Chapter 42 Listen to the radio drama Do you like French windows?

"Aunt Lu may forget anyone, but she will never forget you." The young nurse Wang Wan was attracted by his cheerful tone and also made a quick joke, but soon she became worried again.

Looking at Xiao Wu, he seemed to be hesitant to speak, unable to let go of the question about Ye Man's eyes. He wanted to get to the bottom of it, but he didn't know whether he should continue asking.

Xiao Wu smiled at her and said, "I am Master Xiao Man's personal assistant. My last name is Wu Qing. You can just call me Xiao Wu."

Ye Man explained to the nurse about being recognized as a relative by a wealthy family. Wang Wan exclaimed in surprise and slapped her thigh vigorously: "Xiao Man, this is great news! Why didn't you tell me earlier? Oh, you are so busy that you can't spare the time. Why don't you call your sisters and tell them? You don't know how to share the good news. People will be worried about you. It's a waste of your sisters' love for you!"

"Hurry, hurry, eat some candy to celebrate!" She grabbed a handful of Ye Man's favorite stale candy from under the table and stuffed it into his hand.

This candy is usually placed at the front desk for visitors to eat. Ye likes it very much. Every time he comes, no matter who is on duty, he will give him two bags full of candy when he leaves.

Ye Man never refused this from her sisters. She accepted the candies with a clear conscience, taking as much as she was given. After receiving the candies, she thanked them sweetly and used words to make people happy.

Wang Wan was really happy for him. If someone else had such a good thing as being recognized as a relative by a wealthy family, she would have been heartbroken and complained that such a good thing didn't happen to her. But when it happened to Ye Man, she felt so excited that she could even eat two more bowls of rice in the cafeteria later.

Good people should be rewarded, and that's how life will be meaningful!

After grabbing the candy, Wang Wan remembered that the other person was different now, and added cheerfully: "Look, there's nothing good here either."

Seeing Ye Man accept the candy, unwrap one and eat it, her fair face was full of pride, like a general who had won a battle after getting two handfuls of Chenpi candy from her. Wang Wan smiled and joked, "You've become a rich young master, but you still like to eat this so much."

Chenpi candy is very cheap, you can buy a big bag for just a few dollars.

Ye Man smiled with eyes curled, "This is different, what my sister gave me is sweeter."

Wang Wan knew that he loved to coax people with sweet words, no matter how old they were, as long as he wanted to coax them, they would be happy. She was still grinning with joy.

She put the ballpoint pen into her shirt pocket and walked out from behind the table: "Come with me, Aunt Lu should be pushed by Liu Ping to bask in the sun in the garden."

Xiao Wu brought Ye Man and followed Wang Wan through the corridor to the garden of the nursing home.

Ye Man let go of Xiao Wu's arm and said, "Walk around here. I'll call you when we're almost leaving."

Ye Man had been to this nursing home countless times and was very familiar with the place. He could walk with his eyes closed, and with the help of a cane, he could do it by himself.

Xiao Wu responded, but did not walk far away. He kept a little distance so that Ye Man was still within his sight.

Liu Ping, another nurse who was pushing Grandma Lu to bask in the sun, saw Ye Man from a distance and shouted to him happily, "Xiao Man, you're here, over here!"

Wang Wan brought the man over but did not leave. She walked hesitantly to Xiao Wu's side and said, "Hello, can I ask if there is something wrong with Xiao Man's eyes? How long will it take for them to recover? He was fine the last time he came."

Recalling the scene at that time, Wang Wan couldn't help but smile knowingly, "He told us at the time that he would pay off his debts soon, and then planned to travel to other cities and settle down in any place he liked. After that, he couldn't come to see Aunt Lu often. I didn't hear from him for such a long time, and I thought he had left Beijing."

"...It can't be recovered." Xiao Wu said.

Wang Wan was stunned and turned to look at Ye Man's personal assistant.

Suddenly I realized something, and the smile that had been on my face just now fell.

From a distance, he watched Ye Man slowly walk to Aunt Lu's side, squat in front of the wheelchair, and rest his head on Aunt Lu's legs. He felt a little stuffy in his chest.

Neither of them spoke.

After a while, Wang Wan murmured, "This child didn't tell anyone when something happened. If he can't be seen anymore, then he can't just disappear without a word."

It’s over. Now I can’t eat lunch.

......

It took a long time for the system to find its voice again.

"Ye Man, you... you lied to me before."

"Ah? Which part are you talking about?"

System: "......"

What other part could there be?

No, anything else is deceptive!

"At the beginning, you said there was a grandmother named Lu who had Alzheimer's disease—"

Ye Man secretly blinked and slowly replied, "That... is fake, you already know that."

After he said this, the system was even more confused and had no idea what was going on.

"Who is this Grandma Lu?"

"The grandmother who lived next door to me used to live with her granddaughter. Later, due to some issues, her son and daughter-in-law took her granddaughter away, and the whole family moved abroad."

