I'm in the crowd

"Ajue."

When Bao Ao heard the name, he was embarrassed and said tentatively, "Otherwise, you can give it to me, and I will give it to him later."

Li Su lowered his eyes and watched the man's hands about to take the gold pendant away, and he closed his hands abruptly.

Due to the sudden closure, the golden pendant left a red mark on the palm of his hand.

"No, this gold pendant seems to be very important to Ah Jue, so I need to hand it over to him."

"Is that so." Bao scratched his head, looked straight at the boy's face, thought for a while and led the way, muttering in his mouth as he walked.

"But you didn't come at a very good time today." Bao explained, "He didn't know what he did to make the old man angry, and he is being scolded now."

"Well, this is here. Don't tell others that I brought you here."

Hearing the sound of crutches hitting the ground coming from the shabby wooden house, Li Su first stopped in his tracks.Then, under Bao's shocked eyes, he opened the window covered by the curtain, and quietly looked at the situation inside the house from the outside.

Seeing the stubborn little boy in the room, he turned to Bao Ao and said, "Thank you."

Looking at the golden pendant in his hand, Li Su suddenly put down the curtain and took a few steps back, like someone who just came here.

Knocking on the wooden door outside, the sound inside stopped for a moment.After a while, an older voice was heard.

"come in."

Li Su lowered his head, his eyelashes trembled, and walked in directly.It seemed that he didn't feel the tense atmosphere in the room.Walking directly to the boy's side, he stretched out his hand and said softly.

"Here you are, Jue."

Ah Jue kept his head down and stared at the ground, even when he heard the sound of knocking on the door, he just raised his head lightly, only to see a man in some expensive clothes walking into the house.

Then he walked in front of him step by step, revealing the golden pendant in his palm.

"You still say that you are not wrong?"

Hearing some angry words from the old man, Ah Jue suddenly raised his head and looked at the young man who had met once before standing in front of him.

As if grabbing the last straw, he directly grabbed the boy's hand and whispered to his brother.

There was grievance in the voice and the pride of finally coming to the backer.

After hearing this, the old man who had been in a rage turned his eyes to the young man. After a moment of silence, he asked excitedly, "Ah Jue, do you know him?"

"Yes."

Ah Jue directly grabbed the boy's hand tightly, staring at him with his eyes, as if he was afraid of hearing the boy's denial.

Li Su looked at the little boy holding his hand tightly, thinking about the mask that was promised to him, he was rarely interested.After looking back and forth between the old man and the little boy, he straightened up without saying a word.

Ah Jue watched the man straighten up, as if he was afraid of his return, he staggered to his feet and stood directly beside Li Su, holding his wrist tightly.

"Yes." Ah Jue quietly glanced up at the young man's face, and replied to the old man relying on the young man not refuting.

"This is my brother. He came to see me specially today."

When he said this, Ah Jue looked proud and even raised his head.

Li Su raised his eyebrows, looked down at the little boy who said he was his brother, kept drawing on his wrist, and kept silent.

After hearing this sentence, the old man shouted "Okay" three times, stepped forward and kept observing Li Su.

"Have you ever been in love?"

Li Su listened to this sentence with some doubts. Although he didn't know what the old man meant, when he lowered his head, he saw the little boy nodding towards him while the old man lowered his head to wipe his glasses.

He watched the little boy let himself admit it from his expression to his body, and he shook his head neatly.

"No."

"Then let me ask you again, have you ever had a sweetheart?" The old man looked at the young man's excessively good looks, and asked this sentence without daring to breathe.

When Ah Jue heard these words, he breathed a sigh of relief.I was still thinking in my heart, for such a big person and not bad looking, there must be someone I like.

But I heard the boy's clear voice say it.

"No."

Ah Jue looked up at the boy's face and opened his mouth wide.

full of doubts.

"Great, it's you."

After hearing this answer, the old man clapped his hands.

Li Su looked at the old man in a daze, and when he recovered, he told the old man solemnly, "Sorry, I didn't think clearly about the question just now, please continue."

The old man seemed to have seen through the young man's plan, shook his head at him and said, "Ah Jue, take your brother down to clean up."

Seeing the vaguely stiff expression on the young man's face, Ah Jue unconsciously smirked.After hearing the old man's order, he stepped up his strength and dragged Li Su out.

Feeling that this stranger let him be dragged by him, Ah Jue suddenly raised his breath in his heart.

Ah Jue immediately let go of the boy's hand after he walked out of the house, bent over to him, first said "I'm sorry", followed by "Thank you."

Li Su watched the little boy's actions, pinched his finger bones and said softly.

"Talk while you walk."

Li Su put the golden pendant on Ah Jue's little boy's hand, bent down and gently touched Ah Jue's head to comfort him.

"You reminded me that I didn't seize the opportunity myself. Besides, I have already promised, so please tell me what I need to do later. "

Ah Jue felt a soft and warm touch on the top of his head at that moment, and his face began to turn red slowly. He rubbed his ears unconsciously and whispered.

"This is the ten-year god festival in Beikexing. Every day, we will choose a person as a priest to pray for the blessings of the gods."

After Ah Jue said this, his tone suddenly became a little embarrassed, and then he turned around and said.

"But priests have conditions, they must be pure in heart and soul."

Ah Jue scratched his head and continued, "But it is very difficult to become a priest. Sister Adu, who is valued by the old man, married his sweetheart not long ago. Anyone who is selected in the future will not be able to become a priest for various reasons. Priest, that's why the old man is in such a hurry."

After saying this, Ah Jue suddenly increased his pace.

"The reason why I was fined today is because the person selected by the old man recently seems to have a sweetheart, but it is too urgent and there is no time to re-select, so I plan to hide it from the old man."

"It's only natural for the old man to punish me."

After listening to his explanation, Li Su suddenly asked, "But why didn't you repent at all?"

Even after saying so many words, Li Su keenly noticed that there was no awe in the boy's tone.

"why?"

"Is it very important?" Ah Jue suddenly turned around and looked at this overly sensitive person with some vigilance, his eyes rolled up and down.

"It's very important." Li Su looked at the mark still left on his palm, and said unexpectedly, "After all, it may be related to whether I will cooperate willingly during the untie process."

Seeing the little boy's expression that dared not speak, Li Su had a smile on his face, and said slowly. "After all, there is an extra brother for no reason, you have to give me a reason."

Ah Jue organized his words, and said mockingly, "Because these are useless efforts."

No matter how low the boy's voice was, he couldn't hide the bewilderment in his voice and the grievance he didn't realize.

"We have worshiped devoutly and believed in it for so many years, but the gods have never responded to us, so why do we hold such useless rituals?"

Li Su just nodded his head when he heard the little boy's words, and then walked forward in silence.

It seemed that the teenager just wanted an answer and didn't care what the person being asked said.

"Why don't you keep asking?"

This time it was Ah Jue who was puzzled. He knew that what he just said was bold, even rebellious, but the young man seemed to be used to it.

"Don't you believe that there are gods in this world?"

"Of course I believe it." Li Su looked down at the look on the little boy's face and continued, "But I don't believe in any gods."

"why?"

"Man conquers nature." Li Su said this sentence meaningfully, feeling that Ah Jue couldn't understand the true meaning of this sentence, and said softly.

"You have to remember one sentence, it is better to ask yourself than to ask others."

When Ah Jue heard these words, he had a strong instinct to raise his head.

Then I saw this harmless-looking person, who seemed to have given up his disguise at this time, and there seemed to be a raging flame burning in his eyes.

That kind of look is very strange, enough to make people walk towards him willingly, even if there is a sea of ​​fire around him, they will not hesitate to die.