Chapter 8: Tube Building (VIII) I will protect you.
The room was already narrow, and Awu sat on the floor wrapped in a blanket, while Xiaotuan stood there at a loss.
The two were not far apart, and their expressions were exactly the same.
Wen Yin put the clothes in her hand on the edge of the bed and motioned A Wu to put on the clothes first.
A Wu looked at Xiao Tuan curiously, as if he was looking at other pets that his owner had just adopted. It took him a long time to walk behind the curtain and start changing his clothes.
After a few seconds of rustling, Awu came out dressed. He imitated Xiaotuan and grabbed the corner of Wen Yin's clothes, with an expression as if he had suffered a great injustice.
"Sister, who is he?"
"He's Xiaotuan," Wen Yin bent down and picked up the timid Xiaotuan. "He also lives in this building. Hasn't Ah Wu seen him?"
Ah Wu shook his head: "No."
"Well," Wen Yin turned around and touched Xiaotuan's chubby little hand, "This is Ah Wu, you can... call me brother."
Xiaotuan was held in Wen Yin's arms. He put his arm around Wen Yin's shoulders and looked at the young man who was slightly taller than Wen Yin curiously. Finally, he gently called him "brother".
A Wuze frowned and turned his face away, continuing to pull at the corner of Wen Yin's clothes.
He looked like he didn't want to share Wen Yin with anyone.
Just as the stalemate was about to begin, a familiar voice suddenly came from outside the closed door.
"Wen Yin, are you there?"
The voice was low and cold, it was the landlord.
"I'll give you the contract."
Xiaotuan's ears twitched and he turned his head curiously: "It's the landlord."
A Wu Ze's body stiffened, and he inexplicably took a step back and let go of the corner of Wen Yin's clothes.
"I am here."
Wen Yin glanced at A Wu and then opened the door.
The landlord was still wearing a black shirt and standing in front of the door neatly dressed, as if he was separated from the dilapidated and old building behind him into two completely different worlds.
Since Wen Yin opened the door completely, all the furnishings in the room were exposed to the landlord's view.
Naturally, this included Xiaotuan, who was still in Wen Yin's arms, and Awu, who was standing behind Wen Yin, motionless.
The four of them were looking at each other from a distance when the door of room 502 next door opened with a click.
Shen Sinian, wearing a beige windbreaker, came out carrying a thermos, looking like he was going to get some water.
To get to the bathroom, one must pass by Wen Yin's door.
He still greeted the landlord politely, their eyes met briefly, and then they looked away.
Two equally tall and slender figures stopped in front of Wen Yin's door, blocking all view to the outside world.
Cold black and gentle white.
They are two people with completely different temperaments.
But Wen Yin saw something similar from the looks they gave her.
It's possessiveness, and...
Destroy desire.
“Uncle landlord, Uncle Shen.”
Xiaotuan's childish voice interrupted the strange silence in front of Wen Yin's door.
Their eyes fell on Xiaotuan's face at the same time, and after a few seconds they turned to the young man behind Wen Yin.
"Who is this?"
It was Shen Sinian who spoke first with a smile on his face.
Wen Yin slightly turned sideways, exposing the figure of the young man behind her. She frowned slightly, as if she was very distressed.
"This is a younger brother I just met. He looks just as homeless as Xiaotuan."
She raised her gentle and pretty eyebrows and asked for help.
"Mr. Landlord, Dr. Shen, do you... know each other?"
Wen Yin was indeed telling the truth.
As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere in front of the door, which was about to freeze, suddenly relaxed.
Shen Sinian shook his head and fiddled with the lenses on his nose: “Is that so? I don’t know him either.”
The landlord's eyes did not move away from the young man for a long time. Finally, he said lightly: "There is a vacant room upstairs. He can stay for one night."
"Really?"
Wen Yin exclaimed in surprise, then turned around to look at the young man who had not moved and seemed to be nailed to the spot.
"In that case, how about you stay upstairs for one night?"
The young man raised his head somewhat slowly, his dark eyes swept over the two people at the door, and he spoke dryly.
"Okay, okay."
Like a child who had skipped school and was suddenly caught by a strict parent.
He was unwilling and reluctant, but was forced to compromise under intimidation.
"Then go ahead," Wen Yin pushed the young man out under the gazes of the two people outside the house, and added casually.
"Mr. Landlord, he's a very nice person."
"OK……"
The young man stood with his head down between the two tall young men in front of the door, his back to Wen Yin, his figure thin and weak.
Shen Sinian also smiled from the heart, with the tails of his narrow eyes slightly raised.
"Then I'll go get some water."
After saying that, he passed by the landlord carrying the thermos.
Black and white briefly intersected in the air, merging into a distorted and strange silhouette.
Wen Yin blinked, the distortion disappeared, and everything returned to normal.
"The contract is for you."
The landlord raised his hand slightly and handed Wen Yin a yellowed piece of paper.
The slender, cold white knuckles against the black shirt, like the landlord himself, exudes an unignorable coldness.
The other person's dark and deep eyes passed over the young man's thin shoulders and fell directly on Wen Yin's eyebrows.
Like a cool breeze blowing past.
After a long while, he turned his gaze to the little girl's face who was still in Wen Yin's arms.
"I've taken the person away. You guys should get some rest early."
Wen Yin smiled and raised her hand to take the paper, and the little girl in her arms also waved politely to her.
"Goodbye, landlord."
"If you have any news about my mother, please tell me as soon as possible."
The yellowish tungsten light shone from the front and side, casting a half shadow under the other person's handsome brow.
The landlord's narrow eyes were slightly lowered, covering the thick darkness under his eyes.
