Played by the devil in the palm of his hand

"That person... is it really you?"

Xu Chi stared at Jun Ye in disbelief, trying to find a flaw in those bottomless eyes, but Jun Ye's face remained calm, with a smile in his eyes, he reached out and pinched Xu Chi's chin, Approaching ambiguously, "It seems that you remember a little bit?"

In fact, it wasn't a memory, because Xu Chi hadn't forgotten it at all, he just couldn't connect the two things.

Jiang Lanlu and the ten-year-old boy, when these two reminders came together, the gears of memory changed and turned in another direction.

This incident happened eight years ago, when Xu Chi was 21 years old.

It was also autumn, around September, when Xu Chi was shot twice in a mission, one in the stomach and one in the left shoulder, and then kicked back to Chang'an Town by Edward to recuperate and take a vacation.

The 21-year-old Xu Chi is even more aggressive than he is now. He was very upset when he was forced to take a vacation, but he didn't dare to directly protest Edward's decision. After all, he was always timid when facing Edward.

Xu Chi dragged his suitcase, came out of the passenger terminal, and walked towards the apartment with a dark face - there was no airport in Chang'an Town, he got off the plane in the next city, and then transferred back. The journey was difficult and he was in a bad mood.

When passing Jianglan Road, he planned to go to the opposite food street to buy dinner to take home, and then he saw two seventeen or eighteen-year-old hooligans surrounding a boy in the narrow alley to blackmail him.

Xu Chi glanced at it casually, and didn't intend to respond, but he was immediately attracted by the boy's appearance.

This child is so beautiful, I forgive Xu Chi for his lack of education, but at that time, he thought the child had extremely fair skin, and the short, soft hair was as black as crow feathers, like Snow White.

He is about eleven or twelve years old, his eyes are blue like jewels, and his facial features are very delicate and beautiful, like a mixed race.

The two hooligans were tall and fierce looking, and they felt like they could eat children with a single stare. They obviously saw the boy dressed well and thought he was a child of a rich family and wanted to grab some money.

Xu Chi watched from a distance, and suddenly felt that the boy's expression was not right, because he didn't have any intention of fear or panic, just looked at the two hooligans so lightly, and even had the feeling of a scientist observing a mouse.

Xu Chi was agitated for a while, and because he was blocked by these people, he couldn't get through. In 10 minutes, the pancake shop he liked was going to close.

A good dog knows how to stay out of the way.

So Xu Chi strode over, grabbed the collar of the man on the left, exerted strength on his shoulders, and threw him out with a beautiful over-the-shoulder fall.Although the gunshot wound was a bit painful from traction, it was not a problem.

The other was so frightened that he took out a switchblade from his back waist, waved it wildly, and shouted harshly, "Who the hell are you!"

Xu Chi sneered, "Your grandfather."

After speaking, he kicked the switchblade and threw him out with the same trick.The brother hit the ground heavily, and lay side by side with his accomplice, forming a beautiful contrast.

Xu Chi bent down to pick up the switchblade, put it in his pocket, and looked down at the child.

There was no injury on the boy's body, and his clothes were clean, so he didn't seem to suffer.

but……

Xu Chi frowned slightly. His instincts made him feel that something was wrong with this kid. Although he lowered his eyes, his whole body was filled with a superior aura, an aura that didn't belong to this age.

This is definitely not pretending, only people who have been in high positions all the year round have such a habitual temperament, but what kind of child has such a high status?

Xu Chi understood. He stretched out his hand to ruffle the boy's hair, and said with a smile, "Are you a rich second generation? Or are you an official second generation? Hurry up and go home, don't wander around outside, it's going to be dark soon."

After speaking, he turned his head and walked towards the food street. The boy stared at him silently, to be precise, at his lower back.Those eyes seemed to want to see through the clothes and see inside.

After a while, he averted his eyes, his slender eyelashes drooped, and he raised his feet and followed slowly.

Xu Chi heard footsteps and turned around, "Why, are you going this way too?"

The boy shook his head, "I have nowhere to go."

Xu Chi laughed, "You are a rich second-generation homeless? Did you get into trouble with your family and run away from home? Stop making trouble, get out of here quickly, and don't follow me."

The boy followed him, lingering like a little tail.

Xu Chi's identity is sensitive and he doesn't want to get involved with this kind of person. If the child's parent is an official or something, there will be trouble.

So Xu Chi staggered to the pancake stand, bought a pancake, and then used one of his specialties to run away.

His speed is by no means a bragging rights, even an adult in his heyday would have a hard time keeping up with him, let alone a child.

Xu Chi ran away without any psychological burden, still carrying the suitcase on his shoulders.

After a few minutes, Xu Chi felt that he had completely abandoned him, so he went back to his apartment unhurriedly.

