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The faucet was actually used to wash the mop. The water heater was not connected. When the faucet was turned on, the water that flowed out was so cold that Lin Xing's teeth chattered from the cold. Because it was too cold, she was still wrapped in her down jacket when she came out.

Xu Xi was sitting cross-legged in the living room at night, working with a computer on his lap. He raised his head when he heard the voice, and was about to ask Lin Xing if he took a bath seriously. Why did he come out so soon, but when he looked up, he saw Lin Xing's face was frozen Pale, trembling all over.Xu Xiwan put down the computer and walked over quickly, touched Lin Xing's face, it was cold.

"You bathe in cold water?"

Lin Xing was too cold to speak.

Xu Xi didn't care about work at night, without saying a word, he led Lin Xing to the bathroom again, opened the door and went in, there was no heat in the bathroom, it seemed that she really washed in cold water, no wonder it was frozen like this.

Xu Xi hurriedly turned on the bathroom heater at night, filled the bathtub with hot water, tested the water temperature with his hands, and called Lin Xing to come over, took off her clothes and carried her into the bathtub.

Xu Xi didn't know how thin Lin Xing was until after he took off his clothes. He was really skinny, with well-defined small ribs on his chest. His neck was as thin as a chicken's neck, as if it could be broken with a light fold. With a small balloon in his pocket, he was obviously malnourished.Children of this size are rare in China, and they look like African refugee children.

In particular, the two arms were covered with old wounds, the color had faded, but they were densely intertwined. It looked like they were pulled out with a thin whip, and Xu Xiwan gasped.

Xu Xiwan is a person who has never suffered. Based on Lin Xing's uncle's cunning and ignorant look, she can guess that Lin Xing's life is not easy, and she doesn't think about it any more. Fortunately, the injuries on his body were shocking.

But every individual has a somewhat compassionate heart. How cold-blooded a beast must be to beat a six-year-old child like this?

No wonder Lin Xing was so cautious, so obedient and quiet that he didn't look like a child at all.

The bathtub is designed according to adult size, it is too high for Lin Xing, standing is fine, if she sits down, the water will cover her head, Lin Xing stands naked in the middle of the bathtub, uneasy, but the water in the bathtub is indeed warm, The hot air steamed up, making Lin Xing feel warm and comfortable.

Xu Xiwan stared at Lin Xing's arm for a while, then stretched out his hand to touch the scars. Lin Xing was still immersed in the warm comfort, and his arm made her tremble. Staring at Xu Xiwan, his eyes were fierce.

She thought Xu Xiwan was going to beat her up.

It's a pity that she is too weak, that little bit of ruthlessness is insignificant in Xu Xiwan's eyes, but Xu Xiwan laughed.

Resisting in a desperate situation is the instinct of all animals. Rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry, let alone people. Lin Xing has big eyes and a thin face. His eyes occupy almost half of his face. He usually lowers his eyebrows and is submissive. It was like an alien, but it really pushed her to a desperate situation. When she got angry, the spirit in the two eyeballs came out, and the pair of eyes were vivid and dexterous that she had never seen before.

"You don't have to be afraid." Xu Xiwan smiled, his tone became much gentler, "I won't hurt you."

Lin Xing didn't believe it.

Many times, my aunt also talked to her with a smile like this, saying that she would not hit her.

It's all deceptive.

Seeing that Lin Xing was not moving at night, Xu Xi said, "Just wait for a while." Then he turned and walked out of the bathroom.

Lin Xing brought it up wholeheartedly, it was indeed a lie, look, she must have gone out to get a guy, she is really a bad woman.

Xu Xiwan came in shortly after going out, holding a small bench in his hand. It turned out that Lin Xing was not tall enough, so Xu Xiwan took a bench and put it in the bathtub so that she could sit down.

Xu Xiwan put the bench into the bathtub, the moment Lin Xing raised her hand, she thought she was going to hit herself with the bench, she closed her eyes in fright, the expected pain never came, Lin Xing wondered, opened her eyes, and saw Xu Xi Wanzheng looked at herself with her chest in her arms, with a faint smile on her lips, as if watching a play.

"Come here, take a shower." Xu Xiwan said with a smile.

