Chapter 3 Farewell
The person who came was Helian Cheng.
He was standing at my kitchen door on crutches, wearing a very light pure white T-shirt and a pair of red plaid shorts underneath, and when he saw me smile back, he took an exaggerated deep breath and then made an indulgent expression.
I couldn't help but be amused by his "performance" at the moment and laughed. But there is always some melancholy in his heart, Helian Cheng is also a very good-looking man, with big eyes, long eyelashes that even girls envy, a tall nose, and a deep wine vortex with a smile. But now, I don't know how many girls have seen pity when they look at him.
You may wonder how a man who is so good-looking and has such a warm smile can have a disability in both legs.
It's been two years, and the sequelae left by Helian Cheng is that he can't walk normally, the Gu poison left by the evil god in the end is too strong, and some of the residual poison that invades the nerves in his legs makes Helian Cheng's calves cold all year round, and he doesn't feel it, how can he walk?
This kind of poison originally made his legs not feel it, but later, Shen Jingyun's package of medicine helped him expel part of it.
The rest has no choice but to recover by himself and time.
In the past two years, there has been some recovery, according to Helian Cheng's own words, it is more or less not so cold, and occasionally, there will be some reflex-like feelings.
Every time I think about this, I feel very uncomfortable, and the feeling of guilt always lingers.
But this kind of emotion can't be expressed in front of Helian Cheng, he is very disgusted with my guilt for him, so when I saw him at this moment, I smiled brightly, walked over, and gently supported him, but my mouth was blaming: "Why don't you sit in such a good wheelchair, why ......?" ”
Before I finished my words, Helian Cheng said, "I don't want to use a wheelchair, it's good for my legs to move more." I've been feeling like I'm about to recover lately, and this is an early workout, so don't be so long-winded that I'm afraid I'll fall. ”
His words were gentle, but I could not refuse.
Helian Cheng has his own pride, for the matter of his legs, he doesn't say anything on the surface, but he actually cares a lot in his heart, many times I saw him sneak up at night, he forcibly practiced walking with crutches, and sat alone under the street lamp in the community smoking a cigarette and was silent and sad. There were also many times when he refused to use a wheelchair, fell again and again, and even fell a few meters high, and the fall was serious.
But he ......
I opened my mouth and wanted to say something, but Helian Cheng walked in front of the pot of "white jade soup", took a deep breath, and then looked at me deliberately happily and exaggeratedly: "Boss, do I have any preferential treatment as a guest, can I drink a bowl in advance?" ”
I knew that he was changing the topic, and at this time, Lin Fattou also floated over, and walked around Helian Cheng with a look of contempt: "Brother Helian, you are very greedy." ”
Helian Cheng waved his hand at him pretending to be impatient, and said, "While playing, it's too old for you to be my grandfather at your age, what kind of big brother do you call me?" No matter how hungry you are, it's not as good as your hunger. ”
When Helian Cheng said this, he was simply poking at the pain point of Lin's fat head, he immediately made a pitiful appearance, and directly squatted at Helian Cheng's feet to draw a circle, Helian Cheng saw a black line, so he had to say: "Okay, okay, I've served you, I'll bring you something delicious next time." ”
When Lin Fattou heard Helian Cheng say this, he jumped up, and then looked at Helian Cheng seriously and said, "What you said! ”
I smiled, shook my head helplessly, I already had a bowl of "white jade soup" in my hand, added the simmered sea cucumber, and served it to Helian Cheng: "Drink it while it's hot, don't pay attention to Lin Fattou, he pretends to be pitiful now, but he is perfect." According to his cheekiness, he will never hurt his self-esteem because of your words. ”
Helian Cheng smiled faintly, but he didn't say anything, just found a stool and sat down, lowered his head and started to drink soup very satisfied, in fact, I knew that he had pity for Lin Fattou in his heart.
Then I started to get busy, and Helian Cheng forcibly wanted to help me on the side after drinking the soup, although his legs were not very convenient, but he was still very neat in doing things. In my eyes, Helian Cheng is almost a perfect man, no matter the family, looks, personality, and even many small details.
However, the more perfect he is, the more distressed I become, why do you want to do this for me? Two years have passed since the three-year appointment, but my feelings for him have never been able to change from family affection and friendship to love.
I looked at him a little distracted, if he was unstable in this life, I always felt that I could not be happy alone, but Helian Cheng suddenly looked back at me: "Xiaoshuang, what are you thinking?" ”
"Oh, it's nothing, I just think you're a chef." I smiled and replied casually.
