Chapter 19: Quiet
Yuan Mu also discovered Ji Si'an's problem, and always sent her over later after picking up Zhaodi, or stayed with her for a while to reduce her burden.
When Ji Si'an went home that day, Yuan Mu and Zhao Di were doing homework in the house. She took the dishes and went to the kitchen as usual to make dinner. Yuan Mu quietly followed.
"I bought food, you don't have to make it today." Yuan Mu stopped her.
"Broke the bank again." Ji Si'an smiled palely.
"Xiao An, what's wrong with you? Recently, my face has been very bad. Yuan Mu asked.
"It's nothing, it's just ...... I always don't sleep well at night. Saying that, Ji Si'an couldn't help yawning.
"Is it difficult to bring Zhaodi?" Yuan Mu approached Ji Si'an and whispered.
Ji Si'an didn't know how to describe the current Zhao Di, and she didn't do anything, but it just made her feel weird. When Zhao Di was stubborn and awkward in the past, although she would make people angry, at least she could make people feel energetic. Now she's ...... It's so quiet, it's not as quiet as a 9-year-old.
She ...... Do you feel like she's a lot quieter? Yuan Mu saw that Ji Si'an didn't speak, and continued to whisper.
"It's not just quiet...... it's a strange feeling ......." When he said this, Ji Si'an looked sideways at the door, and he didn't know when Zhao Di had already stood at the door.
When Zhao Di saw Ji Si'an seeing her, she still said in a timid voice: "Sister, I've finished my homework."
Their conversation had to be suspended. Yuan Mu walked out with a smile. "We're awesome. Come and take your sister to preview tomorrow's homework. Let Sister Xiao An heat up the dishes, and let's eat later. ”
Ji Si'an looked at their backs thoughtfully. These days, every time she wakes up from a nightmare, Zhao Di always appears by her side, watching her quietly. Zhao Di's light sleep gave Ji Si'an a headache. And as Yuan Mu said, this child is too quiet, as silent as a cat, and often scares her.
Ji Si'an's house is small, and she has to push out the sideboard and join the coffee table to make a dining table during meals. With a slight effort, she opened the drawer of the sideboard, ....... Ji Si'an's things have always been neat, and all the drawer doors are well closed. She scrutinized the open drawer, the upturned notebook catching her attention.......
"Xiao An, what's wrong with you?" Yuan Mu took the dish and saw that Ji Si'an didn't let go of his position for a long time, and asked out loud.
"Oh, the drawer has slipped open, and I'm closing it." Ji Si'an pressed the notebook down and closed the drawer again.
Yuan Mu's heart is as meticulous as hair. "It's not like your style, is it a loss?"
Before Ji Si'an could speak, Zhao Di straightened her back and whispered, "I opened it." My pen is out of water, and I want to find it. I'm sorry...... I won't dare next time."
"If you want to find anything in the future, you can tell me." Ji Si'an's tone was light.
Yuan Mu glanced at Ji Si'an and guessed that there might be secrets hidden in the drawer that she didn't want to be known.
Zhao Di lowered her head and blushed, tears rolling and falling in her eyes. Yuan Mu had no choice but to pull her into his arms and whispered comforting and explaining.
Rao was like this, and Ji Si'an didn't speak. That notebook contained her past, her memories, and the fragility and sadness she had never revealed to anyone else.
After eating a tasteless dinner, Yuan Mu had to leave because of the night shift. Before leaving, she pulled Ji Si'an uncomfortably and wanted to say a few more words, but when she saw Zhao Di, who was following behind, she swallowed back the words to her mouth, and only patted Ji Si'an's arm to show comfort.
After Ji Si'an cheered up and took care of Zhao Di to bed, he was about to turn off the lights and leave. Zhao Di whispered, "I'm sorry. ”
Ji Si'an stopped for a long time, but decided to make it clear to Zhao Di. "I haven't lived with anyone else before. I didn't remind you that there is my responsibility here. In the future, I will mark and lock some cabinets that I don't want people to touch. That way we'll all have ease. ”
Zhao Di sobbed quietly, and Ji Si'an sighed and sat down at the head of the bed again. "Aren't you used to living here?"
Hearing this, Zhao Di hurriedly shook her head vigorously.
"I don't mean anything else, I just ...... I just feel like you don't sleep well at night...... Ji Si'an gently wiped away the tears on Zhao Di's face.
"Sister...... I...... I always have nightmares ....... I...... Isn't it useless...... I can't think of anything. Uncle police asked about that...... I can't remember it at all. ”
"I was desperate to remember ......, and every time there was only one big hand covering me under the covers...... Hold my ...... hard. It's horrible...... I didn't dare sleep. ”
Zhao Di's cry made Ji Si feel at ease...... She didn't blame herself so much. Ji Si'an hugged Zhao Di tightly, her heart was full of guilt, she was still a child.......
It was late at night when she settled Zhaodi, but Ji Si'an didn't feel sleepy, as soon as she took out her notebook and opened it, the photos in it fell ....... Ji Si'an picked up the photo and glanced at the bedroom ....... She remembers that she had placed the photograph in the mezzanine of the book cover...... How could it fall out so easily .......
This notebook is a diary she wrote before, and she hasn't opened it for a long time. Maybe I was mistaken, she comforted herself and wanted to put the picture in the mezzanine. The girl's smile in the photo made her stunned for a moment, and her sister ...... Zhao Di looks a little similar to her sister.
She stroked the face in the photo, her mother was so young at that time, her fair face, light and delicate eyebrows and eyes matched her tall and handsome father very well. They must have been very affectionate at that time. She touched the baby in her mother's arms with teary eyes, and the fleshy and energetic appearance turned out to be her own ....... She carefully placed the photograph back in her notebook, the only image they had left her.
In the early hours of the morning, Ji Si'an woke up from a light sleep again, she felt that she should go to see a Chinese doctor, too little sleep had affected her work and life, and she couldn't go on like this. After making up her mind, she closed her eyes and suddenly felt a lot more sure.
At this moment, there was a slight sound from the balcony, and Ji Si'an's body was instantly awake, and the sensory cells in his whole body were mobilized to capture the source of the sound. Before she could think about anything, her hand had consciously reached under the pillow to grasp the little bee's .......
As the sound got closer, Ji Si'an was sure that it was the sound of the soles of his shoes rubbing against the floor, and someone ....... It was as if she had returned to a nightmare scene, and every step the other took seemed to step on her nerves. Just as she was about to hold back and rush to the door, the voice suddenly stopped.
Bedchamber? Ji Si'an's house is a one-bedroom structure, with a living room at the entrance, a kitchen on the left, a bathroom and bedroom on the right, and a balcony outside the bedroom.
...... the other party entered the bedroom, Ji Si'an hesitated for a moment but decided to rescue Zhao Di. She rushed to the bedroom door only to see Zhao Di sleeping soundly on the bed, and there was no one else in the room ...... except her. Ji Si'an unwillingly opened the cabinet, lifted the curtains, and checked all the places where he could search for Tibetans, but he still didn't find it.
"Sister...... What happened to you? Zhao Di asked, rubbing her sleepy eyes.
"Oh, it's okay...... There are mosquitoes...... I'll find a mosquito coil to light it for you. Ji Si'an panicked.
"Hurry up and go to sleep. Sister won't bother you anymore. I have to go to school tomorrow. Saying that, Ji Si'an left the room in a panic.
Ji Si'an was lying on the bed, dizzy, she couldn't tell if what had just happened was her dream or the reality .......