Chapter 47 You Are Not the Only One
"Shall I help you take off your shoes?"
Lin Wanzhou blushed immediately after hearing this, "Um...Xu Cheng, can you wear shoes? That way the friction will be greater and it will be safer..."
What kind of torture is this?
"Hey, the friction is greater, but please consider me. My clothes are so thin that my shoulders will be broken by your steps even if I wear shoes."
"Then..." Lin Wanzhou became conflicted.
"Lin Wanzhou, are you shy?" Xu Cheng tried to provoke her, "I didn't expect you would be shy..."
Lin Wanzhou patted Xu Cheng's head indignantly.
"I...I'm not ashamed!"
“It hurts so much!”
“Does it hurt? I’m sorry…” Lin Wanzhou hurriedly stretched out her little hand and rubbed the place where she had just slapped him. “It doesn’t hurt anymore… It doesn’t hurt anymore…”
Finally, Lin Wanzhou agreed, and Xu Cheng turned slightly to the side.
"Yu Yu, please help her take off her shoes. I can't free my hands."
"oh oh."
The little white shoes that Lin Wanzhou wore did not require laces, all she had to do was tear open the Velcro.
She was so embarrassed sitting on Xu Cheng's neck. As Yu Yu moved, she felt a slight cool breeze rushing into her shoes, which were icy cold. Soon, the whole shoe was taken off, revealing the light pink cotton socks with Hello Kitty pattern painted on them.
"Eh...it stinks..." Xu Cheng said with disgust.
"It's not smelly at all, don't say that!" Lin Wanzhou blushed as she pinched Xu Cheng's lips, stopping him from talking. "It smells good!"
She tried several times to step on Xu Cheng's shoulders, but found that it was not so easy. It was not easy to step on it without something to support it in the middle.
Xu Cheng saw her two little feet kicking in the air and understood her difficulties.
It doesn’t matter, I’ll do it.
He stretched out his hands, picked up Lin Wanzhou's warm little feet, and lifted them up.
"Hmm..."
Although he was not used to it and it was a little itchy, Xu Cheng's hot hands seemed to be filled with vitality and strength.
She was afraid of heights, but now she was no longer so scared. She stood up, half of her body was over the windowsill, and waved vigorously towards the living room.
"Second uncle!"
"Fuck you!", a cry came from the living room, "Why is it you, Zhou Zhou? What are you doing? I'll go open the door for you..."
The three of them went into the house and drank the drinks given by their second uncle . They leaned over to his ear and took a lot of effort to explain their purpose.
My second uncle is also a cat lover. He picked up Xiaobai and gave it a quick check. He roughly knew what the situation was and explained the symptoms to the three children.
Of course they didn't understand what the disease was, so they just asked their second uncle to help treat it.
My second uncle said that the cat could be left here first and he would help treat it for free, but the cat owner would have to pay for the medicine and other expenses himself.
Xu Cheng asked, "Uncle, how much does the medicine cost?"
"About four or five hundred..."
When Yu Yu heard the price, his face turned pale with fright. His hand involuntarily reached into his pocket, holding the twenty-odd yuan in change, his palms full of sweat.
Xu Cheng naturally saw it. He coughed twice and said, "Second uncle, let's discuss this first." Then he took Yu Yu's arm and walked out of the door and into the yard.
"Yu Yu, you heard it too. It will cost a lot of money..."
Yu Yu lowered his head and remained silent.
In the dark yard, a few rays of light from the balcony sprinkled on the girl's cheek.
Although Xu Cheng had never asked Yu Yu, he had heard from Xu Jianghe, who sent Yu Yu home that night, that the girl's parents died when she was very young, and the only one left by her side was her mother-in-law.
And there is Xiaobai.
So from the very beginning, Xu Cheng did not treat Xiaobai as a simple pet.
Because Yu Yu's life can only be subtracted, losing one , then losing another...
Two minus one minus one equals nothing.
Some people say that a person will experience three deaths in his life. The first is brain death, the second is funeral, and the third is being forgotten.
After losing all his ties, Yu Yu was forgotten by everyone in the world of the living.
It's such a cruel thing.
“Ahem.”
Xu Cheng coughed twice.
"Yu Yu, let's each take half of the responsibility."
Yu Yu raised her head, bit her lip, looked at Xu Cheng with red eyes, and continued to shake her head stubbornly.
The disorder of the stars blocks the depressed eyes, and the bright light of the moon buries the innocence and freedom deep in the soul.
"Can you please stop making decisions for Xiaobai so casually?"
Xu Cheng suddenly yelled angrily .
"Why are you so selfish?"
"You're not the only one among Xiaobai's friends!"
Yu Yu was stunned by his roar.
"There's also my share." Lin Wanzhou, who had chased after him, suddenly ran forward and held Yu Yu's two little hands, "I am also Xiaobai's friend."
Yu Yu was like a puppet being manipulated, staring blankly at Lin Wanzhou as he held her little hand.
"Let's save it together!"
Yu Yu remained silent, but just sniffed hard.
The gentle moonlight sprinkles into the hazy eyes, creating sparkling crystals.
There is nice light.
The three children temporarily left Xiaobai at their second uncle's house and rushed to their own homes under the cover of night.
