Chapter 56: Kyungwon and the Stubborn Child
There was nothing Jing Yuan could do, just unscrew a bottle of mineral water, take a clean towel, and wash the sludge and dried blood stains on Xiao Yun'er's hands.
Those wounds, I don't know if it will have any effect on her, judging from the examples he has seen, the mutant should have the ability to heal itself.
For example, the mutant python and the deformed goldfish monster at the Xiuhu Avenue gas station did not show obvious decay on the outside, but most of the functions inside the body were replaced by mold, including himself, and he has formed a symbiotic relationship with mold.
He felt that he was more like a vampire in Western legends than a zombie.
There is no temperature, pale skin, handsome appearance, likes to eat fresh flesh and blood, and many of them are right.
Xiao Yun'er is obviously a more advanced mutant than him, so he shouldn't need to worry too much.
The point here is that she doesn't have to worry about her physically, but psychologically... It seems to have suffered a lot of trauma.
It could be seen that the rupture of the crystal ball hit her hard, and she liked the shiny toy very much, but because of her negligence, the ball was broken.
It's even possible that she threw the ball to the ground on her own initiative, as she didn't know how fragile the crystal ball was.
Maybe once in a while she got curious and threw the ball to the ground thinking it would bounce like a leather ball, or maybe she was so fascinated by the yo-yo that she thought the crystal ball could be thrown back into her hand.
After all, it was the first time she had seen a small toy made of glass, and she didn't know what fragile things were.
If this is really the case, she must feel strong self-blame and regret.
In the long run, this is not a bad thing, at least let her understand that good things are to be taken care of, and let her know that there is a price to pay for certain behaviors.
This helps to restrain her and establish her sense of boundaries so that she does not become a wayward giant baby on a psychological level.
If Kyungwon really easily restored that crystal ball, or took out a new crystal ball, it would not be a good thing, it would make her unaware of the price of doing something wrong, and with the combat power she showed, if she became a willful bear child, the consequences would be very serious.
In a word, children can't be too spoiled, and they are easy to spoil.
If she would do whatever she wanted, Jing Yuan would definitely stay away from her at that time, because she might kill herself with a single thought.
For example, she may have the whim to take Kyungwon apart like a "toy", she doesn't realize the consequences of doing such a thing, she thinks of it, and she will do it.
Of course, these are all theories.
The reality was that the child seemed to be very sad, she was holding the base of the crystal ball, her head down, and Kyungwon seemed to see her tears falling down her cheeks.
Poor and helpless, Kyungwon touched her head and handed the little flower to her, trying to comfort her.
But she just glanced up at Xiaohua, and then went to guard the crystal ball base again.
The severed snowman stuck to the base really has a bleak artistic conception in it.
Jing Yuan didn't know what to do to make her feel better, even if she knew that the crystal ball couldn't be restored, she had to hold on to the base, her character was unexpectedly very stubborn.
Kyungwon can't do anything about her, maybe only time can heal her wounded heart.
He picked up the severed snowman's head on the table, and an idea popped up to him.
He couldn't restore the crystal ball, but he could do his best to fix the base.
This snowman's head is broken, so can't you just dip it in glue?
So he went into the supermarket, rummaged through the shelves, found the expired strong adhesive, applied the glue to the crack in the snowman's head, and then carefully pressed it against the snowman's body.
Quietly waiting for the glue to dry, although it is expired, the stickiness of the glue has not completely subsided, and the snowman's head has been glued smoothly, but it doesn't look as good as the original, and there is an obvious white mark on the neck, but at least the head won't fall off.
There were some stains on the base, he took out the toilet paper, wiped off the dirty things, and those residual glasses, they were all broken anyway, it was better to clean them thoroughly, he took the tweezers, and all the glass shards were pinched out.
Thanks to his efforts, the crystal ball became an ornament-like base.
During the whole process, Xiao Yun'er held the base in her arms and watched it become neat and tidy little by little.
Although there is no shiny snow powder that flutters with the water when it shakes, and there is no glass cover that is round to the touch, the snowman and the red house have indeed changed back.
Jing Yuan felt that he had done a good job of cleaning, and Xiao Yun'er finally let go of the base and placed it on the table in front of him.
She watched silently, reaching out and stroking the snowman's head, which didn't roll off from her touch.
The hanging vines behind her swayed slightly, and the gloomy atmosphere finally dissipated somewhat.
Jing Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and brought the little flower in front of her again, this time she did not refuse, but carefully held the soil and transplanted it to the base of the crystal ball.
The pale yellow stamens were reflected in the dark eyes, the white petals swayed in the wind, and a lock of hair fluttered gently in her ears, and suddenly hugged Jing Yuan's right hand and clinged to it tightly.
Kyungwon rubbed her little head, thinking that the feeling of being relied on was not annoying.
A thought suddenly flashed in her heart, if it was now, maybe she could take her away from Shunxiang Supermarket.
He led Xiao Yun'er to stand up and walked out.
Coming to the eaves of the supermarket, Xiao Yun'er hesitated, but this time she didn't run away so quickly.
Kyungwon tried to pull her out, but she looked back and actually followed.
However, when she reached the fifteenth step, she still stopped.
She let go of Kyungwon's hand and shook her head at Kyungwon, she only learned this movement today, which means "no", "no".
She returned to the ruins, sitting alone in her chair, looking at the base of the crystal ball.
Why was she reluctant to leave?
Jing Yuan looked up at the sign of Shunxiang Supermarket, thought of the broken crystal ball, and suddenly understood.
This ruined supermarket is also a "broken crystal ball" for her, but the supermarket is much heavier than the weight of the crystal ball in her heart.
It's not the supermarket that traps her, it's her memories, her fragmented emotions and memories.
When she was a human being, she spent many unforgettable moments here with her parents before the disaster broke out.
After school, her dad would run to the snack rack to get her favorite candy, and when she finished her homework, her mom would hug her and sit at the counter with her to watch TV.
Those were the two people who loved her the most in the world, and the two people she loved the most, and she may have forgotten many, many things, but she didn't forget to wait here for her parents to come back and take her home.
Until this moment, Kyungwon finally understood one thing, she would not go with her.
Even if she understands that her parents will not come back, she will not leave, because she is such a stubborn child, and she will never look back if she is so stubborn that she believes in something.