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Andwa specially sent the two students who still had Xiong Ying's access card back to the community where Xiong Ying Campus was located. After the meal, they whispered to each other.
After the meal, the relationship between Prunus and Andwa had obviously eased a lot.
Especially when they got out of the car,
Prunus even said goodbye to Andwa sweetly.
Sitting in the car, looking at the girl who was obviously more considerate and attentive than his own son, he sighed again.
Then he turned his head away with a pleasant expression.
"Let's have dinner together again when we have the chance." Andwa said with rare patience and reached out to roll up the car window.
"Little girl, keep up the good work."
Prunus blushed and nodded happily.
She felt that Andwa had finally let go of his previous opinions about her.
After understanding his awkward personality, she got his encouragement.
She was especially happy.
Standing behind Prunus, Boom and Andwa calmly looked at each other. At that moment, there was a moment of reluctance in their eyes, but it quickly disappeared without a trace.
After all, they were father and son.
No matter how bad they were at it, their inner feelings would not lie.
Andwa thought that this night was over.
He reached out to adjust the remaining car window. Boom, suddenly, he reached over Prunus and reached out to touch the glass.
There was a hint of anxiety in his eyes. "... Dad.
Will you go home this summer? "
"..." Andwa looked at his son who suddenly stopped him with some surprise.
The two of them were separated by a car window and said lightly, "Yes, you have to talk to your brother and sister."
Boom! Only then did he reveal a more comfortable expression. Then, the next time they meet would be soon.
He gradually felt like a "family".
Thinking like this,
He pulled out his hand from the car window again.
Then, he said goodbye to Andwa very honestly.
Andwa looked at him silently.
Thinking about what a father should say to his son when he said goodbye, he squeezed out a sentence after a long time. "... Good luck with your studies."
Hearing the coquettish words that Andwa was trying his best to say, Hong couldn't help but smile. His eyes were gentle as he turned around and left.
Prunus naturally hurried to follow him.
The chauffeur watched the boys walk away, then drove Andwa back to the office.
"Mr. Andwa, aren't you going to close the window?" The driver looked at Andwa, whose hand was on the button, from the rearview mirror and asked curiously.
Andwa didn't respond because his mind was filled with the scene of Boom bidding him farewell.
The Bombardment Scorch smiled at him just now.
How many years had it been since he last saw that child look directly at him and smile at him?
Even though it was an almost imperceptible smile, Andwa still noticed the slight change in his expression.
And the moment he realized it, he realized how much he had been longing to see his "loved ones" show such an "expression" to him.
For a moment, the ecstasy in his heart made him forget to close the window.
'Mr. Anderson? 'the chauffeur repeated.
"… Oh."
Andwa came back to her senses and pressed her finger down again. The window opened with a mechanical sound and the carriage was sealed again.
"Distracted?" Anderson had been Andwa's chauffeur for many years, so he wasn't afraid to speak frankly in front of Andwa.
"No …" Andwa resumed his signature gesture of cupping his hands. He looked away from the scenery outside the car and said in a particularly sullen tone, "The moon is good today, so I took a few more glances."
The chauffeur couldn't help but laugh. Mr. Andwa was really not good at expressing his emotions.
…
After saying goodbye to Boom, Prunus and Boom walked back to Xiong Ying School.
As an elite school that nurtured heroes, Xiongying occupied a large area, so it was located at the top of a small mountain. If the two of them wanted to walk back to the school, they would have to go up a small slope.
After a long and arduous journey, the two of them were tired and their footsteps unconsciously slowed down. The streetlights on both sides of the street emitted a dim light. It was already the time when most of the shops on the commercial street were closed. Only a few shop windows were still flickering with light.
The streets were quiet and sparsely populated. The few shops that were still open were naturally more eye-catching, especially Bai Jian, who had never tried to walk outside at this time of the day. She felt that it was a novelty and curiously looked at the shops that were still open one by one.
Then, a scene suddenly appeared in her line of sight.
She couldn't help but stop in her tracks.
…
Hong, who had been walking side by side with Bai Jian, noticed that she had stopped. He suddenly looked back and found that the young girl had stopped in front of the display window of an electrical appliance shop. There were several new color televisions in the display window. Because the electrical appliance shop had not been turned off, the televisions were naturally playing programs.
It was the time for the evening talk show.
He walked back to Prunus's side and looked at her red eyes that reflected the image on the screen. Then, he followed her gaze and looked at the closed screen of the TV.
This was a late-night show that few people watched. The topic of the show was written in the upper left corner: [Counting the Indiscriminate Murders in the Past Ten Years].
The hosts were sitting on the sofa one by one. One of them even held up a white card with the photos of the criminals who had been arrested over the years. Although they couldn't hear what the host was saying through the window, they could guess the atmosphere at the scene from the subtitles.
Below the title, there were photos of the criminals that had been discussed earlier.
[Female host: But of course, Stein's arrest last year was also a sensation in the city.
The number of views on the video back then was really unbelievable.]
[Male host: After all, it was a hero hunter. There aren't many murderers who target heroes, right?]
