Chapter 40 Will Secret Forgive Him?
After breakfast, Third Aunt took Wen Nian out again, saying that she wanted to take her to the cornfield to pick some corn to eat.
Xu Xiaoyu and the little boy followed along.
Passing a large sand pile on the forest path, Aunt San pointed at Huai Nian and said, "Zhi Jian used to love coming here all the time. She could spend the whole day climbing here by herself."
Wen Nian turned his head and looked.
It is a sand pile that is almost as high as a house. Apart from its height, there is nothing special about it. It is also located in a remote area in the woods and there is almost no one nearby.
She wondered, "Is there no one to accompany him?"
"Huh?" Aunt San realized. "Oh, when he came here, he was already five or six years old. Children his age all had companions, so it wasn't easy for him to find friends."
"Oh." Wen Nian didn't say anything else and continued walking.
Along the way, I heard Third Aunt talk a lot about Xu Zhijian's childhood, and it seemed that she was deliberately expressing to her how good the relationship between her and him was.
Different from what Wen Nian had heard before, he seemed to be very well behaved here.
They don't fight or cause trouble, and they're even a little pitiful.
No friends, no one to support me.
He became evil in order to protect himself, so is this what his childhood was really like?
…
No, Xu Zhijian shouldn't be pitiful no matter what.
Thinking of the message he sent last night, she guessed that he must have been oppressed a lot. After all, a child of a few years old, without parents around, and relatives all have their own families, how could they possibly take good care of him.
What Third Aunt said sounded nice, but it was probably half true and half false.
The cousin just now said those words unscrupulously in front of so many people. He must have been bullied a lot in the past.
Wen Nian squeezed his palms, and a dark cloud appeared in his eyes.
The Xu family’s cornfield is at the foot of the mountain.
When we got there, Auntie San said with a smile, "Nothing has grown as well as our corn this year. It's big and sweet! It's delicious. You just wait outside while I go in and pick some. Come, Erkang, come in with Mom and help."
Boy: “Here I come.”
The two entered the cornfield one after another, and Wen Nian and Xu Xiaoyu found a rock outside to sit on. The sun was quite strong at this time of year, but fortunately there were trees around to provide shade.
Xu Xiaoyu clapped her hands and warned, "I've finally figured it out. This old fox is just trying to get close to me so she can get some benefits from you. Don't be fooled by her sweet words. She's not a good person."
Aunt San never stopped talking along the way, praising Wen Nian to the sky.
"Don't worry." Wen Nian rubbed her head: "I don't have anything for her to get."
This person probably mistook her for some young lady from Beijing.
"Hey, sister, why do you like to rub my head so much?"
Wen Nian paused, a little embarrassed: "I don't know... probably... I just think it's fun."
Xu Xiaoyu stared at her, uttered an "eh," and smiled cunningly, "Is it because my brother loves to rub your head? So you're used to it."
Wen Nian blinked and turned away awkwardly, "No."
"Ha! You're not shy anymore, are you?" Xu Xiaoyu swayed in front of her like a little bee.
"No."
"Speaking of which, sister, are you still going to forgive my brother?"
After spending a few days together, she now likes Wen Nian very much. She can't wait for her to become her sister-in-law. She has to quickly change her image as her brother.
For a moment, she felt that she was sublime.
Hi, what a great sister.
Xu Xiaoyu was moved in her heart and said, "Although my brother has a bad temper, he is handsome, healthy, smart, has a positive outlook, can wash clothes and cook, and is ambitious. He will definitely make a lot of money in the future. The most important thing is that he only loves you."
"Really? You have to believe me. From childhood to adulthood, I've never seen my brother fall in love. You are his first love, sister."
"You don't know, after you left, he cried secretly at home every day. Once, when he was drunk, he even said that if you didn't come back, he would become a monk."
Wen Nian: "...So exaggerated?"
