Kawakami Mizuki

A few months later, Mother Lin passed away.

Lin Li led a beautiful and attractive woman in a cheongsam to Lin Chuyi, and said, "Father found you a new mother. Come, call me mother."

"I only have one mother." Lin Chuyi looked indifferent, with a pair of red eyes under the messy hair, and half-dried tears remained on her face.

Embarrassed and annoyed, Lin Li shook Lin Chuyi's thin shoulders and scolded, "Why are you so rude, kid! Call mom!"

Gu Wanqing, who was standing aside, cast a reproachful glance at Father Lin, "Why are you so fierce?" Then she showed a gentle smile to Lin Chuyi, and said, "Don't talk to your father, I'll take you to eat something delicious." After finishing speaking , took Lin Chuyi's hand and imagined taking Lin Chuyi out to play as usual.

But Lin Chuyi quickly shook off that hand, and said coldly: "Don't touch me." Lin Chuyi's reaction was undoubtedly to give Gu Ruping a loud slap in the face, she let go of her hand in embarrassment, and was at a loss for a while. Looking at Lin Chuyi, she looked like a child who had done something wrong.

Father Lin was furious, grabbed the feather duster beside him, and was about to hit Lin Chuyi: "The etiquette teacher I hired for you is for nothing, right? If you don't teach me a lesson, your child will go to heaven!"

Lin Chuyi looked at Father Lin stubbornly, her eyes were like Ji Xue's hateful glance before she died.Lin Li was slightly stunned, an unexplainable guilt welled up in his heart, but was quickly suppressed by anger, the feather duster in his hand was about to fall on Lin Chuyi with the sound of breaking wind.Lin Chuyi didn't dodge either, and stared straight at Lin Li.

At this moment, Gu Wanqing stepped forward to protect Lin Chuyi in her arms, but Father Lin couldn't catch up, and the feather duster fell on her body, and she couldn't help but "hiss" in pain.All of a sudden, it extended from her back to her upper arm, and a red mark under the short sleeve swelled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Wanqing!" Lin's father stepped forward, took Gu Wanqing's arm to examine carefully, carefully avoiding the red mark, and suddenly said distressedly: "What are you doing?"

"It's not all your fault!" Gu Wanqing blamed, but a blush gradually appeared on her pale face from pain.

Lin Chuyi froze the moment Gu Wanqing held her in her arms, watched the feather duster fall, and saw so clearly the whole process of the rapid redness and swelling of the scar on her arm.She stared blankly at her father holding Gu Wanqing in his arms distressedly, but Gu Wanqing had a happy and shy smile on her face without realizing it.

That's right, this kind of smile is exactly the same as the smile on the person in the photo that Lin Chuyi saw on the bedside table in her mother's room back then.It was taken on the wedding day of Lin's father and Lin's mother. In the old photo frame, Ji Xue was nestled in Lin Li's arms, with a happy smile on her flowery face.Lin Li lowered his head and stared at the person in his arms, his smiling eyes were full of tenderness.

It was as if she suddenly woke up: In fact, all these things have long since disappeared. A long time ago, before she realized it, they were already gone.

A hint of hatred appeared in Lin Chuyi's eyes.The scene of the two embracing each other, the overflowing happiness deeply hurt her eyes, she turned and left without looking back.

As soon as Lin Chuyi walked out of the yard, she started running crazily until she ran back to the room, curling up her body under the quilt, tears streaming down her face like crazy.

The resentment in my heart is like weeds soaring wildly, and the mountains and plains are covered with the slightest wind blowing.

That was the tenderness that belonged to mother... How could it be so easy to give it to someone else?

Lin Chuyi cried hoarsely under the covers, thinking of her mother's resentful eyes before she died, filled her heart with hatred.She muttered to herself: "I don't want you to be nice to me...I just want my mother...I just want my mother! Give me back my mother..."

Sleepless all night.

The sun was already shining, and Lin Chuyi curled up on the bed indifferently. The hunger in her belly swept her like a fire, but she didn't want to get out of bed to eat at all.

"Knock, knock" came a soft knock on the door, and the gentle voice from behind the door passed through the wooden door and drilled straight into her ears, "Chu Yi? Are you there? I brought you breakfast."

Lin Chuyi acted as if she had never heard of it, her eyes were so red and swollen from crying that she could hardly open them, and her vision was blurry.

Gu Wanqing outside the door hadn't seen anyone answer for a long time, she was worried, and said, "I'm going in? If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your agreement."

Gu Wanqing pushed the door open and entered, seeing Lin Chuyi huddled up on the bed, her worries eased.She put the plate of breakfast on the table and said softly, "It's time for breakfast."