Ye Man spoke slowly and calmly about a very ordinary thing.

"Grandma Lu suffers from Alzheimer's disease. As time goes by, her condition progresses and she forgets more and more things. Her son's family originally wanted to take her abroad to live with them, but Grandma Lu said that at her age and with this disease, she didn't want to live in a place where she was surrounded by strangers and spoke a language she couldn't understand. In addition, she said she had things to worry about in China, so she simply moved to the nursing home by herself."

This nursing home has a good environment, advanced facilities, and responsible staff, but it is a bit expensive. However, her children are doing well abroad and can fully afford the expenses here.

Speaking of Grandma Lu, Ye Man knew everything about her: "Let me tell you, when she was young, she was a teacher and knew a lot. After she retired, she sponsored an orphanage and often went there to teach. She put a lot of effort into it. I guess she was afraid that if she went abroad, there would be no one to take care of the orphanage, and she couldn't bear to leave the children there, so she didn't want to leave."

The system listened quietly and asked carefully: "So what did you say deceived me about...?"

It still can't figure it out.

"This..." Ye Man was evasive.

Liu Ping stared at her blind stick in a daze.

The old man sitting in the wheelchair had his hair neatly combed behind his head. As his illness progressed, he was no longer as energetic as he was ten years ago. His eyes were cloudy and dull, and even when he was looking at Ye Man lying on his legs, he seemed to be simply distracted.

Perhaps she finally realized something. She slowly raised her hand and placed it on Ye Man's head. Her old voice kept calling out to Ye Man: "Jun... Jun Jun..."

The system is a little confused.

Wrong person?

Unexpectedly, Ye Man was called by a name other than her own, but she happily responded with "eh".

"It's me, Grandma."

"Ye, Ye Man..." the system said at a loss, "Why does she call you Jun Jun?"

"Oh, that's it. She thought I was her granddaughter. Her granddaughter's name is Lu Junxing. She went abroad and hasn't been back for many years. I occasionally come here to chat with her as her 'granddaughter'." In fact, Ye Man and Grandma Lu had nothing to do with each other. When she was sober, she probably didn't even know who he was.

Ye Man paused after he finished speaking, feeling a knot in his heart for a while, and whispered, "I said before that my dad passed away, I had no money to eat, and I was starving to death. The neighbor's grandmother sent me some food."

"...I was just kidding. I stole what I ate."

It's not just once.

The system's voice trembled: "What did you steal?"

Ye Man: "Seven days...seven, seven burgers."

There are seven different flavors...

He felt a little uneasy, telling someone his secret for the first time.

Originally, I intended to take it to my stomach and into my coffin.

If people knew about this, they would definitely hate him.

But the system shouldn’t do that, right?

Pop.

......Snap!

Ye Man waited, but there was no response from the system. Instead, he heard a crisp sound of "pa pa".

"Xiao Man ah..."

Ye Man was puzzled: "Brother Tong, are you crying?"

“Wow wow wow wow wow wow!”

Ye Man: “?”

What's going on? Why is Brother Tong playing the flute?

"You, you..." The system made the first furious and sad accusation in its life, "How can you mix truth with lies!"

Why didn’t he say anything if he was serious?!

Ye Man heaved a sigh of relief, it turned out that she wasn't regretting to the point of bursting into tears.

He smiled and said, "Brother Tong, you are so stupid. How can a person tell lies beyond his knowledge? Are you making them up? You must be making up stories by tearing them down here and there."

The system was furious: "You are not allowed to call me stupid! Everyone has the qualifications to call me stupid, but you don't! You are the biggest idiot!"

Being laughed at by Ye Man for being stupid would be a great shame in one's life!

"Ye Man! You must tell me the truth from now on. You are not allowed to lie to me. Even if I misunderstood you, you must explain it to me! You must explain yourself clearly to me!"

Ye Man: “Hehe.”

System: "Don't try to fool around with your silly smile!"

The system simply cannot get out of his brain, otherwise it will really kneel down before this living ancestor!

Ye Man shrank his neck: "Okay... okay."

Ye Manxin said that she had told the truth and her secrets were almost exposed, so why was Brother Tong still angry?

Besides, it doesn't matter whether it's true or false, what others want to hear is far more important to Ye Man than what he wants to say.

Brother Tong was angry, and he was thinking about what Brother Tong would be happy to hear and how he could appease him, instead of explaining himself because he had told the truth and it was misunderstood.

As long as the people who listen to him are happy, they will give him benefits. This is the way of survival that Ye Man has figured out.

As for whether what he said was true or false, what he really thought, would anyone really take it to heart? Is it really important? Isn't it boring? Who cares?

Ye Man suddenly recalled that night by the sea.

As if remembering something, I sighed softly in my heart...

After chatting with Grandma Lu for a while, Ye Man planned to leave. Before this, he would just visit her occasionally and didn't do much else.

When he was leaving, the young nurses from the nursing home came out to see him off. They held his hand and talked a lot, crying and laughing, and even put some more Chenpi candies in the bag for him.

