She is brighter than the stars

Cheng Nian followed the reputation.

Through the space between people, she saw a man beating a child.

The sound of beating and cursing attracted passers-by to stop, but there were not many people around the door of the store at noon.

The child on the ground was about ten years old, wearing tattered clothes that obviously didn't fit.

The man's slap landed on his thin body, and he couldn't even hear it.

He didn't cry or howl, just curled up into a ball.It seems to be used to it, trying to reduce the pain by tensing the muscles.

Cheng Nian didn't want to join in the excitement, he just wanted to go home quickly.

When passing by, Cheng Nian looked in for some reason, and felt that the child on the ground was a little familiar.

She stopped and looked at the little boy carefully.

After recognizing who he was, Cheng Nian felt as if he had been struck by lightning, put down the incubator, rushed over to protect him and said loudly, "Don't hit me."

The man stopped his hands, afraid that Cheng Nian would not know the situation and explained: "This kid came in to steal things again and again, and he doesn't know what he's going to do if he doesn't fight now."

Cheng Nian took out his wallet, "He stole something, I'll give you the money, okay, I'll give it."

The man looked at him, but he was not a cruel person, "They all have food and drink, and they don't have much money. Hitting him is to refresh his memory."

Cheng Nian took out all the cash from the bag and handed it over, apologizing repeatedly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, we lost money, so don't hit him."

The man gave Cheng Nian a helpless look, he waved his hand and went back to the store without asking for her money.

Seeing that there was no good show to watch, the onlookers scattered like birds and beasts, and Yuan Chang, who had been under Cheng Nian's protection, suddenly ran away like a madman.

Cheng Nian didn't have time to chase after him, so he called out his name, "Yuan Chang."

The wind blurred Cheng Nian's voice, Yuan Chang's figure paused, and then he stopped slowly.

Cheng Nian hurriedly chased after her.

Yuan Chang stared at Cheng Nian with big black eyes, "How do you know my name is Yuan Cheng?"

"Yuan Cheng?" Cheng Nian blinked, and finally remembered that this was Yuan Chang's real name.

The He family was in decline, and Deng Min had long since passed away, so no one would change his name.

Cheng Nian bit the tip of his tongue, and quickly came up with a lame lie, "I met you when you were young."

Yuan Chang gave Cheng Nian a suspicious look.

Cheng Nian didn't give Yuan Chang time to think, "You're hungry, right? Auntie has something to eat here. Let's go, I'll take you to eat."

The temptation of food is obviously great for a hungry child, but Yuan Chang still looks at Cheng Nian vigilantly.

"Why are you being so nice to me?"

Seeing Yuan Chang like this, Cheng Nian remembered the first time he met him.

She took a deep breath and replied truthfully, "Because you look like my son."

I don't know if this sentence made Yuan Chang relax his guard, the guard in his eyebrows was obviously much less.

Seeing this, Cheng Nian wanted to hold Yuan Chang's hand.

Yuan Chang dodged subconsciously, and whispered: "My hands are dirty, don't touch them."

Cheng Nian ignored him, took him with one hand and took him away with the incubator in the other.

Yuan Chang was dressed in rags, and ordinary shops refused to let him in.

Cheng Nian found a gazebo in the roadside park, took out all the food and put it on the stone table.

Yuan Chang seemed to be extremely hungry, seeing Cheng Nian open the lid of the food, he wanted to reach out and grab it to eat.Swallowing his saliva, he retracted his hand in mid-air, and sat obediently.

Cheng Nian took out chopsticks from the small box and handed them to him, "Eat quickly."

Seeing Yuan Chang wolfing down the food, Cheng Nian felt very uncomfortable.

She took out another pair of chopsticks, carefully picked out the thorns from the fish and put them into Yuan Chang's bowl, "Why did you come to the imperial capital?"

Yuan Chang swallowed the food in his mouth, "My aunt bought me a cake in the town on my sixth birthday, and then sold me. The man wanted to take me to the mountains, and I ran away when I got on the train."

He was very calm when he said this, as if he was telling a story that had nothing to do with him.

Cheng Nian was shocked.

Six years old, exactly the year they took him away when he was reborn.

Cheng Nian couldn't help wondering, if they hadn't taken Yuan Chang away at that time, would he have been sold as well.

She frowned slightly, and wiped Yuan Chang's mouth, "Then have you been wandering in the imperial capital all these years?"

Yuan Chang paused for a moment with his chopsticks, as if he remembered something but didn't say anything, just nodded and continued to dig into the rice.

Seeing him like that, Cheng Nian felt uncomfortable as if a fire stick was being stirred.

Seeing that Cheng Nian was well dressed and seemed to be ignorant of the sufferings of the people, Yuan Chang didn't tell her that much.

He was six years old when he was sold, so he knew how to call for help.

I went to the gate of the police station several times, thinking that I might be sold if I was sent back to my aunt's house, so Yuan Chang didn't go in.

Life at his aunt's house was no different from being a herd, and he didn't think much of it at first.

He had no money, so he drank the water from the tap when he was thirsty, and went to the night market stall to eat leftover food when he was hungry.

At first the boss didn't care about him, but later he thought he was affecting the business and forbade him to go again.

Yuan Chang took a big bag to pick up the bottle, hoping to exchange some money for food.

The imperial capital is different from their small town, and it is difficult to see even a piece of paper on the road.

When he was very hungry, Yuan Chang even went to the trash can to find food and competed with wild dogs for food.

After two months of this kind of life, he was sent to an orphanage by inexplicable caring people.

The dean of the orphanage is an old pervert who brings different children to his room every day.

When it was Yuan Chang's turn, he broke the dean's lifeline, and then crawled out of the dog hole in the backyard.

In this way, Yuan Chang didn't dare to go to the police station, and started a real life of homelessness.

He slept in bridge holes, parks, and any place where he was not driven away by the urban management.

It's okay in summer, but it's hard when winter comes.

Thinking of living such a life at his aunt's house, Yuan Chang felt indifferent.

Even though Yuan Chang didn't say anything, Cheng Nian still felt very uncomfortable.

She sniffed, feeling that she couldn't cry in front of the child, and said jokingly, "Aren't you afraid that I'm also a human trafficker?"

Yuan Chang glanced at Cheng Nian, lowered his head and whispered, "I think you are a good person."

Cheng Nian smiled and patted Yuan Chang's little head, and sighed softly, "My silly baby, why did you sell yourself in just one meal?"

Yuan Chang picked up Cheng Nian and put the thorny fish for him into his mouth, but he didn't respond.

What he thought in his heart was that even if Cheng Nian was a human trafficker, he would admit it.

A boy can be sold for 5 yuan, he wants Cheng Nian to get this money more than his aunt.

At least she'll keep herself fed.

Originally intended for her and Li Shubai to eat, Yuan Chang cleaned up all by himself.

He was so hungry, Cheng Nian couldn't bear not to let him eat.

Worried that Yuan Chang had accumulated too much food, Cheng Nian went to buy him some stomach-strengthening and digestion medicine when passing by the pharmacy.

Yuan Chang didn't ask Cheng Nian where he wanted to take him.

He was originally wary of this world, but when she called his name, his world was rebuilt in an instant, and he decided to trust this person.

Walking to a nearby hotel that looked pretty good, Cheng Nian pulled him in.

Looking at the magnificently decorated hotel lobby, Yuan Chang couldn't help asking, "What are we doing here?"

Cheng Nian smiled and said, "You must have a place to live."

Under Yuan Chang's surprised gaze, Cheng Nian had already opened the room.

As soon as she swiped the card on her side, a message was received on Li Shubai's phone on the other side.

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