night traveler

Noticing this, Zhong Changming had no choice but to let Qi Chu sleep with him on the same bed.Qi Chu was very honest, he just curled up into a ball and never moved.It's just that sometimes he talks in his sleep, which wakes Zhong Changming up in the middle of the night.

After coming to Zhong Changming's house for more than a week, Qi Chu has changed a little, and he is no longer timid. He just pays attention to the serial killings reported in the news every day, which makes Zhong Changming a little worried.

It was difficult for Qi Chu to climb up the half-meter-high bed, so Zhong Changming had to put his hands under his armpit to lift him up.Although he bought new clothes for Qi Chu, Qi Chu still likes his oversized pajamas that are long and drag to his feet, which can wrap him up.

"Ah Chu, can you tell me what happened to you in the orphanage?"

Qi Chu froze suddenly, then shook his head slightly.He didn't like the orphanage because—

There was always a musty damp smell, and there was a big white vase in the room where everyone lived together that looked weird and scary.It was always cold in winter, and everyone had to squeeze into one bed, even if they would be scolded by the nurse when they got up the next day.They never met any grown-ups other than the nurse and the headmaster.When they were a little older and understood something, the beautiful and gentle nurse sister left, and the new nurse surnamed Feng was very bad, and would often beat them, sometimes even if they had done nothing wrong .Once Ah Qing had a nosebleed that dripped on the blanket. After being beaten up, she was fined to fetch water from the well in the backyard to wash the blanket.Qi Chu was also beaten up for trying to help her.The two of them carried iron buckets with bare hands in winter.The well in the backyard was very deep, and the water was very icy. When he and Ah Qing struggled to bring the metal bucket back, their hands were frozen on the handle of the metal bucket. Everyone breathed on their hands continuously, and finally their hands Finally loosened, but frostbitten.

"Ah Chu, go to sleep."

Qi Chu got into the quilt and wrapped herself tightly.

Then they finally escaped.It's colder outside in winter, but at least he won't be whipped and beaten.Everyone will take turns going out to find something to eat.later. ． ． ． ． ．Everyone just went out to find food, but one by one they disappeared.Zhong Changming thought he didn't understand what was said in the news, but Qi Chu actually did. He understood what it was to kill someone, and he also understood what death was.After escaping from the orphanage, he often dreamed of the well in the backyard. He dreamed that a hand protruded from the mouth of the well. Hugged him from behind, begging him not to smash it again, it was Aqi.

"Chang Ming?" Qi Chu asked tentatively.

"what happened?"

"I don't want to go back. Although I won't be beaten anymore, I don't want to go back to the orphanage."

"Well, don't go back."

"Chang Ming?"

"what happened?"

"I...can I live with you in the future?"

"Yes, but I have to find a way to let you have a legal identity. Go out with me tomorrow."

This time Qi Chu didn't agree, probably because he was already asleep.

"The adoption application has been submitted. The next step is to wait for the approval of the relevant departments." Zhong Changming looked at Qi Chu with a blank face, knowing that he didn't understand these things.So he knelt down and said to Qi Chu, "It means that after a while you will be allowed to live in our house by the police uncle."

Qi Chu said "oh", half-understood.

On the way back home with Ah Chu, Zhong Changming noticed that everyone seemed to be discussing an important matter. The neighbor Aunt Zhang, who was sitting in the yard chatting with the aunts and aunts, saw them and greeted them eagerly: "Aiyo Xiao Zhong is back, you are bringing a relative's child with you."

"Ah, no, I adopted it."

"This child looks so cute." Aunt Zhang boasted, and suddenly leaned into Zhong Changming's ear and said something mysteriously.

Zhong Changming noticed that Qi Chu was tugging at the corner of his clothes, so he had to smile apologetically to Aunt Zhang: "I'm sorry, the little guy may be hungry, I'll go back first, and I'll watch the news."

When Qi Chu got home, he turned on the TV. It was half an hour before seven o'clock, but he couldn't wait.Of course Qi Chu heard what Aunt Zhang said. He was waiting for the news, and he was waiting for the news to report the ending of the serial murder case.

"Ah Chu, come over for dinner."

"Chang Ming, can I sit here and watch?" Qi Chu stared at the TV screen.

"Okay, I'll bring you dinner."

Yucheng TV station did not report the murder as the first event of the day, but put it at the end: "The next thing I will report to you is the serial murder in this city. This case finally came to an end under the strict investigation of the Public Security Bureau It was confirmed that the murderer was a homeless man. The police confirmed the crime of the homeless man through accurate analysis of the evidence and collected multiple testimonies. Evidence showed that the homeless man brutally killed ten people because the homeless child occupied his temporary residence. Homeless children, nearby residents testified: He saw this homeless man disappearing on the street with a boy..."

