Ming's Pawnshop

He fell asleep holding Ah Cheng.

Opening his eyes, Ming Lou sighed softly, facing the stubborn eyes where the fear had disappeared but the guard had risen and there was still no sleepiness at all. Ah Cheng was good wherever he was, but his stubborn temper was annoying.

Fortunately, we still have enough time.

It took Ming Lou a year to let Ah Cheng fall asleep on his bed without any qualms, nearly five years to regain his trust, and a month to teach him to hold a pen and write his name. Various courses laid the foundation for...

Minglou's patience in dealing with Ah Cheng seems to have no end. Even though it took several times longer than he expected, and his progress was unexpectedly small, he still stood there firmly, waiting for him Ah Cheng walked up to him step by step.

Fortunately, after regaining the trust of Ah Cheng, the progress speeded up in vain. Ah Cheng's learning ability is still excellent, absorbing a large amount of knowledge like a sponge, and it seems that the double effort to make up for the lost time makes Minglou feel very serious. satisfy.

Seeing Ah Cheng who had already washed up and walked into the room with breakfast, Minglou felt that this kind of life was already happy enough, until he found that the distance between Ah Cheng and himself seemed a little too close, and the other party almost moved in front of him, and the whole time around his neckline.

For some reason, Minglou panicked, "Ah, Ah Cheng?"

"Brother, tie." Ah Cheng, who remembered that he hadn't spoken for many years and still struggled with daily conversations, only answered him briefly.

Only then did Ming Lou see that besides the breakfast, Ah Cheng also had a tie that he found out from nowhere hanging in his hand. Seeing Ah Cheng nimbly flipping through the piece of fabric with his fingers, this familiar posture dragged Ming Lou back to the past , as the Windsor knot gradually took shape, Minglou suddenly understood what the anxiety that was about to swallow him up recently was.

Seeing the other party's pure admiration in his eyes, Ming Lou subconsciously took a step back, showing a slightly bitter smile to Ah Cheng who was caught off guard, and avoided the other party's obviously puzzled eyes.

"Ah Cheng, the rooms on the second floor are still empty. Starting today, that room will belong to you."

The calm chest and calm thinking that are so close can no longer give the other person the affection he wants. Minglou knows that the care and proximity beyond his control may prematurely drag this person who has become innocent due to rebirth into despair again the abyss.

Forget about him, Minglou.

Since the two of them are still together and alive, one day, when the time is right, they will definitely think about it again.

His mouth was full of the bloody smell of accidentally bitten, Minglou's breathing was heavy and sluggish, and a long-lost headache swept over him.

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After being hurt too much, Ah Cheng had already forgotten the taste of warmth, and his heart seemed to be lost in that failed escape.

It was clearly a few steps away, but I couldn't step out. After that, no matter what kind of pain, I became accustomed to it. Hunger, pain, and hatred can no longer arouse any reaction in my heart. Anyway, redemption or something is a lie. human.

Until he saw the man talking with a smile.

"It's still early, let's sleep for a while."

What kind of "fun" game is this?In getting along with that woman, he learned to give up hope, that thing is just an extra layer of pain added when he is desperate.

He also went to different places with that woman, and in the name of a "fool", he won all kinds of sympathy for her, but if the host had even the slightest bit of warmth towards him, he would beat and scold him even more violently after returning.

From years of experience, he understands that asking for help is at most sent to the arrest house by the kind master, and then taken back by the woman. No matter how hard he begs, he will still be brought back to the woman, and in the master A woman who is angry with the arresting house will not show mercy. When he was beaten almost to death a few times, he even sincerely looked forward to the coming of death. Unfortunately, God has never heard his prayers. .

And from that person's eyes, he saw love, pity and sadness, but what's the use of this?The hope before despair is especially painful.

But year after year passed like this, in this big house, although strangers with hurried faces and servants who could not speak came and went every day, but he was the only one living with that person all the time. He will no longer be beaten and scolded for no reason, there is a soft bed, and the person will call his name in a gentle voice and teach him to read and write.

"Mingcheng, this is your name, Ming is my surname, and Cheng is your first name."

"Destiny is nature; willfulness is Tao; cultivating the Tao is teaching. Ah Cheng, what do you mean by this?"

"Ah Cheng, the rooms on the second floor are still empty, and that one will be yours from today on."

"Ah Cheng, the customer's information and pawns must be sorted out, don't put them in disorder, or you won't be able to find them next time."

