Not far from the Amazing Fate Pet Shop, at the bus stop on Zhonghua Road.
Bus No.39 slowly stopped at the stop, and the front and back doors opened at the same time. The people who were waiting for the bus rushed to the front door in confusion. A woman holding the hand of a little boy got off the bus from the back door.
After the passengers got on and off the bus, the bus driver pressed the button, closed the door, and drove off to the next stop.
The woman holding the child was in her early thirties, still very young. Judging from her clothes, she seemed to be from an ordinary family. Her choice to take the bus proved this.
Her name was Gu Le, and she had just taken her son Yi Le home from his classmate's birthday party. They got off the bus at this stop, walked to the crossroads on the south side of Zhonghua Road, and then turned west. There was no bus stop near her home, and the bus stop on Zhonghua Road was the nearest one.
Yi Le pouted, and his face was full of unhappiness. He walked awkwardly, and was almost dragged by Gu Le.
He should have been happy after attending his classmate's birthday party. Why was he like this?
The classmates' birthday party was held in the hotel. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed themselves to the fullest. The food was delicious, and the birthday cake that was served at the end was completely divided up. Every child's belly was full. When the party was about to end, the birthday girl casually asked Yi Le, "Next week is your birthday, right? Let's get together again." Yi Le didn't think too much. In front of the table full of adults and children, he immediately answered, "Okay, let's get together again next week!"
Gu Le felt embarrassed when she heard that. This high-end hotel cost at least thousands of yuan to book a table. Her family was not very rich, and it was hard for her and her husband to pay the mortgage every month. She also planned to save money to buy a car, so she didn't want to add such an extra expense. So she quickly said, "Let's have a party at home, and she will cook for everyone." The other parents were very understanding, including the birthday girl's parents, and they all agreed. Only Yi Le felt embarrassed, and he kept throwing a tantrum after leaving the hotel.
Gu Le tried to coax him, but the more she coaxed, the more Yi Le felt that he was in the right, and he became more and more angry. Gu Le didn't take it to heart. She planned to go home and cook dinner, and then she and Yi Le's father would have a good talk with Yi Le. Yi Le was usually a very sensible child, and he would soon calm down.
At that moment, her phone rang. Someone had sent her a message. She let go of Yi Le's hand and took out her cell phone from her bag. Seeing that it was from Yi Le's class teacher, she didn't dare to delay and immediately began to read and reply.
Most of the words the head teacher said were good. He said that Yi Le had been doing well recently, that he could unite with his classmates, and that he was more active in answering questions in class. What was not good was that he was naughty during the break and scribbled on the blackboard that the on-duty student had just erased.
Gu Le first expressed her gratitude to the homeroom teacher, and then carefully chose her words to express to the homeroom teacher that she and her husband would definitely pay attention to guiding the child's behavior in the future.
She didn't notice that after she let go of him, Yi Le, who was throwing a tantrum, gradually fell behind.
When they passed by the Amazing Fate Pet Shop, Yi Le tilted his head and looked into the shop. He saw a black and white kitten blinking its silver-gray eyes, which were rarely seen, looking at him. Yi Le liked dogs and didn't like cats. He thought that only girls liked cats, and he was a real man, so he didn't like cats. He wrinkled his nose and glared at the kitten.
Gu Le had already left him more than ten meters behind, and her hands were constantly tapping on her cell phone, editing a message.
Yi Le felt very sad and lost. He felt that his mother didn't like him anymore. "She doesn't like me just because I want to hold a birthday party in the hotel? Mom is so stingy! So stingy! " He thought.
They had passed by the Amazing Fate Pet Shop, and at the crossroads in front of them, they were about to turn west.
Yi Le suddenly had a strange idea. He wanted to punish his mother.
So he decided to hide, to make her worry, to make her feel sad, and to see if she still liked him.
However, there was no place to hide on this road. Across the road, there was a small electric tricycle selling barbecue skewers, and several customers stopped there to buy barbecue skewers. If he hid behind the tricycle, his mother wouldn't be able to find him. Yi Le decided to show himself when his mother was anxious, and then she would regret it. Maybe she would agree to hold the birthday party in the hotel.
