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Fu Yue touched Ba'er's head, took out a candy from his bosom, and gave it to Qi'er and Ba'er.

Ba'er tore off the package, swallowed the strawberry-flavored fudge in one gulp.

Fu Yue calmed down a bit, and asked again: "How long did it take you to come out here?"

After Qi'er ate the candy, he seemed to be less defensive. He smacked his mouth and said, "About... an hour."

Fu Yue asked Nie Haohuai: "Little Nie, can you drive a motorcycle?"

Nie Haohuai nodded.

Fu Yue said: "It's quite a distance from their home. Qi'er is injured, and it's tiring to carry him all the way home. The canteen in the village can rent motorcycles, why don't we drive them back?"

Nie Haohuai glanced at Qi'er and said, "Okay."

A few people came to the canteen, Fu Yue pointed to the motorcycle at the entrance of the canteen, and said to the two children, "Uncle will drive you back later, okay?"

Qi'er took a look and said, "Okay, let's go home quickly."

Ba'er tugged at his sleeve and said, "Brother, Mom and Dad will definitely be suspicious when they see your legs."

Qi'er lowered his head, also looking distressed, he pursed his lips and said, "I'll just say I fell in the ditch myself."

Nie Haohuai went to rent a motorcycle from the shop owner, and they are still communicating.

Fu Yue asked gently: "Are your parents very strict?"

Ba'er cried and said, "Normally they don't care about us, as long as we don't run around. However, if they know that we have left the mountain, they will definitely be very angry and beat people."

"Then why do you guys still dare to come out to play?" Fu Yue moved slightly.

"Mom and Dad went out to buy goods today." Qi'er pouted, and Xu Xu said, "But it's really boring to be bored in the mountains every day. Mom and Dad don't take us out to play, and don't let us out to play by ourselves. It's so boring. gone."

"Don't you guys go to school? Is there no school in the mountains?" Fu Yue asked, guessing that the two children had already reached the age of elementary school.

Ba'er said, "Mom and Dad said we don't need to go to school. There is no school in the mountains."

Fu Yue's heart sank, and he asked, "Don't your brothers and sisters go to school? Do you also stay at home every day?"

Qi'er snapped her fingers and said, "We don't go to school. The eldest brother, second sister, third sister and fourth brother will go out to help mom and dad with work now."

"What kind of work can you do if you don't go to school? What do your parents do?" Fu Yue approached the core circle of the problem step by step.

Ba'er said: "Mom and Dad are businessmen, they can buy and sell goods."

Fu Yue went a step further: "What kind of goods are you buying?"

"It's just buying." Qi'er noticed something and frowned: "Big brother, why do you have so many questions?"

Fu Yue's face was calm, and he smiled softly: "I am idle, I just want to chat. If you don't want to talk, then I won't ask. If you want to ask me anything, you can just ask."

Nie Haohuai paid the motorcycle rental fee and the deposit, took out the keys, and gave one to Fu Yue.

"Why have we talked for so long?" Fu Yue asked casually.

Nie Haohuai said: "At the beginning, the boss was only willing to rent one. I said that one was not enough, and I talked with the boss for a long time."

Fu Yue turned the key and asked, "What's wrong with this car?"

Nie Haohuai patted his car and said: "He asked how long we would drive, and I said about half an hour. The boss said that the gas in my car might only be enough to drive for 10 minutes. I asked where I could refuel nearby, but The refueling place is a bit far away. Brother Fu, shall we go refueling now?"

Fu Yue didn't think much: "Go..." When he got into the car and asked Xiao Ba to hug him tightly, he suddenly thought of something and said, "Wait, let's go like this, no need to refuel."

"Then..." Nie Haohuai hesitated.

"It's okay, let's go like this." Fu Yue typed quickly on the mobile phone and said, "I'll reply to a message first, very soon, in 2 minutes."

Two minutes later, Fu Yue carried Ba'er, Nie Haohuai carried Qi'er, and drove to the other side of the mountain according to the guidance of the two children.

