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The back of my hand still ached, but the nightlights had been completely turned off, and in the darkness we could only tell the distance by each other's breathing.
"Go to sleep, it's a small matter. If you really don't like it, you can take it off." Gu Xinglan felt for no reason that this child was tactless, and to put it bluntly, didn't know what was good for him.
That faded old dress wasn't suitable for a child, especially since it was for autumn.
The temperature is dropping now, and if this rain continues for a few more days, it might signal the change of seasons.
Will I still wear that thin long-sleeved shirt then?
"If you catch a cold or get a fever, don't expect me to clean up your mess again." The words that came out were muffled by the blanket.
Gu Xinglan turned over.
As a result, the child got out of bed, and with a "bang," the door opened and closed, slamming heavily against the wall, making the ceiling shake.
He glanced at the doorway and then ignored it.
He took all the clothes to wash. Is wearing bear pajamas a matter of dignity? He wants to wear them but can't.
During our time together, it's clear that Li Hetai isn't psychologically problematic; more accurately, he's stubborn and opinionated. The change in the new environment is like opening a blind box of personality.
My thoughts kept wandering, and the more I lay there, the less I could fall asleep. My back felt cold, and I couldn't smell the calming ylang-ylang fragrance.
After a while, Gu Xinglan blinked and slowly got up from the bed.
He tiptoed in and opened the bedroom door, confirming his suspicions: the living room was completely empty, and the kitchen was deserted.
Only the box of chocolates on the table was empty.
That kid ran away...
Outside, at midnight after the rain, the moonlight, appearing faintly behind thick clouds, was bluish-gray, shining on the buildings like crumpled tin foil.
Looking at the building behind her, Gu Xinglan suddenly felt that the building seemed to have changed.
He wasn't sure if it was a mirage caused by the refraction of light, or if it was just his eyes hurting from staying up all night.
Turning her gaze away, Gu Xinglan walked into the alley, glancing back every now and then.
The damp paint on the walls rolled up in the shadows, like hundreds of snakes shedding their skin. Water was even dripping from above. Looking up, I saw clothes hanging outside that hadn't been brought in, soaked to the bone and in imminent danger of falling.
He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Thinking it was going to rain, Gu Xinglan suddenly turned around and heard a cat hissing in her ear.
"Is anyone behind us?" he called out suspiciously.
He always felt like someone was waiting for him.
The key point is that he had just found chocolate on this road.
The chocolates were filled with dark rum, and the smoky flavor made them easy to recognize. He was certain that Li Hetai was carrying the box of chocolates, and that a few had fallen off along the way, as if deliberately leading him there.
After he finished speaking, all that remained for him was a rustling sound, the source of which could not be found.
After being stunned for less than two seconds, Gu Xinglan stepped back.
The chocolate melted slightly in his palm, leaving it sticky, and he could only let his hand slump.
The moonlight shone on the person's face, as if it were coated with a layer of silver light, or like a jade statue in a shop window. Especially the slightly trembling eyelashes, like white moth wings, fluttering and dancing, weakening the sense of distance.
A few people in twos and threes surrounded Gu Xinglan as she emerged from the alley.
Their faces all showed a look of resignation to death.
Startled, he retreated from the alley entrance and then came out again.
There were children in front of him, some big and some small, but he had no recollection of them. Gu Xinglan was about to smile when a gasp came from the crowd, and he immediately stopped smiling.
"You, you are Gu Xinglan."
The leader was extremely confident, but his tone was both fearful and stiff.
Confused, Gu Xinglan raised an eyebrow and nodded. Unexpectedly, the next second, the man's aura changed and he suddenly rushed over.
I saw the man's face clearly; he had a full beard, and when he breathed, he revealed a row of teeth that were missing two.
Gu Xinglan had no time to react and covered herself with her hands.
With a loud "bang," a dark figure flew out from the middle of the road, kicking the person away. The sound suddenly echoed around.
The children only saw the thing rushing towards them; it was covered in fur like a black dog, and they thought it was the black dog that usually bit them.
"It's come back to life!!"
Someone shouted something at the top of their lungs, and the gathered children suddenly scattered again.
Only the one who got kicked away...
"Li Hetai!"
Li Hetai wasn't wearing a hood. When he rolled over and pulled his legs back, the hood stuck on his head due to inertia. The lower half of his face was pale in the moonlight. He looked more like a black bear with a human face than a person wearing clothes, which made him look oppressive.
He rushed over.
The person on the ground, kicked all over and crying out in pain, was sobbing.
"What is your name, and what is your purpose?" Gu Xinglan bent down, feeling that this person was familiar.
"My name is Erpi. Even if you don't know me, you should know my boss, Xu Mufeng." The child looked precocious, but his voice was extremely childish. He spoke intermittently and was clutching his stomach, his face covered in cold sweat from the pain.
After going around in circles, I finally found the corresponding memory in my mind when I thought about the two words "Erpi".
Previously, when Li Taihe and Meng Guanhe were together at the hospital, they mentioned this name.
The name that Xu Mufeng cherishes.
Thinking of this, he softened: "You want to find Xu Mufeng?"
When the people on the ground recovered, their gazes shifted fearfully to the person dressed entirely in black.
Li Hetai was expressionless, holding the box in his left hand and his right hand in his pocket, his eyes looking as if he were staring at a dead object.
"You, you let him go first." Erpi's stomach started to ache again from being stared at.
When they picked this person up last time, he was sickly. Who would have thought that when he woke up, he beat up all of them, more than a dozen people, and even kidnapped Xu Mufeng. Since then, he has never seen Xu Mufeng again. The only time they met was when Xu Mufeng moved into the community.
There are many stray dogs in this neighborhood, especially that black dog, which bites them. They hadn't seen it for the past few days and even heard that the black dog had died before they dared to come in. Luckily, they ran into the person they were looking for.
Erpi felt a little envious and glanced away, secretly stealing a look at the figure backlit by the light.
This is Xu Mufeng's new family, his new family members. They have nice voices and are good-looking.
Halfway there, when the four eyes collided, a gust of wind suddenly flashed by, and all they could see in their peripheral vision was a powerful black hairy leg.
Erpi was so frightened that he covered his face with his hands and closed his eyes tightly in an instant.
The pain he had imagined did not come. He tentatively opened his eyes and saw, through the slit, the person in black being lifted up.
Now, he dared not stay there any longer and ran away as fast as he could.
"..." Gu Xinglan swallowed back all the words she had in her mouth.
The person in my arms was damp with sweat, and it felt a little cold to hold them.
It was quiet all around.
He looked at Li Hetai helplessly: "It's just a nightgown, is it really necessary for you to come out like this?"
"They want to find you."
The person in his arms glanced at him in a nonchalant tone, as if stating a fact.
If we're talking about who cares most about the show, besides the show's director, it's probably Li Hetai.
This is a project that someone values highly, and the interests behind it are complex and intertwined. No one can afford to delay it, including the production team, him, and Li Hetai.
With her hands sticky, Gu Xinglan stretched them out in mid-air and, as expected, saw disgust on Li Hetai's face.
The chocolate had completely melted, floating mottledly in my palm, with pieces missing from the left and right.
Now I can't wear these pajamas even if I wanted to.
PDLP