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Zong Chi and Jian Changche meet at the corner of the hospital stairwell.

"Why did you come, it can hardly hold back."

"Isn't this here? What's the hurry?" Jian Changche looked at the big lump under his windbreaker and said, "Take it out and let me see."

Zong Chi glanced left and right, a little hesitant: "Here? It's not appropriate."

Jian Changche: "What?"

"Isn't it because I'm afraid of being seen by others?" Zong Chi said, "I don't care, anyway, it's where you work, and your colleagues are also your colleagues."

"Forget it, let's go up and talk about it first." Jian Chang changed his mind completely, "There is no one else in the ward right now, the rounds have just finished, and no one will come for the time being..."

He pushed open the stair door in front, and Zong Chi followed behind, clutching his clothes, walking forward with his head buried in a little embarrassment.Sure enough, there was no one in the corridor, so the two stepped into the ward one by one. Jian Changche locked the door behind him, and said to the two people in the room, "Keep your voice down."

Zong Chi turned to look at the little girl on the hospital bed, then at Jian Changche, and nodded solemnly.He opened the trench coat, revealing the little German shepherd in his arms.

"Ah!" The little girl who couldn't help but scream out was stared at by Jian Changche, and immediately changed to screaming silently with a breathy voice: "Aha——".

This dog was really too small, with short limbs and disproportionately large ears, and couldn't stand upright at all, stumbling around.The peas-like eyes are black and round, and the delicate leather collar is sunken in the dark brown and light brown fur, giving him a very simple and honest appearance.It looks like a rich man's dog. It's smooth and smooth, with thick fur and thick flesh. It leans against Zong Chi's arms with no pretense, its buttocks are dragged by Zong Chi's palm, and the hair is all over his clothes.

Jian Changche: "You can only touch for 5 minutes."

The little girl nodded frantically, her fingers already flexing excitedly in the air.

This child broke his leg while playing wildly with his friends at school. Both the tibia and fibula were comminuted and had to be hospitalized for a long time.Delayed the elementary school entrance examination, and had to repeat the grade for one year.All the classmates went to junior high school and made new friends, but she was left alone, crying and refusing to give in, clamoring to go back to school.

Zong Chi moved a stool and sat by the bed, and let the puppy stand on his lap. The child touched the dog's head and neck with love in his eyes, and stroked its ears, trying to help them stand upright.A few minutes later, Jian Changqing cleared her throat, and the girl immediately pursed her mouth.

"Wash your hands and disinfect them." Jian Changche said ruthlessly.

Zong Chi held the puppy's front paws with both hands and lifted it up, and turned it around on his knees. Jian Changche grabbed and washed his hands, and stared at Zong Chi anxiously.After a while, Zong Chi realized that his behavior was really bad, stuffed the dog into his coat, and stood up: "I'm leaving, my friend is still waiting downstairs."

"Is it the puppy's owner?"

"That's right," Zong Chi said, "When you can walk, I'll take you to his house to play with the puppy."

"Okay!" The child suddenly became happier.

The two clinkers opened the door furtively, and bumped into the head nurse—this stern woman in her forties, who speaks without pretense, is majestic, and everyone from patients to doctors fears her.

The air froze for a moment.

"Aren't you off work? What are you still doing here?" the head nurse asked Jian Changche.

The clothes on Zong Chi's chest moved, and he quickly covered them tightly, but the pressure on the puppy was even more uncomfortable - a hairy head came out from the neckline, and there was a loud "bark".

At this moment, two sentences appeared in the minds of both of them at the same time.

Jian Changche: I'm done.

Zong Chi: I went for a walk.

So Zong Chi fled away with the dog in his arms.

No matter how you explain that dogs are very clean, Jian Changche was still grabbed and scolded by the head nurse. Although orthopedic patients do not need a sterile environment, children have poor resistance after all, and it is against the regulations to bring pets into the hospital.With the great help of the patient's children, Jian Changche was finally let go by the head nurse. He walked out of the building exhausted and found Zong Chi sitting by the flower bed and playing with the dog.He put the puppy on the ground, tied the other end of the dog leash to the base of his little finger, and there were already several passing female students and office workers standing around him taking pictures of the puppy.

Jian Changche came closer, thinking that the other party hadn't noticed him, but Zong Chi deliberately said loudly to the little German Shepherd, "Oh, I heard that you are also a tool dog."

He could not laugh or cry.

Turning around unintentionally, Jian Changche was stunned for a moment. The person behind the crowd was timid but couldn't help poking his head. Isn't it the little boy who ignored people before.

Zong Chi obviously saw him too, and waved at him: "Do you want to touch it?"

The little boy hid back, unwilling to come over.

Jian Changche said to Zongchi, "Don't stare at him."

Zong Chi thought: Is it a cat?But he still obediently looked away.

Jian Changche couldn't help sneaking a glance at him—although he was still timid and sullen, the boy seemed to be more energetic, and his face had grown some flesh.He and Zong Chi sat down side by side by the flower bed, they were no longer standing, and the sense of oppression brought by their height was not so strong. Out of the corner of his eye, he felt that the boy boldly approached a few steps, staring at Zong Chi Scratch the fingers on the top of the puppy's head and peek.

Jian Changche couldn't help feeling softly: "I haven't seen him for a long time, I thought something happened to him."

"It seems that his mother is in the hospital. I saw her once in the obstetrics and gynecology department." Jian Changche said, "A man used to come to see her occasionally, but he hasn't come recently. It's far away. This kid disappeared for a long time, I thought he was taken away by that man."

