The rivers and mountains outside the window were rapidly disappearing into the distance. The blurry city hidden under the clouds was Lin Yi's destination, Donghai City.
This city where I was born and raised feels especially homely every time I return.
"Hello, big brother." A crisp voice came at this time. Lin Yi did not think that he was being called, so he was stunned for three seconds before he casually looked down.
A little girl with two ponytails looked no more than six or seven years old, with a face as white and tender as a porcelain doll.
But his eyes, which should have been innocent and clear, were exceptionally dim and lifeless.
Eye disease
Lin Yi recognized it at the first sight.
"Huh?" Lin Yi was stunned. He remembered that he had asked someone to use several ID cards to buy out all the seats in this carriage.
"Hello, it's like this. We didn't buy tickets. The conductor felt it was hard for us, mother and daughter, so he asked us to come to this carriage to rest." A woman who looked no more than twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, dignified and beautiful, with light makeup on her face, but her fatigue could not be concealed.
Although the journey home was tiring, my body and mind were filled with joy.
Lin Yi nodded and finally understood. It was also his fault that he was too ruthless and took up a lot of public resources.
"Sorry to bother you. I'll go sit in the corridor outside for a while." The woman said apologetically.
Lin Yi smiled in relief and said, "It's okay. By the way, the upper bunk is not very convenient for you. I'll go to the upper bunk and you guys can sleep on the lower bunk."
Lin Yi said this as he easily climbed onto the upper bunk with his nimble body.
The woman gave a grateful smile, then sat down, put the bundle on the bed, and coaxed the little girl to sleep.
After a while, the little girl began to breathe evenly. The woman then smiled easily, then stood up and took some bananas and oranges from her bag and stuffed them into Lin Yi's mouth.
Lin Yi couldn't refuse, so he accepted it. After some greetings, Lin Yi learned that the mother and daughter were going to a big city for medical treatment and would not be back until the Chinese New Year.
"What's wrong?"
"The child has had a rare eye disease since birth, and even the famous ophthalmologists in Yanjing can't do anything about it." The woman started crying as she spoke, but she tried her best to suppress her emotions in order to avoid waking the child.
Lin Yi's heart softened, and he could see how difficult it was for women.
I heard from the woman that her husband works three jobs a day to support his daughter's medical treatment. The family lives a tight life and she doesn't know when this disease can be cured.
As soon as she said this, the girl slowly opened her sleepy eyes, and the woman returned to her previous gentle smile, hiding all her unhappiness under her smile.
"Can I take a look at her illness?" Lin Yi jumped lightly to the ground and said with a smile.
"Ah? You?" The woman was stunned and obviously didn't believe it. How could she really predict the result from someone who looked to be in his early twenties and hadn't even graduated from college
However, due to his affection for Lin Yi and the fact that he was really at his wit's end, he agreed to Lin Yi's request with the mentality of giving it a try.
Wanwan had been sleeping and when she saw that her father could actually treat illnesses, she opened her eyes wide and looked at him.
Lin Yi smiled and found that the little girl was holding a doll in her hand. It looked like a person fighting a monster, but this doll didn't look like Ultraman, but a heroic image that Lin Yi couldn't recognize.
In order to examine the little girl's eyes, Lin Yi deliberately said some words to distract her.
"Your name is Lele, right? Lele, what are you holding in your hand?"
"Brother, this is China's hero, Lin Yi."
"He is very powerful. He is not afraid of any monster."
"I heard that many children in many countries have been eaten by monsters recently. He will definitely protect the earth."
Lin Yi took a look at the doll and found that it really looked a bit like himself. He couldn't help but laugh. He didn't expect that someone had made him into a doll and made money without him knowing anything about it.
"This girl, there are not so many heroes, they are all fictional."
"Yes! Yes!" the little girl said stubbornly with her lips pouted.
The woman shook her head helplessly and went outside to get hot water.
When I came back, the carriage was empty, except for my daughter Lele, who was crawling on the seeds and reading a newspaper. Her eyebrows were twisted into a ball as she said, "Mom, I can see, but I can't recognize these words."
“Bang!”
The water cup fell to the ground.
"Le Le, you can really see now." The woman found that her daughter's eyes for the first time showed the brightness and clarity unique to a young child, and she choked up with excitement again.
"Mom, you are so pretty, and the big brother wrote a few words on the window."
The woman looked up and saw a few words written by fingers visible on the foggy car window.
"I'm going to save the earth---Lin Yiliu."