What are you doing here, big brother?

Chaochao, carrying a small ball, curiously approached the villa, but the cold, carved iron gate stopped her outside.

She tried her best to stand on tiptoe, but still couldn't see anything.

The little dumpling patted the small ball in frustration.

If only her head could bounce up too.

well.

...

An hour had passed when Xie Jingcheng walked out the gate, and the faint sound of a little boy's heart-wrenching cries could be heard from the villa behind him.

His face was even colder than before he arrived, his narrow phoenix eyes were covered with a thick layer of frost, his lips were pressed straight, and it seemed as if a demon was roaring angrily in the corner of his heart, with wisps of malevolence leaking out from between his fingers.

The sunset painted the ground with its golden light, but his surroundings remained terribly gloomy.

"elder brother!"

The clear, childlike voice immediately pulled him back from a state of world-weariness.

Chaochao has been waiting for a long time.

She had been waiting nearby ever since Xie Jingcheng entered the room, waiting for him to come out.

Except for getting a little hungry halfway through, I ran home and ate a small pastry.

The waiting process was long, and the child bounced a ball, chased butterflies, and counted ants all by himself.

Of course, Chaochao, who only knows numbers up to ten, just keeps repeating "one, two, three... nine".

I can't believe my brother actually came out!

Chaochao stood up with a "whoosh" while holding the little ball, her soft, almond-shaped eyes sparkling.

The little guy ran over with a clattering sound.

"elder brother!"

Xie Jingcheng was slightly taken aback.

It's that same child again.

"What... are you doing here?"

Chaochao: "I'm waiting for you."

Xie Jingcheng: "..."

Did they make an appointment?

Chaochao explained, "I saw my brother go into that house, so I waited for him."

"Why are you waiting for me?" he asked, puzzled.

"Hmm..." The simple question stumped Chaochao. She scratched her cheek and finally said honestly, "I don't know."

She just wanted to talk to her brother.

Xie Jingcheng almost felt that this child had sprung up out of the ground, always managing to appear unexpectedly.

"Oh!" Chaochao exclaimed, pointing at Xie Jingcheng's hand with a look of deep concern on her face. "Brother, what happened to your hand?"

The boy's hands had distinct knuckles and a cool, jade-like luster, with a particularly noticeable red mark on the back of his left hand.

Before Xie Jingcheng could react, Chaochao quickly squatted down, arranged the ball, and then took his hand to carefully check it. Her actions were just as undisguised and sincere as they had been at the police station and the mall.

In contrast, some people with blood ties are far more hypocritical.

The boy lowered his eyes, staring at the cute whorl of hair on the little girl's head, his gaze deep and unfathomable, lost in thought.

Fortunately, this time it was just a minor cut, and there was no bleeding.

Chaochao breathed a sigh of relief, holding her hands.

She raised her head and asked angrily, "Did those bad guys bully you again?"

Her little feet were already poised to pounce, just waiting for Xie Jingcheng to say "Yes," so she could immediately run home and call her father to come out and beat the bad guys! Hmph!

Xie Jingcheng glanced at the red marks on his hand without a care, as if they weren't his hand at all.

The wounds weren't from a few days ago; they were inflicted just now by his enraged father.

He recalled the dinner he had just had, observing his parents, who existed in name only, with the indifference of an outsider.

A perfunctory greeting.

only.

Xie Jingcheng's dark eyes were as deep as an icy pool, filled with intense sarcasm.

That old man Xie Yulin actually brought women and children from outside into his home.

Is it because he's disgusting enough?

After the meal, Xie's mother left. The man wore a fake smile, assuring her that it wouldn't affect his inheritance rights, and then brazenly introduced his illegitimate son.

Xie Jingcheng laughed in exasperation. Did this man think he was a stud?

As expected, Xie Yulin was hit where it hurt by the term "stud," and flew into a rage, throwing a vase at him.

However, the accuracy is poor.

"It wasn't them, it was a dog that bit me," Xie Jingcheng said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Chaochao's eyes widened and her cheeks puffed out: "Which dog? I'll reason with it. Biting is wrong!"

The little girl spoke very seriously, but Xie Jingcheng thought she was joking and didn't take it seriously.

But seeing the little dumpling's indignant expression, my mood inexplicably didn't feel so bad anymore.

Chaochao pursed her lips and silently watched her brother.

The little girl is sensitive, and her brother is unhappy right now.

Although he always had a similarly indifferent expression, at this moment... well, it was as if he were shrouded in a huge dark cloud.

This is the only metaphor that Chaochao's little brain can come up with for the time being.

Is it because you were bitten by a naughty dog ​​that you're sad?

Chaochao tilted her head and thought for a moment.

Xie Jingcheng noticed that someone had tugged at the hem of his clothes.

Chaochao said, "Brother, come with me."

She pulled Xie Jingcheng to a bench and sat him down, saying, "Wait for me a moment."

Then he ran towards the convenience store not far away.

As soon as she entered the store, Chaochao took a liking to the lollipops displayed in the glass cabinet.

It looks delicious.

Chaochao clung to the glass with her two little hands, her big eyes shining with longing.

But she has already eaten three today.

You can't eat anymore.

The child sighed sadly, but then immediately cheered up.

But my brother will be very happy after eating it!

"Auntie! I want to buy that lollipop!"

The cashier was a woman in her thirties.

She looked up as soon as she heard the sound, but there was no one there. Was she hallucinating?

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