Chapter XII
Suddenly, a spirit, Shu Ning thought of something, and hurriedly ran home, closed the door tightly, and then went back to his room to see the child.
She saw that he was trembling, and the whole person was huddled tightly in the quilt, still shaking.
Reaching out to his forehead, he found that he had a fever, and his forehead was hot and burning badly.
"What to do? What to do? ”
Shu Ning looked at the person on the bed, so anxious that tears fell again, what should she do? What should the father do? What should she do with this child?
Forcing himself to calm down, Shuning found antipyretic medicine and fed him some warm water.
Seeing that he could drink the water, Shu Ning was relieved a little after all.
Help him tuck the quilt and make sure it is tightly covered, Shuning ran out to cook porridge again, he hasn't eaten for a few days and is sick again, drinking some porridge should be better, right?
Thinking like this, she washed some fresh vegetables and cut them together and put them in the porridge.
While boiling the porridge, Shuning had been watching outside the gate, and she now hoped that her father would come back immediately, but also hoped that his father would not come back for the time being, or that he would come back after she had fed the child porridge.
The father would not enter her room if he had nothing to do, so he would not find the child, and she would send him away tomorrow morning.
She made a plan in her heart, no matter what, she would secretly send the child home alone, and he didn't know who kidnapped him, and maybe he wouldn't be able to trace his father when the time came.
Fifteen-year-old Ji Shuning thought that things were not so comprehensive, but he just thought that he would send the child home safe and sound, and maybe everything would be solved.
After cooking the porridge, Ning Sheng brought it into the room only to find that the child had woken up, she hurriedly put down the porridge to see his situation, "You woke up, how do you feel?" ”
The child looked at Shu Ning with wide eyes, his originally pale face was burning red at this time, and he asked her weakly, "Where is this?" ”
Shu Ning hurriedly replied: "It's my home, I'll send you home tomorrow, can you stay at my house for one night?" She thought that she was being nicer to the child now, and that even if the matter was finally revealed, he might forgive her father for her.
She had now begun to believe that her father was the one who had kidnapped the child.
She thought that all this should be related to her birthday, otherwise she couldn't figure out where her father got the money to buy her new clothes and shoes, and prepare a birthday gift for her.
Thinking of this, she really wished that there was no such day as a birthday in this world, and her father would not make a mistake because of it.
“…… Good. The child nodded, his eyes staring straight at the steaming bowl of porridge on the table.
Shu Ning saw it and brought it over, and said softly, "You're hungry, so let's drink some porridge first, okay?" ”
The child nodded obediently, opened his mouth slightly, and waited for Shu Ning to feed, like a cute little animal waiting for the owner's feeding.
Shu Ning was stunned for a moment, scooped a spoonful of porridge and handed it over, the child opened his mouth and swallowed it, and immediately spit it out again, sticking out his tongue and looking at Shu Ning pitifully, "...... Scald. ”
"I'm sorry!" Shu Ning hurriedly apologized, she actually forgot that the porridge had just been served, and it was still hot.
"It's my fault, let's wait a minute, wait for the porridge to cool down before eating." Shu Ning said softly, found a towel to clean up the things he spit on the quilt, and then helped him wipe his face and hands clean.
The child watched her busy in and out, and then looked at the wetness on the quilt, and lowered his head a little embarrassedly, just now he was too anxious.
But he was so hungry.
The child was annoyed and silently decided that he must wait until the food was cold before eating in the future.
After waiting for a while, he felt that the porridge was a little colder, so Shu Ning fed the child, this time he ate slowly, and it could be seen that he was really hungry, but he still restrained himself from eating slowly.
After feeding the child and drinking porridge, Shuning placed him in place and told him to sleep well and not to make a sound.
However, when she went out, the child grabbed her by the sleeve, looked at her like a fawn, and asked, "You...... Will you stay with me? He was afraid, afraid that the next day he would wake up in that dark and cold place.
His voice was very small, his face was full of attachment and reluctance, and he reassured him: "Don't worry, I will accompany you, I will, I will not let you be ...... again Captured by the bad guys. ”
"Really?"
"Hmm!" Shu Ning nodded at him fiercely, and repeatedly instructed: "You just have to sleep well, just don't make a sound, remember, don't make a sound." ”
The child finally let go of her sleeves, and her eyes were still reluctantly chasing Shuning's back.
Shu Ning hastily finished eating, put away the dishes and chopsticks, and her father still didn't come back, she didn't know what her father was doing, but she couldn't help but guess if he was looking for the child she rescued.
And if it really is? What should she do?
It was already seven o'clock, there was no starlight in the winter night, there were still snowflakes, the doors of the surrounding neighbors were closed one by one, the lights were extinguished, and only the lights were still on in the whole village.
Shuning had been guarding the gate, waiting for her father to come back, and after waiting for a long time, at nine o'clock, she finally saw a faint light coming from not far away.
