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By the side, I, I will take you there. "The boy stood up and pointed in one direction. Jiang Hao picked up Mu Chen and followed the little boy away from the pond.

It was very late, and the country road at night seemed particularly difficult to walk, but the boy seemed to have walked it many times, and led the two of them towards a seemingly uninhabited place with ease.

Jiang Hao stretched his upper body, wrapped his slightly dry clothes around Mu Chen, and tried to bring Mu Chen close to his chest, so as to transfer more heat to him.

They walked through the grass and trees for a while, and finally came to a not-so-wide but very flat and clean concrete road, and saw several buildings.

These buildings are not high, with only three or four floors at the highest, but they are very wide, forming a semi-closed shape. The only front door without a building is also built with a high wall. The yard inside looks very large, and there seems to be a backyard at the back. .It was late at night, and only one of the buildings was lit in most of its rooms, while the others were only sporadically lit.

There seemed to be some characters on the top of the big iron gate on the front, but the weathering was serious, and the strokes of the characters were no longer complete. In addition, the night was dark, the shadows of the trees were dancing, and there were no street lights around, so it was hard to see what words were on them.

Under the night, it is difficult to see the specific conditions of each building, but just by looking at the iron gate, you can tell that it has been here for some years.

Jiang Hao walked towards the gate, feeling a little familiar.

Following the little boy through the door and into the room in the building with the most lights, Jiang Hao carefully placed Mu Chen on a bed inside.The little boy said, "I'll find someone," and ran out.

There were several beds covered with white sheets in the room, which were simply furnished and looked very similar to the school infirmary. Jiang Hao guessed that this should also be a medical facility here.

Jiang Hao placed Mu Chen, looked around, saw a water dispenser at the foot of the table, and wanted to pour a glass of water for Mu Chen, but just as he stood up, his right hand was firmly grasped.

Mu Chen closed his eyes, frowned, and seemed to be in a nightmare, babbling indistinctly. He held onto Jiang Hao's hand, as if it was the last straw.

"Don't, don't go, I'm waiting for you..."

The moment Mu Chen's consciousness disappeared, he couldn't perceive anything outside.He seemed to have fallen into a dream, and seemed to have traveled through time. The almost identical scene nine years ago was repeated in front of his eyes.

He was sitting on the bank of the river with a little boy who was a little shorter than him, all wet and shivering in the cold spring.

"Hey, are you okay? Why did you fall into the water?" Mu Chen learned to swim at a very young age, but he was still a child after all. He had just swam up from the water and was still breathing.

Hearing his voice, the little boy didn't answer, but took off his coat and wrung it vigorously, wrapping it around Mu Chen's body with the back facing straight.The early spring wind was very cool, and when it blew past, the temperature of the wet clothes dropped rapidly. The boy lost another layer of warmth, and the hands holding the clothes were shaking.

Mu Chen suddenly felt a little less cold.

"What are you doing, you're going to catch a cold!"

"You, you're all wet, are you cold?"

"You're all wet too. Aren't you cold? Why are you dumber than my neighbor's big yellow dog?" Mu Chen said, put his coat back on the other side, and pulled him to stand up.

"Go, my house is not far ahead. I'll take you to my house to change clothes. Mom said that if you don't change clothes like this, you will get sick."

Mu Chen took the boy's cold hand and walked towards his home.

In the evening, Mu Chen walked along the way after school for a while, and suddenly found a group of people on the bank of the river in front of him, who were talking loudly, staring at the river below and didn't know what they were talking about. When he was wondering, the group of people laughed a few times , scattered in all directions, as if nothing had happened.

It was the cold spring season, and there were almost no pedestrians on the road in the evening, and there were few people living around here, and no one else could be found to help.

Those people feel weird.

Is there anything interesting in the river?Why are they smiling so happily?

Mu Chen was very curious, and looked down at the place where those people were standing just now, but saw a boy who was about his age struggling in the water.

! ! ! !

Mu Chen quickly dropped his schoolbag, jumped into the water and swam towards the boy. Mu Chen was good at swimming, but he was too young, so it was not easy to save someone. Fortunately, the boy who fell into the water was calm, so he grabbed his After holding hands, they did not struggle indiscriminately, but grabbed a support point on the shore with the help of Mu Chen, and the two went ashore carefully.

Mu Chen took the boy and walked faster and faster on the road, and finally almost ran.

The boy was exhausted, and some couldn't keep up with him, and his steps gradually became messy, "Wait, wait for me."

