mirror age

"Go over there, if the family is not good for you, there is no danger, you can do it cheaply." Team leader Eric knelt down and buttoned Ryan's coat himself, a black coat with dark copper-colored double-breasted buttons, It made him look a little aristocratic at first glance.Ryan was born with light brown hair, a straight nose, and soft oriental brows and eyes, but because he often half-closed his eyes and didn't smile on his face, his expression was a bit chilling, unlike the eugenics of a wealthy family. After all, the young master is different.

But Eric wasn't worried about him being in the wrong. After all, he had agreed with the family. He claimed that Ryan had been growing up in an orphanage, and he was not very close to others. Only recently did he learn that his family had been looking for him, so the orphanage sent him to back.

"Team leader, is there anything I need to pay special attention to?" The twelve or thirteen-year-old child, who has not yet grown up and is naturally thin, was a well-trained soldier when he put on the combat uniform, but at this moment he changed Putting on ordinary clothes and looking down at Eric, the man felt that he was just a child who was a little at a loss. After all, it was the first time for a child to take on such a task.

The man stood up with a smile: "Just treat it as getting along with your family, just follow your own temperament. I heard that the family has been looking for you. It's not like looking for a clone, but like looking for a family member again. I don't think so." sorry for you."

"That……"

"Don't worry about whether they like you or not, it's not the focus of the mission, nor is it for you to please them, just be natural, natural is lifelike.

"Or just treat it as if you are going home. Someone will notify you if you have an assignment. If you don't have any assignments, you should treat yourself as an ordinary person."

The man said, reaching out and pressing the boy's head.Usually he would press his shoulders, which was more like the team leader's care for the soldiers, but this time he felt the warmth of the man's hands ironing the scalp through the hair, which was more like the care of parents for their children.

The boy's lips moved, he wanted to ask: You already knew they were looking for me, why didn't you send me home then?

"Why, is there anything else you want to ask?" The man looked down at him with a loving smile in his eyes.

Ryan still didn't ask, but just shook his head. No matter what, if the Life Support Party hadn't found him and brought him back, he might have died on the street. Besides, it's okay to stay in the Life Support Party these days Well, there is no need to delve into these issues now.

"Then let's go. The person who sent you is waiting for you at the exit of the secret passage."

The one who came to pick him up was a middle-aged woman with a typical oriental appearance and gentle eyes. She smiled as soon as she saw him, with a lonely look in her smile. Her brows were frowned, and her eyes were glued with sadness and guilt. .Standing beside the woman was a boy who looked exactly like her.Ryan seldom had time to look in the mirror, and had no impression of his own appearance, and even said that he was not deeply impressed, but standing in front of that person at the moment, he felt that the appearance of that person seemed to bump into his eyes, a magnified version Is it because the boy is five years older than me, and his facial features are open?Or is it because he has had no ups and downs along the way?

He didn't have time to think that the woman had embraced him. It was a soft and warm embrace that Ryan had never felt before, or a purely feminine embrace from his mother. "I'm sorry, kid. I've made you suffer all these years."

"Ryan, we're taking you home." Her voice was nice, and Ryan felt that way, so she called him by his name differently, or the phrase "We're taking you home" made "Ryan" The name was different in her mouth.

"Come on, this is your brother, Cyril." The woman pulled the boy over.

"Cyril, take your brother back first. Mom has to buy some food, and I'll get you something delicious tonight."

The boy naturally took his hand and led him forward, Ryan reluctantly struggled, but the man noticed it, smiled at him comfortingly, and loosened his hand , just vainly looped his wrist, "Go home."

After eating, taking a shower, lying on the soft bed.The bed was much wider than that in the living room, and the quilt had just been washed and dried, and it still smelled of detergent. The air conditioner in the room was turned on a little low. Ryan pulled the corner of the quilt and wrapped himself up. Only then did he realize Afterwards, I felt that I had a father, a mother, an elder brother, and another family. They were all fine, and they were different from the people I had heard and seen who frequently cut their organs from their arms.

It may be that he is not used to the strange environment, of course, it is more likely that he has not been so idle like today, he has no training and no tasks, and he fell asleep unlike usual. Ryan thought of that boy Simon, who is alone today, and he doesn’t know What's the matter, usually that son of a bitch doesn't act coquettishly, making him angry, and after being scolded a few times, he can't sleep.

When Cyril came out of the shower, he saw the child wrapped himself in a quilt, with only one foot exposed. He didn't sleep at night, his eyes were open and he didn't know what to think.

"Why, you haven't slept yet, do you want my brother to tell you some bedtime stories?" There was a smile in his voice, obviously joking.

"You must be sick." Ryan turned around and glared at him almost reflexively, and blurted out. After he finished speaking, he realized that he seemed to have done something rebellious. It must be that Cyril and Simon are almost the same as the master in saying such words. , Only then let myself get on the stage.

Ryan was troubled in his heart, but the man laughed instead of anger, so he thought to himself, forget it, I've said everything, and I can't apologize.

In fact, Cyril thinks that Ryan's temperament is probably unpleasant, he doesn't like to talk very much, he doesn't like to get close to people, and his expression also contains these aggressive expressions, like a vigilant lynx.Did you escape from the training center in that way? Thinking about it, I saw some sad things. I spent some days not being recognized as human beings. Later, I grew up in an orphanage. It's only natural that I have a bad temper. .

"I just fell asleep like this today. If I feel that two people are sleeping together, I will make a bed tomorrow."

Said that Cyril was lying on the quilt with all his clothes on, put his hands on Ryan's body, hugged him vaguely through the quilt, and patted his back, "Go to sleep."

Because through the quilt, this hug did not make Ryan, who is not used to being close to people, feel shy. From his angle, he could see Cyril lowering his eyes and staring at him. There was a kind of desolate tenderness in his eyes. It is extremely introverted and stops at a comfortable place.Well, although this person said that he was as good as Simon, but in the end, he was a little bit taller, and the devil was taller.

The young man hummed a song very softly. It was a tune he had never heard before, and it was supposed to be used to lull children to sleep. It didn't work. Cyril probably didn't think about it, but after all, the others had good intentions, so he simply closed his eyes in cooperation.

The darkness after closing his eyes blended with the tone, forming an ethereal feeling of refuge. He somehow remembered the scene of the family sitting around eating together at dinner. It was a way of life he had never experienced before. Something soft fell on his heart, which has been insensitive to the emotional connection between people for many years.

At this time, he couldn't help remembering guiltily, he had never called that woman "mother", that man "father", this man "brother".

He stuttered, and called out a little jerky: "Brother."

"kindness?"

"Nothing." Just calling you.At this moment, he felt a long sigh of relief, as if he had completed a major task.

The boy let out a somewhat comforting laugh,

"Go to sleep."