The bright sun is high in the sky, pouring sunlight down on the earth.
In that small garden, the clear stream flows slowly in the lush garden and flows into the calm lake, surrounded by a circle of greenery. It is daytime, when the adults are busy working, while the children who have not yet started school are playing in this cool little garden.
At this moment, the sound of children arguing came from the originally quiet garden.
"Mute lied."
"That's right! Liar!"
"We don't play with lying kids!"
Five or six children stood together, the leader was a child with short brown curly hair, wearing shorts, holding a freshly broken branch in his hand, pointing to the opposite side.
There was only one child across from the group of children. He stood alone across from the crowd, and was pointed at by the leading child with a branch. His dark eyes were like the moisture of a deer in the forest. His little face was white and tender, full of childishness. At this moment, he showed an aggrieved expression.
"I'm not lying."
He tried to defend himself to his friends.
"I really met a bad guy. It was an angel big brother who saved me."
"That's why you say you're a liar!"
The leading child looked taller than that child, and looked at him very dissatisfied at the moment.
"There are no angels at all, that's fake, something that doesn't exist."
"It's not fake!"
The black-haired child retorted, clenched his fists, his little face flushed red.
"I saw it with my own eyes! The big brother can fly down! He is very, very good-looking! He is more beautiful than anyone else! It is just like what is said in the book! He also has a pair of very, very beautiful blue eyes. The book said that the eyes of angels It's all blue, like the sky!"
When he said this, the slightly taller child on the opposite side looked even uglier.
"Big brother is in front of big brother and behind big brother all day long, it's so annoying!"
The brown-haired kid lost his temper while talking, and smashed the branch in his hand towards Little Mutt.
The branch had a lot of forks, and the branch was very sharp. The brown-haired child threw it straight at the little Mutter's face, and the thickest point was facing the little Mutter's eyes.
The brown-haired kid lost his temper purely because he was upset, but he didn't expect to hit little Mutt on the face, and he was stunned all of a sudden.
Seeing that the pointed branch was about to pierce little Mutter's face—
There was a snap.
The branch that was thrown over suddenly broke off as if it had been hit by something, and fell to the ground.
The brown-haired child looked at the tree branch that fell on the ground in shock, and then glanced at the little Mutt standing there stupidly, showing a relieved expression, but quickly put this expression back, and stared unhappily. He glanced at little Mutt.
"Anyway—you're lying! That big brother you're talking about might be a kidnapper!" The child shook his fist at Little Mutt and shouted, "If I hear you mention him again, I'll beat you up Meal!"
After threatening little Mute in this way, the brown-haired kid shouted at a group of little followers behind him.
"Let's go! None of you are allowed to talk to him without my order!"
After walking a few steps with a group of followers, the brown-haired kid turned back.
"Just admit that you're lying and don't mention that person anymore, and we'll continue playing with you."
Little Mute, who was left behind by a group of children, stood by the lake, looking over with watery dark eyes, looking extremely aggrieved, but still biting his lower lip and not saying a word.
The brown-haired kid looked ugly, snorted, turned and left.
Just like that, a group of children left in a mighty way, leaving little Mute alone by the lake. The little shadow was reflected in the lake water, looking alone, which made people feel a little distressed.
Among the group of little kids who left in such a mighty way, someone glanced back and couldn't help it.
"Boss, is this not good?"
After all, they are all playing together, and as the leader among them, the older brown-haired kid has always been particularly protective of Mutt. This is the first time they have seen the boss throwing such a big temper at Mutt. I'm not used to it.
"Boss, are you really leaving him alone like this?"
"Yes, yes, boss, you said that you would marry him in the future, and my father said that you should not bully your wife."
"Boss, don't you like him anymore? Then change him. You are our boss. You can choose whoever you want to marry."
"You idiot, the boss is jealous. That guy Mutt has been talking about that big brother angel every day, and the boss is not happy."
"That's right, that's right~~ My dad also said that although a daughter-in-law wants to be spoiled, she can't be allowed to put her nose on her face."
"Everyone shut up!"
The brown-haired kid roared with an ugly face, and the group of chattering kids behind him all shut up, be honest.
They ran, and soon disappeared in the garden path, out of the sight of little Mute who stood in the distance watching them leave him.
Little Mute watched them leave, his eyes dimmed, and he lowered his head.
However, the children running on the ground did not realize that someone on the tall tree by the side of the path they left heard all their words.
"..."
The black-haired boy sat on the canopy of the tree, and he could clearly hear the conversations of the group of children passing under the tree, and was speechless for a while.
Now the kid is really...
