Chapter 1240 Open the Window
Si Yan Si Xu didn't know what Gu Wanqiu liked. She only remembered that when they went to the park to fly a kite on the lawn, her mother stared at the kite in the sky and looked very happy.
They wanted to make their mother happy, so they wanted her to look at the kite flying in the sky again.
Since mom couldn’t show it, they showed it to her.
Children's thoughts are always so pure and easy to understand.
But in such weather, with a clear blue sky and no wind, how could the kite fly without wind?
They could only run and run, trying to fly the kites that fell to the ground again and again.
The two children were running breathlessly, sweating profusely, their faces were red, and their backs were soaked.
"Brother, I'm so tired..." Si Xu was the first to give up. They had been running like this for more than an hour.
Ran from ten o'clock to eleven o'clock.
Si Yan bit her lip, tried to raise her head, and looked at the second-floor window in the glaring sunlight. The sunlight shone on it, refracting the reflection, which became dazzling if she looked at it for too long.
Siyan couldn't see his mother, but he had a hunch that his mother must be behind the window looking outside, maybe even watching them. As long as the kite flew high, his mother would definitely see it.
But why can’t it be released? Why is there no wind?
Si Yan's face was covered in sweat as he looked at the bright sun in the sky. Sweat slid down his forehead, wetting his eyelashes. He felt a stinging sensation in his eyes due to the irritation. Si Yan raised his little hands and rubbed his eyes. The corners of his eyes were wet, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether it was sweat or tears.
Si Xu couldn't help but yelled again: "Brother..."
Sixu's health has always been worse than Siyan's. At this time, he was so hot that he couldn't breathe, his breathing was heavy, and there was a stuffy pain in his chest.
Si Yan took him to a cool place and said, "Brother, you can rest here for a while. If you still feel uncomfortable, go into the house, drink some water, and have a good rest."
Si Xu blushed and asked, "What about you?"
Si Yan shook his head: "I can still hold on. I'm not that tired right now."
Sixu sat on the ground, looking up at the sweat hanging from her brother's chin.
"Brother, you've been sweating a lot. Are you really okay?"
Si Yan raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his face and said with a smile, "It's okay."
It was a bit hot, but he didn't have heatstroke. His hands just hurt a little. He had been holding the kite string while flying, and his hands were red.
Siyan put down the kite, picked up his water bottle, drank a few sips of water, felt better, and started running with the kite again.
By the window of the bedroom on the second floor, Gu Wanqiu stared outside.
The sun was shining brightly outside, and the warm sunlight shone on Gu Wanqiu's shoulders through the glass window, while her fingers were cold.
She said to the nanny beside her, "How many degrees is it outside?" The room was equipped with insulation panels, which kept it warm in winter and cool in summer. Gu Wanqiu was still sick and had a cold in her body, so even in the hot summer, her body was cold.
"It's hot today. The temperature outside is around 32 or 33 degrees."
"They've been running outside for almost an hour. Call them inside to prevent them from getting heatstroke."
Gu Wanqiu seems to be indifferent and uncaring towards everyone, but in fact, she cares about these two children in her heart.
"I called out, but they didn't listen."
"Go downstairs and tell me it's what I meant."
"Okay." The child always listens to his parents. He thought carefully and knew that it was Gu Wanqiu who asked them to come into the house, so he would definitely listen.
After running for a while, Siyan stopped, as if he had accepted his fate and knew that the kite could not fly anymore.
He looked up at the big tree beside him and had an idea. Siyan was flexible and had good athletic ability. He climbed up the tree in no time, carrying the kite on his back.
When the nanny went downstairs, she only saw Sixu standing under the tree, with a worried look on her face, and did not see Siyan.
"Si Xu, where is your brother?"
Si Xu was a little nervous and stretched out his finger to point upwards.
The nanny was terrified. Just when she was upstairs, she saw the child running downstairs. How did he suddenly climb up the tree? And climbed so high? What was he doing?
"Siyan, why did you climb the tree? Come down quickly, it's so high, it's too dangerous..." The nanny clenched her fists in fear and almost circled around the tree.
"Wait, just a little bit more..."
Almost what? The nanny kept looking up, afraid that Siyan would slip and fall. From such a height, even if he didn't break any bones, he would be in pain for several days.