After several seconds of silence, the landlord finally spoke.
"Okay, I'll tell you if there's any news."
After saying that, he nodded to the young man who was still frozen in place.
"Let's go."
The young man followed with his head down, without even looking back at Wen Yin.
Wen Yin watched the two figures disappear at the end of the corridor, then she carried Xiaotuan back to the room and closed the door.
She stood in the room and waited quietly for a moment. Soon, there was a noise coming from the door of room 502 next door.
Shen Sinian also returned to his room.
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Wen Yin and Xiaotuan had already had a simple dinner downstairs. Xiaotuan was very well behaved and quiet at this time, except that his eyes were still a little red.
"Don't be afraid, your sister will be with you tonight."
After giving Xiaotuan a quick wash, she placed him on the inside of the bed.
Xiaotuan was chubby and had soft flesh all over his body. Wen Yin also found a simple silver bracelet on Xiaotuan's ankle.
A closer look revealed that it was a longevity lock with Xiaotuan's name and date of birth engraved on it.
Seeing that Wen Yin was staring at her ankle ring, Xiaotuan took the initiative to speak in a soft voice, and her little hand fell on the silver ring.
"This is a longevity lock my mother had made for me. She said it will protect me and help me grow up healthy."
"I wear it all the time."
"Well," Wen Yin stroked the little boy's soft black hair, "Mom loves Xiaotuan very much. She will definitely be back soon."
"Xiao Tuan also needs to protect and take care of himself,"
She tapped the wounds on Xiaotuan's arms and knees that were covered in purple potion.
"Fighting and other dangerous things are no longer allowed."
"Otherwise, when mom comes back, she'll be heartbroken, understand?"
Xiaotuan sat on the bed, blinked his big round eyes, and finally nodded.
"Sister, I understand."
As the sky gradually darkened, Wen Yin went to the bathroom to wash up briefly. When she returned to her room, she inadvertently glanced down the corridor.
The middle-aged man whom I met once during the day was walking out of the house drunkenly, staggering as if he had drunk too much.
The middle-aged man staggered forward, cursing something.
When he looked up, his sight inadvertently fell on Wen Yin, who was standing in front of the corridor on the fifth floor, looking at him from afar.
He suddenly let out a scream.
"ah!!"
He even sat down on the ground.
Someone on the first floor heard the noise and opened the door. After finding that it was a drunk middle-aged man, he yelled at him, "Scream at me!" and then slammed the door shut.
The middle-aged man seemed to be awakened a little by the sound of the door closing. He rubbed his eyes and looked at Wen Yin again.
Then he propped himself up and stood up from the ground, stumbling deeper into the corridor.
Soon, he disappeared.
Wen Yin withdrew her gaze and returned to the room.
Xiaotuan had been wandering for a whole day and was already very sleepy. He just sat on the bed rubbing his eyes, not daring to sleep.
Wen Yin went to bed to let Xiaotuan sleep well, covered him with a blanket, and lay down herself.
A hand gently patted Xiaotuan's back and whispered soothing words.
"Go to sleep, Xiaotuan, I will protect you."
Xiaotuan blinked and seemed to want to cry, but finally held back.
He put his chubby little hands around Wen Yin's arm, and his voice became smaller and smaller.
"Thank you, sister..."
After a few minutes, Wen Yin heard Xiaotuan's shallow breathing.
The little one fell swoop and fell asleep in her arms.
More than ten minutes later, Wen Yin suddenly spoke in her mind: [028, can you go upstairs and see what Ah Wu is doing?]
[OK. ]
028 didn’t know what Wen Yin wanted to do, but its intuition told it to just listen to the host.
It left the room and flew upstairs, only to find that the entire sixth floor was shrouded in dark fog.
It can't see anything.
"The six floors are filled with strange forces," 028 said with some concern. "Their range has expanded."
It paused after saying this: [The landlord's suspicion now seems very serious.]
"What about Chen Sinian? What is he doing?" Wen Yin asked again.
028 floated out again and returned quickly: [He is reading a book.]
[Hmm,] Wen Yin hummed softly, then turned her head to look at the soft and sticky little ball beside her, [Then let's go to sleep first.]
After saying that, he hugged Xiaotuan and closed his eyes.
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It was late at night and the whole building was in a deep sleep.
Suddenly, a crackling sound of raindrops could be heard, hitting the edge of the window quickly and violently.
Wen Yin was woken up from her sleep. She looked out the window and was surprised to find that it was raining again.
Xiaotuan was still sleeping soundly, with saliva dripping from his chubby face.
Wen Yin stood up and put Xiaotuan's little feet that had been kicked out of the quilt back into the bed, then tucked the quilt in for him.
When I looked at the old clock on the desk, I realized that it was just past midnight.
[The rain came suddenly.]
028 No need to sleep, always observe the movements around you.
[Just now the moon was bright and clear, and suddenly it started to rain heavily...]
Wen Yin put on a coat, got out of bed, walked to the glass window and took a look outside.
Raindrops as big as beans poured down, making a snapping sound on the window sill.
The whole world was hazy.
The patch of grass downstairs facing the window was drenched by the heavy rain, creating thick mist that made it difficult for Wen Yin to see clearly.
[Um? ]
Wen Yin suddenly let out a puzzled hum.
[028, Do you feel that the bushes downstairs...]
[It seems much sparser than it does during the day.]
Wen Yin took half a step forward and moved a little closer to the window glass. She looked down through the rain and frowned.
The grass that should have been covered with weeds now looked extremely desolate.
There was also a soapberry tree that appeared out of nowhere, which was not there during the day.
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