Chapter 25: Jack's Story (I)
The next day, it wasn't until noon that Li Mo woke up from his bed. If it weren't for www.biquge.info knock on the door, he might have had to sleep until mid-afternoon.
Summoning a water balloon casually, Li Mo simply washed up. Water polo is also one of the easiest novice skills in previous lives. After coming to this world, Li Mo found that these simplest skills had the widest applicability.
After washing, Li Mo opened the door. Outside the door, Carey was standing outside: "John, Jack wants to see you, should I let him come over now?"
"No, I'd better go over it. Li Mo thought about it and decided to go to Jack for once. Last night, Jack fell to the ground covered in blood, although the scene was terrifying, but for Thor's hammer with a dogtooth knife in his hand, it was all a small thing now.
After bringing Jack back to Thor's hammer and watching Kerry give him a knife, Limer excused himself to go back to rest under the pretext of exhaustion. Because he knew that in the future, Will and the others must have a lot of things to discuss, and these may be inconvenient for him to participate in.
Following Carrey, Li Mo came to Jack's room. When he entered, Jack was sitting by the window, and on the table in front of him was quietly placing the dagger that had been broken in two. Jack's eyes were fixed on the dagger, as if he was mourning something, and as if his thoughts had drifted to something, someone in the distance.
The sound of Li Mo entering the door woke up the pensive Jack, who turned his head and forced a smile: "Hi, John." ”
"Jack, how are you feeling now?" Li Mo looked at Jack's smile, although he only barely pulled the corners of his mouth, but it was indeed a sincere and friendly smile. This made Li Mo suddenly feel a little unaccustomed, so he began to have nothing to say.
"I feel good, except for Carry's knife, I don't think I can forget the pain of that knife for a long time. It wasn't funny, but Jack was trying to make some jokes and let off steam.
Li Mo found that today's Jack was very different from yesterday. Yesterday's Jack, when he looked at Li Mo, his eyes were ruthless and very dangerous. Li Mo felt like he had been targeted by a fierce beast, and if he was negligent, he could become the prey of the beast at any time. And today's Jack, the feeling of danger has faded, but looking at his frowning brows, and cheeks that can't relax, there are also melancholy eyes. The gloomy feeling in Jack's body still lingered.
"This is a man with a story. Li Mo concluded in his heart, and randomly decided to take the initiative to speak: "I heard Kerry say that you have something to tell me?"
"Yes. Jack's answer was still very succinct and clear.
Then he looked at Kerry, although he didn't speak again, but Kerry understood what he meant: "John, then you talk first, I'm going to get busy, you know, Thor's hammer has happened a lot in the past two days, I need to deal with it." Then, Carrey patted Jack on the shoulder: "Jack, don't worry, John will definitely have a way." ”
With that, Kerry left the room, and then the room fell silent again. Jack didn't rush to speak, and Li Mo waited patiently.
"I want to start by telling you a story. After a while, Jack's voice rang out in the room. His voice was soft, as if he was talking to himself. But Li Mo still heard it.
"Of course, if you want to say it, I'd love to hear it. ”
Then, as the afternoon sun grew, Jack's soft voice sounded, like a dream. It's like touching a colorful, yet fragile bubble:
"I, Jack Burton. In the snowy winter, he was born in a small village in the remote countryside. For the first 10 years of my life, memories were always accompanied by the scent of dried straw on the farm and the scent of the earth after the spring rains. Like any other child, I wallow in the mud all year round, playing in the mud all day long before returning home exhausted to the call of my parents. ”
After a pause, Jack continued: "And at this time, there is always a little girl with a snot dragging on my side, from morning till night. Children in the countryside are all the same sloppy, and no one cares about these. But I still remember that of all the children, she was the only one, Amanda. At all times, she always had a sweet smell of milk on her body, a taste that I still can't forget. ”
"Life on the farm, although not rich, is still comfortable. Thanks to the lord Viscount Albert, he demanded very low taxes, and everyone was able to eat enough. Everyday life is monotonous, but not boring. With Amanda, we're never short of fun, she's the smartest and most flexible of all our kids. She took us up and down, picking fruit, and playing tricks on Uncle Rory's dog, who was always barking at us as we went outside the village. She has ideas, and any one of them is enough for us to play for a day. ”
Jack's words were a little rambling, and he couldn't get to the point for a long time, but Li Mo didn't urge. Because he knows that these are the best memories in Jack's heart, but they are also scars that he dare not touch easily.
"Back then, I was a stupid guy. It is the fattest of all children, and the slowest of all. I'm one of the ones behind in all the activities, and I'm always making a fool of myself. At that time, Amanda never got annoyed, just smiled sweetly, waiting for me to follow, which made me laugh too, who was anxious. At that time, I had an idea, if I can continue like this, then it doesn't matter if I keep making a fool of myself. ”
As if thinking of those fond memories, Jack's face had a warm smile on his face, and his voice became uplifted. But then, his voice was low again, "But all that changed when I was ten years old, and a nightmare befell our village. ”
"That day, I got lost in the woods. I couldn't get out after looking for a long time, and I was about to cry in a hurry, but at this time, Amanda found me and took me out. By this time, the night was already deep. When we returned to the village, we realized that everything was different, and it was this afternoon that a group of robbers attacked our village. When we crashed in, we saw a robber slash Amanda's father to the ground. ”
Amanda went into a frenzy as she picked up her father's hunting bow and shot the arrow at the robber. Saying this, Jack looked at Li Mo: "What do you think, what is the result?"
Li Mo thought for a moment, "I think Amanda must have shot that robber, right?"
Jack laughed, but his laughter was unusually hoarse: "Haha, yes, a ten-year-old girl, with little strength in her immature shoulders, shot an arrow into the throat of a robber at once. I've said it a long time ago, she's the best!"