Psychic

A day ago, the cabin in the woods.

"Children, from today onwards, Xiaoyue is a member of our family. If I find out that you are bullying my sister, I will not forgive you!" Duan Penghao took Xiaoyue's timid hand and walked into the hut in the forest. After entering the door, he joked to the two children who had already been waiting there.

The father and three children in this forest cabin are not related by blood. They are a rare adoptive family.

The hut in the forest was built by Duan Penghao with her own savings, in order to have enough space to adopt those children who were abandoned or came to the orphanage for some other reasons.

Today, Duan Penghao received a call from the director of the orphanage, saying that there was a new blind girl named Xiaoyue in the orphanage. She was sent to the orphanage because her mother was in prison and had no one to take care of her. Due to Xiaoyue's particularity, the dean hopes that Duan Penghao can take Xiaoyue to live with him for a period of time.

Duan Penghao naturally had nothing to say, and hurriedly drove to the orphanage, took the eight-year-old Xiaoyue to his home, and lived with the other two adopted children.

Seeing that Duan Penghao came back, the eldest daughter Chu Mian rushed up to greet her, took the package from her father in a sensible way, extended her hand to Xiaoyue in a friendly way, and said, "Hi! Your name is Xiaoyue, right? I am better than you." How old are you, you can call me sister if you want, of course you can just call me Chu Mian!"

Chu Mian was always enthusiastic, and Xiaoyue, who had just arrived, was a little embarrassed by the barrage of greetings, so she kept hiding behind Duan Penghao.

Seeing that Xiaoyue was also wearing sunglasses in the room, and she didn't respond to her outstretched hand at all, Chu Mian couldn't help but look at Duan Penghao and gave her a questioning look.

Duan Penghao made a helpless expression, stretched out his hand and stroked his eyes, indicating that she couldn't see them.

Chu Mian made a grimace at Duan Penghao, took her hand back, and then turned to Xiaoyue, the enthusiasm in her tone was not affected at all: "Xiaoyue, if you have something to do when Dad is not at home, just call me , I will definitely come to you as soon as possible."

"Of course, if I'm not at home, then you can call you brother Wu Nanzhi, he..." As he spoke, Chu Mian turned his head and glanced at Wu Nanzhi, who was curled up in a chair and reading a book, pretending he couldn't hear anything. , with a little helplessness in his tone, "He just doesn't like to talk sometimes."

At this time, Duan Penghao also noticed that she was huddled in the chair alone, facing the new little sister Wu Nanzhi who was silent, and called him a little unhappy: "Nanzhi."

When Wu Nanzhi heard Duan Penghao calling him, he turned his head slowly, then reluctantly put down the bookcase in his hand and walked over with his slippers.

"Hello, my name is Wu Nanzhi." After speaking, Wu Nanzhi put his hands in his trouser pockets, turned around, picked up his book, and went upstairs to his room.

"This child..."

Duan Penghao was obviously very dissatisfied with Wu Nanzhi's attitude, and when he was about to explode, Chu Mian gently grabbed his arm, signaling him not to get angry.

Duan Penghao looked at Chu Mian, and then at the timid Xiaoyue who was hiding behind him. No matter how angry he was, he had to suppress it for the time being. He couldn't just show his fiery side as soon as they met.

Therefore, Duan Penghao took Xiaoyue to her room upstairs first, wanting to let her get acquainted with the environment first.

Because of Xiaoyue's eye problems, Duan Penghao couldn't let Xiaoyue live in a room by herself, so she arranged for Xiaoyue to stay in Chu Mian's room. Fortunately, Chu Mian's room was big enough for two beds.

After taking Xiaoyue to get acquainted with her room, Duan Penghao took Xiaoyue around the house again, because they were located not far from Qianlu Lake, and the ecological environment was relatively complicated, so Duan Penghao also told Xiaoyue Yue must not run around by herself when no one is taking her.

In fact, there used to be people living here at Qianlu Lake, but later because of the construction of a forest park,

So the town government planned to relocate all the residents in this area, but met with strong protests from the local residents. Later, it was said that some bad things happened. Never came back either.

