The young Zhao Qiuxu turned on the faucet, the water flowed out, he lowered his head, raised his hand, and the cold water slapped his face, and also wet his hair.

Soon, he raised his head, and his wet hair was all pulled back, revealing his entire handsome face, even if he is young now, he can see the superiority of his appearance, perhaps because he doesn't bask in the sun much, Zhao Qiuxu at this time is very white, and even has a sense of weakness.

The big eyes were embedded in his thin little face, and his cold and indifferent expression was like an indifferent and ruthless little vampire, with several red, swollen and bruises on his face, which were the traces of the domestic violence just now, adding a beauty to him.

Zhao Yuyu couldn't see Zhao Qiuxu's age at this time, it looked like he might be seven or eight years old, but because he was too thin, his actual age might be older, but in any case, except in the news, she had never seen such a child, hurt, vulnerable, lonely...

Zhao Yuyu stood beside him, watching him squat down silently, the little man sat on a very low plastic stool, stretched out his hand and continued to wash the clothes in the basin, those clothes, depending on the size, were almost all the clothes of the man outside, only one or two clothes might be worn by children, and the clothes didn't look very fit.

The clothes worn by Zhao Qiuxu are also very old, and even have holes in some places, perhaps thanks to his hard work, so they look clean, but they have just been pulled by a man, and the neckline is bigger, exposing half of his shoulders and revealing a large bruise on his shoulders.

"Autumn Xu..."

Zhao Yuyu called his name distressedly, her eyes were hazy with tears, and her heart seemed to be tightly grasped.

The immature boy wrung out the clothes with all his strength, then took them out lightly, and hung them on the clothes outside one by one, carefully in the whole process, for fear of making a noise to wake up the man who was sleeping on the sofa.

Zhao Yuyu has been following him all the time, watching all his movements.

The boy walked into the room after washing his clothes, the room was not much different from what Zhao Yuyu saw later, only to see the boy get under the bed and find something, Zhao Yuyu leaned down to look, it was too dark under the bed, she couldn't see anything.

Soon, the boy crawled out with the book, a yellowed encyclopedia, and even though it had been carefully preserved by its owner, it still could not hide the pages that were about to fall.

The boy sat on the ground, carefully turning the fragile pages, looking at the illustrations on the book, opening his mouth to read the words on the book silently, and his thin little hands followed the writing and scratching on the ground, no lights on, only the light from the window, shrouding the thin little boy in the warm sunlight.

Zhao Yuyu sat beside him together, enjoying this quiet time together.

But good times are always short-lived, and the sound of a man scolding sounded in the living room again, Xiao Zhao Qiuxu quickly stuffed the book under the bed, and then stood up, Zhao Yuyu didn't understand, and looked at Xiao Qiuxu with his head down.

The drunken man walked in crookedly, and saw the thin boy standing with his head bowed, his eyes were cloudy and fierce, and he didn't look at his own child at all, he stretched out his hand and patted his face hard, leaving a red mark on his pale face for a moment.

"Dog things, go buy food for Lao Tzu, TND, what's the use of you? Hanging a dead face every day, just like your BZ mother, not doing things actively at all, when is it, are you going to starve to death?!! ”

The man's furious voice rang out, and the manic and unpleasant voice filled the room, and the boy remained motionless and silent.

"I'll just move, my words won't work, will they?!"

Seeing that Xiao Zhao Qiuxu was still standing in place, the man was angry, stepped forward and kicked again, and Xiao Zhao Qiuxu stepped back and leaned against the bed.

He lowered his head and whispered, "Money." ”

This was the first thing Zhao Yuyu heard him say when he came here, maybe he hadn't spoken for too long, and his voice was hoarse.

"MD, money money, money money, money to buy a meal, what's the use of you!"

The man scolded while reaching out and digging it out of his trouser pocket, took out a handful of change and threw it on Xiao Zhao Qiuxu, he squatted down silently, picked up the money one by one, and didn't make another sound.

But Zhao Yuyu clearly saw the pain and forbearance on his face, Zhao Qiuxu was never invincible, but there was no way, there was too much suffering on him, he could only suffer silently, next to him, and endure it, because he knew that it was useless to cry and wail.

The man said ugly dirty words in his mouth, went out and found a bottle of wine out of nowhere, opened it, turned on the TV again, and drank while watching TV.

Xiao Zhao Qiuxu took the money silently and limped out of the house.

As soon as the door was closed, the door next to it opened, and a gentle and beautiful woman appeared at the door, it was the mother of the original owner, Zhao Yuyu had seen in the photo.

She wore an apron on her body, and the smell of the open door came out, and she seemed to be cooking.

"Xu Xu, alas... You wait for Auntie, I steamed the buns today, and I'll get you two to eat on the way. ”

The woman squatted down and stood in front of Zhao Qiuxu, looking at the obvious scars on his body, she just sighed and didn't ask more, the two families are neighbors, just separated by a wall, and the sound insulation of the old house is not good, and everything here and there should be known.

