bunny kid

It was almost morning when we arrived in Baoding, Lin Zhi carried me on his back and got off the train.When I came back after a few days, my perception was completely different.In the short drive of just over four hours, we only slept for more than four hours. With our swollen sleepy eyes open, we walked out of the station dizzily under the dark sky.

Going home is a matter of time, but the most urgent thing is to go to the hospital first.Whether I care about that leg or not is up to me, at least I can't scare my family.I told Lin Zhi the location of the nearest hospital, and he followed my instructions and carried me there.

The doctor said that my right leg was severely fractured, and after an operation to reset it, I put a cast on it.When the nurse pushed me out of the operating room, I saw Lin Zhi sleeping soundly on the chair in the corridor. A nurse patted him lightly on the shoulder to wake him up. The doctor treated him as a family member and reported my situation to He explained it again.Because my fracture was serious, even if I could perform an operation to restore the bone, I would not be able to fully recover, which meant that I would walk with a limp in the future, becoming a real cripple.

After Lin Zhi learned the truth, he glanced at me who was being pushed away lying on the hospital bed. His eyes were full of sympathy and self-blame. It was a sad expression I had never seen before.

I spent the few oceans I had on me and spent a few days in the hospital until the cast was removed.During this period, Lin Zhi was by my side all the time, he was so bored, he didn't know where to go other than staying in the hospital.He is not familiar with life, and he squats in front of the radio every day to listen to the radio. He seems to have never heard of that thing. He always approaches it with a curious face, looks at the iron that makes the sound, and studies where the sound comes from. The antenna on it was constantly stretched and shortened. Of course, most of the time, he could still sit quietly by the side, listening to the radio without touching anything.

Although Lin Zhi never tires of this, I still hope that he can go out for a walk, especially since he didn't bring a change of clothes, so I gave him some money and asked him to buy clothes by himself.He was quite scared at first, saying that he was too embarrassed to go in after wandering back and forth outside the clothing store. It was only because of my encouragement that he mustered up the courage to buy a set of youth clothing.I asked him why he bought this kind, and he said that he had seen his peers wear it before and thought it looked good.I laughed and told him he could wear that suit to school later.

Lin Zhi looked very happy, his eyes lit up.

From then on, Lin Zhi would go out by himself when he had nothing to do, and every time he came back, he would tell me where he went and what he saw, with a happy expression as if he was telling his own adventure story, even I could listen to it with gusto Le Road.

Once when Lin Zhi picked up a pocket watch, I was so scared that I thought he had stolen it from somewhere.The pocket watch can be circled with two fingers. It is a typical matte gold color. The engraving on the outer cover does not make it clear what it is, but it looks like a complicated cross when you look closely.Seeing Lin Zhi playing with it happily, I couldn't help but feel sorry secretly, so I had no choice but to keep it for myself.

On the day I was discharged from the hospital, I asked him to buy me a pair of crutches so that I could leave the hospital with support.I called a rickshaw and took us back to our hometown.I didn't let my father know about my hospitalization in the city. I didn't want them to worry, so I planned to go back after the injury eased up. When I explained it, I could say how mild the injury was, so that they could at least feel at ease.

The rickshaw pulled to the door of his hometown, Lin Zhi stared at the ancient and imposing facade with wide eyes, fascinated.A few days ago, when I was recuperating from a foot injury in the hospital, Lin Zhi questioned my family background. He knew that this trip would never return, which also meant that he would be in my hometown—— Baoding, settle down completely, and even spend the rest of his life here.However, he was quite insecure about living in my old home and treating my family as his own.I was uneasy about how my family would see me, and I was also uneasy about whether I could integrate into a new family, so I asked this question to me.

I told him that I have such a serious father, such a gentle mother, and such a passionate and unserious elder brother.When I mentioned that there are servants serving me in my hometown, Lin Zhi’s expression was simply in disbelief. Maybe he was just surprised at what he thought was a joke, and surprised at discovering this “new side” of me.

