Spontaneous Combustion

Chapter 21 The Paranoid Child

After Shen Tingmo and Ruan Wei took a bath together, before going to bed, Qi Yun and Li Xing returned home. They were exhausted after a busy day, and they were still thinking about the situation of the children.

After Ruan Wei's detailed report, Qi Yun was very relieved to learn that Shen Tingmo took good care of both herself and Ruan Wei. She patted the heads of the two children and closed the bedroom door for them.

Shen Tingmo turned off the ceiling light in the bedroom, leaving only a warm glowing night light on the bedside table. The young man's face with picturesque eyebrows, in the dim environment, had an indescribable sense of coldness and loneliness.

The treasure that is the finale can only be taken out last, Ruan Wei ran out of bed with bare feet, found her own small pillow from the bottom of the suitcase, hugged it in her arms and jumped back onto the bed.

"Brother, look at my pillow, isn't it special?" Ruan Wei clung softly to Shen Tingmo's shoulder, showing off proudly.

With Ruan Wei's consent, Shen Tingmo landed on the pillow with his fingertips, stroked the seamlessly stitched fabrics of various colors, blinked, and agreed with Ruan Wei's statement.

The narrow single bed could barely fit two and a half children, and the recently washed thin quilt smelled like washing powder. Shen Tingmo squeezed Ruan Wei's very special pillow side by side with his own, and covered him up Putting on the quilt, propped up his upper body and leaned against the bed screen, put his hands on Ruan Wei's waist and patted gently, as if coaxing him to sleep.

Ruan Wei buried her face in her beloved pillow contentedly, and said contentedly, "Brother, I've been in bed since I was a child, and I have to use my own pillow to sleep in. I always take it with me wherever I go."

Shen Tingmo seemed to understand Ruan Wei's abnormality after taking a nap, and also understood why the pillow was not liked.

A paranoid child recognizes a certain thing, and it is difficult to accept other substitutes. Let's count it as a cute and squeamish quality.

Shen Tingmo also fell asleep from the head of the bed, put his hands under the warm quilt and gently hugged Ruan Wei, as if he was afraid that he would fall off the too narrow bed after falling asleep.

My brother can't talk, so I can't tell him a bedtime story, Ruan Wei doesn't mind at all, just say it, and my brother will respond to him with a wink of those pretty eyes.

It was also the first time for Ruan Wei to sleep with a child of the same age, and she couldn't help but want to share her little secret to show her closeness: "Brother, did you wet the bed when you were young?"

"..."

"I used to urinate in the first grade, but my mother said it was normal. Don't worry, I will definitely not urinate now. I am already in the third grade, and I am an older child."

"..."

"I've wanted an older brother since I was a child, but my mother said that I can't have a child older than me. Maybe it can only be done with a time machine."

"..."

"It would be great if you were my elder brother. Xiaoji and the others will definitely envy me. Although his elder brother is good at fighting, he has dark skin and is not good-looking at all. Unlike you, you are better than the boy my cousin likes." Stars are even better looking, really."

"..." Shen Tingmo stared at his talkative little mouth, and his fleshy red lips opened and closed, as vivid as fresh flowers swaying in the wind on spring branches.

Not being able to respond to him made Shen Tingmo feel guilty, so he could only gently hold the child's cheek, and put a goodnight kiss on his forehead, which represented intimacy, to make up for his aphasia.

"Hey, my mother would kiss me every day before going to bed. Today she forgot, but my brother is enough for me."

Ruan Wei's face was flushed, like a clumsy little seal, gently hugging Shen Tingmo back with both hands.

He felt that he was very happy at the moment, and hoped that brother Tingting would be healed like him because of this encounter.

Ruan Wei obediently buried her face in Shen Tingmo's shoulder, her warm breath patted on the cool skin, and her voice gradually became sleepy, "Brother, when I go back, I want to take you with me too." Come on, can you go home with me?"

"My family is very big, with my mother and me, and my aunt. Dad rarely comes home, but every time he comes back, he will buy me a lot of gifts and take me out to play. When you come home with me, Dad will take us to Riding a horse, my pony is called Xuebao, it is white, I really want you to see how beautiful it is..."

Until Ruan Wei's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally fell into a dream quietly, the aphasic boy was unable to answer this question.

Only then did Shen Tingmo realize that his little sun would not stay for him for too long, this light and heat would always leave him, taking away all his dependence and nostalgia.

Shen Tingmo felt a throbbing pain in his stomach, and his five internal organs were squeezed together and shattered. The pain forced him to curl up. He pressed Ruan Wei into his arms with greater strength, and buried his face in the child's furry hair as if he couldn't breathe. Top, desperately absorbing the oxygen from the opponent's body.

