don't pull my short legs

Autumn is the bleakest time in J City.

The rain that had accumulated for several days finally poured down from the gray-black clouds in the sultry afternoon accompanied by thunder from far and near, and the rain was violent.Amid the majestic rain, the yellowed leaves fell from the branches without any resistance, and then piled up in layers at the drain.

The new little nurse rushed into the director's office with her wet shoes in her arms, holding a stack of medical records.Just as he was about to complain about the weather, he raised his eyes and quietly closed his mouth.

There is a banyan tree outside the director's office, which is very luxuriant. At this moment, a bunch of branches stretched out, powerfully resisting the windows that should have been closed.

Borrowed by the wind, cold raindrops smashed in unscrupulously through the opened window, and fell on the man's face, wet his slightly closed eyes, and soaked the half of the suit with deep and shallow water marks.

There are clear drops of water dripping down the slender eyelashes, trembling at the end for a moment, but finally unable to compete with the gravity.

with a snap.

It landed on the apex of the heart and made an unexpected sound.

"Li Chu, I still suggest you..." Glancing at the little nurse, the director continued what he hadn't finished talking just now, "Either take medicine or have an operation, and the recovery process is very fast with your physique. can not tell."

The little nurse secretly looked up at the man who received special courtesy from the director.

The side of her face facing her is unmistakably good-looking, every centimeter seems to have been measured with a ruler, and it is not inferior to the traffic stars on TV.It's the look that will make a girl blush and her heart beat.

Moving her gaze upwards slightly, she froze for a moment.

Feeling the little nurse's surprised gaze, Li Qi didn't look at her, but at the director: "You came to me today just to tell me this?"

The director is speechless.

It's not easy to get angry in front of the little nurse, so he can only wave his hands angrily: "I have contacted someone over there, you can go tomorrow, pay attention to the time."

Li Qi's eyes darkened: "Okay, thank you."

It coincided with the sound of thunder exploding in the sky, and this thank you was submerged in the scalp-numbing rumble, and then swallowed up by the sudden and intense rain.

"Director..." The little nurse stood by the window, looking curiously at the man walking alone in the rain without an umbrella, "Who is this?"

"Madman." The director didn't hesitate at all.

After wading through the water for a while, the rain gradually subsided.

In the surprised or searching eyes of the passers-by, Li Qi reached out to touch the lighter and cigarettes.

Even though these two things were hidden in his arms, he couldn't help the rain that hit his head and face.The lighter is okay, but the smoke is already a little damp.

Tried twice, but failed to light the cigarette.Li Qi finally lost his patience and violently pushed the smoke away.

The damp shredded tobacco collapsed in the palm of the hand, and when it was sniffed at the tip of the nose, there was a coolness of rain.

"Mom!" A little girl came bouncing over with a small umbrella, stepped on the water, raised her face and saw Li Qihou, screaming and threw the umbrella away.Leaving the embarrassed mother apologizing endlessly.

Amidst the woman's constant apologies, as if she finally realized what happened to her, Li Qi reached out and touched his face.

The hideous scars on his face were far less scary to the touch than they looked, and the touch was wonderful.There is even a strange soft feeling that seems to be absent in the rough.

This is one of the memories left by the fire.The fire burned too much, and the half of the dilapidated building was already crumbling. After he rushed in, it began to collapse without warning but of course.

The director once said that he was lucky not to be stoned to death, but Li Qi knew very well that there was never such a thing as luck in this world.

——The reason why he didn't die was because Shi Yuan firmly protected him.

None of the concrete, steel bars and prefabricated panels that fell from the height hit Li Qi, and they were all blocked by Shi Yuan who was on top of him.

He never knew that Shi Yuan's strength could be so great that he couldn't move, he couldn't even turn over to resist.

He could only keep his eyes open, listening to the crackling of flames and the cracking of bones.Like the mocking whisper of a demon.

He had heard this whisper somewhere before, and it sounded very familiar now.

Li Qi remembered that it was 20 years ago when he was called to the bureau to perform an emergency task by a phone call.

The night before, he had just met a human being who liked his taste at the bar. After spending the whole night in the hotel, he was languidly nestling in the bed and reminiscing about it.Didn't want to get out of bed at all.

But in the end he still went. During the critical period of promotion, there was no room for carelessness.

These are all the jobs he is used to, sneaking in quickly, subduing the experimenter and rescuing the target.But who knows which new commissioner accidentally blew up the main control room, and the cubs fled one after another, causing all the commissioners to follow behind.

