After my father said this, he gave me an evil smile. My mother also understood what he meant and immediately nodded and ran to my old room to clean up. I didn't know what to do for a moment. I turned around and looked at Lin Yingxue, and found that she was not looking at me. Instead, she turned her head and pretended to watch TV, as if she didn't hear what my father said at all.
I am naturally very familiar with my own room. It's okay for me to sleep alone in the single bed that I have slept in since I was a child, but if Lin Yingxue and I squeeze together, it is inevitable that something might happen accidentally.
I immediately pulled my dad aside and whispered, "Dad, what do you mean?"
"It doesn't mean anything. I'm just trying to help you out of kindness because you have such a stupid mind. You should know that I only agree that Xiaoxue can be my daughter-in-law. If you can't do it, I have a way to make you lonely for the rest of your life. You can decide for yourself, hahaha."
My father said this with an evil smile, patted my shoulder, turned around and walked towards his bedroom. At this time, my mother also came out of my bedroom and said that she had changed the quilt and sheets and asked us to go to bed early.
At my mother's urging, Lin Yingxue and I entered my old room, and then my mother closed the door and left.
After my mother left, I looked at Lin Yingxue with embarrassment. She was also embarrassed and at a loss. However, Lin Yingxue seemed very calm on the surface, as if this matter had nothing to do with her at all. If I hadn't seen her waving her hands in circles in front of her, I would have thought she didn't care.
"Ahem, I'm so sorry. I thought we could just put on a scene and it would be alright, but who knew this would happen? I have a guest room at home. My mom is really something."
As I said that, seeing that Lin Yingxue didn't respond, I walked to my closet, took out the old sheets and quilt that my mother had changed, spread them on the floor to make a bed for myself, and then said, "You sleep on the bed tonight, and I'll sleep here. My mother is probably watching us secretly. If we go out now, it will definitely arouse her suspicion. I'm sorry for putting you in such a difficult situation."
Lin Yingxue said nothing. She walked straight to my bed, took off her shoes and down jacket, and lay down on it.
Seeing that Lin Yingxue had no complaints, I was relieved. In this family, I have always been afraid of my mother. Even now that I know my father's ability, I am still afraid of my mother being angry, because if I make my mother angry, I will be judged by the whole family.
Although there was only a not very thick quilt on the floor, it was enough for the current situation. I took off my shirt, turned off the light, rolled myself up with the quilt, and lay on the floor ready to sleep.
In the darkness, I couldn't fall asleep at all, because I am usually used to going to bed late, and going to bed after nine o'clock was simply torture for me. At this moment, I really wanted to take out my mobile phone and read a novel before going to bed, but I was afraid of disturbing Lin Yingxue's rest, so I had to close my eyes and think about what happened today.
The biggest shock I had today was the fact that my father had killed someone in the past. Although I have convinced myself, I still feel uncomfortable in my heart. I keep imagining, what should I do if I encounter such a situation
Of course, what I thought more about was the "curse" in the village that my father talked about today. I don't know whether my father deliberately concealed this from me or he really didn't know about it. He didn't tell me in detail. He just said that the younger generation in the village now often talks about the curse through word of mouth.
I grew up in this village since I was a child. The people in this village are very simple and there has never been any vicious incident. Now I just came back and I encountered this "curse". It made me sigh. Is it my bad luck that brought bad luck to the village, or is this "curse" specially arranged by my father to deal with me
I was just daydreaming when I suddenly heard Lin Yingxue whisper to me, "Are you still asleep? Aren't you feeling cold sleeping like this?"
Seeing that Lin Yingxue was still awake, I smiled and said, "It's not cold. I've lived here since I was a child. The temperature here is actually not very low, it's just that the air is humid. It doesn't matter where you sleep."
Lin Yingxue was silent for a moment, as if she was having a fierce ideological struggle, and then she said, "How about you..."
When I heard these three words, I immediately thought of the following words, 'Why don't you come up and sleep with me?' Although I actually refused in my heart, I was inexplicably excited. While I was still thinking about what to do, Lin Yingxue did not follow the routine, but said: "Why don't you cover yourself with my clothes?"
I couldn't tell how I felt when I heard this, but I didn't expect anything to happen, so I smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm used to it. Besides, the floor is dirty, what if it gets your clothes dirty?"
