Chapter 2 Houmen Stand-in

Lin Du seemed to have a long dream. In his dream www.biquge.info he saw the gray-haired old man in the park and the little girl who gave him chocolates. The old man took the little girl in his arms and carried him on his back, and they walked through a grassy prairie. There are many hares, antelopes, cranes, and unknown birds and animals on the grassland, and they are leisurely and do not panic when they see people. There are so many beautiful stars in the night sky overhead, one of them is blooming with a bright green light, and the old man pointed to the star and said proudly: This time you kid can't be hard-mouthed, look, look, that is Gu Xing.

Is that Gu Xing? really...... Is this to the country of that fairy tale......

Lin Dusk thought in a daze, and soon fell asleep again. In a trance, he slowly woke up, feeling that he was lying on a soft bed, with a gentle and slender hand gently caressing his forehead, and then he opened his eyes and saw his mother's face.

Mom was sitting on the edge of the bed looking at herself, her eyes showing endless love and concern. This is a look he has never seen in his memory, he instinctively panicked, suddenly sat up and shrank back to the inside of the bed, but still called out in his mouth: "Mom......"

"Ah, Twilight, you're awake. The mother was surprised and delighted, but when she saw the child's uncertain eyes, she couldn't help but be stunned, and then her eyes turned red, and she hugged his thin body in her arms and murmured: "Being alone in the mountains for so long, but it hurts you, it's the mother who is not good, the mother didn't protect you, and the mother will never let you leave in the future, don't be afraid, child, don't be afraid, everything has passed, and the mother is here......"

Lin Du didn't quite understand what his mother was talking about, he had been in the city all the time, but he had just slept in the corridor on the street for two nights, what did he say in the mountains? He felt that something was not right, but his mother's arms were really warm, and he liked it so much. Mom's face pressed against her own, as if hot and wet tears were flowing from her. He stretched out his little hand in distress and carefully wiped the tears from the corners of his mother's eyes, but her tears suddenly poured out more, and the arm holding him suddenly tightened.

Mother hugged him like this, muttering words, Lin Du could feel her strong love for herself, and she was very happy on the one hand, and she was dazed for a while. Mom seems to be different from before, from the first glance he felt that his mother was younger, she looked like she was about twenty years old, and her beautiful eyes were shining with a moving look, and his impression of his mother was always a little pale and sluggish. Mom's dress is also completely different from before, the blue and white gauze dress, silky and soft, like a fairy floating out of the dust, this is a style that Mom has never wore. But she was indeed her mother, and she would never admit her mistake, but this wisp of strangeness, this love that he had never felt before, made him very uneasy, so that he suddenly broke out of his mother's arms and asked, "Mom, are you hungry?" I'll cook for you!"

This is not a lie, when his mother is in a bad mood, he often goes to the kitchen and steps on the stool to cook for his mother. Normally, my mother would ignore him or shake her head lightly, and occasionally I would be weak to say "I'm not hungry", but today my mother was stunned at first, as if she didn't expect him to say such a thing, and then wiped her tears like waking up from a dream and said, "Look at me, I'm so happy, I actually forgot that Twilight is still hungry." Then she turned her head and ordered: "Liu Erxu'er, go and serve the food!"

At this time, Lin Du found out that in addition to his mother and himself, there were two beautiful sisters in the room, both of whom were fifteen or sixteen years old. The two sisters turned and walked out of the room, one of them smiling at him before leaving. Lin Du sat at the head of the bed with big black eyes, looking at the back of his sisters leaving, and then looked at the simple and unfamiliar furnishings in the room, tassel curtains, mahogany carved beds, antique sandalwood tables and chairs, and flower windows with beautiful patterns, everything seemed to have changed.

Home is no longer the same home, and mom is no longer the same mom!

The thought popped into his head, and he jumped out of bed with a thud and ran out of the door barefoot, not caring about his mother calling his name from behind. He pushed open the door and jumped into the courtyard, the square yard is so big, the flowers, grass, mountains and stones, scattered, the soft light of the sunset shines in the atrium, the warm wind in April rolls the green fragrance, he was stunned for a moment, and then raised his head, crossed the glazed tiles of the dougong cornice, and looked at the blue and clear sky. Unknown birds flew through the sky, leaving behind a few gentle chirps.

He remembered the words of the old man "in his dream", and remembered the star that shone with green light. Does it really exist?

Mom chased him out from behind, squatted down and hugged him, and said angrily while putting shoes on his feet: "I ran out without wearing shoes, what are you looking at in a panic?"

"Gu Xing......," Lin Du muttered.

"Silly boy, how can there be stars in the daytime? Look at Gu Xing to wait for it to get dark. ”

"Can you really see Gu Xing?" Lin Dusk suddenly turned his head and asked.

