I, a mercenary, became a beautiful silver-haired boy

Chapter 279

Elena, who was sleeping soundly late at night, had a dream. She dreamed of herself in her childhood, the self who was unfamiliar with the world before entering the orphanage and was taken care of by her parents.

It was a rainy night, with thunder and lightning in the sky and heavy rain. The streets with irregular drainage were flooded with water, and it was quite difficult for people to walk on them.

Young Elena was held in her mother's arms, running on the dim streets, with cold rain falling on her face. Even if she was held in her arms, her body was extremely cold.

There was a noisy noise behind them. Although she looked back and couldn't see anything, it seemed that there were many people chasing them behind.

Turning her head and looking ahead, her father, who she no longer remembered what he looked like, stood in front of her, blocking some of the wind and rain, and seemed to be guarding against attacks from the darkness.

The cold made young Elena very weak. The drop in temperature made her consciousness gradually blurred. Her eyes closed hazily. Although she didn't lose consciousness completely, she was also confused.

After an unknown amount of time, the rainstorm became less severe, the noise behind him was gone, and he was on the streets of the southern city.

The civilians who heard the noise poked their heads out and looked at the three sneaking around in the rain. They closed the windows and ignored them. No one wanted to cause unnecessary trouble.

The father in front of him seemed to be injured and had to stop to rest halfway. The smell of blood mixed with rain was not pleasant.

The mother had to put down the young Elena and walked to her husband to check the injury.

The confused Elena did not follow her mother's instructions to stay where she was. She walked around in the rainy night with her weak body shaking. Soon her eyes were attracted by a dark alley that seemed to swallow the light.

Under the guidance of curiosity and fate, Elena could not help but go deeper into it. Soon she saw a pair of golden lights.

This light was so beautiful in the darkness, and it was so tempting in the eyes of Elena who was used to the darkness.

By the time she came to her senses, Elena had already reached the deepest part. She looked down and found a boy with silver-white hair like her curled up in the corner.

He was so thin and weak that he seemed to have been abandoned in this alley for some time. Not eating for a long time was not just malnutrition, but he was almost losing his vitality.

In such a weak state, he was drenched by the cold rain. The boy tried to block the rain, but the damp wooden board beside him did not seem to have any effect.

Now he was like a candle in the wind. If there was any movement, the flame of life would be completely extinguished.

But even so, the boy's eyes were still full of light, like a tiny hope in this desperate situation.

The golden eyes were so beautiful and dazzling. The young Elena didn't know what she felt in her heart. She felt like she wanted to hold the light in her palm.

Even looking directly at the other person's alert golden vertical pupils would make her instinctively a little scared.

"Elena!"

When Elena and the boy were staring at each other, her mother rushed over and treated her husband's wounds. She immediately realized that her child was missing.

It can be seen that she was very anxious. She searched for a long time in the rain before she found Elena in the alley.

Pah!

But her next behavior was hard to agree with. Facing Elena who had disappeared, she slapped her without thinking.

Without grasping the strength, Elena's nose bled on the spot, and even blood flowed from the corners of her mouth. Obviously, the flesh in her mouth was bitten.

Then there was a burst of abuse. This immature mother used her daughter as an outlet to vent all the grievances she had suffered in these days.

But as the one who was beaten, young Elena did not cry, but looked at her mother with a firm gaze, and made the first and only request to her family in her life.

"I want to go with him."

The mother was stunned for a moment, and only then did she notice a strange boy huddled in the corner, a dirty child in rags, who she would never come into contact with normally.

"No, we don't have the energy to meddle in other people's business. Your father has been injured by those bad guys. We must send you to the old nun as soon as possible!"

Of course, the mother would not agree to such a request. A child who was about to die no matter how you looked at it, not to mention that there was no reason to help a child who was not related to her, even if she helped, she would probably just collect the body of the other party, which was meaningless.righteousness.

But Elena was very stubborn. She walked over and picked up the lonely boy and held him in her arms. This was probably the first time that the abandoned child felt what warmth was.

The rain was so cold, but the other person's body, which was also hypothermic, was so warm. The boy seemed to feel an unprecedented sense of security and fell asleep in the girl's arms.

This look had a different meaning in the eyes of the mother. The dirty child was obviously dead and motionless. She didn't have the leisure to take a corpse on the road.

"What's wrong with you? We don't have so much time to waste."

At this time, Elena's father came over, holding his still aching abdomen, and looked at his family with a sullen face.

"Dear..."

Seeing her husband, the mother hurried over to complain, hoping that the other party would make a decision and take her disobedient daughter away.

"That's enough. If she wants to take care of a person who is holding her back, let her take care of him. We don't have time."

However, the father was not in the mood to understand who was right or wrong. He just waved his hand and walked out of the alley. He didn't even look at these people a few more times. He didn't look at anyone from beginning to end.

With the consent, Elena carried the boy out. Although she was very petite and it was very difficult for her to drag him, she had no intention of letting go and walked out of the darkness stubbornly.

"Really, what kind of people are they!"

The mother stomped her feet in exasperation. After finding that she was left alone, she scratched her hair and chased after him in annoyance.

Finally, everyone reluctantly came to the orphanage. Elena was entrusted to the old nun as an orphanage, and there was also a weak and unconscious boy.

The boy was extremely weak due to hunger and cold for days. There was no doubt that he was hovering between life and death.

Even though she was also caught in the rain and gradually developed a high fever, Elena didn't care and insisted on staying by the boy's side to take care of him until he was out of danger. Then she collapsed weakly and fell asleep on the bed in the old nun's arms.