As the door of the café was pushed open, Xia Mingwei's eyes were greeted by an old man who was nearly one meter nine tall, his facial contours were bloated, his facial features were thick, his eyelids drooped as if he couldn't open them, and his red and swollen nose spewed sultry breath.

In addition, he wears an old tweed coat and plush wide trousers, wears a blue knitted hat, and his scruffy long black hair falls backwards, and his overall image is no different from that of a homeless man on the streets of Mexico.

If you have to describe it by Summerway, this homeless man looks a bit like Rubeus Hagrid in "Harry Potter", especially the exaggerated beard.

This is the essence of the Frost Giant Ymir...... Xia Mingwei silently stared at his face, imprinting the shape of each of the foreign man's facial features into his mind.

The homeless man glanced at Xia Mingwei, "Young man, why do you think you are a little familiar?" ”

"We shouldn't have seen you, otherwise I would have had an impression of you." Xia Mingwei wiped his neck and changed his voice.

"Really?" The homeless man was still looking at Xia Mingwei's face.

"What's wrong, Hogg?" When the boss saw Hogg stop at the door, he asked.

"It's okay, you're here so early." Hogg reached out and stroked his beard, raising a thick eyebrow that seemed to be glued to his eyes.

Xia Mingwei nodded at Hogg, although Hogg had seen Xia Mingwei's appearance in his afterlife, but at this moment, he had changed his face with seventy-two.

Black Goku's mythical will sleeps most of the time, so the probability of being detected by Hogg is not high. Moreover, it was only possible for him to perceive it if the Frost Giant's mythical will was willing to alert Hogg. This premise is that Hogg and the Frost Giant's mythical will must get along, but at the fourth level, each mythical will is basically deeply polluted by the "self-destructive consciousness", how can it be possible to obey Hogg.

"Old thing, this broken door has been changed a little bigger!" Hogg grumbled and squeezed out of the café, his horrible physique bursting the door frame.

"Not only will I not change," the boss dragged out his voice, "next time I will put up a sign next to it that says, 'Fools over 1.9 meters and dogs are not allowed.'" ”

"you." Hogg laughed, the smell of wine in his throat made Xia Mingwei frown, he patted Xia Mingwei on the shoulder embarrassedly, and staggered away.

Xia Mingwei watched him leave, and then restored his appearance to his original state, he hesitated for two seconds before he stretched out his right hand and pushed open the wooden door that had just been closed, and the bell tied with a thin string made a soft sound.

The familiar "Aria on the G String" was still playing in the café, and the wooden door was pushed open, and the morning light blew in it, dragging the figure of Xia Mingwei and casting it on the ground.

The boss was looking down to wipe the cup, and when he saw a shadow on the floor, he froze in place, and the movements at hand slowly stopped.

"Boss, I'm back." Xia Mingwei didn't look at him.

The boss helped his reading glasses, then raised his head, smiled at him, and said angrily: "Stinky boy, go wash your face and get ready for breakfast." ”

"Okay." Xia Mingwei didn't pause, he slowly swept over the counter, lifted his suitcase and went up to the second floor.

The hour hand in the attic was still turning, and the faint fragrance of the wooden furniture hit his nose, and he sat down on the sofa and looked at the empty attic for a moment.

I had only been away for a week, but when I looked around at the familiar furniture again, I felt like I had been away for a long time.

Xia Mingwei walked to the window, opened the window, and the cool morning breeze blew in, wandering around the attic.

He lowered his eyes and stretched out his finger to touch the window frame, which was not stained with a trace of dust, and it looked like someone was cleaning the attic every day.

"After washing your face, come down and eat." The boss's voice came from downstairs.

"Here we are." After Xia Mingwei finished speaking, he had already moved downstairs, with a smile on his face, as if he was reminiscing about the past, but he was a little numb.

The boss took two plates of curry rice, walked to the innermost table, and put it down.

Xia Mingwei estimated that he originally planned to leave Hogg down for dinner, so he prepared an extra plate of curry rice, and then the boss thought about it or forgot it, and then drove Hogg away, after all, if this homeless man dressed as a sloppy man sat in the café, it would be troublesome to clean it up afterwards.

He didn't expect that as soon as Hogg left on the front foot, Xia Mingwei would come back on the back foot, just so that he didn't have to waste the plate of curry rice that had just been cooked.

The two sat down around a table, and as they had done every morning, Xia Mingwei wordlessly picked up the spoon and began to eat.

"Speaking of which, I just sent you something yesterday." The boss said, taking a bite of curry rice.

"Send it to me?" Xia Mingwei was stunned for a moment.

"yes," said the boss, "didn't you go to school in England?" I asked someone to send it to the address in London. ”

Xia Mingwei wanted to say that in fact, the address in the original admission letter was fake, just a school that existed in name only, and the real Olibel School Park was located in a folded space. But he still held back: "Okay, I'll take a look when I go back to school." ”

"Well, how are you doing at school?"

