The Wandering Siblings: Claiming a Daddy as Their Guardian

The Wandering Siblings: Claiming a Daddy as Their Guardian Plot:

Ten-year-old Lin Xiaoman and her six-year-old brother Xiao An have been wandering for three years, living under a bridge and scavenging for scraps. Their greatest fear is the winter wind—last year, their mother died coughing up blood from the cold. One day, they’re caught stealing leftover bread from a convenience store by Zhou Jianguo, an old man in a tattered security uniform. Instead of scolding them, he hands over hot buns: "From now on, stay in the guardhouse with me. I’ll watch the gate, and you two watch my teacup." What they don’t know is that Zhou has a secret: he was once an anti-drug cop who missed his daughter’s surgery five years ago while chasing a drug dealer, shutting his heart off ever since. When Xiaoman gives him a birthday gift made from a scavenged glass bead, and Xiao An clings to his leg yelling, "Daddy, don’t leave," the guilt-frozen corners of his heart begin to thaw—turns out, the warmest guardianship is never a one-way redemption, but a mutual "claim" of light.