Chapter 14: My Brother's Home
At about ten o'clock in the afternoon, I cleaned up and went out happily. I asked Uncle Zhao to take me to the supermarket first, bought some snacks for my little nephew Coco, and took a taxi to my brother's house. My brother's name is Lin Kun, he is a police sergeant, works in the serious crime team, has solved many big cases, and is well-known in the city. My sister-in-law is a dance teacher, beautiful and virtuous. I have always thought that the police and the teacher are a match made in heaven, so I have always envied my brother and sister-in-law for being so happy, and I have not blushed once in so many years of marriage. Their son, Coco, is four and a half years old and is smart and cute. I once imagined that I would live a happy life like my brother and sister-in-law in the future, simple and plain, but now I don't have that possibility. My dear brother doesn't know what happened to me yet.
My brother and sister-in-law treated me very well, and since my mother left me cruelly when I was eight years old, and then my father died, my brother has always raised me. He became self-reliant very early, and to this day he often lets me go home to live and gives me living expenses every month. I have wanted to tell my brother what happened to me more than once, and he loves me so much that he should help me. But I know that Xie Chen and the others are very cunning, and there is no way to take him without tangible evidence! I don't want to involve my brother, and I don't want my brother's happy family to be troubled by me. I disguised myself well, and my brother didn't notice anything unusual for so long.
Soon I arrived at the Changping community where my brother lived, and I couldn't hide my excitement, and every time I came here, I felt like I was going home. I rang the doorbell, it was my sister-in-law who opened the door, she was wearing an apron, she should be busy in the kitchen, and she smelled the smell of pork ribs as soon as she entered the door.
"It's so fragrant, sister-in-law, your craftsmanship is getting better and better!"
"Knowing you're back, I'll make you some good supplements." My sister-in-law took the things in my hand and said happily.
I heard from my sister-in-law that my brother took Coco downstairs to buy salt, so I helped my sister-in-law in the kitchen and chatted about homely things. My sister-in-law said that if I felt uncomfortable at school, I would come back and asked me about my studies with concern. Looking at my sister-in-law's busy back, I suddenly thought of my mother, whose departure took away all the maternal love in my memory. I vividly remember that day, crying like a tearful person, I looked at my mother's desperate back, and my brother, who was only 17 years old at the time, hugged me without shedding a single tear......
"Mr. Lin." There was a pair of hands gently patting me, and when I opened my eyes, I saw that it was Aunt Liu. She looked at me again with a look of surprise and looked at me like a ghost, "Mom! Why are your eyes swollen like this? My goodness! ”
I felt sore and struggled to sit up. It was already bright outside, and I was still in Xie Chen's room, and the strange thing was that I didn't have nightmares and slept peacefully. Looking at the empty pillow on the side, I asked angrily, "What about the others?" ”
"You say Mr. Xie? He's having breakfast, so let's get down. After Aunt Liu finished speaking, she began to clean up the bed.
After washing, I went downstairs with two big walnut-like eyes. Xie Chen sat at the dining table, and Sister Xu didn't seem to be there. I was wearing only a big nightdress, and he frowned unhappily at the sight of me.
I sat down in a chair next to me and drank the orange juice in front of me. Xie Chen had finished eating and was flipping through a stack of newspapers. He glanced up at me from time to time, and said in an indifferent tone, "Su Haoyang called you this morning." ”
"What?" I had just stuffed a big mouthful of bread when I almost choked to death at the words, and I coughed so hard that tears came out of my eyes.
He angrily pushed the unfinished orange juice in front of me in front of me, and I hurriedly took a big sip of it, and the crumbs in my throat were cleared, "You took it?" ”
"Nope." He looked down at the newspaper and replied casually. I don't think he's lying, and he's not going to be bored like that. If he doesn't like it, he can let me deal with it, and I don't have to do it myself.
Aunt Liu brought an ice pack and handed it to me, "Use this to compress your eyes, and you'll be fine in a while." ”
I took the ice pack and covered my eyes, and Aunt Liu shook her head and sighed and walked away. Xie Chen seemed to have just remembered something, and suddenly asked, "The housekeeper said that you finished drinking the oral liquid?" Drunk all? ”
"Hmm." I nodded weakly.
"Since I've drunk it all, it's good. Dr. Sun said that a new batch of Chinese medicine had arrived, and I would ask him to send some another day. He put down the newspaper, took out his mobile phone as if sending a text message, and said: "Traditional Chinese medicine is much more difficult to drink than oral liquid, and the price is a little more expensive." Now that I think about it, it was better not to waste it at the beginning, and the toilet was cheap for nothing. ”
I blushed, "It's so hard to drink, that's why I ......"
Before I could finish speaking, his phone rang. I don't know what it said, but I only heard him say several "ums" in a row. Hanging up the phone, he seemed to have forgotten the topic just now, and said to me: "Don't go anywhere today, I'll take you to a place when the time comes." ”
"But I'll want to go back to my brother's house in a moment." I saw him get up and get ready to go out, and I hurried to catch up. He didn't pay attention to me, I knew that there was no drama again, so I obediently sat back at the table to eat.
"Must be back at five o'clock in the evening." He dropped the sentence and went out.
I cheered in my heart, and I couldn't wait to bow to his back. I was in a good mood, my appetite was greatly increased, and everything on the table was eaten. Aunt Liu was very happy to see this, and cast a approving look at me who finally didn't waste food.
I saw that my eyes were almost finished, handed her the ice pack, and sincerely said thank you. What she didn't have was anything new was that expression again, "How can there be a girl who cries all night, do you want these eyes?" ”
Maybe it's because I'm in a good mood, and I don't think she's annoying this time. I smiled sweetly at her, "Got it! She gave me a smile back. For the first time, I saw a different look on her face.