If anything happens to these two children, these servants will be held responsible. If they can't even take care of a child, they can forget about continuing this job.
Seeing Siyan still climbing up, the nanny was so scared that she held her breath. She didn't know what to do. What if she was too excited and her voice was too loud and scared him?
Now, I’m afraid the only one who can convince these two children is Gu Wanqiu.
"Si Yan, come down quickly. Miss Gu wants you to come in. She has something to say to you."
Siyan heard it, but he didn't respond. He just wanted to finish the task at hand and hang the kite high so that his mother could see it. When the wind blows, the kite will fly without anyone flying it from below.
The moment he hung it up, the wind really blew. Si Yan rode on the tree trunk, raised the kite in his hand into the sky, and took advantage of the wind to fly into the wind.
Standing in the tree brought him closer to the second-story window, but unfortunately he couldn't see inside.
This is one-way glass. You can see outside from the inside, but you can't see inside from the outside.
"Mom, did you see that? The kite is flying. It can fly even without someone holding the string." Si Yan shouted loudly at the second-floor window glass.
There were rustling sounds in my ears, the sound of wind blowing through leaves, and the sound of kites flying in the sky.
The nanny took a few steps back and saw the kite tied to the tree and blown by the wind. She seemed to see "freedom"
Gu Wanqiu was right. The two children were flying kites just for her.
At first, the two children kept running under the sun, and everyone thought they were just playing around.
"Siyan, come down quickly!"
"Okay." Si Yan lowered his head and saw the nanny and his younger brother below through the gaps between the leaves. He carefully moved his body and leaned against the tree trunk.
Siyan was a little disappointed that she didn't get a response from her mother. She opened her mouth slightly and sighed.
The nanny below looked at him nervously: "Can you come down? I'll get the stairs, don't move yet."
Si Yan looked around and felt that the tree was too high for him. It was easy to climb up but difficult to climb down. After careful consideration, he decided to wait on the tree.
After the nanny brought the ladder, Siyan carefully stepped on the ladder and slowly went down.
"Be careful, go slowly..." The nanny watched his movements nervously from below, not daring to breathe. If she had a heart disease, she would have fainted from fright by now.
The moment Siyan's feet touched the ground, the nanny breathed a sigh of relief.
Si Xu even rushed over and hugged Si Yan's waist: "Brother, are you okay?"
"Brother, I'm fine. I'm sorry for making you worry." Si Yan touched his head.
Si Xu shook his head: "Don't climb trees anymore. They're too high."
"Okay." Si Yan responded to Si Xu seriously. He didn't want to make him worry. After calming his brother down, he asked the babysitter, "Auntie, when I was in the tree just now, did you say Mom was looking for us?"
"Yes, it's hot outside. Miss Gu is afraid that you will get heatstroke, so she wants you to go inside and stop playing outside."
"Really? Is Mom really worried that my brother and I will get a heat stroke? Is she always watching us upstairs?"
The nanny had a gentle smile on her face: "Actually, Miss Gu cares about you. Don't do anything dangerous in the future, otherwise your mother will be very worried."
"Brother, let's go in and see mom." Si Yan said and ran in, with Si Xu following closely behind.
The two little guys didn't seem tired after running for such a long time under the sun. When they ran to see Gu Wanqiu, they ran very fast and disappeared in a moment.
"Mom, Mom..." The two children started shouting as soon as they went upstairs, before they saw Gu Wanqiu.
Gu Wanqiu sat on the bed. Her body had not recovered at all. She was so weak that even standing was difficult for her. Today, she stood in front of the window and watched the two children flying kites below for a long time.
I feel weak and my head feels dizzy from time to time. I am either sitting or lying down all day long.
She sat on the edge of the bed, her back against the headboard, holding a glass of water in her hand.
The two children ran upstairs quickly and stopped at the door, standing straight and not daring to come in.
"Come in." Only after Gu Wanqiu spoke did they dare to come in.
"Mom, did you see the kite outside?"
Gu Wanqiu looked out the window, and Si Yan and Si Xu followed suit. From here, they could just see the kite hanging on the tree, swaying in the wind.
"I see." Gu Wanqiu pursed her lips and whispered, "But what's the point..."
