Xiao Xiao's tone did not change at all, but the panic in the child's eyes became a little more intense.
"Where's your little blackie?"
Xiao Xiao lowered his voice, "Are you gone?"
"..."
The child lowered his head.
The whole body is stiff.
After a while, the boy's slight voice sounded, "It's gone."
"Gone?"
Xiao Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.
Although this sentence does not guarantee anything, there is still some hope.
If the boy said for sure that Xiao Hei was no longer here, then things would really be in trouble.
...
"Can't find it?"
Xiao Xiao knew that the boy had definitely found Xiao Hei, and the result... was obvious.
"……Um."
really.
There was a slight hoarseness in the boy's voice.
Xiao Xiao noticed that the corners of the boy's eyes turned red.
He sighed slightly in his heart.
"You miss Xiao Hei a lot, right?"
He reached out and touched the boy's drooped head.
The temperature coming from the top of his head made the boy's vision suddenly become blurry.
He blinked his eyes in confusion.
Something fell down.
He turned to look at the boy above.
The boy's tears fell on it.
…
"……Um."
The boy reached out and wiped his eyes randomly.
The hoarse voice was a bit choked.
"I see Xiaohei every day..."
"But that day, Xiao Hei didn't come out..."
"I searched in many places...I couldn't find Xiao Hei..."
…
The boy spoke intermittently.
The slightly trembling tone revealed the helplessness and panic of Xiao Hei who could not be found at that time.
"I've been looking for it for a long time..."
"Xiao Hei is missing..."
Big tears fell from the corners of the boy's eyes.
It dripped onto Xi's body.
The scorching heat was a bit scalding.
It shook its body.
…
"...Would you like to tell us about Xiao Hei?"
After the child cried for a while and saw that the child's mood had stabilized, Xiao Xiao asked warmly.
"Maybe we can help."
"Really, really?"
The boy suddenly raised his head, his red eyes lit up with a faint light.
"At least……"
Xiao Xiao's eyes slightly curved, "There is strength in numbers, right?"
The boy was stunned for a few seconds, and then the light in his eyes became brighter.
He nodded vigorously, "Yeah."
…
The first time the boy saw Xiao Hei was on the way to school.
The little black cat was lying on the wall basking in the sun, breathing lazily.
He stepped forward curiously to take a look.
But the wall was too high, so he tried to stand on tiptoes but could only look up at the little black cat.
"Meow~"
Seemingly noticing the boy's gaze, the little black cat opened its eyes.
The boy was stunned.
The little black cat only opened one eye.
The left eye is still closed tightly.
He opened his eyes wide and discovered the scar on the little black cat's left eye.
It’s actually a one-eyed little black cat?!
The boy was a little surprised.
It's also a bit novel.
This was the first time he saw a one-eyed black cat. He didn't think it was scary or ugly. Instead, he thought the little black cat was very handsome.
Like a pirate.
He had seen pirates on posters in shops on the street.
The one-eyed pirate with a black eyepatch left a deep impression on him.
He thinks such pirates are cool.
…
"Meow~"
The little black cat leaned forward and stretched out.
Then the only right eye glanced at the boy.
I don't know if it was because of the height, but the boy felt that the little black cat looked at him with a clear look of condescension and arrogance?
When he wanted to take a closer look, the little black cat ran away.
The boy subconsciously chased a few steps.
But the little black cat quickly disappeared from his sight.
He looked around for a while but couldn't find the little black cat.
He had a look of regret on his face.
Immediately, his face froze and he started running wildly.
Going to be late for school!
…
After school, the boy was walking on his way home with a not very happy expression on his face.
He was obviously not late, but he still got a few words from the teacher because he almost walked into the classroom at the sound of the bell.
When it was time to hand in my homework, I discovered that I didn’t bring an exercise book with me.
It took him a long time to explain to the teacher that he had really done his homework but just forgot to bring it with him.
During the physical education class, I was a little distracted because I was still thinking about being scolded by the teacher. I didn't even pay attention when the ball came over, and I was hit on the head by the ball.
Nothing happened at all.
It was just a little painful when it hit me, and I was a little dizzy, but I was fine after resting for a while.
But, bad luck happened one after another.
Today is a really bad day.
Even after school, the boy's mood did not improve at all.
…
"Meow~"
The cat's meow made the boy pause slightly.
He turned around and realized that he had walked to the place where he saw the little black cat that morning.
That is to say...
He looked anxiously for the sound.
Then I saw the little black cat standing on the wall.
The green eyes of the little black cat shine in the sunset.
There was an expression of surprise on the boy's face.
He walked a few steps quickly and came to the wall where the little black cat was standing.
"Meow~"
The little black cat looked down at him.
The boy looked up and was about to say something when the little black cat ran away again.
boy:……
…
After meeting the little black cat that day, the boy would see the little black cat every day on his way to and from school.
He gradually became familiar with the little black cat.
He also named the little black cat Xiaohei.
He likes Xiao Hei very much.
Once, he tried asking his grandparents at the dinner table if he could keep a pet?
Grandpa's words, "If people can't afford to keep pets, why should they keep pets?" made him give up the idea of raising Xiao Hei at home.
He didn't make any fuss about getting a pet or anything like that.
He knows the situation at home.
My father passed away and my mother disappeared.
Although his grandma always told him that his mother would come back, he knew that his mother did not want him anymore.
It doesn't matter, as long as he has grandparents.
He told himself this, suppressing the sadness in his heart.
Only his grandparents stayed with him.
It's just that my grandparents are getting older, and they have to work again to support them at an age when they should be enjoying their old age.
Grandparents work very hard.
He didn't want to make it harder for them.
…
The boy saved some food from his own meal to feed the little black cat.
He likes little black cats very much.
The little black cat also became closer to him.
As soon as he called "Xiao Hei"'s name, the little black cat would run in front of him and call him "meow".
Every day, the little black cat would wait for him on the way to and from school.
He got up earlier in the morning.
In order to play with the little black cat for a while.
Every night when he said goodbye to the little black cat, he was very reluctant to say goodbye, and he was increasingly looking forward to the arrival of the next morning.
…
Once, the little black cat saved the boy.
…
The boy had some trouble with his classmates.
Children are arrogant and will say everything out loud when they are angry.
The boy who was said to be fatherless and undesirable started fighting with the other boy.
But there were three people on the other side, and he was outnumbered.
His body hurt.
But there was a fire burning in my heart that was getting stronger and stronger.