Chapter 20: My brother doesn't cry
In this world, no individual is lonely, there will always be someone who thinks about you, in the past, in the present, and in the future.
After Yuan Chengle cautiously rushed out of the gate, he opened his calves and ran wildly in the direction of Lizhishan, he knew that Fang Mumu must be there, she must have experienced something to go there without saying a word.
The entrance to the cave of Yuan Chengle and Fang Mumu's secret base is still blocked by dense branches, and the leaves on these branches begin to transform into yellow with the change of seasons, and the yellow leaves still carry the moisture of summer, not dried up by autumn, and not completely sad to fall.
If he could sit outside the cave with Fang Mumu and look at these yellow leaves, Yuan Chengle thought that he was also 10,000 willing. But at this moment, he didn't have time to carefully appreciate the delicate bonds between the branches and leaves, because the crimson that had dried on the yellow leaves made him not even breathe, so he crawled into the cave like crazy, and after climbing into the hole, he was stupid at the mouth of the cave.
It was pitch black in the cave, and he couldn't see anything clearly, Yuan Chengle knew that there was a kerosene lamp not far from his feet, but the matches that were lit ran out last time, and the new ones were still at home, if there were no matches, there was no way to light the lamp, and there was no way to see the situation of Fang Mumu clearly. However, what was entangled in Yuan Chengle's heart was his feeling, he could feel that Fang Mumu must be in this cave, although the cave was extremely quiet.
After dozens of seconds, Yuan Chengle crawled out of the hole again, and the naughty yellow leaves wanted to tease Yuan Chengle, mixed in his hair, waiting for Yuan Chengle to find them.
Yuan Chengle didn't seem to feel at all, he crawled out of the hole and ran towards his home again, halfway he fell many times because of the weakness of his legs running too much, and the red skin could be faintly seen in the torn pants.
After Yuan Chengle arrived at the door of the house, he closed his mouth, his lungs became more and more uncomfortable because of running and holding his breath, and the sight in front of him would occasionally flash black... However, he knew that he couldn't stop, let alone be bumped into by his parents. Like a jerky thief, he listened to the movement in the courtyard, sneaked in, and after getting the matches, he sneaked out again.
When he first arrived at the gate and didn't come out, Yuan Chengle heard someone suddenly talking behind him, it was his father's voice, he thought to himself, he must be caught... He was ready to be caught, but after a last-second hesitation, he chose to stride out the door.
Yuan Chengle leaned against the big iron door of his house, and it was telling about the scorching that day he had endured, and it transmitted the temperature through the barrier of his clothes to Yuan Chengle's body. Yuan Chengle's clothes were completely soaked with sweat, and if he listened carefully at this moment, he could hear the sound of sweat being boiled by the heat of the iron door. However, his attention was all on the person who had made the voice in the courtyard, and his two small hands were tightly covered with his mouth and nose, as if the sound of his breathing had become deafening to him.
Yuan Chengle felt that he had waited for hundreds of years for so long, in this tormented waiting, his heartbeat hit violently between heaven and earth, fortunately, there was no sound of talking in the courtyard, let alone the voice of his father calling him. After Yuan Chengle was relieved, he took a deep breath and continued to run towards Lizhi Mountain.
The sunset put away its gray shadow little by little, and the brightness left to this world changed from light gray to gray to dark gray over time.
Yuan Chengle sat at the door of the cave, constantly wiping the matches with his trembling hands by feeling, he tried hard to keep his hands from shaking, and the number of matches that failed to be lit increased one by one, and he only took a box of matches when he went home.
Yuan Chengle finally lit the match, he was very careful, the lit match slowly approached the kerosene lamp, and when the kerosene lamp was lit, the match burned to his fingers, people who didn't know would definitely think that he was unconscious, only he knew how painful it was to be burned out of the white blisters that were almost as big as the eggs on his fingers.
However, the dried blood stains on the leaves engraved in his brain made Yuan Chengle know that Fang Mumu should be more painful than him.
Fang Mumu under the kerosene lamp was lying on the edge of the small bench, her body was curled up, Yuan Chengle slowly approached Fang Mumu with the kerosene lamp, when he saw the blood stains on the messy graffiti on Fang Mumu's tattered clothes, the large bruises on the exposed skin and her dying appearance at the moment, Yuan Chengle couldn't help but cry "wow", if he didn't know the importance of the kerosene lamp, he held it from the beginning, maybe the kerosene lamp would have fallen from his hand in fright by his cry.
Fang Mumu's consciousness gradually returned, she seemed to hear Yuan Chengle's voice, but she thought that Yuan Chengle didn't know that she was here, plus Yuan Chengle went to school, she thought that there must be something else bothering her, and now she didn't want to pay attention to any of the Raush's side things, and her eyes that were originally naturally closed were closed tightly at the moment.
The size of Yuan Chengle's crying did not change, but Yuan Chengle's voice became louder and louder in Fang Mumu's consciousness, and it was not until she opened her eyes slightly in desperation that she realized that Yuan Chengle was crying.
