He felt scared when he looked at the adults in front of him and couldn't understand their language. He only knew that the man holding his collar looked at him from time to time as if he were looking at an object. Then he patted his head with his dark hands and said in words he could understand, "Well, you will belong to his family from now on. Remember... If you don't listen to them, I'll beat you to death..."
He seemed to understand something.
Yan Quzu looked at the boy with an apologetic look on his face, lowered his head and was silent for a long time, until Yan's mother burst into tears and slammed the door. Yan's father turned around and said to Qu Zhong, "He will be your brother from now on, Yan Wenmo."