However, when he saw the gorgeous and exquisite courtyard building in my hometown, he seemed to believe what I said before.

I knocked hard on the door: "Father! Mother!"

After a while, the door opened, and it was Sister Zhen who poked her head out of the door.I nodded slightly to say hello, but she didn't have time to reply, and immediately shouted into the room in a panic: "The young master is back!" Then she invited me in with a smile on her face.

Lin Zhi kept lowering her head and followed my footsteps obediently. Soon, Sister Zhen noticed this shy strange boy, but she didn't say anything, just stared at him intently, subconsciously making a move for this stranger to enter the house. alert.

"Mom!" I continued to call.

"Ouch!" After a while, the mother's figure appeared from the side of the hall, and she walked quickly, with joy that could not be concealed on her face.

"It's only been a few days, why are you back?"

I joked: "What? I'm not welcome?"

The wrinkles at the corners of the mother's eyes squeezed out with a smile: "No, no, oops! It's too late for me to be happy when you come back."

Almost at the same time as she was speaking, she noticed the crutches I was supporting. She glanced at the crutches, then at my unnaturally bent leg, before reacting.

"Mo'er! What happened to your feet?" Mother asked nervously.

Instead of answering her immediately, I turned my head away, looked at Lin Zhi behind me, and said, "Mother, listen to my introduction first, he is the righteous brother I mentioned earlier, named Lin Zhi. He is now homeless, and I I want to live with him here."

The two nodded towards each other out of politeness, and immediately, the mother heard something was wrong.

"What are you talking about? Mo'er, you live here? Don't you live well in Beiping? Why are you back here?"

Anticipating her reaction, I waved my elbows towards Lin Zhi's large luggage and said, "I brought all the luggage back, mother, don't talk about it, I'm tired." After finishing speaking, I supported my crutches and limped He turned to the hall.

Explaining is troublesome, I hate explaining, especially explaining something that I don't want them to know.

I don't want them to feel that my leg was injured because of Lin Zhi, but I also don't want to lie to them.Why did he become lame?Why did you give up your life in Peking?And let a "righteous brother" of unknown origin live in?

There are so many things to explain that I want to avoid this troublesome step.

However, if you can't escape, you can only reveal it bit by bit, like an hourglass, letting sand grains leak out bit by bit, covering the glass surface at the bottom, which is only the surface.

That day, my father was working in the city as usual, and my elder brother also went out to work.When they came back, they were all surprised by my existence, so I explained it word by word.

They all welcomed Lin Zhi, which is a very fortunate thing.They praised him for being well-behaved and good-looking, and even left me alone.Anyway, the thing I was worried about didn't show up, and that worked.While I breathed a sigh of relief, I noticed that Lin Zhi was looking at me a little helplessly. He frowned and smiled at me shyly. He seemed flattered and asked me for help.

I gave a hearty smile and helped him out: "Don't make things difficult for him. What about our room? Is Miss Zhen ready?"

"Your room has been cleaned. Brother Lin Zhi, isn't there a guest room next door to your room? I also told Sister Zhen to clean it." My mother stood up nervously, supported me, and said, "Your legs are not right now. It's convenient, I'll help you go."

I couldn't bear to make her work too hard, so I quickly refused: "No need, Lin Zhi can help me, right?"

Lin Zhi glanced at me absent-mindedly, and immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to get rid of their fierce offensive, so he raised my arm and asked Ying for help.Seeing that we have a good relationship, my mother didn't intend to take care of me personally, so she let Lin Zhi do it.