"Of course, as soon as the sun sets these days, Gu Xing will appear in the middle of the sky. ”

It turned out that he really came to another world, but the old man was gone, the little girl was gone, and there was only her mother by her side.

Lin Du let those gentle hands fiddle with it, looking at her mother's familiar and unfamiliar face. Is it that my mother has become different from the original, or has she changed to another person? No, it's not another person, she can call her by her own name, only her mother will call her Twilight! The grandfather said that he would bring himself to see his mother, that this is a world in fairy tales, that the people in fairy tales are kind and happy, and it is not surprising that my mother will naturally become young and happy when she comes here.

Not surprising. Lin Du found a convincing reason, and the uneasiness in his heart suddenly disappeared. It doesn't matter which world you live in, as long as you are still with your mother, not to mention that this world looks comfortable and beautiful. Although when I asked about it before, my mother always said that fairy tales are made up, and the people and things in fairy tales do not exist, but when they came, they saw it, and these were true, and he could live carefree with his mother in the future.

But why is my mother not so happy? There are still a little tears flashing in the corners of her eyes? Lin Du reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of her mother's eyes. His mother helped him put on his shoes, stroked his head, and kept telling him, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Lin Du shook his head and said obediently: "I'm not afraid, as long as I'm with my mother, I'm not afraid of anything." For some reason, my mother's eyes turned red after hearing this, and tears fell again.

Lin Du had a beautiful dinner, it was the most sumptuous meal in his life, many dishes he had never seen before, and many had never seen before. He had been hungry for a long time, was in a good mood, and ate voraciously. Mom sat opposite and looked at him for a moment, her eyes were so gentle that they could melt ice and snow, but there was a faint sadness hidden in the depths of her eyes, and Lin Du couldn't see it.

Lin Du munched on her meal, occasionally raising her head to look at her mother and smile. He was a little embarrassed to be looked down upon, his mother had never looked at him like this, and the little child was soaked in happiness that he had never hoped for. It's just that he found that the two sisters called their mother a little strange, and they called them "Third Lady". Mrs. is called a lot in costume TV series, he knows what it means, but there is a "three" in front of it, since there are three ladies, there will be two ladies, big ladies, maybe four ladies, five ladies. After pondering it carefully, he suddenly felt that the world was still a little weird, and involuntarily stopped his chopsticks.

Obviously, not only he and his mother are here, but also his father, and there will be other "wives" of his father. Since he was sensible, he knew that his father was not only a woman, but he abandoned his mother because of other women. He wondered if this was his father's house, and his father changed his mind and took him and his mother back. But my mother is just one of many ladies, how can she be happy?

He didn't ask anything, though. Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, especially this kind of thing that only belongs to adults, you can't ask, this is one of the principles of getting along with your mother, the taciturn mother will ignore herself, and if she asks too much, she will annoy her, she will spank her ass, and she will wipe her tears. If Lin Du wants to please his mother, he must slowly learn to observe words and feelings, learn to compromise and seek perfection, and learn to solve problems by himself without asking or making trouble. There is nothing that your mother must tell you and teach yourself.

After removing the meal, it was already dark, Lin Du wanted to go out to see Gu Xing, but before he could do so, he heard a commotion outside, and a guest came to visit.

It was a young woman holding a little girl about her age. The woman also looked like she was about twenty years old, gentle and amiable, as beautiful as a fairy, her mother called her the fourth sister, and Liu Erxu'er respectfully called her the fourth lady. Hearing this, Lin Dui's eyes suddenly became round. It turns out that there is indeed a fourth lady, and this is my mother's enemy. But her mother talked and laughed with her, and she seemed to be really close to each other like sisters, and her feelings were very harmonious.

The girl was the daughter of the fourth lady, that is, her half-sister. She was born Yuxue cute, wearing a small pink dress, standing beside the fourth lady, like a quiet little lady. Seeing Lin Du looking at her, the little lady's gaze moved, and suddenly bloomed with lively brilliance, the corners of her mouth curled, and she smiled at him, and her pretty appearance was like a different person. But after laughing, she immediately became well-behaved, followed her mother to greet the third lady, and greeted Lin Dui's body without intimacy.

She called Lin Dui the fifth brother, and it seemed that she was younger than Lin Dui. However, Lin Du didn't care about this, he was already frightened by his ranking. Fifth brother, which means that he has four older brothers above him. The people he knew only had one or two children, but here they have become five or six, I'm afraid it's more than that, it's really a big family.

