Thousands of pets of little mythical beasts [entertainment]

When I met Al for the first time, it was Al's smile that left the deepest impression on Philippe.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Feifei was not attracted by the little white dog at that time, Feifei would have been scared to tears by Al's exaggerated and slightly weird smile like a circus clown.

At that time, I didn't know what emotions were, and Al, who couldn't consciously burst into tears just after eating a candy, played the peak of his smile.But I don't know it yet, I feel that my smile is very standard.

So is the little boy in front of me now.It's just that the difference from Al is that Al pretends to be able to laugh, while he pretends to be very calm.

When he saw Fei Fei and Chu Xiaohan, the little boy didn't have any special reaction.It's just that when he saw a strange adult man standing behind the dean's grandmother, the little boy's little hand on the doorknob still couldn't help but flinch.

The dean was afraid that the little boy would be afraid of strangers, so he explained gently to the little boy: "Today, my uncle came to visit the orphanage. The children of the uncle's family heard that Xiao Cong was the most obedient and sensible child in the orphanage, so they wanted to come and play with Xiao Cong. .”

The little boy named Xiao Cong seemed to have accepted the explanation of the dean's grandma, and turned sideways obediently, allowing the child who the dean's grandma said to come to play with him to enter the room.

When the dean saw the little boy's behavior, a hint of distress flashed in his eyes.

Fei Fei and Chu Xiaohan entered the room at the invitation of the little boy, and the little boy waved at his father: "Dad, Brother Xiaohan and I are here to play with my little brother."

Lin Sinian nodded, "Dad is waiting for you outside the door."

After the dean helped the little boy close the door, and when Lin Sinian was no longer in sight, the little boy's tense body relaxed.

Across the door, the dean explained to Lin Sinian: "Because of what happened last time, Xiao Cong has become a little afraid of strangers recently." So it's not just for Lin Sinian.

Lin Sinian shook his head, expressing that he didn't care.Then he stood outside the door with his two long legs slightly leaning against the wall, looking a bit lazy.

"How long have you been the dean of the orphanage?" Outside the door, Lin Sinian found a topic to chat with the old dean.

The gray-haired old dean looked away slightly, lost in memory: "It seems... more than 30 years."

Originally, she was transferred from the hottest department to sit on the bench here, but she was full of reluctance.All I want to do is to stay here for a few years, and whenever I have a chance, I will find someone to clear up and transfer back to the previous department.

It turned out that I didn't expect that this time I couldn't leave.I don't know when the original idea never appeared again.This stay has been for more than 30 years.

Lin Sinian's posture was lazy, and the old dean didn't straighten his back like he was facing an enemy like before. He groped for a stool in the corridor and sat down.

The two of them chatted at the door one after another.Lin Sinian was chatting while paying attention to the movement inside the door.

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The little boy poured a glass of water for Feifei and Chu Xiaohan each, and washed the glass again in front of the two of them before using it.

Fei Fei took the water glass handed over by his little brother, just feeling a little thirsty, so he drank several sips.

After drinking, Feifei thanked the little boy: "Thank you little brother."

The little boy glanced at Feifei, rubbed his feet on the ground, and the faint resistance before seemed to dissipate a little.

The dean's grandma said that Fei Fei and Chu Xiaohan came to play with him, so he really thought they were here to play with him.

But... the little boy stood there and thought for a while, he was the only child in the orphanage in the room, and he couldn't play the checkered squares, sandbag throwing, or hide-and-seek that everyone played together before.

So he asked Philip for the first time, "What do you want to play?"

His eyes avoided Chu Xiaohan a little. Compared with Fei Fei who still had a babyish air in his breasts, Chu Xiaohan's temperament was closer to that of an adult.This made him reflexively want to avoid it.

Philippe didn't seem to notice his little brother's nervousness, so he looked around.The room was cleaned very clean, and there were two bunk beds and four small tables.Looks like it should be four kids living together.

Feifei saw a small white box on one of the tables, and a cute red panda was drawn on the lid of the small box.

Philip also likes to draw, and was immediately attracted by the black and white circles on the box.The little boy followed Feifei's line of sight, hesitated for a moment, took the small white box from the table, and handed it to Feifei.

"It's so cute." Li walked in and looked at it, and Feifei felt that the panda painters were much better than himself, "Can I touch it?"

The little boy pursed his lips and nodded.

Then Philippe stretched out his little hand and touched the box lightly, looking at the little boy with bright eyes: "Did you draw this?"

The little boy nodded and looked at the little panda painted on the cover.What he is holding now is an empty box with nothing in it.

But before, there was something in this box.There were pictures that nearly filled the box.

