Being a villain in three ABO novels at the same time

More than ten years ago, there was a welfare home across the street from the wonton stall.

Although the facilities and environment of that welfare home are not as good as those in the upper city, it is still quite good compared to the nearby neighborhoods. The children living there can at least have enough food and warm clothes, and have the opportunity to go to free public schools.

At that time, the couple who ran the wonton stall also rented a one-bedroom house next to the welfare home and set up a stall selling wontons at the entrance of a nearby street.

Occasionally, children from welfare homes would save enough money and come to their stall to buy wontons.

The stall owners, couple, had a good impression of the children.

But I don't know since when, there was a skinny and weak child who looked like a dried carrot among the children. The child liked to follow the group of children, or squat in the shadows at the foot of the wall, staring at the food in people's hands.

At first, the couple thought it was a new child in the orphanage.

Although the child seemed pitifully thin, their lives at that time were barely enough to make ends meet and they did not have the extra ability to change anything.

I thought that the situation would get better after the child stayed in the orphanage for a long time or was adopted by a kind person.

This situation continued for some time.

Until one night, when they closed their stall and went home, they met the skinny child again on the road. When they met the child, he was being beaten by a nearby resident.

"Stop it, don't bully the child." The stall owner plucked up his courage and stepped forward to stop it.

The resident stopped and glared at the stall owner and his wife impatiently.

Later, the residents told the stall owner and his wife that he was not bullying others, but that the child was too hateful. Their family had already thrown several eggs in a row.

It's not just their family, but also their neighbors, their neighbors' neighbors, and nearby neighbors have all lost a lot of things recently.

Although they were all worthless food, like two eggs, a steamed bun, or an old piece of clothing, the residents nearby were also annoyed by the constant loss of things.

After hearing this, the stall owner and his wife looked at the child lying on the ground in surprise, wondering if he was still alive.

So, their family also lost two steamed buns the day before yesterday.

One morning, the wontons that were not finished in the sink disappeared when they went downstairs to get the package. At that time, the couple thought that a wild cat sneaked in through the window and took the wontons in the sink. Now think about it, there is a tree outside their kitchen, and the landlord has told them to close the window to prevent anything from climbing in through the tree.

Could it be?

The stall owner dropped his eyes to the ground.

"Don't be fooled by him, he is just pretending. He is in high spirits." said the resident, kicking the child's leg.

The child curled up on the ground opened his eyes, and his pair of clear black and white eyes stared straight at the residents, which was very creepy.

"Still staring!" said the resident, and kicked him again.

"Don't--"
The stall owner and his wife wanted to stop it but it was too late.

After kicking the ball, the residents told the stall owners that they didn't know where the kid came from and that he was a swindler and thief. He often pretended to be a child from an orphanage and cheated the kind people who went to the orphanage and the volunteers out of their food.

Sometimes, he would even sneak into the welfare home to steal food, and was caught by the staff there several times.

"Maybe he is too hungry." said the stall owner.

"Hungry? Then go live in an orphanage. What's the big deal about stealing people's things outside?" said the resident.

Finally, perhaps to vent their anger, the residents left cursing.

The stall owner and his wife looked at the child on the ground, wondering whether to go over and take a look. Then they saw him using a stick-thin hand to support his body and staggeringly climb up from the ground.

Without waiting for the couple to speak, he limped into the alley next to them.

"Ah? He can still run. It seems that what the man just said was right. He was really pretending." The stall owner thought.

For the stall owner couple, this was just a small episode.

Later, they met the child several times in the neighborhood, but after the last incident, the couple both had a grudge against the child.

If I met him in the past, I might have watched him from afar, but now I try to avoid him and pretend he doesn't exist.

Perhaps you know that there is such a person, and then news about this person will reach your ears through various channels.

So is the news about the kid.

Those rumors are becoming more and more exaggerated.

The child stole someone's cake today, robbed the children in the orphanage tomorrow, and knocked down an old lady on the road the day after tomorrow... The stall owner couple don't know which one is true and which one is false?

Until one day, a neighbor who came to their stall to eat wontons said that his child had stolen medicine from the pharmacy next door the night before and was caught by the pharmacy owner and beaten to death.

"That's so tragic." said the neighbor.

"How is the child now?" asked the stall owner.

"I heard that it was thrown into a stinky ditch nearby. The body must be stinking now." The neighbor said nonchalantly and then talked about something else.

The stall owner simply expressed his feelings to his partner afterwards and then put the matter behind him.

this is life.

If you pay attention to everything, you won't be able to do your own thing.

As time passed, whether it was the neighbor who beat people up, the legendary pharmacy owner, or the couple who ran the wonton stall, they all gradually forgot about the strange kid.

Until one day three months later.

Because the restaurant on the first floor of the street was built illegally, the gas pipeline exploded and the whole street was engulfed in fire. The fire spread from the other end of the street, along the welfare home, to the rental house where the couple lived.

The accident happened late at night. The couple had just returned from closing their stall outside. They were cleaning up the cooking utensils in the kitchen and preparing to go to bed when they heard a loud bang.

Then there was a huge earthquake, and the stall owner's partner's leg was hit by a falling cabinet.

Seeing the fire about to burn up, the cabinet on his partner's legs could not be moved no matter what. The stall owner was desperate and ready to die together...

At this moment, the kitchen window was smashed open from the outside, and a thin figure climbed in by clinging to the tree outside the window.

