-Annual Ring Age-Seven Sounds

When Allen came out of the bathroom, a set of blue pajamas and a new pair of underwear had already been folded on the floor in the doorway, and Levi was busy in the kitchen.

Since it was an open kitchen, Allen could clearly observe the depressed and impatient expression of the man, as well as the neat movements of chopping vegetables in his hands.

Are you mad?Why do you have to cook so late?

The man's profile is beautiful, with slightly wrinkled brows and sexy thin lips, beautiful enough to arouse the desire of all women.

But it was such a man who was chopping vegetables and cooking in the wee hours of the morning just because of a kid.

Allen doesn't understand.

Seeing Allen come out, the man gave him a cold look.

"finished Wash?"

Allen nodded.

"Get dressed after washing."

Levi glances at his pajamas on the floor.

"That set of pajamas is mine. It may be a little too big for you. I will buy you a new one tomorrow. You can make it for the night first."

Picking up the clothes on the ground, Allen put them on awkwardly.

The pajamas are comfortable, but too big for a 7 year old, so that the hem covers the knees.

Allen put his nose to his sleeve and smelled it, and it was full of men's smell.

suddenly feel at ease...

That's when Levi finishes his kitchen work, and he finds it hilarious to see Ellen sniffing his pajamas with a funny look on his face.

"What does it smell like? Is there a strange smell?"

Joking tone.

Allen was stunned, he didn't know how to answer.

But then the man spoke again.

"come over."

Still commanding tone.

Allen walked up to him blankly, acting like an obedient little animal.

Levi sighed, squatted down, grabbed Allen's hand and began to help him roll up his sleeves.

"Look at you, the sleeves are too long and I don't know how to roll them."

Still silent, but Levi didn't expect Alan to respond either.

Helping Allen roll up his sleeves, Levi patted his head lightly.

"Okay, let me eat now."

Allen shook his head.

"Little devil, don't be ignorant! If you don't finish my cooking today, you won't be able to sleep." Levi threatened viciously.

So the child nodded reluctantly, grabbed the man's hand and let him lead him to the dining table, and put him on the stool.

However, when the rich dishes were served on the table, Allen, who was stunned, decided to give up.

After all, he had been hungry all day, so he frantically picked up food.

too delicious……

This was the only thought left in Allen's mind.

Levi sat next to Allen, propped his chin on his right hand, and looked at Allen's eating like a cloud without expression.

Then he stretched out his left hand and tapped Allen's head lightly.

"Don't eat so fast, idiot."

The child stopped immediately, with his mouth full of vegetables, and stared at him cautiously and terrified.

Levi sighs.

"I'm not blaming you...you'll choke to death if you eat so fast, eat slowly."

So the fear in Alan's eyes gradually dissipated, and he continued to eat, but his actions were obviously not as rude as before.

Reaching out to stroke Alan's soft hair, Levi sighed again.

He has never taken care of children, and he has never thought of taking care of children...

How to proceed in the future?

he does not know.

***

"Tomorrow I will clean up the study room for you to live in, and you can sleep with me today." Levi pulled Allen and said indifferently.

Nothing showed on Alan's face, but Levi could feel his body shaking.

There's really no way, this brat...

"Don't worry, I'm not a bad person."

An extremely gentle voice.

As soon as the words came out, even Levi himself was disgusted.

What happened here……

While the corners of his mouth twitched, he felt that Allen had relaxed, and the trembling of his body had also decreased.

Somehow aroused to protect, Levi put one arm around the boy's thin shoulders, and pushed open the bedroom door with his free hand.

It was a clean and simple room, at least in Alan's impression.

There are no frills in the house.

Black floor, white walls, a desk full of documents, a three-dimensional wardrobe covering the entire wall, and a not too big double bed.

The man asked him to lie down on the bed and covered him with the quilt.He himself sat down at the desk, rubbed his painful temples, and began to read a mountain of materials.

Allen was lying on the bed, but his eyes were fixed on Levi in ​​front of the desk.

Seeing the man drawing circles on the paper with a pen and taking notes in the notebook, he frowned from time to time.

The quilt on his body smelled like this man, the pillow smelled like this man, even the clothes on his body smelled like this man.

It's like being hugged by a man...

So warm and comfortable.

Thinking of this, the young Allen finally couldn't beat the drowsiness, folded his arms, and closed his eyes heavily.

***

When Allen woke up the next day, Levi wasn't in the room.

There is a feeling of loss in my heart... I don't know why.

Alan rolled over and got out of bed dumbly, found the pair of bunny slippers and put his feet in them.

Weird, soft to the touch, no tingly hairs at all.

Allen picked up the slippers suspiciously and checked, and found that the inside of the shoes had been carefully padded, and the wound on his foot was also covered with a Band-Aid.

A moment of surprise.

Then Allen went on to put on his shoes.

The warm feeling comes from the soles of the feet and quickly spreads to the upper body.

strangeness……

However, this strange heat continued to spread to his fingertips, scalp, and even his chest without stopping.

So warm and comfortable.

Allen clutched his chest.

What does it feel like...strange, water?Are my eyes watering?

Is it tears?

Ah, it turns out that I still have tears...

Allen crouched on the ground with his head in his arms, tears streaming out of his eyes like a bank of tears.

it's wired……

I'm getting weird...

help me…

I'm so scared……

Who can help me!

save me!Mother……

help me……

Le... Will...

Levi...

Levi... Levi!

"Levi!!!"

Allen rushed out of the room frantically.

***

Levi, who was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, was startled by Alan who was crying and bumping into him, and he reached out to catch the frightened child.

"What's wrong? Crying like this?"

Facing the crying child, Levi was also at a loss.He had no choice but to wipe the tears off Allen's face and stroke his back to express comfort.

"Le... Will..." The child stared at him pitifully, and opened his mouth tremblingly.

"I'm here." Replied softly.

"Woooo... Levi..."

"What's wrong? I'm here."

"Lively Willy Willy!"

Allen buried his head in the man's arms, shouting the man's name like crazy.

Tears and snot were all rubbed onto Levi's shoulders, but the man didn't care.

He just hugged the broken boy quietly, and silently accepted the boy's vent.

I don't know how long it took, Alan seemed to be tired from crying, and his twitching body gradually calmed down.

"Enough crying?" Levi asked quietly.

"Well..." Allen huddled against Levi's chest, whimpering and answering.

Sighing, Levi patted Allen on the back.

"It's fine if you cry, kid, don't be sad."

"Well..." Alan's muffled voice came from his chest.

Levi looks up at the window, where the sun is rising.

"Forget about the past... Allen." He said flatly. "I will give you a new life."

The tone of commitment.

Shocked, moved, joyful, worried, looking forward to...

All kinds of emotions converged into Alan's wide-open pupils, and finally turned into tears and fell down...

"Yes……"

The sun pierced through the casement, and the two people who embraced each other silently were wrapped in gold.

The dark past, the painful past, the shameful past...

Let them all go.

Tomorrow will be a brand new day.