38.
Hai Lian originally thought that he could persist until the fifth act amidst the inaudible babbling, but he couldn't even remember when he fell asleep until someone pushed him awake. The eyelids are still nostalgic and refuse to part. After he propped up the back of the chair and sat upright for a while, he slowly raised his head to look at the other party, with a lazy voice: "Who is it..."
"elder brother."
This sound was soft and soft, with a bit of grievance and weakness, but it was no less than a thunderclap in Hailian's ears. The young man's eyes widened in a daze, he got up and was about to leave without saying a word, the little girl quickly grabbed his sleeve: "Brother..."
All of them were crying.
It's been like this since childhood, as long as the opponent comes to this trick, Hailian will have nothing to do. He knew that he couldn't get away this time, so he sighed and turned around: "Why are you here?"
"I came here with Her Royal Highness." Xiaoyu pointed upwards.
"Then what are you doing?"
"I..." Haiyu murmured, "I want to meet you."
"Go back when you see it now," Hailian glanced up and repeated, "Go back, it's not appropriate for you to stand here."
"What's inappropriate?"
"I told you that when I sent you there before," the girl's slender fingers were still pinching Hailian's sleeves, Hailian didn't have the courage to break her fingertips, so she had to use cold words to let her go, "In the future, you Don't call me brother anymore, Miss Haiyu."
"What did you call me?!"
Hai Yu's almond-like eyes instantly formed a thin layer of water mist, she took a step forward and raised her head vigorously, Hai Lian could hardly look directly at the other party's clear eyes, "What did you call me just now?"
"..." Hai Lian regretted it as soon as he said it. He didn't know how to explain it, so he could only apologize, "I'm sorry..."
"Since you sent me to Chessboard Street, you have come to see me less and less. The old lady said it was because you were busy making money and my dowry—but I didn't want it at all. What a dowry! When I was living in Yangjiao Lane, I sat on the threshold and waited for you to come back. Although my stomach was empty, my heart was full; now they have taught me to read and write, and I don’t have to starve, you see, Her Royal Highness just gave me the earrings today," Haiyu said quickly and anxiously, and the small and soft pearl earrings on the earlobe also trembled slightly, just like her trembling fingers at the moment, "I lived in the past It's a life I can't even imagine, but I know there's always something wrong."
She took another step forward, Hailian had no way to retreat, and could only watch helplessly as the girl's little head rested on her chest.
"...Brother, don't you want me?" She asked in a low voice.
Helian couldn't speak anymore.
The strength with which his sister pinched his sleeve was not heavy, and it was almost effortless for him to break free, but he couldn't do it, just like he couldn't answer Haiyu's question.
After his mother died, Hai Lian thought that he could live with his father and sister, and live the same comfortable life in this foreign country as in Taiyan, but his father disappeared after a few years, and he was only twelve years old. It's almost impossible for a boy who can't even be called a teenager to survive in Jiumeng City with a six-year-old girl. He just wanted to find a gap between himself and Hai Yu to survive in the melting pot of Jiumeng City. He had exhausted his energy just to be able to eat, so when he had the opportunity to join the White Tiger Gang, he almost didn't He walked over without hesitation holding the knife.
He once wanted to thank the White Tiger Gang. Although the White Tiger Gang used him like a dog, at least they gave him a chance to survive. He relied on instinct, a knife, and a humble life to fight among those villains like wolves and beasts. In Yangjiao Lane, I earned a hut, a white dress, and a meal of meat every few days. He thought that the days would get better and better, and one day he would be able to save enough money to leave here with Haiyu and live a stable and comfortable life, but these hopes and visions saw that little body curled up at the foot of the bed that night, sobbing, Moji and those mottled blood stains on the edge of the white skirt were smashed to pieces.
Even though three years had passed, Hailian would still see this scene in his midnight nightmare. He has been struggling in the mud for so many years, just to keep his sister from being contaminated by these things. She is his only remaining relative, the sister whom his father has told him to take good care of thousands of times, but when his sister is most desperate and helpless, he doing what
He knew he was abnormal long ago, but the guilt that night almost made him evolve from abnormal to crazy.
It's not that I don't want you, it's that I can't take you with me. If you follow me, nothing good will happen again. It would be great if you were born as the child of the Yonoel couple, you can wear nice clothes, you don’t need to be hungry and full, and you even have a better brother than me.
Or it would be better if you were born earlier, instead of being frightened by the turbulence of the waves, afraid that there will be piercing artillery fired by pirates in the next second, maybe this way the mother will not die of dystocia, and our family can live together for a long time. Living the same life in Dream City as in Taiyan, the sweet soup made by A Niang is delicious, I really want you to try it too.
Hai couldn't even utter a single word of these words.
The next scene is about to begin, and more and more audiences are focusing on the stalemate brother and sister. The waiters guarding the four corners are also eager to ask questions. Hailian pursed her thin lips again and again, and finally said: "Now is the first How many scenes has it been?"
Hai Yu let out a sigh, and raised his head in confusion: "The sixth act is about to begin."
Hailian sighed again. Now that I have missed O'Brien's achievements, there is no point in continuing to stay here: "Do you want to continue watching the show?"
Haiyu shook his head: "Don't look."
"Then go out. If you have something to say, go out and say something." Hai Lian raised his other hand a little bit, and slowly held the girl's fingertips. He promised in a low voice, "I won't want you."
39.
Fang Tinglan was inexplicably anxious now.
He knew that he should sing and compliment the noble woman in front of him with Qin Weiyu at this time, and then build a good relationship with the ladies next to him, and it would be even better if he could inquire about some royal secrets. If Zhiqu exits the stage, his supporting role will be considered a success, but now he can't even do the first step so-so, his eyes can't help but turn under the railing, and he doesn't know where his thoughts are drifting.
It was the girl just now...
Fang Tinglan was on a high place, and could almost see everything downstairs. When he saw the girl pushing Hailian awake, the man's fingers twitched slightly.
"What are you looking at?" Long Rong asked.
"Nothing." Fang Tinglan turned around.