Dodder Pampering Handbook

The night is so long, the stars in the sky are never tired, hanging high in the sky, occasionally shining with fireflies.

Zhong Cheng stood in front of the security window, the window was wide open, his hair was disheveled by the night wind, and his eyes were bloodshot red.

He lost three sticks.

Mom and Dad went to the police.

The door behind him squeaked, and Zhong Cheng turned his head in surprise, "Sanzhi!"

But what responded to him was Zhong Meili's tired expression, and she asked, "Why don't you close the door?"

Zhong Teng didn't dare to close it, he was afraid that Sanzhi would miss the location of his home, but no one would open the door for him when he came back, so he didn't dare to sleep.

He was silent for a while: "Mom, is there any news from the police?"

"Not yet, Sanzhi's mother will be back soon."

Zhong Cheng's breath was stagnant, and he opened his mouth, feeling a huge swelling in his chest, as if blocked by a boulder.

Last night he realized that Sanzhi was lost, and ran all over the vicinity, but he couldn't find Sanzhi.There are not many places he is familiar with, and Zhong Teng usually only takes him to play at three o'clock and one line.

Only occasionally would I take him to the Xinhua Bookstore, to the library, or to a large supermarket.

After he came back, he told his parents that they searched for Sanzhi according to these places at the first time, but there was no news of him.

Everyone's heart was heavy, and they didn't dare to say that terrible sentence. Would someone take Sanzhi away?

He's a fool, and a good-looking fool.Such a beautiful but not smart child is the favorite of traffickers.

Zhong Teng thought of the news his mother showed him when he was threatening him, and felt that he was about to collapse.

He has never underestimated fate's malice towards Sanzhi, his fate is not the worst, only worse, if that is the case, if that is the case, it is all his fault.

Zhong Meiliang walked in and patted him on the shoulder, "Okay, it's not all your fault. I've already asked my colleagues in the garment factory to help me find them, and I've printed out the missing person notice, and I'll post it tomorrow. It should be very easy." We'll find three soon."

Time seemed to have stood still, Zhong Teng had never felt such a difficult time before.

He clearly felt that Mom and Dad had been on the phone, and when they answered the phone, their hands were shaking with excitement, and then hung up.

Miss Zhu came back, and she hugged Zhong Cheng fiercely, telling him that it was not his fault.

Everyone said it was not his fault, and Qi Beiyan's family mobilized acquaintances to search together, and they also said it was not his fault.

After all, he is only a child, and all adults understand this.

If they had to blame one person, they would rather choose three branches.

He didn't expect that he would feel uncomfortable about the fact that he was a fool when he was usually silent, so that he broke out and got lost.

How could Zhong Ting be wrong?

If Zhong Teng was a real child, he might accept this kind of comfort. Even if Sanzhi couldn't find him, he would slowly hide this guilt in his heart until he grew up, and he was the same as all adults. Explain to others: "He is a fool. I was still young at that time, and it is normal not to see him."

No, this is not normal.

It's like putting a fig leaf of "playing house" on his behavior in the past nine years. His attitude towards Sanzhi is like a child playing house, but it is so serious that everyone Forget that he is a small child.

Zhong Teng wanted to say that was not the case, the adults seemed to be adults at this time, they sat on the sofa and had a lively discussion.Zhong Cheng hid behind the door, shouting in his heart, this is not the case.

Zhu Da Niu and her man even had a dispute, they are getting divorced, and now because of the property is still entangled, because Sanzhi is lost, the man blames Zhu Da Niu for the fault.

While she had to bear the pain of her son being lost, she had to swallow blood and tears and fight with the man.

Is Sanzhi's loss that important to them?

On Zhong Cheng's bed, there were three usual small pillows.

Even though his family has a big house, he is still used to running to Zhong Cheng's house every day, occupying his bed, and sleeping with him.

He doesn't like to sleep on a pillow, but he likes to hold the pillow in his arms.He likes to listen to stories before going to bed every day, and his favorites are Andersen and One Thousand and One Nights.When listening to stories, he always looked at Zhong Ting with bright eyes. When he repeatedly asked to close his eyes and prepare to go to bed, Sanzhi would hug one of his arms and sleep contentedly with a pillow.

He can only talk to him fluently, and he is like a normal child in front of him, crying and making trouble.

But what did he do to him?He hopes that he will always be well-behaved, always obedient, and never go against his will.

Are those three branches really the original three branches?

Sanzhi, who has been following him all the time, what does he think of him in his heart?Zhong Teng had never thought about this question, but he was sure of his importance to Sanzhi.

But he dropped the three branches and disappeared into his world.

