Rebirth: I am the boss uncle

Finally, Ye Youxuan made up his mind. He lowered his head, put his hands at his sides, and slowly clenched his fists.

"No, I'm fine. I don't have a fever and I didn't stay outside for long, so I won't get sick. You guys... go back! I want to be alone... I want to spend the New Year alone... You guys go back! Your home is not far away, there... your relatives are..."

Zhou Yumo, who was standing outside the door, opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, his two brothers pulled his hands, one on the left and one on the right, signaling him not to speak.

Zhou Jinyan stood outside the door, looking at the closed door, hesitant to speak, he raised his hand and knocked gently on the door

"Xiaoxuan! I know your mind is in a mess now, and there are many things you can't figure out, so you have a lot of thoughts now... But some things don't mean they never happened just because you keep them in your heart, and they don't mean they never existed just because you don't say them out loud, and they won't pass if you keep them in your heart... You should have a good rest, Shi Yan and the others will go get some food! We'll wake you up when we're done... Today is New Year's Eve, and we won't let you spend the New Year alone. Since you don't want to go to a crowded place, we'll come and accompany you. With only the three of us accompanying you, it won't be noisy, and you won't be lonely, don't worry... It's okay if you don't want to talk, we won't disturb you. We just want to be with you, so that you... won't be so... lonely..."

After Zhou Jinyan finished speaking, he pulled his two younger brothers away from the door, wanting Ye Shuaixuan to be alone...

There was no sound outside the door. Ye Youxuan's tightly clenched hands finally loosened. He lowered his head and looked at the floor at his feet. There was a thick carpet there. It was after the beginning of autumn that Li Na's family noticed that his health was getting worse and worse and he couldn't stand the cold. Eventually, they covered their house with this thick carpet, just like... that person... back then... they achieved perfection...

Ye Youxuan doesn't like wearing shoes. He always feels that it restricts him. Even in the cold winter, he rarely wears thick shoes. He feels it is very inconvenient.

The sound outside the door disappeared. Ye Youxuan supported himself on the wall, gently took off his shoes, walked slowly on the soft carpet, and finally leaned against the corner of the wall and slowly slid down to sit down.

Ye Youxuan covered his head in pain

why? ? ?

Why should I care about myself???

Why do you do this!!!

They clearly have no relatives...

It's obvious that their relationship is just about money...

Obviously...

But why would these people treat themselves like this? Not only Li Na's family, but the entire village?

Ding ding dong...

Suddenly, the wind chime hanging on the window sill was blown by the wind. It was the wind chime that Ye Youxuan had remade, exactly the same as the one that Lin Moyan had made with him.

Ye Youxuan heard the sound of the wind chimes and slowly raised his head from his knees. He looked at the wind chimes tinkling on the windowsill and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Mo Yan...are you guys here to see me? You...know that Chinese New Year is coming, so you want to come see me?"

The wind chimes tinkled, not knowing if it was a response to Ye Youxuan's words, or...

Ye Youxuan looked at the ringing wind chimes, a trace of loss flashed in his eyes, and he leaned his head on his knees again, curled up in the corner and did not move.

After a long time, he looked at the wind chimes hanging high up and said to himself:

"It's already the New Year, and it's been almost half a year since you left... Hahahaha... You might not believe this, but I've been very relaxed and comfortable in the past six months... I'm happier and more unrestrained than when you were away. No one is controlling me, telling me to eat this today and that tomorrow... No one is urging me to take those psychiatric drugs that make my scalp tingle... I've told you all that I'm fine, I'm not sick, I don't have any mental illness, I'm healthy... But you always don't believe me... You're always afraid that something bad will happen to me... But without you... I'm still living a good life... Aren't I living a good life?"

So... go away! Don't come again... disturb my life, and don't give me that slim hope...

But the sound of the wind chimes in his ears continued to ring. Ye Youxuan looked up dissatisfiedly.

"Never mind... I'm not having it that easy either. The people here... have quickly become like you. They urge me to take medicine and wear more clothes every day, and they also send me lots of food every day. I clearly have everything I need, but they think I'm the most pitiful child here... Why is that?"

No one responded, but the sound of the wind chimes gradually faded away. Ye Youxuan stared at the still wind chimes with his eyes open for a while, then buried his head in his knees again...

In the small kitchen, Zhou Yumo was absentmindedly preparing food, recalling the topic his brother had asked him. He seemed to have thought of something, his eyes suddenly widened, and the tomatoes he was washing fell into the basin with a clang.

Zhou Shiyan frowned and looked at his brother who was standing there. He couldn't help but push him.

"What are you doing? Why are you just sitting there, washing the vegetables?"

But Zhou Yumo ignored Zhou Shiyan. He just looked up at his brother who was cooking and asked the question he wanted to ask anxiously.

"Brother, a few days ago you asked me about Xiaoxuan. Why... did you ask that?"

Zhou Jinyan paused while cooking, then continued cooking his best dish as if nothing had happened.

"Nothing? I just saw that he was so weak and came here alone from such a long distance, so I asked..."

Zhou Yumo bit his lip and looked at his brother in disbelief.

"Brother, I don't know why you ask that, but... I've noticed he's been in a bad mood these past few days. I... I once accidentally bumped into Xiaoxuan changing clothes, and there was a faint scar on his neck, and it seemed..."

He didn't finish the rest of the words, but the three brothers seemed to understand what was going on. For a moment, the kitchen fell into a strange silence.