Mu Chen stopped when he heard the sound, and looked back at the boy, "Run faster, don't you feel warmer? Come and hold on to me, let's run back together!"

"Hmm!" A smile appeared on the boy's self-abased and cowardly expression.

They ran faster and faster, the dirt road they ran was billowing with dust, the temperature on their bodies gradually rose, and they walked towards the sunset in the west without stopping, as if they were chasing the warmth and beauty that was about to fall.The faces of the two little boys were stained with the afterglow of the setting sun, like a hot flame, bred with vigorous enthusiasm.

That's when they are at their best.

The day is approaching, and the night has not yet come.

It wasn't until they ran downstairs to Mu Chen's house that the two children slowed down.

"Phew, I'm so tired, but it's really warm." Mu Chen stopped to take a few breaths, then turned to ask the boy, "How did you fall into the water? It's so cold outside, it's not comfortable to play in the water." , I still like playing in summer the most.”

"I, I actually..." The boy hesitated for a moment, thinking that it would be okay to tell a child he didn't know, and then continued, "I was pushed down."

"Ah? Are those people standing by the river? Why did you push you? It's wrong to hurt others!"

"I, they, they ask me for money every day, I can't give them any money today, they, just, just beat me, and pushed me into the river." The boy's voice became smaller and smaller, sounding very wronged, but Tears flickering in the eyes stubbornly refused to fall.

While talking, Mu Chen's house arrived, and the door opened, revealing Cheng Ying's still young face.

Seeing Mu Chen's wet clothes, the originally smiling face suddenly turned cloudy, "Where did you play, kid, you got so wet!"

"Mom, can you make us some ginger soup?"

Just as Cheng Ying wanted to continue teaching, she suddenly stopped talking when she saw the boy behind, and turned to walk towards the kitchen.

"Go and change into dry clothes, don't catch a cold."

Mu Chen took the boy into his bedroom, found two sets of dry clothes, and changed with him.

"Thank you."

The boy's immature voice was a little soft and sweet, and Xiao Muchen couldn't help teasing him.

"If you want to thank me, just call me brother!"

Mu Chen has wanted a little brother since he was a child, but this wish has never been realized. Seeing the little boy he rescued today, he suddenly had inspiration.

I don't have a real brother, it's fine if a kid calls me brother!

"No, I don't know if you're older than me."

Mu Chen pouted a little dissatisfied, "What grade are you in?"

"First grade."

"Well, I'm also in the first grade..."

Little Mu Chen thought in his heart, we are both in the first grade, but I am in August, maybe he is younger than me?

"What month is your birthday?"

"I should be... December, but I'm already seven years old." The boy faltered, as if uncertain.

Mu Chen knew that he was six years old, so he must be younger than a boy, but he was unwilling to let him call him brother, so he pretended to be confused.

"Why don't you even know your own birthday? I'm on August 8, older than you, and..." He stood on tiptoe, put his palm parallel to the ground on his forehead, and slanted his hand towards the boy in front of him. on his head, and then continued happily, "I'm taller than you - so much, you have to call me brother!"

In fact, he was already a little taller than the little boy, but it was not obvious. In order to make him call him brother, he still used this "cheating" method, for fear that the other party would not recognize him.

But the boy looked at his hair that was still dripping, and opened his mouth without hesitation.

"……elder brother."

Before little Mu Chen could be satisfied, Cheng Ying pushed the door open and came in. Hearing what they were talking just now, Jiang Tang almost couldn't hold back his laughter, "Don't listen to him, my child, he's almost half a year younger than you, and he lied to me." People call him brother."

"Mom! I just want someone to call me brother, and you won't find me a little brother! No matter! I want my brother!"

"Then you can't bully the children."

"Don't bully, when he grows taller than me, I will call him brother."

Cheng Ying smiled and put two bowls of ginger soup on the table, let them drink to dispel the cold, and then left the bedroom.

As soon as Mu Chen went over to take a sip, he was so hot that he gave up drinking ginger soup for the time being, and dragged the boy to his bedroom window.

"Look, are the windows of my house super powerful? You can see many windows from my window, and the one directly opposite. I think the silver and white curtains in his house are not good-looking, and they are cold."

The more the boy looked at the window, the more familiar it became. After looking at it for a while, he said, "That, it seems to be... the window of my house."

"Really? You live across from my house! Why don't you tell me! That's great. I'll go to school and play with you in the future, okay? Well... for the sake of calling me brother,