The sad Shen Tingmo didn't know that the person identified by Ruan Wei was like his little pillow, the paranoid child would try to take him away, regardless of the end of the world or the horizon.

On the seventh day, the ban in Da Nan was finally lifted, and residents were free to go out.

People who just came out of the shadows poured into the streets that had been initially repaired, and various shops gradually began to resume operations.

Recently, the food sent by the volunteers has been much richer, and you can even eat fresh and juicy vegetables and fruits. Qi Yun saw that her son not only did not suffer, but was fed by her little brother to gain weight, she thanked Shen Tingmo again and again, and she was relieved Ruan Wei was left at home during the day.

The adults still went out early in the morning, Ruan Wei, who had been locked up at home for a week, almost had grass on her head, and pulled Shen Tingmo's clothes with a resentful expression: "Brother, I heard that you can go out today. Can you take me out to play?"

Shen Tingmo showed hesitation, and after a while he shook his head to express his refusal. After all, he is still a half-grown child, and it is not safe to take Ruan Wei out alone, and he cannot bear such a big responsibility.

Ruan Wei refused to give up, and continued to fight: "Is it okay to go to a place that is very close, we will play around the school, please."

Shen Tingmo blinked his eyelashes, thought for a while, and finally nodded in agreement.

Da Nang is a small town that evolved from a village. It has not been urbanized for a long time, so the scale is small, and many places still retain the original environment.

Behind the wall of the middle school in the town is a wasteland, full of weeds, and a stream from the top of the mountain meanders past. In the hot summer, the children in the school often go to play in the water, which can barely reach the shallow water of the children's knees. The creek is not dangerous, and the school doesn't care much about it.

Shen Tingmo heard Ruan Wei complain that his mother missed the summer camp agreed with him because of the disaster relief trip, and the long-awaited trip to the sea was in vain.

Shen Tingmo found a small bucket and shovel for planting flowers from the balcony, intending to make up for Ruan Wei's regret.

Playing in the water should take place when the sun is at its maximum so that it will not be cold. After lunch, they walked across the half-knee-high grass beach hand in hand. Ruan Wei became excited when he saw the stream from a distance, and jumped out. The shovel followed slowly.

The running water is self-clearing, the stream is crystal clear, and the bottom of the water is piled with colorful pebbles. A few orange-red fish and small shrimp seedlings that are hard to see with the naked eye walk through the blue aquatic plants.

Ruan Wei was wearing shorts. He rolled up his trousers, quickly took off his shoes and socks, and happily jumped into the water. The cold stream quickly dissipated the scorching heat, making the water-loving children have a great time playing.

In order to protect Ruan Wei's safety, Shen Tingmo also rolled up his clothes and pants to accompany him into the water, handed him a bucket and a shovel, and taught him to turn over the rocks at the bottom of the stream and collect small fish and shellfish hidden behind the pebbles.

"Brother, it's great here!" With his brother by his side, Ruan Wei felt that the shallow stream was more fun than the sea. The cheerful voice kept running back and forth on the pebbles, and the splashing water splashed across the river. Tiny rainbows form in sunlight.

Seeing that Ruan Wei was having fun, Shen Tingmo couldn't bear to urge him, and occasionally raised his hand to wipe off the splashed water on the side of his face, bent down and rolled up the edge of his trousers again, revealing his round knees like lotus root.

Time passed quietly, the sun had not yet set, Ruan Wei already showed a tired expression on his face, and the small bucket was also filled with various harvests, beautiful pebbles, small crabs with missing legs, and small crabs that his brother caught for him. fish, and a few yellow-brown snails.

Ruan Wei played so crazy that the clothes of the two of them were almost splashed wet. Shen Tingmo helped him wring out the corners of his trousers that were still dripping, patted his little feet that looked like white buns, put on his shoes and socks, and led him back. .

"Brother, I can't walk anymore," Ruan Wei clung to Shen Tingmo's back, stepping on the wet grass with one foot and one foot shallow, dragging his steps.

Shen Tingmo patted his head, squatted down, carried Ruan Wei on his back, held his knees, and walked slowly but steadily.

Ruan Wei wrapped her arms around Shen Tingmo's neck, leaned her head on his shoulder, and acted coquettishly: "Brother, can you come tomorrow? I want to find a companion for the little crab."

Shen Tingmo nodded silently, he was always unable to refuse any request from Ruan Wei.

Facing a round of orange-red sunset, a handsome young man with a delicate child on his back walked slowly amidst the sounds of insects and birds, leaving behind a dreamlike silhouette.

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