The Fantastic Animals of Buddhist Bosses

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country m, a poor area

In any country, there is a gap between the rich and the poor. The houses in the poor areas of country m are old, and the people living here are low-income people who cannot find serious jobs.

The environment in this area is messy and garbage can be seen everywhere. Most of the children in ragged clothes are kneeling on the ground with a bowl. If someone passes by, they will probably give some change.

There are still some of them embracing the incomplete limbs, staring blankly at the front, without the innocence of children.

The sky was drizzling lightly, and the streets were wet and messy.

A little boy ran over from a distance, he was drenched all over, if the blue pupil was here, he would recognize that this was the little boy he met in the alley before.

The clothes on his body were already wet from the rain, his soft hair was attached to his face, and the rain slid down his beautiful and delicate cheeks.

The rain that fell on the eyelashes obscured the sight, and the little boy raised his little hand to wipe it away. His sudden intrusion made the begging children turn their eyes away, some friendly and some unfriendly.

"I, I'm looking for Grandpa Brown." Probably remembering the experience of being bullied not long ago, the little boy clenched his fists, bit his lip, and whispered.

"Who are you?" a boy asked him.

The little boy said, "I am..."

He paused for several seconds before saying, "They call me Ah Ling."

"...A Ling?" The boy called out in a strange voice, he looked at the little boy suspiciously, and finally showed kindness, "My name is Jack, Grandpa Brown should be having dinner now, let's go, I'll take you there. "

A Ling followed Jack and left.

"What are you looking for with Grandpa Brown?" Jack saw that Ah Ling was on his shoulders, and remembered his younger brother who died young, so he asked proactively.

A Ling thought for a while and said, "I heard that Grandpa Brown can find a job and get paid for food."

Jack understood: "Did you run away by yourself, or did you get along with your family, or did they dislike you and beat you?"

A Ling shook his head.

"Then where do you come from?" Jack was curious. The children in this area couldn't stay at home—for example, people at home treated them badly, or various other situations.

A Ling shook her head again.

"..." Jack frowned, "Why don't you know what to ask?"

A Ling lowered her head, clenched the corner of her clothes, and murmured in a low voice: "...I don't remember."

In fact, when he met Lan Tong and felt familiar with him, he even thought about whether he could take him away, but his instinct kept him from opening his mouth.

They didn't know each other, why did they ask a strange adult to take them away.

He had learned that raising a child was not easy.

There was a kind-hearted person who wanted to take him in before. It was a middle-aged couple who saw him alone on the street and asked him what his name was, where he lived, and whether he could remember the contact information of his parents.After A Ling shook her head, she offered to send him to the police station.

He knows the place.

But her instincts rejected her, and Ah Ling felt that she could not go to the police station.

Seeing his insistence, the kind-hearted couple decided to take him to live in their own house for the time being. Ah Ling was unwilling in his heart, and he was even more afraid of having strange abilities. If he was discovered by others, he would be caught as a monster.

But he was cold and hungry, and needed a place to replenish his strength. After some consideration, he went home with the couple.

The middle-aged couple had a pair of seven-year-old twins. After the novelty of A Ling's arrival disappeared, they began to reject him.

Because of A Ling's arrival, their parents paid less attention to them, and their favorite toys were divided into one third.

The younger sister of the twins often pinched A Ling when the adults were not paying attention, and the older brother would help the younger sister. A Ling didn't want the well-meaning couple to know about this, and realized that she had to continue living without ignorance, so she took a chance and left.

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"Okay, we're here." Jack's voice brought back Ah Ling's thoughts.

"Grandpa Brown." Jack knocked on a wooden door, "A child is looking for you, please open the door."

"Don't knock, the wall is about to collapse." A vigorous voice came from inside the door, and after a while, there was the sound of slippers sliding across the floor. Half a minute later, accompanied by a creak, an old man with gray hair Appear.

"Grandpa Brown, that's him." Jack pushed Aling forward, "He's here to find a job, let's see what he's asked to do."

Grandpa Brown took off the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose, looked up and down at the wet A-Ling, and then stretched out his bark-like fingers to wipe away A-Ling's hair sticking to his face.

Ah Ling didn't like being touched by others, and subconsciously wanted to shake off the old man's hand.

"Hey, I have a bit of a temper." Grandpa Brown chuckled, "She looks so cute, how old is she?"

A Ling shook her head, expressing that she was not very clear.

Grandpa Brown pinched Ah Ling's face, touched his thin shoulders, pressed his fingers hard, and the old man clicked his tongue: "The bone age is no more than six years old."

"Come in." Grandpa Brown said to Jack, "What are you looking at, kid? If you don't work, you want to go home and be beaten by your father."

Jack grinned and blinked at A Ling: "Let's go."

The boy's figure quickly disappeared into the cold rainy night.

A Ling followed Grandpa Brown into the room. The room was small, with all internal organs. There was an LCD TV by the wall, and a comedy was playing.

The room was very warm. Although it was a bit shabby, it was cleaned neatly. There was a piece of black bread on the dining table. Brown looked back at him: "You must be hungry."

There was no obvious concern in the eyes of the old man, but his tone was gentle, and his kindness could be felt.

A Ling hesitated, then nodded.

At the same time, his stomach gurgled in response to the occasion, and his little hands quickly pressed down on his flat stomach, and he lowered his head in embarrassment.

Then there was an extra piece of black bread in front of him.

"Go take a shower after eating, clean yourself up and talk to me again." After Grandpa Brown finished speaking, he turned over and lay on the bed, half-closed his eyes and watched TV, laughing out loud from time to time.