"No, that man won't come back either." Zong Chi said, "This child is now adopted by his uncle, and the formalities have not been completed yet, but the situation should not change."

Jian Changche couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words: "How do you know?"

Zong Chi didn't speak, and continued to tease the dog casually. With a light push, the puppy rolled on its belly and kicked on its four short legs.

Jian Chang couldn't believe it: "What did you do?"

Zong Chi said: "Don't worry, I asked someone to investigate his aunt and uncle, and they are all good people. My aunt is a teacher, has no children, and has always wanted a child. She has been very kind to him since he was a child. Community workers and police also asked I asked if the child would like to be with his uncle and aunt, and he agreed. And I also greeted the local women's federation community, saying that the child has a history of abuse and asked them to take care of it."

Jian Changche was completely dumbfounded.

"You guessed right before, it's better to say...you guessed too much. That man is the child's stepfather. He started to touch him and molested him two years ago. He and his mother tried to ask for help, but because His mother is not in good health and has no job, and the mother and daughter are all supported by this man, with no economic or political status, and dare not resist, or even face it, and have been pretending like ostriches that they don’t know.”

"Later, the man went too far, buying some shorts, socks, and so on, asking boys to take photos and videos, share them online, and trade them. In order to keep him in the state of 'little boy' for a longer time, the man Some even deliberately starved him to prevent him from growing up. Then he even began to allow others to come to the house. It was from that time... It was only half a year ago. The boy couldn't stand it anymore, even for his mother. So he started to resist, and when he resisted, he was beaten by his stepfather. However, after the beating, he had bruises on his face and lost his 'show appearance', so he escaped."

Jian Changche couldn't bear it any longer, he stood up "噗", his fists were clenched tightly.

Zong Chi stretched out his hand and pulled his arm: "Don't get excited, don't scare him."

Jian Changche stood stiffly for a long while before crouching down again.

"But that scumbag has already been taken away, don't worry, I will be responsible for making him get the maximum number of years." When Zong Chi said this, dark clouds surged under his calm expression, but he still didn't show it. . "Probably he doesn't want to see his mother either. He still has a lot of resentment towards her and the family. But after all, his uncle is also a close relative of his mother. It is inevitable that there will be intersections in the future, but these will be their own affairs in the future. "

Jian Changche was very moved after hearing this - since he and Zong Chi briefly mentioned it a few weeks ago, he had no idea that so many things had happened behind it.Jian Changche felt that his emotions were very chaotic now - he was angry and relieved at the same time, his body trembled uncontrollably, his chest heaved and heaved, and it took him a while to calm down, realizing that he had lost his composure.

"When did it happen?" he asked.

"Just last week," Zong Chi said.

"why did not you tell me."

"I'm afraid you will be sad. When you don't deal with it well, it's no good for one more person to face these disgusting things. Some mothers would rather die than live." Zong Chi said flatly.

It's just that when he turned his head, seeing Jian Changche's serious face and red eyes, he couldn't bear it, and immediately changed his tone: "Don't be afraid, brother Zongchi will protect you."

Jian Changche thought about it briefly and remembered: "No wonder you were so happy when you came back that day. It turned out that you did this secretly behind my back."

Zong Chi was silent for a moment, but said, "Actually...not particularly happy."

Jian Changche looked at him in surprise, Zong Chi pondered for a while, as if he didn't know how to organize his sentences. "Of course, I'm happy to have caught that bastard, and I'm also happy to have saved that child, but..."

Jian Changche was puzzled: "But?"

"But he's not you." Zong Chi said.

Jian Changche was stunned for a moment before he understood what he meant. The moment he understood, his body seemed to be swept by a huge voltage current, and every fold of the cerebral cortex was stimulated, and the sore feeling went straight to the bottom of his heart. .But at the same time, he was lifted out of the dark deep sea, and finally inhaled the rare air on the verge of suffocation, experiencing the luck of the rest of his life.

Zong Chi is using this child to travel through time and space to save his past self.

Although this is impossible, Zong Chi understands, so while he is happy, he is still full of regrets.

Jian Changche didn't have time to say anything, but there was commotion around him.A silvery gray-pink Maserati pulled over, and passers-by with a radius of 20 meters were attracted by this color.

The car door opened, a pair of stiletto high heels stepped on the road, and a tall, long-haired girl with outstanding temperament stepped out of the car.She walked straight towards Jian Changche until she stood still three steps away, took off her sunglasses and put them on the tip of her nose, with question marks all over her face: "You said you have something to do with borrowing a dog, and you just use it as a show? Have you experienced life recently? Are you addicted to the experience?"

Jian Changche looked at him blankly, but Zong Chi beside him replied: "Yes, it's used up, thank you."

"Huh?" The girl looked at Jian Changche again, and asked, "Who?"

Zong Chi raised his eyebrows noncommittally, picked up the puppy, and stuffed it into her arms: "Goodbye."

The girl hurriedly took over a large ball of hair, and said in disbelief, "That's it?"

"Otherwise?" Zong Chi said, "Do you still want me to treat you to dinner?"

"Okay." The girl said generously.

But Zong Chi said decisively: "No, your mother is going to match us up again when she sees it." He waved his hand impatiently: "Hurry up, hurry up, I'm going to be blinded by the color of your car."

"You!" The girl was pushed back into the car, Zong Chi smirked and waved to her through the window.