canary in cage

Cecil was startled by the sudden voice, and quickly turned around to look at the person behind him.

This man was wearing a brown plaid vest over a slightly yellowed white shirt. His face looked soft, but the strong smell of tobacco on his lips made Sehir frown.

"How to get to the pier?" Cecil opened his mouth and asked.

The man straightened up, looked Cehir up and down, and then looked around, with a smile on his face: "Are you alone?"

Cecil raised his hand, but felt that it was not polite, so he finally put his hand down and nodded.

The corners of the man's lips were raised a little more, he raised his hand to support the hat on his head, and looked into the distance: "Then I'll take you there, you probably have to get lost again by yourself."

There seemed to be a lot of worry and helplessness in the man's tone. Cecil looked up at the man, and there was nothing dangerous on him, so he agreed to the man in front of him.

Sehir followed the man, and sure enough, within a few minutes of walking, he could already see the smoking chimney in the distance. Sehir was excited, and his steps quickened to walk with the man.

The two didn't talk nonsense all the way, and the man opened his mouth first: "My name is Ryan, what's your name?"

Cecil thought for a while, then grinned innocently: "My name is Philip."

Ryan looked at Cecil's smile and was slightly stunned. After a long time, he came to his senses, smiled awkwardly and said, "Phili, it's a good name."

"Ryan too." Cecil replied naively.

After turning a few more turns, the chimney was already very close. Ryan's eyes fell on Cecil's body, and there seemed to be more reluctance in his eyes. In the end, he opened his mouth slowly: "Little friend, your family Woolen cloth?"

Cecil looked at Ryan, and deliberately made his voice a little childish: "They went out to play, far away, and the housekeeper said that they don't seem to be coming back."

Ryan was stopped at the same place by Cecil's words and did not move forward. Although it was covered by sleeves, he could still see clearly, and the hands hidden behind the cuffs were clenched tightly.

"Why don't you leave?" Cecil asked.

"What about your butler?" Ryan squeezed a smile on his face. He wanted to look a little more kind, but there were too many things to think about, and his whole face became weird because of this smile.

Cecil looked at the chimney in the distance and thought for a while, then turned his head and smiled: "I got lost with him."

Ryan once again looked at Cecil's face, and finally choked his throat, closed his eyes hard and said, "We went the wrong way, let's go from there."

Turning around after speaking, Cecil looked at Ryan's back, the corners of his lips slightly raised an undetectable arc, and he raised his foot to keep up with Ryan's pace.

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"Lian, do you want to screw up like this the first time I give you a task?" Suddenly a low voice mixed with sarcasm came from the corner in front.

Ryan's eyes suddenly showed panic, and he subconsciously blocked Cehir behind him, and said to Cehir in a low voice: "Don't be afraid."

The person in front finally came out from the corner, wearing only a black waistcoat that was about to be torn, and whether it was knife wounds or wrinkles on his face, densely covered his entire face.

Cecil's expression didn't change much, but Ryan's breathing in front of him was already unsteady. You don't need to guess, this person's eyes must have been filled with fear.

"Get out of the way!" The man's tone became a little more fierce, and three or four younger brothers appeared behind him to agree.

"Didn't you hear me tell you to get out of the way?"

"The little devil behind you comes out! Don't hide!"

Cecil didn't listen to the nonsense of the people in front of him. When he first met Ryan, he already realized that something was wrong. Although he was very close to the pier, Ryan had to turn several corners, which made him more convinced of his own idea.

Ryan wants to be taller than himself, and he will definitely lose if he fights hard, so it's better to just pull this person out of his camp.

Cecil's eyes had already observed the escape route, and when he was thinking about whether to ask Ryan to run together, suddenly a big hand came over, grabbed him and started running wildly.

Cecil was taken aback, and looked up at Ryan with an incredulous expression.

"Run!" Ryan yelled, grabbing Cecil and speeding up a bit.

The people behind had already started swearing, and the sound of stomping their feet became farther and farther away.

"Damn it! Let me chase you! What are you standing there looking at!"

A yell came from behind, and the group of people held sticks and stretched their legs and chased towards Cehir.

Ryan is familiar with the route here, turning left and right, Cehir was about to be pulled out of breath, until finally, Ryan stuffed Cehir behind a box and said out of breath.

"Later, go out from here, turn left and go straight to the pier."

Say goodbye to those who haven't come yet, Ryan moved the box in front of Cecil, blocking Cecil's entire body.

"Goodbye, Fili, I'm sorry for my behavior to you today."

As he said that, Ryan spread his legs and ran away. Those who were chasing after him only had eyes on those who were still fleeing, and quickly ignored Cecil who was hiding behind the box.

After the outside was quiet, Cecil slowly moved away from the box, tilted his head to glance at the direction in which Ryan was escaping in the distance, and then looked down at the deformed sleeve that Ryan had grabbed.

Cecil subconsciously patted his sleeves twice, but seemed to think of something again. This action didn't last long. He turned around and walked in the direction Ryan said.

Finally, he reached the entrance of the alley, and the pier was in front of him. When he just took the first step, in the deep alley, there seemed to be a scream, the sound was very small, but Sehir caught it.

The noise outside contrasted with the silence in the alley, as if it was heaven and hell, completely separating the two places.

Cecil stood on the dividing line, looking at the farthest wall in the alley, and the corners of his lips twitched slightly.

"Feel sorry."

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The time has dragged on for so long, and it is already noon. Cecir was so hungry after walking a few steps, he breathed out and walked through several streets and finally arrived at the pier.

"A one-month boat ticket." Cecil lay down in front of the ticket office.

For some reason, the ticket booth was built very high, just on Cehir's chest. The conductor inside glanced at Cehir with an impatient tone.

"One month pass? What about your family?"

Being treated as a child by two people in one day, Cehir has the thought of hitting someone.

Why am I so short!