Lin Xing hesitated and walked over.

"Sit down." Xu Xiwan said again.

Lin Xing sat down obediently.

The small bench was just right for Lin Xing to sit on, and the water just covered her chest.

Xu Xiwan has been busy since she came back from the company, and she didn't have time to change clothes. She was still wearing a white shirt at the moment. She rolled up the sleeves of the shirt and untied the rubber band that tied Lin Xing's hair. Only then did she see that the "rubber band" was a circle The thin bicycle tires were cut crookedly, and it looked like Lin Xing had cut them himself.

Lin Xing's hair hasn't been washed for some time, and it's clumped. Thanks to the winter, there are no lice in such long hair.Xu Xiwan picked up the shower head hanging on the wall next to it, tested the water temperature, and then poured it on Lin Xing's hair.

Xu Xiwan had never washed anyone else's hair before, so she was afraid of hurting Lin Xing, so she told her, "I don't know the severity of my hand, if it hurts, just tell me."

Although she instructed Lin Xing in this way, the movements of her hands were actually very light, and Lin Xing didn't feel any pain at all. On the contrary, Xu Xiwan's fingertips gently grasped Lin Xing's scalp, which was very comfortable. Lin Xing turned his back to Xu Xi Sitting at night, the nasal cavity is full of the smell of shampoo, which is clear and light, and smells very good.Lin Xing had also smelled this smell on Xu Xiwan's body. She didn't know what it was, but it turned out to be shampoo.

Lin Xing's hair was basically like a chicken coop, and it was not easy to wash it clean. Xu Xiwan almost untied her tangled and knotted hair strand by strand. She was afraid of pulling Lin Xing's scalp, so she moved lightly. It's thin, and this process alone took almost an hour. After squeezing several pumps of shampoo and applying it on Lin Xing's hair, it didn't lather. wash off.

During the whole process, Lin Xing just sat like that, and she didn't respond to Xu Xiwan's movements. Lin Xing was too tolerant, and Xu Xiwan accidentally pulled a few strands of her hair, but she didn't say a word.

Xu Xiwan herself is a person who doesn't talk much. She never thought that the child she brought back was even more silent than herself. After washing Lin Xing's hair, she wrapped Lin Xing's hair with a dry hair cap. The dry hair cap was too big. Lin Xing The head is small, and it looks twice as big as the face after wrapping it up. This time, it really looks like a little alien. It's very funny. Xu Xiwan moved the stool and turned Lin Xing to face him, and couldn't help it. Live and laugh.

"It's really like ET." Xu Xiwan said.

Lin Xing didn't know what ET was, but this "beautiful bad woman" in front of her had her eyes a little crooked when she smiled.Lin Xing thought, maybe she is not a bad woman, but a good woman, so Lin Xing also smiled, grinning silly.

After washing his hair, Xu Xiwan half squatted by the bathtub, took a bath ball and made bubbles to bathe Lin Xing. Lin Xing was habitually wary of people, and Xu Xiwan was playing with him back and forth. His body was always stiff, especially Xu Xi When Wan Wan touched the scar on her arm, she could clearly feel the tightness of her arm.Xu Xi observed Lin Xing's expression from the corner of his eye at night, the child's whole face twitched slightly, his eyes were terrified, obviously terrified.

Xu Xiwan remained calm and asked her, "How did you get hurt?"

Lin Xing's skin was stretched from head to toe in an instant, even his toes were hooked up, his hands clenched into fists, terrified.She was sitting in the bathtub, every subtle reaction could not escape Xu Xiwan's eyes.

Lin Xing didn't say anything, and Xu Xiwan didn't ask any more.

After a while, Xu Xiwan thought that Lin Xing would not speak anymore, so Lin Xing wavered and said softly, "Uncle... Aunt... beat me."

"Why hit you?"

"I, made a mistake."

"What's wrong?"

"Spoil my brother, milk."

Just for a little thing, beating a child like this is almost beating to death.

Lin Xing looked at Xu Xiwan for a long time, and asked her, "Will you hit me?"

She asked seriously, her eyes widened, Xu Xiwan looked at her, and she could even see her own reflection in her pupils clearly, Xu Xiwan only noticed that Lin Xing's eyes were big and bright, very Pure black, without any impurities, as beautiful as pearls.

