twenty-three
Li Laohan stood at the gate, his face facing the direction we came, as if waiting for us.
The child of the Yang family ran to him, anxiously grabbed his left arm and asked, "Old man Li, do you know where my father has gone?" ”
"Little master, I don't know," Old Man Li replied with a depressed shake of his head.
"You must know that he told you a lot last night. Tell me that I'm going to find him," the child stubbornly pleaded.
"Little master, I really don't know," Li Laohan's voice trembled violently. He buried his head, seemingly unwilling to let the Yang family children look at him more.
"And what did he say to you after I walked by? Old man Li, they all said that you have a conscience, you won't lie to me about a little baby. I'm going to find him, Mr. Li will help me, we'll heal him first, and then I'll go and beg my mother, beg my brother, to take him home. It's only good for him. Why didn't you let me go to him? The child's voice was not high, but he was so excited that he could see that he was blinking. Then the crying clogged his throat and he couldn't speak. He let go of Li Laohan's shoulder, reached out and wiped his eyes.
I felt very sad, so I took a step closer and whispered to Li Laohan: "Li Laohan, you just tell him." ”
Li Laohan raised his head and stretched out his right hand to rub it on the top of his bare head a few times. I heard him sigh, and then he replied bitterly, "It is true that the third master did not tell him where he was going. He talked to me a lot last night. He said that he was going to move out of the Great Immortal Temple and move to a place where the young master couldn't find it. I advised him not to suffer with his life. He said that he had seen through everything, so he was reluctant to let the little master go. However, for the sake of the little master, he should hide and not meet the little master again. He wants to tell the little young master to slowly forget him, like his wife and the eldest young master, and treat him as if he was dead. I said, 'Third Master, if you can't do this, you will break the heart of the little young master.' He said: 'It is better to have a long pain than a short one.' Otherwise, it will be too long to make him sad in the future. I don't really understand the truth of the third master, I thought it was his old man who was sick and spoke casually. Then I came back. It's all true. Where do I dare to lie to the little master? His eyes were red, and tears rolled down his cheeks.
The child ran into the door, sat on the Taishi's chair, covered his face, and cried in a low voice. Li Laohan turned around, his eyes widened, and he looked at him with astonishment, grief, and pity, not knowing what to do.
I walked up to the child, gently took his hand, and said, "Let's go inside and sit down." Don't cry, it's useless to cry. ”
He struggled, refusing to take his hand off. I said it again.
"You get him back for me! You pay back my dad! He cried angrily and said that this time he took the hand. For the first time, I heard this precocious child utter utter uttered utter
"Okay, I'll get you back, I'll give him back to you," I comforted the child with coaxing words.
He finally obediently shut up and stood up.