Chapter 132 Tentacle Love

Chapter 132 Tentacle Love

After dinner, Shannan was led by Zhang Xinxin and Shangyingshu to go shopping. The two adults also loved wandering on the street during their relationship. Now that Shannan has joined them, the twosome has turned into a threesome.As long as Nan doesn't cry or make trouble, it will still be more interesting than before.

Zhang Xinxin impulsively made her promise and felt a little regretful. She held Shang Nan's hand and said, "Why do you have to play with Xiao Ming? There are many cute children in the community, why did you just fall in love with him?"

You Ming's appearance, at best, is obedient, at worst, he is cowardly, not open-minded, and timid. It is really difficult for adults to like him, but Zhang Xinxin's dislike is also a little more sympathetic..

"I think he is a good kid. Kids like this in TV dramas will eventually become very promising." Shang Nan jumped down the stairs, and Shang Yingshu caught him and laughed loudly.

"Good boy, your mother and I raised you as a son, and you are still thinking of raising one for yourself outside." Shang Yingshu plucked Shang Nan's ears.

Shannan shook his head, "I really want to be friends with Youming this time."

Zhang Xinxin: "Then why didn't you play with others before?"

"I've grown up now, I've become mature." Shannan skillfully took care of his parents, whose children were still young.

Zhang Xinxin laughed so hard that the child's pretense of maturity only made him look cuter and childish. After she finished laughing, she brushed her hair behind her ears, squatted down, and straightened Shannan's collar."Then mom and dad will go visit your Uncle You and Aunt Li tomorrow. We are responsible for convincing the adults. As for Xiao Ming, it's up to you."

Shang Yingshu patted Shang Nan on the head and said, "Come on."

Shang Nan couldn't act too childishly, so he nodded and said seriously in a milky voice: "Okay."

Zhang Xinxin and Shang Yingshu burst out laughing again.

Shang Nan: "..."

There are a dazzling array of shops on the street, which are decorated with colorful neon lights. Pedestrians on the road dress coolly, and the ice cream trucks passing by from time to time play cheerful and lively children's music.

Shannan got a large portion of ice cream with three ice cream balls stacked on top, with a large amount of strawberry jam poured on top. There were five whole strawberry pulps, which were sour and sweet.In addition to ice cream, Zhang Xinxin also bought one for Shannan, which was two sizes bigger than Shannan's head, like holding a cloud in her hand.

Zhang Xinxin likes to buy clothes. The second half of shopping is Zhang Xinxin's home field. Shang Nan and Shang Yingshu are both spectators. Shang Yingshu also works part-time as a money bag and porter.

Seeing that Shangnan was obviously sleepy, Zhang Xinxin stopped and said, "Okay, Xiaoshu, you carry Xiaonan on your back, let's go home."

Shang Nan held it up and lay on the back of the Shang Ying tree. Zhang Xinxin also put two of her bracelets in his hat, making the best use of them.

He was indeed sleepy. Even when he looked at the stars in the sky, he felt that they were scattered in countless numbers. The vast night sky became extremely crowded. You Ming's timid and uneasy appearance appeared in front of his eyes, as if he was in a huge panic.Among them, I couldn’t even eat enough.

If he were an adult, then he could have many means to save Youming from such a terrible life. Thinking of this, Shannan looked at what he was holding, and Zhang Xinxin, who was walking aside and talking and laughing.It's a pity that in this world, he and Youming are just children. He can only be as nice to Youming as possible, so that Youming's childhood life is not all gloomy and gray, nor is it all about a domestically violent father andWeak mother.

"Xiaonan, if you don't eat it, it will melt." Shanyingshu reminded Shannan.

Shannan said "Oh", "I'm going to give it to Youming tomorrow."

"But it will melt away, so you'd better eat it yourself. Tomorrow you can bring a box of biscuits to Xiao Ming." Shang Yingshu said slowly, "Before you are good to others, you must first be good to yourself, otherwise others will look down on you."

Not hearing Shannan's answer, Shangyingshu thought it was because Shannan was too young and might not understand, so he didn't continue.

Making friends is really a troublesome thing for children.