He was a little worried that his mother would be even angrier, but he immediately thought of an excuse, "I just want to play hide-and-seek with you!"
This was probably what a naughty kid was like.
Little Yi Le was a naughty kid at his age, so he didn't need to think too much. Once he made a decision, he would execute it immediately. He suddenly ran to the other side of the road.
A car was speeding by, and the driver was driving normally. He didn't expect that a kid would suddenly jump out from the dead corner of his vision on the right side.
There was a sharp sound of brakes...
Blood.
Onlookers.
Flashing ambulance lights.
The sound of heart-broken weeping.
The happiness of the two families was gone forever.
...
Zhang Zian felt that something was wrong with Xinghai. Under normal circumstances, she would immediately agree to play hide-and-seek again. Why didn't she agree this time? Its flashing silver-gray eyes worried him even more. He had already told it not to use its ability for trivial matters. If it wanted to attract another customer to the shop, even if it was the President of the United States, he would severely criticize it.
"Xinghai, what's wrong?" he asked.
While he was asking, Yi Le wrinkled his nose and stared at Xinghai, walking past the door of the store.
Xinghai looked back at Zhang Zian.
She wanted to say something, but then she looked back at Old Time Tea, tilted her head, and thought for a moment. The silver light in her eyes faded away.
Xinghai didn't change the future. Not yet.
She raised a front paw, pointed at Yi Le's back, and said, "Zian, that kid will be hit by a car."
"Ah?" Zhang Zian was surprised, and looked at where Xinghai was pointing.
It was a seven or eight-year-old boy with a buzz cut, wearing a jacket with a bear pattern on the back. He was walking with his hands behind his back, as if he was sulking.
Zhang Zian turned around and looked at the north and south ends of the road. He thought a car was about to get out of control and rush onto the sidewalk. Maybe it was a mechanical failure, or maybe the driver was drunk. However, there was no sign of that. All the cars were running normally.
He believed that Xinghai would not joke, at least not about this kind of thing.
Zhang Zian didn't have time to think. He ran out of the store and chased after the little boy.
Yi Le had already entered the naughty kid mode. When he was about to turn around and run across the road, he heard a man yelling behind him, "You! Stop right there! "
Yi Le was startled. He stopped and looked back. It was a strange man, so he immediately became alert.
At the same time, a car passed by. The driver of the car saw his new wife, and his face was full of happiness. He didn't know that he had just escaped the condemnation of morality and conscience, and escaped the tragedy of divorce.
Zhang Zian didn't know what would happen, and he didn't know where the car would come from. He ran and looked around until he stopped in front of Yi Le.
Facing this strange man, Yi Le was scared. He instinctively yelled, "Mom! Mom! Come here! Someone is going to hit me! "
Gu Le pressed the "Send" button and breathed a sigh of relief. She couldn't afford to offend the head teacher, or she might make things difficult for the students. During the parent-teacher meeting, she was even more timid in front of Yi Le's head teacher than her boss in her company. If the head teacher said one, she didn't dare to say two. If the head teacher pointed north, she didn't dare to go south. For her, the message sent by the head teacher was like an imperial edict, which must be carried out immediately and unconditionally.
Everything was for the sake of the child.
The Mid-Autumn Festival was coming. What should she give the head teacher? Would a 500-yuan supermarket shopping card be enough? She heard that the head teacher didn't accept red envelopes, and would return the gifts or hand them in. She didn't know whether it was true or not... Never mind, she would discuss it with her husband when she got home.
Just then, she heard Yi Le's yell. Her hand trembled, and her cell phone fell to the ground. The screen was cracked.
She reached to the side and grabbed nothing. Yi Le, who was supposed to be walking beside her, disappeared. She suddenly turned around and saw a strange man blocking Yi Le's way about 20 meters behind her.
All of a sudden, Gu Le's blood rushed to her head!
"You! What are you doing! "she screamed and ran over quickly.
She covered the distance of 20 meters in the blink of an eye. She rushed in front of Yi Le and protected him behind her.
Zhang Zian was also shocked. He thought the little boy was playing on the street by himself, and didn't expect that a woman would suddenly appear.