Seeing Lin Chuyi ignoring her at all, she sighed inwardly, Gu Wanqing went to the bedside and sat down, gently pulled the quilt covering Lin Chuyi, "Is there anything to talk about after breakfast first?"

Lin Chuyi lowered her head, unable to see her expression clearly, so Gu Wanqing also lowered her head to look at her, but unexpectedly saw Lin Chuyi's eyes that were so red and swollen that she could barely open them, the pupils were empty, and her vision was loose.She was shocked, and regardless of Lin Chuyi's struggle, she hugged her up with difficulty, and said anxiously, "I'll take you to see a doctor."

Lin Chuyi struggled desperately, clenched her hands into fists, and beat her back hard, trying to yell at Gu Wanqing to let her go, but only uttered a few hoarse syllables.

No matter how Lin Chuyi struggled, Gu Wanqing just hugged her tightly. She suffered a disaster on her back yesterday, and Lin Chuyi's fist landed on the wound from time to time, causing her eyes to turn black from the pain. She gritted her teeth and walked out quickly. On the way, I ran into the butler and hurriedly approached to ask.Gu Wanqing resisted the pain and replied, "I'll take her to see a doctor."

Seeing this scene, the butler had already guessed about seven or eight points, and asked Gu Ruping to wait in the lobby first, and he immediately sent someone to invite the doctor over.Gu Wanqing paused, hesitated for a moment and refused, "I can't wait any longer." Holding Lin Chuyi in her arms, she walked to the nearest medical center.

As soon as Gu Wanqing and Lin Chuyi appeared in the hospital, they attracted the attention of many people. Seeing this scene, a clever little nurse immediately came over to lead them to the inner room, and Gu Wanqing hurriedly followed.At this time, there were still many patients in line. Seeing Lin Chuyi's aggressive appearance, it was only a few people who complained about being cut in line. relationship, they all shut up.

"This child is crying very hard." The male doctor in a white coat sat on a chair and stretched out his hand to signal Gu Ruping to give him the child. Gu Wanqing hesitated for a moment but carefully handed Lin Chuyi over.The doctor took Lin Chuyi from Gu Wanqing, put his arm around Lin Chuyi, and patted her on the back with the other.

Lin Chuyi was already extremely tired after a sleepless night, crying all the way had exhausted all her strength, feeling the gentle soothing from behind, her tense nerves relaxed, she fell into a deep sleep very quickly.

Seeing that Lin Chuyi fell asleep, the doctor also breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Gu Wanqing: "What's wrong with this child?"

Seeing Lin Chuyi calm down, Gu Wanqing felt a little relieved, lowered her voice and said to the doctor: "When I went to see her in the morning, her eyes were swollen and her eyes were not focused, so I rushed her here."

The doctor lifted Lin Chuyi's eyelids, looked at the nervous Gu Ruping, and said, "The child is fine, but it will be hard to tell if you continue to cry like this." He took a pen and began to write the diagnosis sheet, saying while writing, "Parents still need to pay attention to enlightenment."

The doctor returned Lin Chuyi to Gu Wanqing, and gave her the prescription to go to the counter to get the medicine and pay for it, then raised his voice slightly, "Next." The old man outside the door heard this and immediately walked in, " Doctor, I..."

On the one hand, Gu Wanqing was worried whether the doctor's diagnosis was a little rash, and on the other hand, she was afraid of waking Lin Chuyi up, so she had to walk out of the consulting room quickly.After receiving the medicine and paying for it, Gu Wanqing returned to Yi's house with Lin Chuyi in her arms, and shook her head at the oncoming butler to signal him not to speak, and the butler nodded and left.

"Let me down." At this moment, a hoarse and weak voice came from her arms. Gu Ruping was startled, and looked down at her, only to see that Lin Chuyi had woken up at some point, neither noisy nor fussy, just expressionless. look at her.

Gu Wanqing carefully put her on the ground, and seeing Lin Chuyi walking forward, she followed behind her.Lin Chuyi walked back to her room, sat down at the table, glanced at the cold breakfast, and said lightly to Gu Wanqing, "Go back if you have nothing to do."

Lin Chuyi, a child with such an adult expression, and a pair of swollen eyes, is very funny, but Gu Ruping is not in the mood to laugh at all. Lin Chuyi's hoarse voice made her very worried, and she coaxed softly: "I'll get some hot water, can you take the medicine?"

Lin Chuyi didn't want to answer at first, but when she saw that the ointment on her arm had been wiped off, and remembered how hard she had punched her back just now, a trace of guilt arose spontaneously.She turned her head away and replied stiffly: "You can do whatever you want."