It was only on the weekend that I had time to admire the beautiful trees, so the time to visit Youming's family was postponed from the next day to the weekend of that week. Zhang Xinxin didn't want to miss out or do useless work, so she went to knock on the door of the house next door early in the morning.After Li Manqing agreed, she returned to her home.

When visiting other people's homes, even if they are neighbors, you should be more formal, but if you fail to do so, it will be very uneconomical.

Shang Nan wore a new set of clothes, a white short-sleeved shirt and black shorts. They were very student-like clothes, like some middle school uniforms, and they looked very well-behaved.

He didn't know how many new clothes Zhang Xinxin bought for himself. Anyway, he had a special wardrobe for them.

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't want to go to that drunkard's house. It's a Saturday, and he might not even wake up when we go there, ah..." Zhang Xinxin's face was full of disgust, and she spoke harshly, "It's quite tiring to talk to Li Manqing. His voice is very soft, and he always looks like he's about to cry. It's really uncomfortable to get along with such a person. Forget it, Xiaonan, you don't understand, you only have Xiaoming in your eyes now."

"Of course the number one person is mom." Shannan said without hesitation. He is best at this kind of questions and likes whoever asks him the most.

Shang Yingshu, who was having breakfast, heard it, "What about dad?"

"Dad and mom tied for first place."

"You also know that we are tied for first place?"

"Of course." After all, his core is already an adult. If it is all exposed, it will probably scare Zhang Xinxin and Shang Yingshu. In order to avoid the previous situation, it is best for him to be childish and smarter than his peers.Just a little smarter is enough.

"Okay, go get the biscuits," Zhang Xinxin patted Shannan, took out a tube of lipstick from her bag, sat at the dining table and started applying it.

She didn't wear full makeup, and You Youcai's family didn't deserve it.Li Manqing, forget it. Zhang Xinxin hates people like You Youcai from the bottom of his heart. It's disgusting that Li Manqing took away his entrepreneurial money without consulting. He could have divorced and sued instead of living in confusion all day long because of the failure of starting a business.Dajiu, apart from drinking, plays games, beats his wife and children, he is really a scumbag.

Shannan remembered that the biscuits he gave to Youming before were honey-flavored, so what he got today was different from last time. Today was vanilla lemon.

When he came out of the room, Zhang Xinxin and Shang Yingshu were already waiting at the entrance. Zhang Xinxin urged, "Hurry up, I want to play mahjong later."

Shannan put on his socks and shoes by himself. The shoes were not very comfortable to wear. After staying in the fortress for a long time, Shannan was so stuffed that his face was red. He sat on the ground and kicked his legs to put them on. He was so excited to nurse. Zhang Xinxin and Shangyingshu leaned against each other.They were chatting on the shoe cabinet, but no one seemed to want to help.

However, Shang Yingshu encouraged Shang Nan, "If a young man doesn't work hard, he will be miserable."

Shang Nan: "..." It doesn't seem to be used that way.

Finally dressed, Zhang Xinxin took Shang Nan's hand and knocked on the door next door.

The person who opened the door was Li Manqing. The expression on Li Manqing's face was very complicated. It was not that she was not welcome. On the contrary, Shan Nan also saw flattery, joy, fear, and some very, very subtle expressions on her face.

"Please come in." Li Manqing stepped aside. She must have changed her clothes in advance. She was not wearing home clothes. She was wearing a light blue waist dress. She was pitifully thin. Like Youming, she looked like she was standing on the ground.There is a pole, the vague shape of ribs can be seen under the collarbone, and the skirt is empty on the body.

Zhang Xinxin handed the gift in her hand to Li Manqing, "The last time I came to your house as a guest was Xiaoming's birthday two years ago. We have become really strangers since then. We need to visit more often in the future. We are neighbors." Naturally, she felt terrible.With her smiling eyes, it was impossible to tell that she was still thinking about her rounds of mahjong before going out.

Li Manqing looked at the gift box in front of her. The packaging was gorgeous and it looked very expensive. She quickly reached out and refused, "I can't accept it. I'm already very happy that you can come as a guest."

"It's just a small thought, just keep it." Shang Yingshu said.

Shan Nan also agreed, "Yes, yes, Auntie, just accept it."

Li Manqing carefully took the gift box away and kept saying thank you. It was quite sad to see it.