She nodded repeatedly: "Just ask, where can you find such a perfect and suitable man? Sister, even if you don't like him, it's worth taking him home to serve you!"
Looking at the pair of particularly serious little deer eyes in front of him, Wen Nian was stunned. Coming to his senses, he wanted to laugh a little, so he pulled her back from his legs and said, "Didn't you remind me to stay away from him before?"
"That was when I was young and ignorant. So, do you want to get back together with him? Do you want to?"
Wen Nian thought for a moment: "...This is a secret."
"Xiaoyu, I have something for you!" At this time, the little boy came out from the ground and came up to the two of them mysteriously. "Hold out your hand."
"What?" Xu Xiaoyu was too lazy to pay attention to him, but she was really curious, so she stretched out her hand.
The next second, I felt something crawling in the palm of my hand.
She suddenly felt something was wrong, but before she could withdraw her hand, the boy smiled wickedly and pulled her hand away, "Haha!"
A big, fat, red bug.
Xu Xiaoyu screamed and jumped up immediately in fright.
“Ahhhhhhhhh!”
Tears gushed out of her eyes. As she shook the insect away, she jumped towards Wen Nian, not daring to move her arms.
Wen Nian felt the person in her arms trembling, so she quickly hugged her and comforted her, "It's okay, it's been trampled to death, Xiaoyu, don't be afraid."
The little boy beside him laughed even louder.
"Are you sick?" Wen Nian scolded him, it was totally unreasonable. She was so angry that she really wanted to grab a handful of bugs and stuff them into his face.
"Lululu." The man felt no guilt at all. He rolled his eyes and turned back into the cornfield.
Xu Xiaoyu was still sobbing, her face pale, obviously frightened.
Wen Nian slowly calmed her down: "It's okay, it's okay."
I remember that Xu Zhijian was particularly afraid of insects, and he would feel uncomfortable for most of the day every time he saw one.
Thinking of the ways she had comforted him before, Wen Nian tried to change the subject and told Xu Xiaoyu about some delicious food.
She slowly calmed down, pouted and said, "I will never come to this shabby place again!"
"Well, I won't come again."
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Wen Nian took Xu Xiaoyu back first and refused to have lunch with them.
Seeing that her face was not very good, Aunt San didn't dare to go any closer and scolded her son severely.
Like yesterday, the two played in the house all afternoon.
In the evening, a group of people came back in a mighty procession.
There was a sound of washing hands outside. Wen Nian was about to look when the door was pushed open.
The man was sweating profusely and his body was in a mess, as if he had just fallen. A glaring wound on his forearm was bleeding.
Even so, the first thing Xu Zhijian asked when he came in was, "Have you eaten yet?"
Xu Xiaoyu hurriedly took some paper to wipe him, with a look of disgust on her face: "Eat, eat. How come you've become like this after just one day? You look like a homeless person."
Only then did he notice that he was very dirty. Xu Zhijian took the paper and wiped it a few times, saying nonchalantly, "It's okay. I just fell while riding my bike outside. I'll go wash it."
Then he looked at Wen Nian and said, "Come out and help me."
"good."
"Wait, let me get some clothes first."
The bathroom here was renovated by myself. It is in a small room outside, right next to Xu Zhijian's room.
Arriving at the door, Xu Zhijian said to Wen Nian, "Help me guard outside for a while. This door is broken. I'll be fine soon."
Wen Nian nodded: "It's okay, go ahead."
After he went in, Wen Nian took a look at the door lock. It was the most common ball lock, but it seemed to be broken.
...There are at least six or seven people in this family, but there is only one bathroom, and the door is broken, and they don't even know how to fix it.
Wen Nian didn't understand.
There was the sound of splashing water behind her, and she was playing on the steps under the eaves when she had nothing to do.
After a while, Xu Lin came out of the east room with his clothes pulled.
"Hey, there's someone here."
This man is tall and strong, with dark yellow arms covered with tattoos, and his nonchalant tone makes him look even less like a good person.