Zhong Cheng's brain seemed to be split in two, and he criticized his own soul almost like a trial, making him realize his arrogance.

How is his attitude towards Sanzhi different from others?It's just that others are talking, but he is doing it.He betrayed Sanzhi's trust in him and imposed what he wanted on Sanzhi. He also felt tired, but he always gritted his teeth and endured it, because he felt that Sanzhi would not understand.

But Sanzhi understood, thinking of his tears that day, dripping on his heart like hot magma, he gritted his teeth and tensed his muscles angrily, as if only in this way could he restrain his anger towards himself .

He pushed open the door and saw the surprised eyes of the adults. Sanzhi had been missing for three days.

The police found nothing, and the family received countless calls with false information, and ran again and again full of disappointment.

Maybe they have already given up and decided that Sanzhi was abducted by human traffickers.

Only at such a time, when talking about big girl Zhu, you can find another one.

It is not difficult to have a child who is smarter than Sanzhi, right?

What did he do to Sanzhi?Besides him, does Sanzhi have anyone else to love?

He hurt his beloved child.

Now there is nothing to do but cry.

Zhong Ting quickly ran out of the room, toward the park, and toward the bookstore. He wanted to search the small county and ask everyone, "Have you seen Sanzhi? He is the best kid in the world." .”

But he was caught by Zhong Meiliang who chased him out, "Everyone is already trying their best to find Sanzhi, so don't make any more trouble."

Zhong Teng has never been so depressed.

Sanzhi disappeared for a week, and there is no news from the police. In the era of no internet and surveillance, it is more difficult to find a lost child than to go to heaven.

Qi Beiyan was ordered to deliver homework to Zhong Teng, and it was the first time in his life that he was so timid, "Zhong Teng, don't feel bad, Sanzhi will definitely come back."

Zhong Teng just hugged his knees in frustration, hating the child's body a bit.

His mind simulated going back to that day countless times, but the most painful thing in this world is that there is no time to regret it.

What is missed is missed, no matter how much you want to go back to the past, it will not help.

Under the cover of Qi Beiyan, Zhong Teng was able to escape. He waved his hand and tightened the backpack behind him, which contained food and some money he borrowed from the bedside cabinet.

After bidding farewell to Qi Beiyan, Zhong Teng set off from the park, step by step imagining what Sanzhi was thinking at that time, and where would he run to?

It was already getting hot in May. Zhong Teng was walking under the orange sunset. When he saw a passer-by, he wanted to go up and ask: "A week ago, did you see such a tall little boy? He is so tall. It’s very pretty, wearing blue pants and a white top, it’s probably crying looking for someone.”

Passers-by thought about it first, then shook their heads: "No."

Zhong Ting walked all the way until it was dark, and found that he had reached a strange place.

He wondered if Sanzhi was like that that day, when he couldn't find his brother and found himself in an unfamiliar place, would he cry?Will it attract bad guys?

He was a little tired, hugging his knees beside the stone lion, took out a piece of bread but didn't really want to eat it, if Sanzhi was hungry, what would he eat?

Whatever he saw, he would think of Sanzhi, over and over again, almost masochistically putting aside his own heart, lungs and intestines, and examining his own mistakes.

With his bag on his back, he continued to walk towards an unknown distance. There were fewer and fewer people on the road. Fortunately, there was a full moon with him. He could see the road clearly and hear the insects in the grass, but the surroundings were so dark and faint. Chuo's forest is the place Sanzhi fears the most.

He told Zhong Cheng that there would be monsters here.

The more I think about it, the more it hurts.

The surroundings became more and more deserted, and when he found himself walking to a garbage dump, he realized that he had already passed through a forest. This path was too hidden, and if he hadn't seen the dim lights inside, he would not have been tempted walk in.

But when he saw the child squatting at the door of a small house, he instantly believed in the guidance of fate.

"Three sticks!" he yelled.

The child raised his head vigilantly, got up from the ground in an instant, and ran into the room.

At this moment, Zhong Teng saw his appearance clearly through the dim light, one black and one white on his face, it was clearly three branches!

To see him run away!

Zhong Cheng was very angry, first he ran out to find a small shop, spent [-] cents to make a phone call, and then hurried back to Yi Won to look for three sticks.

An old man was waiting for him at the door, "Do you know this kid?"

When Zhong Cheng was sitting in the small room full of garbage, he heard a slightly magical adventure story.

The old man is a widower, has no children, lives by scavenging trash, is afraid of being rejected by others during the day, and goes out to pick up trash at night every time, and then meets Sanzhi hiding in a box.