She stretched out her hand and gently touched Xiao Zhao Qiuxu's head, then stood up and ran back, it seemed that she was going to get the buns.

And Xiao Zhao Qiuxu didn't react to her movements, her expression was still cold, and just as the woman turned around, a little girl rushed out, this little girl was white and chubby, her shiny hair was tied into two delicate braids, and she was wearing a fluffy princess dress.

She ran to Xiao Zhao Qiuxu and looked at him with disgust, Zhao Yuyu found out that Zhao Qiuxu was obviously three months older than the original owner, but the original owner at this time was half a head taller than him, and it was obviously round and jade, unlike Xiao Zhao Qiuxu's paleness, she was healthy and warm white and tender.

Zhao Yuyu was carefully looking at the difference between the original owner and Xiao Zhao Qiuxu, but watched as the original owner stretched out his hands and pushed Xiao Zhao Qiuxu to the ground, grinding his hands on the ground fiercely.

"Zhao Qiuxu, you are so annoying, can you die!"

The little girl's mouth spit out vicious words, her expression was full of disgust, she glanced at Xiao Zhao Qiuxu, who was sitting on the ground with an unknown expression, turned around and ran in.

Zhao Yuyu couldn't believe it when she saw this scene, is this the original owner's bullying of Zhao Qiuxu since he was a child? Is that how he endured?

Xiao Zhao Qiuxu didn't say a word, supported his scarred body and climbed up, didn't look at the warm family with the fragrance wafting from the door, and walked downstairs step by step with his hands on the stairs.

Zhao Yuyu hurriedly followed his footsteps, and clearly heard his stomach ringing a few times, how long has he not eaten?

Footsteps sounded behind him, and Zhao Yuyu looked back to see that it was the woman who was hurrying with a bag containing three buns.

"Xu Xu, why didn't you wait for Auntie, take it and eat it, it's a little hot, go home after eating yourself, don't be seen by your father!"

As she spoke, the woman stuffed the three hot buns in the bag into Zhao Qiuxu's hand, with a gentle smile on her face, and a thin sweat on her forehead, panting lightly.

"Thank you, Auntie."

Xiao Zhao Qiuxu spoke, holding the bag in his hand, and his voice was still a little hoarse.

"It's okay, Xu Xu, go quickly~"

After speaking, the woman stood up, patted Xiao Zhao Qiuxu's head, and turned around to go home.

Zhao Yuyu followed Xiao Zhao Qiuxu out of the door, there were people coming and going in the community at this time, someone noticed Xiao Zhao Qiuxu, and the eyes that fell on him were either pity or disgust, but no one said a word, no one stepped forward, and no one cared about him.

He walked to a small corner of a small community, there was no one here, he shrunk back, hid behind the bushes, opened the bag in his hand, and the scent of the buns came out, it was three xiaolongbao, each the size of his fist.

He looked at the steaming buns, his stomach rattled a few more times, and then he lowered his head and slowly ate the buns in his hand, without gobbling it up, and it seemed that there was nothing delicious or untasty, for him, it was just food to satisfy his hunger.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Yuyu remembered that he had never seen him in a hurry or gobbling up, he had always been so indifferent, maybe it was his innate temperament.

After eating the buns, he reached out and wiped his mouth gently, his face finally became a little ruddy, and Zhao Yuyu's anger was a little relieved.

Xiao Zhao Qiuxu continued to walk, and packed a fast food at a store outside the community, it seemed that he was a regular customer, the boss saw him coming, and directly began to load the dishes, and Zhao Qiuxu also handed over the money.

There was a TV series in the store, and on the way to wait, Xiao Zhao Qiuxu kept looking up at the TV, and Zhao Yuyu saw that his hands were still writing and scratching, as if he was learning words with subtitles.

Soon the boss packed it and handed the bag to the waiting little Zhao Qiuxu, who withdrew his gaze and left with the bag.

I limped back to the community with my meal, just in time for the end of school, and the children in the community who came back from school gathered to play games, and their parents also gathered together to talk about their parents' shortcomings.

Seeing Xiao Zhao Qiuxu, who was limping and walking unsmoothly, a group of children gathered up.

"Zhao Qiuxu, dirty, ran away from my mother early, was beaten by my father every day, couldn't go to school, and was a little illiterate~"

The children gathered around Xiao Zhao Qiuxu, chanting loudly the words that I don't know who made up, and the harsh words sounded over and over again, Zhao Yuyu didn't know why a group of children had such a big malice, and she was so angry that she trembled.

She shouted "Don't read it, don't read it, get out of here!" ”

She reached out to shake away the grinning children, but the outstretched hand only waved over them.

Xiao Zhao Qiuxu didn't react until someone wanted to pull the food he was carrying, he pushed the person away suddenly, and the child who fell to the ground cried, Xiao Zhao Qiuxu looked at it viciously, and the other children also closed their mouths when they saw this scene.

The parents of the children who were watching from the side finally rushed over, reached out and pushed Xiao Zhao Qiuxu to the ground.

"What are you doing! You bastard with a mother and without a mother! ”