Chapter 40: Tell Me Frankly
The cold moonlight shine through the window and silently fell in front of Su Chengwu's bed. His face was as pale as this cold blue, and his face that had been resolute in the past was now covered with wrinkles like knives. When his father fell ill in bed like this, Su Yun remembered: he was almost fifty years old, and as a non-professional, he had already gone through most of his life.
Su Yun wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his arm, and walked over in a daze and expressionless. When he came to his father's hospital bed, looking at his father's sleeping haggard face so closely, his heart was full of sourness - not only because he was away from home alone this time, but also sad that he finally discovered his father's aging.
Su Chengwu is a martial arts cultivator close to a professional, his energy is several times more vigorous than ordinary people, his eyes are always bright on weekdays, and his broad shoulders seem to be able to bear the weight of the sky. However, he is old after all, and no matter how strong he is in normal times, it only takes a small accident to shatter his hard shell and expose his old fatigue.
Su Chengwu, who was asleep, seemed to feel something, his eyelids moved, and then slowly woke up. "How long have I been asleep, I'm a little hungry, do you have anything to eat?" he said, leaning his arms and trying to sit up.
Su Yun and his sister hurriedly stepped forward to help, and carefully let their father lean against the head of the bed behind him. Su Chengwu yawned a lot, raised his head lazily, and his voice still sounded very weak: "I want to eat boiled eggs, go and cook two for me." I'm dying of thirst, give me some water... His voice stopped abruptly, his mouth half-open, and his body trembled violently. Because of his proximity, Su Yun could see his skin that had been loose due to aging following the shaking of his body.
"Yun, Xiaoyun, is it Xiaoyun?" his eyes wandered, and he suddenly turned his head to look at Su Lin again, opening a pair of eager eyes, wanting to ask her for answers.
"Dad, it's me, I'm fine, I'm home. Su Yun's voice became a little sharp due to choking, he never thought that he would cry, and he still cried twice in a row in such a short period of time - he didn't cry when his left arm was broken by his opponent in the competition to be promoted to the college entrance department, and he didn't cry when he fought to the death with the dragon and saw Nagel near death. The last time he cried was when he thought he had sacrificed for himself, and now that nothing had happened, he couldn't help crying uncontrollably.
Su Chengwu stretched out his hand tremblingly, caressing his son's face, and made a muffled voice in his mouth: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back." Su Mu looked at them and shed tears again, but this time the tears contained an excited sense of happiness. She looked at it for a while, then turned around and left the room and went to the kitchen to cook eggs for her husband.
As soon as she went out, she saw four strangers in the living room, and was immediately startled, Su Lin rushed over when she heard the sound, and hurriedly explained to her: "These are my brother's friends, who came to the house as guests, just now my brother wants to see you, so let them stay in the living room for a while." ”
Ji Ning also stood up at this time, walked towards Su Lin and her mother gracefully, and then, another standard gentleman's courtesy: "Hello aunt, my name is Ji Ning, and I met Brother Su during the expedition. These are members of my expedition, and we went on an adventure with Brother Su for a few days, and we got along very well and talked very well, so Brother Su also invited us to come as guests. I didn't know the situation in the house before I came, and there was a lot of trouble, so please bear with me. ”
Su's mother looked at him blankly for a while, and was pushed by her daughter a few times before she reacted, and quickly replied: "Oh, it's okay, you can sit down first, the child's father is a little hungry, I'll go and cook him something to eat first." Would you like to eat a little bit together?"
Before Ji Ning could answer, Bu Shi stood up from the sofa and hurriedly replied: "No need Auntie, it's too much trouble for you to eat here." After speaking, she touched her stomach and let out a sigh: It's dangerous, it's just a little bit, but fortunately I reacted wittily. I'm waiting for a big meal, so how can I just eat here?
Su's mother didn't say anything more after hearing this, and hurriedly went to the kitchen to make boiled eggs for her husband.
Su Lin exchanged a few words with Ji Ning, and then returned to her parents' room again, at this time Su Yun was sitting on the edge of the bed, chatting with her father at length. Seeing Su Lin come in, Su's father patted the edge of the bed very happily and motioned for her to sit over as well.
Su Lin sat down, looking at her father and brother on the left and right, she instantly felt the feeling of being surrounded by pampering again. The previous feeling of helplessness seemed to be an ethereal dream, and when the nightmare awoke from it, she returned to the care of her father and brother.
After chatting for a while, he talked about Su Yun's whereabouts in the past few days, and heard that there were a few guests at home, who Su Yun met during his expeditions in the past few days, Su Chengwu asked very curiously: "Son, where have you been exploring these days?"
Su Yun thought for a moment, but decided not to hide it from his family. He pondered his words and said in a very flat tone: "In order to prepare for the graduation competition in a few days, I went to the secluded forest to practice. ”
As soon as the words fell, Su Yun saw that his father's body shook significantly. Su Chengwu's eyes widened, and he asked in a puzzled and frightened voice, "Where did you say you went?"
