Chapter 19: Disappointment
"What? Do you suspect Aunt Li is ......? ”
Sitting in the car, IU listened to Ah Jiu's analysis and was dumbfounded. She hadn't thought about this possibility at all, Aunt Li was really someone she was too familiar with, how could she have a relationship with her brother ......? But when you think about it, it seems really likely, at least much more likely than those tenants!
Thinking of this, IU was also anxious, and immediately sent a text message to her grandmother and asked about the location of the orphanage where Aunt Li volunteered.
The scenery outside the car window recedes rapidly, IU folds her hands and prays silently, out of selfishness, she very much hopes that Aunt Li is Ah Jiu's mother, because this can at least prove her fate with Ah Jiu, even if it is not selfish, she also hopes that Aunt Li is Ah Jiu's mother, because she looks very uncomfortable when she looks at her bewildered and distracted.
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The orphanage is not far from the restaurant, about a ten-minute drive, and the two of them have already arrived at the door of the orphanage. Today is the open day of the orphanage, and volunteers from all walks of life will come here today to help the orphanage do some cleaning, or provide some supplies to play with the children. The two of them were treated as volunteers, and no one stopped them, so they easily came in.
There is only one orphanage in Mapo District, and there are more than 30 children in total, but on the open day, there are 40 or 50 volunteers, one for each of them, and there is a surplus, so there is not much work that is actually distributed to everyone. Some people don't necessarily come here for the sake of the children, they have been volunteering together for many years, and they have been familiar with each other for a long time, so it is not unreasonable to see each other at a fixed time.
In the crowd, Ah Jiu saw Aunt Li at a glance. She's different from the others, some of the others are chatting. Some are playing with the children, only she has chosen the most tiring job, she is washing three basins of bed sheets alone, and it seems that all the children's bed sheets are here. Ah Jiu stood behind her, three meters away. Looking at her back like this, suddenly he began to be afraid, he was afraid of a possible situation, he was afraid that this Aunt Li was a mother, he didn't know how to face a woman who had abandoned her husband and son for twenty-seven years, and at the same time he was expecting this Aunt Li to be his mother, he was afraid that if not, he would never find his mother again.
Two diametrically opposed contradictions, tearing at his heart. Ah Jiu took a deep breath and turned around to escape.
"Brother," IU grabbed Ah Jiu's sleeve tightly, Ah Jiu looked back at her, and IU looked into his eyes: "You really don't want to know?" ”
"I ......"
"Go ahead, I'll be with you no matter what." IU pushed Ah Jiu, Ah Jiu gritted his teeth and took two steps forward.
Just as he was hesitant to say hello. A small child squeezed behind him, holding a picture book in his hand: "Aunt Yunzhen." What does this word say? ”
It turned out that her name was Lee Yoon-jin, Ah Jiu thought to herself.
"Which word?" Li Yunzhen shook off the droplets of water on his hands, looked at the words pointed by the child's fingers, touched the back of his head, and said, "This word, this word is pronounced 'peach'." The meaning of this sentence is that the little monkey likes to eat peaches......"
Ah Jiu looked at the scene in front of him, and suddenly hallucinated in front of him, this child became him when he was seven or eight years old, and Li Yunzhen. It's his mom. A painful look appeared between Ah Jiu's eyebrows, and he shook his head vigorously, interrupting these meaningless conjectures, and took another step forward, wanting to talk to Li Yunzhen.
At this time, an accident happened, the child got the answer, holding the picture book and wanted to go back to show off with his friends, turned around and was in a hurry, his left foot accidentally stepped on the lace of his right foot, and his body lost his balance, Ah Jiu subconsciously reached out, but Li Yunzhen, who was closer to the child, reacted faster than him, and between the lightning and flint, he reached out to protect the child's forehead, and her body also lost its balance and fell with the child.
"Ahh A cry of pain sounded, and I saw that the back of Li Yunzhen's hand was full of blood, and the child was safe and sound, but when he saw the blood, he couldn't stop crying. This road is a gravel road, and Li Yunzhen's hand is between the child and the stone, and the back of his hand is rubbed with broken skin. But as if she didn't feel the pain, Li Yunzhen still took care of the child first, until another volunteer came to take over.
From afar, IU also saw this situation and hurriedly walked over.
"Auntie, let's go to the infirmary."
Ah Jiu stretched out his hand and pulled Li Yunzhen up, Li Yunzhen seemed to have noticed them at this time, and said with a smile: "Why are you here?" ”
"Auntie, in fact, we ......" IU was about to say directly, Ah Jiu interrupted her, and said: "I just came over after eating at grandma's house, and there is nothing to do in the afternoon, I heard grandma talk about the orphanage, so I came over to see if I could help with some work." ”
Li Yunzhen smiled and said, "You have a heart, but there is no work here in the orphanage, and there are so many people......"
Ah Jiu handed IU a look, and IU urged: "Don't stand here and chat, let's go to the medical room first, Auntie, your hand is still bleeding." ”
Li Yunzhen seemed to care, and said, "It's just scary, just wrap it up," but she couldn't resist IU's insistence, so she went to the medical room with her.
Ah Jiu took a step behind, looked at Li Yunzhen's blood stains on the ground, bent down and picked up a stone stained with her blood, and put it in his pocket.
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In the medical room, the doctor from the orphanage helped Li Yunzhen clean the wound and bandage it again. The injury is really not in the eye, it is just a skin injury, but the work of washing the sheets is definitely not done. Ah Jiu and IU volunteered to take it, and Li Yunzhen was a little embarrassed, and refused to go first, accompanying them by the side.
Ah Jiu's strength is great, he can take a basin of sheets lightly, and then put it in the washing machine, and when he takes it out, he twists it casually, and the water is basically all out. The speed was a lot faster, and IU wanted to help, but there was no chance to intervene at all, and Ah Jiu wouldn't let her work. Li Yunzhen saw it in her eyes, teased IU, and said, "The little girl really found a boyfriend who knows pain and heat, and won't let your hands get wet."
IU blushed with shame, but he didn't deny it, and whispered: "Cooking is also done by my brother, and I can't cook." ”
"It's so good," Li Yunzhen looked at Ah Jiu and muttered, "If my daughter is still alive and so old, if she can find such a son-in-law, I will be relieved." ”
Daughter? How could it be a daughter? IU couldn't hide it, and hurriedly asked, "Auntie, the child you can't find, yes, it's a daughter?" ”
"That's right," Li Yunzhen nodded and said, "Do you remember the clothes I gave you when you were a child?" That's the ...... I prepared for her," she said, her expression darkened, and she smiled reluctantly: "It's just that she didn't have a chance to wear it, so she won't be by my side." ”
"That's it......" IU's heart sank, she looked at Ah Jiu, and found that he didn't seem to hear these words, and was drying the sheets, with his back to this side, unable to see his expression. (To be continued.) )