There was still a small fruit left in his hand, and he threw it down casually. Just now, he threw a fruit over and broke the branch.
That night, that black-haired kid was really bothering people, and he probably had some brain problems at the time, so he didn't kick the kid away, but led him and sent him home. Of course, when he realized that the parents who were anxiously looking for the little one were not far away, he disappeared into the shadow of the jungle. After all, he had no intention of appearing in front of others.
However, hiding in the shadows, he watched a man who should be the kid's father rush over excitedly and hug the kid tightly before turning around and leaving.
This is just once in a while. He and this little ghost are like two parallel lines, living in completely different worlds, there will be no intersection before, and there will be no intersection in the future.
He thinks so.
But for some reason, during this period of time, the way the kid looked up at him with his big black eyes shining brightly, and the expression of looking around when he disappeared, always appeared from time to time. came to his mind.
The boy lowered his head and looked at his right hand.
That day, he held that little devil's hand with this hand, and the feeling of that fiery little hand still seemed to remain in his palm.
By coincidence, he actually came here again, wanting to check on that little guy's situation.
... I don't know if the two front teeth that fell out at that time have grown back.
He couldn't help thinking that way when he thought about the silly and cute little kid grinning with his front teeth leaking out.
The young man lowered his head. He saw that little guy walking towards him. He shrugged his head and looked listless.
He raised his eyebrows, and the corners of his long and narrow phoenix eyes also raised slightly. His face was already extremely handsome, and his eyebrows were picturesquely delicate. When he raised his eyebrows like this, it was as if they were shining, making it impossible to move away. open your eyes.
He randomly picked a small fruit from the tree and threw it lightly.
The black-haired child under the tree whose head was smashed was like a frightened little squirrel, holding his small head and looking around with big round eyes. But when I looked left and right, I just looked to the side, and I never thought of looking up.
idiot.
Thinking this way in his heart, the young man didn't want to see this kid being stupid again, so he jumped up and jumped down lightly.
As if startled by the boy who jumped down suddenly, Little Mutter took several steps back and looked at the boy nervously.
His eyes paused on the young man's face, the child was stunned for a moment, and the next second, a bright smile burst out on that little face that hadn't had much energy a second ago.
That smile was so bright that the boy's gaze paused for a moment on the child's smiling face.
"Big Brother~~"
The disappointment just now was swept away, and at this moment, little Miute was only able to see this good-looking big brother in front of him.
He yelled so crisply, stood in front of the young man, raised his head, stretched out a pair of small arms, and looked at the young man with shining eyes.
Boy: "..."
I always feel that the stars in the big black eyes of the little guy who is looking up at him expectantly are about to shine out.
Although he didn't open his mouth to speak, the black-haired child's big eyes staring at him shining brightly, and his outstretched little arms all expressed a meaning.
hug~~
These two words were written all over the child's face.
He looked at the young man expectantly for a long time, and when he saw that the young man just lowered his head and stared at him expressionlessly, and had no intention of reaching out to hug him, his big black eyes were foggy, and they looked more and more watery. It made the little face showing a bit of grievance look cute and pitiful at the same time.
The boy bent down, stretched out his hand, and picked up little Mute with one hand.
He put his arms around little Mutt's legs and let him sit on his elbows, looking relaxed and effortless. Little Mutt, who was sitting on his arm, put his arms around his neck, and put his soft hand on the back of his neck. The boy's body froze instantly, and the muscles of his entire shoulders tensed up, as if he was about to go out. Combat is average.
Glancing at the narrow and long phoenix eyes, the immature face that hugged his neck smiled at him, and two small incisors that had just grown out were exposed in the grinning mouth—for no reason, his tense muscles relaxed slowly .
The back of the neck is an extremely dangerous part of the human body, not to mention touching the back of his neck, he doesn't even allow anyone to approach him from behind. So when the back of his neck was held down by that little hand, the crisis instinct he had cultivated for a long time made him almost subconsciously want to throw the child out of his arms.
However, the boy himself is not very clear why he didn't do this in the end.
...
It's probably because this little guy is so stupid and silly when he smiles, so people can't afford to be vigilant...
The boy thought silently in his heart.
"They said I lied."
The child was complaining to him with his arms around him, and his mouth was aggrieved.
"He also said that big brother, you are not an angel, but a bad guy."
… who would be that weird thing.
The boy really wanted to say that, but seeing the little Mute in his arms looking into his eyes with aggrieved eyes, he still didn't say anything, just rubbed that fluffy little head.
The black hair is soft and feels really good. Thinking of this, he pinched little Mutt's tender cheek again.
Little Mutt sat obediently on his arm, blinking at him with big dark eyes.
