Chapter 78 The pain of those who love him slowly descends

Chi Jue leaned against the wall with his head lowered.

I kept loosening and tightening my hands behind my back to curb the dull pain and make myself look calm and composed.

If he showed sadness at this time, others would come to comfort him, which would be inappropriate. When others saw that he looked calm, they would feel relieved and comfort Xiaoman who needed comfort more at this moment.

He needs to act more mature and look calm and rational, otherwise he will bring more pressure to everyone around him and make others' already bad mood even worse.

Suddenly, a hand stretched out in front of me, with a familiar origami rabbit lying on it.

Chi Jue looked at the rabbit and didn't react for a long time.

The hand moved forward anxiously: "He is like that. Once he feels his face is hurt and his self-esteem is burst, he will say the most unpleasant words to hurt you. If you are scolded by him and cry, he will be very proud. If he is proud, I will be very angry. Stand on my side, don't let Ye Guowen really scold you and make him cry, otherwise he will be happy."

The boy mumbled a lot.

Ye Man couldn't see what Chi Jue was doing, but he could hear the crying of Chi's parents and the sound of his eldest brother ordering people to clean up the mess. Since he didn't hear anything from Chi Jue, he asked Xu Huaiting to bring him over.

Why is it so quiet? Not a sound at all? Could it be that Ye Guowen scolded her and she was afraid of losing face and dared not say a word?

He thought about it and felt something was wrong.

Since his eldest brother was looking after Chi Jue's parents, he came to see Chi Jue.

"Here you go." He took out the rabbit he had brought with him.

Seeing the rabbit, Chi Jue's eyes turned red. She slowly and carefully took the rabbit from his hand, "He scolded me and made me cry."

Compared to the miserable and gloomy looks of the others, Ye Man performed with great complacency. If it weren't for the phone call he just received, he would have been even more proud.

"Hey, why don't you talk?"

"Xiao Man," Chi Jue stammered and whispered, "You have suffered a lot over the years. I... I should have been the one... "

Hearing him say this, Ye Man was stunned for a moment.

I didn't feel the hardship along the way. The days passed one by one, and several years went by in a flash. When I think about it carefully, it seems more like numbness.

He always says how pitiful he is, but in reality he doesn't have the time to complain about himself. He is too busy every day.

Now that I have put all my worries behind me and see a bright future ahead, someone suddenly said to me, "Look back..."

Ye Man scratched his hair and chuckled.

"Now that you mention it...it seems to be quite bitter."

Hearing Chi Jue choking with sobs, Ye Man continued, "But your attitude makes it seem like there is nothing good about my previous life. I must be completely denied. It would be best if I were completely wiped out and thrown back into the furnace to be remade into a completely new Ye Man. Do I look bad on others now?"

No matter how bumpy the road was, at least he had walked out of it step by step by himself. To have everything denied directly was like even he as a person was denied.

His past isn't so worthless or so unbearable.

He thought of what Aunt Wang had said to him.

Thinking back, where did so many people come from who were willing to hire a child to work, and where did so many people come from who would be happy with a paper rabbit.

It was thanks to many people like Aunt Li, Aunt Wang, and Uncle Jiang who helped him get here and there. Now that I think about it... well, he was just so popular, and everyone loved him!

Chi Jue said anxiously: "That's not what I meant!"

"It's OK if it's not. You have to admire me, understand? I'm so awesome!" Ye Man raised his head proudly, pointing at the person in front of him, "You have to be my little brother in the future."

Chi Jue choked up and looked at him, crying and laughing: "Okay..."

Ye Man puffed out his chest and said, "Brother Tong, quickly remember this. If you are a successful vicious cannon fodder, even if the protagonist comes, you will have to be his little brother!"

Ye Man felt that he had already been recorded in the history books as a vicious cannon fodder!

The system was speechless: "Just float away. If I don't tie you up with a rope, you will fly out of the atmosphere."

Ye Man: “Hehe.”

After a brief exchange of words and a greeting to Brother Chi, Ye Man was accompanied by Xu Huaiting back to the old building where he used to live.

It’s also the beginning of everything.

He could still float before, but when he got there, his calves became weaker and weaker.

He didn't know what he was afraid of.

He counted the stairs he had walked on in his mind, one by one. He had walked each step countless times when he was very young.

The corridor was narrow and it was difficult for two people to walk side by side, so Ye Man walked in front and Xu Huaiting followed behind.

With someone behind you, you don’t have to worry about falling off the building even if you are blind.

When there was only one level left, Ye Man suddenly stopped and squatted on the platform in the middle. He hugged his knees and curled himself into a small ball, burying his head in his arms.

No one knows what he is thinking at this moment.

Xu Huaiting could vaguely sense something.

He was probably still afraid that Grandma Lu would remember his bad deeds and called him over to scold him.

Xu Huaiting slowly squatted down beside him, put his hand on his head and touched it, and told him: "It's okay, I'll stay with you."

The head buried in the knees nodded slowly.

He stood up again.

When they arrived at the door, before they could knock, the door of the Lu family opened first. Lu Junxing called out to Xiaoman in surprise, "I knew it was you when I heard the noise. Come in!"

The old house of the Lu family is not very big, only slightly bigger than Ye Man’s house.

The Lu couple are here now.

