The Return of Gratitude Volume 2

During physical education class in the afternoon, Qin Xiu no longer needed to sit alone in a corner looking at the sky. He had friends, and he could play badminton, dodgeball, and chat about King of Fighters 97. Looking in the direction of the fence, he still brings egg yolks to school every day, puts them in his schoolbag for a whole day, and eats them alone after school.

It rained heavily one day, and physical education class was changed to self-study. Qin Xiu looked at the heavy rain on the campus, and always felt that the soy sauce came back to find him at this moment. The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't sit still. Sneak off to the playground.However, the outside of the wall is still empty.

He took off his coat and put it on the place where soy sauce often got in, and found a branch to support it. If soy sauce came to him and he was not there, he could temporarily hide under his clothes from the rain.

When I was doing dictation in Chinese class, there was a sudden movement in the drawer.soy sauce!Qin Xiu lowered his head in great surprise, only to find that only one sleeve of the tracksuit he stuffed in the drawer had fallen off.

No matter how much you look forward to, how much you pray, it seems that soy sauce will never come back.

The rain had stopped when school was over, and the coat hung outside the fence was already wet.Qin Xiu picked up the coat, only to feel that his chest was as heavy as his hands.

If only he could scrape together enough money to buy a dog house sooner... He wondered how late he was, a week?one day?Still an hour?How disappointed and sad to be waiting for him to pick up his soy sauce.

In the arcade shop, the junior high school student finally got his revenge. Qin Xiu, who was completely unmotivated, didn't want to get it back. Regardless of the pity of the small crew cut and the small glasses, he left the arcade shop alone with his schoolbag.When I got home, my mother was talking on the phone, she seemed a little dignified, Qin Xiu entered the room silently, and soon my mother knocked on the door and came in.

"Xiaoxiu, pack your things, we are moving to the city this weekend."

The news came so suddenly, Qin Xiu's eyes widened: "...why?" It was hard for him to get familiar with the school environment, and it was hard for him to make friends.

Qin's mother sat beside the little boy's bed, and said earnestly: "Your grandma is seriously ill, we have to go and take care of it."

Qin Xiu looked at his mother blankly and lowered his eyes blankly.

Qin's mother stroked her son's hair, and said in relief: "Don't you like golden retrievers very much? When the house is bigger in the city, let's buy one and raise it."

"No need, I don't want to raise it." Unexpectedly, the little boy flatly refused and turned around to do his homework.

Qin's mother thought that her son was not interested in cats and dogs anymore, so she patted the boy on the shoulder and got up to leave.

Qin Xiu waited until his mother took the door and left, then turned around and took out the newly bought photo album in his schoolbag, the previous one couldn't be put down for a long time.He took out a thick stack of photos from the drawer, picked out one by one, and put all the photos of soy sauce into a new album.

When he was born, there was no soy sauce with the size of two palms from his owner. When he was walking, he raised his head to see the soy sauce that hit his head on the electric pole. Soy sauce squinting contentedly under his touch...

Such soy sauce, where can I find a second one?You can't even buy it.

He also thought of the little golden retriever who was kicked into the air by him and rolled forward, with a money bag around his neck, and a soy sauce bottle on his back, walking down the street. As if he could read his mind.It's like... an elf from a fairy tale.

Lying on the small bed with the photo album in his arms, looking at the little golden retriever doll hanging on the ceiling: "Soy sauce, roll over, be cute..."

The cool evening breeze blows in from the window, and the little golden doll swirls leisurely above his head.

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Archer sneezed.In late autumn, the weather is getting colder, and the windows are only half opened, and the wind can't stop leaking in.Teacher He Lan will no longer lock him in the house, but now he has nowhere to go, the only companions are Human Cannon, Ultraman and little monsters.

The poodle jumped onto the chair, and then onto the window sill, intending to close the window, but as soon as it got its head on the window sill, a stone hit its forehead firmly.

Gouzi lost his balance and fell off the table in embarrassment.

The saints of the goddess flocked outside the window at some point:

"Archer, your master doesn't want you anymore, come out and die!"

"Eat my Pegasus Meteor Fist!"