The two sides of the hall can lead to the backyard. With my crutches, Lin Zhi and I walked around to the back of the hall on the left side. Facing the hall, there is the study room used by my father for collecting books and handling official affairs, and the master room of my parents.There is an arch on the left side of the backyard. Pass through the arch and go straight to the right for about four or five meters, and you will find a small courtyard hidden behind a wall parallel to the arch.The courtyard was specially designed by my father. There are small bridges and flowing water, and there are also elegant peonies. When Lin Zhi passed by, he couldn't help but stop. He was amazed by the uniqueness of the courtyard. I told Lin Zhi that it was not clear when the sky was dark. It looks better during the day.

We turned a corner in the corridor on the edge of the courtyard, and on the side of the turn, there are rooms lined up, the first room is my brother's room, the second room is mine, and the third, fourth, and fifth rooms It is the guest room.Between the third and fourth doors, there happened to be a wall separating the courtyard and the reception room. The reception room had little furniture, only a few solid wood tables and chairs, but it took up a lot of space, as big as the hall.The wall connecting the reception room and the guest room at the end is where the back door is located.

After I showed Lin Zhicao around, I took him back to my room.

I said: "Take a bath in the room later, when you need it, just go to the next door and tell me, I will ask Sister Zhen to prepare."

Lin Zhi didn't respond to me immediately, but lowered his head full of thoughts, hesitating to speak.

I casually asked him what's the matter, but unexpectedly Lin Zhi's face turned red: "I want to wash with you."

I have to say that I was quite happy when I was surprised. Whether it was the introverted and fragile child in the past, or the young man who has grown into a jade tree in the wind, he still acts like a baby to me, and his dependence and trust in me remain unchanged.I patted his head lightly, smiling all over my face: "Of course, why? Do you miss the old days?"

Lin Zhi was not infected by my laughter and showed a smile on his face. Instead, he frowned and said sadly: "Brother, your leg...is it inconvenient?"

I glanced at the leg that was barely in pain, and immediately understood his intentions.It turned out that Lin Zhi was not acting like a baby, but worried about me.After understanding, there is an unspeakable feeling.But I still restrained my thoughts and smiled: "It's inconvenient, but I can do it by myself."

In order to conceal the sense of loss that was about to be revealed on my face, I immediately turned my head away, wanting to politely reject Lin Zhi by leaving.

"Brother!" Unexpectedly, Lin Zhi's clear and gentle call stopped me, I turned my head to look at him, waiting for his next words.

"Let me help you."

I paused for a long time before I could speak: "What a cruel kindness! Lin Zhi. I don't want to be pitied by anyone."

"I'm not pitying you!" Lin Zhi's angry reaction was interpreted by me as a lie he made to comfort me. I dismissed it and just stubbornly continued to reject him.

Lin Zhi saw what was on my mind, and he still insisted on helping me. After we had repeated endless conversations, it was Lin Zhi who ended it.

"It's not you that I have pity on! It's me!"

I was dumbfounded, and immediately asked him what he meant in panic.

Lin Zhi took a breath, trying to calm down, and when he raised his eyes, there were already tears: "I did it, your feet, I did it."

I was dumbfounded, and stammered, "Why did you do it? It was Lao Bo who beat him up like this, and it has nothing to do with you."

"No!" Lin Zhi was agitated, "Everything happened because of me, and I couldn't get rid of it."

I was completely at a loss. I couldn't say anything to convince him except repeating my comforting words and reiterating that Bo was the culprit.Things are completely beyond my expectation.I have been worrying about whether my family will resent Lin Zhi, but in the end it is Lin Zhi who resents himself. How can I get rid of Lin Zhi's guilt? I am at a loss.

Lin Zhi wiped away the tears from being too excited, and said, "I don't know how to atone for my sins, at least, let me do my best to help you."

I stroked his cheek, feeling the pain in my heart: "Lin Zhi, you don't need to make amends, but I accept your help, and I will regard your help as pure kindness, understand?"

Lin Zhi nodded his head half-understood.

Then, I put on a faint smile and said, "Then let's wash together."

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The next chapter is Liu Mo Nian's memories, more truths will be revealed, it's time for the foreshadowing.