Trivial Skin of Rebirth

Xiang Xiaolong was finally sent here before the Chinese New Year.Xiang Hairong's husband personally sent the child over, and Xiang Qingyun went to pick it up at the train station, while Ye Jiawen waited at home.While waiting, he made Xiang Xiaolong's bed twice, and tossed and tossed the toys from the bed to the cabinet and back to the bed several times.

Xiang Xiaolong finally arrived.

In his previous life, when he was sent to Xiaolong, he was in a bad state, so Ye Jiawen was actually mentally prepared.But when he really saw people, his heart still twitched: Xiang Xiaolong was weaned early, his nutrition was not good, and he was very small, except for the children of African refugees seen in the photos, Ye Jiawen I have never seen such a thin child, it seems to be thinner than in the previous life.It is really difficult to connect this poor child with the lively and healthy Xiang Xiaolong who later loved playing basketball.

In addition to being thin, Xiang Xiaolong is also more gloomy than ordinary children.He was carried into the house by Xiang Qingyun, with no expression on his face, his two big black eyes looked at the new environment indifferently, and when he saw Ye Jiawen, he had a defensive expression on his face.When his eyes swept over Ye Jiawen, Ye Jiawen felt a chill all over his body, but he still smiled and stuffed a Winnie the Pooh doll to Xiang Xiaolong: "Do you like it?"

Xiang Xiaolong took the toy, but did not speak.His father who followed was a little embarrassed, and patted him on the back: "This kid, say thank you to uncle."

Xiang Xiaolong hugged the doll in his arms, lowered his eyes and refused to make a sound.

Ye Jiawen introduced himself to Xiang Xiaolong's father: "I am Qingyun's best friend, because we have work exchanges, so I will occasionally live here."

Xiang Xiaolong's father quickly held his hand: "Hi, hello, thank you, we must take good care of this child."

Xiang Xiaolong's father stayed for one night and then left. Before leaving, he cried. He insisted on giving Xiang Qingyun 2000 yuan."Please, give this kid a home," he said.

It is said that a child who is three years old should be able to speak even though his articulation is not very clear.But when Xiang Xiaolong arrived at their house, he kept silent, as if he hadn't learned how to speak yet.Moreover, he is very independent, Ye Jiawen wanted to bathe him at night, so he pushed away Ye Jiawen's hand, ran into the water basin, picked up a towel and rubbed his body; he couldn't reach the sink, and he didn't call When Ye Jiawen found out, he moved a small stool from the corner and stood on it to drink water; he didn’t need to be fed when eating, but he would use a spoon to eat food by himself, and only spoon what he saw in front of him. Yes, he doesn't make a sound unless someone picks up the dishes that are out of reach.

Ye Jiawen couldn't remember some details of what Xiang Xiaolong looked like when he first sent it to him in his previous life.He did remember that Xiang Xiaolong was very quiet at first, a very non-existent child, but it seems that this situation has become more serious in this life.

When sleeping at night, Ye Jiawen asked Xiang Xiaolong, "Do you want to sleep with your uncles?"

Xiang Xiaolong still didn't speak, just shook his head.

So Ye Jiawen carried Xiang Xiaolong to his little bed, covered him with a quilt, took a copy of "Grimm's Fairy Tales" and lay down beside him, and was going to tell him a bedtime story to lull him to sleep.Ye Jiawen flipped through the catalog of fairy tale books and picked them out, but he was not satisfied with the result—before Xiang Xiaolong came, he bought a set of fairy tale books at the bookstore and came back. He remembered that he grew up reading these story books when he was a child, so he didn't think about it beforehand. Didn't watch it again.But looking at the bibliography and recalling the content of these stories, he felt very dissatisfied.

"Grimm's Fairy Tales" is said to teach children good qualities such as truth, goodness and beauty, but the stories in them actually reveal the dark sides of human nature. For example, "Cinderella" and "Snow White" are jealousy, "The Fisherman and His Wife" and " Puss in Boots is greedy, anyway Ye Jiawen thinks they are too deep and not suitable for Xiang Xiaolong.Why is there no lighthearted and sunny story?Just when Ye Jiawen was hesitating, Xiang Xiaolong had already fallen asleep.

The next night, Ye Jiawen came to the bedside, and while gently stroking Xiang Xiaolong's hair, he told him "The Little Prince", but the story he told was adapted by himself, and the little prince did not come from an alien planet , but has a sad past.

"Once upon a time, there was a little prince who was handsome and clever. Everyone loved him. But he was so kind that the witch who lived in the forest was jealous, so she cast a wicked spell on him. , to deprive him of his happiness, so that everyone cannot love him. Whoever falls in love with him will be unlucky..."

