two ears pricked up

A group of people formed a circle outside the forest, pointing and discussing the situation in the circle, Huo Zheng pushed aside the crowd and went in, and a few villagers were yelling at Bai Xi with blushing faces and thick necks.

Both Bai Xi and Hei Zhu were tied up with five flowers, their chins resting on their knees, and they squatted aggrieved, unable to beat or scold them, but when they saw Huo Zheng appear, their eye sockets immediately became wet.

"clank!"

Huo Zheng rushed to him and supported him to stand up, carefully inspecting him from head to toe for any injuries.

The village man formed a circle around them, and pushed Huo Zheng hard, another person wanted to push Bai Xi, Huo Zheng frowned, blocked it with his cross arm, folded his wrist, and lightly relieved the strength of that person's arm.

The village man whose arms were removed looked angry and shouted: "Hey, do you want to fight?!"

A group of people had been drinking, drunk, their faces were red and their necks were thick, and they lifted their clothes one after another, as if they were going to fight.

The village man was tall and tall, and Bai Xi was worried that Huo Zheng would be beaten, so the rope was untied, and he quickly grabbed Huo Zheng's hand, trying to pull him away.

A few villagers stood in front of him, "You little bastard, why are you running? Why didn't you see you running when you came here just now? Now you run again, how dare you run?!"

Bai Xi's shoulders trembled when he was yelled at by the villagers, and was quickly blocked by Huo Zheng to protect him.

The villagers looked unfriendly, so Huo Zheng asked them, "What happened."

Several villagers talked about the matter with their tongues open, and when the old horse was mentioned, Huo Zheng knew the source of the matter.

"You killed that old horse and ate it?"

The villagers looked resentful, "Aren't you addicted to eating? This kid came out of nowhere and rushed out to beat people for no reason. Look at my leg, I was bitten by this black dog! Who is he to you?" , what does he have to do with you?!"

Huo Zheng's eyes were dull, he took off the money bag on his body, took out some money from it and handed it to them as a seal.

It's not a big deal, and the fastest way to solve it with money, a few villagers were greedy for cheap, and shut up after taking the money.

Huo Zheng looked at the severed head of the old horse on the rock, "That horse is sick."

The rest of the meaning is only for them to understand by themselves, and the few villagers left after getting the money, taking Huo Zheng's words as fart, and didn't care at all.

"clank……"

Bai carefully saw that this group of people not only ate horses, but also took Huo Zheng's money for no reason, his little face was half red and half white with anger, and his lips trembled when he spoke.

"They, they are good or bad! They killed and ate the horses." His throat was a little choked, "Why do you still give them money?"

After the village man left, the gathered villagers also dispersed, Huo Zheng took Bai Xi back to the compound, Bai Xi chatted with him all the way, Huo Zheng didn't reply a word.After Bai Xi slowed down and saw Huo Zheng's expression, he realized that he was angry.

Huo Zheng bent down and squatted down, picked up the unsharpened knife, and re-sharpened it, seeing the white as fine as air, and waited until the knife was sharpened, and then said: "Next time, don't act recklessly like this."

Huo Zheng didn't dare to think about what those drunken villagers would do to Bai Xi if he didn't get there in time.

There are everyone in the village, and those people scolded him and beat him lightly. If he took the opportunity to retaliate and sold people away, where would he go to find Bai Xi.

"But they ate the old horse!"

Bai Xi was still aggrieved, Huo Zheng replied flatly, so what.

Huo Zheng's eyes were deep, Bai Xi even saw his ruthlessness and cold blood.He was a little scared and said incoherently, "Old, old horse is very pitiful."

"No matter how pitiful it is, it's just a horse. It's not a human being, let alone you. It will die of illness sooner or later, and it won't do your business anyway." Huo Zheng was really angry and scared, "Xiaobai, don't worry about it anymore. Insignificant brute who put himself in a dangerous situation."

Huo Zheng's words were a bit harsh, and even hurt Bai Xi's heart.

"Bastard..." Bai Xi murmured repeatedly, his eyes were a little moist, "Isn't the life of a beast worth protecting?"

He felt sad, but he knew that Huo Zheng was right.

Huo Zheng was an individual from beginning to end, and he himself had been an animal for a hundred years before he could escape from the animal way.

