Chapter 1: The Day Does Not Understand the Darkness of the Night 04
Shen Chuxue didn't like to talk much when she was having dinner at the Lin family. But Aunt Zhirou, Grandpa Lin's niece, often asked Shen Chuxue if she was doing well in school and whether she was bullied when she came to the house for dinner. Grandpa Lin was also happy, as long as the family was harmonious and happy.
The only difference that day was that Lin Jianluo was not there - there were activities at school, and children who had just started school always had aspirations for school and would participate in any activities. But Shen Chuxue was not like that, she would rather stay at home at that time.
Without Lin Jianluo, the dinner table felt a little lonely. Shen Chuxue lost her appetite after taking a few bites.
For Shen Chuxue, the endless sky and the birdsong that never changes may be the most interesting.
She stood by the window, looking at the branches outside, tapping the glass window with her fingers a few times, as if trying to attract the attention of the birds. But at such a long distance, how could they notice Shen Chuxue's temperature?
In the days that followed, Shen Chuxue never liked birds very much, because they were too free and unrestrained, which was a great attraction to her, but she was forever trapped in such a world, unable to extricate herself from hatred.
When Lin Jianluo came back, Shen Chuxue was just about to go to bed for a nap when there was a .
Squinting her eyes, she looked towards the door. Lin Jianluo pushed the door open and showed his head. He pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, calling her sister. Shen Chuxue waved her hand to let Lin Jianluo in.
"Why did you come back just now? Didn't it end a long time ago?" Shen Chuxue asked.
After Lin Jianluo's constant persuasion, Shen Chuxue gradually started talking to him more. Others just thought that the two children were of similar age and might have more common topics.
Lin Jianluo came in with his hands behind his back, and said to Shen Chuxue with a smile: "I participated in a competition at school and won. The trophy is downstairs, and I wanted to show it to my sister."
Want to show me?
Shen Chuxue got up from the bed, wondering why he didn't bring it up with him to show her. Then she realized that Lin Jianluo had been holding his hands behind his back, so she walked over and grabbed Lin Jianluo's arm, only to see that there were large patches of red blood on Lin Jianluo's elbow.
"what happened?"
Lin Jianluo smiled sheepishly, scratched his head, and looked at Shen Chuxue's crystal lamp, as if he didn't want to say that he was injured because he tried too hard. In Lin Jianluo's little world, he always wanted to show off in front of Shen Chuxue. He was younger than Shen Chuxue, and not being able to be a brother was already the limit. Now he couldn't tell the real reason anyway.
Seeing that Lin Jianluo didn't say anything but just kept laughing, Shen Chuxue let go of his arm and went downstairs to look for the medicine box. While searching, she muttered, "Why are you working so hard? You can't exchange the trophy for candy..."
When Shen Chuxue was looking for the medicine box in the living room, she saw the trophy that Lin Jianluo had placed on the table.
It was small, not even as big as the trophy for the math competition she saw last time, but when she saw Lin Jianluo's name on the certificate, she felt a sense of pride.
Shen Chuxue thought that it would look better if she wrote Lin Jianluo's name herself.
This tiny thought sprouted in Shen Chuxue's mind, and she really spent a lot of time practicing Lin Jianluo's name, writing it word by word, very seriously.
Perhaps Shen Chuxue was unconscious when she wrote the three words "Lin Jianluo", and she didn't understand the meaning of these three words to herself. She just felt... proud.
Shen Chuxue went upstairs carrying the medicine box and said to Lin Jianluo, "Just bear with it for a while. It should be quite painful."
"good."
Lin Jianluo said that he was a man and was not afraid of pain, which almost made Shen Chuxue laugh.
With her head lowered and her expression focused on applying the medicine, Shen Chuxue was afraid of causing more pain to Lin Jianluo, so she moved very quickly.
Children from poor families always grow up early. Such a minor injury was nothing to Shen Chuxue, and Lin Jianluo was a very well-protected child. Soon his eyes became red, but he kept gritting his teeth and refused to cry no matter what.
Shen Chuxue glanced at him and asked, "Why don't you take the medicine at school before coming back?"
Lin Jianluo said, "I want to come back soon to show you the trophy."
Shen Chuxue paused , then said softly: "Yes, I saw it. Such a small trophy... Remember, in the future, only fight hard when you see a particularly large trophy! Even if you get hurt, you won't suffer any loss!"
Lin Jianluo kept the trophy for a very long time. Even when the two grew up, Lin Jianluo would still subconsciously wipe it to never let it get dusty, because Shen Chuxue once said to him, "Thank you for the trophy you gave me." Just for this sentence.
"Okay, be careful next time." Shen Chuxue lowered her head and forced a smile.
That might be the most beautiful smile Lin Jianluo had ever seen in his life, belonging to Shen Chuxue and himself .