Gu Wanqiu was too thin, with sunken skin on her cheeks and deep eye sockets. From her profile, one could clearly see the shape of her skull.
"Mom, are you okay?"
"No, it's not good. I'll never get better being locked up here." As Gu Wanqiu said this, she gently lifted her ankle to make the chain that tied her visible.
"Can you do Mom a favor?"
"What?"
Gu Wanqiu touched the two children's heads and said, "Ask your father to let me go. I don't want to be locked up here, tied up with chains. I want to leave here, just like a kite outside, not being held in anyone's hands, flying freely in the sky."
Gu Wanqiu spoke in a gentle tone with a soft smile on her face. For a moment, it seemed as if she had turned back into the mother who gave them teddy bears and sang and told them stories.
Last night, Gu Wanqiu who roared at them seemed like just a nightmare.
How much they want to keep this mother by their side forever, but this best mother just wants to leave here.
"Mom, did you think of us when you left?" Si Yan asked.
Gu Wanqiu was stunned.
Si Yan continued, "If you leave, what will happen to your sister? Will you take her with you?"
Gu Wanqiu shook her head: "I can't take her away..."
"Mom, what are we to you? We are your children, but why can you be so cruel and abandon us? It's okay for me and my brother, but my sister was just born and she needs her mother the most. Why did you abandon her too? For so long... Have you never loved us?"
As soon as Si Yan finished speaking, tears overflowed from his eyes, and he sobbed and questioned Gu Wanqiu.
Their emotions came to a head, their hearts ached and they started crying. Si Yan and Si Xu both cried.
Gu Wanqiu opened her mouth, wanting to say a harsh word or two, but she really couldn't say it at this time.
How could she not love them? But she was dying, and with a mother like her, it would have been better if she had never existed in the first place.
She also wanted to stay here and grow up with them, but she couldn't.
Gu Wanqiu suppressed her tears, lowered her hands, and said in a cold voice, "I just want to leave here now. In order to leave, I can abandon everything, including you..."
Si Yan wiped the tears from her face vigorously: "Dad will never let you go. We mentioned it to him yesterday..."
"What did he say?"
"He said you're sick, with postpartum depression. If you don't treat this disease properly, you'll become a lunatic. If you let you go, something bad will happen to you. Besides, your sister needs you right now."
It turned out to be like this. She had also guessed that even if the two children knew that she was locked up and went to Li Jinxing for help, he would not let them go.
But she didn't expect that Li Jinxing would not let her leave and actually made up such a lie for the two children.
She is sick.
She was indeed ill, but not crazy.
"Then you... also think that I'm sick?" Gu Wanqiu looked as if his soul had been taken away. He sat dejectedly on the bed with lifeless eyes.
"You're not the same as you used to be."
So, they also thought that she was locked up because she was sick.
Gu Wanqiu had a self-deprecating look on his face. The two children might have sensed something in their hearts, so instead of facing the fact that Gu Wanqiu didn't love them, deceived and used them... they would rather believe that Gu Wanqiu was just sick, and that was why she was different from before and was locked up by Li Jinxing.
As long as Mom recovered, they would be back to their happiest days. They would go to the amusement park together as a family, fly kites together, set off fireworks together, and eat New Year's Eve dinner together...
"You guys go out... I want to be alone..." Gu Wanqiu already knew the answer. She could no longer see any hope with these two children. She could only think of another way.
I want to ask He Tian for help, but what can He Tian do?
These two children might be the "helpers" he called over, but now, they can no longer play any role in her leaving.
They believed Li Jinxing's words and, like their father, hoped that she would be imprisoned and locked here until the day she "recovered".
Gu Wanqiu will never be able to recover, and this problem has no solution.
She looked at the kite outside the window again. The kite flying in the wind was not free at all. It was firmly tied to the tree branch. As long as the string was not broken, it would never be free, just like the iron chain on her feet.
Siyan bit her lower lip, slowly turned around, and prepared to leave here holding her brother's hand.
Just as they were about to leave, Gu Wanqiu suddenly called them.
"Wait..." Gu Wanqiu's voice became soft again, like the breeze outside, "Can you help me open the balcony window? It's too stuffy in the room, I need some fresh air... With the window open, I can also watch the kites outside better."
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