...Minglou.

the fourth story,

The author has something to say: This is probably the case, and the memory chapter is over.

The big brother's amnesia is deliberate. After all, Ah Cheng has no memory and he has no love. What can he do?Kind of like an autosuggestion effect.

I'm going to have an operation tomorrow, so I shouldn't be able to change it for two days.

CH21

Fifth Story (Epilogue)

The flames surrounding the two seemed to be burning more and more fiercely, but the black mist that could block part of the flames was getting thinner and thinner. As time went by, they could no longer maintain their standing posture, and they knelt and sat on the ground leaning on each other.

The burning behind him made Ah Cheng feel the bone-piercing pain, and he clenched his teeth tightly intentionally, even though there was already a fishy smell of rust in his mouth, he did not dare to relax at all, it seemed that as long as he loosened a little, the scream would be He was about to blurt out, the pain made his consciousness gradually start to slacken, and he couldn't even tell whether it was the surrounding air or Minglou's skin in front of him that was hotter.

This heart-wrenching feeling made Ah Cheng want to give up several times, but when he felt the hands still firmly surrounding him, he buried himself deeper into Minglou's embrace, closed his eyes and continued to squeeze the pain in his body Power, I hope it can cover even the slightest bit for him, the excessive overdraft of energy even gave Ah Cheng the illusion that his body is being torn apart.

However, Minglou, who had already consumed a huge amount of strength because of tampering with the contract, felt even worse at the moment. Holding Ah Cheng tightly in his arms, he endured most of the burns from the flames, and even his lips began to turn white, but his eyes did not look like Ah Cheng. Cheng is generally full of despair, but also with undeniable persistence, staring at the black shadow, like a poisonous snake waiting for an opportunity in a desperate situation.

Such firm eyes made the black shadow, who had already won the victory, feel a little uneasy, and when he was about to intensify the flames to completely burn the unyielding two people, a sudden change occurred, and several figures hid in the corner of the pawn shop with dull expressions and slow movements. The servant suddenly jumped up and rushed straight at the shadow.

At the same time, several white lights flashed in the small space, forming a huge net to cover the black shadow. Caught off guard, the black shadow was suppressed by the huge net in the center of the living room, covering the entire space in blackness. After the fog touched the white light, it only resisted for a moment before being wiped out in an instant, and the fire enveloping the two of them began to gradually decrease, but the giant net didn't seem to have caused any damage to the black shadow's body, but faintly felt it when it approached him. flinch.

It wasn't until the flames around him completely disappeared that Ming Lou spit out the breath he was suffocating in his chest. Just as he was about to stand up, he felt dizzy, his feet went limp, and he fell directly on Ah Cheng's body. Ah Cheng, who had just woken up, was quite frightened.

Although Ming Lou never said it personally, such a long time of living together made Ah Cheng more or less aware of Ming Lou's fear and rejection of things like fire from the bottom of his heart.

In this pawn shop, except for Cheng's occasional purchases, all the food is prepared by the servants. The only place that is not open to Cheng is the kitchen.There was even a time when Ah Cheng brought back a limited-edition Zippo from outside, just for collection, which also caused Ming Lou to become quite angry.

Although the reason is unknown, Ah Cheng has always had complete trust and enough care for Minglou, and there has never been any similar items in the pawnshop since that time.

But now, in order to protect him, Minglou actually blocked most of the flames with his body. His original intention was to live and die with Minglou, but he caused so much pain for no reason. Ah Cheng's self-blame has nowhere to go Dun, it was so plainly displayed on his face.

"Ah Cheng, I'm fine." Minglou didn't care much about his injuries. In his opinion, his physical pain was nothing compared to the pain in his heart when Ah Cheng was hurt. He sacrificed too much, but this time he felt a sense of pride that he finally protected the other party.

"Brother..." Such a weak Minglou made Ah Cheng deeply understand the emotion called fear. His body was covered with scorched marks from being scorched by the flames, and even the hot skin proved that it was not Ah Cheng. Cheng's hallucinations, despite this, he still smiled so gently to comfort his useless self, Ah Cheng's eyes became hot, and tears flowed down involuntarily.

Ah Cheng's crying made Minglou flustered, he raised his hand in distress and gently wiped away the tears from the other party's face, coaxing softly: "Don't cry, Ah Cheng, don't cry, big brother will protect you. Don't cry."

But he didn't expect that the more he comforted him, the more turbulent the other party's tears would be, and Ah Cheng seemed to be trying to get rid of the pain he hadn't shed all these years.