Qi Chu opened his eyes wide.How did that happen?No, that's not the case.That uncle is a good man!He, he obviously gave us a place to hide from the rain, and also gave us food. ． ． ． ． ．Something went wrong on TV!

"Changming!" Qi Chu pulled Zhong Changming's clothes, but found that Zhong Changming didn't respond, his expression was very strange, he seemed to be laughing, but he looked like he was about to cry.Qi Chu tugged on his clothes again: "Chang Ming?"

Zhong Changming came back to his senses, without saying anything, he pulled Qi Chu into his arms and hugged him tightly.

Qi Chu continued to stare at the TV.The shackled homeless man on the TV has his head down, his face hard to see through his tangled hair and bushy beard.The uncle has always been very pitiful, but Qi Chu knew that there was nothing he could do to help him.

There must be a mistake!Uncle is not that kind of person!Qi Chu knew that the uncle dragged him out of the temporary residence that day to avoid the real murderer.Because he saw him!The man hid behind the corner, wearing a long gray windbreaker, with the brim of his hat pressed down very low, revealing a pair of terrifying, beast-like eyes under the hat, those eyes were murderous, and they were the same as when Caretaker Feng beat Aqi The eyes are exactly the same.

"Ah Chu, don't look at it, let's eat, the food is cold." Zhong Changming patted his head.Qi Chu said "En".He was a little scared, but he couldn't tell where the fear came from.He has a home now, but Ah Qing and the others are not around anymore.Living with Zhong Changming, he is not alone, but some things in his heart still bother him.

The gloomy orphanage backyard, and those horrible eyes. ． ． ． ． ．

"Hey! I said the case will be closed like this, right!" Hu Yafeng slapped the table and stood up. "I don't think that homeless man is the murderer. It's wrong to close the case sloppily! Maybe we wronged someone?"

"What do you think, what do you think, if all the cases are handled according to 'what you think', we will have to wait to drink the northwest wind." The colleague sitting opposite said mockingly.

"But don't you all feel that something is wrong?" Hu Yafeng asked.

A file fell on his head, "Okay newcomer, it's not our turn to take care of this matter, sit down!" Chang Hao pushed him on the chair.

"But..." Hu Yafeng was puzzled, even Brother Chang, who usually took good care of him, said so.What's the matter with everyone?

"Hu Yafeng!" The captain walked in. "If the case is over, don't pursue it any further. It's over. You should focus on the matter in front of you. The director said, close the case."

"Captain! Didn't you say that you will solve the case with the spirit of getting to the bottom of it! And now some citizens are questioning this result..."

"Hu Yafeng!" The captain scolded, staring at him with a look of "why don't you understand?", and walked to his seat.

When Hu Yafeng wanted to say something else, a ball of paper was thrown on his desk.When I opened it, I saw Chang Hao's handwriting: "The director has closed the case in order to be promoted earlier, and now no one is allowed to continue the investigation. I stopped you for your own good, Hu Yafeng, think about it." He turned his head and looked, Chang Hao said to him silently with his mouth open: Don't make yourself lose your job.He sighed and opened the file in his hand.

The author has something to say: This is the first time I write a suspenseful article, so I don't have much confidence.

I hope there are comments...

Third night

"Ah!—" Qi Chu screamed, and was hit by the cardboard box on the top of the cabinet and fell off the chair.He sat on the ground and rubbed his sore buttocks, crawled over to look at the opened box, there was a folded gray thing that looked like clothes, and there was something like a rope in the half-open box, Bound into a bundle.Qi Chu's mind suddenly appeared that pair of terrifying eyes that were oozing with coldness. ． ． ． ． ．

"Ah Chu, did you fall?" Zhong Changming heard the sound and came over.

Qi Chu quickly closed the box. "Well, I accidentally touched something on it."

"Did you hurt your butt from the fall?" Zhong Changming smiled and stretched out his hand to pull him up. "Be careful next time, Ah Chu, sit down and rest for a while." He walked over to pick up the cardboard box, and was suddenly asked by Qi Chu, "Chang Ming, what's in there?"

"Ah, it's the waste from the past. It's been placed on the cabinet without throwing it away. Ah Chu, isn't it tiring to clean up?"

Qi Chu shook his head, but his eyes were focused on the box, and his hands were twisted together. "I used to have a lot of things to do in the orphanage. If I didn't finish it, I would be punished by Nurse Feng and not let me eat or sleep." Maybe I would be beaten up.

"Take a break, and come clean with you after I throw out the trash.