A Ling ate the black bread, he didn't dare to sit on the chair, he knew it would be impolite to sit on it without the owner's permission, especially his clothes were still wet.

The bread is very soft and fragrant, and when the food is swallowed bit by bit to fill the hungry stomach, there is an indescribable sense of happiness.

A Ling likes this feeling.

very warm.

"There is milk in the refrigerator, go get it yourself." Unexpectedly, Grandpa Brown stopped laughing and said to him.

"Thank you for the bread, I'm full." A Ling shook her head, holding the remaining black bread in her hand, "When I earn money, I will return the money for this piece of bread to you."

"Thank you." He thanked again.

Grandpa Brown moved his eyes from the TV to him, and glanced at the black bread in his hand, which was just half left, and his eyes were a little shaken.

When a child who has been hungry is given food, his first reaction is to bury his head and eat until he is full.

And, no more food will be refused.

This is the most basic reaction of a child.

For example, those children who are begging are more or less instigated by their families to do so. Almost every child does not have a pure and happy childhood. They are very precocious, but no matter how powerful they are, they are only a few years old.

The boy in front of him, whose bone age was no more than six years old, had amazing self-control, even to the point of frightening—an adult might not be able to achieve his level.

"Go take a shower first." Grandpa Brown withdrew his gaze and raised his chin in the direction of the bathroom. "There's a dryer inside, clean it up yourself."

Ah Ling wanted to ask about work right away, but when he saw this, he had no choice but to shut up. He carefully put the bread back on the table, and pushed the bitten side off the edge of the table.

Entering the bathroom, fortunately, A Ling lived in the house of a kind couple for a few days, and knew how to use the shower and dryer. He quickly washed the clothes with clean water, turned on the dryer, stuffed the clothes in, plugged in the electricity ,Push ​​the button.

He didn't take a shower until the dryer was on.

A Ling didn't use the bath products in the bathroom, but washed it carefully three times with hot water. After confirming that he was rinsed clean, he turned off the shower.

There was a mirror in the bathroom. A Ling pulled the stool and stood up, wiped off the fog on the mirror, and looked at herself in the mirror.

To be precise, what he saw was a mark on his chest, which looked like a word when he looked closely, but because there was an extra hole and a scar, he couldn't make out what the word was.

I can be sure that it is not English, but Chinese.

A Ling touched this mark, her immature face was full of bewilderment.

Every time he saw this imprint, he felt so uncomfortable.

do not know why.

She stared blankly until the water droplets on her body gradually dried up, the fog in the bathroom cleared, and the sound of the dryer stopped. Then A Ling jumped off the stool, took out the clothes to be dried, put them on, and pulled them away. The bathroom door goes out.

The TV was still on, but it was already another movie. The old man on the bed was half leaning against the head of the bed, and fell asleep holding the remote control, snoring evenly, and the quilt slipped aside.

A Ling thought for a while, then stepped forward lightly, pulled up the quilt that the old man had slipped off, and covered it up.

He is clean now.

So A Ling glanced at the chair, sat on it facing the old man, then brought the black bread in front of her, smelling the smell of the bread, and waited for the old man to wake up.

I don't know if there is a suitable job for me, Ah Ling thought.

If you have the right job, you can earn money. It doesn't take much, just make sure you can buy bread.Grandpa Brown should have something suitable here.

He was introduced by a "friend".

——His friend is a stray dog.

I was able to find the poor area, thanks to this friend.It's just that his friend ran away after sending him here, and Ah Ling felt a little regretful.

Thinking about it, he thought of the adult he met in the alley today.

That man is amazing.

A Ling is very sure.

First, he didn't see himself as a monster.

Second, when he lost control, all the bullies flew out, only he stood still and did not move.

Thirdly, his eyes are very familiar, so familiar that A Ling is sure that he is very powerful.

Most importantly, Ah Ling recalled that the clothes Lan Tong wore were very beautiful, and one could draw the conclusion that he was very rich.

But I can't easily earn money to support myself.

Thinking of this, Ah Ling was a little discouraged, looked down at her thin body, and secretly hoped that it would be great if she could grow up quickly.

This way he can find a job more easily.

Suddenly, Ah Ling heard a strange sound, the sound was whispering outside the door, as if something was scratching and pulling, it was very uncomfortable to hear.

He frowned and raised his head. The old man on the opposite bed was sleeping soundly and didn't hear him at all.

The voice grew louder, right at the door.

Is anyone here looking for Grandpa Brown?

Seeing the old man's gray hair, Ah Ling jumped off the chair, walked gently to the door, and whispered, "Are you looking for Grandpa Brown?"

There was no sound outside.

"?" A Ling was a little at a loss by this situation, looked back at the old man, and continued to ask in a low voice, "Is anyone outside?"

Still no sound.

After hesitating for two seconds, he opened the door.

A Ling's eyes widened suddenly, and she saw three king crabs suddenly appearing outside the door, each of them was as big as a football, and they kept using their big pincers to scrape... the mud outside the door.

In addition to the three crabs that shocked Ah Ling, what shocked him even more was that outside the door was no longer the stone path that Jack brought him here, nor was it a cold and rainy night, but a beautiful and elegant yard.

In front is a three-storey villa with bright and warm lights inside, and a gentle voice can be faintly heard.

"Okay, don't cry, you didn't beat Eve, didn't she win you too, it's a draw."

"You can't blame Lan Tong, he didn't put you into Eve's place on purpose, be good."

"You have to learn from Xiaosan, Xiaosan is the bravest."

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