Let's see what kind of world he created

If he heard the word "base" from the mouth of an ordinary child, Ning Chengyou would probably think that the other party was referring to a place in some cartoon, or the "secret base" of himself and his friends. After all, it is just a product of children's fantasy, which has nothing to do with reality.

But hearing this word from Chenchen's mouth gave him a completely different feeling.When he thought the other party was a child, he noticed that Chenchen was different. The child was withdrawn, not good at communicating with others, always wary of others, and even used guns as toys. He heard from such a child The "base" can not help but remind people of some very bad things.

Immediately afterwards, he discovered Chenchen's secret again—the child is not a child, but a 17-year-old teenager.

In this case, the meaning of that "base" is even more open to question.

Ning Chengyou had wanted to ask the child where it was for a long time, but it was a pity that the child didn't seem to want to answer so much, so he dragged it until now, and this time he was finally able to ask clearly.

Ning Chengyou: "Did you come out of the base?"

Child: "Yes."

Cheng Yue interrupted: "Is the base your home?"

The child looked confused: "Home?"

Cheng Yue said quickly: "It's the place where you stay with your parents and other relatives."

"I don't have parents or other relatives," said the child. "A base, not a home, I don't have one."

He said this purely to express the literal meaning, without the slightest personal emotion mixed in. He was seriously answering Cheng Yue's question and stating his own situation, with a calm tone and calm eyes, as if there was no It's not a big deal for him that his parents don't have a home.This is probably the concept instilled in him by his long-term life, and he himself does not think there is anything wrong.

But after listening to his words, everyone present fell into a rare silence.

Ning Chengyou was speechless for a while.

The child's appearance clearly has never felt the love from his parents and family, and he has never had a home.Because he has never owned it before, he has no idea about it, doesn't understand what it is, let alone want to get it, only in this way can he say so frankly that he doesn't have it.He didn't show a strange expression when he spoke, as if he was just stating the most common facts.

But the speaker thinks this way, but the listener can't feel the same way.

Ning Chengyou also has no parents, but he was adopted by good uncles and aunts since he was a child. After being differentiated into a guide, he was directly trained and educated by the state. The people around him have given him enough love and care since he was a child, so that he can be healthy and happy grow up happily.In his eyes, it doesn't really matter whether there is a "home" in the popular sense.

But if you think about it with your toes, the child has never enjoyed this kind of treatment from him, otherwise how could he not even know what home is.

Cheng Yue scratched his hair and took the initiative to apologize to the child: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

The child didn't seem to care about his words at all, and he didn't understand why she apologized at all, but out of politeness, he still said, "It's okay."

Cheng Yue was even more embarrassed: "You don't...don't forgive me so quickly, let me reflect on myself first."

Child: "Oh."

The two of them were not on the same line of thinking, and they didn't understand what each other meant, but because of Cheng Yue's good attitude and the child's response, they miraculously had a conversation.However, Ning Chengyou didn't have the heart to care about how miraculous this conversation was at this time, he was hanging on the child with all his heart.

He couldn't help but said to the child: "Since Chenchen has no family, he can treat me as a family."

The child looked up at him, without refusing: "Yes."

The hand holding the child was tight and tight, Ning Chengyou forced himself back to normal, temporarily suppressed the turbulent emotions, took a deep breath, and fast-forwarded to the next question: "If this is the case, then Chenchen, stay with you Who are the people in the base?"

"There are a lot of people like me," said the kid, "and we stay together, along with administrators, instructors, and doctors."

This kind of composition is very common in some summer camp military training activities, but Ning Chengyou is not sure whether the titles in the mouth of the children really represent their work, he does not think it is that simple.

"What do these people usually do?"

"Managers and instructors are in charge of teaching, and doctors are in charge of our physical condition."

"How many people are there?"

"Forty managers, twenty instructors, and one doctor."

"How many people like you are there?"

"The number is not fixed, and there are about 400 people on average."

This ratio seems abnormal. How could there be only one doctor in a place with 500 people?And why do we need so many managers?Ning Chengyou frowned, then asked: "Then what do you usually do?"

Child: "Training."

Ning Chengyou just wanted to follow along to ask about the content of the training, but when he recalled the child's crisp and agile skills when he killed zombie animals just now, he felt that he might have understood their usual training content.

"How long have you been at the base?"

Child: "It's been there for as long as I can remember."

Ning Chengyou: "Is it the same for everyone else?"

"There are," said the child, "and some people left in the middle, and new people were added later."

What the hell is this place?Ning Chengyou went through a few "bases" moved out of foreign countries in his mind, none of which could be described by the child.

Is it new?

But the child said that he has been there since he can remember, which means that it should have been established for a long time, and it cannot be new.

Is it a secret base?

Ning Chengyou has heard about the secret bases set up by some countries in the rumors, although exaggeration is indispensable, for example, these bases are actually secretly studying the corpses of aliens found, and copying the genes of aliens to the earth People... But apart from these parts, he still believes in the existence of the base itself.As for the gossip that the virus was developed by those bases and spread to all human beings to eliminate inferior human beings, this kind of story is enough to listen to, without any scientific basis.

Could the kid have come out of those bases?

