Ling Chen didn't say anything else. His fingers carefully swept across every scratch or bruise on her face, and then he used his hands to bring water from the stream, washing her face. The mud was washed away by the clear stream, revealing the original milky white face. Ling Chen carefully tidied up her hair and held her face as he smiled and said, "This is my Tian Tian. You're so beautiful, and when you grow up, you'll definitely be a beauty like your big sister."
Tian Tian looked into his eyes and lightly nodded as she smiled. This was the first time her big brother had washed her face for her, and it was as warm as when her big sister washed her face, causing her heart to beat faster.
Ling Chen looked down at her shoes and socks, which were half-stained with blood. He carried Tian Tian in his arms and carefully took off her cute snow-white shoes, causing Tian Tian to cry out in pain. The dried blood had caused her shoes and socks to stick together. One could only imagine how much pain she had endured that night and the past few days of running. Ling Chen's heart ached as if it was being stabbed by needles … she had used such a thin and weak body to carry him for an entire night, and her feet had been completely bruised. That night, she had used all of her willpower to accomplish something that should have been impossible.
What reason did he have to selfishly seek death?
The blood stains on her white socks were shocking to the eye, causing Ling Chen to lightly suck in a breath of cold air. After so many days, the wounds on her feet and socks had long since been stuck together by the dried blood. Ling Chen gently held her feet, but didn't dare to take off her socks. His chest heaved up and down, and after a while, he put Tian Tian down and softly said, "Tian Tian, sit there and don't move. Wait for me for a bit."
Ling Chen didn't dare to walk too far, in case Tian Tian panicked. There were all sorts of plants here, and very quickly, he found what he was looking for. After busying himself for a while, he had a large piece of green grass in his hands. He walked over to Tian Tian's side and put the grass down before squatting down and carefully rolling up Tian Tian's socks.
"Big brother … I …" Tian Tian knew what he was going to do, and she tensed up.
Ling Chen rolled the sock until it was close to the bloodstain. He could not bear to continue rolling it, otherwise, it would tear the wound. He held Tian Tian's feet, gently massaging them as he smiled and said, "Tian Tian, let me ask you a question. You need to think about it carefully and answer it seriously."
Tian Tian asked curiously, "Ah? What is it? "
Ling Chen thought for a moment and said, "There were four people playing mahjong in the house. Then the police came, but they took away five people. Why?"
"4 people … police … 5 people …" Tian Tian started to think seriously before weakly saying, "Is there someone … hiding?"
"No," Ling Chen shook his head, then said with a smug expression, "It's four people playing mahjong, and the person they're playing with is called mahjong!"
Tian Tian stared for a moment before bursting into laughter. At this moment, Ling Chen gently pressed down on Tian Tian's feet with both hands, pulling down the two blood-stained socks.
"Arghhh!!!"
Tian Tian's skin and stocking had fused together, and this caused the wound on her foot to be torn open. The sudden pain caused Tian Tian to cry out, and tears flowed out of her eyes. Ling Chen quickly hugged Tian Tian, holding her face against his chest as he hurriedly said, "Don't cry, Tian Tian, it'll only hurt for a short while. It'll be fine soon, just a short while …"
After the wounds were torn open, Tian Tian's feet immediately started to bleed. However, if he didn't do this, the sock would have become even more tightly bound, and the consequences would have been much worse. The pain from Tian Tian's feet also hurt Ling Chen's heart. Hugging Tian Tian, Ling Chen felt his heart ache … he would never forget that Tian Tian had suffered all this pain because of him.
Tian Tian's body stopped trembling, and her eyes were filled with tears. However, she didn't cry out, and instead tightly clenched her feet as she obediently nodded in Ling Chen's embrace. "Big brother … I … I'm not afraid of pain … when big brother wakes up, I'm not afraid of pain at all …"
The tears that Ling Chen had been holding back for a while finally flowed out of his eyes and onto Tian Tian's back.
The cool water flowed past Tian Tian's feet, washing away the wounds and blood. Her feet were quickly washed clean by Ling Chen's hands, and they were now white and tender. However, the wounds were still quite shocking. Ling Chen put the grass that he had picked into his mouth, chewing it, and then bent down, slowly smearing it on the wound that had already started to stop bleeding. Tian Tian didn't cry out in pain. Instead, she silently looked at her big brother, who was carefully holding her feet. Her eyes, which were even more crystalline than diamonds, were filled with longing.
