Under the sunlight, there was a very obvious wound on Xiao Xinyan's delicate fingers, about one centimeter long, and it looked quite deep, with the skin turned upside down and bright red blood congealed on it.
Upon seeing her sister's wound, Li Muxing immediately frowned, and a clear look of heartache appeared in her eyes.
When Xiao Xinyan heard her older brother's question, she looked down at her hands, completely calm and unconcerned.
"Oh... big brother, are you talking about this cut? It's okay, it doesn't hurt at all!"
As he spoke, the little boy looked up and smiled brightly at his older brother, still trying to comfort him, and said:
"Yan Yan didn't know when she got cut. By the time we found out, it didn't hurt much anymore."
"This minor injury is nothing to Yan Yan!"
She patted her little chest like a little hero, looking fearless and brave.
Hearing her words, Li Muxing's expression turned even more unpleasant.
"It's nothing. If this injury had happened to your second brother, he would have been screaming in pain by now."
Despite his seemingly tough and manly demeanor, Li Muchen can be more dramatic than anyone else when he gets sentimental, which is probably related to Liang Xunling's boundless doting on him.
He's just a paper tiger, all bark and no bite.
After complaining about his second brother, Li Muxing seemed to realize something and asked his sister, "Don't tell me you've suffered an injury even more serious than this?!"
"Yes, getting injured is a common occurrence for Yan Yan!"
Xiao Xinyan spoke the most heartbreaking words in a very relaxed tone, her face full of innocent naivety, as if she had completely become accustomed to the world's malice towards her.
Li Muxing didn't know what his sister had gone through, but when he heard her words, he felt his heart sink and he felt extremely uncomfortable.
What a poor little guy!
We absolutely cannot let her get hurt again!
We must not let her think that getting hurt is a matter of course, and that she won't even cry out in pain.
"Don't practice your calligraphy yet. Sit here quietly and wait for your big brother. He'll be back soon."
Li Muxing took the calligraphy brush from Xiao Xinyan's hand and placed it on the brush holder next to her. She then pulled her into the living room and made her sit on the sofa and wait for her.
Xiao Xinyan had no idea what her older brother was going to do, so she obediently sat quietly on the sofa in the living room waiting for him to come back.
Not long after, Li Muxing arrived at Xiao Xinyan's side carrying a family medicine kit.
"Big brother will help you treat your wound. Your wound is quite serious. If it's not treated promptly, it may become infected. Inflamed wounds are extremely painful and might even cause a fever!"
As Li Muxing spoke, she knelt down on one knee in front of Xiao Xinyan, opened the medicine box, took out iodine and cotton swabs, and began to treat Xiao Xinyan's wound.
The iodine solution didn't hurt much when it was applied to the wound, but Li Muxing still subconsciously moved it gently, afraid of hurting her younger sister.
He looked up at Xiao Xinyan and continued in a gentle, consultative tone:
"So Yanbao, you must remember that if you get injured, you must tell your family and your brothers in time. You can't suffer in silence by yourself, okay?"
Hearing her older brother's words, Xiao Xinyan nodded obediently and then said in a childish voice, "But Yanyan really didn't feel any pain."
Honest and frank, without the slightest affectation.
Li Muxing frowned with heartache, "Silly girl, because you've suffered much more serious injuries before, this kind of pain doesn't bother you anymore. But even if it doesn't hurt, you still need to learn to talk about your injuries and learn to rely on your family and your brothers!"
Now she is the Li family's little darling, and she no longer needs to shoulder everything herself, or even pretend to be strong.
She can be sentimental, she can act coquettish, she can complain, she can whine…
You can be like an ordinary child, freely expressing your joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness on your face.
She can also be a delicate and soft little sister, relying on her brothers for everything.
As the eldest brother, Li Muxing could assure Xiao Yanbao that all her brothers were people she could rely on.
Upon hearing her older brother's words, Xiao Xinyan was stunned.
No one had ever said such things to her before. She was injured, but because she didn't want her mother to worry, she often kept it a secret from her, so no one ever helped her treat her wounds.
Sometimes when her wounds bled, she would follow the advice of the village elders and grab a handful of fine sand from the sandy soil to sprinkle on the wounds to stop the bleeding.
Even though her injuries were very painful, she didn't dare to groan.
Therefore, Li Muxing's words successfully opened the door to a new world for Xiao Xinyan.
She pouted her rosy lips and cautiously asked her older brother:
"If Yanbao really feels pain, can he/she cry out in pain?"
"Of course you can! Why can't you cry out in pain?" Li Muxing widened her eyes slightly and asked Xiao Xinyan in a somewhat puzzled manner.
Xiao Xinyan said in a muffled voice, "Because when Yanbao was bullied by those children in the village, if Yanbao cried out in pain, they would hit Yanbao even harder, and Yanbao would be in even more pain, so Yanbao didn't dare to cry out."
"..."
Li Muxing was speechless, unsure of what to say to comfort Xiao Yanbao.
His eyes were noticeably redder, and after a moment of silence, he said with conviction:
"With his older brothers backing Yanbao up, no one will dare to bully our Yanbao!"
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