[Female host: After Stein's arrest, there were some small cases that happened one after another, but if you trace it back to many years ago, there were still some cases that left a deep impression.]
[Male host: You're talking about the case of the serial hero murderers in Chiyoda ten years ago, right?
The production team also happened to have prepared a related news bulletin …]
The male and female hosts picked up a pre-prepared newspaper clipping from the coffee table. It had already been glued. It was a murder case that happened ten years ago. It happened in a country park in Chiyoda, and many heroes were killed by an enemy.
The incident happened on an afternoon ten years ago in a large country park in Chiyoda.
At that time, a powerful enemy suddenly appeared in the park and started to attack the citizens. As it was a Sunday, there were many families in the country park. In order to save all the citizens, many heroes who were off-duty joined the enemy's resistance at the last minute.
The incident happened suddenly, and it was a rare case that happened that year. Therefore, whether it was the process or the ending of the case, it attracted a lot of media coverage. After all, not long after the police caught the enemy, the identity of the criminal was quickly found out. He was the main culprit in the many hero head-hunting cases that year.
Successfully capturing a big scoundrel was simply a great piece of news.
The citizens who were rescued praised the police's investigation ability and the many off-duty heroes who made prompt decisions during the incident.
Of course, they did not forget to feel sorry for the heroes who died in the incident.
It was a piece of news from a long time ago. Prunus stared blankly at the old, yellowed newspaper clipping in the hands of the hosts. She remembered that ten years ago, she did not have the ability to read newspapers.
"… Prunus?"
Boom looked at Prunus, who was staring at the window as if she was possessed, and whispered her name again. He noticed that the staff in the electrical appliance store were gradually turning off the electrical appliances and air-conditioning system in the store. If they continued to stay here and watch, it would only cause trouble for the staff.
…
[Three dead and 13 injured at the scene of the enemy's attack in Chiyoda]
Subtitle: The three dead were heroes.
Subtitle: Eight citizens were slightly injured.
Five citizens were slandered.
Subtitle: The mayor awarded a medal of bravery to the off-duty heroes.
Prunus still insisted on looking at the clipping of the Chiyoda case on the screen.
"Prunus, it's almost time for curfew," Boom reminded her considerately.
"Ten years ago, I still didn't know how to read newspapers …" Bai Jian finally acknowledged Hong who was standing beside her. She narrowed her eyes and used an emotionless face that Hong couldn't discern. "Now, I can clearly read out the headlines and sub-headlines one by one. Perhaps I've really worked hard these past few years."
[What is she talking about so suddenly?]
Boom paused and looked at the reflection of the blue light on the girl's fair face.
He did not know why, but when he looked at Prunus's calm expression, he felt as if his throat was blocked by cotton, and he could not say a word.
Therefore, Prunus continued the topic herself, "It's not like … ten years ago, when I could only understand the three photos in the corner."
Bai Jian pointed at the TV screen on the display window, and Hong subconsciously followed her finger and looked at the three heroes' photos.
[Smoke Lady (Left), Captain Waterstorm (Middle), Rubber Monster (Right)]
He only glanced at the clipping before, but now that he looked at it carefully, he found that under the photo was the name of Prunus's parents.
… Smoke Lady.
Looking at the photo of the Smoke Lady in the hero costume, Boom's memory suddenly returned to the dusk many years ago, when she came to the school alone and took away Prunus.
He remembered that he said to Prunus that day: "You have a very good mother."
— — He also remembered how Bai Jian had revealed a complacent smile to him that day.
Because she was always smiling, he sometimes forgot the fact that she was "alone" now. Even when he was eating with his father today, his attention was basically on his father, and he did not think about her feelings.
["Little girl, what kind of people are your parents?"]
["They are very good heroes."]
["Is that why you want to be a hero?"]
["I like my parents the most.
To be honest, I think they are better heroes than Mr. Andwa! "]
The words that Prunus said to his father just now appeared in his mind. Boom reacted and looked at Prunus's teary red eyes.
For a while, he really couldn't express his love for Prunus with words.
She wondered if Bai Jian had felt uncomfortable for a moment during dinner today.
Boom couldn't imagine.
"…"
Just as the two of them were speechless, even the lights in the display window were turned off.
Of course, the TV that was playing the interview was also turned off because the power was cut off.
The faint blue light shining on Prunus's face disappeared without a trace. The light from the street lamp was not enough for him to see Prunus's expression.
What kind of expression did she have at this moment?
Boom looked at Prunus's gradually lowered fingertips and gradually approached her, "Prunus, I will listen to whatever you want to say."
He stretched out his hand to the petite girl. Speaking of which, he should take her back.
Staying in this lonely shopping street would only make her think of more sad things.
Bai Jian carefully raised her eyes to look at the tall youth. Even though the night was low, she could still see the heart-wrenching scar on his face through the dim light.
Even so, he still looked at her with an extremely gentle gaze.
It was his gentleness that made her feel sad at this moment.
Prunus didn't reach out to hold Boom's hand. Instead, she lowered her head, like a child who did something wrong, "… Will you really listen to whatever I say?"
"Even if I'm harboring bad intentions?
Even if … those are just my thoughts, will you believe them? "
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