The Healing Sunshine (一厘米的阳光)

Chapter 2.2 - Hazy Memories (2)

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Jì Chengyang originally had wanted to give a fierce scolding to Jǐ Yi. This was such a deep pit, and she had dared jump into it. What if something had happened to her?

But when he saw those eyes of hers that had cried until they could not even open, his heart suddenly softened.

"Xixi, you're crying because it hurts so much?" Mimicking the way Second Sister-In-Law called her by her childhood pet name, he softly asked her this.

She shook her head, sobbing unceasingly and unable to speak.

The night that she had run off the stage in front of several thousand people, she had not cried at all, and after having an ice cream, everything had been fine. But now she was crying so fiercely? Jì Chengyang did not really understand the mental workings of little girls. Instructing Nuannuan, who was up above, to pull on Jǐ Yi's arm, he had Jǐ Yi step on his shoulders and go up.

By the time he was back up on the surface again, he discovered Jǐ Yi was already sobbingly racing with all her might towards the residential area.

"Little Uncle, Little Uncle, you absolutely cannot tell anyone, 'kay? Keep it a secret, 'kay? Otherwise, my mom for sure is going to beat me to death..." Beside him, Nuannuan repeatedly charged him with these instructions.

"Mm." Agreeing to her request, he straightened to his feet and brushed away the sand on his hands.

"Little Uncle, Little Uncle, you can't tell Jǐ Yi's granddad, either, 'kay? Her granddad is so strict with her. I don't even dare speak when I see her granddad."

"Mm."

"Little Uncle, Little Uncle, Jǐ Yi and I have a friendship that's for life and death. Back when our class was having a party, everyone thought I was being dumb and wouldn't hold an umbrella with me to act out New Legend of Madame White Snake. It was only Jǐ Yi in the end who would be my Xiao Qing." After repeating this all again in one breath, she caught sight of Zhao Xiaoying beside her, who had been pale-faced and unspeaking all this time. "Oh, right, and there was Xiaoying, too. She was my Xu Xian."

This last bit...

Jì Chengyang really did not understand what he had heard.

When Jǐ Yi got home, it was utterly quiet and still inside. Her heart straightaway felt relieved, and she speculated, Dad and Mama likely hadn't come back yet? But the next instant, she spotted the box of chocolates and few packs of snack foods on the table. Immediately, she felt as if the entire heavens had collapsed on her.

Were they gone already? ... Two months where she hadn't seen them, and they just left? Stepping over, she stared at those snacks that had been left behind. Not even a note could be seen.

The heavens truly did collapse.

She walked into the home, trying to find the medicine chest to apply some merbromin or gentian violet on herself. But no matter how she searched, she could not find either. So, clasping the medicine chest to herself, she had another round of fierce sobbing. Eventually, it was only when Nuannuan came with Little Uncle Jì and a bottle of merbromin secretly taken from their home that Jǐ Yi put a stop to her tears.

In front of her good friends, she never cried.

She sat on the couch with her legs curled under her. Extremely patiently, Jì Chengyang lowered his head and first cleaned her wound with alcohol swabs. It stung a little, and she shrunk back slightly. Then, she felt a coolness on her knee. Nuannuan had blown on her knee, and now she was very solemnly telling Jì Chengyang, "Little Uncle, you need to blow like this for a little bit and then she won't hurt anymore."