The rain, falling continuously.
On the streets of Qingping Town, a ragged teenager is running in the mud. He is about 13 or 4 years old. He is thin and small, with a bit of childishness on his face, but his eyes are extremely bright, as if they contain perseverance that does not belong to this age. He had not been able to eat well for a few days, and his face was slightly pale, but his stubbornness of not admitting defeat could not be concealed.
"Stop! Smelly beggars, stole my steamed bread still want to run?"
Behind him, Butcher Zhang's iconic roar was particularly harsh in the rain. This overbearing leader in Qingping Town hates others stealing things from his stall. The teenager gritted his teeth, hugged the two steamed buns in his arms and ran forward desperately. He hasn't eaten for a whole day and a half. He really can't hold on to the steamed bread he stole.
"Dog! Stop right there! Run again and I'll break your legs! "
That's what he was called-the dog. For thirteen years, people in Qingping town called him that. No one knows his real name, not even himself. All he knew was that he was a baby abandoned in a broken temple at the entrance of the town on a cold winter night, and the old woman adopted him.
Unfortunately, the old Wang Po died three years ago, and since then he has really become a helpless orphan. Recalling the old Wang Po's kindness to him during his lifetime, the dog's heart felt sour. Although the old Wang Po was also poor, she always left the better to him and gritted her teeth. Every time I think of these, my dog's eyes will be moist unconsciously.
"Which way did the bastard go?"
"It seems to have turned into that alley! "
Hearing the footsteps of the chase behind him getting closer and closer, the dog's heart was in her throat. He knows every street and lane in Qingping Town like the back of his hand. This is the skill he has developed over the years to avoid chasing. He turned a corner and prepared to take a shortcut out of town.
But at this moment, the dog baby suddenly hit a figure. Looking up 1, it was Zhang Hu, the son of Zhang butcher. The town's famous gangster was looking at him with a sneer at the moment.
"Yo, let me catch you! "Zhang Hu grinned and grabbed the dog by the collar." You stealing little beast, today I don't think I can teach you a lesson! "
Gouwa struggled desperately, but the 13-year-old boy was the opponent of the 17-or 18-year-old Zhang Hu. Soon, butcher Zhang and several men also caught up, blocking the alley before and after.
At this critical juncture, a strange blue light suddenly flashed on the collar of the dog baby. Zhang Hu felt a bitter chill in his palm, as if he had been stung by something terrible. He shouted 1 in horror, hurriedly released his hand, and took a few steps back, his face turning white.
"This... What is this?" Zhang Hu pointed to the dog with a trembling voice, with obvious fear, "Dad, this kid has something evil on him! "
The dog baby quickly rolled over and dodged the stick that the butcher had smashed down, then got into the narrow crack on the side. This is a narrow road that even a dog can hardly drill through, but it is the best escape route for a small dog.
"Kids, stop chasing! "Zhang Hu grabbed the butcher Zhang who was going to catch up with him, with fear on his face," That... that boy is very evil. When I met him just now, I felt like I was bitten by something terrible, and my hands are still numb..."
Butcher Zhang looked at his son's abnormal performance and felt guilty. For so many years, Zhang Hu has not seen any strong winds and waves? Today, you were scared like this by a little beggar? Is there anything unclean about this dog?
"Hum, you run fast! "Although butcher Zhang did not admit defeat, he still walked away with people bitterly. When he left, he spat hard, "next time I catch you, I have to break your leg! "
When the crowd dispersed, several vendors hiding in the dark talked.
"Did you see that? That blue light..."
"No, people like Zhang Hu are scared out of their wits..."
"This dog is not really a monster, is it..."
"No wonder no one dared to adopt him all these years..."
Gouwa ran all the way back to the shabby house where he lived. This is the 1 hut outside the town that has been abandoned for many years. The walls are covered with moss and the roof is leaking, but it is his only shelter in these years.
He gnawed at the hard-won steamed bread, but his heart was mixed. He didn't want to steal, but there was nothing he could do. The work in the town has been robbed by others these days, and he can't even earn a penny. And since this morning, he has felt cold all over, his chest is so stuffy that he doesn't even have the strength to chop wood.
Gouwa leaned against the corner of the wall and recalled the strange scene just now. What's with the blue light? Why does Zhang Hu show that expression? He looked down at his hands, everything was normal, but he always felt that something was different.
Thinking about it, the old Wang Po's dying words came back to mind: "Baby, you are not an ordinary child ... The jade on your neck is left by your mother ... One day, someone will come to you..."
At that time, he thought that the old woman was comforting herself, but now that I think about it, the old man's eyes are so serious. Gouwa touched the ordinary sapphire hanging around her neck. This is his only thought, since childhood, he has been wearing this jade. Whenever he touched this piece of jade, he always felt that there was an indescribable warmth, as if there was a special force flowing.
It was late at night and the rain finally stopped.
Gouwa lay on the shabby grass and looked at the stars looming in the night sky through the broken roof. Tonight the starry sky is particularly bright, those stars are like a pair of eyes, watching this lonely boy. Moonlight came through the leaky roof, reflecting mottled light on the ground.
What he didn't know was that at this time, in the distant sky, there was a dazzling meteor passing by, and the sapphire on his neck was emitting a faint light at a frequency that was difficult for the naked eye to detect. What was even more peculiar was that the light seemed to echo the stars in the sky.
That night, he had a strange dream.
In his dream, he was in a starry sky. A woman in white turned her back on him, her long hair flowing and her temperament dusty. She said softly, "My child, the time has come... to change your destiny..."
Before the dog could see the woman's face, the dream woke up. But the voice lingered in his ears, leaving him uneasy for a long time. When he opened his eyes, he found that his face was covered with tears, and a warm feeling came from his chest, while the sapphire was emitting a faint halo.