law of sunrise

Jiang Wei is not a person who is easy to get along with, Lu Xi knew this from the first day, but this so-called "not easy to get along with" can actually be touched by the law.

For example, when Jiang Wei is on the phone, he must never disturb him. When he is playing Xiaoxiaole, he can stand quietly and watch from the sidelines. However, Lu Xi had the opportunity to timidly run over to chat with him.

"Jiang Wei, don't you go to school?" Lu Xi called Jiang Wei, who was taller than him, by his name. He followed Jiang Wei's pace with a bag of old-fashioned popcorn and asked, licking his lips.

Jiang Weigang bought the popcorn for him because he forgot to pick him up from school a few days ago——Jiang Wei would often wait at the gate of Lu Xi’s junior high school, with his clothes up, and sitting on the curb with a cigarette, staring at Lu Xi in the smoke. Looking at the dilapidated school gate, I don't know what I'm thinking all day long.

He didn't seem to go to school, and he didn't know where he lived. He was crippled on crutches, walking side by side with Lu Xi step by step, and didn't speak most of the time.He just stared at the child silently, at his ugly green school uniform and frizzy hair, and pinched Lu Xi's little face from time to time.

One day, a group of gangsters who didn't go to school blocked Lu Xi in an alley to ask for money. Jiang Wei picked up a pair of crutches and hit five, and his legs were better than normal people.After the beating, he returned the crutches, grinned perfunctorily, and let out a flat, strange cry: "Ouch."

Lu Xi: ...

"I didn't get good grades, my family insisted on making me study, and I jumped off the classroom window sill to play truant and broke my leg." Jiang Wei tapped his ankle with a cane and said calmly.

"Isn't it good at studying? Studying can help you get ahead." Lu Xi gnawed on the popcorn and crunched it. He was young and didn't quite understand the rebellious thoughts of adolescents.He likes going to school. Although he is not very good at studying, he heard that as long as he goes to school, he can pass the exam. He can go anywhere, as long as he stays away from that woman.

"It depends on what book to study, the one arranged by my family is not good." Jiang Wei's face was inexplicably gloomy, he glanced at the half popcorn in Lu Xi's mouth, spread his hands and said, "Give me one."

Then the boys, one big and one small, ate the popcorn together, dropping the crumbs all the way.

"Arranged? Can you still arrange for reading?" Lu Xi tilted his head ignorantly, and murmured.

"Yes, finance, law, management, medicine, life sciences, artificial intelligence..." Jiang Wei became more and more difficult to understand, bringing out all five elements and gossip to fool children.He looked at Lu Xi who was circling Venus above his head, and he felt happy, and suddenly asked: "What do you want to learn?"

"Learn what you want to make money." Lu Xi was thinking fast, he smacked his lips and muttered softly.

A very real wish, frighteningly real in this slum where only a narrow slit of the sky can be seen.

"Go and sing." Jiang Wei lowered his eyes, hiding his adult treacherous thoughts: "I think you can sing well, and your voice is also good, and you can stand out."

"Hmm..." Lu Xi chewed the popcorn, with a layer of leather on the tip of his tongue. He thought about it carefully, but didn't say if he could: "Then what does Jiang Wei want to learn?"

At that time, the young Lu Xi really thought that Jiang Wei was talking about the future with him. He couldn't hear the meaning of the man's words, and he was confused by Jiang Wei's answer-"Learn what I like... what I like, and die for him." It doesn't matter."

Jiang Wei stared at Lu Xi who was looking up with deep eyes, and suddenly walked around in front of him, bent his knees, and hooked the little boy's legs to carry him on his back.The field of vision widened in an instant, and Lu Xi was surprised by the feeling of flying into the sky. He kicked his calves to avoid kicking Jiang Wei, so he put his arm around the popcorn and put his other hand on Jiang Wei's neck.

"Why?" Lu Xi asked curiously.

"Is it fun?" Jiang Wei didn't turn his head, and there was a relaxed smile in his voice.

"It's fun." Lu Xi smiled silently, stroking Jiang Wei's hair with his little finger.It was the first time in his life that the child was being carried on his back. He lay on Jiang Wei's back and said something, which caused the young man to turn around and talk to him.

At that time, Jiang Wei didn't know how to like it. He only vaguely felt that the blueberry-flavored omega at home was as sweet as an inferior product made of artificial sweetener, and his every move was disgustingly artificial.Compared to that delicate and false golden cage, it is easier to carry this little thing on your back.

Jiang Wei carried Lu Xi on his back and walked a long way until Lu Xi's doorstep.

He put Lu Xi down, watched Lu Xi carefully tie up the unfinished popcorn with a rubber band and put it in his schoolbag, then covered it with a book, raised his face and said to Jiang Wei: "I'm going back."

"En." Jiang Wei responded, turned and left.

The crimson setting sun painted the streets of the slums with blood-like colors, golden yellow sprinkled on the uneven road surface, and the mountain peak at the end of the sky swallowed the fireball on the horizon.

Jiang Wei walked step by step on crutches, and the range hood in Tongzilou blew out a strong smell of wind. He turned his head amidst the crowing of chickens and the barking of dogs, and the thick black shadow dragged for a long time.

Lu Xi's figure was swallowed in the light, his expression was very calm, he looked at Jiang Wei who was going away in a daze, and suddenly saw him turn his head back, so he shyly pursed his lips and waved to him.

The sun was setting and it was another long night.

Jiang Wei turned his head and glanced at a certain window on the roof, and vaguely saw a figure.

As if aware of his gaze, the figure stepped back, and the iron-gray curtains were drawn back.