He stepped back and raised his hands to show that he meant no harm, while still looking around to guard against unknown dangers.
"Mom! This man is a bad guy! He suddenly stopped me and didn't let me go! "Yi Le hid behind his mother and pointed at Zhang Zian fearlessly.
"I am not a bad guy," Zhang Zian said helplessly.
Gu Le, who was still angry, didn't believe him. "You are not a bad guy? If you are not a bad guy, why did you stop my child? "She raised her voice, hoping to attract passersby to watch and ensure the safety of herself and her son.
"Your child was trying to cross the road. I was afraid that he would be hit by a car, so I stopped him, "Zhang Zian explained.
Gu Le frowned and turned around to ask Yi Le, "Yi Le, did you want to cross the road?"
Yi Le immediately shook his head and denied, "No! He is talking nonsense! "
Zhang Zian was speechless.
Gu Le stared at Zhang Zian. The suspicion in her eyes had turned into hostility. Between a strange man and her son, even if she had a hundred chances, she would still choose to believe her son. That was normal, wasn't it?
Some passersby stopped and watched from a distance. They were curious to know what had happened. Were the child's parents quarreling on the street? It didn't seem like it.
"I warn you, don't come near us again, or I will call the police." Gu Le pointed at Zhang Zian's nose and scolded him.
"I mean no harm," Zhang Zian could only defend himself weakly. How else could he explain? How could he say that his cat saw a dangerous future for her child?
Gu Le didn't listen to him. She pulled Yi Le up, stared at Zhang Zian, and stepped back step by step.
Yi Le, who was behind her, proudly made a face at Zhang Zian. He felt like he had won a big victory. Not only did he win back his mother's care, but he also fooled this strange man. Adults are so stupid!
Gu Le picked up her cell phone on the ground, touched the crack on the screen, and glared at Zhang Zian again.
"Yi Le, let's go!" She held Yi Le's hand and walked quickly to the crossroads. She looked back from time to time to prevent Zhang Zian from catching up.
She decided to tell her husband everything that had happened today when they got home. She had to put buying a car on the agenda. The world was too dangerous, and there were too many bad people.
Zhang Zian stood in the dusk, feeling lonely, under the strange stares of the passersby. When Gu Le and Yi Le were completely out of sight, he slowly walked back into the shop.
"Zian, you are awesome!" Xinghai said happily.
Zhang Zian forced a smile, "Xinghai is awesome! If it weren't for you, I would have been in big trouble today. "
Fina had already woken up. It muttered coldly, "Mind your own business!"
Zhang Zian sat back on the recliner, staring at the passersby outside. It was getting darker and darker in the shop, and he even forgot to turn on the light.
"My friend," Old Time Tea said.
He immediately cheered up, "What's up, Grandpa Tea? Is the tea cold? I'm going to boil some water for you. "
"No," Old Time Tea laughed, "When you walked out of the shop, what was your goal?"
Zhang Zian thought for a moment, "That boy might be in danger. I wanted to save him."
"That's right. You got what you wanted. What's there to complain about?"
Old Time Tea looked at him with satisfaction, "What we do is to keep justice in our hearts. We have a clear conscience. Whether others understand us or not, it doesn't matter."
Zhang Zian was suddenly enlightened, and the annoyance in his heart was gone.
Yes, he just wanted to save the little boy, not to become a hero, nor to earn the gratitude of the mother. He just didn't want to see a tragedy happen.
He had achieved his goal. What was there to be sad about?
The naughty boy should be taught a lesson, but not in such a cruel way.
After thinking it through, he immediately cheered up.
"Xinghai, go on! This time I will definitely beat you! "He turned on the light and jumped off the recliner.
"Zian, you are bragging! Zian, you are bragging! "Xinghai was eager to try.
"You can try if you don't believe me! Hide yourself, I'm going to count! "Zhang Zian said, facing the wall," One, two, three... "
Xinghai complained, "Zian, you are so shameless! You are counting too fast! "
It disappeared almost instantly.
Old Time Tea looked at Zhang Zian's back, and its eyes were shining with a strange light.
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