The jade-green medicinal herbs covered Tian Tian's feet, and Ling Chen tore them from his clothes and gently wrapped them with clean cloth. He couldn't bear to let Tian Tian's feet touch the ground, so he carried her on his back and walked forwards. He would use his entire life to repay her for carrying him on her back for a day and night.
No matter if it was his clothes or his body, they were all incredibly dirty. However, this stream was evidently not a place to bathe. He carried Tian Tian on his back as he walked forwards, looking for a place to bathe and eat.
"Big brother, where are we going?" Tian Tian softly asked as she lay on Ling Chen's back. The smell coming from Ling Chen was particularly pungent, but she seemed to be enjoying it.
Where to … Ling Chen didn't know. Before he fully recovered, he couldn't go back to Beijing. Ruo Ruo was no longer here, and their home had been destroyed. Where could he and Tian Tian go?
Ling Chen's footsteps paused as Shui Ruo's smile appeared in his mind. His memories seemed to have returned to the distant past, but also seemed to have happened just yesterday.
If time could stop at that time, how great would that be … a carefree, carefree life. Just by looking at her, the whole world seemed so dazzling …
"Let's go back to Zhong Zhou." Ling Chen muttered as he stopped.
"Zhong Zhou? What's that place? "Tian Tian raised her head and asked in a small voice.
"It's where I met Ruo Ruo … and watched her grow up …"
… …
Two days later.
Zhongzhou Province was named for its geographical location in the center of Hua Xia Country. It was about 1200 kilometers away from Jinghua City. The four seasons here all year round had relatively obvious seasonal characteristics. The provincial capital was Zhong Zhou City, which was located in the centre of Zhong Zhou. To the south of Zhong Zhou City was the city of Su Hang, which was known as Hua Xia's' Heavenly Capital '.
The temperature in Zhong Zhou City was much higher than that of Beijing. This was especially so at noon, when the scorching sun scorched the earth, causing passersby to curse at the weather.
This was the northern outskirts of Zhong Zhou City. There weren't any beautiful or eye-catching buildings here, and the colour of the residential buildings was quite plain and old. There were very few passersby, and they all walked hurriedly. This place was quite far from the city centre. Most of the people living here were at the bottom of society, and they had to work hard to make a living.
At the corner of an ordinary street, a person wearing a coarse shirt appeared. His hair was a bit messy, covering half of his face. However, it was clear that he was a very young person. He stood there, staring ahead in a daze … even though there wasn't anything here that would catch people's attention. On his back, there was a ten-year-old girl. The girl was also wearing plain clothes. Their clothes seemed a bit heavy in this weather, and occasionally passersby would look at them before hurriedly walking away.
From Beijing, to Zhong Zhou.
The same route, the same method, the same place where they were forced by the Long family … and it was the same place …
Everything was so similar, so similar that he couldn't help but want to cry.
… …
"Big brother! Big brother, hurry and wake up. You'll get burned lying on the ground like this. Big brother … "
"Big brother, are you sick? Can you stand up? It's very hot lying on the ground like this … ah, it's okay, my mum and dad will be here soon. They'll help big brother. That's right, my dad's a doctor, so he'll definitely make big brother better. "
"I don't have any water … is this okay? It's very cold and sweet … is it good? If it's good, then drink it all. If you want more, I'll get mum and dad to buy more. "
… …
Ling Chen's heart and eyes trembled violently. That voice, which he would never forget even in death, crashed into his heart like a tidal wave … back then, it was here that he met the girl who had completely entered his life. In the blink of an eye, six years had passed. He once again appeared here … but he could no longer see her smile or hear her angelic voice.
From that place, just like back then, he jumped onto the train to the Central Province with Tian Tian in his arms, and from the same place, he came to this place from back then … everything stopped here. What he had hoped for would never happen again. That beautiful encounter would only happen once in a lifetime. Back then, before he went to Beijing, he and Shui Ruo had promised to come back as soon as he recovered from his illness. After all, this was their home, and it was a place where they had many beautiful memories. In Beijing, he and Shui Ruo had always talked about Zhong Zhou, and they had always planned the date of their 'return', as well as what they would do when they returned. But in the end …
"Big brother …"
Feeling Ling Chen's heartbeat becoming chaotic, Tian Tian raised her head and looked at him worriedly.
Ling Chen shook his head and smiled, "I'm fine, I just remembered when I met Ruo Ruo back then."
Zhong Zhou … I'm back …
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