Compared with the group of little kids just now, the child in his arms is much cuter.
The boy thought.
No wonder the kid in the lead took it for a little girl.
He saw the child staring at him with wide eyes without blinking, and his face was clearly reflected in those bright black pupils.
...looks really like his face.
The boy thought so.
He knows how superior his appearance is, and he has inherited the appearance of that woman who is said to have a stunning beauty. Wherever he appears, there is always the focus of all eyes, and countless eyes are focused on him. Different eyes, desire, jealousy, envy, greed, love... No matter what kind of eyes, no matter what kind of eyes, it is disgusting.
But the way the child looks at him is not disgusting. The child's eyes are clean, and they seem to be shining when looking at him, as pure as looking at the most beautiful starry sky.
The boy suddenly saw a small scratch on the child's soft cheek, although it was a small mark, but for some reason he felt uncomfortable just looking at it.
He reached out and rubbed the shallow scratch.
"Does it hurt?"
he asks.
Little Mutt blinked, touched it with his little hand, and then nodded obediently.
"pain."
The child's voice was soft and waxy, it sounded like she was being coquettish, and it penetrated deep into the person's chest all at once.
The young man narrowed his eyes. He was a step too late to strike just now. The child's face was swept away by the thrown branch. Although it was only a light touch, the child's skin was tender and was scratched immediately.
"Stay away from that brat who beat you in the future."
The boy said with a somewhat tough tone.
Little Mute tilted his head and thought for a while, as if he was thinking about who the boy was talking about. After he figured it out, the boy showed a embarrassed expression on his face.
"Tasha won't be happy."
"He hurt you."
The boy's voice was a little cold.
"It's just carelessness, Tasha used to be very kind to me."
Seeing the little guy in his arms trying to defend the person who hurt him, the boy felt a little unhappy for some reason.
He remembered that the brown-haired kid was still thinking about having a child in his arms, saying something about marrying someone in the future, the eyes in his eyes were slightly sharp.
The child in his arms was small and soft, and would shatter with a little force. How could he let that rude brown-haired kid touch him.
"Be obedient and stay away from him."
"But, but Sister Tasha really didn't do it on purpose..."
"..."
The boy's eyes froze.
"I will tell Sister Tasha well, she will definitely believe that you are not a bad person, big brother."
"Wait, you said... sister?"
"Well, Sister Tasha is my cousin who is one year older than me~~"
Boy: "..."
[Boss, are you going to marry him in the future?]
[Boss, boss~~ My dad said that after marrying a daughter-in-law, I want to be spoiled~~]
[Boss, you can pick whoever you want to marry!]
The current little devil is simply unreasonable.
Unable to understand the mood of the boy beeping the dog at the moment, little Mute was still dancing and gesticulating.
"I told everyone that big brother is an angel~~ can fly~~ and is very, very beautiful~~"
The boy glanced at Little Mutt from the corner of his sharp eyes.
"I'm not some stupid thing with wings."
"Huh? Isn't it?"
The child looked disappointed, like a puppy with its ears up, looking at him eagerly.
"... Let's take it for granted."
"Brother Angel~~"
"Don't use such stupid names."
"Huh~?"
The child in his arms was looking at him innocently with his head tilted and his eyes wide open.
For the first time since the boy was born more than ten years ago, he realized what it was like to be a nemesis. He narrowed his eyes and said, "Well, if you don't call me that, I'll come see you again in a few days."
"Okay~~God~... Ah, no."
The child blinks.
"Then what should it be called?"
"Michael."
"Michel...brother?"
"… Um."
Suddenly, the child put a pair of small arms around his neck, moved his small head closer, and kissed him firmly on the face with his soft mouth.
"This is the promised kiss."
Little Mute, who kissed Michael, tilted his head and looked at the boy and said, the expression on that little face looked very serious.
"I will listen to brother Michael, so brother Michael can't lie to me."
This is a very serious engagement for children. Because that was the promised kiss that his mother often made with him and must be fulfilled, and his mother said that it was a promise that must be fulfilled when it was agreed.
The boy's long and narrow phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and there seemed to be a glimmer of light in the icy blue pupils, like the moment when sunlight penetrated into the dark blue ice lake frozen deep in the glacier.
The slender eyelashes cast light shadows in his icy blue pupils, and the shadows and light blended together wonderfully, forming an indescribably soft trace.
Those eyes looked at the child in his arms, with a deep look, then, Michel lowered his head, and his lips touched little Mutt's cheek lightly, with a very light force.
He said, "Okay."
That was the kiss of promise.
Never break your promise to each other.