Many years have passed, and the original houses of those people have been almost demolished, except for the last few dilapidated houses that have not been touched for a long time, and one of them is not far from Duan Penghao's house.

Duan Penghao took Xiaoyue to familiarize herself with the environment, and taking advantage of this opportunity, Chu Mian came to Wu Nanzhi's room.

Although the door of Wu Nanzhi's room was not closed, Chu Mian still knocked on the door, and walked in after hearing Wu Nanzhi with his back turned to him say "Please come in".

"Nanzhi." Chu Mian walked lightly to Wu Nanzhi's desk, because Chu Mian was three years older than Wu Nanzhi, so Wu Nanzhi had to ask Chu Mian to call her sister.

Wu Nanzhi put down the book in his hand, and said casually: "Sister, you are here."

From the beginning to the end, Wu Nanzhi never looked at Chu Mian directly, but Chu Mian was already used to this kind of life.

Chu Mian strolled up to Wu Nanzhi, pulled a chair and sat down, glanced at the cover of the book Wu Nanzhi was reading just now, smiled, and said, "Monographs on theology? Are you taught to read such profound things at school?" ?”

Wu Nanzhi glanced at the theology books on the table that were almost bigger than his own head, and said with his head down, "I borrowed them from the library myself..."

"Excellent, I have been studying for so many years, and I have always wanted to read some theology books, but my brain is not bright enough, and I can't understand it no matter how I look at it." Although Wu Nanzhi is not good at talking, Chu Mian has his own set of communication skills, " Can you tell me what this book is about?"

Wu Nanzhi felt a little embarrassed when Chu Mian praised him so much, and said with a pinch, "Actually, this book is about the investigation of strange events in Western religions. It's a bit like the book of supernatural stories you gave me..."

When eating in the evening, the four of them sat at the table, Chu Mian took good care of Xiaoyue, who was invisible to the eyes, and Wu Nanzhi was still the same as before, eating alone with his head bored, ignoring what happened around him at all, for this, Duan Penghao had a headache.

Among the three children he adopted, the one who gave him the most headache was not the blind Xiaoyue, but the bad-spoken Wu Nanzhi.

After eating, Xiaoyue and Chu Mian went back to the room, and Wu Nanzhi also went back to his room without a sound.

Although Duan Penghao lives here now, he would still go back to his psychiatric clinic on weekdays, otherwise he would not be able to afford the expenses of such a large family, even with government subsidies.

"Dad, don't get angry about Nanzhi." At some point, Chu Mian came to Duan Penghao's room, "You also know his situation..."

Of course Duan Penghao knew about Wu Nanzhi's situation. This child had an unfortunate family and suffered a lot since he was a child. He is not responsible for becoming the withdrawn character he is now.

Even if he was taken home by Duan Penghao, it was a long time before he began to speak. Duan Penghao had diagnosed Wu Nanzhi. This child was a manifestation of insecurity caused by psychological trauma since he was a child. No wonder he was there.

Duan Penghao nodded, sighed subconsciously, and then smiled at Chu Mian: "Fortunately, you are here, and it happens that tomorrow is the weekend, so you take Xiaoyue and Nanzhi to the nearby Qianlu Lake."

"However, you must pay attention to safety." Duan Penghao did not forget to warn her when she arrived.

Chu Mian smiled brightly, saying that of course I remembered, then turned and went back to the room, ready to tell Xiaoyue about going out to play tomorrow.

Duan Penghao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Chu Mian turned and left, and turned his head to look at the photo on the bedside full of doting, as if talking to the photo, or talking to himself: "All It's all according to your wishes, are you satisfied?"

There are two people in the photo, one is Duan Penghao, and the other is a young woman.

However, before Duan Penghao started to tidy up the recent files again, there was a rush of footsteps in the corridor.

Chu Mian ran over anxiously, held the door frame and shouted to Duan Penghao, "It's not good, Dad! Xiaoyue is gone!"