The truth always fades away with time.
Just like every death in this world cannot be retrieved, memories are often extinguished with death. Once everyone related to something comes to an end in their respective lives, then forgetting becomes It's a matter of course - no one would predict his sudden death in advance, not even the legendary Song Jing.
For the young Tang Qian, the death of his parents did not seem to have caused much change. After all, after leaving the vehicle, just being told to leave the place of right and wrong took up all his energy as a child, and he did not even have time. Concerned about the slow death of his parents.
At least he still maintained a decent life - the young man named "Ahua" who picked him up, inexplicably took him home under the eyes of his accomplices, and reluctantly told everyone , he is his elder brother.
There was even a new name, because Tang Qian blurted out the first character of his name.
"You've made me miserable, little guy." Tang Hua said with a wry smile while driving on the way back.
Of course, Tang Hua is definitely not the real name of this "Ahua". But he adapted well, perhaps because he is very talented in this area. In the next three years, the name became
Three-year-old Tang Qian still only has a vague impression of people and things. At most, he knows how to ask for help and how to pitifully win the sympathy of his elders. Even at that specific time, when he had just finished his own "Long March", he was still confused, his little head was dizzy, and he only had thoughts about taking a rest and what to eat next, and he didn't even get out of the car. Willing to jump down on his own.
At such a young age, his attitude is very grandiose, and he has no time to even care about his best behavior.
Of course, eleven years later, being a good boy is still his special skill. This outstanding ability can almost be said to be "engraved in his genes", and it changes with each passing day as he grows older, giving him more mature means and methods.
"There's nothing we can do." Seeing that the little thing's head finally regained consciousness, Tang Hua heated up the fresh milk he bought from the supermarket, poured a glass and handed it over as if to please, "If anyone else comes in the future, call me My brother. I'll think of a way...Oh, can I send you out as soon as possible."
Tang Qian doesn't like drinking milk. He has been this way since he was a child. Although he doesn't say it, he has always been very resistant to it. At this time, he still accepted the steaming cup of bribe, because he was too afraid of the feeling of hunger and thirst before.
It was indeed difficult for Tang Hua to send him out. This little guy who suddenly broke in caused him not only procedural troubles, but also a burden, a burden for an undercover agent who had just infiltrated the target organization.
Tang Qian's family lives in another city. No one knows when this family of three went out to work, and the name was not even entered into the files at that time - at that time, most cases were waited until the children were about to go to school. , parents are willing to deal with matters related to identity proof.
The appearance of the name Tang Feng is better explained. No one wants their child's real name to be related to a criminal organization. Once the child grows up, it will change and others will basically not recognize it. But if the name does not change, it may become a time bomb. Because of this, both Song Jing and Tang Hua, whose real name was unknown, later adopted Tang Feng as the child's name.
Even when Song Jing and Song Qiaoyu left instructions later, she was also a little afraid that her short-sighted son might expose Tang Qian's past, so she used Tang Feng's name as a reminder of the crisis.
Tang Qian is a child from an ordinary family, staying at his uncle's and aunt's house. He is ordinary and not in any danger. But Tang Feng is the younger brother of an undercover agent. Once this name appears, Tang Qian's identity and past may be exposed to others.
Not only could he not find the origin of this child, but Tang Hua also worried about whether he could be sent away. After all, his accomplices all knew that he had a younger brother who lived with him. As Ah Hua, he had already claimed that his parents were dead to avoid further investigation. If this brother suddenly disappears, how should he explain it?
Because life was too difficult, one day, on a whim, you gave away such an older brother?
For a young man who owns a house and a car, this kind of thing is even more ridiculous than a cheap brother suddenly falling out of the sky - because the latter really happened.
All in all, Tang Qian just stayed at Tang Hua's home. Tang Qian is easy to support - after all, being well-behaved requires money. If he doesn't try his best to do some housework, or pick up his own lunch and dinner, he wouldn't dare to claim to be a well-behaved child.
Tang Hua's task is to hand over various goods and sometimes exchange information with people at agreed locations. They have a fixed online address for communication, and at this time, a three- or four-year-old child becomes a good cover-up tool. After learning that Tang Hua had a younger brother, the handover location was changed from a coffee shop, a bar, and other places where people were waiting, to a more approachable place, such as a fast food restaurant and a dessert shop.
After all, who would have thought that a young man who was busy taking care of his younger brother would actually be a member of an organization that carries out secret criminal activities?
The first time I met Mr. Gao, who was later deceased Wei Gaochi, it was during a meeting that was covered up in this way. Tang Qian was four years old at the time and had just celebrated the birthday Tang Hua had planned for him. In fact, he was actually old.
When Mr. Gao arrived, he sat on the side of the seat, looked at the branches blown by the wind outside the window, and licked half of the ice cream on his hand that had been cut off in advance. He was very comfortable - the other half was not a store owner and didn't even have such a thing. It was short of a pound, but Tang Hua asked someone to help separate it. He found out that a four-year-old child couldn't eat too much such cold food, so he deliberately reduced the portion. So he had already finished the other half in a few bites.
