When Kino woke up, a scorching smell crept into his nostrils, like the smell of burnt meat. Although it was a little burnt, Kino still felt a deep hunger, and he really hadn't eaten for a long time. Things, and secondly, he can't remember the taste of cooked food.
It was not easy for Xi Wei to guarantee that he would not starve to death. According to their poverty-stricken state, they could not afford such high-end food as cooked meat.
When he first opened his eyes, he was still a little confused. When he heard the faint sound of a stranger's conversation, Chino was completely awake. He turned over and tried to get up, but fell to the ground again in pain. The skin on the tender knees and palms was torn, and some wounds were still sticking to the soil. His actions just now affected the wounds. At this moment, strands of blood were oozing out. The clothes were not completely dry, and they were very uncomfortable.
Chino bared his teeth, and after taking a little bit of the sand, he remembered the protagonist whose life and death were uncertain, and a strong sense of uneasiness rose in his heart. Seeing that the sky and night had already passed, is Xi Wei okay
He shook his head and forced himself to drive away those bad associations, and began to think about how to get out of the current situation. It was useless to be depressed and regretful at this point. It was business to find a way to remedy it as soon as possible.
Last night, he passed out not long after he was forcibly carried away by the drunk man. He looked around and found that it was a very dilapidated house, with air leaking everywhere, and there were many water-filled pits on the floor of the house. Chino was thrown The only dry place in the house was on the firewood.
There was a loud argument outside the house, and Kino resisted the pain, moved to the door step by step, and put his ear against the door.
"Bob, you're crazy, she's dressed so well, her skin is so delicate, she must be a nobleman, you kidnapped a nobleman!" An old voice roared eagerly.
Another voice didn't care, "Old George, you are really old, no wonder it's getting more and more downturn recently, the clothes she wears are good, but they are old, and they have one sleeve missing, which noble would wear this kind of thing. The clothes were obviously picked up."
Old George was not reconciled, "If it's a nobleman, we're both finished!"
The drunk man was a little impatient, "How come there are so many in case, if a nobleman would go to the Pink Street alone at night? %&, my meat!"
Old George was silent and seemed to be persuaded. Chino changed his posture, but accidentally pushed his knee against the door, grinning in pain.
The two people outside seemed to have reached a certain consensus and stopped arguing. There was only the burnt smell of barbecue in the air. It was better to ask for others than to ask for yourself. Kino began to think about how to run away safely. He had heard a lot about kidnappings, but he still suffered from it. For the first time, he was at a loss.
Without waiting for him to think for too long, the door opened soon. The drunk man he met last night walked in while nibbling on a chicken leg. It was obviously a bit of a surprise to see that Kino had woken up, but he quickly rubbed his hands together. Putting on a fake gentle smile, "Little sister, you woke up. It rained so hard yesterday and it's not safe to be alone outside. Uncle brought you back, didn't it scare you?"
Kino raised his face and asked innocently, pretending to be ignorant, "When will my uncle take me home, I want to babble."
There was a glimmer of pride in the drunk man's eyes, and he coaxed, "Be good, my uncle has already found someone to inform you of Papa, and he will come to pick you up soon."
The corners of Kino's mouth twitched, and his face couldn't hold back a little. Is such a foolish coaxing method really bullying the child for being ignorant, but of course he wouldn't be more foolish to expose the drunk, so on the surface it looked quite happy. Rong Rong.
Presumably thinking that Chino would be a cash cow, Drunk Bob even handed Chino a piece of chicken.
Kino took it calmly, took out all his grace and patience, thanked him in a soft voice, and slowly bit down the hard chicken with his little white teeth frowning.
Drunk Bob's roasting skills are really not very good, but Kino still has to take a lot of effort to restrain his urge to gobble and pretend to eat it.
Bob looked at it with a hint of doubt and hesitation in his expression. For a child over one year old, with such a good upbringing, it really does not look like he was raised by a commoner.
Only by eating can we have the strength to run, and only by pretending to be ignorant can we let others relax their vigilance.
Kino finished the meat and thanked him politely. Bob remembered yesterday's rainy night, how this "little girl" was so embarrassed and still insisted on thanking. This kind of unease is forced to be pressed down, and sometimes, people's greed will also give courage.
Chino didn't expect Bob to let him go just because of this concern, he just wanted him to hesitate a little longer to give him some time to escape.
Kino retracted back on the pile of firewood, closed his eyes, pricked his ears, and noticed Bob's movements. Bob seemed very satisfied with his well-behaved and took a few steps out.
Now it seems that two people have caught him, one is the drunk man, and the other is called Old George by the drunk man. It can't be seen that they are organized for the time being. They should just do it alone, which is much more convenient.
Old George has never appeared, and I don't know if he has contacted the buyer.
Bob came twice, and both brought food to Kino, who ate the food silently, waiting for the moment.
After such a long time, it was difficult to stay up until it fell into the night again. There were voices of conversation outside the house. Chino's spirit was shaken, and old George came back.
Bob was cursing, and the content in his words was nothing more than that no one knew the goods and would not pay the price he imagined.
Old George is more timid, he hesitated, "Let me go see that girl again, otherwise I will not feel at ease."
Bob once again despised his cowardice and went out to get drunk again.
Kino pretended to be afraid and huddled in the corner. When he saw Old George pushing the door in, he deliberately said, "Who are you? Did Papa ask you to pick me up?"
Old George was a thin, hunchbacked old man. Hearing that, his eyes rolled, revealing sparse yellow teeth, "Yeah, you are busy right now, so let me pick you up."
Kino jumped up immediately, "Really, Papa isn't mad at me anymore!"
Old George believed Kino's surprise, looked at his face, and thought about the price Bob asked for, he couldn't help thinking, Bob tied the man, if he could sell it secretly, tell Bob the child It was rescued, isn't it beautiful
Chino was betting that the two were not of one mind, and that Old George was also greedy.