The animal way is the most humble, and it has been reduced to a table dish for thousands of years. He feels that it is pitiful for an old horse to be cut up and eaten. However, in the eyes of people, it is just a meal of meat that can fill the stomach. Normal thing.

Silent for a while.

Bai Xi stood still, and Huo Zheng couldn't help softening his complexion when he saw tears gleaming in the corners of his eyes.

He knew that saying such things to Bai Xi would make him sad, but it was also for his safety.

In Huo Zheng's heart, as long as Bai Xi is safe and sound, nothing is important.The killing of that horse did not cause him any unnecessary emotional fluctuations. He has a soft side in his heart, but it is also cold.

"noob."

Huo Zheng grasped Bai Xi's shoulders, straightened him up, bent slightly, and looked straight into his eyes, "Promise me, no matter what makes you angry in the future, don't rush to get into conflict with others, including me. When you are by your side. Safety is the most important thing, you understand."

With his back on his back, Bai Xi said angrily, "I don't understand."

In fact, he understands that, just like they have stayed in the deep mountains all year round, when wild animals come out to prey, and the thin animals are caught, they can only focus on running for their lives, saving their companions from the mouth of the wild beasts. .

I didn't expect to be like this when I was an animal, but I have to learn to be like this after being a human being, and I have to protect myself in everything.But today he was subdued, but Huo Zheng came to rescue him.

"Zhengzheng." Bai Xi caressed Huo Zheng's face, "I was wrong, I won't easily fight with others in the future." And he can't beat others...

"I'm causing you trouble, it's my fault..."

Huo Zheng took him into his arms, and patted his back with his palm, "Did you get hurt just now?"

Bai Xi shook his head, and he said depressedly: "No, I kicked that man and they tied him up. They tied me and Hei Zhuzhu and scolded us all the time, but they didn't beat me."

Thinking of how Huo Zheng easily removed one of his arms when he was blocking someone just now, Bai Xi was discouraged, "I am the most useless monster."

In vain, he has changed into a different person, unable to carry heavy objects on his shoulders, unable to fight with his hands, he doesn't know if other monsters are like him, so far, he has not encountered any little monsters that have taken human form, so there is no reference.

Huo Zheng reassured him that he didn't have to worry about it, seeing that he really couldn't keep up his spirits, he temporarily put aside the work in hand, sat with him under a tree and talked something to distract him

The Moon Chasing Festival is coming, and in the village, although it is not as interesting as the literati in the city drinking tea, composing poems, admiring the moon and admiring the lanterns, there is no lack of excitement. Huo Zheng briefly talked with Bai in detail, and promised to make a few more for him. Rabbit Lantern.

He used to not know why Bai Xi had a special liking for rabbit-shaped objects, but now he understands that even the window paper at home, let the master paste a few rabbits on the paper, not for other reasons, but because Bai Xi will be happy when he sees it.

When I got up, someone came to the house, it was A Lang.

Bai Xi was a little happy to see A Lang, stepped forward to talk to him, and asked him why he came here, and Hei Zhu also sniffed around the black-skinned boy.

Huo Zheng silently watched the two teenagers talking. After the black pearl sniffed, he also walked to his feet and squatted down, maintaining a silent posture with Huo Zheng, watching the two of them quietly.

The sight of one person and one dog made the black-skinned boy suddenly feel uncomfortable. He turned his head to look at Huo Zheng. Huo Zheng looked calm, but for some reason his scalp felt a little tingly.

He smiled mischievously, patted his head, and said, "Oh, I forgot, I'm here to deliver something to you."

Bai Xi asked him curiously, "What for?"

A Lang lifted the cloth on the bamboo basket, and there was a basket of mooncakes in the bamboo basket. The moment he opened it, the crispy smell of the mooncakes wafted into his nostrils, obviously just out of the pan.

A Lang said with a smile: "The moon chasing festival is coming soon. These are mooncakes made by my mother. My mother asked me to send some to the neighbors. No, I thought of you here. My mother is very good at making cakes. You Save some to taste."

Bai Xi subconsciously asked for Huo Zheng's opinion, Huo Zheng asked him to accept it, and asked Alang to stay for a while, and brought some eggs from the backyard as a courtesy.

Alang intended to stay a little longer to talk to Bai Xi, but his mother ordered him to give away all the mooncakes, so he had to leave early. When he left, he saw Bai Xi's eyes full of youthful nostalgia unique to teenagers. He thought he hid them well and left. At that time, Huo Zheng deliberately walked in front of Bai Xi to block him tightly, blocking A Lang's gaze, and said in a calm tone, "Go slowly, I won't see you off."