Ye Man repeatedly assured him that he was living well, with a full wallet and plenty of food to eat, and that he would never disappear without a reason and that he would keep in touch regularly. Finally, he was forgiven.

Wang Wan wiped her eyes and looked across the street. "Eh? Xiaoman, did you tell your friend to pick you up? There's someone on the other side, and he seems to be waiting for you."

Ye Man shook his head. Xiao Wu glanced over there, then leaned over and said, "Master Xiao Man, it seems to be Mr. Xu."

As autumn came, the weather turned cooler. The man across the street was no longer wearing a suit, but a long black windbreaker. He undid two buttons on the collar of his shirt and rolled up his sleeves to his arms, revealing a pair of strong and muscular forearms. He folded his arms across his chest. The 1.9-meter-tall, long-legged man leaned against the car door, and I don't know how long he stood there.

Seeing that they had finished talking, Xu Huaiting walked over.

Ye Man held the bag full of candy and looked up: "Mr. Xu? Why are you here?"

Xu Huaiting: "Just passing by, what a coincidence."

Ye Man: "Is it quite a coincidence......?"

Xu Huaiting nodded to the people around him. Seeing that Ye Man was wearing thin clothes and her fingers holding the bag were slightly red, the hand in his pocket couldn't help but move, but he still pressed it down.

"Let me take you home."

"No need, Xiao Wu drove me here, go do whatever you need, don't worry about me."

"I'm fine. I have some questions about going up the mountain that you mentioned. I want to talk to you about it."

Ye Man's attitude changed instantly, and he turned to Xiao Wu and said, "You drive back by yourself. Mr. Xu and I will take a car together."

"Master Xiaoman, this..."

"Oh, don't worry about it. Master, I have something important to discuss with Mr. Xu in secret," Ye Man waved his hand to shoo him away, "Go, go, go quickly."

Xu Huaiting gave Xiao Wu his cell phone number and said, "I'm here with him. Don't worry, I'll take good care of him."

After seeing Xiao Wu off and saying goodbye to the young nurses from the nursing home, Ye Man got into Xu Huaiting's car.

Xu Huaiting turned up the heater a bit, but didn't start the car immediately. He asked Ye Man, "Are your hands cold?"

If he hadn't said it, Ye Man wouldn't have felt anything. Only after he said it did Ye Man realize that his hands were a little stiff.

But it's not a big deal.

Just as he was about to shake his head, Xu Huaiting grabbed his wrist, pulled it to his side, and stuffed it into his coat pocket.

"Nuan Nuan?"

He just held my pocket in his hand for a long time, and my whole pocket is warm.

Nothing can warm you up faster than body temperature, and the remaining body temperature in your pocket is also body temperature.

Ye Man curled up the fingers that were in his pocket, but was reluctant to pull them out, and quietly shrank back into the chair.

The place is so small, I don’t know where I can shrink myself into.

Xu Huaiting was looking at him. Seeing that he didn't pull his hand away, a smile appeared in his eyes. "You can put your other hand in the vent to warm it."

I leaned over and fastened his seat belt for him.

"Do you want to listen to music or watch a movie? What do you like to listen to? The traffic is jammed during the evening rush hour. It will take more than two hours to get there."

"Usually... I listen to short plays, audiobooks, radio dramas and so on." Ye Man answered honestly.

He learned the latter two recently. When he was not blind, he mainly watched skits with the owner of a snail noodle shop. Now that there are fewer pictures, he sometimes feels like something is missing and occasionally he can't understand or follow the plot. The latter two have narration and so on. In short, it is more convenient for him.

However, he had only tried it recently, and had not yet fully understood the two softwares. Before, he had only opened the software, randomly selected a work on the list and played it for a few seconds to test the functions.

"Do you have it on your phone? Let me see."

Ye Man unlocked the phone and handed it to him.

Xu Huaiting fiddled with it for a while and connected his mobile phone to the car Bluetooth.

"This looks like a radio play. Which one do you want to listen to?"

"It's all right. I can listen to anything."

“Then I’ll just continue playing.”

After waiting for two seconds, the car stereo heard the sound of fabric rubbing against each other and the ambiguous sound of water stains.

A boy groaned in pain.

Another two seconds passed, and the boy said in a low voice, "Let me go, how dare you!"

Another male voice with a low voice chuckled: "Why wouldn't I dare? Don't worry, this is the 30th floor, no one can see you from the French windows, why are you so nervous... After five years, it seems your body hasn't forgotten me yet."

Ye Man: “…”

Xu Huaiting narrowed his eyes and stared at him: "You..."

He seemed to be choosing his words carefully.

“Do you like French windows?”

Ye Man blinked at Xu Huaiting, and in the midst of even more inappropriate movements and conversations, her face turned redder and redder.

A sob came from the bottom of my heart.

"Brother Tong, help me dig a hole and bury me. I never want to see Xu Huaiting again in my life, wuwuwa!"