He brought Sanzhi back, but he didn't find that Sanzhi had any intellectual problems. When he asked Sanzhi where he lived and who he knew, Sanzhi would only stubbornly say, "He doesn't want me anymore."

The old man thought that Sanzhi had been abandoned, and he was so pitiful that such a good-looking child would be abandoned. He thought that he was sick and felt sorry for him, so he let him stay and planned to save some money to take him to the hospital.

These days, when he went out to pick up waste at night, Sanzhi went with him. Although he had gone through countless missing person notices on the telephone poles, it was dark and the old man couldn't read, so naturally he didn't know that Sanzhi's family was in a hurry to find him.

Zhong Meiliang and the others came here, and the car lights illuminated the dilapidated garbage dump.

They thanked the old man very much and gave him a few hundred dollars as a thank you for whatever they said. The old man pushed back: "If I knew he had a family, I would have sent it back to you. Such a good child, you can't throw it away."

But when they wanted to take Sanzhi back, Sanzhi lay on the old man's bed, clutching the dark sheets, preferring to die.

Zhu Da Niu has never been so angry: "Do you know how many people have worked hard to find you because of you running around? If you really want to stay here, you can pick up the trash here. It just so happens that I don't have to worry about your future." What do you rely on to eat!"

Sanzhi was still lying there, motionless.Zhong Meili stroked his back lightly: "Sanzhi dear, let's go back, can I cook for you when I go back? All the teachers and classmates in the school miss you, and Brother Zhong Cheng misses you too. He is waiting for you every night. After seeing you go home, and even came to find you in person, don't you really want to go back with him?"

Zhong Teng stood aside, aware of Sanzhi's deep repulsion towards him, hurt in his heart, and dared not go forward.

San Zhi lay there sobbing, her little hands gripped the bed sheet tightly: "Lie to me, he doesn't want me anymore."

"No... I don't want you." Zhong Cheng's voice was dry and his nose was a little sore, "Sanzhi, I'm sorry."

I don't know if the apology had an effect, but when Zhong Meiliang picked him up, he didn't resist very much.

After thanking the old man again and again, Zhong Meiliang agreed on a time to come to thank her again, and then left here with a lot of chaos.

Along the way, Sanzhi was hugged by Miss Zhu, her back straightened indifferently, and she turned her face to the car window to look at the scenery outside.

He didn't know how many days he hadn't showered, and the originally cold white skin behind the ears was also streaked with gray, and his body still smelled bad.

But Zhong Cheng really wanted to get close to him, touch his hands, touch his hair, and say something to him that he misses from the bottom of his heart.

Sanzhi didn't give him a chance, as soon as he got out of the car, he couldn't wait to jump off Miss Zhu and run upstairs.

Miss Zhu couldn't suppress the anger around her, "He's really getting more and more disobedient!"

Turning his face seemed to be a different person again, his whole body was full of exhaustion: "Thank you so much this time."

Zhong Teng went upstairs in frustration, and heard Miss Zhu shouting Sanzhi: "Don't take a bath? If you don't take a bath, I will throw you out. If you are willing to live with the rag pickers, you can be his child! Grow up In the future, I will be an old man who picks up trash and ignores it!"

Sanzhi hugged the sofa legs, and was dragged by Sanniu's ankles into the bathroom, he yelled, "Just be a junk picker!"

He is full of sharp thorns all over his body, like a little hedgehog, piercing bloody holes in everyone who gets close to him.

Miss Zhu was so angry that she sat weakly on the sofa, covering her eyes with her hands and crying.

Sanzhi was stunned for a while, then broke free from Sanniu's restraint and ran to the bathroom.

Zhong Cheng walked in, greeted San Niu, and entered the bathroom.

Sanzhi didn't take a shower, he stood there with his back to the door, the door was not closed, he didn't know what he was thinking.

Zhong Cheng approached him, "Sanzhi, can I give you a bath?"

Sanzhi didn't turn back, and quickly crawled into the bathtub, buried his head in his knees, and didn't say a word.

Zhong Teng also climbed in: "Sanzhi, I'm sorry, can you forgive me?"

He and Sanzhi were sitting face to face, and just about to say something, Sanzhi ran away again.Still don't look at him.

Zhong Ting stood in the bathroom full of disappointment, did Sanzhi ignore him forever?

But as soon as Sanzhi ran out of the bathroom, Sanniu grabbed her ears, and she was very angry: "Zhong Teng is in a hurry to find you all day, why should I be sorry for you? Who are you showing your face to? Who in the family is sorry for you?" ?"

Not knowing whether it was earache or heartache, Sanzhi cried and shouted: "He didn't want me first!"