"Move these to the corner, and pack up those boxes. ”

Under the command of the merchant, the emaciated boy is busy going back and forth in the antique shop. Hank looked at the scene in front of him and felt a little unbearable, even in the cool autumn weather, the boy still sweated under such a work.

Hank persuaded, "It's almost enough, how can you use children as workers." ”

Businessman: "Long-term diet and environmental influences will deteriorate people's bodies, and the atrophied muscles in the body are one of the manifestations. ”

I don't know anything about human feelings, but I know everything about the human body.

Hank sighed, "But this amount of exercise is too much, right?"

The merchant thought for a moment, and when he saw that the boy had lost his strength when he tried to lift the next box of items, he said, "Okay, that's it, rest well today, and continue tomorrow." ”

The boy put the fallen box back in its place, wiped his sweat and walked to the merchant with a basket before he could catch his breath, opened the basket, and the hot white air coaxed out, and two skewers of roast meat lay inside.

The merchant looked at the basket without any movement, and Hank on the side explained: "This kid specially bought for you, it's the barbecue we didn't eat last time, I tasted it, it tasted very good, at first I thought it was this kid who wanted to eat, but he seemed to remember what you said, so he didn't eat it but bought two skewers and brought them back for you to taste, probably to see how delicious I ate." ”

Hank's tone was full of pride, as if he had done something terrible.

The merchant glanced at the kebab and said, "No, I'm not like you, I don't need to eat." ”

After a pause in his hands, the boy looked down at the kebabs in the basket, and he thought about it but picked up a skewer and handed it to the merchant with some timidity.

The merchant looked at the boy for a long time.

Fear, fear, cowering, worrying, can one's own presence be so daunting?

The boy's eyes brought back a dusty memory to the businessman, the only memory he didn't want to remember again in all these years.

But in the midst of the whirlpool, the merchant saw another existence, a hint of brave cowardice.

The merchant reached out and took the barbecue, put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully, swallowing it all before he spoke: "Well, it tastes good." ”

The boy smiled a little.

The merchant looked at the basket for a moment, reached out again and picked up another skewer of roast meat, and after eating it, he said the same thing: "Well, it tastes good." ”

The boy seemed to smile wider.

Hank watched quietly with his hands folded.

......

...

After a few days of exercising in the store, the merchant began to let the boy try to go out alone, at first with Hank, and then only with the boy. Usually going out is to do some simple work, shopping accounts for the largest part, and the boy only needs to go to a specific place to buy a specific object.

Although the businessman is known as allowing the boy to re-expand his relationships, Hank knows that the businessman has begun to formally observe the boy who has basically recovered his health, and he wants to see the boy's future changes and choices, and the purpose of the businessman is very clear from the beginning, and Hank does not have a negative attitude towards this, but only feels a little pity.

But then he soon didn't feel sorry for it. Not long after the boy went out alone, every time he came back, in addition to a specific purchase, the boy would bring back some gadgets from time to time, whether it was a plant that he thought was strange, a colorful butterfly, or a strange toy that had been discarded by others. The boy would always bring something back to share with the merchant, and even if the merchant was cold or even dismissive, he still enjoyed it.

Hank was relieved by this.

......

...

It was another day out, and the boy was on his way back to the antique shop after successfully buying the seasoning, when a gloomy voice came from behind him after entering the alley.

"I've finally found you, Eight. ”

The strange and familiar name made the boy stand on the spot, and he seemed to feel a hot pain in his back.

"Hmm, shouldn't you politely introduce yourself when you come to someone's house?"

Hank came to the boy and pressed his shoulder to give him relief. Also present were expressionless businessmen.

"Hehe, I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Gog. ”

There were five people in total, and the captain of the guard, Goge, took off his hood and showed his vicious eyes, he looked at Hank and the merchant left and right, and finally fixed his gaze on the boy: "So, the eighth has been taken in by you all this time? Hiding in such a remote and gloomy alley, no wonder I haven't found out for so many days." ”

Hank: "Hey old friend, he seems to dislike your shop. ”

Gog: "No, no, no, I'm sorry if I misunderstood you, I should have expressed myself more accurately, not only do I dislike your shop, I also dislike you two stupid guys! Fuck, do you know how much time you two bastards wasted me!"

Hank put away his attitude, and the merchant said, "Close your eyes." ”

The familiar words made the boy stunned, and he looked at the man next to him, and found his own peace in the calm eyes of the other party.