Seeing that she finally responded to her, Gu Wanqing was overjoyed, brought warm water and hot breakfast, first fed Lin Chuyi breakfast, and then gave Lin Chuyi medicine, and then she felt relieved.Lin Chuyi also let her feed her, but didn't say a word.

"Chu Yi, when I first saw you, I regarded you as my little sister," Gu Wanqing thought about her words at first, but her thoughts were soon immersed in the past, and she had no time to think about other things, she just poured out her heart.

"I am the youngest in my family, and I always thought that I could have a younger sister. When I saw you that day, you hid behind the pillar in fear, but your eyes kept staring at me curiously. At that time, I already regarded you as my sister in my heart." Sister, I want to buy you the most beautiful clothes and the most delicious pastries." She remembered the innocent and bright smile on Lin Chuyi's face at that time, and she couldn't help but also smiled.But when she saw Lin Chuyi's indifferent expression in front of her, her smile faded away. She gave a wry smile and continued.

"When I met your father, I didn't know he already had a wife, so I accepted your father's love. But my father soon found out about it and recognized him as Lin Li who was already married. He wholeheartedly believed that I was the one who seduced the married man, and felt that I had lost face to his ancestors." Gu Wanqing recalled that day when her father was furious, found a cane that was two fingers thick and beat her to death, and shouted to kill her on the spot. Luckily, her two elder brothers rushed home in time to save her life.

"Father locked me in the ancestral hall and asked me to kneel in front of the ancestral tablet and reflect on my mistakes. I kept thinking, did I make a mistake? I just liked someone, and I didn't know that he had married Wife." Gu Wanqing's pretty face was full of sorrow, and tears kept falling on the skirt of her clothes, "Father said he couldn't afford to lose this person, so he hurriedly arranged a marriage for me and wanted to marry me off. But I don't want to marry a stranger, and I don't want to spend my whole life facing someone I don't like. It's not fair to me, or to the person I'm going to marry."

"At this time, Lin Li found my father and said that his wife had passed away three days ago, and he was willing to carry me in. Although my father hated him, he also knew that this was the best way. My elder brother dissuaded me from the side, so I married Lin Li." On the day of her marriage, her father seemed to be ten years older, and looked at her wearily, "You should do your duty in the future, and don't come back." After speaking, he turned around. After entering the room, he never looked back at her.

When I was young, I watched other brides get married. The daughter's hand was covered by the gentle and generous palm of the father, and the father gave it to the sweetheart with great care. With the family's family's affection and ardent blessings, she walked to the young and handsome husband. , Since then, happiness and happiness, family harmony.

The thoughts that have been stored since childhood, like foam falling on the tip of the grass, are so easily...shattered.

"Chuyi... Are you willing to be with someone you don't like for the rest of your life?" Gu Wanqing looked at Lin Chuyi with tears in her eyes, "I don't want to. Can you understand my mood?"

Lin Chuyi looked forward blankly as if she had never heard of it.

"Chuyi...I know you hate me." Seeing Lin Chuyi's reaction, she smiled wryly, "I don't expect you to forgive me, but treat yourself kindly, okay?"

Lin Chuyi looked at Gu Wanqing silently, indifferent.

"...Original intention?" The tone was cautious, even tinged with flattery.

"Don't call me Chuyi." Lin Chuyi interrupted her coldly, "I hate you."

The light of hope in Gu Wanqing's eyes suddenly dimmed.

"I see." She stood up, turned and left.

Lin Chuyi kept watching her distraught back gradually fade away.

Gu Wanqing.

Such a gentle and simple person, even after seeing the impermanence of the world, still retains some of the purest innocence of his childhood.In fact, she did nothing wrong and should not have endured such an innocent disaster.Just because of her kindness, she will never know why Lin Chuyi's mother left at such a coincidental time.

Years later.

Lin Chuyi leaned on the retro-style long wooden chair, resting her chin with one hand, her half-closed eyes seemed drunk and not drunk, awake and not awake.

Her eyes fell outside the curtains, that side was as dark as an abyss of night.The dark clouds surged and engulfed the dim moon, until at last even a trace of moonlight was hidden.

When I was young, I believed in the scenes in the book that the ghosts and ghosts hurt people at night, and I was always terrified.Until the gradually mature eyes see through the coat of Liaozhai, it is easy to fall in love with the tranquility of the night.I like to be embraced by the boundless night, and I like this endless darkness to engulf people's selfish desires and calculations.

Didn't her mother die because of this kind of heart?

She turned her head and glanced at the magnificent home, with a faint smile on her lips.

Since you have done evil, you can't complain that one day karma will be repaid.