Helian Cheng was a little proud, nodded his head, and said a little: "That is, I have been the kind of man who is good at everything since I was a child, and I am known as the jade-faced capable little prince who puts thousands of men to shame." It's just that he can't compare to Chef Lin Xiaoshuang in cooking. ”
"Huh." I was amused by him again, and couldn't help laughing, but I said seriously: "Actually, no, you can also cook, so far I can't make a dish that surpasses the fish porridge you made for me at the beginning." ”
I'm telling the truth, and I'll never forget the warm taste of his bowl of fish porridge.
Helian Cheng lowered his head and smiled, while helping me put on the plate, he was a little hesitant, and said intermittently: "Don't mention that fish porridge, you haven't eaten anything good for a long time, right?" Xiaoshuang, in fact, I came here today because I have something to say to you. ”
"What?" I'm also busy arranging dishes, there are more than a dozen guests at noon today, which is quite a lot, you must know that I cook for no more than 20 people on weekdays, and more than 10 people are enough for me to be busy. And I actually care a lot about what Helian Cheng is going to say, but I'm afraid that he will say heavy words, I'm afraid of that heaviness.
"It's a capable helper like me, I may be leaving this afternoon, and I won't be by your side for a month or two." Helian Cheng pretended to be relaxed and said.
"Why?" I stopped what I was doing and looked at Helian Cheng with some surprise.
In the past two years, I have been taking care of Helian Cheng, I rented his house downstairs in my house, although I don't know why I haven't seen anyone from Helian's family, but I am also willing to do this, only by taking care of him in this way, I will feel at ease.
And in the past two years, Helian Cheng has also been taking care of me, and has never heard him leave.
Now, when he suddenly said that he was leaving, my first reaction was to worry, how could he leave when his legs were inconvenient like this? Where to go? What if there is no one to take care of him? Then he was naturally reluctant. Naturally, there will be feelings when you get along, and when there is suddenly one less person around you, you will always be worried.
"Can't you bear me?" Looking at my expression, Helian Cheng asked with a smile.
"I must be reluctant, you ......" I had a series of questions in my heart, but before I could ask them, Helian Cheng said directly: "Actually, I don't want to leave either." But Xiaoshuang you know, I haven't been back to the family for a long time, and there are some things that can't be hidden. As the eldest and youngest of the Helian family, my identity is more sensitive, and my injury may not be a big deal to me, it is a problem that will always be overcome, but it is not a trivial matter for my family. Yes...... There are some problems that I have to go back to the family to deal with and solve. ”
Actually, I instinctively feel resistant to things within the family, so I don't know much about Helian Cheng's injuries, but I can understand Helian Cheng's words, I nodded, a little absent-mindedly, but asked: "But, who will take care of you along the way?" Otherwise, I'll accompany you......"
"No, someone has already come to pick me up. It's Uncle Wang, an old housekeeper who watched me grow up and took care of me, you don't have to worry about these things for me. Helian Cheng stopped what he was doing and looked at me.
I know it's for sure, even if I don't want Helian Cheng to leave so suddenly...... So I asked, "Uncle Wang?" Why didn't I see him yesterday? When are you leaving? ”
"He came this morning. And I'm going to leave in the afternoon. Helian Cheng put away his smile and said with a soft sigh.
"Why are you in such a hurry? I'll send you. Just a moment, today I want the guests to leave early. "I didn't expect everything to be so sudden.
"No, no, Xiaoshuang, you can go about business as usual. It's just a matter of a month or two. It's not that I won't come back, in fact, I don't want to leave you at all, and I can't leave you now, I, I ......" Helian Cheng couldn't go on, and took out his cigarette a little dullly.
I pressed his hand and said to him cryptically, "I know what you're thinking?" I'm so busy with my business right now that I don't have much to think about emotionally. ”
I think it doesn't matter if there is no way to continue this state. I have already decided in my heart that love is just a part of life, whether I have it or not, it is not so important to me, I don't want the three of them to be entangled all the time, so why not just like that? With no one, and then no one hurts, everything is left to time to solve.
But my words didn't comfort Helian Cheng, he spat out a heavy puff of cigarette, and in the thick smoke, his voice was low and guilty: "Xiaoshuang, am I hindering your happiness like this?" ”
"I don't allow you to think like that. In your opinion, feelings are so important, something that must be done in your life? Brother Helian, I also have my own burdens and responsibilities in my heart, and my feelings must be second to that. I lowered my head and whispered, still unrelentingly asked, "Shall I send you?" ”
Helian Cheng snuffed out the cigarette he had only smoked two puffs in his hand, and still shook his head firmly and refused: "No, you just do business as usual." Don't send me, not for anything else, I don't want to have something extraneous. So be it, wait for me to come back. ”
After speaking, Helian Cheng didn't allow me to say anything else, and quickly left on crutches.
I looked at his back, my heart was worried and reluctant, I didn't expect him to come to Yinshuang Pavilion suddenly to say goodbye to me, but why would he go out of his way to see him off?