Each painting has the same content, a man in a suit, a woman with long hair and a skirt, and a little boy standing in the middle holding hands.

Then above each person's head was carefully and neatly written with a pen: Dad, Mom, Xiao Cong.

Whenever he misses his parents, he will quietly draw a picture with the brush and drawing paper given to each child by the dean, and then put it in the box.Although he doesn't even know what his parents look like, he still draws seriously.

The paintings in this box used to be his treasures, and they were not to be touched.But after he was discharged from the hospital, he found it by himself and secretly took it to the yard at night and burned it.

"It's so cute." Fei Fei earnestly praised, then looked at the little boy expectantly and said, "Little brother, can you draw me one too?"

After finishing speaking, Philip patted his small schoolbag, "In exchange, I have a gift for you~"

Philip did not say that the gift was prepared beforehand, only that it was in exchange for his little brother drawing for him.

Hearing Feifei call him little brother again, the kid couldn't help but glance at Feifei, always thinking that he might be the elder brother.

The kid in front of him who thinks he is his elder brother speaks softly and softly, and is milky. What makes him confident that he is an elder brother?

But thinking about it, he didn't say it.It's just a title.Xiao Cong felt that he was very strange. Since he came back from the hospital, he seemed to be unable to cheer up for anything, and he was lazy all over.He didn't care about many things that would have made him fume.

He used to like basking in the sun in the yard, sometimes staying in the house for two or three days without feeling uncomfortable.

Since Philip asked him to paint, he finished it.But when he got halfway to get the drawing paper, he still couldn't help but said, "My name is Xiao Cong, and I'm five years old this year."

Feifei nodded, still smiling, and shook his little head happily: "I guess the age is correct, he is the little brother."

Fei Fei is six years old, Xiao Cong is five years old, of course they are little brothers.

Little Cong Xiao glanced at Fei Fei, and Fei Fei thought it was a strange look.

Chu Xiaohan on the side thought: In the future, there will be another reason to coax Feifei to eat more vegetables.Don't eat a lot to grow taller, even the real little brother thinks that he is the big brother.

Chu Xiaohan decided that on the way back, he would explain the meaning of this glance to Fei Fei in detail.

In fact, Fei Fei is slightly taller than Xiao Cong, and his height is almost the normal height of children in this age group. There is no phenomenon that he is much shorter than his peers.

It's just that the immature temperament on his body is the reason why Xiao Cong misunderstands him as the little brother.

Xiao Cong sat on the bench and drew carefully, and soon a simple panda cub took shape in his hands.

After Philip got the painting, he first uttered praises from his small mouth without hesitation, then carefully took out a notebook from his schoolbag, and carefully clipped the painting without any creases in it.

"I'm going to take the pictures home, frame them, and put them in the small room. There are a lot of pictures that Philip himself painted. Put them together."

Xiao Cong looked up at Fei Fei, passed Fei Fei and saw the water glass placed on the table behind him, and suddenly said in a low voice: "In the past, when many people came, I poured water for them, but most of them didn't drink. I have never used the cup, and I wash it very carefully every time, so I am not dirty."

In fact, this may just be a matter of habit for some people, and Xiao Cong himself never cared about it before.He just thought the cups were pretty, so he used them to pour water for the guests.

It was just that something happened later that made him a little sad. At that time, when Xiao Cong was about four years old, a couple came to the orphanage with a little girl.The wife lost her fertility due to some unexpected reasons.So the couple thought of adopting another child in the orphanage.

At that time, the couple decided to adopt him after seeing the child in the Quan Welfare Institute.The dean led the husband and wife to the room where he lived, and asked him to pour a glass of warm water for the guests in order to let him show off.

Xiao Cong fell down obediently. He remembered that the aunt who smelled so good gently touched his head at that time.

After that, in order to understand his specific situation, the husband and wife and the dean went to the office alone to chat.Leave the little girl in the room so the two of them can get along.

At that time, Xiao Cong was a little shy and didn't know what to say, so he handed the cup to the little girl who was about two years older than him, and asked her sister to drink water.

Unexpectedly, the little girl who was still smiling changed her face as soon as the parents left, and pushed Xiao Cong directly. The water spilled all over the floor and the glass broke.

who is your sisterDon't even think about coming to my house to be my younger brother.You are filthy, and the children in your orphanage are also filthy, so I won't drink your water, I will get sick if I drink it!The little girl said with a sharp voice.

Later, when the dean asked him if he wanted to go with his uncle and aunt, Xiao Cong shook his head and said no.

He looked at his clothes several times that night, and smelled them like a puppy.

Not dirty, Xiao Cong thought in his heart.

It may also be that I am dirty, but I didn't notice it, no wonder many uncles and aunts didn't drink water in the past.

