Chapter 74: Bandaging
I carried the little witch to the downstairs of my house. Although the little witch cursed, she really didn't dare to move again. I think it's too tiring to carry her upstairs like this, and the little witch has suffered, so she will not dare to disobey. So I said: "Hey! Now I put you down and walk up by yourself. If you are obedient, it's fine. If you make a fool or slip away again, don't blame me for being heavy-handed. I am a man who keeps his word. You have experienced it just now, right? Others are afraid of you, the little witch, because they are afraid of your father who is the commander, so they let you go. But your father is far away from here now! I am not a soldier under your father. Although the commander has a high rank, he can't scare me. Now there is no soldier who can let you bully others. I think you should be sensible and put away your mischief. Don't make me angry and suffer in vain, do you understand?"
The little witch on his shoulder snorted and said, "You are lucky. If you were in my territory now and dared to bully me like this, someone would have beaten you like a vegetable. How can you still be so arrogant?"
I let her go and said with a smile, "Green vegetables? This adjective is quite fresh. Okay, walk up by yourself." As soon as the little witch landed on the ground and her body was free, she immediately tried to kick my calf. I had already prepared for her move, so I took a step sideways and dodged, while raising my right palm and hitting her butt without hesitation.
The little witch had planned to kick me in the calf, which would make me so painful that I couldn't move for a long time, so that she could run away without a trace. But now she kicked in the air, and immediately knew that something was wrong.
She quickly covered her hips with her hands and shouted, "No, it doesn't count this time. I didn't kick you." She continued to back away until her back was against the outer wall of the residential building.
I raised my hand and said angrily, "When you kick me, I don't know if I can still beat you. Wouldn't you have run away by then? It seems that your lesson is not deep enough. I have to beat you until you admit your mistake, right?"
The little witch pressed her butt tightly against the wall, and I looked around but couldn't find a place to hit her. I raised my right palm in the air several times, but I didn't hit her. Instead, the little witch was frightened and begged for mercy: "I surrender, I surrender, please don't hit me, isn't it enough that I listen to you?"
Seeing that the little witch finally begged for mercy, I stopped my hand and held it in the air, saying viciously, "Are you convinced? I haven't even hit you yet?"
"I'm convinced, I'm really convinced! There's no need to fight anymore!"
"Then do you want to run again?"
"No, I won't run away."
"Then are you going to disobey me again?"
"Listen, I listen."
"What if you play tricks again?"
The little witch rolled her eyes and said after a while: "I really don't dare to do it anymore. If I don't obey you, then... then... then punish me by letting you spank me every day, okay?"
I sneered in my heart, not believing the little witch's words at all. If such a mischievous and harmful spirit could be believed, then the fried castor beans would sprout.
But I don't need to believe her, I just need to calm her down temporarily so that she doesn't dare to act rashly. As long as her brother comes to pick her up at dawn, why should I care whether she listens to me or not? Even if she goes home and makes a scene and shocks the world, I don't have to worry about it.
So I asked, "Do you keep your word?"
The little witch hurriedly said: "It's all calculated. I can promise Uncle Lei Feng, no, Chairman Mao!"
Seeing that her promise was nonsensical, I could only shake my head and said, "Okay! I'll trust you once more, but you must remember your promise. If you play tricks again, I'll spank your butt into four pieces. Do you hear me?"
The little witch nodded repeatedly, looking sincere, but only God knew how much she hated me in her heart. I ignored her and said to her, "Listen carefully now, go upstairs, don't make any noise, don't wake up my family."
The little witch nodded again, slowly moved her body, and came to the stairs. She was facing me, with her hands behind her back, and walked up the stairs backwards, looking at my hands with fear.
I said with a smile, "As long as you listen to me, I won't hit you. It's none of my business if you fall down while walking like this."
The little witch Xu Xin then turned around vigilantly, but still covered her butt with her hands, and went upstairs in a few quick steps.
I felt relieved that I had tamed . I thought to myself, at worst I could stay up all night and sit in the living room to prevent you from running away. As long as your brother comes to pick you up at dawn, everything will be fine.
I followed her upstairs and came to the door. While taking out the key, I whispered to the little witch, "After you go in, go to my room and sleep. Don't wake up the others. I'm in the living room. If you still want to escape, I advise you to give up. By the way, weren't you sleeping well in my sister's room? Why did you get up and run in the middle of the night?"
Just as the little witch was about to answer, I had already opened the door. I put my index finger on my lips and said "Shush", signaling her not to make any noise. Then I let her go in first, and then I went in and closed the door gently.
