Chapter 37 Rainy Mountain Road, Homeless Children This is the second time he has…
Shi Yun responded and talked about Uncle Qu's daughter very happily.
An Huaixu took a half step back from him, and looking at his expression, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips.
As the two of them walked on the path, Shi Yun gradually forgot about the silent Ani and the teacher filming behind him, and relaxed unconsciously.
Whenever he passed by familiar scenery, he would tell An Huaixu about his childhood, such as climbing high places to see far away, climbing trees to pick flowers, sliding down slopes, etc. Everywhere was his happy place.
An Huaixu was listening beside him, humming from time to time.
Although he didn't show anything on his face, he had already pictured Shi Yun's complete childhood in his mind.
He even felt like there was a "little dirty kid" beside him, jumping up and down following Shi Yun's words.
Shi Yun noticed that An Huaixu was staring at an empty space, and he showed a rare tenderness.
He followed An Huaixu's gaze and tilted his head in confusion. Before he could say anything, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a shadow moving beside a tree not far away.
He was startled at first, but when he looked carefully, he found that it was a child of several years old!
He made sure there were no other adults around, and subconsciously shouted, "Little boy, what are you doing there?"
Unexpectedly, the child ignored him and turned around and ran up the mountain.
Shi Yun glanced at the dark clouded sky, frowned and thought for a moment, but still felt worried.
He asked An Huaixu to go back first, and he quickly chased in the direction where the child disappeared.
Standing at the intersection of the steep mountain road, Shi Yun tentatively called out, "Little friend?"
His voice echoed for a long time without any response. He thought for a while, and after making sure that there were no houses on the mountain or nearby, he immediately wanted to go up the mountain anxiously.
"What are you doing?"
Instead of going back to the kindergarten, An Huaixu followed him closely and stopped him in his tracks: "This road is so difficult to walk on. It's going to rain soon. Are you going up the mountain at this time?"
Shi Yun told An Huaixu what he had just seen.
An Huaixu also sensed something was wrong and pressed Shi Yun's shoulder: "Wait here for me, I'll go up."
Shi Yun looked at An Huaixu's figure and suddenly had a bad feeling.
He held An Huaixu's hand and said, "Let's go together."
An Huaixu felt the warmth in his palms, and his fingers couldn't help but tremble.
Shi Yun was unaware: "Sister Ani, please wait for us here for a while. If it starts to rain, you can go back first. We will be quick."
He said this with a serious look on his face, and then he blocked the branch that was stretched out to him, and turned back to remind An Huaixu: "This rock is a little unstable, you have to be careful."
Although An Huaixu nodded after hearing his words, his attention was not on the road, but on the two people's clasped hands.
Why did Shi Yun keep holding my hand?
Did he forget to let go?
Is it normal for a younger brother to hold his older brother's hand like this?
Every time An Huaixu took a step, a question flashed through his mind. As the atmosphere around him became quieter and quieter, he indulged in his own emotions.
"There's no good road ahead. Will the kid run up there?"
Shi Yun stood on a relatively wide stone surface and pulled up An Huaixu to ask for his opinion.
An Huaixu came back to his senses and frowned, "Is there any other way down the mountain?"
Shi Yun shook his head: "This place is notoriously difficult to walk on. Generally, people who go up here will not come down from here. They can only go forward and take Nanshan Road."
"How far is it?"
Shi Yun raised his hand and pointed: "Just climb up and walk a little further and we'll be almost there." He couldn't figure it out: "Nanshan is full of orchards. Why would that kid go to Nanshan on a rainy day instead of going home?"
An Huaixu looked up at the sky, only to find that it was covered with dark clouds and rumbling thunder was brewing in the sky.
Shi Yun sighed, but decided to move on.
An Huaixu put aside all other messy thoughts and followed Shi Yun steadily.
He looked at Shi Yun as he parted the flowers and plants, and always felt that his current state was not quite right. It was vaguely similar to when he was suffering from a phobia of darkness, but... upon closer inspection, they were completely different, and could even be said to be two extremes.
When his fear of darkness strikes, Yun An stays quiet and sticks close to others for a sense of security.
And now Shi Yun——
An Huaixu slowly came up with an incredible answer.
Is Shi Yun being irritable?
Or perhaps, is this a form of self-protection on Shi Yun's part?
What's wrong with him?
Suddenly——
A purple lightning bolt that was powerful enough to split the entire sky appeared above their heads, and the explosive light instantly illuminated the entire mountain!
Immediately afterwards, there was a deafening thunder!
Not to mention Shi Yun, An Huaixu subconsciously pressed against the stone wall and closed his eyes.
His ears were ringing, and he could hear nothing except the sound of the wind and clouds.
When he adjusted himself and opened his eyes, he found that there was no one in front of him. Only the leaves were blowing in the wind, making him feel that finding Shi Yun was just a ridiculous dream.
He caught a glimpse of a cliff not far away from the corner of his eye, and his rapid breathing and the worst thoughts appeared uncontrollably in his mind.
On the way here, he had clearly confirmed that the cliff was bottomless. This place was so small that Shi Yun definitely couldn't go anywhere else...