But obviously not dirty.

He didn't know that some malice didn't need a reason.There is also some malice, and it is because of the reason that it is even more unscrupulous.At that time, Xiao Cong was still too young, he couldn't figure out something, and felt a little ashamed, so he didn't want to tell the dean, and slowly got into a dead end by himself.

From that day on, Xiao Cong, who always loved cleanliness, became the cleanest kid in the orphanage.

Fei Fei looked at the cup in a daze, then looked at his little brother, and suddenly stepped forward to imitate his father's way of touching his head, raised his little hand to touch Xiao Cong's head, and explained Xiao Cong in a steady voice: "It's not dirty. Yes, Cong Cong, you look very clean. And the cup is also cleaned. Many people don’t drink from the cup, probably because they are talking about things and don’t want to drink water. And, I heard from my father that many people only use the cup to drink water. It's a habit to drink water from your own cup, it's not because you think you're dirty."

At this moment, Philip suddenly looked like a little adult.Will patiently explain the reason to the children who don't understand, just like his father taught him before.

"Cong Cong, do you want to eat?" The little adult Fei Fei only maintained his expression until he finished speaking, and after he finished speaking, he covered his stomach, feeling as if he was hungry.

Xiao Cong's ears were red, and when he heard that Fei Fei was hungry, he nodded quickly: "Eat." Then he breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he was ashamed just now.

As soon as Feifei said that he was hungry, Lin Sinian knocked on the door and brought food for the little ones.It was brought by the dean.

There are three copies in total, one for Fei Fei, one for brother Xiao Han, and one for Xiao Cong.There are four tables in the room, enough for three children.

Feifei might be really hungry, so he started to eat white rice.

But as he ate, he realized that Xiao Cong ate very hard.He eats with his left hand.

Xiao Cong is obviously not left-handed, so he has to work hard to keep the food from spilling.Fei Fei looked and remembered, from entering the house to now, Cong Cong seemed to use one hand.Holding the water cup is also a hand.The other hand has been hanging by the side.

Noticing that Feifei was looking at him all the time, Xiao Cong pretended to be strong and explained: "My arm was injured, and the doctor uncle said that I can't move it until it's not healed."

Xiao Cong's arm was wrapped with white gauze, Fei Fei saw it just now, but he didn't look carefully, thinking it was the white clothes he was wearing inside.

Sitting on his small bench, Fei Fei looked at Brother Xiao Han and then at Xiao Cong, then suddenly jumped off the small bench, took Xiao Cong's spoon, and imitated how Chu Xiaohan used to feed him. The rice and vegetables were mixed together, and the spoon was passed to Xiao Cong's mouth: "Ah~"

The little guy showed Xiao Cong that he opened his mouth wide.

Xiao Cong stared blankly at Fei Fei who was feeding him.

After feeding a spoonful of rice, Fei Fei glanced at Chu Xiaohan.

Chu Xiaohan, who understood the meaning in the little guy's eyes, expressed affirmation and patted his head, "Fei Fei's actions are right."

Chu Xiaohan had no intention of stopping Feifei's movements. In his eyes, Feifei, who was seriously feeding the injured child at this moment, seemed to be covered with a layer of warm light by the sun outside the window.It is warm, but not the temperature that will burn people.

The little guy has never been stingy with his kindness to the world.Even if it's just a child who hasn't met before.

Chu Xiaohan likes this kind of warmth, because it is this kind of warm Feifei who accompany him through every night when he wakes up from nightmares in Lin's house.

Although every time the little guy persisted in asking about the content of his nightmare, he would be asked to coax him back.

While feeding, Fei Fei took a small handkerchief and wiped Xiao Cong's mouth from time to time.Hey, hey, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

A tear fell on the back of Philip's hand holding the spoon, and it was a little hot.

Xiao Cong finally broke the strong mask he had created for himself, tears welled up in his eyes, and after swallowing the food in his mouth, he raised his head and cried.

It is the kind of crying that many children can't stop crying as long as they cry, and they will hiccup soon.

Fei Fei was at a loss for a moment, and then realized that maybe Xiao Cong needed a comforting hug at this moment.

So the kid put down the spoon, opened his arms and hugged Xiao Cong.

While hugging and patting, he coaxed: "Be good, be good, Cong Cong stop crying. Cong Cong feels very sad, especially wronged. Fei Fei knows."

Under the pat of Fei Fei's little hand, Xiao Cong seemed to be crying less violently.Hugging Feifei and whispering something.

Philip listened carefully.

What Cong Cong said was: "Mom, I'm in so much pain."

Feifei didn't hold back for a moment, forgot to promise his father, flattened his mouth, coaxed his little brother, and wanted to cry