(2)
That night, more than half a day had passed since Bai Feng had a cup of wine alone. The proprietress of the store also announced that she was going to close to see customers off. The fat old lady came up to her, calculated the bill, and said, "Sir, the store is going to close. You Do you want to check out?"
"Do you have any guest rooms here?" Bai Feng looked at Akko drunkenly, but he was talking to another person: "I want one!"
The woman said: "No, the guest room in the inn is already full. If the guest is willing to pay more, I can take care of the stables for you to spend the night..."
"Hahaha!" Bai Feng sneered, "I've been sitting here for so long, why haven't I seen anyone come?"
"Guest, you are drunk!" She patted her chest and said, "I swear to God, the guest rooms in our hotel are already full, and we are definitely not trying to drive you away, A'ke, don't you think so?"
Akko nodded, not daring to say a word.
"Well, maybe you can sleep more peacefully if you stay with my horse." Bai Feng took out the money bag from the bag, threw it to the landlady without thinking, and continued: "Look at "Here, let me rest here for a while..."
The woman was instantly happy and took out a handful of silver from her purse. Then she ran to pull the latch on the door with a smile and replied: "Sir, I won't bother you. If you have anything to do, just ask me. The girl will take good care of you."
As soon as Akko saw the proprietress walking away, he immediately shook Bai Feng's arm violently and said, "You, you have been deceived! There have been no customers in our store these days."
Bai Feng took a short nap at his desk, and when A Ke felt tired and wanted to leave, he murmured: "I know, I did it on purpose..."
"What's intentional? It's inexplicable... Sure enough, you shouldn't talk to drunk people." Akko muttered and walked away, extinguished the lights, and the surroundings fell into silence.
Bai Feng took advantage of the opportunity and walked to the hotel in the dark to inspect it. Suddenly, he smelled a glimmer of light under the stairs connecting the lobby and the second floor. When he looked closer, he saw a thin shadow huddled here.
This was originally a wide area with hollows on the left and right. For some reason, partitions were added from both sides, and the bottom of the stairs was used as the roof, turning it into a small house. The small house contained bedding, clothes, hats, and rice bowls. Although it was very shabby, it was also neatly taken care of. Their owners must have had a love for beauty.
"Is this where you rest?" Bai Feng asked.
"Huh?" Akko was hiding in the corner with his rice bowl, obviously frightened.
Bai Feng looked at the soup in her rice bowl. It looked like rice bran mixed with meat dregs, boiled for a few times and then used to satisfy his hunger. It was extremely shabby. He didn't have the heart to expose this fact, so he just took out his own from his arms. He handed the food that had been hidden in advance to the other person and said, "I secretly left these chicken legs just now. Take them and eat them!"
"Is this...really okay?" Akko's pitiful eyes were particularly sad. What was the reason why she was treated like this at such a young age? Bai Feng thought to himself, as most of the chicken legs he was given had already been eaten.
"Yeah! It's delicious! It's so delicious..." A'ke burst into tears before she could speak. She looked at Bai Feng with watery eyes and asked, "Why are you so nice to me? We've only known each other for a day."
Bai Feng said: "Why... probably because I know what it feels like to be hungry and cold." Before he finished speaking, the sound of someone plotting came from the depths of the inn. Bai Feng's keen intuition told him that he wanted to know The inside story may be in it, so he approached quietly.
"Did the girl's mother send another letter?"
"As before, not only a letter, but also money for us to buy new clothes for her daughter."
"Tsk, we haven't had enough to eat or wear clothes yet, why should we buy it for her?"
The young swordsman clenched his fists tighter and tighter the more he listened, and his heart was full of disdain, "The man and woman in the house must be the ones entrusted to raise A Ke. Unexpectedly, they actually swallowed the things sent by A Ke's mother."
"Ms. sir, you wait for a moment, I'll go see if that weirdo wakes up."
"okay!"
After saying that, Bai Feng went back to A Ke to tell the news, saying: "Pack your things, the boss's wife is coming!"
After hearing this, Ake obediently packed up the chicken bones and stuffed them into the bed, then fell asleep. Bai Feng returned to the place where he had been drinking and continued to lie down, waiting for the evil woman to come.
"Guest sir, guest sir?"
Bai Feng pretended to be anxious, grabbing the wine glass and pretending to drink, even though there was no wine in it: "What, you want to drive me away again?"
"The stables are packed. Sir, please go and rest first. It gets cold here at night."
"Okay, I heard it. I'll go now." Bai Feng thought for a moment, then turned back and asked: "Wait a minute, isn't the stable cold? I'm drunk, but I'm not stupid!"
The landlady seemed to be startled. Seeing the sword dangling in front of her, she inevitably felt a little wary in her heart: "Then I'll bring the oven. Your Majesty, please stay here tonight."
"That's pretty much it." Bai Feng sat waiting for a while. When the oven came, he warmed up the wine and drank it. The evil woman had never seen such a person before. Seeing that she was happy to be served, she avoided him.
Seeing that the situation had calmed down, Bai Feng immediately moved the oven to the front of the small house where Ake was sleeping. When Ake saw this, his eyes widened and he couldn't believe it: "It's so warm!"
"Tonight, this oven will be placed in front of your door. Go to sleep peacefully. I will watch over you and won't let that evil bitch catch you and punish you." Bai Feng cleared his mind a little and then He then asked, "Little sister, how long has it been since you last seen your mother?"
"Mother?" Akko was stunned and didn't know how to answer right away. He just said: "I have never met my mother. I have only seen her handwriting. From the letters she sent, it's a pity that I don't know the words. Never understood it."
"Is that so..." Bai Feng couldn't help but sigh after receiving such a helpless answer.
"My aunt and uncle always told me that my mother is a slutty woman who left me here to marry a better man." Ake burst into tears and shook his head in denial: "I don't believe it! So, I I have always wanted to learn to read and write. I want to understand my mother’s letters and get to know her myself.”
Bai Feng wiped her tears and said apologetically: "Little sister, I didn't mean to make you sad. To express my apology, you can rest peacefully tonight. I promise that no one will disturb you." "
"Brother, you are so kind. I have never told anyone these things... and no one is willing to listen to my complaints." Akko slept in that cramped space. She used to be the only one here, cold, lonely, and without hope. .
Now, a small flame is rising slowly. Its dazzling light is more dazzling than the sun and more indescribable. Its gentleness is indescribable, giving people strength invisibly.