It was the child who was thrown into the stinking ditch by the drugstore owner and whom they all thought was dead.

The stall owner was stunned.

The child who crawled in saw the stall owner's partner's legs being crushed, and calmly walked to the sink, took down the kitchen knife hanging on it, quickly returned to the stall owner and his wife, raised the kitchen knife and chopped on the cabinet from the side.

After two failed attempts, he quickly handed the kitchen knife to the stall owner.

"Cut." He said only one word.

The stall owner took the kitchen knife stupidly and chopped at the corner of the cabinet frantically until he cut off a cabinet leg and finally rescued his partner. Then, under the instruction of the child, he carried his partner on his back and escaped through the smashed window.

It was not until they escaped from the sea of ​​fire that the stall owner and his wife realized that they were really saved. And, it was by that child...

"Thank you so much, if it weren't for you..."

But when the couple finally calmed down and wanted to thank the child, they found that the child was gone. They could hear cries and screams for help, as well as the sirens of ambulances, fire trucks, and police.

The fire broke out suddenly and didn't stop until late at night.

When the first ray of sunlight shone down in the early morning, only broken walls and messy ground were left, and many familiar faces disappeared.

Although the children in the orphanage were rescued, the orphanage was also burned down.

The stall owner's eyes were also invisible at that time.

It was said that he inhaled too much smoke and dust, and hit his head when he was climbing down the tree?
The couple didn’t quite understand either.

In short, the eyes are blind.

But they saved their lives.

They didn't know why the child was thrown into the stinking ditch and still survived? Why did he appear at that time? Why was he calmer than the two adults when facing the fire?

I don’t know why the child risked his life to save them?
Was it because they spoke out to stop their neighbor from beating him? Or was it because of those wontons that disappeared into the sink?
they do not know.

After the stall owners were able to adapt to the darkness, they moved to the next street, set up a wonton stall on the roadside, and continued to sell their small wontons.

Until today, more than ten years later.

"It's him." the stall owner confirmed.

After saying this, the expression on his face became complicated.

"Will he come back?" he asked.

The partner thought about the previous contact and shook his head slowly: "Probably not."

No one wants that kind of shabby past.

Now, that child has someone to eat wontons with.

"Perhaps, he has found his new life." The partner murmured.

*
Su Qing and Shi Zhuo were walking in an abandoned building.

It can be seen that this place has been abandoned for a long time. Before it was abandoned, it might have been an activity center, a school, or...

Su Qing saw the plaque leaning against the opposite wall. A corner of the plaque was burnt and the words on it had fallen off long ago. The words "Xingxing Welfare Home" could still be vaguely seen.

"Or is it an orphanage?" Su Qing raised his head and looked at the house in front.

It was a coincidence that she and Shi Zhuo came here.

After leaving the wonton stall, she wanted to digest her food, so the two of them walked aimlessly along the dilapidated streets. On the way, Su Qing saw a group of buildings that seemed to have been abandoned after a fire, turned her head and looked over there, and was discovered by Shi Zhuo.

Shi Zhuo asked her if she wanted to see the stars.

So they came here.

Star Welfare Home?
Su Qing looked at Shi Zhuo who was walking in front of him. He seemed very familiar with this place?
"Sister Su Qing, this way." Shi Zhuo stopped in front of the abandoned stairs and waved at Su Qing.

Su Qing came back to his senses from his thoughts and quickened his pace towards Shi Zhuo.

"Go up the stairs here and be careful of your step." Shi Zhuo led the way in front, and Su Qing followed behind.

The building has only three floors.

Before long, they arrived at the top rooftop.

"Wow."
A cool breeze blew over, and the grass under my feet rustled.

Su Qing withdrew his gaze from his feet and looked further away.

It looks so open here.

"Sister Su Qing, look." At this time, Shi Zhuo, who was standing next to her, raised his hand and pointed at the night sky above his head and said to her.

Su Qing raised his head upon hearing that and saw the brilliant starry sky.

It seems to be because it is close to the city wall, or perhaps it is because this area does not have the bustling neon lights of the urban area, everything seems so quiet, even the night sky polluted by various lights has restored its original color here.

Shi Zhuo was holding a bag of medicine, staring at the starry sky in her eyes, and said with a smile: "Beautiful, isn't it?"

"Beautiful." Su Qing nodded.

very beautiful.

"So, this is the more beautiful star you mentioned on the night of the city celebration." Su Qing.

Shi Zhuo looked at her with a gentle smile, neither saying "yes" nor "no".

"As long as you like it." Shi Zhuo also turned his head and looked at the starry sky above his head.

At this moment, the figures of 20-year-old Shi Zhuo and Shi Zhuo who was only a few years old, standing on the roof and looking at the starry sky, seemed to overlap.

Crash, crash.

The wind under my feet blew the bushes in the ruins.

Su Qing suddenly felt that Shi Zhuo was also a person with many secrets.

When she came down from the roof, Su Qing accidentally saw the towering city wall not far away. She found that the city wall became clearer when she looked from the roof of Xingxing Welfare Home.

Shi Zhuo noticed her gaze and also looked towards the city wall.

"Sister Su Qing, are you interested in that city wall?" Shi Zhuo asked.

As soon as he finished speaking, the system's voice rang in Su Qing's mind -

"Ding! The side quest is now open! Find Shi Zhuo's past. Complete it to receive a 10% bonus to the quest progress! Do you accept?"

(End of this chapter)