After I said this, Lin Yingxue didn't say anything else. I knew she wasn't asleep yet, but I didn't know how to chat with her. For a moment, the atmosphere once again fell into extreme awkwardness.
About five minutes passed like this, and I thought Lin Yingxue had fallen asleep, but she spoke again, "Thank you."
Hearing this, I was confused and asked, "Why are you thanking me? I should thank you. If you hadn't accompanied me here, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to get past my mom. Why are you thanking me instead?"
"In my memory, I only felt at home when I spent the New Year with my teacher's family when I was six years old. After so many years, I have forgotten that the New Year is a festive festival of reunion. Today, when I had dinner and chatted with my uncle and aunt, I felt the feeling of home again. It was really warm. Ji Wen, you are so happy."
Although I couldn't see Lin Yingxue's expression, I could feel from her tone that what she said was from the bottom of her heart. Although it was just a short sentence, it made me deeply understand her loneliness. Perhaps it was this loneliness that made her so cold.
At this moment, I felt very sorry for Lin Yingxue. How lonely was a girl who had never felt what home was like? So I blurted out, "Is this happiness? You'll know when you get along with her for a long time. I'm so annoyed with you! But since you like my mom so much, I'll take you home for the New Year more often in the future."
After saying this, I immediately realized that this seemed to be a confession. I wanted to reach out and slap myself hard a few times, for fear that Lin Yingxue would misunderstand something. I had already thought of the lines to clarify in my mind, but she seemed to have fallen asleep and didn't respond for a long time.
I kept waiting quietly. I don't know how long it was before I fell asleep. When I woke up again, it was already bright and my mother was knocking on the door gently.
The sound of my mother knocking on the door woke me and Lin Yingxue at the same time. I immediately got up and put the quilt and sheets on the floor back into the closet, then pretended to have just got up and opened the door. After my mother came in, she smiled and took Lin Yingxue to wash up and have breakfast. Although she ignored me, I was relieved. It seems that this approach is feasible. I can just sleep like this for the next few days.
During breakfast, my dad didn't say anything, and sat on the sofa watching TV as usual, while I took Lin Yingxue out. On the one hand, I planned to eat some of the things I used to eat and take Lin Yingxue for a good walk. On the other hand, I planned to meet my old friends and find out what the curse was.
After driving from the capital to here, I was temporarily relieved about Lin Yingxue's driving skills, so she drove me to Chengdu Chunxi Road and the zoo, and then to Qingcheng Mountain and Dujiangyan. It is spring all year round here. Although it is winter, the grass and trees are green, and even flowers are blooming in some places. Coupled with the beautiful scenery, Lin Yingxue was very happy along the way. She kept taking pictures with her mobile phone, wishing to record all the scenery along the way.
Of course, we also ate a lot of things, not to mention skewers and hotpot, we also ate a lot of local specialties and barbecues, plus some miscellaneous snacks. In short, when we were ready to go home in the afternoon, we were completely unable to walk. First, we were really tired, and second, we ate too much.
When we drove back to the village, it was almost dark. Just as the car was about to enter the village, I suddenly saw an uncle selling candied haws on the side of the road with a bamboo pole. I immediately asked Lin Yingxue to stop the car, and then got off to buy two strings.
My mother often bought me these candied haws when I was a child, and the candied haws made by this uncle were the most delicious. Although the candied haws in the capital were also good, they were not as unique as those made by this uncle.
I bought two strings and returned to the car. While eating, I handed the other string of candied haws in my hand to Lin Yingxue. But strangely, Lin Yingxue did not reach out to take it. Instead, she stared at me with an expression that carried an emotion I could not describe.
"What's wrong? Don't you like it? The candied haws here taste very special. You'll know once you try it."
I asked in confusion, and Lin Yingxue continued to stare at me for a long time before she said in a barely audible voice, "Are you sure you want to give me this candied haws?"
"Are you sure this isn't poisonous?"
"When I was a kid, I always followed my teacher around. I didn't dare to ask for anything I wanted. One time, I passed by a stall selling candied haws. I didn't know why I wanted to eat some, but the teacher didn't want to buy any for me, so I didn't ask him for any. I made a wish at that time that when I found a boyfriend, the first thing I would do was ask him to buy me candied haws. As long as someone gave me candied haws, I would be his girlfriend."