Fang Mumu's eyes widened suddenly, and she sat up from the ground, the pain in her body began to scream after she sat up, she especially wanted to cry out loud and cry out for pain, but the situation in front of her did not allow her to do so.
Fang Mumu gritted her teeth and knelt up, she stretched out her red and swollen little hand to wipe her tears for Yuan Chengle who was squatting in front of her, "Brother don't cry, brother don't cry, brother doesn't cry..."
Yuan Chengle's crying gradually became smaller, and finally until he choked, only his tears kept swimming in Fang Mumu's little hand wiping back and forth.
Yuan Chengle put the kerosene lamp aside, and then grabbed Fang Mumu's little 'fat' hand, when he felt its thickness, the power in his hand disappeared instantly, he gently put Fang Mumu's small hand in front of him, and blew it gently with his mouth, "It must be very painful." As he spoke, his tears jumped out of his eyes and landed on the back of Fang Mumu's hand, Yuan Chengle quickly wiped the tears in his eyes with his sleeve, he was afraid that his tears would be too tyrannical, and patted Fang Mumu's hand.
"Brother doesn't cry, Mumu doesn't hurt, Mumu doesn't hurt." Fang Mumu wanted to give Yuan Chengle a reassuring smile, but she couldn't do it at all.
Yuan Chengle couldn't help crying loudly again after hearing Fang Mumu's words, he gently hugged Fang Mumu, he wanted to give Fang Mumu strength with his hug, but he didn't dare to use too hard. His cries grew louder and louder than they had at the beginning.
Fang Mumu wanted to comfort Yuan Chengle again, but Yuan Chengle's cry sounded so sad, so sad that she couldn't erect any strong barrier, and her tears kept running out, like a prisoner who had been imprisoned for most of her life and suddenly got free when she was a lot older.
Fang Mumu and Yuan Chengle hugged each other and cried for a long time, so long that the two of them had no crying, no strength, no consciousness, and finally the two of them curled up on the ground together and fell asleep.
The dark night is like a guardian, guarding Fang Mumu and Yuan Chengle outside the secret base, and guarding the silence that should exist in the middle of the night.
"Lele... Lele... Where are you? ”
"Lele... Lele... Is it okay for you to respond to your mother? ”
"Yuan Chengle, you heard the answer to me!"
"Yuan Chengle, are you here?"
......
The cycle of nightmares after nightmare made Fang Mumu sleep unsteadily, outside the nightmare she heard shouts, very vague, she forcibly woke up from the nightmare by shouting one after another. At this time, she heard clearly that the voices outside the cave were called Yuan Chengle.
Fang Mumu saw Yuan Chengle's appearance clearly by the light of the kerosene lamp, she really couldn't bear to call him, she was afraid that Yuan Chengle would be sad again after waking up. However, the shouting outside scared her more and more, she was afraid that her father was hiding in the group, she was afraid that she would have no place to hide when the secret base was discovered, although she did not hear any voice calling her name.
Fang Mumu gently shook Yuan Chengle with his red and swollen little hand, "Brother wake up, brother wake up..."
Yuan Chengle finally woke up slowly in Fang Mumu's shouting, he opened his eyes slightly and looked at Fang Mumu with a blue nose and swollen face in front of him, his newly awakened consciousness was combined with the dimness of the kerosene lamp, he felt that Fang Mumu at this moment was very cute, so cute that he began to giggle.
Fang Mumu hurriedly stepped forward and covered Yuan Chengle's mouth, "Shh~"
Yuan Chengle's quiet thoughts began to have realistic memories, and his tears swirled in his eyes.
"Brother, your parents are looking for you." Fang Mumu's voice was very soft, "You go out and find them quickly." ”
"It's so dark, aren't you scared?" Yuan Chengle's voice trembled.
Fang Mumu squinted his eyes and smiled, "I'm not afraid." She stood up and took Yuan Chengle by the hand, wanting him to stand up and walk out.
Yuan Chengle left the kerosene lamp, and he walked back to the entrance of the cave step by step.
Fang Mumu reluctantly looked at the figure of Yuan Chengle leaving, she heard the rustling sound of the branches and leaves at the entrance of the cave because of the shuttling of people, she endured the pain and bent down and patted the soil on her body, the pain that was torn up and down hit again, and she pressed them all between her closed lips and teeth.
Fang Mumu, who crawled out of the cave, looked back at the depths of the cave, she did not bring the kerosene lamp to the entrance of the cave, nor did she extinguish the kerosene lamp, the kerosene lamp existed in the depths of the cave like a warm lamp that could illuminate her heart. She knew that the warmth didn't last long, but sometimes a little light in front of her was enough.
When Fang Mumu limped down Lizhi Mountain, a large group of people gathered at the foot of the mountain, and their chattering broke the peace in Fang Mumu's heart. Fang Mumu saw Yu Cai's figure in the crowd, she watched Yu Cai rush over, and she felt Yu Cai's warm embrace.
With the crowd of people who completed the task of finding someone, Fang Mumu was carried home by Yu Cai, she saw her father's figure from a distance, and her body couldn't stop trembling.