Finally, the medicine on my grandfather and Ryder's wounds was replaced.

With a hint of weariness on his face, Peake left the bed and sat back in his chair.

On the bed, the old man had a weak look on his face, and he tried to open his eyes to look at Pique.

This is known as the most qualified carpenter in the town of peace, a master of skilled art, and a respected old man. Lying there weakly at the moment, completely losing his former demeanor.

The old man was wearing a loose garment, which was very strange to wear on him, and neither the length nor the width were obviously in line with the old man's thin figure. Of course, only Ryder would have such wide clothes. Apparently, it was Peake who turned it out of Ryder's house and replaced it for the old man.

And Ryder, who was still unconscious, was also put on new clothes by Peake, although the huge body crushed him and he almost vomited blood, but fortunately, the most troublesome work has been done. The bandages and medicine on both were replaced by Peake's new ones.

At this time, Ryder had not yet woken up, and his grandfather was also in a semi-comatose state, as if he was having a nightmare, constantly muttering in pain.

Peake sat back in his chair and began to unwrap the bandages on his body.

At first, it was the most severe of the neck, where the wound had not yet scabbed, and if it had not been for the gauze wrapped thick enough, a large patch of blood would have oozed out. He slowly lifted the gauze stuck to the wound, endured the pain and poured the wound medicine.

On the bed, the old man finally slowly opened his blurry eyes, and then, he watched intently at the scene in front of him, watching Peake unwrap the bandage himself, watching his tightly furrowed brow, and watching the sweat oozing from his forehead. At this time, the old man was faintly distressed. "Peake," he said tentatively, "is that you?"

Peake's body shook a little, and he slowly looked up, only to see his grandfather lying there with a pale face. "Grandfather, of course it's me. He squeezed out a smile. "Don't worry, grandfather, it's all in the past. Peake felt a little guilty in his heart, after all, since he was a child, Zhu Tian tortured his grandfather a lot when he controlled his body. At this moment, the worried look on his grandfather's face made Pique's heart warm all of a sudden.

"Pique, it's finally you. I know, you'll definitely be back. Grandfather suddenly said something that was headless. "But what about 'him'? Where did 'he' go?"

Peake was shocked!

Could it be that grandfather knew about Zhu Tian's existence?

Does the "he" in my grandfather's mouth refer to Zhu Tian?

Probably not, I never told my grandfather, and neither did Ryder.

Probably the appearance of the squeak really frightened my grandfather.

Peake wrapped the gauze around his neck and said to his grandfather with a smile, "Grandfather, how are you? I just went out to teach those people a lesson? ”

Grandfather smiled bitterly and sighed: "Little Peake, when you grow up, you will be joking." I miss you when you were a child, but you never lied, and you never made such jokes. Actually, this is also very good, after all, walking outside, blindly naïve and kind, will only let others bully. With that, he smiled and continued, "You know what I'm asking you, I'm asking where 'he' gone?"

Peake swallowed slowly. It turned out that grandfather really knew about Zhu Tian's existence. "Grandfather," he said hesitantly, "don't you know that?"

"Silly boy," the old man smiled shallowly, looked at Pique, who had a somewhat strange face, and said, "You were raised by me, how could I not know?" Although 'he' is irritable and irritable, his heart is good, although I don't know what form 'he' exists, but I know that 'he' will not hurt you, and even help you sometimes, which makes me feel very relieved." When you were younger, I used to give you a lot of work: I would get you up early to chop wood and cut it until dark. Let you go up the mountain to pull wood, and it will be a day to walk. And what about Ryder? I'm just going to give him the right job so that he can pass on my craft. I have a completely different attitude towards the two of you, do you know why?"

Halfway through the gauze on his arm, Peake stopped, looked at the old face, and felt something, but the feeling quickly faded. "I don't know," he thought for a moment, "Ryder said you're biased, but I don't think there's anyone like Grandpa." ”

"Is it eccentric?" said the old man with a wry smile, "Ryder is like a child in front of you, how can he know anything? When I was in the donkey barn, I thought, what would Ryder do if I died? And I wouldn't worry about you at all, and you know why?"

Pique thought he knew his grandfather well, but in this moment, he was lost. "Grandfather, I don't know. He thought for a moment and wondered, "Is it because Ryder is responsible for passing on his grandfather's carpenter's craft?"

After so many years, Pique has been working day and night every day. When I was a child, my adoptive father was fine when he was alive, and he only needed to help carry wood and water every day. Since his adoptive father was killed, the work assigned to him by his grandfather has increased countless times. But Pique didn't complain, and in his heart, he never complained.

Is there any special reason why my grandfather is doing this? Afraid that I miss my father too much?

Pique's body shook slightly, as if he was wondering what his grandfather would say next.

