Extra three: When I was young, I heard the scene The first time the housekeeper saw Wen Jing was many years ago.
At that time, he unexpectedly received a call from Kathere, who had been sent abroad by himself seven years earlier.
The woman's voice on the phone was weak and weak, cautiously begging him to come and see her.
Maybe it was what he did seven years ago that made him uneasy after all, or maybe it was the arrogant woman on the phone who had been consumed by time that aroused his pity, and the housekeeper finally agreed.
After taking leave from the Wen family, he took the address that the other party told him, crossed the ocean alone, and came to country A.
In the taxi, the housekeeper gave the driver the address.
After hearing this, the driver looked at him in the rearview mirror in disbelief, and after carefully confirming that the guy sitting in the back seat was indeed wearing a haute couture suit, the taxi driver couldn't help but ask: "You are such a gentleman, is it possible that you want to go to that kind of place on an errand?"
The title "that kind of place" obviously had a special meaning and made the butler's heart sink.
When he approached his destination, looking at the uncomfortably dense low windows of the dilapidated brick building, and the unclothed children, most of whom were black, the butler's heart sank a little.
It wasn't that he didn't expect Kathere to live a little down, but he really didn't expect that the other party would be so depressed that he would live in a slum.
The taxi stopped at the address identified by the butler.
Before the housekeeper got out of the car, the taxi driver joked: "It's good that it's at the junction of this block, otherwise I'd not dare to send you in this place where even convenience stores won't settle in." ” The butler was silent, and his hand pushing the door stopped.
"Is it a mess here?"
The driver looked at him inexplicably, then smiled, and turned back, "Where is it just messing up with your clothes, you have to be careful when walking in here."
"Thank you."
The housekeeper didn't say anything more and got out of the car.
He wondered how he was going to find Miss Kathere.
The other party called him before, and it seemed to be a public phone, so I don't know if I can call back Before the butler could finish his thoughts, he heard a muffled noise not far away.
Something sounds like something hitting the ground.
The butler turned his head to look over.
I saw a boy who was no bigger than his waist and walked over with his head down.
The butler looked up and saw behind the boy a dilapidated car that looked like it had been abandoned for a long time.
The sound that came from before seemed to be a slight vibration brought by the boy jumping from the car to the ground.
The butler seemed to think of something, and his eyes quickly fell back on the boy.
Like the children on the road, the boy looked ragged and had a few holes in his pants.
The hair is flaxen and slightly curly.
Judging from the exposed skin, the boy seemed to be more of a white man, but he was thinner than the other white children.
White people in the slums are rare.
The premonition in the butler's heart became stronger and stronger.
He could barely resist taking a step in the boy's direction.
At this time, the boy also stopped in front of him.
"Are you here for Kathere?"
In addition to the child's immaturity, there is a hint of dull hoarseness.
As he spoke, the boy looked up. “” The butler's pupils shrank suddenly.
After a few seconds, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
Bloodline is really a magical thing.
The boy in front of him, except for the blue pupils, has almost the same facial features as Wen Song, the current head of the Wen family.
If I had to name some differences, it would probably be that the mixed-race blood made the boy's complexion a little fairer; And despite his young age, his facial features have begun to show their depths.
As if impatient with the butler's silence, the boy in his sight frowned slightly.
This expression is more similar to Wen Song.
The butler sighed inwardly and a kind smile appeared on his face.
He lifted the leg of his suit trousers, half-crouched down, and reached out to touch the top of the boy's hair "Your name is Wenjing, isn't it?"
The boy did not respond to his words, and instinctively took a step to the side the moment the butler's hand fell.
When he stood firm, there was a hint of cold vigilance in his blue eyes.
The butler couldn't imagine that this was the look of a six or seven-year-old child.
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From there, he couldn't see the slightest innocence that children of the same age would have.
There is only a wall of ice.
They looked at each other for a few seconds, presumably after making sure that the butler had no ill intentions, and then the boy nodded.