Seeing that Ye Man and the people around him were dressed elegantly, he smiled and said, "This house was allocated to my mother when she was a teacher. She spent her most youthful and memorable days here. She has deep feelings for it. It seems a little small and shabby now, and there's nothing good about it. Please don't dislike it."

Mother Lu brought out some tea and said, "Come on, sit down and have a drink. Thank you for all the trouble. The old lady is stubborn. If we can't get over this, we will be helpless."

Lu Junxing came over and said, "Brother Xiaoman, you know, grandma's disease developed slowly. When she was still in good condition, she told us that even if she couldn't speak or move in the future, we had to treat her as a human being and respect the words she left behind. She said that was her personal will!" She imitated the old lady's old-fashioned tone.

"It happened suddenly, and grandma didn't have time to explain many things. Her condition worsened, and she just held on to me and refused to leave. At the time, we didn't know what grandma meant."

Dad Lu pushed Grandma Lu out of the room.

The sound of the wheelchair made Ye Man subconsciously a little scared, and Xu Huaiting shook his hand.

Declining the Lu couple's suggestion to take a break, Ye Man let go of Xu Huaiting, walked forward alone, tapping his cane, groped his way down, put his hands on the old man's knees, and said in a low voice: "Grandma Lu..."

The old man was still the same as before. As soon as he saw Ye Man, he said, "Jun... Jun Jun..."

Ye Man felt a little embarrassed, and felt as if he was stealing someone's identity and stealing someone's grandmother in front of the owner.

Lu Junxing, who was called out, was frantically searching for something and exclaimed, "I found it! I was just saying I put it here!"

"Brother Xiaoman, take this and pretend to run out. You don't have to really run, just walk a few steps faster."

Something warm was stuffed into Ye Man's hand.

He recognized it immediately; it was a burger.

His mind went blank for a moment.

"Grandma has responded!" Lu Jun shouted happily. When Ye Man appeared in front of Grandma Lu with a burger, the old lady's dull eyes changed slightly, and she opened her mouth again: "Jun Jun..."

"Hey, I'm here, grandma," Lu Junxing urged Ye Man: "Brother Xiaoman, move!"

With his mind blank, Ye Man followed their instructions, stood up, held the cane, and stumbled out.

No one could help him with this matter, and Xu Huaiting could only watch from the side.

As Ye Man walked, he imagined what the house looked like in the past.

He was very familiar with this road. There was always hot burgers on the table by the door. He remembered how nervous he was at that time and his heartbeat when he fled in panic.

He walked step by step, and time seemed to pass very slowly. The hoarse voice of an old woman came from behind him, just like one evening, she was calling Junjun from behind him.

She may have discovered that he was stealing things from her house. She couldn't catch up with him and wanted to ask her granddaughter to call the police, but she forgot that her granddaughter was not at home at the time.

"Xiao Man..."

A familiar old voice came from behind.

Ye Man's footsteps suddenly stopped.

He stared at the darkness in front of him in disbelief and confusion, and heard the voice behind him saying intermittently:

"Jun... Jun Jun..."

"Tell... Xiaoman... to run slower..."

"Don't..."

"Don't... fall..."

"...slow...slow down..."

One evening many years ago.

A kid named Ye Man stole burgers from his neighbor's house.

He heard some noise in the house and thought the man was coming out to catch him, so he ran away in panic.

He remembered that he ran too fast and fell heavily at the door, knocking out a tooth and crying in pain.

He didn't have time to care about anything else. He wiped off the blood and tears, got up and continued to run. He ran so fast that the owner of the house couldn't catch up with him. He could only shout his granddaughter's name behind him.

Every time she saw him, she called Junjun's name, wanting to tell him: Run slowly, don't be in a hurry, because that was originally given to him.

But there was no time to say those words to him in person.

Tears rolled down my cheeks.

Xu Huaiting held his trembling shoulders, patted his back, and called Xiaoman in a low voice.

Lu Junxing apologized, "Brother Xiaoman, I didn't know that every time grandma bought an extra burger, it was for you... Have you been thinking about this in your heart all these years? I'm sorry..."

If she hadn't ordered a burger at noon, and she happened to hold the burger in front of her grandmother, triggering her grandmother's memory and hearing the second half of the sentence, this incident might never have been known in her lifetime. Lu Junxing was young at the time, carefree, and only thought about eating and having fun every day, rarely paying attention to the things around him.

Now that I've grown up, when I think about what I just heard, I can't figure out what happened back then.

Ye Man turned around, walked quickly back to the old woman, and knelt on her knees.

Crying so hard that you can't make a sound.

Grandma Lu raised her hand and touched his head, just like she did every time before.

"grandmother......"

The young Ye Man was too obsessed with escaping. He was trapped in his home and had no time to see the other people around him who loved him.

The floating pain slowly descends into the depths of the soul.

Suddenly, colorful spots of light appeared before his eyes.

Seventeen-year-old Ye Man never regretted giving up his eyes for thirty thousand yuan. At that time, he was so passionate that he felt he could even sacrifice his life.

Nineteen-year-old Ye Man suddenly felt a little regretful.

Perhaps without him knowing, in the eyes of those who loved him deeply, he had already become far more important than anything else.

Xu Huaiting patted his trembling back.

Suddenly, a very light sob was heard.

"Ricardo, your eyes... are so dark."

Xu Huaiting suddenly held his breath.