confess to me

It's dark here.

Xiao Qi Mu has been in the carriage for a long time.Other children have slowly been bought.But because his skin is also relatively fair, the buyers are usually from mountain villages, and Qi Mu doesn’t look like the people born there at all, and he is old, so although he looks cute, most people will choose to buy it in the end. The young ones, who look like themselves, can't remember anything.

Knock on the wall for help?

They were all tied up in big sacks at the beginning, but the traffickers untied them and threatened them—"If you dare to yell, your legs will be broken and sold as pawns." beggar!"

Fortunately, it was early winter, and Qi Mu was dressed thick enough, but the white baseball jacket on his body was stained gray-black, and his face and hands became dirty... But because of the cold weather, he had no choice but to ignore everything. He huddled against the ground and leaned against a corner of the carriage—he didn’t want to lean against the iron wall at first, because it was too cold, but if he didn’t lean against the corner, the car was driving on a mountain road, shaking so badly that he could easily roll around in the carriage .

He became afraid of the dark, obviously he used to hide in dark places when playing hide-and-seek, but now he really wants to see the light, but there is not even a crack in this carriage...

He was scared, and he was in a bad situation. He hadn’t eaten for two days—at the beginning, there were a lot of people, and they would often open the car door to let them breathe, give them some food, and see how they were doing, but later Just lazy.

He always cries, the tears are dusty, he can smell the earth, he knows his hands are dirty, but he still reaches out to wipe away the tears, otherwise it's like a faucet that can't be turned off, he will cry incessantly ... Crying for too long can hurt your eyes.

He didn't want to be bought by a stranger, but now he really hopes that someone is willing to buy him-he is the last one, so they can only buy him, right?

I'm sorry, Mom and Dad.

He really didn't want to stay in such a ghostly place alone anymore.

But even when the door was opened, he saw no one except the two who kidnapped him, and it was still dark outside.They called him out and gave him cold steamed buns.He took it with his dirty hands and swallowed the steamed bun with tears in his eyes.

—he was put back in the car again.

He remembered that a child younger than him had fainted before, and he didn't know what happened...

Qi Mu didn't see him again after that.

Everyone just cried when they stayed together, and they didn't have the heart to talk to anyone at all. Qi Mu didn't remember the name of a single child, let alone remember their appearance - most of the time they were in the dark and could hardly see each other.

The car didn't know where it was going, and suddenly came to the brakes suddenly, and Qi Mu fell down due to inertia in his sleep. He vaguely heard the sound of arguing and opening and closing the car door, but it was not real, because the wall of the car was too thick.

Qi Mu was a little frightened, and fell asleep instantly.

Someone was unlocking the door—the door was open.

so bright...

Qi Mu's eyes, which hadn't seen the light for a long time, couldn't get enough of the meager sunlight outside, and his eyes were so irritated that he couldn't open them—it seemed that there was a strange person standing outside the door.

It is indeed someone I don't know.

The soft sunlight shone on this person, but the temperature on that person's body cooled down the warmth of the winter sun. His eyes were sharp, indifferent and elegant, and he did not look like a human trafficker at all.

Maybe a buyer.

It looked scary, but it was so dazzling that people couldn't take their eyes off it.

Qi Mu didn't know what to do, so he looked at the strange man quietly for a while, and asked hoarsely, "Do you want to buy me?"

His eyes hurt so much, I don't know if it was from crying for too long, or something dirty was in his eyes.

"I'm here to save you," the man said, his expression and tone seemed to be gentle on purpose, "Come here."

Qi Mu stared blankly at him for a long time, then wept again, and crawled up in front of the man crying - no one has treated him well for a long time, just such a sentence gave him the urge to act like a baby.

The man held him in his arms and coaxed him softly, "It's all right."

Qi Mu's snot and tears were all on his shoulders, and he grabbed the shoulders of the man's beige windbreaker. It took him a long time to realize how dirty he was, and even the beige cloth turned gray.

Qi Mu didn't dare to cry anymore, he raised his hand, the man patted his back and said, "It's okay, I don't mind."

Qi Mu hesitated for a while before putting his hands on his shoulders again: "He... what about them?"

"Sit in front."

"...Call the police," Qi Mu wrapped his arms around the man's neck, choked up, "There are still many children..."

The man nodded: "OK."

What happened to those two people, Qi Mu didn't know, but he saw that the man said "sitting in front" didn't mean that the two were sitting on the front of the car, but that they were knocked out on the ground with their backs leaning on the front of the car .

...Maybe he was taken away by the police uncle?

Qi Mu was too tired, the man's arms were too comfortable, he fell asleep crying and crying, he didn't know what happened after that, he only heard the man say: "It's all settled."

Qi Mu was taken to the hotel—Qi Mu was curious about how the man did it. After all, he saw mountains and forests before he fell asleep, but he saw the bustling market when he woke up.The man personally gave him a bath and changed his clothes.He was wearing a nightgown, blowing on the heater, and regained some vitality. Seeing that the man was really treating him well, he climbed off the bed, walked up to the man who was reading a newspaper on the sofa not far away, and asked, "What are you doing?" What is your name?"

The man smiled and stroked the hair he had just dried: "Will you get me one?"

Qi Mu was surprised: "I'm not a father, how can I name you?"