"Fortunately, I was taught English by you, and I didn't have any problems communicating with my classmates."

"Stinky boy, praise me for teaching you well in disguise, right?" The boss smiled.

"Or else?" Xia Mingwei took a sip of coffee and looked at his hair, "Your hair is white again...... How about I take you to dye it again? ”

"Don't don't," the boss sighed, "it's still white if it's dyed, and people just have to serve the old." He glanced at Xia Mingwei's hair, "It's you kid, the hair is a little too long." ”

"I'll cut it in two days."

"Don't wait two days, I'll cut it for you after eating."

"No, it must be ......" Xia Mingwei paused for a moment, and suddenly changed his words, "Okay, then let's talk about it after eating." "In the two years from the age of fourteen to fifteen, his hair was cut by the boss until after his fifteenth birthday, and the boss never helped him cut his hair again, saying that he was old and could not hold scissors in his hand. I'll be laughed at by my classmates.

The two spent a quiet time together in the café, and for some reason, Xia Mingwei suddenly felt that Bach's piano music was actually not so tiresome to listen to.

On the second floor, Xia Mingwei sat down in front of the attic mirror, wrapped in an apron so that his hair would not be stained with his clothes.

When he looked closely, he saw that his hair had indeed grown a lot, almost covering his eyes.

The boss picked up the scissors, rubbed his hair with his old hands, and said with a smile: "Looking at it this way, your kid has really grown up a lot." ”

"Don't cut me too ugly, I've been talking about a girlfriend lately." Xia Mingwei said suddenly.

"Oh?" The boss was taken aback, "Really? "His reading glasses are falling off.

"Really."

"Don't lie to me, you stinky boy, you have been like a living Buddha in the class since you were a child, who would believe that you really have vivid feelings for women."

"I didn't lie to you." Xia Mingwei whispered, "It's a Japanese girl." ”

"Japanese girl?"

"Yes," Xia Mingwei said lightly, "she is very good-looking, the most beautiful girl I have ever seen, although her personality is a little eccentric, but she is generally quite kind." ”

The boss was silent for a while, and then suddenly smiled: "You kid has really changed." ”

He said slowly: "Before, I was always worried that you wouldn't be able to open your heart to others, but now I'm relieved. ”

"You still teach me Japanese, otherwise I won't be able to get along with her."

"But ah, it's better to find domestic girls when you fall in love, foreign girls have different values, and there will be many problems in the future."

"There are a lot of problems, but I will solve them." Shamingway shrugged.

"Stinky boy, I'm still helping you cut your hair, don't move."

"Sorry, forgot." Xia Mingwei chuckled.

The boss's temper is still the same as before, at that time, even if Xia Mingwei sneezed when cutting his hair, he would be scolded by him, saying: "You kid still want to cut it well, don't move if you want to cut it for a long time, otherwise I will shave your head directly and see if you still have a face when you go to school." ”

Since then, Shamingway has had a habit.

He likes to close his eyes when cutting his hair and then wait for the barber to finish cutting his hair, so that he can intuitively feel the changes before and after.

But this time, Xia Mingwei didn't close his eyes.

He just quietly looked in the mirror, at the boss's old hands, at his gray hair, at his smiling eyes behind his lenses.

With the "ticking" sound of the hour hand turning, half an hour passed slowly, and the boss also put away the scissors, he breathed a long sigh of relief and looked at Xia Mingwei in the mirror.

"Okay, right?" The boss held his waist, "I haven't cut it for a long time." ”

"It's terrible, I feel like I'm going to be broken up by my girlfriend." Xia Mingwei teased.

"Stinky boy......" The boss was angry and laughing, couldn't help but pat him on the back of the head, then bent down, picked up the broom on the table, and picked up the hair scattered on the ground.

He swept the floor and muttered, "Hey, if your little girlfriend doesn't fall in love with you when I go back, you can just come and scold me...... I think Japanese girls like this hairstyle. ”

Xia Mingwei stared at the mirror, his eyes full of exhaustion.

To be honest, the boss's hair-cutting skills are actually very good, and Xia Mingwei always felt that he had studied haircutting skills somewhere, but he didn't study it deeply.

After the boss finished sweeping the floor, he put the broom aside, crossed his waist, and picked up a cigarette: "It's rare to have a vacation, and you're going to soak in the cinema again, right?" ”

"Hmm." Xia Mingwei said softly, "I have a movie I want to watch, and the schedule is almost over, so I have to watch it today." ”

"Okay, good, bad money?"

"It's not bad money.,I got a scholarship in the school park.,I also sent some money in your bank account this morning.。

"Oh, good boy, there's something to do."

Xia Mingwei looked at the man reflected in the mirror, he picked up the lighter, opened it with a "click", and a wisp of fire rose.

"Boss, go and turn yourself in."

A voice suddenly sounded in the attic, Xia Mingwei couldn't tell whose voice it was, he just lowered his eyes, no longer looking at the fire above the lighter.

