Zhang Mengqian held a long pair of chopsticks and precisely picked up a slice of Flaming Mountain beef from the Spicy Oil Hot Pot. After stuffing it into his mouth and chewing, he said, "Looking at the current situation, the Li family killed members of the Parent's Association, besieged City No. 10, broke with your Aunt Li Changqing, and is still searching the mountains for Parent's Association members... No matter how you look at it, betrayal is betrayal. He may have done it to protect the Li family, or for some other reason, but that is the truth now."
Li Ke sat blankly on the bench with both hands on his knees. His mouth opened and closed, but for a moment, he had no idea what to say.
Zhang Mengqian continued, "I know you can't accept it right now. Later, I'll take you out for a walk and let you see what you should be doing."
Li Ke lifted his eyelids slightly. "When?"
"I have to wait until Uncle Yunjing and I finish our hot pot," Zhang Mengqian said, picking up another chopstickful of celtuce. The crisp green vegetable crunched between his teeth.
Li Yunjing dropped two pieces of tofu into the pot beside them, as though he had heard nothing. As their guardian, he never involved himself in the conversation between the two youngsters, like an emotionless machine.
After lunch, the blind Zhang Mengqian walked at the front. Although his eyes were wrapped in silk bands, nothing impeded his movements, as though another eye were hidden somewhere on his body.
Li Ke followed behind him in a daze.
Zhang Mengqian headed straight for District 9 of City No. 5.
The place was clean and orderly. The windows of the residential buildings gleamed, and dazzling signs had appeared on the