The Dragon from Hell

"Yes." When talking about his mother, Ah Xing's eyes dimmed a lot: "My father said that my mother was injured when she gave birth to me, so since I can remember, my mother has been lying in bed, taking medicine all year round, often sleeping for several days, and not eating..."

But he didn't say much about this, but continued to answer Qin Feng's other question: "Actually, my father told me not to go out recently two days ago, saying that there is a 'noble person' in the town who cannot be offended, and he is afraid that I will run around and bump into the noble person."

But my father has to go to work every day. He works as a laborer in the rice shop in the town. If he doesn't go for a day, he will have no wages. Without wages, he can't buy medicine for my mother.

So when my father goes out, he can't help running out to play.

This reminds Qin Feng of the time when they met yesterday at noon, Ah Xing bumped into him recklessly, and his father was so nervous when he ran out from the side that he even broke his head.

Qin Feng originally thought that perhaps in this era, common people were inferior to others, and Ah Xing's father would do that to prevent trouble in advance.

But now thinking about it, his father was a bit too radical.

Because there was a "noble person" coming to the town, Ah Xing was asked not to go out during this period.

You should know that the area where Ah Xing and his family lived was considered a slum in this town. The streets were messy and narrow, so crowded that even carriages could hardly pass through, and it was also located on the edge of this town.

Even if a noble person came to the town, he would not have nothing to do and wander around in the slums. At that time, there were many children playing on the street. It stands to reason that Ah Xing's father should not be worried to that extent.

Qin Feng always felt that something was wrong with Ah Xing's father. He rubbed his chin and said, "Ah Xing, you see, we are friends now. As a friend, I invited you to dinner. Shouldn't you take me to your home for a cup of tea?"

Ah Xing's eyes widened, and he was stunned by Qin Feng's "brother".

It seemed that this child was indeed precocious before, and his temperament was even more different from that of ordinary children.

But children are children after all. This child knows how to face Chen Si's slander and humiliation stubbornly, but he doesn't know how to face Qin Feng's enthusiasm and kindness like the surging river water.

After all, he didn't even know what the three words "forgetting age friendship" meant, and he had never made friends of Qin Feng's age.

So adults make friends by inviting each other to their homes for tea?

"But what if we don't have tea at home?" Ah Xing wanted to agree, but suddenly thought of something and lowered his head sadly: "My house smells bad. My friends on the street say that I smell bad. My house is full of this smell."

Qin Feng had long discovered that this child had a strong smell of Chinese medicine, which was the effect of soaking in Chinese medicine jars for many years.

But he also discovered one thing: the smell of medicine on Ah Xing is not only because their family has been boiling Chinese medicine for many years, but also because he himself has a smell of Chinese medicine.

This should be the smell left after the medicinal bath.

"We can bring our own tea, but since we are friends, how can we not go to your house to sit? Besides, we are friends, how can friends dislike each other!"

Qin Feng patted Ah Xing's shoulder generously. Obviously, he didn't use much force, but Ah Xing's body was too thin, and this slap made him tremble.

But he looked very happy, with a pair of big eyes shining: "Really?"

"Of course it's true." Qin Feng replied immediately: "And don't forget what your father said, there are many 'nobles' in the town recently. If you continue to run around on the street, your father will definitely punish you when he finds you later. Let's go back to your house and continue talking!"

But Ah Xing nodded first, happily expressing his willingness to take them home, and then immediately said: "Don't worry, my father never beats me!"

"Don't beat you? Your father treats you so well?" Qin Feng asked while holding him and walking out.

Ah Xing nodded very naturally: "Of course, my father never beats people. Other children will be beaten when they go home after making mistakes, but I won't. It's just... it's just that he will hold me and sigh."

It's better to beat him.

Qin Feng smiled slightly when he heard this: "It seems that your childhood is still incomplete."

"Ah? Why?" Ah Xing looked puzzled.

Qin Feng smiled but said nothing, and continued to walk forward with Ah Xing in his arms, asking him some other questions.

Zhong Mengran did not interrupt, just followed them with her arms folded, and did not say much along the way, which made Ah Xing feel that this fairy-like sister was really aloof, and completely different from this brother named Qin Feng.

Along the wayQin Feng and Zhong Mengran witnessed the world's outline gradually becoming clear.

Many people who originally had no facial features became vivid because they came over with Ah Xing in their arms.

The roadside stalls also became clear. When passing by the candied haws stall, the shape, color, and even the syrup on the candied haws became extremely clear.

Qin Feng bought a string of candied haws for Ah Xing, and after the other party pushed it in an old-fashioned way, he still stuffed it into his mouth.

As the people around him began to become clear, Qin Feng and his appearance also fell into the eyes of these NPCs.

It was not until this time that these people had the reaction that normal people should have.

With Zhong Mengran's beauty, their clothes, and Qin Feng's extremely eye-catching white hair and young face, they were receiving the attention of others along the way.

Ah Xing was sitting in Qin Feng's arms, feeling a little embarrassed for a moment. It was the first time that he was noticed by so many people, and he was sitting in the arms of such a "noble person".

Qin Feng noticed that he straightened his body, held his head high and looked solemn, and stopped eating the candied haws in his hand, as if he didn't want people to look down on him.

Qin Feng didn't know why such a young child had such a strong self-esteem, but he didn't say anything and let him go.

They crossed the main street and turned into the slum where Ah Xing and his friends lived.

The houses in this area were almost built into a block, and almost no one had a separate door and yard. Most of them lived in two or three families in one yard.

The yard was public, and the family squeezed into a single room.

When Qin Feng and his friends walked in here, they found that everything here was clearer than outside, with a strong smell of fireworks, and every blade of grass and tree made people feel like they had returned to the real world, and they could even smell the faint aroma of food in the air...