Lu Xi entered the house cheerfully, thinking that the popcorn Jiang Wei gave him would last for a few days—Jiang Wei told him to eat it quickly, don’t worry about it, and be careful when it expires; but Lu Xi knew that the popcorn sold in the corner shop in the slum was handmade Yes, low cost, rough food, as long as it does not touch water, it can be stored for a long time.

He jumped into the door happily, raised his eyes for only one look, and trembled uncontrollably as if ice water had been splashed from head to toe.

"Mom." Lu Xi called out timidly, he took a step back, his calf muscles twisted desperately, and his teeth were clenched tightly together.

The woman specially moved a chair to sit in the center of the living room, with a row of empty wine bottles at her feet, and the omega was shattered on the ground with inhibitors.The woman's complexion was rosy, and there was still a weird musky scent left after joy|love in the air. Lu Xi couldn't smell the pheromone, but he could read the excitement and covetousness in the woman's eyes.

"Baby, who was that alpha downstairs just now?" The woman slowly trimmed the manicure she just finished with nail clippers, she raised her pale palm, and gently squeezed Lu Xi's figure in the distance, like a snake and a scorpion Folding his fingertips together, he asked with a voice.

"No...no..." Lu Xi pulled the strap of his schoolbag with his hands, his nails dug into his palms, he suppressed his fear, and replied.

"Leng Tan alpha, isn't it our child?" The woman smiled coquettishly, she tilted her head suspiciously, and looked at her son in front of her: "Why didn't you tell your mother about it after making such a good friend?"

"I don't." Lu Xi denied, "I don't know him."

"Mom has seen it all, the baby is not good at all! How can the baby lie?" The woman's eyes widened all of a sudden, like a ghost about to get out of the cage, she got up suddenly, kicked the chair down twice, grabbed Landing Creek's clothes dragged him all the way.

"Let go of me! Let me go!" Lu Xi yelled, he clasped the woman's wrist tightly, scratching from elbow to palm.Unexpectedly, the woman slammed him hard against the corner of the bedroom door frame as if she didn't feel any pain, then dragged him to the window, stabbed open the iron-gray curtains, and forced Lu Xi to look down.

"Look, mom remembers this road clearly." The woman's shrill voice rang in Lu Xi's ears, she strangled Lu Xi's neck, and screamed like crazy: "I saw it all! You still want to lie to me!"

"I don't...I'm not." Lu Xi pushed the edge of the window sill and wanted to run out, but suddenly the schoolbag was picked up behind him, and the woman opened the zipper violently, searching for something inside.

Lu Xi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly jumped up, clenched his jaw, and bit the woman's hand tightly, as if to tear off the bones and flesh, his eyes were scarlet red.

"Little bastard, dare to bite me?" The woman's strength was extremely strong, she looked thin, but she was never soft when she hit someone.She slammed Lu Xi into the corner of the wall, and repeatedly rubbed Lu Xi's face with her high heels.

"He bought this thing for you, right? What else did he buy you?! Where's the money? Where's the money! Did he give you money!" Trembling madly, he stopped Lu Xi who was trying to resist countless times.She couldn't ask anything else, and couldn't find any money, so she took the bag of popcorn to the window, opened the bag in front of Lu Xi, and threw it down from the sky bit by bit.

Lu Xi's fingertips were cold, but his mind was sober at that moment. He watched half a small bag of things fall from the sky almost masochistically, and Jiang Wei's words at a certain time echoed in his ears: "Why do you feel bad, there will be more in the future."

Not anymore.

Lu Xi jumped up suddenly, his bones swelled to the pain piercing his heart, he rushed over and grabbed the woman's shoulder, half of his body shot out to reach the plastic bag in her hand.Indistinct syllables were whimpering in his mouth, and his scarlet eyes were bloodshot.

"Baby, jump, mom will get the money if you jump." The woman grabbed Lu Xi's arm, smiled sinisterly, and said word by word: "Mom bought you an injury insurance, it's your Auntie Wang. Let me buy it for you, saying that you are dead, and you can get 50."

Lu Xi trembled all over, and stared at the woman in disbelief, with unprecedented fear and shock in his eyes.

"50 baby, mom can buy you some chocolates, are you happy?" The woman was standing by the window with a terrifying smile on her face like never before.

"You're crazy!" Lu Xi yelled with all his strength. He grabbed the guardrail and tried his best to climb into the house, but was pushed back by the woman's hand. His thin body kept leaning out of the window, his fingertips were white and trembling, Keep pushing.

"Hurry up baby! 50!!"

"Mom please! Come on!"

"Go to hell!!"

Nightmare-like screams bit Lu Xi's nerves, and tears poured out uncontrollably. He struggled on the narrow gap of the window sill, but his body was constantly pushed out by the woman's protruding hand. He stared at the woman with all his strength. With a crazy look, he finally couldn't hold on anymore.

when--

The muffled sound of iron hitting bones exploded in Lu Xi's world.

His eyes were filled with tears, his body lightened, and he was held firmly in the arms of the tall man.

"If you want money, why don't you die yourself?"

Jiang Wei held the iron water pipe picked up by the side of the road in one hand, and hugged Lu Xi who was trembling and cold in the other. His gaze was as sharp as a knife. He held the iron pipe against the woman's face, and waved the woman hard without mercy. Two of his teeth were knocked out, and the left side of his face suddenly swelled up.

Lu Xi choked and couldn't speak, he lay on Jiang Wei's chest, his legs were almost limp.

"Come back with me." Jiang Wei glanced at the twitching woman lying on the ground, and said calmly.

Jiang Wei clearly knew that when he picked up the water pipe at the corner of the alley, the name Lu Xi would be engraved on him for the rest of his life.