Extra 1
When Qu Bai met Lao K for the first time, it was Wu Xian who took him there.
That day was his sixth birthday and the day after his mother passed away.
The body was still on the bed, frozen stiff. Wu had not come back the night before, so he slept all night holding the body.
The next morning, Wu Xian came back drunk and rummaged through the house looking for valuables.
Qu Bai stood at the bedroom door and looked at him. He wanted to tell Wu Xian that his mother was dead, but after opening his mouth several times, no words came out.
Wu Xianxian, who was looking for something, looked over. He didn't know what he was thinking about, but he rushed over and pushed Qu Bai away.
The smell of cigarettes, alcohol and cheap perfume mixed with his body made Qu Bai feel nauseous, but when Qu Bai's forehead hit the door frame, he sensed something else from the smell.
The six-year-old boy only felt a sense of emptiness, helplessness and sadness from those smells, and he was unable to describe that feeling using his knowledge and language at the time.
It was not until much later that he was sure that such a thing was degeneration, decline, self-degradation, self-humiliation and self-depreciation of one's dignity, and that it was a life that was rotten from the beginning.
Qu Bai must never become that kind of person.
Facing his mother's body, Wu Xian only said one sentence: "Bad luck!"
The blood on Qu Bai's forehead gathered into a thin line that passed in front of his eyes. He said to Wu Xian: "Can you bury my mother?"
Wu first kicked over a chair in the room and cursed, "Bury your mother, where would I get the money to bury you? You're looking for death and you're not giving me peace of mind!"
He didn't find anything in the house and left in a rage.
Qu Bai got up from the ground. Through the blood in front of his eyes, he saw the sunlight shining in through the window, gently shining on his mother's body.
From then on, he no longer felt how terrible death was . He only remembered the sunlight shining in.
He walked over, held her hand, touched her face, then went out and knocked on every door, asking them to help with his mother's funeral.
Most people in this world are nice, and although some people still say he is unlucky, most people in that building still helped him.
Like the sunshine shining on his mother, it warmed the six-year-old Qu Bai that winter.
After my mother's funeral, Wu Xian came back. He did not ask about the funeral, but brought Qu Bai a new set of clothes. The clothes were red and looked very festive. At that time, Qu Bai was still wearing white mourning clothes.
Wu Xian took off the mourning clothes, changed Qu Bai into the red clothes, and took him out.
He didn't even think of getting him a new pair of shoes.
From then on, Qu Bai never returned to that place.
Wu first took Qu Bai into a car, and the car took Qu Bai to Old K.
Wu first grabbed Qu Bai's clothes by the back of his neck and pushed him forward: "Boss Huang, this is my son. Are you satisfied?"
After being pushed by him, Qu Bai staggered and knelt in front of Lao K. All he could see was his shiny leather shoes.
Soon, the shoe was lifted up and touched his chin, and Qu Bai was forced to look up at him under the force.
This was an action that made him feel humiliated. Qu Bai dropped his chin and stared at the man in front of him stubbornly with his head held high.
"He is very smart, really, Mr. Huang. He can do a lot of things and he is good-looking. You will not suffer any loss if you accept him!" Wu Xian spoke again.
"If you want this kid to follow me wholeheartedly, you have to make him break off his relationship with you."
Old K smiled at Qu Bai and looked meaningfully at the two daggers on the table.
Wu Xian didn't understand: "What do you mean?"
"Let him completely lose his expectations and dependence on you, and stop thinking about it."
Old K lay back and said, "I like this child very much. I can give you the money now. He can't go with you anymore, but I have a condition."
Wu Xian's eyes were filled with excitement and surprise. He nodded repeatedly: "You say! I will agree to whatever you say. You say!"
"From now on, you can no longer meet him."
Wu Xian barely thought about it: "Okay, okay, I promise you!"
Qu Bai felt empty inside. Was he sad? It seemed like he wasn't sad at all.
Old K smiled and asked Qu Bai: "Do you hate this man? Your mother died and he didn't even take care of the funeral. Look at the pair of shoes on your feet. Do you hate him?"
Qu Bai lowered his head to look at his feet. He was wearing new clothes, but his shoes were extremely worn out. He knew that his feet were swollen inside the shoes.
"Here are two knives."
Old K pointed at the table and then pointed at Wu Xian and Qu Bai.
He pointed at Wu Xian and said: "You stab him, I'll give you money, and you can go and live your good life."
He pointed at Qu Bai and said, "Take this knife and stab him to avenge your mother. Then you follow me and I will let you live a good life ."
Qu Bai didn't move the knife.
He knew it was a crime, he knew it was wrong, he hated Wu Xian, but he couldn't do it.
But while this thought was still in his mind, Wu Xian had already grabbed one of the knives. Without hesitation, he stabbed the knife into Qu Bai's shoulder. It was as if they were meeting again after 25 years, and he still stabbed him with the knife without hesitation.
Qu Bai knew at that moment that this man was not his father, they had no emotional connection, he just irresponsibly brought him into this world.
He ruined a woman and brought an innocent man into this world to suffer.
From that day on, he stayed with Old K. He found a doctor to bandage his wounds, someone to take care of him, to dress him in fitting clothes, and to feed him delicious meals.
But he only lived like this for half a month.
Half a month later, Lao K found a teacher over. There were still many people taking classes with him. After a while, the number of people taking classes with him gradually decreased, until he was the only one left.
At that time, Qu Bai had already realized that if he wanted to survive with this person, he had to always keep in mind the four words "survival of the fittest".