After turning on the chandelier in the living room, I pointed to my room and asked the little witch to go in. Then I saw that the skin on my right palm was torn and bloody. I saw that my left hand was also like that. No wonder it was always in excruciating pain. Looking at my whole body, I was covered in dust, two buttons on my coat were missing, and there was a big hole in my pants. It can be seen that the fall just now was really severe. If it weren't for the thick clothes in winter, the injuries on my body would not be limited to the palm.
I glared at the little witch with even more anger, and seeing her sitting , I went over to open my door and waved for her to come in.
The little witch hesitated and was reluctant to come over. I threatened her and raised my hand to hit her. The little witch obeyed and jumped into my room.
I closed the door first and said to her, "You can sleep on my bed and I'll sleep outside. Be good at night and don't have any bad ideas! Okay, go to bed early."
As I said that, I opened the door and went out again. The little witch moved her mouth and said something I didn't hear clearly. It seemed like she said something.
I took off my coat, went to the bathroom to shake off the dust, washed my hands, and found some iodine to disinfect them. The blood had stopped flowing from my palms, so I quickly wiped them with iodine and prepared to find some band-aids to protect them.
Unfortunately, I searched through the medicine drawer at home, but couldn't find a Band-Aid, only a roll of gauze. I had no choice but to take the gauze out and sit on the sofa in the living room to bandage it.
Inadvertently, I saw the teeth marks on my hand where Hua Jingjing had bitten me. Now it has almost healed, the wound has scarred, and new flesh is about to grow. I stroked the scar, thinking of how fiercely Hua Jingjing bit me, and sighed in my heart, thinking: "Hand, hand, you have suffered recently. You always run into unreasonable women, and your skin and flesh have been torn several times. You have suffered!"
I took out a cigarette and put it in my mouth, then lit it and smoked while wrapping the gauze.
At this time, my door opened and the little witch came out. She walked behind the sofa without saying a word and stared at my injured hand. I thought she was going to do something again, so I whispered, "Why did you come out when you were not sleeping?"
The little witch said: "I can't sleep, I want to talk to you."
I said, "Do you want to wake up my family? Stop talking nonsense! Go back to your room and go to sleep!"
The little witch pouted, but her body didn't move. She added: "At most I can speak softly and not wake them up. I really can't sleep, and... your quilt smells so bad that I can't lie down in it."
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so I pointed at the sofa and said, "If you don't want to sleep, just sit here and don't make any noise!"
The little witch said "hmm", then she climbed over the back of the sofa and sat down next to me. I wrapped the gauze around my neck in a hurry and prepared to tie a knot with my mouth and other hand. Seeing how painful it was for me to tie it, the little witch came over and said, "Do you want me to help you?"
I looked at her suspiciously at first, but when I saw her face full of expectation, it seemed that she didn't want to deceive me. I thought to myself that all the wounds on my hands were caused by you, so of course you should help me bandage them. This is a bargain for you!
So I stretched out my hand and handed it to her, meaning that this was exactly what I meant!
The little witch stretched out her hand and unwrapped everything I had wrapped previously, saying, "What are you wrapping? It's a mess. Look, let me wrap it for you again." Then she carefully wrapped it up for me circle by circle. Her gestures were really similar to those of the nurses in the hospital and it didn't hurt me at all.
The little witch actually showed an apologetic look on her face and asked me, "Does your hand hurt?"
I said unhappily, “What do you think?”
The little witch stopped talking and bandaged my hands carefully. After a while, both hands were bandaged, she carefully tied the last knot and said, "It's done."
I took my hand back and put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray on the coffee table. I asked her, "I just asked you, why did you run away in the middle of the night? Don't you know that it's dangerous for you to go out alone?"
The little witch Xu Xin said, "I... was scared! I woke up in the middle of the night and found someone sleeping next to me. I was almost scared to death! I looked carefully and found that it was a little girl, so I didn't scream. Later, I found that your mobile phone was missing. I thought you were unreliable. Maybe you secretly called my brother while I was sleeping, which would be troublesome. I was prepared for the worst, so I put on my clothes and ran away when you were not paying attention. As soon as I went downstairs, I saw a taxi parked. I thought God was helping me and I was lucky. I didn't expect to be so unlucky. I saw you as soon as I opened the door. Humph! If it weren't for this, how could you catch me?"
I thought about it. Should I tell her that her brother had come? What happened between her and her family? Why was she so scared to go home?
Seeing that it was still early and she didn't want to go to bed, I wanted to have a good chat with her, maybe I could give her some advice. I took out another cigarette, lit it, took a deep puff, and slowly exhaled. After thinking for a while, I asked her, "It's nothing, can you tell me why you ran away from home? It's not good to be so stubborn at such a young age. Have you ever thought about how worried your parents would be if you didn't go home for a night?"