Wen Nian suppressed an eye roll and hummed impatiently.
Seeing her disgust, Xu Lin snorted and pulled up a bench to sit down on the spot.
Click.
The sound of a lighter.
He lit a cigarette and exhaled circles of smoke with satisfaction.
Wen Nian silently walked away a little, and heard him suddenly drawl out his tone and say deliberately: "Oh, why does Zhi Jian love taking a bath so much? I remember that he used to not take a bath for half a month. He was afraid of the bathroom door."
His tone was casual, but the glance he gave her was filled with undisguised malice.
Wen Nian keenly sensed the implication of these words, and her face suddenly darkened as if covered by a layer of dark clouds. She clenched her fists, stared at him for a few seconds, and said bluntly: "Have you bullied him before?"
Although it is a question, it carries affirmation.
I didn't expect her to be so straightforward.
Don't say it, for a moment, Xu Lin was really shocked by that sharp look, and a wave of irritation surged in his heart. He sneered: "It's so harsh to say that. That's not bullying at all, it's clearly just a little quarrel between brothers."
"you--"
"Wen Nian." The door behind her opened, and Xu Zhijian came out, grabbing her wrist. "Come in, don't bother with this idiot."
"Who are you calling stupid?" Xu Lin said angrily.
"I'm talking about you. You're asking if you're cheap or not."
"Xu Zhijian!" Xu Lin jumped up from the stool: "Do you really want to fight?"
Xu Zhijian pushed Wen Nian into the house and stood under the eaves of the door, looking at him calmly: "I don't mind, but you should think about it carefully."
He lamented for him, "You can't beat him, so all you do is yell."
After saying that, he closed the door.
Xu Lin felt humiliated and wanted to rush in and beat him up immediately, but thinking of his embarrassment last time, he hesitated. In the end, he was furious and cursed outside before leaving.
Inside the room, Xu Zhijian wiped his hair while explaining to Wen Nian, "Don't listen to his nonsense. I was defeated by him a few times when I was a kid. Now, no one of him can match me."
Wen Nian sat on the bed, pursed her lips, and did not respond to this topic. She took out an iodine cotton swab from her bag and said, "Let's treat the wound first."
The mountains are high and the roads are long, so she usually carries this kind of thing with her.
Xu Zhijian came over obediently and said, "Okay."
"Clean it up with hydrogen peroxide first. It might hurt a little."
"It's okay, you go ahead—hiss…" He was strong for only two seconds. His face twisted in pain and he pinched her legs. "Why does it hurt so much!"
Wen Nian was stunned for a moment and didn't move: "Hydrogen peroxide is like this, iodine shouldn't be that painful." She cleaned him carefully, "Okay, try not to get it wet again to avoid infection."
"Yeah." Xu Zhijian retracted his arm. "What are we having for dinner? Do you want me to go out and buy something?"
Xu Xiaoyu was playing games on the sofa, but when she heard about food, she immediately jumped in excitement. A sense of honorable responsibility arose spontaneously, "No need! I have three buckets of instant noodles in my suitcase, more than enough!"
Xu Zhijian: "Who wants to eat your children's instant noodles?"
"Why! Do you look down on instant noodles? They're obviously delicious! Besides, I can also add chicken legs, eggs and ham for you." She snorted in dissatisfaction.
Too lazy to rant, Xu Zhijian looked at Wen Nian, his voice so gentle it was almost clamped in his throat: "Why don't we go out to eat? There are still a few restaurants in town."
"No, I think instant noodles are good."
"See! Right!" Xu Xiaoyu boasted, "You're the only one with a noble palate. If you want to eat, go ahead and eat it yourself. You'll save me a bucket."
...I really want to throw her out.
Xu Zhijian sighed, lay down on the bed, and said dejectedly, "Okay, instant noodles are just instant noodles."
I haven't eaten for a day and I'm almost starving to death.
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