Xiang Xiaolong is not like ordinary children, staring at the parents who are telling the story with wide and curious eyes, constantly asking about the following story.When Ye Jiawen talked about this, he had already closed his eyes.Ye Jiawen thought he had fallen asleep, and was hesitating whether to continue, when he noticed that Xiang Xiaolong's finger moved.It turned out that Xiang Xiaolong was not asleep, he was listening carefully, but he didn't want people to find out.

Ye Jiawen was very sad, gently squeezed Xiang Xiaolong's little hand, kissed his little cheek again, and said, "Dad... Uncle loves you."

"The little prince was cursed by a witch and was in great pain. The king and queen who loved him so much had to temporarily send him out of the kingdom, so the little prince embarked on the journey alone." Ye Jiawen kissed Xiaolong's forehead again, "On the way of traveling, he met the rabbit. The rabbit was attracted by the kindness and intelligence of the little prince, and fell in love with the little prince. The little prince said to the rabbit, you can't love me, otherwise, you will never eat carrots again. .The rabbit was very sad and left."

"The little prince met the squirrel again, and the squirrel also fell in love with the little prince. The little prince told the squirrel sadly that no one could love me, and I was cursed. The squirrel also walked away sadly. In this way, along the way , the little prince met many, many people, the little prince is so good, so handsome, cute, kind, no one dislikes him, but everyone is afraid of the curse on him, and dare not get close to him."

"Finally one day, the little prince met a knight. The knight was also deeply attracted by the little prince, but the little prince told him that he was the one who had been cursed. However, the knight didn't back down like the others. The little prince said: "You are the best person in the world, and you should not be cursed like this. Everyone in this world has the right to be loved by others, even the loach in the field, the toad by the stream, they will all be loved." To be loved, let alone such a beautiful you. I will defeat the wicked witch for you.'”

"So the knight went to the forest to settle accounts with the witch. The rabbit brought him carrots, the squirrel brought him pine nuts, and the elephant sent him into the witch's tall building with its trunk. It turned out that everyone was silently in love with the little prince. The witch was defeated by everyone, so the little prince regained love, everyone loves him, the king will cover him with a quilt when he sleeps," he tucked Xiaolong's quilt, "the queen will Kiss him on the cheek when he is sleeping," he kissed Xiaolong's face, "the knight will tell him that I love you." He leaned close to Xiaolong's ear and whispered, "I love you."

Xiang Xiaolong opened his eyes, and Ye Jiawen saw melancholy in his eyes.

He mumbled and said slowly the first words he said since he came here: "What, yes, the little prince?"

Ye Jiawen said: "The little prince is the best child in the world. You are the little prince."

Xiang Xiaolong looked at him silently for a while, then closed his eyes again.Ye Jiawen began to read to him the contents of "The Little Prince", and after a while, Xiang Xiaolong fell asleep.

Xiang Xiaolong was still not talkative, and Xiang Qingyun was afraid that something might happen to his body, so he wanted to take him to the hospital for an examination.Ye Jiawen heard Xiang Xiaolong speak up before, and he knew that there was no physical problem with Xiang Xiaolong, the problem lay in the child's psychology.

They are all busy with work, and they are not at home during the day. Ye Jiawen entrusts Xiang Xiaolong to an old aunt in the community who has experience in raising children.The old aunt also said that Xiang Xiaolong is different from the children he has seen. Children of this age should be very noisy, chattering every day, and crying when they don't see their parents.But Xiang Xiaolong is not, Xiang Xiaolong seldom cries, even if he cries, he will silently sob for a while and then calm down.He is not annoying, he always plays alone, trying to weaken his sense of existence as much as possible.

When Xiang Qingyun and Ye Jiawen come home at night, they will take turns to play with Xiang Xiaolong.With Xiang Xiaolong, they no longer need entertainment tools such as TV and radio, and spend all their leisure time on their children.Xiang Qingyun would kneel on the carpet pretending to be a big bear, let Xiang Xiaolong ride on him, and Ye Jiawen would play hide-and-seek with him, and then deliberately exposed his butt outside the cabinet.They tried their best to warm Xiang Xiaolong's heart, but Xiang Xiaolong still seldom smiled.

That night, Ye Jiawen read another story about the little prince to Xiaolong, but Xiang Xiaolong still didn't fall asleep after listening to it.He looked at Ye Jiawen with his big and melancholy eyes, and asked slowly, "When am I going?"

Ye Jiawen was stunned.