"You know me" The butler sighed, "I still gave you this name, but I wasn't sure if you were a boy or a girl at the time." ” Choosing such an intimate thing did not melt the coldness in the boy's eyes.
He just glanced at the butler again, as if he wanted to remember what the other man looked like.
Then he turned around and walked down an alley.
"I'll take you to Kathere."
Seeing that the boy was still defensive of himself, the butler didn't say anything, but sighed and followed.
Not far inside, the housekeeper felt "trouble".
Three sloppy black teenagers are smoking shoddy cigarettes around a telephone pole.
I casually caught a glimpse of a butler in a suit and leather shoes, and one of his eyes lit up.
He pulled his companion, who was squinting and enjoying the mist, and then gestured in the direction of the butler.
The butler slowed down and frowned.
The boy in the slum, although he is only in his teens, is often used to fighting and grabbing things together, and it is not difficult to solve the problem if they are all aimed at him, but if one of them is separated to run for the boy Before the butler could think of a countermeasure, the one who noticed him first was already coming over.
It was only when the man had just taken his first step to go that his accomplice pulled him by the hand.
The person who was pulled turned his head in confusion, and the chin of the puller was raised.
But he motioned to the boy who was walking in front of the butler.
The housekeeper's heart tightened.
Just as he was about to carry the boy directly behind him to protect him, he saw the three people look at each other a few times, and two of them stiffened the one who made the first move and turned back.
The housekeeper was stunned.
He seemed to see a hint of evasiveness in the expressions of the two men But how could two fourteen or fifteen-year-old teenagers avoid a six or seven-year-old child Despite his doubts, the butler quickened his pace and walked over.
About three or four meters away from the pole, the butler heard a muffled voice behind him.
"Who is that kid, is he very hard?"
"That's a wolf cub, stay away from him when you see him later."
"You're fine with a six- or seven-year-old child."
"Don't look at him small, the small half of the palm of the old K who didn't want to die when the cub got into a fight was bitten off by him."
"Damn, it's a human or a wolf."
The sound of the conversation in the back faded away until it completely disappeared into the butler's ears.
After hearing all this, he couldn't help but look at the thin and thin shoulders of the boy in front of him with a slight sorrow.
He really couldn't imagine what kind of life this child had lived in the past few years.
Maybe he really made the wrong choice in the first place After a moment of silence, the two walked through the potholed and muddy alleys to a brick building with low eaves that seemed to collapse at any moment.
The boy who walked in front pushed open the dilapidated iron door and stepped inside.
The corridor was dark, and there was a dim light in the distance.
The smell of dampness and mildew came to my face.
The boy walked unstoppable, expertly manulating the obstacles in the darkness and ascending the stairs on the left-hand side.
The butler followed.
The wooden staircase creaked as he stepped on it.
If it weren't for the various low-level insults coming from time to time in the building, the housekeeper would probably suspect that he had strayed into the filming scene of some ghost movie.
After walking about two floors, the boy in front of him stopped.
He pushed open an iron door on his right.
So behind the wooden staircase that creaked in the dark, the butler stepped on the long metal ladder embedded in the outer wall of this "dangerous building".
Looking at the rust spots on the ladder that had grown for an unknown number of years, the old butler wondered if this thing would carry him down the stairs at the end of his life.
As if to guess the reason from his hesitation, the boy, who had been walking in front without saying a word, stopped.
He stood on the volleying metal steps and turned his head, looking at the butler condescendingly, almost with a squint.
The butler swore that he saw a sneering smile in the eyes of this child, who was only six or seven years old: "It's only two stories high, and you can't fall to your death." “” The butler eventually followed the boy into the place at the top of the stairs that was almost too low and narrow to be called a room.
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Two-thirds of the way to the space, a dilapidated bed lay across it.
There was a woman with a pale face lying on the bed.
If it weren't for the fact that this thin and deformed face could barely see some traces of the past, the butler would hardly dare to recognize that this was the beautiful and moving Kathere seven years ago.