"Look at my Lushan Shenglongba!"

Regardless of whether it was Tianma Meteor Fist or Lushan Shenglongba, they were all thrown into the room with crackling pebbles, and Archer hid under the table angrily.

"Wow woof! woof woof!"

You bullying fellows!There is a kind of dog and me singled out!

"Why do we need to become a dog when we can change into humans?! If you have the guts, you can become a human, hahaha!"

Archer poked his head out angrily, yelling at the top, even if you become human, you are still no match for Xiaoxiu!

"So what?" Phoenix Ikki said triumphantly, "Your master Hades, the king of the underworld, is leaving soon!"

"From now on, you will have no backer, how does it feel!"

Archer was taken aback when he heard that, why is he leaving soon?

"You don't know yet, do you?" Lushan Shenglongba said in a pitiful tone, "I tell you, we saw the moving company's car parked in front of Hades' house this morning, and Hades and his mother are moving out of Spirit Dog Town! "

The Tianma Meteor Fist came crashing in, and several stones hit the numb curly little golden retriever, but he didn't feel any pain at all.

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"Ah! He ran out! Look at my upgraded Lushan Bailongba!"

"Diamond Stardust Fist!"

"Fengyi Tianxiang!"

"Pegasus Comet Fist!"

Archer ran left and right in the rain of meteorites, big and small. He didn't know why he was so scared when he heard the news that Xiaoxiu was going to leave.Only then did he realize that, compared to being ignored and forgotten by Xiaoxiu, he was more afraid of never seeing Xiaoxiu again in this life.

There was a gust of wind behind him, and Archer jumped aside vigilantly, a fist-sized stone fell on his side, and when he raised his head again, Phoenix Ikki was already blocking his way.

"You can't run this time!" Ikki opened his arms and made a gesture to jump down.

"Ow——"

Archer stretched his limbs and bowed his body, grinned fiercely, and let out a low, threatening bark like rolling thunder from his throat.

Ikki has never seen Archer like this before. His paws are digging at the ground, his hair seems to be standing up all over his body, his teeth are clearly not sharp, but with that aura, it seems that he wants to bite you to death with all his might.The sudden outburst of beastliness made him startled for a moment, and the poodle had already swiftly run away in just this moment of bewilderment.

Archer stretched all his limbs and ran down the mountain, as if he could cover a longer distance and recover more time.Unexpectedly, he was stopped at the foot of the mountain.

Hearing Helanba's voice, Archer had to stop.Looking back, Teacher He Lan came from the fork in the road with a dog house with a blue roof.

"Qin Xiu bought this for you." He Lanba said slowly to the pup who was covered with the words "worse and anxious," "He didn't break his promise."

Archer stared blankly at the big and beautiful blue doghouse, feeling as if his chest had been pulled hard. He had never felt this way in his life.That feeling of remorse, emotion, and not knowing what to do.

"He hasn't forgotten you," said Helanba. "He is leaving now. If you can catch him, he will definitely take you away. Then you will leave Spirit Dog Town and live alone with a human in the big city." Living in the city, maybe you can only be his pet in this life. You won't have friends, you won't have your own life, you only have him."

Standing at the fork in the road, the dog looked up and listened quietly, no longer frizzy, as if he had suddenly turned into a mature and sensible big golden retriever.

"If you stay," He Lanba said, "the patriarchs of the Spirit Dog Clan will help you, maybe one day you will be able to learn the art of humanization, and like all of us, you will spend a peaceful and peaceful life in Spirit Dog Town Life." He Lanba looked at him, "Leave or stay, you choose."

Archer didn't reply, but just lowered his head and walked to Helan Ba's legs, rubbing his small head against the trousers of the otaku cartoonist. He Lanba closed his eyes and was relieved, but the next second he heard The puppy whispered but not timidly: "Teacher, thank you for taking care of me these years. One day, I will become a qualified spirit dog clansman and come back to repay your kindness."

He Lanba was startled, looking at Archer who backed away from him after saying these words, turned and ran away, he couldn't recover for a while.

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Qin Xiu was holding a luggage bag and sitting in the back seat with his mother. The driver got into the car, turned around to confirm with his mother that there was nothing he had forgotten, and then started the car.

