result was also unsuccessful.

In the end, he could only shake his head helplessly, sighing that maybe his parents had long known that the child would be like this, so they abandoned it.

Cheng Jing's matter in the end everyone can only be like this, let it go.

In a daze, I recalled the scene of his escape from the welfare home on the night of his twelfth birthday......

It's not an escape, it's just playful, he wants to pursue the voice in his heart, he wants to know the reason, he didn't bring anything with him, the only 8 yuan is still his savings for many years, he was very naïve at the time, thinking about going back before dark, at most he was said by the nurse.

One weekend, when everyone was sitting together watching a TV series, he sneaked out of the welfare home and took a 1 yuan bus, which was very novel everywhere.

In this way, he sat in the city from the welfare center on the outskirts of the city, and when he got off the bus, he was completely shocked by the scene in front of him.

Next to the bus stop sign, I don't know how many meters high buildings are rising one after another, and the streets are full of traffic. The bustling crowd was like a tide, and all kinds of peddlers and pawns were shouting and selling.

In this way, Cheng Jing temporarily forgot the purpose of coming here, his childlike heart rose, everything was interesting to see, everything was fun, and he was completely lost in the prosperity and novelty of the city.

Happy times are always fast, I don't know how long it has been, the afterglow of the sunset has been shining on the city for some time, and the sunset on the horizon is like silk, indicating that tomorrow may not be a good day.

Cheng Jing woke up suddenly, he should go back, and if he doesn't go back, he will be hungry at night, because the dean said that disobedient children will not be given food, and he saw with his own eyes a child who bullied himself and was hungry all night.

He thought back to the way he had come from the orphanage, but he was too playful to remember where he got off the bus, all he knew was that there were a lot of tall buildings in front of the site, but now there were tall buildings everywhere!

A little anxious, quicken the pace, looking around for the place where he got off the bus, he still has an impression.

In the blink of an eye, it was dark, and Cheng Jing walked lonely on the sidewalk, although the city at night was more prosperous than during the day, and the neon lights on both sides of the street were so colorful that he couldn't open his eyes...

But he didn't care about that now, and he found himself unable to find his way back...

I regret it, he shouldn't be so playful, he wants to cry a little, this is the first time he has left the welfare home for so long!

Now I hope that the dean's nurses find that they are gone, and then they can come and find themselves, even if they don't have dinner, even if they will be scolded, they are happy, or it is acceptable to be beaten by the dean, although they have never seen the dean beat people for so many years, even if they are naughty children, the dean is at most scaring and scareting.

"Kid, don't you come home so late?"

While he was thinking wildly, a van stopped on the side of the road, and a fat man in his thirties, who looked like Maitreya Buddha and was wearing a casual gray suit, jumped out of the car and smiled in the mirror.

He looked at the man and pulled out the badges that every child in the orphanage had.

"Wei Chijing? The Third Welfare Institute of XX City......"

Looking at the badge in his hand, the fat man smiled and said to Cheng Jing:

"Child, I see that you have been wandering around for a long time, can't you find your way back to the welfare home?"

Cheng Jing nodded, the fat man's face showed a look that was really like this, and then said to Cheng Jing:

"That's it, uncle will send you back, it's not safe for you to be alone at such a late hour, and besides, it's a few hours to drive from the welfare home, if you walk back, you won't be able to go back for three days."

Cheng Jing hesitated, the fat man saw Cheng Jing like this, thinking that Cheng Jing was afraid that he was a bad person, and just about to speak, Cheng Jing took out two yuan, Cheng Jing thought that so many people sat on the bus, and two yuan less for people in this kind of car was enough, he hesitated whether it was worth spending two yuan, after all, it was not easy to save money.

When the fat man saw the two dollars he took out, he immediately smiled, he understood the mind of the little child in front of him, waved his hand and said:

"No, no, anyway, I'm also on the way, if you don't take the car, I'll pass by your welfare home, go, get in the car!"

Cheng Jing was so naïve and half-pushed by the fat man and pulled into the car...