"Mom, he's coming."
Unlike the cold tone that occasionally opened his mouth along the way, the boy standing in front of the bed at this time had a slightly low voice, with a kind of obedient emotion.
"Xiaojing."
After a while, the woman seemed to wake up from her slumber.
She glanced at the boy wearily, "Go out, I have something to say to him." ” Despite his hesitant reluctance, the boy nodded.
"Okay."
He turned around and walked out the door, bypassing the butler.
The door did not close, and the butler heard the footsteps of the boy walking down the metal ladder fading away.
Until it is completely gone.
He sighed and looked at the woman on the bed with complicated eyes.
"Kathere you why bother" The woman's breathing on the hospital bed was a little heavier, with a weeping and dilapidated sound that seemed to be the wind pouring through the rotten wood.
After a few seconds, the butler heard her let out a laborious hoarse laugh.
"He still doesn't know that Xiaojing is still alive, does he?"
“” The housekeeper did not answer this question directly.
"You're like this, it's not fair to anyone, to him, to yourself, and the most innocent Xiaojing."
He walked over, his voice sad, "I already regret seven years ago, I shouldn't have hidden Xiaojing's existence for you." ” To the butler's surprise, the proud woman on the hospital bed did not contradict her words.
She only opened her empty blue pupils, staring fixedly at the dim, blurry ceiling.
"yes" "I hurt Xiaojing."
The butler's eyes jumped, and he couldn't help but look at the woman on the bed with complicated eyes.
"What about you" "But I've always been a selfish person, you know.
Here smiled miserably, "I decided the direction of his birth for him, and I didn't plan to change it for him." ” "You still won't let him go back to Wen's house after all" "Since Wen Song thinks that I have already killed the child, I will never know about Xiaojing's existence."
Kathere slowly closed his eyes.
"Anyway, he's not bad for this son, is he" "But Xiaojing only has this one father" The housekeeper finally couldn't help it, and his tone became excited, "Kathere, even if you are selfish Xiaojing is your son, how can you bear to let him live like this" The butler's words did not continue.
"So, didn't I beg you to come?"
"What do you mean?"
“” The woman on the bed did not speak.
After a long time, she let out a long, long breath.
It's like spitting out all the emotions in this weak body, which has only a handful of bones left.
Then she opened her eyes and turned her head to look at the butler.
The woman pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled. is charming and stunning, as if she is still the beauty who made Wen Song lose her mind.
Her blood-colored lips opened and closed slightly, and she said calmly and reassuringly.
"I don't have more than a few days to live." “” The housekeeper took Kathere to the best hospital in town.
But even if she was lying in the ICU and had a tube inserted, the woman who was no longer in her prime could still only survive.
The housekeeper stood outside the ICU, looking at the woman on the hospital bed who was getting thinner and thinner under the light, and felt desolate and sad.
The woman who was so beautiful that everyone was amazed in the past finally became what she is today because of her single-minded arrogance.
If Wen Song is there Before the butler could finish his thoughts, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears "How long does my mom have left" The butler turned his head in shock, only to find that the boy had stood beside him without him noticing.
There was no expression on that little face with delicate features, and the blue eyes inherited from the woman in the ward were as clear as a lake, and no one could tell a lie when they looked straight at it.
It's just that compared to the age of this child, his early wisdom makes the housekeeper involuntarily distressed.
He clenched his fists, crouched down, and raised his hand to hold the boy's shoulder.
This time the boy did not refuse or dodge, but just stared at the butler closely.
His blood-colored lips pursed tightly, revealing a hint of his unease.
The butler barely managed to put on a reassuring smile.
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"The hospital here is advanced and can make Miss Kathere" Before he could finish speaking, the alarm of a medical machine suddenly sounded in the room.
After a while, the attending doctor was followed by several nurses who ran over quickly, and hurriedly entered the inside.