For safety's sake, all four of them wore helmets.The winter in the south is gloomy and cold, the sky is gloomy, and a gust of wind brings dampness, which sneaks in through the gaps in the helmet, freezing people everywhere.

Ba'er hugged Fu Yue tightly, perhaps feeling bored, and asked loudly, "Big Brother, what do you do?"

Fu Yue also replied loudly: "I am an architect, and I am here to build a leisure and entertainment place."

"Wow, you are amazing." Ba'er praised.

Fu Yue asked: "What about you? Do you have any dreams?"

Ba'er said: "I don't know. Well... I want to be a tour guide. I don't want to spend my whole life in the mountains. I want to travel around the world."

"One day, your dream will come true."

Ba'er raised his voice slightly sharply: "But Mom and Dad will definitely not agree."

Fu Yue hasn't driven a motorcycle for a long time. Facing the cold wind, he said loudly: "So what? Your life should not be dictated by your parents. You are your own legend."

Ba'er was quiet for a few seconds, then suddenly repeated in a daze: "I am my own legend?"

"Yes, you are your own legend. You are born free. Don't always think about what your parents don't allow you to do. You have the right to decide what you want to do." Fu Yue said, "Baer, ​​how old are you? ?”

"I'm eight years old."

"Maybe you don't have the ability to decide what you can do now, but eight years later, ten years later, you can live in the way you want. Whether it's a tour guide or traveling around the world. You learn to read and read , grow up, and the future is your own.”

It took Ba'er a while to digest what Fu Yue said, and then he smiled. He showed two canine teeth, his eyes sparkled, and shouted: "I will! I will tell my parents tonight that I want to study, Daddy Brother, thank you."

Fu Yue smiled sincerely and said, "You're welcome."

The mountain road was rugged, Fu Yue and Nie Haohuai drove more slowly, and the more they drove, the more confused they became. If Qi'er and Ba'er said, there is something hidden in the mountain, so that children are not allowed to go to school and go out.

After driving for about 15 minutes, Qi'er patted Nie Haohuai's shoulder anxiously and said, "It's almost here, don't go any further, stop, stop!"

Fu Yue heard it too, and stopped the motorcycle together with Nie Haohuai.

Ba'er got out of the car with Fu Yue, Nie Haohuai got out of the car, hugged Qi'er down, and said, "You are like this, how can you walk over by yourself?"

Qi'er said: "Let Ba'er go back, someone will come out to pick me up."

Fu Yue said: "Isn't it faster for us to send you to the door? Don't worry, we will leave after we send you to the door, and we will never stop longer."

"That's not okay, if the villagers see it..." Qi'er just imagined, his face turned pale, and he said, "Hurry up and get on the motorcycle and go."

Fu Yue hesitated for a moment, Nie Haohuai asked: "How far is it from the entrance of the village?"

Ba'er looked at Qi'er, saw that he didn't intend to answer, so he said, "...about five minutes."

"Then how about it." Fu Yue said, "How about we take you to a place where you can reach the village in 2 minutes, and then leave right away?"

Ba'er looked at Qi'er and said, "Brother... there is a puddle nearer there. If you say you fell from there, it won't be easy to be suspected."

Qi'er thought for a while and said, "Okay."

Nie Haohuai squatted down and said, "I'll carry you on my back." The mountain road is winding, and holding it will block the view, making it difficult to walk.

Qi'er was picked up by Nie Haohuai, and Fu Yue and Ba'er walked slowly behind them.

"Ba'er, you said before... there are many beautiful sisters in the village every month, is it true?" Fu Yue lowered his voice, not wanting Qi'er to hear.

Ba'er and Fu Yue established a good level of trust, so they whispered: "It's true, don't tell others. Mom and Dad don't allow us to tell others, saying that it will cause trouble."

Fu Yue asked again: "Did your parents tell you that they are in the purchase business?"

Ba'er nodded.

"Then have you seen their goods?"

