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"Don't cry, I'll be back soon," Wei You coaxed him quickly, "I'll be back tomorrow."

Wei Xu lowered his eyes and pursed his lips tightly, as if trying to suppress the desire to cry, but his eyes turned red quickly, and tears fell from the corners of his eyes after a while.

Wei You had no choice but to change his seat and sit next to him, patted his shoulder lightly, wiped his tears with a tissue, and coaxed, "I'm just going back, I'll be back soon, Come back and bring something delicious for Gua Zai, okay? Don't cry."

"I don't want something delicious..." the boy lowered his head and sobbed. Instead of being comforted, he cried even harder, his eyes and nose turned red, and his shoulders trembled.

This pitiful appearance reminded Wei You of the scene he saw when he came back last time, and he couldn't help but feel a little sour.

But he still had to go back to get the money. Since he was prepared to stay in the game for a long time in the future, he had to find a fixed place to live. Among them, Grandma Li's house next door was the best choice.

There was no other way, Wei You had no choice but to be patient, and seriously explained the reason why he had to go back to the boy, and after coaxing him with all kinds of good words for a long time, the boy finally stopped crying.

Wei Xu clenched his sleeve tightly with his left hand, wiped his tears with the cuff of his right hand, then raised his face and asked, "Are you really coming back soon?"

"Really, I swear." Wei You said seriously, "When did my brother lie to you?"

"Last time you also said you would be back at five o'clock..." Xiao Gua Zai's eyes glistened with tears.

"Last, last time, there was an accident," Wei You was a little embarrassed, and tried to explain: "I believe you can also see that my brother is bound by other things, which prevents me from being by your side as I like, but I want to take care of you." You, that's why you will work hard to figure out the time, and if I say you can come back, you will definitely come back, trust me, okay?"

Wei Xu lowered his eyebrows and nodded after a while.

"Okay, good boy, wipe away your tears." Wei You touched his head and sighed, "Go back later, brother will buy you a small cake?"

Wei Xu lowered his head, sniffed, and clenched Wei You's sleeves even tighter.

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The child's depressed mood lasted until he returned home.

Until it was dark and after taking a bath, he lay on the sofa watching cartoons of cat and mouse and remained silent.

Unlike other children who vent their temper by crying and screaming, Gua Zai seems to hide alone and silently relieve the pain when he is sad, but this way makes people feel more distressed.

Wei You wanted to divert his attention, so he took out the small cake he bought in the afternoon from the refrigerator and put it on the coffee table in front of him, and said nonchalantly, "Come on, let's eat the cake!"

Wei Xu looked at the beautiful cream flowers on the cake, but remained silent.

Wei You sighed slightly, thinking that he really spent his whole life of patience dealing with melon cubs.

He picked up the spoon, scooped up a spoonful of creamy roses and brought it to the child's mouth, and coaxed with a smile, "Eat it, it's very sweet."

Wei Xu raised his eyes to look at him, hesitated for a few seconds, finally couldn't help the temptation, opened his mouth and ate the cake.

Because the cream flower was too big, he accidentally got a little cream on his lips, but he didn't feel it himself, and was completely immersed in the pain of Wei You's imminent departure.

Wei You wiped off the cream on his lips with a tissue, and asked in his usual gentle tone, "Is it sweet?"

Wei Xu nodded.

"Is it tasty?"

"Ah."

Wei You fed him a few more spoonfuls of cake, and when he saw that his mood improved, he put the spoon into his little hand: "Brother is tired, the melon cub will eat by himself."

Wei Xu pouted, slid down the sofa with a spoon, sat on the small bench beside the tea table, and ate the cake slowly.

Wei You leaned on the sofa and stretched, looked at the back of the child's round head and said, "I may not be able to make lunch and dinner tomorrow, so you can use the pocket money I gave you to go out and buy something to eat.

"Well... If there is no accident, I should be back tomorrow, but if I have something to delay, after your father comes back, once he starts drinking, you hide in the room and lock the door, you know?"

Wei Xu lowered his gaze and responded with a muffled sound.

"Are you sure he only does it when he's drunk?"

"Ah."

"That's okay. Hide in the room and put the lock on. If I can't come back, you can do this." Wei You urged again, but he was still a little worried. There is no landline phone in this house. What really happened? It was difficult even to call the police.

After thinking for a while, he said, "If you don't have time to lock the door, shout for help, try to run out and knock on the door next door, in short, don't stand still and let him bully you like before."

"You have to hurry back..." Wei Xu muttered softly, but did not wait for any response.

The body seems to have suddenly entered a black and white silent film, and the ears suddenly become silent.

For a while, the bad premonition came to mind again.

When he turned around, he saw that the man who was leaning on the sofa just now and told him in a lazy tone how to avoid his father's violence had disappeared.

Wei Xu's lips parted, and he immediately stood up and walked around behind the sofa to take a look, then searched all the rooms including the bathroom in disbelief, and finally returned to the original place in frustration.

He sat down on the small bench beside the tea table again, listened to the sound of the TV, and continued to eat small cakes quietly.

The unique sweet and greasy taste of cream melted in his mouth, Wei Xu repeatedly reassured his brother that he would be back soon, but his eyes still turned red uncontrollably.

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Because he was prepared in his heart, Wei You didn't feel flustered when his eyes suddenly fell into darkness. When he opened his eyes again, he found that he had returned to the apartment in the real world.

He first charged his mobile phone according to the plan, then randomly found a cotton padded jacket to put on, took his bank card and went downstairs.

For the convenience of transportation, the apartment building he chose to rent had a supermarket and a bank under it, and a large shopping mall opposite, which can be said to be in an excellent location.

Taking the elevator to the first floor, and walking out of the apartment door, Wei You couldn't help shivering as the cold December night wind brushed against his cheeks.

Ahead, the trees with withered branches and leaves are shrouded in the twilight of early winter, rows of car lights and street lights are shining brightly, the entrance of the shopping mall is full of people, and couples passing by are discussing the latest movie...

It is clear that he is not familiar with the bustling scene, Wei You felt like a dream when he first saw this scene.

His memory still remains in the quiet night 15 years ago when the moths were swooping, but at the moment when he walked down the steps of the apartment, it was as if he was suddenly pushed from behind and pushed into the urban phantom from the dim room.

With this wonderful feeling, Wei You was in a daze when he walked into the bank. He didn't come back to his senses until the ATM machine sounded an emotionless reminder.

According to the price agreed by Grandma Li, it would cost [-] yuan to rent a house plus a deposit for one year, and Wei You would withdraw [-] yuan at once, so as to save money and waste time running up and down in the future.

After walking out of the bank, he walked quickly across the sidewalk without stopping and entered the opposite shopping mall.

He has visited this mall many times, and he knows exactly what store is in which location.

The current time is urgent, he deliberately avoided the shops with more customers, and bought two cups of milk tea in just a few minutes.

Of course, since he didn't bring his mobile phone, he paid in cash.

Two cups of milk tea cost nearly 40 yuan. Wei You, who came back from 15 years ago, suddenly felt a sense of inflation, and felt quite painful when paying.

Returning home in the fastest time, Wei You took off his coat, picked up his phone and looked at it. It was 42:22, [-] minutes since he came back.

Fortunately, I can make it back in time before Father Wei returns home.

Stuffing the wallet bulging with cash into his pocket, Wei You held the milk tea bag in his left hand and the phone in his right, and clicked on the game icon again.

The white screen lit up, the progress bar loaded rapidly, and finally stagnated at "99%". He felt a familiar darkness hit him...