After she put the gifts away, she made a few cups of tea and put them in front of the three of them. "This tea is made by the processing factory where I work. It is tea before the Qingming Festival. You can try it." After she finished speaking, she went back to work.A plate of melon seeds, peanuts and candies came out of the room.

"Youcai worked overtime too late last night. She's not awake yet, and Xiao Ming is still sleeping." Li Manqing was not as timid as Zhang Xinxin said, but she was very shy and unnatural in the first few minutes. After getting along, Shannan discoveredShe is actually a very cheerful person. She can pick up on many topics that Zhang Xinxin talks about, and she can also have her own opinions. "If Xiao Nan wants to play with Xiao Ming, I'll call him." Li Manqing said,Just get up from the sofa.

"No, no, no," Shang Nan jumped to the ground holding the biscuits, "Aunt Li, please talk to my parents. Where is Xiao Ming's room? I'll just call him."

Looking at Shang Nan with a serious expression, Li Manqing felt soft and raised her finger in a direction.

Shang Nan walked towards the room holding the biscuits.

Before coming to Youming's house, Shannan had imagined how old this house would be. The lighting might be very poor, like living tens of thousands of meters deep in the sea. But now that he was in it, Shannan realized that the house had noI thought so darkly, but few pieces of furniture were in good condition, and they looked old at first glance. There were books under the corners of the coffee table, one part of the sofa had collapsed, and there were various scratches on the white walls...It's really broken.

It must have been beaten up by You Youcai, Shannan thought.

There is no door lock in Youming's room. There is only a big dark hole where the door lock should be. It must have been smashed. Shang Nan looked at the empty lock and could probably imagine how it didn't exist -—You Youcai drank too much and started beating people like crazy again. He felt that beating Li Manqing was not enough to relieve his anger, so he wanted to beat You Ming again. You Ming was afraid of being beaten, so he ran into the room and hid and locked the door. Finally, the door lock was locked by the crazy YouYoucai was smashed to pieces, and the young Youming received a severe beating that showed the anger of being provoked.

Shang Nan gently opened the door and stretched his head in.

14 had provided him with a panoramic view of Youming's room. There was no difference between the real thing and the panoramic view provided by 14, but Shannan felt the dampness and gloominess that he couldn't feel with his eyes.

It was extremely humid and wet, although there was no water anywhere as far as the eye could see.

Youming is lying on the bed, covered with quilt, and is fast asleep. When we saw him a few days ago, he still had obvious bruises on his face. There are not many left today. Maybe it’s because of the child’s strong recovery ability. YoumingThere were only very, very shallow traces of injuries left on his face.

Shang Nan moved lightly, and was about to reach Youming's bedside. The sound of biscuits shaking in his arms made Youming wake up. Youming opened his eyes and stared blankly at the moldy spot.After looking at the ceiling for a while, he moved his gaze towards the source of the sound.

Seeing Shan Nan, his eyes became even more dull. He sat up and asked, "Am I dreaming?"

"It's not a dream." After being discovered, Shannan strode forward, although he couldn't walk more than a few steps to Youming's room. Soon, he stood beside Youming's bed and put the biscuits on Youming's bed.On the cup, "I'm coming to your home as a guest."

The little octopus's ears were very sensitive. After listening carefully, he understood and breathed a sigh of relief, "You came here with your parents."

"Well, they are here to visit your parents, and I am here to make friends with you." At this time, Shannan was really annoyed that he was not a real child, so he could not fully understand the thoughts of a real child.

Youming looked at the whole box of biscuits on the cup, which was a new flavor. He asked slowly: "Why do you have to be friends with me? Do you like me very much?"

"Yes, I like you very much." Putting aside the mission, Shannan really felt that the child Youming was very pitiful and worthy of sympathy. He also deserved to meet some kinder people, such as himself.

"My dad doesn't even like me, why do you like me?" You Ming raised her eyes and tilted her head to look at Shannan, "And I don't have toys to play with you, and I can't give you such delicious cookies, my dadHe is what others call a drunkard and a violent maniac. I am also an annoying child. Why do you like me?" His voice sounded weak at first, but it was actually calm, a lifeless calm, even if he died the next moment.Nor will it be surprising and heartbreakingly frustrating.

