old age

After returning to the hotel to change their clothes, they embarked on the return train.Because I booked tickets in advance, I managed to buy two soft sleepers this time.

The moment Yi Chen saw Yi Bochuan's car at the entrance of the community, Yi Chen knew something was wrong.Ji Kaiyang also noticed, turned his head and said softly, "It's all my responsibility, it has nothing to do with you if they blame you."

"Don't talk nonsense." Yi Chen interrupted him involuntarily, "It's not the first day we met."

It would be a lie to say that he wasn't worried at all, but before he went, Yi Chen did feel lucky that Zhang Yun and Yi Bochuan would not come back from the countryside so early.But until now, I can only face it with a brave face.

"I've opened the door." Yi Chen swallowed and took out the key.He missed the keyhole several times, and just as Ji Kaiyang was about to step forward, the door opened from the inside.Looking at them, Zhang Yun was taken aback for a moment, the smile on her face was fleeting, and tears flowed down her face, "Where did you go?"

She and Yi Bochuan arrived at the home the night before, and thought they were out to play when they didn't see the child.It wasn't until after ten o'clock that I didn't see anyone, so I realized something was wrong. I searched around the house and saw the note left on the table.

Zhang Yun hurriedly contacted the part-time worker, but learned that Ji Kaiyang told her that her parents had returned early, and that she had settled the wages so that she would not have to use them.They left a note and went to the police station to call the police, but they couldn't file a case.Yi Bochuan asked acquaintances to check the monitoring at the station and the airport. After a busy day and night, he still hasn't returned.

Zhang Yun called Yi Bochuan and told him that the child had arrived home.She supported the table and sat down, looking at Ji Kaiyang and Yi Chen, her voice trembling uncontrollably, "Where did you go?"

"I went to see my dad, and then went to the beach." Ji Kaiyang put down his bag, and said in a calm tone, "Mom, why didn't you tell me that my dad is dead."

Zhang Yun's face turned pale in an instant, "What did you say?"

"I've been to his cemetery." Ji Kaiyang knelt down and held Zhang Yun's hand, "Why didn't you tell me."

Zhang Yun was silent, Yi Chen pulled Ji Kaiyang, trying to get him up.Ji Kaiyang didn't move, "You didn't say it at the time, but it's been five years, why didn't you mention it? If I didn't find out this time, when are you going to tell me?"

"How should I tell you? Ji Kaiyang, how do you want me to tell you." Zhang Yun lowered her eyes, "You were only ten years old at the time, so what's the use of me telling you, even if I told you, he wouldn't be able to come back to life!"

"But that's my dad, I should know."

"You should know?" Zhang Yun pushed him away, her voice was low and sharp, as if someone had strangled her throat, "Are you blaming me? Do you think I want to bear all this alone?"

"Mom, that's not what I meant." Ji Kaiyang looked at his empty hand.

"Ask yourself, Ji Kaiyang. How dare I tell you? Your personality has always been calmer than other children. This is a good thing, and it's not good. Sometimes I don't know what you're thinking. It's not that I didn't think about it I told you, but I don’t know what you will do! Now that you know it yourself, your first reaction is to rush to the beach without telling me anything. Are you not afraid of my worry, and you are not afraid of danger? If I had I told you, don't you want to accompany your father to die!"

"Whether life or death is my business, I must have the right to know." Ji Kaiyang blurted out without thinking.

"Your matter?" Zhang Yun raised her hand and slapped Ji Kaiyang heavily on the face, "You insist on forcing me to lose my husband in my early years, and you are willing to lose my son in middle age, right?!"

"Aunt Zhang." Yi Chen was frightened and even forgot her address.He thought this matter had come to an end temporarily, but it turned out to be getting worse.

That slap was so hard that the corners of Ji Kaiyang's mouth twitched, and his face felt a little numb.

"I've raised you by myself for so many years. Why didn't I do it for your own good? Now that your wings have grown hard, you can run around? You haven't come back for two days, and Mom can't sleep well. I'm afraid that something happened to you. I What should I do?"

