strange village

"It's really all right? Then who are you showing this look to?"

When Dongyue heard that he was fine, she still had doubts, and reached out to touch the back of his neck and into his neckline, who knew that he was really hot.

"What's the matter, do you really have a fever?"

"Oh, I said no." Xiao Yiran pulled the quilt down to his chest, and said, "I'm hot, it's killing me."

"Why did you catch a cold, didn't you feel well last night?"

"I said it wasn't a cold. I felt a little weak after being dizzy yesterday. It's not a big deal..."

"Are you really scared?" Dongyue asked blankly.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Xiao Yiran's face turned pale, and the red heart in his pajamas looked even more eye-catching.

"Oh! I understand, is it because Ah Qing took Miss Shuangye to see you guys, and you are the only one who is too weak to get out of bed, so you pretended to be sick?"

Xiao Yiran was so choked that he couldn't speak, his face turned suspiciously red again.

"Haha, could it be..."

Before the words were spoken, Xiao Yiran's face became even more embarrassed, as if a secret was about to be exposed, as if he was sitting on pins and needles.

Zhu Yao didn't interrupt, and went to find the heater to boil water, planning to make tea.

Dongyue stopped in time, not intending to make the other party angry.

"Since you are fine, we have something to ask you."

When Xiao Yiran heard that he had something to ask, he seemed to be asking for something, and seemed a little surprised, but immediately restrained his embarrassment, and looked coquettish as usual again.

"What do you want to ask?" He smoothed his hair, sat upright, and listened attentively.

Dongyue hesitated for a moment, but decided not to go around the bush and just cut to the chase.

"Last night, I saw many old scars on Tong Maosong's body. What's going on?"

"So you saw it, I thought you didn't notice it."

"I'm not blind, so obvious, it looks so painful."

"Well, it was a long time ago. Although we have known each other since we were children, the situation is still very different."

He paused, as if remembering, Dongyue didn't answer the words wisely, waiting for him to continue.

"Although the four of us have known each other since we were young, the situation is still very different. Maosong's family was relatively prosperous in the early years, but later fell into poverty. It was very difficult. We were still young at the time, but we all realized it. It's just that at that time I don’t understand how serious it will be.”

"How old was it?"

"It should be fourteen or fifteen years old."

"and then?"

"One day we made an appointment to go out for a walk, but found that he hadn't come for a long time. We felt that something was wrong, so we went to his house to look for it, but found that his house was empty, and the doors and windows were smashed to pieces. That's when we knew what happened. I did. After searching for a long time, I found him at the door of a department store near his home. He was being chased and beaten, covered in blood. After finally stopping him, the group said that Mao Song had stolen the items in the store. We None of them believed it, but Mao Song bit the bullet and kept silent for a long time, but he admitted it. This incident was quite unexpected to us at the time, and it was only later that we found out that something happened to his family and he was cheated by a very shameless company. He was burdened with huge debts, and the company used various means to force his father to bear the company's debts in his personal capacity. The company's wages could not be paid, and it was going to lay off employees. There were many complaints, and the family's life also plummeted. He said that it was almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, He didn't hold back and took a small box of mooncakes, knowing that he was confused for a moment and made a big mistake, and there was nothing he could do if he was caught. Some of the onlookers were his buddies, who recognized him, and suddenly got emotional and made trouble, He yelled at his parents for being liars, and he was also a thief when he was born. He couldn't hold back, and he cursed back. Both ends got angry, and they started fighting. Mao Song was still young at that time, and he was not strong at all, so he couldn't bear it at all. The person who took the lead was the guy who was laid off from his company. I didn’t know where to find a sharpened wooden stick, and he beat and stabbed him. Stop, but also refused to let us go, scolding Maosong and his family all the time, never stopped talking, and the store asked for compensation, you know, how much are those mooncakes worth, but they want us Lose a hundred times the money."

"Isn't this blackmail?"

