Chapter 43: Zhou Li's Decision
From the hustle and bustle to loneliness, the Lu family fell into silence.
When the last person disappeared outside the door, Zhou Li let go of his palm, let the black paper ash fall into a pool of blood, and turned his head to smile at the stunned Lu Wanshui:
"I'm sorry for driving them away, you won't blame me, will you?"
Looking at his smile, Lu Qiaoshui slowly shook his head and said in a low voice, "It's okay. ”
As if she was heartbroken by the group of so-called relatives, she bowed her head gloomily and remained silent.
Reaching out and rubbing her hair, Zhou Lidu whispered, "Don't be afraid." Just leave it to me. ”
Lu Qiaoshui nodded lightly: "Hmm." ”
Zhou Li smiled, lowered his head and began to clean up the messy living room, and said seriously behind his back: "Don't worry, I will definitely help you find a caregiver who really cares about you." ”
Behind him, Lu Wanshui suddenly raised his head in a daze, his fingers grabbed the corners of his clothes, and let go of them in frustration.
After a long silence, she curled up on the couch and whispered, "Oh. ”
Sensing the strange silence behind him, Zhou Li turned his head suspiciously and looked at the lost Lu Wanshui: "What's wrong?" ”
Lu Qiaoshui curled up on the sofa, shook his head, and suddenly whispered, "I don't really care." ”
"How can this kind of thing not matter?"
Zhou Li's brows furrowed: "You can't have watched the stepmother movie, right?" Think about what they're going to do to you then. ”
"What do you think?"
Lu Qiaoshui suddenly raised his head, his eyes were a little red, and he asked in a low voice: "Should I forget my parents and let someone raise me?" Those uncles and aunts just now? ”
Zhou Li took a deep breath with some irritability: "Weak water, they just want your parents' room......"
"I don't want this damn house!"
Lu Xiaoshui's trilling voice interrupted Zhou Li's words, she looked at the silent Zhou Li with complicated eyes, and choked in a low voice: "Anyway, there is no one left, Dad and Mom are gone, if they want to take it, just take it!" ”
The tears that she held back finally came down from the corners of her eyes, and after the news of her parents' deaths, she once cried bitterly in front of Zhou Li.
Not wanting Zhou Li to see her appearance, she lowered her head and made a difficult intermittent voice: "I'm sorry, I lost my temper with you again, I really don't want to, really." ”
Zhou Li was silent, he saw the tears in Lu Wanshui's eyes, he didn't know what to say.
Lu weakly curled up on the sofa, revealing the hesitation and sadness in his heart for the first time, like a homeless wanderer.
This is her own grief and pain, the void in her life after losing her parents.
That was a place that Zhou Li couldn't fill even with all his strength.
He could only bend down and gently grasp her trembling pale palm, as if to transfer his heat to her, but he was careful not to use force.
"I said I was going to come back, I was going to come back...... Obviously said yes, why did they die suddenly, it's so unreasonable! ”
Like a wounded cub, she curled up in a ball, not wanting others to see her weakness and tears, but she couldn't suppress her sad voice: "I obviously said that you want to bring me a gift...... You've all lied to me, you've all thrown me away, don't want me anymore......"
"What are you talking about, little ghost, I'm going to be angry."
Zhou Li finally stopped being silent, and let out a suppressed voice with a hint of anger.
Lu Wanshui's shoulders trembled for a moment, and then he felt himself being hugged tightly.
Feeling the little girl trembling in her arms like a winter chick, Zhou Li gently rubbed her hair and whispered in her ear: "Didn't I say that?" I'll be on your side. No matter what happens, it always will. ”
"You're not a burden, never have been."
He pressed his cheek close to her, sharing her sadness and sadness, and whispered, "I don't want to lose you either." ”
After a pause, he smiled wryly: "So, if you throw me away unilaterally, I will be very sad." ”
Feeling the warmth that was close at hand, the choked Lu weakwater stopped trembling, and then howled.
Zhou Li slowly stroked the long hair on the back of her head, comforting her, and after waiting for a long time, she finally stopped crying.
Feeling that she had finally calmed down, Zhou Li gently pinched her face and whispered, "I'm angry, you have to apologize to me." ”
Lu Xiaoshui raised his red eyes, looked at his smiling expression, lowered his head and whispered in a trembling voice:
"I'm sorry."
Zhou Li laughed, gently wiped away her tears, kissed her forehead gently like her mother, and whispered:
"It's okay, I forgive you."
Looking at her eyes, Zhou Li suddenly laughed.
Lu Xiaoshui, although I have never said it, whether it is you, my uncle and aunt, they are all my family.
So, no matter what mistakes you make, I will forgive you.
