I'm not a fool

Chapter 184
That's right, it's them!

Bai Mufan's eyes flickered, and he completely affirmed his speculation. He and Liu Yanyu's family were indeed neighbors in the past!
After confirming this point, Bai Mufan carefully searched the memory deep in his mind, and gradually recalled more things.

In my memory, my neighbor's family of three was a very weird family when I was young.In that young couple, the wife basically stayed at home, and the husband went out to work every day and didn't come home until very late.

The husband's real age is obviously about the same as his parents, but he looks like he is 60 or [-] years old. His hair is full of white hair, he looks old, and he always looks very tired, which left a deep impression on him. .

And that wife is also very weird, with disheveled hair all day long, with a withered complexion, and stays behind closed doors all day. Although she can be seen from the facial contours to be beautiful, her good skin is completely ruined by her sloppy image.

Basically, this family does not take the initiative to contact with the surrounding neighbors, and is even somewhat resistant to dealing with others. No one knows what they do in the house with the door closed every day, so the relationship between this family and other families in the community is very ordinary. Even a little cold.

However, because he lives next door, Bai Mufan occasionally sees a little girl who is about the same age as him come out to play, but due to the influence of his parents, some rumors are also spread among the children, basically no one Willing to play with this little girl.

No... not right.

Bai Mufan suddenly recalled that it didn't seem to be the case at first.

That little girl, that is, Liu Yanyu, who was still young at the time, was not rejected by other children around her from the beginning.

Children are simple-minded, not as complicated as adults. In addition, Liu Yanyu has been beautiful since she was a child, a symbol of beauty, so the children in the community are willing to get in touch with her from the beginning.

However, Liu Yanyu when she was a child was completely different.

In my memory, Liu Yanyu was very weird when she was a child. She was taciturn, and often stood expressionless and watched them play from a distance, like a delicate, emotionless ceramic doll.

Moreover, Liu Yanyu often did some behaviors that other children in the community could not understand, and her words and deeds were extremely weird. When she was young, Bai Mufan also did not understand. It looked so weird.

Because at that time, whether she spoke or behaved, she was too much like an adult!

It was also because of this that Liu Yanyu seemed out of tune with the other children in the community.

But at that time, Bai Mufan didn't think too much about it. At that time, because of his good looks, he had a cheerful and generous personality, so all the children in the community were willing to play with him, which can be said to be the most popular.

So when he saw Liu Yanyu who was excluded outside alone, he felt that she and himself were neighbors, so he warmly invited her to play together.

As for the scene of talking to Liu Yanyu for the first time at that time, Bai Mufan's memory at that time was very vague. He only vaguely remembered that day because he had a little cold, so he asked for leave to rest at home, but how could a child sit still?So while my parents were going to work, I ran to a nearby park to play by myself.

At that time, the other children were still in school, and he felt a little bored after playing for a while. At this time, he happened to see Liu Yanyu sitting alone on the swing, and recognized her neighbor who lived next door. Walked up to talk to him: "Want to play together?"

He held out his hand.

Liu Yanyu raised her head and looked at him at that time, she didn't answer, and she didn't grab his hand, she just kept silent, her legs were hanging in the air, and she was sitting on the swing.

At that time, he didn't care, and sat on the swing next to Liu Yanyu with a smile on his face. He didn't care whether Liu Yanyu answered or not, and talked to her familiarly.

Thinking of this, Bai Mufan couldn't help sighing a little. Back then, he had such a lively and generous side, and he was a child, so he didn't have so many calculations. If he were the current self, he might see this situation and walk away wisely.

It was only later that something happened to his parents, which dealt him such a blow that he became taciturn.It wasn't until he lived with his adoptive parents for several years that the situation gradually improved, but he still couldn't return to the original time. The matter of his biological parents had an irreversible impact on his character.

Since then, Bai Mufan has often talked to Liu Yanyu, and Liu Yanyu has gradually changed from saying nothing at the beginning to occasionally exchanging a few words with him later, and the relationship between the two has gradually improved—at least at the time Bai Mufan seemed to think so, but he couldn't tell exactly what Liu Yanyu was thinking.

However, although Liu Yanyu was willing to talk to him, she still maintained an indifferent attitude towards other children as always, and other children did not want to get in touch with her, so Bai Mufan was the only Liu Yanyu's peer who could talk to her back then.

As for later, Bai Mufan vaguely remembered something that happened, which caused the surrounding adults not to like Liu Yanyu very much, and even had some...fear?
Yes, it is fear.

What exactly is it?

Bai Mufan racked his brains to think back, and some fragmented images emerged in his mind. He remembered that when he went out that day, he happened to meet Liu Yanyu coming back from the outside. He was also holding a fruit knife, and the knife was still bleeding!

That scene scared him when he was still young, but Liu Yanyu walked over and said something to him with a smile.

As for the specific content, Bai Mufan couldn't remember it at all, because his mind was completely muddled at that time, the only thing he remembered was that it was the first time Liu Yanyu showed a smile.

Bai Mufan only remembered that after that incident, the eyes of the adults around looked at Liu Yanyu changed, as if they were looking at a monster, which left a deep impression on him who was still young at that time.

Including his biological parents who also told him that they usually try to keep as little contact with the little girl who leads the house, so that the doubts in Bai Mufan's heart at that time have been retained to this day.

Bai Mufan looked at the file in his hand, and searched carefully. There was nothing in the file about what happened that year. Maybe it was because the time was too short, so the investigators hadn't found any relevant information. Bai Mufan couldn't help but shook his head, and threw In the back of my mind.

Not long after, something happened to his biological parents. He was taken to live with his adoptive parents and lived under the same roof as Bai Ruoli and Bai Ruoyan. He became the adopted son of this family, so he naturally broke up with Liu Yanyu. got in touch.

(End of this chapter)