Chapter 9: If It's Just a Dream
Hearing these words of concern, Qin Yi couldn't believe that this kind of thing would happen to him for a while.
It's been three years, and since the day he was taken to the Qin family, no one has ever cared about whether he will catch a cold or feel unwell.
He could only silently sit in the corner, enviously watching the Qin family shush and greet the substitute every day, like a lonely ghost who had long been forgotten.
Gu Rumeng keenly noticed that there were tears in the corners of Qin Yi's eyes, and quickly reached out to help Qin Yi wipe them:
"What are you crying all of a sudden?"
"Don't you want to take a bath? That's okay, I'm going to pour you some hot water, you have to warm up, otherwise you might catch a cold. ”
After saying that, she put down her towel and pajamas and hurried to the kitchen to get a cup.
Seeing this, Qin Yi hurriedly followed: "Sister Rumeng, I'm fine, I'll go take a bath right away, it's just ...... Just ......"
"Just what?"
"I ...... I'm afraid of soiling your clothes......"
"Harm! That's what you're worried about? ”
Gu Rumeng smiled, raised his hand and scraped Qin Yi's nose with his index finger: "Don't worry, I haven't worn that set of pajamas since I bought it, and I only washed it once." And you're going to take a bath, as long as you've taken a bath, how can you get dirty? ”
"I'll just wear this set......" Qin Yi still wanted to refuse.
"No, I'm going to catch a cold!" Gu Rumeng straightened his face slightly, "Go to the bathroom obediently, and after washing, you put the clothes in the laundry basket, and I'll wash them for you tomorrow." ”
"But ......"
"Oops, my sister's hearing is suddenly not good, I can't hear, I can't hear!"
Gu Rumeng covered her ears with her hands and began to play tricks.
Seeing this, Qin Yi was stunned.
In the end, he still couldn't beat Gu Rumeng, and went to the bathroom to take a shower with a towel and pajamas.
Hot water gushed out of the showerhead, and the bathroom was quickly filled with mist, and his eyes were hazy, feeling the comfort brought by the heat flow on his skin, Qin Yi couldn't tell whether he was in a dream or reality for a while.
After a while, Qin Yi finished taking a shower and changed into pajamas.
He wanted to go out at once, but suddenly he remembered something, so he took his clothes out of the laundry basket and washed them.
"Qin Yi, have you washed it?"
Gu Rumeng, who was outside the bathroom, saw that Qin Yi hadn't come out for a long time, and was a little worried, so he knocked on the door and asked.
"Washed up!"
After Qin Yi answered, he hurriedly opened the door of the bathroom: "Sister Rumeng, where is the drying rack?" ”
"Huh?"
Gu Rumeng glanced at the laundry basket with some curiosity, "Have you washed all the clothes?" I said why did you take a shower for so long, didn't you just say that I would wash it for you tomorrow? ”
"It's okay, Sister Rumeng, you helped me advance the money for the hanging needle tonight, cooked me porridge, and took me in, I'm already very grateful."
Qin Yi paused, "I can do such a small thing as washing clothes myself, and I can also hand over any chores at home in the future." ”
"Fool."
Gu Rumeng's eyes were gentle and a little distressed.
What a sensible boy.
What kind of family is it that makes such a sensible child suffer like that.
Thinking of this, Gu Rumeng couldn't help but feel sad for Qin Yi.
"You're in the rain tonight, and you've just finished hanging the needle, you should rest more, I've already helped you lay out the sheets and quilt covers just now, and you'll sleep in the room on the left hand side in the future."
Gu Rumeng said, snatching the laundry basket from Qin Yi's hand: "Go and rest, I'll just dry the clothes." ”
"Don't! Such...... Not good! ”
Qin Yi was a little anxious, and he was about to snatch the laundry basket back.
He knew that Gu Rumeng regarded him as a child.
But after all, he is seventeen years old now, and he is only three days away from becoming an adult.
It's fine if it's just ordinary clothes.
The point is that there is also its own trouser cuff inside.
If Gu Rumeng is asked to help him dry, how embarrassing will it be?
"Okay, okay."
Gu Rumeng also seemed to realize something, so he handed the laundry basket back to Qin Yi's hand, "There is a hanger on the balcony, go quickly." ”
Seeing this, Qin Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and then hurriedly went to the balcony to dry his clothes.
"It's already twelve o'clock."
Gu Rumeng glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, so he urged: "Go to bed, oh yes, I made you milk, put it on the bedside table, you remember to drink it and go to sleep." ”
After speaking, Gu Rumeng probably felt sleepy for a long time, yawned, got up and walked to his room.
"Good night, Qin Yi, have a good dream."
"Good night, Sister Rumeng, you too."
The two said goodnight to each other, and as Gu Rumeng closed the door, only Qin Yi was left in the living room.
After standing in place for a while, Qin Yi turned around and walked to his room.
Pushing open the door, the air is filled with a faint scent of lavender.
The bed was made with clean light blue covers.
There are cartoons on the wardrobe doors, which look old.
There were also magazines on the desk against the wall.
The room is not very big, but every detail is full of the warmth of life.
In contrast, his room in the Qin family was cold and simple, like a cage separating people from the world.
Looking at the steaming glass of milk on the bedside table, Qin Yi felt more and more that everything he had experienced tonight was a little beautiful and unreal.
He walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, picked up the glass of milk and drank it, then got into the bed, looked at the ceiling in a daze, until the sleepiness came like a tide, and then he reluctantly closed his eyes.
If everything that is happening now is just a dream......
Then he wished he never woke up.