"Then I don't have a name." The man then turned his gaze to the newspaper.

Qi Mu felt left out, he felt aggrieved, and at the same time he was nervous—he was afraid of losing the favor of a man: "I'll give you a name."

Sure enough, the man turned his gaze back to him, and asked with a smile, "What name have you decided on for me?"

Qi Mu nodded.

In fact, he hadn't thought about it at all-so he could only give him his own name.

"Yuwen..."

"Yuwenmu" is a pseudonym Qi Mu gave himself—he didn't know where he got it from, but he always thought the surname "Yuwen" was cool.

But when he said "Mu", it would be discovered that he had chosen the name for himself, so he had to change it to something...

"Thousand——Yuwen Qian." Qi Mu said confidently.

There are many words in the newspaper, many of which he can't understand, but he understands one word "thousand".

The man accepted the name without thinking. He rubbed Qi Mu's head and said, "Okay, then my name will be Yu Wenqian."

Qi Mu was happy.

When going to bed at night, there are obviously two big beds in this room, Qi Mu insisted on getting into Yu Wenqian's bed, knelt down, and bent down to pray: "Can I sleep with you?"

"Ah."

Qi Mu lay down.

After a while, he asked again: "Can you hold me?"

Yu Wenqian stretched out one arm, signaling him to sleep in, Qi Mu raised his head, put his arm around his neck, Yu Wenqian circled him with the other hand.

He actually slept for a long time today, and he couldn't fall asleep.

"thousand……"

"Ok?"

Qi Mu originally wondered whether to call him brother or uncle, but after hesitating, Yu Wenqian answered.

"Are you going to buy me back as your child?"

Yu Wenqian asked with a smile: "Not good?"

"It's not bad..." That is, he misses his mother a little bit, "What's your family like?" He was just looking for something to say.

"You want my house—or what kind of house do you want you to live in?" Yu Wenqian asked back.

"Well..." Qi Mu began to think seriously, "I want to live in a super big house with three floors, no, four floors, no, five floors! I want a room of my own, the one with a toilet Kind of... I also want two swimming pools, one in the house and one in the yard... I want a big tank, and I want to keep sharks!"

Their house is a cheap rental house, not big, and his room is also small, so Qi Mu often fantasizes about living in a big house—it’s better to have a room with a toilet, so that he doesn’t have to go to his parents’ room to grab the toilet; Qi Mu's parents are busy with work and don't have time to take him out to play, so although he really wants to go swimming, he also wants to go to Ocean Park...the school organized activities to go to Ocean Park, but because his parents think the cost is too expensive, they don't let him go. he goes.

The tablemate flaunted that he touched the shark, but Qi Mu just showed a look of indifference, but in fact, he also wanted to see the shark.

... It would be nice if the family had more money.

It's okay, mom and dad are nice, money can't buy it—he would tell himself that at the same time.

Yu Wenqian was funny: "Sharks are not provided."

Qi Mu sighed: "Alright then!" as if he was really discussing with him about the house to live in.

Yu Wenqian patted him on the back and said softly, "Other than that, I will give you everything you want."

Qi Mu looked up at him and asked, "Are you rich?"

"En." Yu Wenqian looked down into his big eyes and replied.

"Can you build a house?" Qi Mu asked again.

Yu Wenqian bit the bullet and replied: "Yes." Start learning this second.

"Are you an architect?" Qi Mu's eyes began to light up.

"Yeah." He was lying, but he didn't want to disappoint Qi Mu.

Qi Mu thought for a while, and said seriously: "Okay! I've decided, I'm not going to be a scientist anymore, I'm going to be an architect!"

"why?"

Qi Mu thought for a while, and replied with a smile: "Because I want to be as good as you!"

In fact, it's just a child's trick to get close to someone - he knows what words to use to make people like him, what smile to use to make adults think he is cute, and what eyes to use to make others think he is sincere... He just wants to please Yuwen thousand.

why?

He likes Yu Wenqian, and hopes that he can like him.

What's more, he can only rely on Yu Wenqian now.

Yu Wenqian was silent, Qi Mu was uneasy, and then pretended to be sunny and cheerful, saying: "I want to be your student!" It seemed that he really admired Yuwenqian—although it was obvious that he had never seen Yuwenqian's works.

And what connection do architects have with teachers?

This childish flattery is easy to pierce, but Yu Wenqian just smiled lightly and said: "Okay, I will teach you."

Qi Mu also took it seriously: "Then when can I be your student?"

"Not now." Now he can't afford to teach.

"When I grow up?"

"Ah."

"...Do you want to be my father?"

"Why do you say that?"

"...Didn't you buy me?"

"...you are your own."

"I am not yours?"

Yuwen was speechless.

"You don't want me?" Qi Mu was sad - as expected he was still the one nobody wanted.

"want."

Yu Wenqian patted Qi Mu's back lightly to show comfort.

He wanted, even wished he could take advantage of Qi Mu's innocence to "buy" Qi Mu, but...

"Can I visit my parents' place often?" Qi Mu probed, his expression seemed to be that he had said something too much.

Yu Wenqian didn't want to deprive Qi Mu of his life, if he had to make a choice, it should be at the age when Qi Mu was mature enough to make a choice.

"I... will take you back."

not now.