So Chino grabbed Old George's trouser legs and pleaded in a child's soft and waxy voice, "Hurry up and take me to Papa."
Old George nodded again and again out of selfishness. Since Bob disliked five silver coins too little, he didn't dislike old George.
Neither of them wanted to delay, so they left very smoothly.
Kino's palms were sweaty, and he followed old George as he walked in the dark, thinking of ways to escape.
Suddenly, a furious shout came from behind, Old George was thrown to the ground, and Chino was also involved and fell.
An angry Bob pressed on Old George, his eyes were red, and he kept throwing his fists. Old George was old and frail. He was beaten and screamed, curled up like a shrimp and kept begging for mercy.
Seeing that they were fighting so hard, Kino reeled up without hesitation, and limped into an alley at random.
The two who were fighting saw the cash cow run away, and they both stood up and chased after him.
At this time, the advantage of Ye Sacheng's nine and eighteen-bend lanes came. Chino turned when the road crossed, and the two adults couldn't catch up for a while.
It was approaching the summer season, the wind was not cold, Kino was sweating profusely, and finally he turned into a dead end. There was only a dog hole in the dead end. Kino didn't hesitate to crawl into the hole with his butt on his back. .
But he didn't succeed. Bob grabbed his ankle and hung him upside down, grinning, "Run, run again!"
Hanging upside down, Chino felt the blood all over his body rushing to the top of his head, his face turned red, his worries about Xi Wei and his suppressed fear of the situation suddenly erupted, he struggled and said angrily, "Let me go!"
What deterrent can a newly weaned child say? Bob shook the little dot in his hand nonchalantly, "What if I don't let you go?"
Chino stared coldly at this proud drunk, his mind suddenly became clear, Bob's lips seemed to move slower, his grinning face was magnified countless times, and then his face became painful and hideous, his mouth and nose slow. The red liquid slowly overflowed, and the hand was let go weakly.
Chino fell to the ground again, a kind of needle-like pain came from his mind, and blood spilled from his ears, nose, and mouth. He saw Bob holding his head and banging against the wall, and then he couldn't hold it any longer. , fainted again.
He didn't see that the jade pendant on his chest emitted a milky white light, gently wrapping him. When the light dissipated, the image of a beautiful woman appeared beside him, leaned down and placed a kiss on his forehead before dissipating. .
When the image of the woman disappeared, the jade pendant also shattered into powder with a "pop".
I don't know how long it took, there were messy footsteps, and several warriors holding torches broke the silence of the dark alley.
"Come on, come on, there are two people here!"
When the warriors looked at him, wasn't one of them the child that the young lady liked very much? It was so miserable that adults like them felt a chill in their hearts, snorting, and it was hard for him to be alive.
The warriors quickly sent a contact signal, and then found that the other person was still alive and dead. When he got closer, he was even worse than Chino. There was hardly a single piece of intact skin on the entire head and face. What was the stimulus.
Xiao Wu and Xi Wei came very quickly. When she took the fainted Chino from the warrior, Xi Wei felt a chill on her body. For the first time, Xiao Wu was frightened by his eyes, as if a horse had violated the territory. hungry wolf.
Xiao Wu felt terrified by his appearance, so she couldn't help reminding her, "Let's treat Xiao Bu point first."
Hua Li also nodded and slowly landed on Kino's head. She recovered some of her strength, and it was no problem to treat some abrasions. Kino just looked like she was about to die, but it was actually a skin injury. Danger to life.
Xi Wei was holding Kino's sleeve in his hand, even though he was frail and shaky, he was still reluctant to hand Kino to someone else to hold.
Xiao Wu looked at his struggling appearance, and a faint sourness surged in her heart. It was the first time Xiao Wu felt this complicated feeling when she was still young, and it seemed to be called helplessness.
Affected by this heavy atmosphere, everyone was silent, and it was Xiron who broke the silence.
The scarred man was late, with a mellow and sexy voice, but it was a pity that his words seemed so hateful.
"Boy, although you asked for my daughter, it was me who helped you. How about it, what are you going to repay me with?"
Xi Wei finally raised his head, "What do you want?"
The scarred man put Xiao Wu, who was constantly pinching his soft flesh, on his shoulders, and said as he walked, "When I think about telling you, boy, ouch! Xiao Wu baby, stop pinching."
Kino felt like he had had a long dream that seemed scary and warm, and woke up.
Xiao Wu's surprised voice sounded in her ears, "Xiao Budian is awake."
Chino felt a little strange in his sight. He closed his eyes and opened them again, the strange feeling still lingering.
In a daze, his rough fingers touched his forehead, and Kino rubbed it involuntarily. That familiar touch made him have the urge to cry, Xi Wei was fine, they were all fine, it was great.
But before he was happy for a while, he saw his protagonist take out the dagger and start shaving his head!
Chino screamed and avoided, but he was still cut off by Xi Wei's hair.
This is not the end, after shaving his hair, Xi Wei continued to cut off the hem of his skirt, leaving only a pair of knee-length shorts and the top part of the dress, which looked nondescript.
Kino didn't hide anymore. He probably understood what the protagonist was thinking. Looking at Xi Wei's still pale face and the wound that had not healed, he silently hugged his arm.
Xiao Wu had a panoramic view of this supposedly funny or warm scene, but she couldn't laugh. Thinking of the figure of Xi Wei kneeling on the rainy night, she suddenly felt that the soul was not so annoying anymore.
Then Xiao Wu took Hua Li and left this small space, leaving the small broken boat to the two people who survived the disaster.
And Kino, who was originally very happy, closed his left eye and closed his right eye. Only then did he confirm that he couldn't see anything in his left eye.