Shannan squatted down, lying on Youming's thin sheets, and said seriously and persistently: "It's fate, Youming, do you know fate? It's fate that we become friends." His bright black eyes were brighter than the sun outside.To be brilliant and good-looking, Youming looked at the other person and felt that his eyes had become much brighter.

It wasn't Shang Nan that illuminated his room, it was Shang Nan that illuminated his eyes. No matter what object he looked at, that object was more brilliant and brighter than before.

After a long time, when Shannan thought he was about to fail again, Youming's hand stretched out from the quilt.

Shang Nan thought he was reaching out for cookies, because Youming seemed to like cookies very much a few days ago, but Youming once again exceeded Shang Nan's expectations. He reached out to touch his eyes.

The coldness of Youming's fingers made Shang Nan couldn't help but shrink back. His eyelids couldn't stop trembling, and his eyelashes also trembled uncontrollably under Youming's fingers. It might be an illusion. When Youming touched his eyes,He saw a small, thin black soft object appear on the pad of the other person's index finger.

[14: It’s not an illusion, the little octopus couldn’t help but stretch out its tentacles a little.]

Youming took back her hand, "But I don't have much time to play with you. I have to help my mother with the housework. My mother is not in good health and has to go to work. But if she can't finish the housework, my father will get angry and beat her, and he will also beat me..”

"Then after you finish your housework every day, come to my house to play," Shannan said, suddenly remembering the conversation between Zhang Xinxin and Shangyingshu not long ago. He looked back in the direction of the living room and looked away, "Your parentsAren’t they going to send you to kindergarten?”

"Kindergarten?" There was a blank look in Youming's eyes. He obviously didn't know what a kindergarten was. Shannan just saw that the only TV in Youming's house that could be used to obtain external information had a thick and long TV on it.The crack stretches from the upper right corner to the lower left corner, clearly indicating scrapping.

Shannan didn't know how to explain the meaning of kindergarten to Youming for a while. It was too professional and inappropriate for his current age. He thought for a while and said, "It's the school our children go to."

"They didn't say they were going to send me to kindergarten." Youming lowered his head, then suddenly raised his head, "Then you should make a lot of new friends when you go to kindergarten."

"But I just want to play with Youming." Shannan was too lazy to really play house games with a bunch of little kids. Fortunately, Youming was an obedient and sensible child. If Youming was a demon child, thenHe really didn't know what to do.

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Youming's mouth, "Then I will only play with Xiaonan."

"Yeah!" Shan Nan nodded heavily, "If your father hits you again in the future, you can run to my house. Let's set a secret code. When you say the secret code outside the door, I will know that it is your father who is hitting you again., I will come and open the door for you immediately."

"What's the secret code?" Youming's energy was better than before, and the gloom and cowardice on his face became a little lighter.

"Just say..." Shang Nan didn't waste much time. He didn't think at all. He came up with an idea, "When the time comes, just say, Xiao Nan, open the door. Xiao Nan, open the door. I am the little octopus."

You Ming's eyes were shaken, his fingers clenched on the quilt, and his voice became extremely low and cold, "Octopus?"

"What's wrong with the octopus?" Shannan laughed and gestured casually, "The little octopus is my favorite little animal."

Hearing Shannan say that it was just because he liked octopus, Youming slowly loosened his clenched fingers. There was some flattery and joy on his face that was not there just now, "Do you like octopus? Many people don't like it. They are even moreI like cats, dogs, and rabbits... The octopus is very scary, it has many tentacles and very powerful suckers, it is wet and slippery, and it doesn’t look good.”

"But I like it. I think octopuses are cute."

"What about the big octopus?"

"How big is it?"

Youming looked around his room and said, "A big octopus that can fill my room. Do you like it too?"

Can Youming grow so big?Shannan thought with some surprise in his heart, but it doesn't matter, even if Youming is bigger than this house, he will say that he likes it. Moreover, he thought the octopus tentacles were cute that night, and he knew where he was.Fumbling around, it just looks a bit scary overall.

"I like it." Shannan nodded affirmatively.

After Shan Nan answered, the first bright smile that could be called a bright smile appeared on You Ming's face in such a long time, with extremely innocent eyes, "I also like octopus, Xiao Nan, we really have a lot of love for each other."It’s fate.”