"Yeah, but we made mistakes first. We were young at the time and didn't understand these things. We really didn't know what to do. There were several blood holes on Maosong's body. Mao Song was beaten to death, he was really going crazy, if he hadn’t happened to meet someone from Lu Song’s family who passed by there and recognized him, we’d probably have nothing good to eat.”

"It turned out to be like this. Fortunately, I didn't mention it in front of him that day."

"Two years later, their lawsuit was won, the debt was settled, and everything gradually got better." He took a sip of water from his cup and said, "Actually, Mao Song is not a narrow-minded person. , although we don’t mention the events of those years, he does not shy away from talking about those events occasionally.”

"It turned out to be like this." Things were more tragic than he imagined, not only physically, but also spiritually. Fourteen or fifteen years old is the age of exuberant energy and enthusiasm, but after experiencing such an experience, it is really It's embarrassing.

Although Tong Maosong was a little blunt, he was not a bad person.Fortunately, fate didn't judge him too harshly, otherwise I don't know what will happen now.

Zhu Yao didn't interrupt all the time, and sat silently drinking tea. Dongyue wanted to ask him what he thought, but at this time, the door rang twice.

It turned out that Shuangye had returned.

Looking back at Xiao Yiran, he had crawled back into the quilt without hesitation. He obediently pulled the quilt up to his neck, pretended to be a sick beauty, and groaned twice when he saw Shuangye coming in.

"The rice is warmed up for you, and the antipyretic stickers are also brought, let's eat some while it's hot." She put down the food box, opened the lid, took out the dishes one by one, and placed them on the table.

When Dongyue looked at the things on the table, she was happy.

Although the dishes looked exquisite, the problem was that the portions were too small for a grown man, and besides the egg in the spinach, there was no meaty taste at all.

Shuang Ye explained: "I was afraid to go to the hot food first, and then go to Dr. Chong's where the food was cold again, so I went to him first. He said that if you have a cold and a cold, you don't need to take medicine, most likely because you have accumulated food. Once you catch the wind, you will catch a cold easily, this disease can be cured by starvation, you can’t eat too much, I’ll give you some rice porridge as a side dish to clear your stomach.”

After hearing this, Dongyue felt that her face could not be tensed, and her smile burst.

Turning his gaze to look at Xiao Yiran, his radiant expression just now disappeared completely, and he complained: "Where is this healing? Punish me!"

"How can I punish you? This is an ancient method, and it works very well."

"I'm in good health and recovering quickly, it's okay without this!"

"How can it work? Try it for two days first, if it doesn't work, then use another method."

Xiao Yiran was dumb eating Coptis chinensis, he couldn't tell what he was suffering from, so he simply lay down on the bed and pretended to be dead.

Shuangye coaxed with a good temper: "Come down and eat, it will be cold again in a while."

Dongyue teased him: "Why are you so squeamish, don't you eat anything vegetarian? How can you get better from this disease, hurry up, don't be petty."

Although Xiao Yiran was not happy with the boss, he still slowly got up from the bed, Shuang Ye hurriedly found a blanket for him to drape over his pajamas.

"Look at how kind Shuangye is to you, eat obediently."

Xiao Yiran was silent for a moment and thought for a while, then he actually laughed, but when he walked to the table and looked at the food carefully, he felt that he couldn't laugh again, and said greasyly: "Sister Shuangye, don't be like this, look at this meal , I’ll eat it first, let’s discuss it, we can’t eat this all day, right? I want to eat braised pork.”

Shuang Ye stretched out her hand to brush her soft and bright red hair, her expression was helpless but still gentle, she was silent for a moment, as if there was something to be said.

It made people feel hopeful, but after a few seconds, she said softly but firmly, "No."

Xiao Yiran had a look of disbelief.

Seeing his suffocated look, Dongyue lowered her head secretly, and Zhu Yao handed her a cup of tea, and he reached out to take it, unconsciously, and gently rubbed the other's fingers.

