That villa was quite a coincidence, right next to Xu Hongrui's house. I heard that because Xu Hongrui's family had a strange child who scared the children next door, both villas on either side were for sale.
They chose the right side, where the backyards are connected, and there's a tree that perfectly blocks the sunlight, making it a very comfortable place to put a deck chair and relax in the shade.
His master's task for him was to make friends with the local boys, especially the boy next door. Unfortunately, he knew everyone in the neighborhood but had never met the boy next door.
Every now and then, you could hear dogs barking and a boy calling out, "Little White, don't run around, come here."
Woof~
The puppy would bark back twice in response.
Li Wenyang became interested and pressed his ear against the wall to listen to what was being said.
"Your fur is all dirty, don't go over there!" the boy exclaimed. A small white dog had already squeezed through the dog hole in the corner of the wall and ran happily to Li Wenyang's feet, wagging its tail and begging to be petted.
Li Wenyang picked up the seedless grapes on the table, peeled them, and fed them to the grapes, which it ate one after another with great gusto.
"Xiaobai, come here." The boy's urgent voice rang out, and a fair arm reached in through the dog hole, waving its fingers as if beckoning.
Just as the little white dog was about to walk past, Li Wenyang picked it up and sat up cross-legged, grabbing the boy's hand as he groped around.
"Got you."
The boy abruptly pulled his hand away. "Who are you?"
Li Wenyang gripped his fist tightly. "I'm here to arrest you."
"Why?"
"Because your dog peed in my yard, and then you reached in to steal things."
"I didn't." The boy's voice sounded somewhat innocent.
"You think it's gone just because you say so?" Li Wenyang rubbed the dog's belly, and the dog immediately started barking excitedly. "What about when it peed in my house?"
"Then..." the boy's voice sounded somewhat lost, "What do you suggest we do?"
"Of course, it's compensation."
"How do you want me to compensate you?"
"Give me your most prized possession in exchange, or I'll chop up your dog and feed it to the dogs." He pinched Xiaobai, who immediately barked loudly.
"Don't hurt it, I'll give you something." The person in the palm trembled slightly, clearly showing fear.
"Don't be afraid, I'll return Little White to you as long as it's a good thing."
"Hmm." The other person was visibly relieved. He shook his arm, as if making a taking motion, and after a while, a necklace was carefully handed over from the hole. "Here you go, this was left to me by my grandmother."
Li Wenyang took it. It was a Bodhisattva statue, framed with diamonds, with a piece of green jade in the center that looked quite old.
The value of jade is difficult to determine, but diamonds are easy to identify. As long as the luster and dispersion are correct, there is basically no chance of finding a fake.
Li Wenyang shook his head. What an easy kid to fool. How is he as strange as everyone says?
"Can you let me go now?" The hand twitched, and the back of the fair hand was covered in dirt.
"Release is possible, but will it be you or Xiaobai?" Li Wenyang raised an eyebrow, intending to tease him.
"You..." That boy must be so angry his face must be flushed red.
"Alright, alright, I'm not kidding you anymore." Li Wenyang let go of his hand, letting him pull it back, and then shooed Xiaobai over as well.
"I'll return the jade to you." It would be troublesome if his family found out about something so valuable. "But it's just a loan. You'll have to return it to me when I want it back."
He reached in, his palm holding the jade.
"Why don't you take it?" Li Wenyang shook the jade pendant.
It took a long time before someone took the jade pendant, moving it so gently it was like tickling an itch.
"Why are you so good to me?" The other person said this without warning.
Li Wenyang was stunned for a moment. Was he stupid or stupid or stupid?
He was the one who caught the dog first, then the person, and even forced him to hand over the jade pendant. Now people are actually praising him?
"You're so innocent, I feel bad about teasing you." It's like teasing a defenseless idiot; it's really hard to bring myself to do it.
"You didn't bully me, it was my fault." The other person looked guilty. "My little Bai even peed at your house."
"Um..." If he said at this point that there was no such thing, and it was just an excuse he made up, would he get beaten up?
"By the way, my name is Xu Hongrui, what's yours?"
"A name is just a code name, call me whatever you want."
"So, are you male or female?"
"Gender is irrelevant, it doesn't matter." He was going through puberty, and his voice was androgynous; you could say he was a man or a woman.
Are you the new neighbor?
"Um."
"It's good that you're not afraid of me." The other person actually seemed somewhat relieved.
"Why should I be afraid of you when you're so naive?" Li Wenyang leaned against the wall and started chatting with him.
Not long after, he provided Xu Hongrui's personal information, including the reason why he was so simple-minded.
It is said that this guy was sick since childhood and never had any contact with the outside world. He fought against medicine every day. He would pant after running a few steps and get dizzy after walking too much. He was a real-life version of Lin Daiyu.
Moreover, he not only had physical ailments but also mental illnesses, often frightening his neighbors who called him not human but a ghost.
Later on, he stopped going out much and started shopping online for everything. He also got a dog named Xiaobai to keep him company, and he lived a pretty good life.
Of course, that was before Li Wenyang came. Li Wenyang had traveled all over the country and knew or seen at least eight or ten thousand new things. He could talk about them for a whole day.
Xu Hongrui listened quietly, occasionally asking curiously, "What is that? What is this?"
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