love nowhere

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01

Xie Chen was injured and lay in the hospital for several days. Although his younger sister Xie Tong came to visit him almost every day, the days of recuperation were generally very boring.

He was bored looking for the video of Xie Yao's idol training camp.

When he watched the second episode of the show a long time ago, the black mask Qi Kang wore left a deep impression on him.

Xie Chen felt that the mask was very similar to his father's relics.

He gently clicked on the edited video of the fans.

The camera moves forward slowly, and the audio track of the video is covered with the sound of leather shoes stepping on the stage.

"Da da da."

The young man in the center of the stage turned his back and stepped back step by step. The inverted triangle figure made the black dress three-dimensional and full, the fire was surging, and the rhythm of the song was his loyal servant. One fully perceives—ah, this is a beautiful stage.

"When." The heavy bell rang through the stage.

The young man looked back and took off his mask, the most dazzling light bloomed in his amber eyes. He looked like a figure with the texture of an oil painting, with distinct color blocks.

Half of it is fiery red light, and the other half is deep darkness.

The lips under the hollowed-out mask are bright and translucent, and they opened and closed, and the magnetic voice read out the moving closing words, "The bell rings, and love lasts forever."

Xie Chen pulled the progress bar repeatedly, watching the moment when the young man took off his mask over and over again.

A gloomy breath came out of his nose, "Oh."

The three children of the Xie family lost their father and mother since they were young, and the only things they can remember are the photos of their mother in their grandfather's album, and that particularly evil mask.

Xie Yao and Xie Tong may have forgotten its existence, but Xie Chen remembered it clearly.

Their father had worn the mask for a year or two before disappearing, and often held it up in front of his face at night, as if looking at something that pleased him through the holes in the mask's eyes. .

At that time, the family was very evil.

First, the father left the house more and more frequently, the mother was bedridden and vomited blood, and the three young children would definitely be locked in the room except for going to school normally.

"Dad." Standing in his father's shadow, Xie Chen cautiously looked at the black mask hidden behind his father's hand.

Father's body smelled strongly of rust, which was very unpleasant.

"Can my brother and I play football in the yard tomorrow?" He asked crisply. The siblings hadn't played outside the room for a long time.

At that time, Xie Chen did not understand the meaning of being in prison. Later, when he was in elementary school, he learned the word "prison", and he deeply understood that the so-called "prison" means putting a person in a small room, looking at the sunshine outside the window, Nothing can be done.

"You can't go out to play, it's dangerous outside." The father smiled gently on his pretty face, but he held Xie Chen's hand tightly, leaving a bruise.

A strange atmosphere spread in the house, and he could only nod to his father sensiblely with tears in his eyes, and said in a childlike voice, "I will take good care of my younger brothers and sisters."

Xie Yao was the most mischievous of the three of them when they were young. Since he was a child, he has shown a bit of fox's cleverness, jumping up and down all day long, having a great time.

He was the second person to ignore his father's prohibition, the first being Xie Chen himself.

The lessons and games in the kindergarten during the day could not exhaust Xie Yao's energy, and when he returned home in the afternoon, he was ordered to stay in his room and read a book. He felt extremely aggrieved, but he protested to his father and mother but got no response.

The two adults acted like they didn't want to see them.

Xie Yao is smart, his acting skills are amazing at a young age, he can always pretend to be asleep to deceive everyone.The small window in the room is not locked tightly, and you can jump directly from the window to the garden on the first floor.After the first successful escape, exploring the home at night became a regular entertainment for him.

At first, Xie Chen didn't know that his younger brother would sneak out to play every night, but once he saw Xie Yao slipping to the door of the basement, sitting on the ground grinningly, with a smile on his mouth.

Who is he talking to?

Xie Chen hid in a corner, wondering.

But suddenly a tall shadow covered Xie Yao's small body, and he covered his mouth trying not to make a sound.

A man wearing a black leather mask slowly crouched in front of Xie Yao, picked him up and dragged him on his arm, "Bad boys will be punished, do you know that?"

As soon as Xie Chen heard the familiar voice, he remembered the black mask his father raised in the middle of the night, and immediately realized the identity of the man.

The man stroked the back of Xie Yao's neck with his other hand, his wide palm completely wrapped the young child's neck, a little force could block the trachea, making him unable to breathe.

It shouldn't be like this...

Xie Chen's pupils vibrated violently.

Their father was beautiful, better looking than any of the other young mothers in the kindergarten.Their little mates always wow when their dad comes to pick them up.

My father is very gentle. He will make delicious desserts for them before going to school. On their birthdays, they will specially communicate with the garden to hold a birthday party for them to celebrate with their friends.

But the moment his father pinched his younger brother's neck, Xie Chen felt fear in his heart.

Since then, Xie Yao has become much better. He no longer racked his brains to play, but shrank in the corner of the room in a daze.Xie Chen intentionally probed, hugged his younger brother and asked, "It's vacation, why don't you want to play outside?"