Lin Du tried to adapt himself to these changes, and he sat beside his mother, his eyes wide open and his ears brink, carefully observing the mother and daughter of the fourth lady. To be sure, they had known each other before, and it was by no means the first time they had seen them, but he had clearly never seen them, and this discovery made him confused again. Soon he noticed that the fourth lady also mentioned "in the mountains" to his mother, as if he had been in the mountains for a long time, so the doubts that had been ignored at first suddenly broke into his heart again, and he felt like he had fallen into a big labyrinth, and he was completely dizzy when he turned around.

Obviously it didn't happen, the people I haven't seen, the mother who is obviously not gentle and doesn't like to talk, and the home that is obviously very small and lonely...... It's all changed, it's become too much, it's like a dream, but it's clearly not a dream. The fairy tale world shouldn't be like this, there shouldn't be so many weird things that make you dizzy.

Lin Duan inevitably panicked, so that he didn't hear many of the words clearly, only remembering that he wanted to call the fourth lady the fourth aunt, and the girl's name was Lin Peili. Seeing them off, he welcomed a second wave of guests.

This time it was three people, a woman and her children. The woman is middle-aged, looks like she is in her thirties, dressed gracefully and luxuriously, with a beautiful and rigorous temperament, slightly inferior to the fourth lady, but she is also a beautiful woman. The boy was twelve or thirteen years old, the girl was eight or nine years old, and he looked a little older than Lin Dui, compared to Lin Peili, these two children were a little more angry with Lin Dui, they would not secretly smile at him, on the contrary, seeing Lin Dui blinking at them, the boy pursed his lips disdainfully, and the girl was expressionless, turning her delicate little face to the side. Intuition tells Lin Dui that they also know themselves.

This is the eldest lady and her son Lin Hao and daughter Lin Peixuan. Lin Hao ranked third, and Lin Du wanted to call him the third brother. Lin Peixuan is one year older than Lin Dui, and she is Lin Dui's younger sister and only sister.

Obviously, they also came to visit Lin Du, but the eldest lady didn't talk much, and she was not as easy-going as the fourth lady, so she greeted politely for a while, and then left with her proud young master.

Lin Du didn't have the heart to listen to them anymore, it was just that the more he listened, the more confused he became. He couldn't hold it anymore, and thought about asking his mother, but as soon as this wave of guests left, the next wave of guests entered the door again, and it was the second lady and her son Lin Yi.

The second lady spoke like a chirping bird, and as soon as people entered the yard, there was a commotion, pulling her mother to ask long and short questions over there. Eight-year-old Lin Yi was so tiger-headed that he jumped into the door first, and when he saw Lin Dui, he smiled, ran over and grabbed his hand, and Lin Du instinctively shrank back. Lin Yi didn't seem to be aware at all, but said excitedly: "You're back! I thought you were dead!"

Lin Du didn't expect such an overly enthusiastic guy to pop up, and pulled his hand back vigorously, but chewed on his words in his heart, and asked, "Why?"

"And ask why? You were taken away and disappeared for two months, and the nearby counties have been searched, but we can't find the power of the Huaiqing Marquis Mansion, don't you think you're dead? Now that you're back, let's play together again!"

Lin Yi said, habitually grabbing Lin Dui's arm again, Lin Dui dodged on one side, and retreated into a corner in a few steps. He pursed his lips tightly, his small body trembling slightly. Lin Yi's words were like a bolt of lightning splitting the night sky, making him suddenly understand many things, followed by panic throughout his body, and a small heart pounded in his chest.

Missing for two months, it must not be themselves, it can only be another child, it must be that they can't find that child, but they find themselves, and then mistake themselves for him. Probably because he looks the same as him, and his name is the same. Coincidentally, his mother is exactly the same as his own mother, so he also treats her as his own mother!

It's no wonder that my mother is gentler and more amiable than before, no wonder this is the house of a wealthy family, no wonder there are so many brothers and sisters, no wonder these people know themselves, they just see themselves as another person. There were a series of coincidences in the middle that he couldn't understand, but those didn't matter, the important thing was that he was just a substitute, an impostor!

Thinking about this section, Lin Duan couldn't help but be flustered. All the kind smiles were invisible, all the affectionate words were inaudible, none of which were for him. He is like a thief who inadvertently runs to someone else's house, trapped in a land of luxury and intimacy. None of this belonged to him, and he didn't want it. He wanted to be honest with "Mom" that he didn't mean to, but it seemed to be too late, he deceived "Mom", deceived the people here, and he didn't know what kind of punishment it would bring. But if he continues to hide it, he will be as anxious as a thief, what if someone finds out, what if the child comes back?

The beads embedded in the wall emitted a soft light, illuminating Lin Dui's paleness. The poor child was in an unprecedented predicament, looking at Lin Yi's surprised face in front of him, and looking at the inquiring gaze of the "mother", he lowered his head at a loss.