"Sir, can I take a moment of your time? I would like to introduce you to our Heavenly Father and Savior, Lusuk..."
Ji Mian smiled: "No, thank you."
The young curly-haired boy: "Okay."
He walked away regretfully, and Ji Mian turned his gaze away.
There was a barely noticeable dark red mark on one corner of Curly's coat, like coagulated blood.
Ji Mian asked Kane: "Who is Lusuk?"
"Who knows?" Kane said, "Don't worry about him, he's a weird person. It's strange to say, there are always such weird people on the street recently..."
Ji Mian withdrew his gaze and met a pair of dark brown eyes.
Chu Shiye: "Let's go."
He was holding a bulging bag in his hand. Ji Mian guessed that it might be a bag of new parts.
Kane took the money and slipped back into the store. Ji Mian said, "Is it heavy? I'll help you carry it."
Chu Shiye: "No. But you have to help me get another thing later."
Ji Mian: “Hmm?”
—A few minutes later, Ji Mian followed Chu Shiye, holding a small white flower in a plastic bottle in his hand.
The little white flower fluttered in the wind, and it was the most beautiful one on the flower stand. Ji Mian's eyes curved slightly: "Thank you, you are such a good person."
Chu Shiye didn't say anything.
The busy street was a little crowded, and an old man selling goods was walking towards us.
The old man carried a bamboo basket on his shoulder, and the two black iron pieces in his hands collided with each other, making a crisp sound. In the bamboo basket, milky white sugar cubes were neatly stacked together, and there seemed to be a sweet fragrance.
Ji Mian: I haven’t seen it. Take another look.
Chu Shiye said, "Do you want some candy?"
Ji Mian immediately said, "No, I don't like candy."
Chu Shiye: "Oh."
He raised his hand, stopped the old man, and bought a piece of sugar from his bamboo basket.
Under Ji Mian's gaze, the old man broke the palm-sized sugar cube into small pieces, put them in a transparent bag, and handed them to Chu Shiye.
Under Ji Mian's gaze, Chu Shiye picked up a piece of candy and put it in his mouth.
"delicious."
Then, under Ji Mian's gaze, he tied the bag.
Ji Mian: “…”
Ji Mian looked away and said in a faint voice: "You are really not a good person."
Chu Shiye: "Oh."
His mood seemed to improve a little, and he stuffed the remaining candy into Ji Mian's hand.
Ji Mian thought: I just want to taste it.
He picked up a small piece and took a bite. The candy was slightly sticky, but had a special sweet fragrance that he had never tasted before.
Chu Shiye: "Do you like it?"
"It's just so-so," Ji Mian said quickly, "I think only kids would like it."
Chu Shiye: I see.
It seems that someone has laughed at Su Lan before and called him a child.
Chu Shiye glanced at Ji Mian who was eating candy silently and said nothing.
After a while, Ji Mian tied up the bag with half of the candy left, and said to Chu Shiye as if nothing had happened: "Where are we going next? I wonder if there is a job market or something like that here."
"No need to go there," Chu Shiye said, "I'll tell you about work in a few days."
After that, he added: "Go buy dinner first, what do you want to eat?"
Ji Mian: "It's expensive to always order takeout, right? How about I make it for you today?"