Ba'er thought for a while, and said distressedly: "I haven't seen it before."

"Are your parents going to buy goods today?" Fu Yue asked.

Ba'er replied: "That's right, this day of every month is the day to buy goods."

"In addition to buying goods, will your parents leave the village?" Fu Yue's suspicion grew deeper and deeper somewhere in his heart.

Ba'er shook his head: "Occasionally go out at other times, but not..."

Ba'er's voice stopped abruptly because he saw Qi'er on Nie Haohuai's back turning his head suspiciously.

"What are you talking about? Such a low voice." Qi'er asked.

Fu Yue smiled and said, "It's nothing, let's talk about his dream."

Qi'er was dubious, and snorted lightly: "He doesn't have any dreams."

Ba'er changed the topic: "Brother, we're here."

There was indeed a puddle next to it, not too shallow, not too deep, and falling here was worthy of the injury on Qi'er's leg.

"Then let's go first, you all pay attention to safety." Fu Yue said.

Qi'er waved his hand and said, "Go quickly."

Ba'er waved his hand and said, "Big Brother, goodbye."

Fu Yue and Nie Haohuai also said goodbye by fate, and then returned in the direction they came from.

Walking to the side of the motorcycle, Nie Haohuai put on his helmet, and when he was about to get on the car, seeing Fu Yue was motionless, he asked, "Brother Fu, why don't you leave?"

Fu Yue looked at the mountain thoughtfully, made up his mind, and said, "Xiao Nie, you go first, you drive my motorcycle away, and leave your motorcycle to me."

Nie Haohuai glanced at the mountain, uncertain: "Brother Fu, do you want to..."

Fu Yue said: "Xiao Nie, go back to the village and wait for me for a day. If I don't come back after a day, you should call the police. Don't call 110 directly. You can check the area code here. Don't ask the village chief, don't trust the village chief. Any one of you. Do you know what I mean?"

Nie Haohuai hesitated: "But...but this is very dangerous...how about I go with you."

"No." Fu Yue said with a firm attitude, "If you go too, we will be really alone and helpless when we are really in danger. You can still help me if you stay outside."

After persuading him for a while, he finally persuaded Nie Haohuai to go back.

Before starting the motorcycle, Nie Haohuai said to Fu Yue through the motorcycle: "Brother Fu, be careful."

Fu Yue said, "I will."

After Nie Haohuai left, Fu Yue started the motorcycle without wearing a helmet and galloped towards the mountain.

When we got there, Qi'er was alone by the puddle, and Ba'er must have gone to call for someone, but he hadn't come out yet.

Seeing him go back and forth, Qi'er's eyes were straightened, he was startled, angry and frightened, and said in a trembling voice: "Why haven't you left yet? Go——"

Fu Yue ignored Qi'er, took out a first-aid kit from his backpack, opened it, took out gauze and alcohol disinfectant, and lifted Qi'er's trouser legs, as if he was bandaging him.

Ba'er came out with a burly man. When he saw Fu Yue, he was also shocked. He couldn't speak at all: "Brother...brother...he fell on...there..."

The burly man looked at Fu Yue with a fierce look in his eyes, and asked, "Who are you?"

Fu Yue pointed to the motorcycle next to him, and said, "I passed by and saw that the kid was injured, so I helped him to bandage him."

The burly man looked at Qi'er and asked, "Seventh brother, is that so?"

So this is his brother, Fu Yue thought to himself.

Qi'er forced herself to remain calm and said, "...Yes."

The burly man said to Fu Yue, "Thank you then, goodbye."

Fu Yue snorted and said, "Wait, my motorcycle is almost out of gas, do you know where there is a place to refuel near here?"

Ba'er looked panic-stricken.

The burly man frowned, and when he was about to dismiss Fu Yue casually, Fu Yue pretended not to see the burly man's expression, scratched his head, and said annoyedly: "Well, if I can't find a place to refuel, then I just I can find a place in the mountains to make do for one night.”