By coincidence, he didn't follow Daliu to chase the cubs, but walked towards the floor of the main control room.It stands to reason that there is no need anymore, the power of that rocket launcher is not small, enough to blow up half a floor.

As predicted, the scene was a mess.The stumps and broken arms were mixed with the rubble, and it was hard to tell whether the smell of gunpowder was stronger or the smell of blood was more obvious.

With such a degree of destruction, it is impossible for there to be any living people. After a hasty glance, Li Qi was about to go downstairs.

"Who are you?" He suddenly heard this sentence among the screams and guns/shots of the cubs downstairs.

It was a slightly youthful voice, but not panicked.

Li Qi turned his head and met the boy's eyes.

Probably injured in the explosion, the boy's forehead was bleeding, but he didn't seem to care.He only looked at Li Qi calmly with those eyes filled with black mercury pills.

They just stared at each other amidst the ruins.

"Oh my god..." Li Qi couldn't believe what he saw, and shouted into the walkie-talkie, "There's a human here! It's a child!"

Compared to his panic, the boy was very calm.With the bleeding wound on his head, he wanted to walk around him through the ruins and return to his room.

"Wait a minute!" Li Qi quickly grabbed the boy's arm, "I'll take you out!"

Unsurprisingly, the boy's arm was very slender, as if it would break if folded.

He didn't resist Li Qi's movements, but he didn't show any happy expression either.She obediently let Li Qi grab his shoulders and protect him as he walked down.

Seeing the experimenter collapsed in the corridor, the boy's face remained calm.When passing by the room where the cub lived, he glanced in, but quickly looked away.

Neither the explosion nor the escape seemed to concern him, he didn't care.

Not knowing what was going on for a while, Li Qi could only take this young man who didn't seem to have any emotional feedback to go out.While walking, the other party suddenly stopped.

"what is that?"

Already at the door, the building was lifted to another floor.It was evening, the setting sun melted gold, and the dusk was so caught off guard that it brought the sky full of clouds and clouds into the eyes.

For the first time, an expression appeared on the boy's face, both confusion and fear, mixed with a trace of bewilderment.

"What the hell?" Li Qi didn't react.

The next second he understood, but lost his voice in the turbulent shock.He could only stare blankly at the boy.

The young man stared at the brightest cloud, his lips trembling slightly, his dark pupils were reflected in a brilliant light by the sunset, but the flickering couldn't be seen clearly.

"Let's go out and have a look." After a few minutes, Li Qi finally regained his senses and patted the other party's shoulder lightly.

Because Li Qi was the one who discovered it first, he was entrusted with the task of taking care of the boy temporarily.Before completing the task and returning to the game, he must ensure that the boy stays with him safely.

This task was too easy, because the boy didn't move at all.After coming out, I sat on the hillside with my knees hugged, staring at the sky intently.

His eyes didn't seem to blink, greedily and carefully taking in every inch of light and shadow in his eyes.As if afraid of missing a little detail, you will never see it again.

"Don't stare at it all the time, it's not good for your eyes." At that time, Li Qi was still a junior commissioner, and he hadn't cultivated the sophistication to deal with this situation easily. "If you like it, watch it tomorrow."

The boy who had been ignoring him all this time finally made a movement, and tilted his head slightly: "Tomorrow?"

"This is the sunset, it happens every day." Li Qi said dryly.

He didn't know how to explain it to this child. In this world, this is a very common natural phenomenon.

The young man pursed his lips, his expression relaxed a bit.

None of them spoke for the rest of the time, and sat quietly side by side on the hillside, watching other commissioners busily put out the fire in the building, registering the cubs one by one, and checking the number of dead experimenters.

It was late at night after everything was busy. During this period, the boy listened to Li Qi's words all the time, and did not look up at the sky.Hold your knees neatly.

"Let's go." Seeing the director waving at him, Li Qi gently tugged on the boy, signaling to leave.

The boy obediently stood up, lowered his head and thought quietly for two seconds, then suddenly raised his head without warning.

Then there was an uncontrollable exclamation.

In the night sky not covered by a cloud, the moonlight is exceptionally clear, and countless stars are dotted in the moonlight, shining in tiny pieces.The unknown bug babbled and made a crisp sound.Flowing quietly in the cool night wind.

The weather was fine that day, and even the vast Milky Way could be seen faintly.The boy stood blankly on the hillside, the Milky Way weaved in his eyes, lighting up bit by bit.

"Will it disappear?" Unknowingly, tears streaming down his face, he asked Li Qi in a low voice.