Zhang Yun started to cry again while talking, covering her face with one hand, tears kept slipping from between her fingers.

Ji Kaiyang felt that he should say something, but he couldn't speak.Mother concealed it from him, naturally because she didn't want him to be sad.But no matter how much he reassured himself that there was nothing wrong with it, it was probably a good thing.When he saw his mother, he still felt cheated.Yi Chen looked at Zhang Yun, who was crying, and at Ji Kaiyang, who was squatting on the ground, and didn't know what to do.

The atmosphere in the living room was stalemate until Yi Bochuan returned home.

"You go in and lie down for a while. You haven't rested for a long time. I'll scold them." He went to the bathroom to moisten the towel with warm water and handed it to Zhang Yun.He didn't know that the two of them were doing it for Ji Ziwen's affairs, he just thought they were just playing.

Zhang Yun shook her head, still leaning against the table to cover her face and cry.Yi Bochuan put the towel by her hand, pointed at Yi Chen, "Get over here and kneel down! It's been so many years since I've touched you, I don't know how big the world is, and I even took my brother crazy with you, what happened? manage?"

Yi Chen didn't want the matter to continue to escalate, and spread to Ji Kaiyang, but he didn't talk back, he hesitated for a moment and knelt down.As soon as his knee touched the ground, Yi Bochuan took out a branch of lucky bamboo from the vase and slammed it on his hand, "I thought you were sensible now, but it turns out that you are getting more and more rude..."

Yi Chen's exposed arm immediately swelled up with a red mark.Yi Bochuan was about to hit the bamboo for the second time when Ji Kaiyang grabbed one end of the bamboo, "Uncle Yi, Yi Chen is accompanying me..."

"Stop making trouble." Zhang Yun recovered from her grief, stood up feebly, and helped Yi Chen up from the ground, "Why are you beating the child? It wasn't Chenchen's fault in the first place."

She took the bamboo from Yi Bochuan's hand, and it was too light to refuse.Then suddenly he raised his hand and drew it on Ji Kaiyang's back, with a muffled sound, the bamboo broke from the middle and fell to the ground.

Zhang Yun kicked it away and walked to the bedroom, "You two go in, there will be no next time."

"I'll be gentle." Yi Chen carefully poured the safflower oil into the palm of his hand, kneaded it and rubbed it on Ji Kaiyang's back.

Ji Kaiyang held an ice pack against his left cheek, "It doesn't hurt much." He said vaguely.

"I'll give you the key points and you'll know it hurts." Yi Chen was angry, but his movements were still very gentle. "What are you holding on to? You tell me it hurts and it's not ashamed."

That blow by Zhang Yun was extremely heavy, the bruises on her back could be seen faintly bloodshot, imprinted on Ji Kaiyang's thin back, it was very conspicuous.Yi Chen suddenly didn't dare to watch anymore, was it because of the pain he felt or something else?he does not know.

"Yi Chen?" Ji Kaiyang felt his movements stop, "Are you ready?"

"No." Yi Chen came back to his senses and continued to give him medicine.The scar was very long, starting from the shoulder blade and almost crossing the entire back. Yi Chen moved slowly and took a long time to finish painting. He was always worried that it would hurt Ji Kaiyang, his nerves were tense, and his forehead was sweating.

"You might as well stop putting on your clothes, so as not to touch it again." Yi Chen put the safflower oil aside, and turned up the temperature of the air conditioner, "I'm going to wash my hands."

When he came back after washing his hands, Ji Kaiyang leaned against the head of the bed, the ice pack had been put aside,

Yi Chen leaned over to look at it, and tapped it lightly with his fingers, "It doesn't seem so swollen, do you still apply an ice pack? I'll get you another one?"

"It's not enough." Ji Kaiyang stepped aside a little, "Sit down, and I'll help you spray the medicine on your hands." The marks on Yi Chen's arms looked red, but they were not as serious as Ji Kaiyang's. Can handle.