Dongyue suddenly remembered something, squinted her eyes, glanced at Zhu Yao, and imitated Xiao Yiran's voice and said: "Brother Ayao, I didn't eat enough in the morning, and now I really want to eat fried chicken, freshly fried, crispy outside Tender inside, golden skin, served with sweet and sour dipping sauce, very fragrant."

Zhu Yao's hand holding the tea cup shook slightly.

But fortunately, he didn't think he was sticky, Zhu Yao twitched the corner of his mouth with a half-smile, and said, "It's up to you."

Xiao Yiran's scalp was numb from the two people's show, but he didn't dare to reveal the fact that he was pretending to be sick, so he could only pretend to cough twice, picked up the bowl of porridge, which was not more than a few grains of rice, and took a sip.

Although fried chicken may be too common for a person who is extraordinarily particular like Xiao Yiran, but for people who are hungry, the familiar taste is the most deadly.

As soon as Dongyue lifted her foot, she moved to the seat beside Xiao Yiran, staring at him as he picked the vegetables and put them into his mouth.

The dishes were too bland, with almost no flavor, only a faint scent of rice could be smelled, Dongyue really felt a little sympathetic to him.

But who would have thought that he noticed a trace of familiar scent in his nose, and said in surprise, "Your face still smells so good without washing it? What did you do?"

Xiao Yiran swallowed what was in his mouth, took a sip of water and said, "I didn't wipe anything, I just took a shower with shower gel, do you understand the body fragrance?"

Needless to say, it must have been a private product brought by him again, because he was already very familiar with the smell of the Chu family's shower gel, and it was obviously not this smell.

"Exasperation!" Dongyue commented in her heart.

But after thinking about it, if this is the case, why do I always feel that the breath on his body is so different when I use the same shower gel as Zhu Yao?

Then I made up my mind to find a chance to smell it next time, and said, "I still want to eat devil's cake!"

"Devil cake? What is that?" Xiao Yiran couldn't help asking.

"It's a cake full of chocolate. Have you ever eaten it? It's just a thick layer of creamy chocolate frosting on top of the fluffy chocolate cake. It's really great with coffee or milk tea."

Xiao Yiran supported his forehead, and said: "It's too sinful." But his throat moved involuntarily, and he swallowed.

"That's why it's called Devil's Cake."

"You can do this?"

"will not."

"Then how do you eat?"

"I remember the recipe, maybe their chef can make it."

Shuang Ye listened and nodded: "You can write it and see, if the materials are complete, maybe you can make it."

"That's great." Dongyue was very happy when she heard that, and turned around and pulled Zhu Yao's finger twice.

Are you a three-year-old child?

Xiao Yiran snorted very dissatisfied, and said again: "I can't eat it even if I make it, I think you are deliberately angry with me, I will make you angry!"

As he said that, he flicked the chopsticks in his hand to the side, playing a rogue.

"Recover quickly, you will be able to eat soon, don't be angry with your child, eat well." Shuang Ye picked up the chopsticks, wiped them, and handed them to him again.

Xiao Yiran reluctantly accepted it, Shuang Ye tore off the antipyretic patch, brushed his forehead hair, stuck it on his forehead, patted it lightly a couple of times, and helped him tidy up his hair before stopping. .

Although Shuangye looks indifferent, she is actually considerate and caring, which is really surprising.

"Then let's go to the kitchen and ask about it later." Dongyue said.

"I'll go with you, and by the way, arrange his next meal."

Since Shuang Ye went together, it would be much more convenient, otherwise he would have to explain a lot to the Chu family.

"Is there anything I can arrange for my meal? Grate a bowl of rice soup in the porridge, and then order whole leaves of vegetables to feed me, this rabbit." Xiao Yiran said angrily.

"Rabbits are delicious too." Dongyue answered without fear of death.

At this moment, Xiao Yiran's eyes turned from melancholy to resentment, seeing this, Dongyue immediately shut up.

This is really, self-inflicted, can't live.