After that, he often stayed in an experimental base. Every day he was tied to a platform like an animal for research, injured, taking medicine, and doing experiments. He had to choose between life and death in an underground cage. This cycle repeated itself for five years.
Five years later, Lao K brought back another group of people, and he saw Chi Xia among them.
She was too thin, with dry hair and short stature, but her eyes were the brightest of everyone.
When those children were trembling and crying in the face of this terrible environment, she watched it all indifferently, as if she had just moved from one familiar place to another, and she only needed to get familiar with this place.
Their eyes met from a distance, Qu Bai observed her, while Chi Xia glared at him coldly.
He found it funny and continued to stare at her. Chi Xia also stared at him stubbornly.
It was a cold day, but the sun was shining brightly on them, and Qu Bai could only see the light in her.
As usual, Old K gathered these children together, following the same process as when he trained Qu Bai.
Chi Xia always wins the fight first. As a reward, Lao K will give the cake that everyone is fighting for as a trophy to the winner.
Qu Bai looked at her with disdain and frowned, then gave the cake to someone else.
She was so young, yet she had an unusual apathy about her.
Old K gave her the number 4, and the person before her was Qu Bai.
Old K will leave the base for a while every once in a while, and his training will be more relaxed to a certain extent compared to theirs.
Qu Bai remembered that Chi Xia didn't know what she had done wrong that day, so Lao K punished her by locking her in a cage for three days before leaving.
At that time, Qu Bai was already Old K's most satisfied child. He had his own room and did not have to be filled with fear all the time or fight to the death over a meal.
He is the supervisor of Chi Xia and his people.
The next day, Qu Bai went into the dungeon to see Chi Xia.
"Come here." He waved to the dirty little girl inside.
Chi Xia looked at him coldly. She was on guard against everyone in this place, yet didn't mind giving others a way out in a life-and-death situation. This was what Qu Bai had always liked most about her.
He felt that they were the only two alive in this place.
"Come here." He sat on the ground and took out a steamed bun from his pocket: "Are you hungry?"
Seeing the steamed buns, Chi Xia inevitably swallowed his saliva.
“And this.”
Qu Bai smiled at her and took out another tomato: "If you don't come over now, you won't be able to eat it when they come."
The little girl frowned and thought, then quickly walked over.
They sat across from each other in a cage. Chi Xia grabbed the steamed bun and tomato and stuffed them into their mouths at the same time without saying a word to Qu Bai.
She finished her food quickly, wiped her mouth, and stared at Qu Bai for a while.
She had short hair when she came, but now it has grown to cover her eyes. Qu Bai couldn't help but reach out and push her hair aside: "Are you full?"
Chi Xia shook his head, but said, "That's enough."
"I'll come to see you tomorrow." Qu Bai asked her, "Are you afraid here?"
"Don't be afraid." Chi Xia shook his head: "What's your name?"
"Qu Bai."
"Qu Bai." Chi Xia suddenly laughed and called out again: "Qu Bai."
"Yeah." Qu Bai also smiled: "Wait until he comes back, don't give in to others anymore."
Chi Xia frowned: "Why?"
"Let him like you more and more, then you can save more people."
Qu Bai patiently explained to her: "Be like me, make him like me, then I can send food to you."
The little girl was trying to understand what he said.
"Do you hate him?" Chi Xia suddenly asked him. Her eyes were always sparkling and Qu Bai was always attracted by her pure eyes.
He said, “It’s disgusting. It’s really disgusting.”
Chi Xia smiled sincerely: "Me too."
"But what can I do?" She looked at her hands in distress: "I'm too small."
"Why do you say that?" Qu Bai asked her.
"When it's a little bigger, you can escape."
"Where do you want to escape to?"
"I don't know." Chi Xia looked at him confusedly: "It would be nice to have a home."
Home. When Qu Bai thought of his home, he didn’t think it was a very good place.
He asked Chi Xia: "Why do we need a home?"
Chi Xia looked at him. She was also thinking about this question. After thinking for a long time, she said, "Because I don't have one."
He wanted it because he didn't have it. This was an answer Qu Bai didn't expect.
Before Qu Bai could figure out the problem, Chi Xia smiled at him and said, "Qu Bai, thank you."
She stood up and walked to the place where she started, curling up her whole body, as if she was already used to falling asleep this way.
"Good night." She said, "Qu Bai, good night."
After this, they became friends in this hell, and then from friends they became family.
After that winter, summer was late in coming, so he gave her a name: Chixia.
Somehow Old K found out about this, and from then on Chi Xia's name changed from No. 4 to Chi Xia. Later, Old K liked her more and more, and she got her own code name: Fox.
Old K is very tolerant of Chi Xia, but he is ruthless towards her in training and experiments.
Those people were afraid of her, envied her, and jealous of her.
Only Qu Bai knew that she must be very tired, even more tired than him.
From the first time she entered the human skin, Qu Bai made up his mind that he would take her away from this place.
He had spent several years planning this, constantly strengthening his belief that they were a family.
Because of Chi Xia, he is filled with countless expectations for the word home.
She was like a sun, radiating heat continuously. In that cold and creepy place, she protected his heart from sinking like those people.
The escape that had been planned for several years ultimately failed.
But as they fled towards the finish line, Qu Bai thought that as long as she could escape, he would be successful.
He wanted to send the sun to the top of the sky, and he wanted her to live a peaceful life without suffering.
He never thought about leaving.
The moment the explosion happened, he saw Chi Xia's receding back in the firelight.
At that moment, Qu Bai thought: His sun has returned to where she should go.