Xie Yao pursed his lips, and held back an answer for a long time, "There are ghosts outside, father doesn't want to protect us."

Xie Chen couldn't piece together the facts no matter what, he touched his younger brother's hair and had the idea of ​​covering up the strange situation of the family.

Could it be that as long as he doesn't tell, their family will always look happy in the eyes of others?

The parents are young and beautiful, and have a successful career. The three children in the family look like porcelain dolls, happy and enviable.

Xie Chen closed his eyes, "I'll protect you."

02

Xie Yao had a fever, Xie Chen brushed his younger brother's bangs away, and pressed his forehead against his forehead, feeling the burning malice of the illness.

The younger sister next to him cried and cried: "What should I do? Mom stays in the room and never comes out, and I can't find Dad. Xie Yao won't die, right?"

"It's okay." Xie Yao hooked Xie Tong's little finger.

Death was too far away for them, but at this moment Xie Chen looked at the weak Xie Yao, and equated death with not being able to protect him.

Death just can't do anything, he can't protect anything.

Xie Chen dug out a heavy quilt and cotton jacket from the closet to wrap his younger brother tightly, he comforted Xie Yao and Xie Tong, "Don't be afraid, just sleep like this and you'll be fine."

Today is very special. The mother is deaf and can't hear the child's cry, and hides in the room without a trace, while the father goes out early in the morning and tells them with a smile, "Stay at home, anyone who comes Don’t open the door, there are snacks on the table, take them yourself if you’re hungry.”

Xie Chen didn't know why his father would lock them at home. He opened his toy box and found a superman model that looked solid.

This Superman model weighs a lot in the hand, and it feels icy and cool to the touch.

Xie Chen didn't care about the toy he loved so much, he went straight to the door on the first floor of the villa, picked up the model and smashed it hard at the handle.

After smashing this, they can go out and find other adults to save Xie Yao.

Xie Chenhong smashed for a long time, but still smashed the copper handle. On the contrary, the Superman model became bumpy, and the handsome face of Superman could no longer be recognized.

"Brother, don't mess it up, let's make a call." Xie Tong grabbed the corner of Xie Chen's clothes with tears on his face.

He threw the toy away, slumped on the ground, panting and said to Xie Tong, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Xie Tong was aggrieved, "You smashed too hard, I'm afraid."

"Yeah, do you remember Grandpa's phone number?"

"No, I don't know."

The two looked at each other in blank dismay, the elder brother would only use brute force as always, and the younger sister was also consistent and easy to lose the chain.

In the end, Xie Yao was moved to the side of the landline, he read a number, and Xie Chen pressed a number.

"Hey, Grandpa." Xie Chen's voice was full of tears, the connection of the phone meant that he could find a reliable adult to rescue Xie Yao, and he finally didn't have to pretend to be strong.

"Is it Xiaochen? Oh, why does it sound like you're about to cry? What happened?"

"Xie Yao is about to die, grandpa, save him quickly."

Xie Chen murmured about the family affairs to his grandfather, and put his hand on Xie Yao's forehead, "Xie Yao has a bad burn, I'm so scared."

He was afraid that he would really lose his brother just like that.

The little fox used to look like he was jumping around, but now he was dying on the sofa, his nose couldn't breathe, and his throat was so swollen that he couldn't speak.

"I'll go over to find you right now, don't be afraid, grandpa won't let Xiaoyao have anything to do."

"Ah."

After hanging up the phone, Xie Chen and Xie Tong sat side by side in front of the sofa, looking worriedly at Xie Yao who closed his eyes.

"Ghost, there is a ghost!" Xie Yao fell into a state of talking nonsense after a brief sobriety.

"Brother, Xie Yao, what is he talking about?"

Xie Chen covered Xie Yao's mouth with his hand, he remembered his father wearing a black mask.

"No, it's nothing, Xie Yao had a dream, maybe a terrible nightmare."

Xie Tong sat up on his knees, stretched out his immature fingers to the center of Xie Yao's eyebrows, and slowly rubbed them, "Nightmare Feifei, don't come to Xie Yao again."

"Ghost, what do you think you look like?"

Xie Yao's fiery breath sprayed on Xie Chen's palm.

"Ghost, it would be great if you looked like a puppy. I've always wanted to raise a puppy, but my father won't let me."

Xie Yao's voice became softer and softer, as if it was about to disappear.

Tears welled up in his eyes, and Xie Chen's mouth trembled, "Keep it, we'll keep it, brother will take you to the pet shop in the future, and you can keep as many pets as you want."

"Ghost, Dad said you would hurt me and eat me, I know that's false."

"Dad has become so strange."

"He said he was with the most important person in his life."

"Daddy has a strange taste in his mouth."

Xie Yao's eyelashes flapped its wings like a docile butterfly, creating a slight airflow, "Ghost, I opened the door that night while my father wasn't paying attention."

"Come out and meet me."