Xu Xiwan smiled and asked back, "Why did I hit you?"

"I made a mistake."

"What's wrong?"

"I dirty the bed."

"Just wash it again." Xu Xiwan had already finished bathing her, even the black mud in her fingernails and toenails was cleaned, carried her out of the bathtub, and put her on the thick blanket that had been laid earlier , and took a big fluffy bath towel to wrap her whole body in it, leaving only a small head.

While wiping her body, Xu Xiwan said, "This is not called making a mistake."

But my aunt said, this is a mistake.

Why are the same adults, but the words they say are completely different?Lin Xing was too young to think clearly, so he tilted his head and looked at Xu Xiwan in puzzlement.

After washing her clean, Xu Xiwan discovered that this little girl's facial features are actually very beautiful, with big eyes, a small and straight nose, and delicate and graceful lips like petals. You can even see a little bead on her lips if you look closely. , a standard, finely carved beauty embryo, but too thin, with abnormally sunken cheeks.

It was the first time for Xu Xiwan to serve others, and she felt back pain only after she straightened her back. She stood up, looked down at the little girl inadvertently, and sighed a long time as if feeling emotional.

Lin Xing was too young.Such a small child needs to be taken care of anytime and anywhere. I really don't know when I can raise him up.

"Let's go." Xu Xiwan stretched out his hand towards Lin Xing, "Look at how you made the bed dirty."

Lin Xing obediently took Xu Xiwan's hand.Her hands were too small, she could only hold Xu Xiwan's two fingers.

Seeing Lin Xing's so-called "dirty bed", Xu Xiwan didn't know what it meant to be dumbfounded. There was a very shallow black primer on the top of the quilt, which couldn't be seen without looking carefully. It was worth not eating for such a trivial matter. Drink and cry all day?Xu Xiwan looked at Lin Xing, not knowing what to say.

Lin Xing stood by the bed and pointed out his "crime evidence" to Xu Xiwan. Seeing that Xu Xiwan didn't speak, he thought she was angry and was waiting to be beaten. Unexpectedly, Xu Xiwan hugged her to the bed and sat there. Without saying anything, he took a hair dryer and dried her hair.

The child's hair is very thin, and it was blown dry in a while. Xu Xiwan combed her hair again before squatting down and looking at her at the same level, "Do you know what it means to make a mistake?"

Lin Xing nodded.

Xu Xi said in the evening: "Let's listen."

Lin Xing gave Xu Xiwan a list with his fingers, sleeping early and getting up late, eating more and working less, not letting his younger brother, talking back to adults...

Xu Xiwan watched her count, and counted all of them one by one, until she couldn't think of anything with her fingers, and then said to her seriously: "Lin Xing, remember, unless your behavior hurts others, you will be killed. It’s not called making mistakes, understand?”

Lin Xing nodded in understanding.

"Even if you make a mistake, it's no one's turn to hit you."

Lin Xing didn't understand anymore, "Then who can hit me?"

"No one can hit you, if someone hits you, you should hit back a thousand times."

"What is thousands of times?"

Xu Xiwan patted her head, "You will know when you grow up."

"Sister." Lin Xing asked Xu Xiwan, "Why are you so nice to me?"

"Because I'm your mother's friend."

"Have you met my mother?"

"Yes." Xu Xiwan looked into the distance, "She is a very good person."

"My mother is dead. I killed her." Lin Xing said, "I'm a broom star."

Xu Xiwan looked into the distance, and after a long silence, he said, "I am Xu Xiwan, Lin Xing, and you will live with me from now on."

"Are you going to leave me?"

"will not."

Lin Xing smiled and said from the bottom of his heart, "Sister, you are really a good person."

"Just call me by my name from now on."

Lin Xing nodded, "Okay."

Xu Xiwan is a person with indifferent feelings, except for Lin Ling, he has never cared about anyone, even if it is Lin Ling, when Xu Xiwan knew the news of her death, he just felt lost in his heart for a while, and didn't have much emotion fluctuation.

I don't know what happened today, but I became concerned about this child.

Probably because she was weak and helpless, Xu Xiwan saw a little bit of himself.