An Huaixu froze in place for a moment, his heart stopped beating, and suffocation quickly swept over him.
He hadn't felt so helpless in a long time. He could hardly move his feet for a moment. He stood in the darkness and saw the most paranoid and painful times of his life in those years.
His eyes were sore and he stared down intently.
He wanted to -
This was the second time he lost Shi Yun.
God was very good at setting the mood. Almost in the next second, heavy rain came down on his head. The crackling sound of the raindrops swallowed up the voice of him calling out to Shi Yun.
The cold turned into tiny needles that hit his body and drilled into his bones, causing him to feel tingling pain.
This time, I won't let you wait alone in the dark for too long.
An Huaixu took a step forward, and the broken rubble immediately rolled down.
At the critical moment, a pair of hands grabbed his arm and pulled him back.
"Brother Huaixu, what are you doing!"
Shi Yun's clear voice mixed with anger broke through the falling rain, and he opened an umbrella for An Huaixu.
An Huaixu turned his head inch by inch, and a bright color gradually appeared in the black world before his eyes.
Shi Yun was soaked all over, his pink clothes outlined his narrow shoulders, and water droplets flowed down his hair and across his slender neck.
He had a fair complexion and his cheeks were flushed with nervousness, and his hair combed back highlighted his youthful vigor.
Shi Yun opened and closed his mouth, as if he was saying something, but An Huaixu couldn't hear a word. He touched Shi Yun's eyebrows with trembling hands, and feeling the warmth, he opened his arms and hugged him.
Suddenly, a familiar smell rushed into his nose, slowly calming his beating heart.
"You scared me to death."
Although Shi Yun didn't understand what An Huaixu said, he caught a rare fragility in An Huaixu's low voice.
He had been curious about what emotions An Huaixu had besides coldness, such as fear.
Shi Yun thought that he would never have the chance to see this in his life, but he didn't expect that today -
He was not in the mood to observe An Huaixu as he had imagined. He just felt distressed and subconsciously patted him on the back, saying softly, "It's okay, it's okay."
An Huaixu tightened his arms, greedily absorbing the warmth from Shi Yun's body.
He didn't know how long it had been before he gradually calmed down. Feeling the person in his arms move, he lowered his head to meet a pair of eyes full of worry.
"Brother Huaixu, are you okay?"
An Huaixu reacted and quickly let go of Shi Yun, turning his head to look elsewhere, saying, "It's okay."
Shi Yun didn’t hear clearly, so he moved closer and asked him loudly: “What did you say? I can’t hear you clearly. Let’s go talk over there!”
He took An Huaixu's hand again and walked towards a hidden big rock on the inside of the path.
It was at this time that An Huaixu discovered that there was actually a small triangular cave here.
The stone in front of the cave was obviously tilted and protruding, just blocking his view just now.
From under the stone, a little boy with a dirty face poked his head out.
He looked no more than four or five years old. When he saw Shi Yun coming, he waved excitedly, "Brother, come in!"
Shi Yun pressed down An Huaixu's shoulders and pushed him in first. Then he bent over and sat on the side to block the incoming raindrops.
The surroundings suddenly became dark.
An Huaixu took out his cell phone, shook off the water stains, and after making sure it was still usable, he turned on the flashlight.
The light instantly spread across the stone surface.
An Huaixu saw a mess of things piled up in the corner. He could vaguely see a small pillow, a small quilt and a little bear with half a leg missing.
The little boy who had just stuck his head out hugged his legs, huddled there, and stared at him timidly.
Shi Yun smiled and waved to the little boy, handing him a candy.
The little boy crawled over and quickly put the candy into his mouth with a happy expression: "So sweet!"
Shi Yun touched his head and said, "Let's go inside and play. It's cold here."
The little boy shook his head and huddled closer to Shiyoon.
Shi Yun didn't mind the dirt on his body at all, and raised his hands to hold him in his arms.
An Huaixu noticed that there were obvious scratches on Shi Yun's arm. There was no need to guess, it must have been done by this kid.
An Huaixu didn't notice that his eyes turned cold for a moment.
The little boy was quite sensitive. When he was glared at, he instantly hugged Shi Yun in fear: "It's fierce, I'm afraid..."
Shi Yun coaxed him in a low voice: "Qiaoqiao, be good, this brother is also very good!"
Qiaoqiao showed one eye, stared at An Huaixu and blinked, but said nothing more.
An Huaixu: "What's going on?"
Shi Yun sighed, "I was wondering how it was possible that there was a child I had never seen around here. I just asked him about it, and he was abandoned by his parents and wandered around for a few days. His name is Yu Qiao, and he is four and a half years old."
He rubbed Qiaoqiao's little face with his fingers: "Our Qiaoqiao can go to the kindergarten class now."
Qiaoqiao giggled and leaned obediently into his palm.
An Huaixu glanced at Zi Qiaoqiao and saw an inconspicuous little red rope around her neck.
He lowered his eyes to look at the similar red rope on his wrist, and a thought vaguely came to his mind: "He was not abandoned, was he?"
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