A well-behaved child will not easily confront adults. Tang Qian adhered to this principle, so he did not raise any objection. Besides, he was already very happy.
Some things that you didn't care about at first will surface in the form of memories in later life as things gradually become clearer or personal understanding gradually improves. Tang Qian, who was young at the time, could not easily realize this. It was not until the danger occurred that he realized that something seemed wrong.
He's already pretty sharp.
As a child who was left alone, Tang Qian had his own room. In Tang Hua's small apartment with two bedrooms and one living room, only a child's bed was installed to occupy the place of the original study room. It is said that after consulting a friend who had a daughter of the same age, Tang Hua installed cushions on all the table corners to prevent the children from bumping into each other, so he could safely let the children play.
That was one night, Tang Qian quietly walked out of his room. He was a little hungry but not hungry, a little thirsty but not thirsty, a little sleepy but couldn't sleep. So he sat on the sofa and did the customary practice of daze, which is ancient and modern. The traditional movement changed, and it happened to meet Tang Hua who went out at an unknown time and returned at this time.
If Tang Qian was more mature at that time, he should have noticed that Tang Hua seemed to be too calm at that time. But what he saw was that Tang Hua was a little embarrassed, and there was still blood on his hands, as if he had experienced something very dangerous.
Little Tang Qian's senses were very sharp and his memory was good, but his reaction was relatively slow. Faced with such a cheap brother who was not very dignified, he just blinked in the dark without much reaction. Tang Hua didn't even notice that there was such a quiet little guy sitting on the sofa at the first time. He didn't even have time to pay attention when he turned on the light. Until Tang Qian, who couldn't pick up the hot water bottle and couldn't pour water, weakly spoke to him. Ask for water.
"Drink slowly, don't choke." Tang Hua's reputation was ruined in one day, and he was caught red-handed by such a child. It was really a headache. "Since you saw it, I will tell you by the way. Drink it." This glass of water, don’t tell people what you know casually in the future. If they insist on asking, just say you don’t know. No matter what, you can pretend to be dumb, do you understand?”
Pour three-quarters of cold water into a plastic cup for children, and add another quarter of freshly boiled hot water. The neutralization temperature is just right. After entering the mouth, the throat to the chest can be warmed. For a while.
This is the prototype of the "stern warning" stated by Tang Qian.
Following the agreement that a glass of milk made a child call him brother for three years, the value of a glass of boiled water has also been given new meaning. There was no need for coercion or inducement. Tang Qian really abided by his agreements with others. This was his innate persistence.
It has to be said that the young Tang Qian is really a very easy-to-handle child, completely different from what he will be when he grows up. The trait of being obedient is not just superficial. Even if some abnormalities were discovered later, and he even asked Tang Hua some more sensitive questions, this instinctive obedience did not change.
Tang Qian was an only son, and Tang Hua was indeed like an older brother to him. The further he goes, the more Tang Hua discovers that this child is not only sharp, but also really tight-lipped, so he will tell him things that he thinks are insignificant.
"There is a man whose daughter is the same age as you, but it is said that it is not as easy to support as you." Tang Hua sighed with emotion, feeling that although he picked up a troublesome child, his luck was actually pretty good. "I accidentally bumped into something. Yes, the little girl loves being pretty the most, but she has a scar next to her eye. This fuss made her father worried so much that he looked forward to going home early all day long. Last time I told him by the way that you can be alone at home. He sounds scared after being left alone for a long time, and he doesn't dare to let his baby Xinxin live so casually. Xiao Tang, you are such a powerful little baby."
Tang Qian might have been happy about this, but he would just quietly bury his head in the quilt and enjoy himself. Outside the quilt, he has the dignity that a mature little adult should have.
They haven't mentioned sending Tang Qian home for a long time. Tang Hua was indeed afraid. He was afraid that if Tang Qian took away his identity, his identity might be suspected, and his situation would be even more dangerous. But the more important reason is that Song Jing's investigation has made no progress. The main reason is that they did not realize that this child actually lived in another city. Reasoning with the wrong goal is, of course, futile.
As for later, during a thorough investigation when Song Jing took Tang Qian back along the road, he discovered that Tang Qian was not actually a local, and then found out his true identity through several skeletal corpses. This is a story later.
But at that time, Tang Hua even wondered if this was some unknown kid from a ravine who was so precocious and sensible, always wanting to take the initiative to help. What's more important is that this child really should have walked out of the mountains and slipped into the warehouse inexplicably.
But in the end, he rejected this conclusion on his own. After all, children in the ravine would not frown at the cold water. Tang Qian was like this. Although he would still take the initiative and drink the water obediently, others would always feel that he was being treated badly.
My little life was lived within my ability, and it was quite exquisite.
"If you are alone at home and encounter danger, you must call me back in time." Tang Hua was very reassured by his brother's degree of autonomy, but he also had to give more instructions, "Just make a phone call. Take off the handle and press the numbers. I heard it as soon as I pressed it. Call the number I told you. You have to remember this number. If it doesn’t work, call the police... No, call the police first, safety is more important."
Tang Qian remembers it very clearly and can still recite the string of numbers, which shows that it was a very successful teaching.
But things don't go as one wishes.