"I'll come by myself, why don't you sleep for a while? I'll call you after dinner. I don't know if I can cook today..." He muttered halfway, then fell silent in time, and only went to get the food on the table. pill bottle.

Ji Kaiyang pressed his hand, "I'll come, you sit down."

The moment Yi Chen's hand was held down, he felt like a person had been cast with a holding spell. He forgot to move and sat sideways on the side of the bed.From this angle, one can see Ji Kaiyang's long and dense eyelashes, trembling slightly with his movements.

Ji Kaiyang blew on his wound, and smiled, but without any joy, "I'm dragging you down."

"You always say that this is annoying." Yi Chen retracted his hand unnaturally, and wiped the sweat on his palms on the bed sheet, "How many times have you blamed me for me, but I have never told you that I am sorry. of."

What you said, Ji Kaiyang thought, but didn't correct him.Ji Kaiyang suddenly found that he and Yi Chen were the same, always remembering deeply the things that he caused the other party to suffer, and if the other party was at fault, he felt that being dragged down was justified.

After traveling and traveling for a whole day, they were beaten again when they got home. Both of them were a little tired. They just wanted to close their eyes and rest, but they fell asleep in the end.Yi Chen woke up from hunger, he bypassed Ji Kaiyang, slipped down from the end of the bed, and closed the door quietly.

They went to bed in the middle of the afternoon, Yi Chen originally thought it was late at night, but it was not even ten o'clock.There was the voice of Yi Bochuan on the phone in the master bedroom, and the light was still on in the dining room. Zhang Yun was sitting at the dining table, and when she heard the noise, she looked back, "Why did you get up? Are you hungry?"

The tip of her nose was still red and her eyes were swollen. Fortunately, the light in the dining room was warm yellow, which was not bright enough but could hide the sleepiness and sadness between her brows.

"Yeah." Yi Chen walked to her side and picked up the list she was writing. "What's this?"

Zhang Yun grabbed his wrist and looked at it. The scar had faded a lot.

"I'm moving next week. I'll make a note of what to bring and what to buy again." Zhang Yun stretched out her hand to test the temperature of the casserole. "The porridge is cold. I'll heat it up. You wait for a while."

After heating up the porridge, she warmed the jellyfish skin and eggplant cakes and served them on the table. After watching Yi Chen eat half a bowl, she said, "Your brother? Are you still sleeping?"

"I don't know, Mom. Why don't you go and have a look?" Yi Chen pretended to look at Zhang Yun's face casually, and added, "I didn't eat lunch, so I won't be hungry until tomorrow morning."

Zhang Yun looked at him, and Yi Chen's small thoughts could not be hidden in front of her. Yi Chen felt guilty, but Zhang Yun didn't express his opinion. He took another two mouthfuls of porridge and reluctantly said, "How about I Go call him."

He put down the spoon and was about to get up when Zhang Yun patted him on the shoulder, "You eat, mommy will go."

Zhang Yun filled the porridge and brought it in, but didn't ask Ji Kaiyang to come out.

Yi Chen quickly finished his meal, took the bowl to the sink, and sat in another position.When Zhang Yun entered, she was holding things in both hands, the door was not closed, and there was a gap left, Yi Chen could just see Ji Kaiyang sitting here.

He drank the porridge slowly one spoon at a time, Zhang Yun sat by the bed all the time, and the mother and son did not talk.But the scene looked harmonious enough, and it was already different from the situation in the afternoon.

Yi Chen recalled that when he was very young, if he quarreled with Chu Jing, sometimes he knew he was wrong, and often asked his mother to coax him first. It was really too distant a memory, but it was still very clear.

While his thoughts were wandering, Ji Kaiyang had already returned the bowl to Zhang Yun. Zhang Yun said something and rubbed his head.

Yi Chen couldn't see Ji Kaiyang's expression clearly, but he guessed it was a smile.He also smiled, and raised his hand to wipe away the teardrops that appeared in the corner of his eyes.