Through the thick anti-bacterial window, the housekeeper could clearly see the pained and almost hideous expression of the woman on the hospital bed.
He subconsciously looked at the children around him.
It's just that the boy is more resolute than he imagined.
After staring at it for a long time, the boy asked, "Am I not allowed to enter?"
"Yes."
The butler whispered.
"Then can you help me bring her a word?"
"Good.
What do you want to say to your mom." “” The boy opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak.
After a long time, he turned his head.
"Please tell her that if she really can't stand it, forget it."
"I'll try to stay alive alone."
After saying that, the boy didn't give the housekeeper time to react, and ran out. “” The butler behind him watched the boy's back disappear at the end of the corridor, and was silent for a long time.
It wasn't until a few minutes later that the attending doctor, who had seen Khan on his forehead, came out.
He went to the butler and said a few words to the butler.
The butler nodded: "I see." ” "In this case, how to choose depends on the opinions of the family."
"I've already asked the family's opinion.
Is she conscious now?"
"Sober for the time being."
"Can I go in and talk to her?"
"Yes, yes, but it must be as short as possible."
"Okay."
With the help of the medical staff, the housekeeper put on protective clothing and entered the ward.
He relayed what the boy had told him to the woman in the hospital bed.
As the words spoke, the housekeeper saw a relieved emotion in the woman's dim eyes.
"He knew that."
The butler couldn't bear to bow his head.
Then he saw that the woman stretched out her withered hand with great difficulty, and took hold of him.
"Can you not?"
The butler shook it back and nodded heavily.
"I'll take care of him." “” A small smile appeared on the woman's face.
Two weeks later.
Kathere was buried in the largest cemetery in the city.
In this city, she has no relatives and friends beside her.
When the praying priest left, only two people, one big and one small, were left in front of the tombstone, one big and one small, in black dresses.
The butler looked sadly at the boy who was kneeling in front of the tombstone.
The boy was as resolute as the butler imagined.
This kind of perseverance is even resolute to the point of almost coldness, and he does not have the slightest bit of fragility and weeping like a child of this age.
From beginning to end, he watched the funeral march motionlessly.
But after everyone left, the boy stared at the tombstone like a sculpture and refused to leave.
The housekeeper couldn't understand this child, who was only six or seven years old.
All his emotions were buried like icebergs under the surface of the sea, deep and unpredictable.
That night, the housekeeper takes the boy back to the slum to sort out Miss Kathere's belongings.
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In that cramped little room, after all the personal belongings were organized, it was only a cardboard box.
It's not even full yet.
The housekeeper wanted to ask the entourage to help him move, but the boy refused.
He hugged the box tightly with his thin arms.
It's like holding him in the last bit of temperature in this world.
It's just that when he finally left, the boy who had always been smooth and obedient made it difficult.
He stood motionless in front of the closed iron door, staring at it.
No matter how the steward called him, he refused to leave.
The housekeeper was helpless.
Waving off his entourage, he stood with the boy on the treacherous rusty staircase.
At this stop, the two stood all night.
Until midnight, the sky was obscured by clouds and the stars began to rain.
The housekeeper gently advised: "Let's go.
Don't get her stuff dirty. ” Hearing this, the boy finally reacted.
He moved his numb body, which was completely unconscious, and turned his head to look at the butler.
The boy's thin lips trembled in that delicate, expressionless face.
The rain slid down his cheeks like tears from the corners of his eyes.
He bowed his head.
"From today onwards, am I alone?"
“” The butler's heart felt as if he had been slammed by something heavy.
His eyes widened.
This was the first time the boy had exposed to him the fragility of a child.
And for the last time.
A month later, the housekeeper found an adoptive father for the boy through an old friend, and he returned to China on his own.
When Wen Song asked, he only said that he was going to a foreign country for a vacation to relax.
What the housekeeper at the time could not have imagined was that he would see the boy again in six years.
He couldn't have imagined it Six years later, the boy has become a completely different person. gd1806102: