[Witness Protection] is a second-stage side quest triggered after completing "Recovering the Childlike Mother's Medicine", with the goal of protecting the childlike father at all times.

Alan Chen also tried various methods to find his childlike father halfway, but since Xiling Village let him slip away, the childlike father disappeared without a trace like evaporating from the world.

When the childlike heart went home during this time, the family was all the same as before going out, and there was no trace of his father coming home at all.

How can you protect someone who can't be found at all?

Alan Chen held the handheld computer and read this line of prompt small print back and forth, confirming a fact.

The childlike father was killed.

Death is not the same as death, but it is not much worse.

Chen Alan frowned and pondered as he walked, and unconsciously walked to the gate of the recycling station in the eastern suburbs, where a small figure was standing at the door at this time, looking at the dark dormitory shed in a daze.

"Childlike? Why are you here, not coming home? Alan Chen recognized the other party.

Childlike turned her head, and there were two lines of crystal tears on her little face, which were incomparably transparent even in the dark.

"Brother Lun, my dad seems to have an accident." Tong Xin said with a crying voice.

Chen Aaron wiped away his tears with pity, stroked his back, and said softly, "Let's go upstairs first." ”

The two entered the dormitory shed, lit the lamp, and cleaned up the room in an orderly manner.

The border country of Navia is close to the desert, and it will become very cold at night, and the childlike heart is so cold that his nose is red, and his little hands are rubbed helplessly.

Chen Alan threw the firewood into the empty bucket, lit the fire wood inside, and the flames rose in the empty bucket, and the cold room gradually became a little warmer.

There are two beds in a room, and the one where Chen Aaron lives is where the headhunter helped Brother Long live, and there are some strange things besides the bed, such as the handcuffs hanging at the head of the bed and the women's underwear under the bed, I don't know what it is for.

Chen Aaron and Tong Xin sat on two beds respectively, the two were relatively speechless, Tong Xin sobbed lowly, and Chen Aaron was preoccupied.

He had just received a notification that the mission had failed, and Childlike should have learned the news before him, and rushed to the recycling station in the eastern suburbs overnight.

Waiting until the childlike mood stabilized a little, Chen Aaron asked, "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

Tong Xin took a deep breath and slowly recalled what happened today: "I came home from work in the evening, fed my mother medicine, and then cooked on the fire. It wasn't until seven or eight o'clock in the evening, when I was wiping my mother's body, that I found a letter pressed under my mother's pillow. ”

"Letter again?" Alan Chen blurted out.

Then he knew that he had lost his words, and motioned for the childlike heart to continue.

"I took the letter out and opened it yet, but on the envelope was a letter that my father had left for us mother and son. In addition, there was a dress bag under the bed, and there was a thick snakeskin bag wrapped in it, and when I opened it, I found that it was 800,000 yuan, I have never seen so much money! ”

Alan Chan asked, "Did the envelope and the clothes bag appear at the same time?" ”

Tong Xin said: "I didn't have it last night, maybe it was sent this morning." ”

"Since this letter was left by your father, maybe the money too."

"I asked my mom and she wouldn't say anything. I also checked the room and Dad never came back. ”

Chen Aaron also couldn't understand that the childlike father was the most confused person for him, and he had to run away when he saw him, and he disappeared for a few days and didn't appear.

Obviously he didn't know himself, why did he run? And why hide from yourself?

The most important thing is that the mission name given by the handheld is [Witness Protection]. Witnesses are usually people who testify in court, does the childlike father know anything inside? Afraid of being silenced?

He regarded Alan Chan as one of the people who came to kill him?

Alan Chen shrugged, he looks amiable, where does he look like a murderer?

"Nothing but faith and money?" Alan Chen asked.

"It's gone, letter and money, and clothes for money."

Childlike opened his coat and pulled out an old overalls from his close-fitting position, which he kept holding in his arms.

The overalls were unfurled on the floor, the embroidery on the chest read "Daya Iron and Steel Factory", and the most striking thing was that there was a large brown blood stain on the abdomen, and the amount of bleeding was very alarming.

"This is my dad's overalls." Childlike eyes are red.

In this way, the childlike father may have ......

"Daya Iron and Steel Plant?" Alan Chan chewed on the name that made him laugh and cry.

Tong Xin asked curiously: "Brother Lun, do you know my father's factory?" ”

"It's not just acquaintance," Alan Chen's expression was a little strange, "This is the steel mill that my family has closed down a long time ago." ”

Alan Chan inherited the legacy of the unreliable father from the inheritance notary hall, one of which was the bankrupt Daya Iron and Steel Plant, which closed down two years ago, and all the equipment in the factory area was sold, leaving only an empty factory.

"Gone out of business? But my dad wears this dress every day to go to work......" Childlike blinked her confused little eyes, unable to turn around.

Alan Chan suddenly remembered a case he had handled when he was a trainee lawyer, the plaintiff in the case had lost his job, had been running around for a long time and wanted to hide from his family, leaving for work on time at 7 a.m. every morning and returning home at night, but in fact he was just wandering back and forth between the subway station and the bus station, sitting all day to pass the time.

Daya Steel Plant closed down, and the childlike father would not really wear this dress to work, the only possibility is that he pretended to be running for work, but in fact ran to other places when he went out.

But this 800,000 Na Dollar is not a small amount, and it can only be guessed that he is doing some shady transactions behind his back.

"I think we can only start with the content of the letter." Alan Chan consulted with Childlike Innocence.

"Okay."

Tong Xin handed the letter to Alan Chen, and the corner of the envelope was crumpled, with traces of being held tightly.

Opening the envelope, Alan Chen carefully pulled out the letter, unfolded it, and laid it out.

The letter itself is prosaic, with only a few words on it:

"Childlike, if you see this letter, you don't have to wait for me, you must be strong! You have to take yourself and your mother to live together! The money under the bed is for your mother and son, leave the border country of Navia, go wherever you want, there is no hope for this country. ”

"Ann (childlike mother), we can't resist fate, and we don't know who will go first. They have found me, this time in exchange for you to survive, I can't make up for the debt to you, you and the childlike heart are good. ”

After reading the letter, the room fell silent for a long time, and the childlike heart tried to hold back her tears, inhaling low in her nose.

Chen Aaron read the contents of the letter more than 20 times, but the information was so little that he could only summarize a few main points.

First, there is something wrong with the border country of Navia, and from the point of view of a childlike father, the country is hopeless, and leaving here is the most important thing.

Second, the childlike father is ashamed of his wife, but for some reason he has to do so, resulting in a lack of care and love.

Third, from the words 'you will survive this time', it can be seen that it was the childlike mother who would have died, but now it has become a childlike father.

Tong Xin stood up softly and sat on the same bed as Alan Chen, who gently leaned on Aaron Chen's shoulder.

Chen Aaron only felt a sinking in his thighs, and looked down to see a large leather bag pressed against his legs.

"Brother Lun, this money is for you."

Chen Aaron was surprised: "How can that be!" It's the money your dad left you, it's you and your mom's travel expenses! ”

Tong Xin drooped his little head and dangled his legs on the side of the bed: "But I don't know how to leave this country at all." ”

It is true that the border country of Navia is very closed and does not have any contact with any country, and this country does not have any passenger long-distance transportation, planes, trains, etc., to other countries.

Outside the border of Navia is an endless desert of yellow sand, let alone being blocked by the border checkpoint when going abroad without authorization, it is also a dead end to enter the desert without permission after passing the checkpoint.

"Brother Lun, I have trusted you since the first day I met you." The pupils of the childlike eyes are as clear as water, like a river reflected in the night sky, dotted with stars, "Now, I still trust you." ”

The child's voice became softer and softer, as if he was afraid of rejection, and his head shrunk and his face flushed.

Alan Chen smiled with relief and grabbed his fluffy little head a little harder.

"Fool, if you give 800,000 to support me, I won't lie to you if I say anything."

Alan Chen put the money aside and put a warm blanket on the child's heart.

He solemnly looked at his childlike eyes and said: "I don't have any business in my hands, but if you invest, it will be regarded as my personal major shareholder, and I will definitely be responsible for you in the future." ”

The child's eyes lit up a little more, and he turned his head vigorously and shook off two hot tears.

"I want to sleep."

"Sleep."

Chen Aaron led the door out, gently extinguished the light, wrapped in a blanket in a childlike heart, and soon fell asleep.

"This kid is a little too sensible." Alan Chen glanced inside, went downstairs, and went to the open area of the recycling bin.

He was still a little sleepy, but now he was much more sober, and he brought the whiteboard and screws he had bought from the market this evening from the gate booth, and began to assemble them, which would come in handy early tomorrow morning.

While installing it, he recalled the child's eyes just now, this child's mind is very pure, even if his father may be gone, his first thought is not revenge, but to listen to his father's last words and take his mother out of this country.

"Is there really no hope for the Navia border country?" Alan Chen looked at the endless night and muttered, "Dad, did you also leave for this reason?" ”

It took Chen half an hour to assemble the whiteboard and place it at the gate.

At this time, the sky in the distance was overcast, and he randomly found a hollow brick from the garbage heap, covered it with several layers of snakeskin bags as a quilt, and found a place to sleep.

In a hazy state of mind, he started the dream again.

He floated on the water, his limbs as weak as aquatic weeds, and like vines on the banks of a river wrapped around him.

Everything was moving away from him, sounds, lights, touches were slowly peeling away, even the heart was digging out of his chest to leave him.

The water flooded his mouth and nose, his body sank uncontrollably, and his consciousness sank into an abyss as dark as ink.

Syllable.

Smack.

"Wake up, big brother, wake up!"

Chen Aaron opened his eyes, facing the sunlight piercing his eyes, he squinted his eyes slightly to get used to it for a while, and then saw Ma Wei's face under the sun.

"Good fellow, are you sleeping here? I find you to be quite masochistic. Ma Wei was convinced by Alan Chen.

Chen Aaron sat up, the sky was shining, and several old scavengers who were in a hurry were looking for treasures in the mountains of garbage.

"The stones you asked for were brought to you, and there is an angle grinder, don't ask how much money is left, ask if there is nothing left." Ma Wei put his hands in his pockets, looking majestic.

"You kid owe a beating again, don't you?" Alan Chen rubbed his fists.

Ma Wei suddenly changed his face, and said with a hippie smile: "Big brother, my homeless brother has been doing whatever work with you recently, so leave some hard money." ”

"It's okay to give it to them, but it's not okay to give it to you, bring me the leftovers!" Alan Chan stretched out his hand.

Ma Wei touched his pocket for a long time and took out 200 yuan.

"Take more!"

Ma Wei found another 500 Na dollars.

Chen Aaron lost his temper and took it directly from Ma Wei's pocket.

Ma Wei suddenly shouted like a bullied little lady: "I can't take it anymore, I can't take it anymore!" How can there be a debt collector who owes money? ”

Chen Alan finally took 2,000 Na Coins and stuffed it into his pocket.

Ma Wei stared at Chen Aaron angrily: "You are really a scoundrel!" ”

"You just know?"

Alan Chen smiled shamelessly, his teeth white and shiny.