Xu Le blinked his eyes with great difficulty to confirm that the little girl in the blue student uniform in the back was a real person and not an existence of his imagination. When he reacted immediately, he shouted to the driver next to him, "Stop the car! Go back. "
Hearing this, Little Watermelon widened her big, innocent eyes and looked at her Big Brother Xu Le in confusion. She thought to herself, Just now, you insisted on not taking the family car and had the taxi wait downstairs. Wasn't it so that I could jump down from upstairs so that I could escape? In the little girl's mind, she didn't run away from home alone, but had a perfect cooperation with Brother Xu Le.
When the little girl saw that Xu Le's expression was serious and not lively, she finally understood that the car was about to turn back. She tightly hugged the somewhat old doll in her arms and screamed, "No!"
With a sharp screech, the taxi abruptly stopped on the flat highway of Xixia State.
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The taxi driver, who had received a generous tip, stood in the woods beside the road and smoked a cigarette. He looked at the squirrel, who was busily preparing winter food, and occasionally whistled. Although he didn't understand the relationship between the young officer in the car and the little girl, he wasn't worried because the young officer didn't look like a shameless person who would abduct and sell a girl. Moreover, someone who could sit as a guest in that big house wouldn't lack this small amount of money.
In the taxi, Xu Le's expression was calm and gentle, but his heart had already been shocked into countless turbulent waves. He painfully rubbed his hair and said to the little girl as calmly as possible, "Where did you get the idea that I would run away from home with you? You also thought that I called for this taxi specifically to cooperate with you? "
Zhong Huoyan hugged the doll and looked at him with a cute frown. She said, "Isn't this always shown on TV?"
Xu Le looked at her delicate face and the dust on her student uniform. His heart couldn't help but soften. Unable to say anything harsh, he took out his handkerchief and carefully wiped away the dust. Thinking that this little girl was actually able to climb down from the top floor of the villa, he couldn't help but feel a burst of fear. He asked: "I really don't know where you learned the ability to climb over walls at such a young age."
Zhong Huoyan widened her eyes and looked at him doubtfully. She said softly, "Brother Xu Le, when we were young, you took me to drill the ventilation pipe on the spaceship. It was much more difficult than climbing down from upstairs."
Hearing this, Xu Le was startled. His action of wiping her face froze, and a bitter smile appeared on his face. This little girl not only didn't forget the past, but even remembered these details so clearly. But when you were young … Are you an adult now? Thinking of this, he gently rubbed the little girl's hair, just like how he used to do after washing her hair three years ago.
Zhong Huoyan stubbornly broke her little head away from his palm and carefully smoothed her slightly messy black hair with the palms of her two small hands. Her action was very cute. Her lilac-like little mouth was tightly pursed to express her strong dissatisfaction with Xu Le's plan to send her home and her anger at the wrong person.
In the three years since she came to the capital ring, Zhong Huoyan had been well-behaved and lovely. She lived a stable life with her mother and never ran away from home again. In the next two years, she even rarely mentioned the story of the past. Mentioning Brother Donglin's name was not because she was forgetful.
Mrs. Zhong and the people in the villa had forgotten the past earlier than her because they thought that she was just a child. However, after the environment lost its vigilance, Zhong Huoyan was still quiet and well-behaved. She never tried to run away from home again because although she was young, she was absolutely smart and sensible. She knew that there were still many bad people in the outside world covered by The Glory Of The Charter. The little girl did not have the courage to try anything …
Until today, when Xu Le came, she finally saw the honest and loyal face that left the most vivid impression in her childhood. She found the most trustworthy Brother Xu Le. Therefore, the chick found the courage and thought that she had a tacit understanding with Xu Le. She quietly changed her clothes, climbed downstairs, and got into the car.
"You're wrong. Think about how sad your family will be if they can't find you."
Xu Le was quick with action and not taciturn with words. However, in front of a stubborn and sad little girl, he did not have the ability to play the role of a mature elder at such a young age. He could only say the boring words of those boring teachers in movies, TV shows, and novels.
He spoke carefully. Zhong Huoyan did not reply. The little girl lowered her head slightly and maintained absolute silence. The black hair by her face covered her ears. The clear bangs in front of her forehead just happened to reach her eyebrows. She was using this kind of silent resistance to stubbornness and futility.
"I'll come to play with you often in the future, okay?"
Xu Le made a promise that even he himself did not believe. This was probably a rare time for him to lie. He was about to lead Team 7 to carry out the security advisory work. Who knew what the Federal military was thinking behind the incident of protecting the national idol? Before the situation in the West Woods calmed down, he simply had no time to come to Xixia State again.
Zhong Huoyan suddenly raised her head. Her tuft of hair swayed and then fell down peacefully. It was like a little black bird spreading its wings and testing to fly once.