The boy closed his eyes again, this time covering his ears.

Hank slapped his palms suddenly, and the whole alley seemed to shake slightly, like a closed box, and then he stood in front of the boy and said to the merchant, "Please?"

Gog could no longer keep his composure, the search in Devonburg during this time was nothing short of torture, he was constantly worried about being detected, and he would be sneered at by Doliva when he returned, and he now only wanted to cut the people in front of him into eight pieces to vent his anger in recent days.

Gog was about to raise his hand to draw the knife, but he noticed that his shoulder was light.

Smack.

It seemed that something had fallen on the puddle, and Gao Ge looked down, wasn't that his right hand that he had been with day and night?

"Ahh

Blood flowed like a torrent of blood, Gog roared and covered his wound, warm blood gushing out uncontrollably, and the sharp pain made his eyes split.

"Kill them, kill these two bastards immediately, what are you waiting for, kill me!"

Gog commanded his men, but none of the four of them moved, and when he looked back, the four guards seemed to be four hard stone statues, or four stone statues without heads.

The scene in front of him frightened Gao Ge extremely much, and what scared him even more was that the expressionless "Grim Reaper" was approaching him step by step.

"Wait, noble sir, please wait a minute! I know, my fault, I should not have come here to disturb you, let alone be rude to you, please forgive my ignorance. Eight, yes, eight, I can see you guys like Eight, then...... I'll give it to you, and I promise I'll never be in front of you again. ”

Gog knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and he forgot the dignity of the human being and the pain of the wound, leaving only a strong plea for business.

"Maybe you don't just want Eight, do you? yes, yes, you definitely want to avenge Eight...... Doliva, everything is Doliva's fault, I have long disliked this insatiable cruel villain, give me a chance, sir, I can take you to him, if you want, I can torture him with all kinds of cruel criminal laws, so that he will not die well, please, let me go, please give me a chance to reform and atone for my past crimes, I will definitely ......"

The voice was interrupted, and Goge's head rolled to the ground.

The merchant bent down to pick up the dead head, and he turned to look at Hank.

A cold voice rang out in the gloomy alley.

"This time, it's too bad luck?"

......

...

When night falls, the alleys outside the antique shops are all that remains, and everything is restored to its original state.

Inside the shop, the boy fell asleep, and the appearance of the five people gave the boy a big blow, and the merchant sat next to the boy and didn't know what he was thinking.

Things take a turn for the worse as soon as things get better, and Hank worries that the relationship between the merchant and the boy will come back to square one. The human heart is the warmest in the world, and at the same time, the human heart is also the coldest in the world.

The evil of people, the businessman has seen enough.

Hank: "Maybe I should have killed these guys sooner." ”

The merchant was silent for a moment before he said, "You know from when they came to Devonburg." ”

Hank: "Well, there are their accomplices five kilometers away, these people are supposed to be slave traders, yes, this time they are looking for this kid, they are very hidden, it seems that they don't want Devonburg to know, I see that they act sneakily every day, so I just help them hide their tracks, by the way, mislead their direction, so that they can't find us so easily, I think you will be useful to them in the future, such as groping for humans." ”

Merchant: "It turns out that there is no need for this, at least not for these people. ”

Hank: "Yes, I'm sorry, I just don't want them to affect you, after all, the atmosphere between you and this kid is very good during this time, but I didn't expect that in the end, it was this kid who had the biggest impact. ”

With the passage of time, Hank knows that he is indeed a lot sluggish in terms of feelings, which is why he is so stupid.

Merchant: "It's a nice atmosphere, me?"

Hank: "Of course, don't you think?"

The merchant looked down at the boy in a daze, and he remembered the brave cowardice that was hidden in the center of the whirlpool.

The merchant suddenly stood up and put his hand on the boy's forehead.

Hank stopped, "Old friend, I don't suggest you peek into other people's memories, it's rude and rude. ”

The merchant ignored it, closed his eyes, and said, "There is something different in his eyes." ”

Hank didn't say anything more, of course there was something different in the boy's eyes, and it was something other than being afraid of you.

It's just that what Hank didn't say was.

It's something that businessmen have seen a long, long time ago.

It's just that those people died at his hands.

......

...

The rooster crows, and the rising sun shines into the house.

The warm sun woke up the boy, and when he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was a merchant sitting on the edge of the bed, and the boy got up and rubbed his eyelids.

The merchant asked, "Do you want revenge?"