For some reason, the light in the corridor happened to be out that day, so Xu Chi stood at the door, taking out the key to open the door in the dim sunlight outside the window.Then, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a short figure standing beside him, and when he took a closer look, it turned out to be the pretty little boy just now.

Xu Chi was startled, and almost folded the key in the lock with a trembling of his hand.

His Adam's apple slipped, and he pointed at him tremblingly, "How did you find it?"

The boy smiled, and that smile looked very sincere and lovely on his face, "I have nowhere to go, can I stay at your house for a few days?"

"That's a good idea, get out!" Xu Chi was in a bad mood, and the wound on his body was hurting. Besides, he didn't like children, so he opened the door cursingly, went in with a suitcase, and was about to close the door.

Unexpectedly, the boy followed him in, so familiar, Xu Chi was furious, and said angrily, "Little brat, do you know what you call trespassing?"

The boy looked at him indifferently, "Then do you want to call the police?"

"..." Xu Chi choked for a moment. For a person like him, calling the police is asking for trouble. He really can't stand the child anymore. Put 200 yuan into his pocket, "Okay, okay, I'm unlucky, you go out and turn right and find a hotel by yourself? Don't pester me."

The boy looked at him amusedly, "You can't check in without an ID card, I thought it was common sense."

Xu Chi: "..."

what happened?Obviously, in front of him is a bastard with no hair yet, and he is an adult who has grown up long ago, but he always has the feeling of being played around.

Seeing that it was getting dark outside, Xu Chi took a deep breath, squatted patiently in front of the boy, half-coaxed and half-frightened: "You have to pester me? Let me tell you that I am not a good person, be careful in the middle of the night I'll kill you and build you into a concrete wall."

The boy looked at him with a pair of blue eyes, and suddenly stretched out his small white hand, and quickly tore off Xu Chi's collar, revealing his gauze-wrapped left shoulder.

He laughed and said, "Is this a gunshot wound? How can ordinary residents have gunshot wounds?"

Xu Chi was taken aback, then gritted his teeth, resisting the urge to beat him up, and said angrily, "What do you want?"

"Take me in for a while, otherwise I will go to the police station to call the police."

For the first time, Xu Chi hated his principle of not doing anything to children, women, and the elderly, otherwise he would beat the little bastard until his own mother didn't even recognize him!

Seeing Xu Chi's silence, the boy stuffed the 200 yuan into Xu Chi's belt and patted him on the waist, "This will be the room fee."

After finishing speaking, he walked in without any politeness at all, Xu Chi was dumbfounded for a moment - what kind of action was he doing?That's how johns tip strippers in speakeasies!

Xu Chi Chuli was furious, he stood up abruptly, pointed at the boy's head and growled, "You, you, get out of here immediately..."

The boy shook the phone, and the three numbers 110 on it looked particularly glaring, and he was just about to press the dial button.

Xu Chi took a step back and changed his tone, "Just for one night, you'll get out at dawn tomorrow!"

The boy sat on the sofa reservedly, smiled without saying a word, apparently not planning to stay for just one night.

……

Xu Chi woke up from his memories, and he had completely lost his ability to think normally. After a full 5 minutes, he said with difficulty: "So, that child is you?"

Jun Ye thought for a while, "You can say that."

"...You are, grown up?"

"Oh, that's not true, I've always been like this." Jun Ye explained patiently and honestly, "At that time, I wanted to observe the human world, so I forged a false image. You know, the more The weaker, the more it can stimulate the inferiority of human beings."

Xu Chi didn't care about his purpose, but he was very troubled by Jun Ye's other name.According to the clues known so far, the answer Jun Ye wanted was actually the boy's name.

Xu Chi frowned slightly, trying to think back.The boy's name, he remembered asking from the beginning.

At night eight years ago, Xu Chi stood in the kitchen, putting the cold pancakes into the microwave to heat them up.

The boy was sitting on the sofa in the living room, reading a foreign language detective novel in his hand.

Xu Chi glanced at him, and asked angrily, "You son of a bitch, what's your name?"

The boy asked back, "What's your name?"

Before Xu Chi could answer, the boy had already opened the suitcase next to the sofa, and took out a metal soldier card from the interlayer, with the letters 'XC' clearly engraved on it.

The boy subconsciously spelled: "Coriander?"

"Your sister, Coriander!" Xu Chi snatched back his soldier badge, and stuffed it into his pocket angrily, "My name is Xu Chi! And don't mess with other people's things!"

"Oh." The boy closed the suitcase obediently, zipped it up, and said softly, "I don't have a name."

Xu Chi was taken aback, "How is that possible?"

"Really not." The boy looked at him stubbornly, and suddenly suggested, "Why don't you give me one."

Xu Chi burst out laughing, lying on the back of the sofa, rubbing the boy's slender hair, "Do you really wake me up? Then I'll be your half-father."

The boy nodded slightly, "Get up."

Xu Chi thought for a while, and put on a serious look, "In that case, then you can call... how about it?"