The street lights are sometimes dim and sometimes yellow.
Lin Wanzhou stretched out her thin fingers, "I have about 300 yuan. Last time, I spent more than 70 yuan on the kidnapping incident. I still have more than 200 yuan. Xu Cheng, how much money do you have?"
Xu Cheng was very frank, "There is still 1.25 yuan left."
Upon hearing this, Yu Yu frowned and looked at him.
How can this person be like this... He is not as rich as her...
boast!
Xu Cheng is indeed out of money...
I recharged the bulk of the 300 yuan to NetEase, and spent a few yuan on remittance fees. In addition, I spent a lot running around with Yu Yu these days, so this is all I have left in my pocket.
Lin Wanzhou jumped in front of Xu Cheng like a little rabbit and asked, "Where's the pocket money your parents gave you?"
“It’s been spent.”
Lin Wanzhou criticized Xu Cheng with anger in her eyes, "Kids always spend money recklessly! From now on, leave your money with me and I will save it for you. Don't spend it recklessly anymore."
"for you……"
"That's not right."
"Xu Cheng, you bad boy!"
Lin Wanzhou began to chase Xu Cheng.
After playing around for a while, Xu Cheng stopped, held Lin Wanzhou's shoulders, and coughed twice while panting.
"It's like this. Although I don't have money now, I have a way to make money. I should be able to make money soon!"
The two girls looked at him in unison.
"Boasting."
Lin Wanzhou turned his head away with disdain, and Yu Yu couldn't help but nodded.
Xu Cheng grinned and didn't say much.
He is now in a more relaxed mood. Since his second uncle is helping with the treatment, the only remaining issue is the money. As long as he discusses the advertising fees with Yu Yu and gives Yu Yu a share of the profit, the matter will be perfectly resolved.
He and Lin Wanzhou sent Yu Yu to the door of his home. Yu Yu's mother-in-law came out and kindly called them to come in.
Yu Yu also invited them in with a red face.
The small yard where she lives is not very big. There are some empty plastic bottles piled at the door. The cart for roasting sweet potatoes occupies a large area of the yard. There are several pots of flexible orchids under the eaves.
Yu Yu waved her hand to signal them to go into the house, and she hurriedly ran to the kitchen to boil water.
Although there were no valuables in the house, it was clean and tidy.
"Xu Cheng, Xu Cheng, look, are these Yu Yu's parents?" Lin Wanzhou waved at Xu Cheng excitedly.
Xu Cheng leaned over to take a look. It was a group photo pressed under the glass. The man and woman in the photo both had pretty faces, and the woman also had the same peach blossom eyes as Yu Yu.
"That should be the case. Look how similar they look to Yu Yu."
There are many photos next to it, one of which should be a group photo of Yu Yu’s parents at work, with the words “Jinghai Qingshui Chemical Plant No. 3” written on it, and the year is 1994.
"In 1994, we were only two years old then." Lin Wanzhou counted on his fingers and muttered, "Qingshui Chemical Plant No. 3? I don't think I've heard of it?"
"It's gone now. It closed down during the wave of layoffs a few years ago, and I remember a very serious explosion accident happened there." Xu Cheng said.
"Huh?" Lin Wanzhou looked at Xu Cheng curiously, "How did you know?"
Of course Xu Cheng couldn't tell her because of a memory from before his rebirth.
The incident happened when he was in the first grade of junior high school, in the third best middle school in the city. The protagonist was in the second day after his family passed away...
The investigation found that apart from the deceased relative, the student had no relatives, and his parents had died in an explosion at Chemical Plant No. 3 many years ago.
This incident also focused people's attention on the accident that year, and the families who were injured in the accident revealed many remaining issues.
Under pressure from public opinion, the authorities restarted the investigation into the accident.
Because He Ying had a close friend whose husband also died in the accident, He Ying and Xu Jianghe often mentioned this incident at home, which made Xu Cheng have a very deep impression of this Chemical Plant No. 3.
Of course, what impressed him more clearly was that the protagonist of that incident was only the same age as him...
It's really a pity.
"These two are Yu Yu's father and mother." Yu Yu's grandmother brought them two cups of hot water and said kindly.
Lin Wanzhou didn't know much about Yu Yu's family situation and asked curiously.
"Grandma, where are they now?"
"Lin Wanzhou..." Xu Cheng secretly glared at her and gave her a wink.
Lin Wanzhou, who was always smart, immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing and nervously covered his mouth with his hand.
"I'm sorry, mother-in-law..."
"It's not that, it's not that, they both passed away for many years...", a trace of nostalgia flashed in the mother-in-law's vicissitudes of life eyes.
Xu Cheng asked with concern, "Is it because of illness?"
Grandma shook her head, sighed and said, "It was because of an explosion at work..."
"Bang!"
The water cup in Xu Cheng's hand accidentally slipped from his hand, fell to the ground and shattered, with glass fragments flying all over the floor.
His heart, which had just relaxed, suddenly sank...
Orphaned students, bombings, only family members...
No wonder Yu Yu, who had such excellent grades in elementary school, was never heard of during his junior high and high school years.
Thousands of threads have finally come together to form a line.