Su Yun nodded, knowing what was going on in the secluded forest, he had already expected his father's reaction at this moment. He touched his chin and said unhurriedly: "Listen to me first, I'm actually already a professional." This time I went to the secluded forest to find some spiritual treasures and improve my strength. Moreover, the unknown beast in your mouth, I also met this time. ”
Su Chengwu's body bounced up suddenly, grabbed Su Yun's shoulders with both hands, and questioned almost against his face, "You met that fierce beast." ”
"Yes," Su Yun leaned back a little uncomfortably, "but to be exact, part of that guy I encountered." That ghost, I don't know what it was, was able to poke out long tentacles, like vines. But the tentacles didn't have any intelligence, and they didn't attack us, just killed a red deer in front of us and dragged it deep into the forest. ”
Su Chengwu let out a sigh of relief, as if it was not Su Yun, but the rest of his life: "That's good, that's good." Suddenly, he thought of something, raised his head suddenly, and a gleam appeared in his eyes: "What did you just say? You are already a professional?"
Su Lin only reacted at this time, covered her mouth with both hands, and exclaimed, "Brother, have you really become a professional?"
Su Yun smiled shyly and said slowly, "Actually, before I had dinner and chatted with you that morning, I was already a professional. It's just that it feels a bit outrageous, so I haven't told you, and the graduation competition is coming, so I was going to show it again at that time, make a blockbuster, and surprise you. I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, and the surprise was not successful, but turned into a fright. ”
At this time, Su Mu just pushed the door in, holding a bowl of boiled eggs in her hand. Father Su shouted excitedly at her: "the child, our son has become a professional!"
Su Mu had just entered the door and had not yet stood firmly, when she heard this sentence, she was so frightened that the bowl in her hand fell straight down. Su Yun's eyes were quick, and he rushed forward with an arrow step, catching the bowl with one hand, and didn't even spill the eggs and soup in the bowl.
"Wow! Brother, you have really become a professional, so amazing!" Su Lin clapped her hands happily and stood up, if she was still skeptical of Su Yun's words just now, then now she completely believed it - from the door to the bedside of the distance of five or six steps, he rushed out from sitting to catching the bowl, not even two seconds, and the contents of the bowl did not spill a drop, this kind of strength, even his father could not do it, this is enough to show that his brother has become a professional.
Su Yun took the bowl, took the chopsticks from his mother's hand, walked to the side of the bed and handed them to his father, and said half-jokingly, "How about Dad, do you eat it yourself, or will I feed you?"
Su Chengwu snatched the dishes and chopsticks and muttered in a low voice: "My illness is not serious, and it is not so bad that others come to feed me." ”
Su Yun looked at such a father with a smile, secretly happy in his heart, it seemed that he was in a much better state after learning the good news.
The three of them watched him finish a whole bowl of boiled eggs, and Su's mother also asked with concern: "Is it enough? Do you want to make you a little more?" Su's father wiped his mouth and handed over the dishes and chopsticks: "No, I've been lying in bed all day, and I'll be full after eating a bowl." "After that, I will go to the ground to move.
Su Yun and Su Lin hurriedly grabbed him, and Su Lin grabbed his arm and persuaded: "Dad, your body is just a little better, don't be in a hurry to move." ”
Su Chengwu frowned at his daughter: "I'm not a big deal, it's better, isn't it all right?"
Su's mother was also worried about his body, and persuaded him step by step: "The child and his father, what are you anxious about? You are in good health, and you have to take care of it if you are sick." It's been a good omen for a day, don't toss it anymore. After listening to his wife's words, Su Chengwu half-drooped his head and put on a depressed look.
Su Yun looked at his father like this, and couldn't help but wonder. He thought for a moment and said to his father, "Dad, if you want to get out of bed now, I can help you." ”
Su Chengwu looked at his son in surprise: "Do you have a way?"
Su Yun nodded, stood up, and stretched out his right hand to put it on his father's forehead. The latter suddenly felt a strange warm current slowly flowing from his head into his body, and as this warm current passed through his body, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the powerlessness in his body was gone, replaced by the vitality of the past, and even passed it.
Su Chengwu looked at Su Yun's face, a slightly immature young face, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart. He has loved martial arts since he was a child, and he has been determined to become a professional since he was a child, but he has not been able to achieve his wish after half his life. Although he was revered as the strongest person in Saiyan Town, he knew in his heart that he was just the "strongest" on the surface, just a false name that was rewarded because the real strong man did not want to show his face. But now it's different, Su Yun, his eldest son, has fulfilled this long-cherished wish for many years on his behalf. "My son of Su Chengwu is a professional, the pride of the sky! Who can compare to the sons and daughters of those guys?" Thinking of this, he was in a good mood, and couldn't help laughing out loud.