Seeing You Ming smile was obviously something that made Shannan happy, but he felt an inexplicable chill down his back, and even the hairs on his arms stood up exaggeratedly.

When he went to see Youming again, he had the same cautious and timid look as before.

[14: I just said it is young, but it is a monster. It can do things like crawl into the belly of pregnant women. We cannot treat it like an ordinary child or an ordinary little octopus.]

[14: Animal monsters have a strong sense of territory. If you take the initiative to make friends with it, and it accepts your overture, then in its eyes, you are its person, not a relative, but a kind of friendship without blood relationship.Relationship, establishing a friendly relationship with a monster is no different than having one foot in hell.]

This Saturday is undoubtedly a perfect Saturday for the Shangnan family, as well as for Youming and Li Manqing.

Zhang Xinxin changed her previous meanness towards Li Manqing. She praised Li Manqing 360 times and said: "Li Manqing is just a little weak. As long as she toughens up, she will definitely live a comfortable life."

The Yingshu poured cold water on her, "Weakness has destroyed her."

After pouring one basin, he poured the second basin, "It also destroyed Xiao Ming."

Zhang Xinxin's expression suddenly became sluggish. Women are most likely to be restrained by their families and men. When she was studying, there were girls in her class who took a break from school to have children. On the other hand, boys were not affected at all, whether it was their studies or careers. SeeIt looks extremely chic.It is often women who struggle in the quagmire of unhappy marriages.

Shang Nan watched the cartoon and hugged the watermelon. The mission went smoothly and he was in a very good mood.

The same goes for Youming's family. Li Manqing even cooked an extra meat dish. Although Youyoucai, who got up late, didn't know that Shannan's family had come to visit, he also noticed that the atmosphere at home seemed different from before, so he askedAfter saying this, Li Manqing didn't hide anything from him and told him everything.

You Youcai had a straight face after hearing this, "Why didn't you wake me up? I sleep when the guests come, it's true." Before he was drunk, he was actually more outstanding than the flower tree, otherwise he would be equally beautiful.Li Manqing might not like him.

Li Manqing put the dishes in front of You Youcai. Seeing You Youcai's expression was bad, she replied tremblingly, "I saw you were sleeping soundly, so I didn't wake you up."

You Youcai dragged the half-drunk wine from yesterday from the table, poured a glass, and took a big sip. After swallowing, he smacked his lips, suddenly raised his head, and put the glass heavily on the table, covered with red bloodshot eyes.He looked at Li Manqing with fierce eyes, "You didn't wake me up because you deliberately wanted to make me look embarrassed, right? Did you deliberately want others to know that I slept at home until midnight?!"

After he finished speaking, he slapped the table again. Li Manqing was so frightened that his body trembled, his shoulders shrank, and he kept saying no, no, no.

But it was too late, a glass of wine went into her stomach, and the alcohol went straight to her forehead. You Youcai raised his hand and slapped Li Manqing on the face. She covered her face and stumbled to the sofa, and one of her slippers fell off.

Li Manqing lay on the sofa and cried softly. The bones in her back pushed up the fabric of her clothes, making her extremely thin.You Youcai was strong and strong, and he almost knocked Li Manqing unconscious with one slap.

After the fight, You Youcai felt it was not enough. He stood up and kicked over the chair. He turned around, grabbed Li Manqing's hair, and pulled her away from the sofa with brute force. Seeing half of Li Manqing's face swollen and painful, a thought emerged in his heart.Feeling a hidden pleasure, he lowered his head and gritted his teeth and said: "Bitch, Sangmen Xing, it's not enough to hurt me once, you want to hurt me a second time! Huh?!"

Li Manqing was trembling all over, crying and begging, but to no avail.

The soundproofing of the house was not very good, and Youming could hear Li Manqing's crying and begging and You Youcai's insults and beatings clearly in her room.

Across another wall, Youming was lying on the wall listening. He heard the laughter and laughter of Shannan and his family, like a fairy tale world.

When you heard the traitor You You said with a smile, "Go and call that little beast out," You Ming's body shook violently.

Youming pressed against the wall near Shangnan's room. The tips of his tentacles that he stretched out and attached to the wall gently tapped the wall. His voice was low and weak, "Xiaonan Xiaonan, I am a little octopus."