Looking at the familiar street scene outside the window, Qin Xiu slowly backed away. He has lived in this town for seven years, and he once dreamed of going out to the outside world. When he really wanted to leave, he realized that he didn't hate this town as much as he imagined. A quiet and peaceful town.Qin Xiu was lying at the window and saw the proprietress of Want Want Non-staple Food Store coming out to take out the trash. Da Wang, who had knocked out his die with a punch, lay listlessly outside the store door wearing a big mask. playing poker.

The car drove past the school gate, and the physical education teacher's call came from the playground.He immediately thought of soy sauce.

Soy sauce...wait!Suddenly thinking of something, Qin Xiu hastily lowered his head and pulled the luggage bag on his lap, writhing all over his head.

"What's wrong?" Mother Qin lowered her head and asked.

Sure enough, he didn't find his backpack. Qin Xiu remembered that he was putting his backpack into a duffel bag before he left, when the doorbell rang and his mother was in the bathroom. When I was leaving, I was in a hurry and forgot to pack the book into the luggage bag.

The little boy raised his head nervously and said, "I forgot something! Can you go back, please?"

"What did you forget?" Mother Qin asked with a frown.

"My photo album!" And the camera that soy sauce gave me!

"Forget about the photo album, I'll buy another one for you in the city."

"No! That photo album is very important!" Qin Xiu had just finished speaking when he suddenly heard a dog barking outside the window.

Not only Qin Xiu, even Qin's mother and the driver were stunned when they saw the puppy rushing out of the alley and chasing the car all the way.

Qin Xiu was stunned for two seconds, then leaned over excitedly and poked his head out of the car window: "Soy sauce—"

Hearing his call, the puppy desperately spread his legs and ran faster, his tiny feet seemed to have lifted off the ground.

"Stop!" Qin Xiu yelled at the driver, "Stop quickly!"

The seven-year-old handsome boy was really wolfish when he yelled. The driver turned his head, but Qin's mother shook her head, indicating to continue driving.

Seeing that the car hadn't stopped, Qin Xiu turned around and saw his mother's unmoving expression, and understood everything at once: "Didn't you say that I will raise a golden retriever after entering the city?" His stubborn black and white eyes locked on the silent mother, "I I don’t want other golden retrievers, I just want soy sauce.”

Although he said so, he knew in his heart that his mother would not be accommodating. Those promises to let him raise a dog after entering the city when the house was bigger were just lies to let him accept the fact of moving with peace of mind.

Looking at his expressionless mother for the last time, he turned around and leaned against the car window, stuck his head out with almost half of his body, and shouted at the little figure that was getting farther and farther away: "Soy sauce!" ——I want to move to Genglin City—you remember—Genglin City—”

The pup chased him for another distance, seeing that he could not catch up again, and finally stopped in the middle of the road, and the sound of stretching his neck and howling almost penetrated half a block.

Qin Xiu kept lying on the car window until he could no longer see or hear.

Qin's mother glanced at the silent son beside her, knowing that the silence would last for a long time, she said helplessly, "You can understand it after you say it."

"He understands."

Four words have an unusual stubbornness.Mother Qin looked at her sad son apologetically.Qin Xiu leaned sideways and looked out the window, not responding to his mother's gaze all the way.

Soy sauce, I will come to you when I grow up, and you will come to me when you grow up, that's all.

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He Lanba came downstairs to Qin Xiu's house. Someone was cleaning the two-bedroom apartment on the second floor. It might be a new tenant or someone from a real estate agency.

The odds and ends were carried to the side of the road in big cardboard boxes to be thrown away. Helanba saw a primary school student's backpack in one of the boxes. The zipper of the backpack was half open. The card machine that goes by here.

They were all to be thrown away anyway, and no one stopped him. He Lanba picked up the backpack and opened the zipper, only to find that there was a photo album inside besides the camera.

He Lanba flipped through the photo album, feeling very complicated.If these are really precious memories, why are they dropped here.

He was about to leave with his backpack in hand, when he looked up suddenly and saw a small figure passing by the intersection not far away.