So, I'll be by your side, I'll be by your side, all the time.
After cleaning up the somewhat chaotic hall, Lu Qiaoshui, whose eyes were still a little red, took Zhou Li's hand, opened the medicine box left by his parents, and bandaged the wound on his palm a little jerky.
When the ashtray cracked just now, the broken fragments also cut a cut in Zhou Li's palm, originally Zhou Li didn't care, anyway, with his recovery ability, it wouldn't take long to heal.
It's just that after Lu Wanshui saw it, he asked him to treat his wounds with a serious attitude that Zhou Li had never expected.
After being fed up with Zhou Li's clumsy treatment, Lu Qiaoshui, who had been nurtured by his parents since childhood, simply snatched the hydrogen peroxide and bandages and came to help Zhou Li bandage.
Feeling the stimulation of the cotton swab brushing on the wound with cold hydrogen peroxide, Zhou Li's palm couldn't help but throb.
Sitting next to Lu Qiaoshui, Zhou Li suddenly said: "I have decided, I will be your caregiver in the future, do you have no opinion?" ”
Lu Xiaoshui raised his head and looked at him, and nodded seriously: "Okay." ”
Zhou Li laughed: "Then it's decided." ”
As he spoke, he pulled the phone out of his pocket, and after a moment of silence, pressed the number he hadn't contacted in three years.
If you let her know that she took the initiative to find her this time because of someone else's business, I'm afraid she will still be angry, right?
But if she can get it done by scolding, it's worth it.
The phone was quickly connected, and there was silence in the receiverpiece, as if waiting for him to speak.
With a wry smile, he plucked up his courage and said, "Sister? Are you there? ”
Some cold female voices sounded, and they seemed to be a little angry: "I'm busy, and I'm not interested in wasting time with my useless brother who hasn't taken the initiative for three years." ”
"Okay." Zhou Li smiled bitterly: "Three minutes, just three minutes." ”
After a moment of silence, she made a voice: "Say." ”
Taking a deep breath and preparing to take on the anger, Zhou Li said seriously: "I want the custody of the weak water and become her guardian, how to do it?" ”
Zhou Li believes that if this is the case, it will be just a trivial matter for his genius sister, who graduated from the law major of the country's leading university in two years and obtained a doctoral certificate.
Contrary to Zhou Li's expectations, the person on the other end of the phone seemed to have expected it, and just said, "I said you remember." ”
Zhou Li's sister said a phone number on the phone: "Prepare your and Lu Qiaoshui's identity documents, this number will contact you in half an hour, give her the documents, and wait for half a day." ”
After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Li asked in a low voice, "What if someone obstructs the interference?" ”
It seemed that he finally couldn't stand his stupidity, and a somewhat irritated voice sounded: "If it's not blood relatives within two generations, let them get away, this kind of goods can't be handled, are you really twins with me?" ”
The corners of Zhou Li's mouth twitched, and he said with some embarrassment: "Uh, it should be...... Right? ”
It didn't seem to be going to dwell on this issue too much, and the 'sister' on the other end of the phone asked, "Is there anything else?" ”
Zhou Li shook his head lightly and said with a smile: "Thank you, sister." ”
As if he was not satisfied with his perfunctory thanks, a puzzled voice came from the phone: "Do you need me to teach you formal thanks?" ”
Listening to the prelude before this anger, Zhou Li couldn't help but tense up again, and hurriedly said seriously into the phone: "Thank you for your help, Ms. Zhou Li." ”
"No thanks, I'm used to it, you owe me again." The woman named Zhou Li said on the phone: "Also, the next time you walk and look ahead, and you are hit by a car because you don't have long eyes, I will throw you into the blender." ”
Zhou Li was stunned for a moment, and said to the phone suspiciously: "You know all this?" Sister? Sister ......"
Ignoring his question, Zhou Li said indifferently: "Be careful yourself." ”
Then, the phone was hung up.
Only Zhou Li looked at his phone with a wry smile and sighed helplessly.
I don't know why, but my sister seems to be angry?
Sensing Lu Wanshui's curious gaze next to him, he shrugged helplessly: "Uh...... You know, that's how my sister's personality is......"
Zhou Li came to Lu's house once last year, and he didn't inform him that he was still in school at the time, but he talked with his uncle for a lot of time, and it seemed that he had seen Lu Qiaoshui who came back from school when he left.
He thought that Lu Qiaoshui must have a deep understanding of his sister's character.
Looking at Zhou Li's smile helplessly, Lu Qiaoshui lowered his head and muttered in a low voice:
"It's just for you."
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Well, the second watch is over~Thank you for the reward of Starry Sky Story~;