It's the father who has returned, Shuning is sure.
She will not admit the figure of her father, and the book is waiting quietly at the door of the house, waiting for her father to step on the wind and snow, step by step.
Ji Lin looked at his daughter who was standing at the door of the house waiting for him, his face was a little distressed and unnatural, he lowered his head and shook the wind and snow on his body, and asked her, "Ning Ning, why haven't you slept yet?" ”
Shuning reached out to help his father brush the snowflakes off his shoulder, and when he raised his head, he looked into his eyes and said, "I'm waiting for you." ”
She wanted to ask him, but she didn't dare to ask.
"What are you waiting for me to do?" Ji Lin rate the first house, "It's not that I haven't gone home so late, don't wait in the future, the door is so cold." ”
"What are you doing today?"
Shu Ning saw his father's footsteps stagnate, and it took a while to hear him say, "I went to the granary, and I want to get some flour to make a cake for you to eat tomorrow." ”
Looking at his father's empty hands, Shuning took a deep breath and asked, "Where is the flour?" How did you come back empty-handed? Does it take so long to go to the granary? ”
"It's not that the snow is too heavy, so it's slow, and when my feet slip halfway, all the flour is spilled on the snow, and I can't pick it up."
He said it simply and clearly, as if it made a lot of sense.
Shu Ning didn't give up, and continued to ask: "Is it all spilled?" Is there nothing left? ”
Ji Lin seemed to notice something, looked back at his daughter, and smiled innocently: "I'm sorry, Ning Ning, Dad will help you buy a cake tomorrow, okay?" ”
Shuning suddenly said loudly: "It's not good, I don't want cake?" With that, she ran into her room and closed the door.
Leaning behind the door, he muttered to himself, "It's not like this, dad shouldn't be like this......"
Tears fell again irrepressibly.
"Ning Ning, what's wrong with you?" Ji Lin patted the door outside the door, very worried.
Shuning only cared about crying, ignoring his father outside the door.
She didn't believe it, but now she had to believe that her father was really the one who kidnapped the child.
Ji Lin patted the door anxiously and persuaded him: "Ning Ning, you open the door and let Dad see what's wrong?" ”
"Is it because Dad can't give you cake tomorrow? Didn't Dad say buy you a cake tomorrow......"
"Liar! You're a liar, you go away......" Shuning cried so hard that he forgot that there was another person in the room.
He has said countless times before that they can live in poverty, but they must straighten their backs and be upright.
In the future, how will she straighten her back?
"How could Dad lie to you? I've already booked it for you in the city today, so we'll just go pick it up tomorrow. ”
Father's words made Shu Ning stop crying completely, he had already ordered the cake, so what flour did he go to the granary to get from?
Shuning said silently in his heart: Dad, your lies have been self-defeating, do you know?
After a long time, she wiped away her tears and said, "I'm going to sleep." After that, she took off her clothes, and only remembered something when she took off her underwear.
Looking up at the head of the bed, the child was looking at her with wide eyes, his hands tightly covering his mouth.
"You ......" Shuning hurriedly put on his clothes again, walked over and asked softly angrily, "Why don't I make a sound when I take off my clothes?" ”
The child pointed to his mouth and then to Shuning, shaking his head desperately.
Shuning understood, he wanted to say that she told him not to make a sound.
Ji Lin stood at the door of Shuning for a long time without hearing any movement, and finally left.
Hearing the footsteps of his father leaving, Shu Ning finally dared to speak loudly: "Then you, you can't just open your eyes and watch me undress!" ”
The child lowered his head, and his already red little face became even redder.
Seeing this, Shu Ning didn't want to worry about a child, so she went to bed directly in a sweater, and on such a cold day, she could only squeeze with the child for one night.
But I didn't notice the awkwardness on the child's face, and the flush even spread to both ears.
As soon as she entered the quilt, Shuning found that it was very warm inside, obviously the child's body warmed the quilt like this, if it wasn't for this case, she would have left the child to live for a few more days and help her warm the bed.
Shuning must not have expected that she would go to warm the child's bed in the future.
The quilt was warm, and Shuning couldn't help but lean towards the heat source.
The child lay quietly and didn't move, stretched out his hand when Shuning leaned over, took Shuning's cold hand, and said softly: "Sister, my name is Remembrance." ”
Shu Ning was stunned for a moment, but after all, he was reluctant to let go of the warm little hand, clenched his hand and said, "Sleep, I'll take you home tomorrow." ”
Very early the next day, Shuning woke up, or rather, she didn't fall asleep all night.
She quietly got up and looked at the sky, it was still a little dark, but it was no longer snowing.
She walked to the door of her father's room again and observed, there was no movement, only a slight snoring sound, to make sure that her father was still sleeping, Shuning went back to her room to wake up the child.