A Lang always felt that Huo Jia Erlang didn't seem to welcome him very much.

After the black-skinned boy left, Huo Zheng especially felt uneasy.

"Zhengzheng, what's wrong with you?"

"nothing."

Leaving Bai Xiaozhang [-] confused.

Five days later is the Moon Chasing Festival, Huo Zheng packed up some things and went to the village fair to exchange some useful items for the festival.Bai Xi went with him, and Hei Zhu took the lead to explore the way, turning his head to look at them from time to time, and continued to run forward with short legs.

Most cats and dogs in ordinary farming households are free-range, allowing them to catch prey for food on their own, but Huo Zheng feeds Black Pearl three times a day. In half a month, it has grown a lot bigger than before it came, and its hair is thicker and blacker.Black Pearl is loyal to Bai Xi, and Huo Zheng will not treat it badly. A black dog walks in front of the two of them energetically leading the way, often attracting the villagers to look back.

The village fair is lively, with a long road lined on both sides. During festivals, farmers celebrate with big fish and meat, and all kinds of poultry and livestock are kept in cages.

Huo Zheng patrolled around the area, and that bully Hong Jin also brought out most of the poultry and livestock raised in the horse farm. Most of the farmers used their things for exchange, but he sold them at a low price. Jin's price is really cheap.

Some people questioned that Hong Jin took out some chickens and ducks by himself to show the villagers. After all, he was greedy for petty gains. After someone bought them, people scrambled for them one after another. The poultry in several large cages were sold out in a short time ,

"Zhengzheng..." Bai Xi was angry, Huo Zheng held him back, "He will have his retribution."

With Hong Jin greedy for money and occupying the racecourse, he shouldn't have sold so many poultry at a low price. Huo Zheng's intuition told him that Hong Jin's retribution was not far away.

On the day of Chasing the Moon Festival, a lane of lanterns was set up in the village. Lantern Street used to be seen only in the city. I saw that it was not until two years ago that there were lantern lanes in the villages to appreciate the moon.

At dusk, Bai Xi took the rabbit lantern that Huo Zheng made for him, and the two of them took advantage of the night to go to Lantern Lane to have a look.

All kinds of lanterns are hung all over the village lanes, and the lights are like daytime. Many people from the neighboring villages come to enjoy the lanterns. This is the only day in a year. The young girls who go out are in groups. Letting go of the opportunity, more and more people came to Lantern Lane.

Huo Zheng protected Bai Xi and circled a safe space for him to avoid being scattered by the crowd.

The two walked close together, and soon, the tip of Bai Xi's nose was sweating thinly, Huo Zheng led him to an open place to rest, in the quiet forest, surrounded by streams, under the moonlight, the streams glowed in circles of silver, From time to time, whispers floated out.

Bai Xi and Huo Zheng sat on a big rock, by the moonlight, saw the two of them rubbing against each other by the stream, and hugged each other soon.

Bai Xi asked him in a low voice, "Zhengzheng, why are they hugging mouth to mouth?"

Huo Zheng took his wrist silently, "Go back."

Back at Huo's house, Bai Xi was deeply puzzled and astonished by the behavior of those two by the stream, he questioned all the way, Huo Zheng was helpless, and said: "Only people who like each other can do that."

"Oh..." Bai Xi looked at Huo Zheng, "Zhengzheng, do you like me?"

Huo Zheng nodded, and Bai Xi's eyes lit up immediately, "Then, can I talk to you?"

Huo Zheng: "..."

"Clang clang clang~"

The beast's heart continued to make trouble, Huo Zheng lowered his body, cupped his white and thin face in his palm, and pressed it to his lips, the breath he exhaled was scorching hot, "Okay."

The kiss that is easy to break, Bai Xi licked his lips, and said in frustration: "Those two people didn't separate so quickly when they put their lips together, does Zhengzheng not like me enough?"

Unable to tell what kind of emotion he was feeling at the moment, Huo Zheng closed his eyes, cupped Bai Xi's cheeks, and kissed them again, sucking those two soft and moist lips, until Bai Xi whined softly, then he let go , eyes and ears are hot, "Do you feel my liking for you?"