"Brother Su Bai, Xiao Zhi likes to ride the Ferris wheel."
The little girl, dressed in a pink dress, spoke in a soft voice, her face beaming with a happy and sweet smile.
“Xiao Zhi likes it, and Brother Su Bai likes it too,” the thin boy said softly.
"So, Brother Su Bai, have you ever ridden a Ferris wheel before?"
before……
A hint of reminiscence flashed across the thin boy's face.
After a moment, he shook his head.
His memories are filled with going to school and practicing spiritual cultivation.
This kind of fun seems to have never happened before.
"Brother Su Bai..."
At this moment, the little girl beside him tugged at the skinny boy's clothes with a pained expression.
"I'm here."
"Xiao Zhi, I don't want to ride the Ferris wheel anymore. Brother Su Bai, how about you take Xiao Zhi to see your childhood?"
Upon hearing this, the thin boy paused for a moment, then gently rubbed the little girl's head and chuckled softly.
"There's nothing to see, Xiao Zhi. Su Bai's childhood is quite boring."
"Xiao Zhi, no, Xiao Zhi wants to see."
The little girl beside me seemed determined, and no matter how I tried to coax her, I couldn't soothe her.
After much deliberation, the thin boy finally relented and nodded.
"Yay! Xiaozhi is going to see what Brother Su Bai looked like when he was a child!"
The little girl happily waved her chubby little hands, which was very cute.
The skinny boy pinched his rosy cheeks and instructed, "Brother Su Bai will show you, but you have to promise Brother Su Bai that no matter what you see, you're not allowed to cry, okay?"
"Yes, yes, Xiaozhi promised Brother Su Bai that Xiaozhi is very strong and won't cry!"
The little girl nodded emphatically, her face full of determination.
Seeing this, the thin boy sighed, took the little girl's hand, got out of the cockpit, and walked out of the amusement park.
In the blink of an eye, the surroundings changed, and the two arrived in front of a simple little house.
At that moment, snowflakes the size of goose feathers were falling from the sky. A little boy wearing a T-shirt and shorts was at the door, intently sorting through various bottles and scrap metal he had collected.
In the freezing winter, the little boy's body was purple from the cold, but his eyes were bright. He calmly and patiently used his calloused little hands to neatly stack the items one by one.
Despite the dirt, the little boy carefully kept his faded black T-shirt and shorts clean.
When everything was neatly stacked, the little boy showed a satisfied smile, but the frostbite on his face was pulled, causing several small, bleeding cuts to appear on his purplish cheeks.
The little boy seemed to sense the pain in his cheek, took a long breath of cold air, and immediately exhaled a breath of warm air onto his hand, then quickly pressed it against his cheek.
"Su Bai, Su Bai, how could you be so stupid? I told you not to laugh, your face will hurt if you laugh. Why did you laugh? You're such an idiot..."
The little boy muttered something in a low voice, then stomped his feet and went into the cabin.
Seeing this, the thin boy sighed. He was about to pull the little girl beside him into the hut when he discovered that the little girl was already in tears.
Her chubby little hands gripped the thin boy's hand tightly, as if afraid that he would leave and never return.
The thin boy squatted down, gently rubbed her head, and said softly with a smile, "Didn't you promise Brother Su Bai that you wouldn't cry? Why are you crying?"
As he spoke, the boy stretched out his slender, white fingers and gently wiped away the tears on the little girl's cheeks.
"Let's go, Xiaozhi, we're not watching anymore."
"No, Xiaozhi, no, Xiaozhi wants to see!"
The little girl bit her lip, pulled the thin boy along, and plunged into the small wooden house.
The little boy who had entered the wooden house earlier was now curled up in a quilt with several puddings sewn on it, his body trembling incessantly.
Inside the cabin, besides the howling wind carrying in various chilly odors, there was also the rumbling of hunger coming from the little boy's stomach.
The little boy hugged a family photo tightly, pressed it to his stomach, and trembled as he tried to comfort himself.
"I'm not hungry, I'm not hungry. After I sell these recyclables tomorrow, I'll have money to buy steamed buns. Mmm, they're freshly baked, sweet steamed buns..."
"But I really want to eat a hamburger. I haven't had one since my mom and dad went missing..."
"Hey, Su Bai, what are you thinking? One hamburger is enough for you to eat steamed buns for days. How can you be so greedy? You can't have such thoughts again..."
"No, I can't talk anymore. The TV said talking takes energy, so I need to conserve my strength. I still have to collect recyclables tomorrow..."
"Speaking of which, I feel like watching TV. I heard there's a new animated series called 'Two Bears and the Chainsaw,' and I really want to watch it. But since my parents disappeared, the house has been without electricity. Maybe I should just wait a little longer tomorrow and watch it from the neighbor's window. But the neighbor is too fierce; she'll definitely kick me out. I guess I'll pass..."
"And today I passed by the amusement park and saw a lot of kids being taken there by their parents. I wish my parents were there too. I really want to go in and play..."
"Also, I ran into Teacher Zhou today. She said the school is teaching martial arts knowledge. If I have time, I can go and take a look. Maybe tomorrow? I'll go check it out tomorrow. Martial arts are really amazing..."
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