"You're lying again." The little girl opened her eyes wide. Her bright eyes, like a shallow lake, were filled with unconcealed childlike grief and anger. She said quickly and angrily in a thin voice, "Three years ago, you said you would take me out to play. When did you come?"
Xu Le was stunned. He did not know how to explain. Could he say that he was a wanted criminal of the Federation and that someone under her father knew him? Or … could he tell this little girl, who was still so clean that it made one's heart ache, about his three years of experience? For example, how he used a pen to stab an old man's skull, how he kicked a mecha, how his bones were shattered, and the endless darkness …
He took out his phone. As he began to press the button, he laughed bitterly and said in a low voice, "I really don't understand you, little girl. The little miss of the West Woods Zhong family. You don't know how many people are envious of you, but in the end, at such a young age, you always want to run outside … the outside world is actually not that fun."
"I'm not going out to play." Zhong Huoyan opened her eyes wide and stared angrily at Xu Le's fingers that were pulling out the phone. Her little hand that was holding the old doll tightly clenched. She quickly said in a shrill voice, "I just want to go out and take a look. Can't I do that?"
"How is that something an eight-year-old child would say?" Xu Le said softly. Hearing the chirping sound coming from the phone, he shook his head. "What's there to see outside? Even if you are determined to be a traveler, you can't go wandering around the world at such a young age."
"I'll be nine next month. I'm not a child." Zhong Huoyan looked at Xu Le with disdain. Her dark eyes rolled up, making her look exceptionally smart.
"I'm locked behind the metal door every day when I go to school. After class, I'm picked up by Auntie Qiu and those bodyguards.
"I've never gone out to play with my classmates.
"I don't even know where my deskmate lives. They invited me to a birthday party, but my mother didn't agree.
"Last time, my mother finally found a day to accompany me to the amusement park. In the end, there was no one in the amusement park. There was only a Ferris wheel and a wooden horse spinning … She thought that I didn't know anything. How could I not know? The amusement park was closed that day, and it was opened especially for me.
"What's the point of a one-person amusement park?
"I'm alone in dance class, piano class, and even baking pie class … I'm alone."
Unlike other children, Zhong Huoyan didn't use an aggrieved voice to beg Xu Le to take her away. Instead, like a little adult, she stared seriously and angrily at Xu Le's eyes. The words coming out of her small mouth became faster and faster, and her voice became softer and softer. It was almost condensed into a straight line.
If a woman spoke in such an angry and exaggerated tone, it would inevitably seem a little neurotic. But when a cute little girl said this, it could only show her cute stubbornness and unwillingness.
In the life of a little missy, Zhong Huoyan's curiosity about the outside world grew stronger day by day, but she was increasingly unable to interact with the outside world "in a normal way."
In everyone's opinion, the little missy of the Zhong family had everything, but little watermelon didn't think so. She couldn't understand all of this logically, but she could clearly feel from life that if only one person could have everything, it was actually equivalent to having nothing.
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"Mrs. Zhong, yes, she's with me now. I'll send her back right away," Xu Le explained into the phone. "I don't know either. She suddenly came out of the back seat just now. Well, okay, it's okay."
Mrs. Zhong had just found out that her daughter was missing. Before she had time to start worrying, she received a call from Xu Le. After she relaxed, she couldn't help but feel a little funny. Why did the little girl, who was usually well-behaved and quiet, trust Xu Le so much every time she saw him?
Xu Le was on the phone with the villa while watching the little girl's movements from the corner of his eye. After Zhong Huoyan vented her anger and unwillingness, she didn't speak again. She turned her head and looked out of the car window in silence. Her small face reflected in the car window looked very disappointed.
Was she alone? Mrs. Zhong's voice on the phone gradually faded. Xu Le looked at the little girl's slightly lonely back and remembered what Tai Zhiyuan had said to him in the gymnasium. At that time, Lady Tai had tried to let Tai Zhiyuan grow up normally in a commoner's school. However, with the sudden assassination, this method of education had come to an end.
Among the seven big families in the Federation, the Tai family and the West Woods Zhong family only had one person in this generation. Loneliness was one thing, but the danger they were about to face was another. Xu Le understood very well why Mrs. Zhong was so cautious, but looking at Zhong Huoyan's small shoulders, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional about her unusual teenage years.
At this moment, it suddenly started to rain in Xixia State. The round raindrops hit the glass window of the taxi and scattered into small umbrellas. The quiet Zhong Huoyan gradually opened her eyes wide and smiled as she watched the changes in the raindrops.
Seeing the little girl's expression, Xu Le's big heart suddenly softened. After a moment of hesitation, he said very embarrassedly into the phone, "Madam … Can I take Huoyan out to play for two days?"
The little girl obviously heard this sentence, but she still didn't turn around. She just looked at the rain on the glass window and her eyes gradually curved up, looking very cute.
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