The whole attic seemed to fall silent suddenly, and only the sound of the hour hand turning could be heard, ticking...... Tick...... Ticking, it's annoyingly noisy.

"Mingwei, what are you talking about?" The boss raised an eyebrow, "Oh, is it a movie line?" Did you just watch "Infernal Affairs", I also like that old movie. ”

The flame of the lighter went out.

The cigarette was not lit.

"Don't you understand?" Xia Mingwei said softly, "Then I'll say it again......" He paused, "Surtr, you go and turn yourself in, it's better than getting out of control in the city." ”

The boss picked up the cigarette: "Mingwei...... What is Sirtr? Don't bully me, this old thing, is uneducated. ”

The flame of the lighter suddenly went out, and the cigarette failed to ignite.

"Click...... Click...... The sound of "click" kept ringing in the attic, but the lighter never turned on again, and the boss's movements seemed a little hectic.

The boss scratched his hair and sighed, muttering, "Hey, it's time to change this broken lighter." ”

"I'll only ask you once......" Mr. Summerway said.

"Just ask."

"You're the Flame Giant Surtr, aren't you?"

The boss sat down slowly against the wall, he lowered his head, his reflective reading glasses covering his eyes, "Mingwei, I don't know what it is." ”

"Don't lie to me." Xia Mingwei's voice was close to pleading, "Count me begging you...... You didn't lie to me enough? It's been five years. There was a violent, sad glint in his eyes, "Listen, I don't know who I can trust anymore...... I don't know what I am. A wild seed, a brute, a waste who has been with the enemy for four years but is unconscious. ”

"Mingwei, though I don't know what you're talking about." The boss lowered his voice, "But no matter what, I won't allow you to say that about yourself." ”

"You're really crazy!" Xia Mingwei roared hoarsely, "You idiot is really crazy!" It's already like this, and you're still hiding it from me and treating me like a fool? ”

The boss didn't speak, he just took off his reading glasses and rubbed the pair of cloudy eyes.

He whispered, "I'm a rotten man...... I have never done anything in my life, raising you is my greatest pride, and you have always been the driving force for my life. ”

"I heard you say that you had a girlfriend and got a scholarship."

"I'm very happy, I've always been afraid that you won't be able to get out, and you'll live in the shadow of your childhood all your life."

"But you've grown up."

Xia Mingwei was silent for a long, long time, the hair on his forehead hung down, and the violent shadow covered his eyes, "I don't want to hear you talk this nonsense." ”

"I had a serious illness...... You might be dying. The boss said slowly, "So, I'm very happy to see you at last, I thought I wouldn't see you anymore." ”

"You deserve to die, people like you deserve to die."

"Mingwei, will you listen to me again?"

Xia Mingwei was silent for a long time: "I want to too." The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, "But I really, really have ...... I don't know how to trust a person anymore. ”

"Trust me, I don't know what you're talking about."

Xia Mingwei tilted his head and looked at him: "...... Really? ”

"Yes, how could I lie to you, you are my child."

Xia Mingwei slowly raised his head, tears flowed out of his eyes, and he looked at the boss in the mirror angrily: "I'll ask you again." ”

"Just ask, I'm here." The boss said.

"You're not the flame giant Surtr, are you?"

"Yes, I'm not."

"Say it again."

"I'm not."

"Can I trust you?" Xia Mingwei propped up his forehead, which seemed to be about to crack, and asked almost collapsed, "Tell me...... I can still trust you, right? ”

"Of course you can trust me, stinky boy."

“…… Good. ”

The air in the attic was silent for a long time, the clock was still ticking, neither of them was talking, and the boss was not fiddling with the lighter.

"Anyway, don't you kid still want to watch a movie later, what time did you book tickets?" The boss asked suddenly.

"It's nine, it looks like it's almost over." Xia Mingwei's voice was hoarse.

"Then hurry up to the cinema, don't be late, the movie tickets in Beijing are quite expensive."

"It's expensive......"

"By the way," the boss suddenly said, "You don't have a Japanese girlfriend, talk to me more when you come back, and tell me how you met her." ”

"Well, I'll tell you when I get back."

"Hey......" the boss sighed, "just your sullen temperament, it's rare that a little girl is willing to accommodate you, you have to know how to cherish it." ”

"I'll cherish it."

"Also, Mingwei, bring her to see me if you have a chance in the future."

"I will," Xia Mingwei whispered, "I've always wanted to bring her to you." ”

"Good, good." The boss glanced at his watch and waved his hand angrily, "Let's go, it's half past eight now, and it's still too late to get to the cinema." ”

"Well, then I'm out of the house."

"Go all the way and stay safe."

Xia Mingwei slowly stood up and staggered towards the stairs, like a kite with a broken string, he stopped at the staircase for two seconds, and moved his lips: "It's time to open a store...... Boss. With that, he walked down the stairs and walked slowly out of the café.

The bell "jingled," and the boss was alone in the attic, the back of his head against the wall, his empty eyes staring at the ceiling.

"Mingwei, this is the last time."

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