He couldn't confirm.

Ning Chengyou: "Does your base have a name?"

Child: "It's the base."

Ning Chengyou was dumbfounded: "The base is called the base? It's as interesting as Tiger."

The child couldn't understand his feelings, and the two clearly had different definitions of fun. Ning Chengyou straightened up: "Who created this base?"

Seeing him sitting upright, the child imitated him and sat up, no longer leaning on his shoulder, thought for a while, and said, "I don't know."

Ning Chengyou also felt that he probably didn't know that people like children were probably reticent in the base, and they didn't have the mind to care about other things except for training every day. If the founder of the base wanted to hide himself, then he wouldn't Clear and normal.

Next... it seems that there are no questions to ask.

He solved a small part of his doubts, and added more questions, his mind was a little confused for a while, until Ming Xiao said a word.

She had been watching silently, and suddenly said: "Captain, don't you feel that your current appearance is a bit like interrogating a prisoner?"

Hearing what she said, Ning Chengyou came back to his senses, and subconsciously looked at the child. The latter was still sitting on his lap, but he didn't know when it got out of his arms. At this moment, he opened his eyes and looked at him. The two faced each other. The expressions were all serious, and coupled with the previous question and answer, it really looked like an interrogation.

And looking at the child's appearance, he seems to think so.

Ning Chengyou shouted in his heart that he was wronged.The child was finally willing to confess to him. He just wanted to take the opportunity to ask about the child's situation. Why did it suddenly become an interrogation scene?

He obviously wanted to use this to increase the distance, but he didn't expect that it would be self-defeating, and the distance would be even further.

Ning Chengyou hugged the child quickly, his expression softened at a speed visible to the naked eye. In order to make himself look less serious, he stared into the child's eyes and talked - the child's eyes always make him easy to soften his heart - and told the child: "Chenchen, don't listen to her nonsense."

"I'm not interrogating you. We're just chatting, and I want you to satisfy my curiosity."

"In exchange, if you have any questions about me, you can also ask me."

After hearing what he said, the child shook his head, indicating that he had no questions to ask.

Ning Chengyou breathed a sigh of relief, but also faintly felt frustrated.It seems that Chenchen is still not very interested in him, not even curious.

But after thinking about it, the child's personality is not interested in anyone, and he is not the only one. Thinking about it this way, he was relieved.

It's okay, it's only been a few days anyway, the child is not familiar with him yet, this kind of behavior is normal, when he continues to work hard and stay with the child, sooner or later he will have the opportunity to let the child treat him as a special one.

The serious topic came to an end for a while, Zhang Bei ran over to urge them to get out of the car, Ning Chengyou picked up the child and walked to the landing place, suddenly remembered something:

"Chenchen, did you jump off the car just now to find Tiger?"

Unexpectedly, the child denied it: "No."

"Why is that?" Ning Chengyou asked, "I was terrified at the time, there are so many zombies and animals, if you jump down, my heart will jump out."

A sliver of embarrassment rarely appeared on the child's face, but it was fleeting, but Ning Chengyou took a solid look: "It's because I... have changed."

Ning Chengyou understood: "Because you found that you suddenly changed back?"

Child: "Yes."

It is estimated that the child realized that he had suddenly changed back to his original form, and was suddenly exposed in front of them, a little confused, just as Tiger jumped out, and he ran out with him.

"Then why did Tiger run?"

"It's too big," said the kid, "and there's not enough room to restore it in the car."

Ning Chengyou looked back at their car and compared it with Tiger's original size, and found that it was indeed the case.Such a big white tiger suddenly appeared in their carriage, it might just squeeze them out.

Ning Chengyou: "Did you know that you also changed back last night?"

Child: "I didn't know it at first, but I guessed it when I heard you say it this morning."

"I don't know... When will I change, I didn't have time to change my clothes," said the child, "It wasn't intentional."

Ning Chengyou was taken aback: "It's okay, I know you didn't do it on purpose, it's just a piece of clothing, if it breaks it will break, as long as you're fine."

The child was wrapped in his coat, which was so long that it covered the knees, revealing a section of the calf, and the red and swollen marks on the white ankle were particularly conspicuous.Ning Chengyou felt as if his heart had been stabbed, and a slight pain spread.

He pointed to the child's ankle and asked, "When I ran out just now, did my leg hurt?"

The child shrank his feet subconsciously: "It doesn't hurt."

How can it not hurt?At this time, a normal child should be crying for comfort and hugging, but he said that he didn't feel pain.

Is it really painless, or is it so common that it can be ignored?

Ning Chengyou guessed it was the latter.

He said in a joking tone: "Chenchen, children who don't tell the truth will be fined not to eat candy for a day."

The child turned his head, as if he couldn't believe it.

Ning Chengyou continued to ask: "Is it really not painful?"

The child looked down unconsciously, tightened the corners of his mouth, and finally said after a while, "A little bit."

"Only a little?" Ning Chengyou asked.

The child nodded: "Yes."

Ning Chengyou knew that if he asked again, there would be nothing to ask, and it was already a great improvement to let the child say "this".He kept his promise, gave the child a candy, and then asked Qin Yan to come to the medicine box, intending to give the child medicine.