Finally, the old man lay on the bed with a relieved smile on his face. "It turns out that what I've done over the years is not wrong," he explained to Pique. "I've found out since the first time 'he' took possession of your body, how can you hide your little trick with Ryder from my old eyes? I secretly heard you say, 'he' is called Zhu Tian, right? If I'm not mistaken. When your adoptive father was still there, Zhu Tian's temper was not so bad. When your adoptive father dies, he often explodes as if he has been suppressed. It's scary to think of that little guy. ”

It was late at night, and it was time to tell the story, but all three people in the room were not lightly injured, so the conversation was opened under the shroud of a decoction. I only heard the old voice in the room say slowly: "On this continent, human life is always cheap. Forty years ago, my woman, Ryder's grandmother, died in a torrential rain. Twenty years ago, my own son and daughter-in-law died in a horse thief's cargo. And my adopted son also died in the mountains and forests. Sometimes I wonder if this is the punishment of the God of Light, but I don't realize what I have done wrong. ”

"Whenever I see you and Ryder, it's like seeing your adoptive father and Ryder's father, and their relationship is just as good as yours. Vaguely, I could still hear their laughter in my ears, and I could often dream of them doing carpentry together, going to the town together to find beautiful girls...... However, they are all gone, they are all gone, and time still obliterates everything after all. The old man's voice was full of aftertaste and nostalgia. The candles were lit, and a faint glow emerged from the room.

"When I found out that your adoptive father was dead, I kept thinking about one question—what should you and Ryder do?"

"Children without parents are undoubtedly unhappy, this fact has been decided, and after recognizing the reality, I can only find a way to do one thing, and that is to let you live. Even if you are not happy, you have to live!"

"If one day there is another flood, another horse thief, and my life is taken away, I am really afraid that you will really have nothing to rely on. ”

"And you, Peake, one day, I forget if you were nine or ten, I discovered your secret. I was scared too, I thought you were sick, but it wasn't, I saw your eyes, I saw your black pupils. ”

"I began to look through countless ancient books, to look through countless secret books, to find the secrets in you. In the end, I read almost thousands of books and couldn't find the key that could relieve your pain. Later, I went to the nearby city of Josson, to the farther town of Dokan, and finally I went all the way south, visiting thousands of doctors, and getting all the answers that I shook my head in the negative. ”

"Helplessly, I finally returned to the town of peace, at that time, I had only one thought in my heart, and that was to let you live. You can survive the flood, you can survive the catastrophe of the horse thief, you can survive the conflict of another soul in your heart!"

"I started to frantically force you to chop wood, to carve furniture, to run into the jungle to pull wood. ”

"At that time, looking at your body that had just turned ten years old and bearing such a burden, you didn't know how painful it was in my heart. ”

"When you are tired from chopping wood, I hold back my tears and tell myself, don't help you, don't help you, one day, you have to rely on yourself. On the other hand, I am also praying that the God of Light will help me to get up from the ground quickly and move quickly to maturity. ”

"When you run into the jungle to pull the wood, I will silently follow behind, and when you rest in the jungle, I will help you drive away the hungry wolves around the jungle, and when you fall asleep, I will wait silently where you can't see, poor silly boy, how can you fall asleep in the jungle? You may be thinking that it would be nice if your father could chop wood with you, isn't it? Grandfather saw it all! Poor boy, it must be painful to be alone against another soul in your body. ”

"Please forgive my grandfather's selfishness, grandfather's selfishness is just to keep you alive! In this world, grandfather has witnessed the life and death of too many relatives. It was their death that made my grandfather understand this truth - in this world, the only person you can rely on is yourself, and before life and death come, the only person who can help you is yourself!"

"Yes, grandfather had different requirements for Ryder, grandfather allowed him to be lazy, allowed him to steal his grandfather's copper coins, allowed him to sneak out to play. ”

"Pique, do you know why?"

"It's because your grandfather saw you grow, you are tough, kind, honest, brave, you have the best qualities in the world, you have developed a mature heart. So sometimes I think, even if I die suddenly one day, and Ryder still has you by his side, then I will have a special peace of mind! This is also my grandfather's selfishness. ”

"Actually, I know all of them! Your grandfather knows all the pains! But my grandfather has read all the ancient books and traveled all over the continent to find doctors, but in the end it is to no avail!"

"I'm hesitant too! I'm in pain, I'm even afraid that there really is a demon, and I'm afraid that one day a group of knights of light will suddenly come and take you away. ”

"Living on this continent seems to be destined for human beings, especially us yodelmans, and to experience oppression by other peoples. ”

"Peake, grandfather has told you so much today because you have grown up! ”

"Grandfather now wants to tell you all the secrets of his heart, and tell them to you. Did you know that in countless starry nights, I had countless of the same nightmares. I dreamed that I was standing in front of an endless abyss, shouting your name into the abyss, I don't know why I had such a nightmare, but I knew that in the dream, I had endless fear. ”

Sitting on the chair, listening slowly to his grandfather's story, Peake's eyes faintly glistening to tears widened!

He was shocked by his grandfather's mental journey, shocked by the pain in his grandfather's heart over the years, but what shocked him the most was - how did his grandfather dream of the abyss?

At this time, the two people who were awake in the room did not notice, and Ryder, who was lying next to the old man with his eyes closed, slowly shed a tear.