Fool Qi

Chapter 5 Rumors
It was dawn, and it was another beautiful morning.

Du Bo stretched his waist comfortably, and he hasn't slept so comfortably for a long time.

Looking at the living room, Ah Qi was still sound asleep, but the blanket covering her body had been kicked aside.

Du Bo walked over and touched his forehead. Seeing that the fever had subsided, he helped him cover the quilt again.

Then, brush your teeth, wash your face, cook breakfast, and repeat what you did yesterday.

After everything was ready, he patted Ah Qi on the shoulder.

"Get up and have breakfast," Du Bo said.

Ah Qi rubbed her eyes and sat up.

There was no noise, no thanks, just a blank look.

There was also a hint of stench.

Du Bo frowned.This can't work, it's too smelly, let him wash it well, change his clothes, it's best to take him to cut his hair after breakfast.This hair is too long.

Thinking of this, Du Bo dragged Ah Qi to the bathroom.

Turn on the faucet, and the water quickly fills a bucket.

"It's a bath, it's a bath." Du Bo said to Ah Qi.

"Bath, take a shower..." Ah Qi repeated Du Bo's words, shaking her head but not moving her hands.

Du Bo has a headache, and taking a bath is troublesome, forget it, let him take a bath.

Du Bo lifted the bucket away, took another bucket, and filled it with water.

"You follow me." After Du Bo finished speaking, he poked his head into the water.

The water in the autumn morning is very cold.

Du Bo stood up as soon as his head hit the water.

"No, the water is too cold. We need to boil some water."

After Du Bo finished talking to himself, he dried his hair, saw that Ah Qi was still standing there stupidly, and then went to the kitchen.

The flames are very hot.

Soon, a pot of water was boiled.

Du Bo walked to the bathroom with the kettle in hand.

In the bathroom, the floor is full of water, Ah Qi is happily playing with the water.Palm after palm, water splashes everywhere.

Du Bo was worried that he would catch a cold, so he quickly stopped him.

Seeing someone coming, Ah Qi stopped playing and obediently stepped aside.The head is lowered down, almost touching the belly.The clothes were also wet.

Du Bo emptied the water in the bucket, opened the half bucket of water, and poured the water from the kettle into it.

Check the water temperature, neither hot nor cold, just right.

He put the kettle on and waved to Ah Qi, "Come here, I'll wash your hair for you."

Ah Qi fiddled with her hands, but still dared not approach.

Du Bo walked over, gently pulled Ah Qi's arm, and pulled Ah Qi to the side of the bucket.Then, he picked up the towel, squeezed out the shampoo, and helped Ah Qi to wash his hair.

Ah Qi resisted a little, but felt that the water was warm and calmed down a lot.

After tossing for a long time, I boiled a few more pots of water, and then I washed Ah Qi clean.

Du Bo went back to his room and found some clothes for his son to wear.

The clothes are a little baggy, but they look okay.

The old man nodded in satisfaction, and after a while, sighed again.

This young man is a bit dark, but he is handsome, but his spirit is not good, which is a pity.However, life is better than anything else.

Du Bo took Ah Qi and had breakfast.

Seeing that it was still early, there should not be many people in the barbershop, so he took Ah Qi downstairs.

"Hey, Du Bo, who is this? Why haven't I seen it before?"

Downstairs at the entrance, I met Aunt Li, who just came back from morning exercise, and lived in the same building.

"Distant relatives." Du Bo said with a smile.

Aunt Li glanced at Ah Qi, frowned and asked, "I've lived here for so long, I never heard that you have such a distant relative."

"It's just that he seldom comes. If there's something to do, let's go first." Du Bo didn't want to talk to her, so he pulled Ah Qi and left.

Aunt Li looked at their backs with a puzzled look on her face: "There seems to be something wrong with this person."

Du Bo could feel this unfriendly gaze, but he didn't want to pay attention to it and continued walking forward.

The barber shop is not far away, just walk two streets.

"Dubber, you need a haircut?" said a young man with dyed yellow hair.

Du Bo pointed to Ah Qi and said, "I don't care, but he does. You help him."

The blond-haired glanced at Ah Qi, frowned, pulled away a chair in front of the mirror in the middle, and said, "Okay, sit here."

Du Bo pulled Ah Qi and asked Ah Qi to sit down.

"What kind of haircut?" The yellow hair asked Du Bo with the scissors in hand.

Du Bo looked at Ah Qi's long hair, but he really couldn't think of any hairstyle, "You can just help him cut it short, just don't do those weird ones."

"Okay." The yellow hair picked up the scissors and cut them quickly.

Ah Qi didn't dare to speak, and sat quietly.

There was silence for a while, only the sound of scissors chopping.

The scene suddenly fell silent.

The barber was most afraid of this. The yellow hair slowed down the cutting speed, and said without raising his head, "Dubber, is this your relative? Why haven't you seen him before?"

Du Bo had expected that he would ask this question, and said again and again: "Yes, yes, he is a distant relative of mine. Something happened at home recently, so he came to live with me for a while."

"Dubber, I'm not afraid of you saying me, isn't he a little..." The yellow hair straightened his head with his middle finger, and didn't continue talking.

Du Bo looked at Ah Qi and said, "It's all temporary, and it will be cured."

The blond hair also looked at Ah Qi, hesitant to speak.

Sighing, he continued to concentrate on cutting his hair.

Soon, the hair will be cut.

Du Bo paid the money and prepared to leave with Ah Qi.

"Dubber, wait a minute. I have something to tell you." The yellow hair said towards the door.

Du Bo turned around: "What's the matter?"

The yellow hair pulled Du Bo aside alone, and said in a low voice: "Dub, I have known you for a long time, but I have never seen this person. If your relatives, he must have been here during the holidays." .It’s impossible that you haven’t seen it. Everyone says that you have an antique in your family. Could this person be pretending to lie to you about the antique? Be careful.”

Du Bo looked at Ah Qi, waved his hands, and said, "How is it possible? Although I haven't done any big things, and I haven't seen any big scenes, I'm still very accurate in judging people. He can't be pretending." .But, one day, he'll be fine."

Seeing that Du Bo couldn't be persuaded, the yellow hair let out a long breath: "Hey, just don't be deceived."

"Thank you for your reminder, I will pay attention to it. I'll go first." After Du Bo finished speaking, he left the barbershop with Ah Qi.

There are not many pedestrians on the road.

Du Bo patted Ah Qi on the shoulder and said, "I've cut my hair, I feel more energetic, you are better than anyone else."

When people are in good spirits on happy occasions, Du Bo hummed a happy tune.

The closer you live, the more people greet you.

All laughing.

However, Du Bo always felt that someone was pointing behind him.

"I heard that this man is stupid."

"Pity."

"I think it's fake?"

"What?"

"Antique!"

"..."

Du Bo really wanted to refute them, but he couldn't defeat these nagging people with one word.

It will only get darker and darker.

Forget it, just endure the calm for a while and live your own life well.

Du Bo stopped chatting with his neighbors and took Ah Qi home.

The days are like water, and a week has passed.

On the floors, although there were fragmentary words, Ah Qi seemed to be gradually accepted as Du Bo smiled and agreed.

In the morning and evening, he could also take Ah Qi for a walk.

Although Ah Qi didn't speak directly, she could say a few simple words.

Better than a dog.

Du Bo was still very happy.

More importantly, Ah Qi has learned to play with other children, which saves Du Bo a lot of worry.

But at noon on the eighth day, when Du Bo came back from shopping, he saw Ah Qi sitting on the concrete floor in front of the building with his head covered in blood.

(End of this chapter)