Team villains except me

Wendu Village is an inconspicuous small village.

There is an unknown river next to the village, and there are many beautiful wild flowers growing along the river.

Winnie likes to go to the river to pick flowers. She likes to decorate her home in an orderly manner, making it look neat and warm.

Winnie's parents were very old when she was born, and they both left her when she was just an adult.

Winnie looked at the empty house and longed to have a lively home.

So she tried to catch the cat that often stole her small fish and the dog that hung around her feet, but they soon ran away, leaving Winnie frustrated.

The handsome and lovely Parr in the village passed by her home and saw her sad for the departure of the little animals. He reluctantly stopped and told her that those cats and dogs had other owners.

Winnie's face heated up.

Parr wove some animals out of vines for her, and Winnie gave him a wreath in return.

Parr was different from other men in the village. He was gentle and funny. Most importantly, Winnie thought, Parr understood her well, respected her and admired her.

Parr would pick flowers with her by the river, and Parr proposed to her by the river.

Winnie agreed to Parr's proposal, and they were thinking about the future and preparing for the wedding.

Winnie's good friend asked her at night what kind of child she wanted to have with Parr in the future.

Winnie blushed and imagined it.

"...It should be, cute."

"Looking cute?"

"That's right, as cute as a little animal."

"Winnie, children are not little animals."

Winnie thought it should be about the same, but she said nothing more.

When Winnie woke up the next day to pick flowers, she saw a child floating in the river.

She thought it was seaweed at first because the child's hair was dark green.

She hurried back to the village and called people, and together they rescued the child from the river. The child has lovely black eyes and bright red eyelashes.

Everyone was full of curiosity about this child, and asked the child her name, how old she was, and where she lived...

A child will only repeat what others ask her.

Winnie thought for a while, knelt down and looked at her with a gentle voice.

"We found you by the river, can you just call me Xiaohe?"

the child repeated.

"Little river."

Winnie smiled.

"Yes, you are Xiaohe and I am Winnie."

Parr was the main person who rescued the creek. He wiped the water from his face, looked at his fiancée and the newly rescued child with a smile, and squatted down.

"This is Winnie, you are Xiaohe, and I am Parr."

"Pal..."

"Yes, I am Pal, and you are a smart kid."

"You're a smart kid."

"No, no, no, I'm a smart man."

……

Xiao He was eventually taken away by an aunt, and Winnie would always go to the aunt's house to see Xiao He. The aunt later left the village to visit relatives, and the creek was handed over to Winnie's friend.

The whole village worked together to raise the little river, but the little river always ran to Winnie's house.

Winnie liked the river very much.

But Xiaohe was always taken away, and the people in the village kindly left space for her and Pal, after all, they were about to get married.

Winnie didn't think so, she had an idea.

She wants to adopt Xiaohe.

She went to find Paar with her hair cut by the river. Paar was fishing by the river.

Hearing the noise, Parr thought it was Xiaohe coming.

"Xiaohe, I caught a lot of fish for you. Why do you always go to other people's houses? Is it because Winnie is not good enough to you or because I don't catch enough fish? Also, you can cut my hair, so why do you still do it? Winnie’s hair? It’s okay to cut our hair, but you can’t cut other people’s hair..."

Parr finally realized something was wrong. He turned around and saw Winnie with messy hair and smiled.

"I thought it was that guy from Xiaohe."

Winnie sat next to him, leaning on his shoulder.

"Pal, I want..."

"Adopt Xiaohe?"

"Uh-huh!"

"I think it's okay, but I still have to ask Xiaohe what he wants. This guy is as wild as a cat. One time I saw her catching cicadas on a tree. I asked her to come down but she still didn't come down. She grabbed the cicada and went to Her mouth was stuffed and she said she was hungry, but this cicada was still buzzing and laughing at her..."

Parr's eyes lit up.

Winnie looked at him and felt so happy.

But none of them dared to ask.

They looked at Xiaohe and felt that she seemed to be staying well in everyone's home. Everyone in the village was pampering Xiaohe, but Xiaohe didn't necessarily think their love was the best.

Winnie and Parr were worried and looking forward to it, and finally made up their minds at the wedding, looking at the river that held their hands and wouldn't let go.

They had never raised children, and they themselves were still very young.

In order to be brave, they drank a bottle of wine before they dared to ask Xiaohe's wishes.

Xiaohe disagrees.

Winnie and Parr were very frustrated. They felt that they had not done well enough to make Xiaohe not trust them.

But they didn't give up.

They still play with Xiaohe, teach him how to speak, catch fish for him, and learn to be the best parent for him.

Someone in the village wanted to adopt Xiaohe, and Winnie cried sadly while hugging Parr.

But Xiaohe didn't agree.

Xiaohe came home in the evening and asked Winnie why her eyes were red and if she was bitten by bugs.

Winnie hugged Xiaohe and told Parr firmly that she only wanted Xiaohe.

Even if Xiaohe never calls them parents, even if they can't adopt Xiaohe.

She will only have one child, Xiaohe.

Parr nodded and tucked Xiaohe into bed.

He said, "That's what I thought too."

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They have prepared many things for the creek.

The city where I will go to school in the future, brand new schoolbags, all kinds of clothes and skirts...

They also made a list of “things to take Xiaohe to do.”

Their little river wants to go out of this village and see the beauty of this world. Their little river deserves all the best things.

Winnie often thinks about what the river will look like when it grows up. Parr said that when the river grows up, it will also be a small river, and it is a river that he will protect.

At this time, Xiaohe got into a fight because a boy from the village had lifted up his skirt. Parr rushed out fiercely and said he was going to break the little gangster's arm.

Eventually Parr beat the boy to tears.

Winnie, who had no temper, touched Xiaohe's face and said seriously that well done.

Winnie apologized to the boy's family for hitting the little boy, but she gently told the family that if the boy couldn't control his hands, Parr would beat him again.

When she returned home, Xiaohe looked at her and followed her around.

Winnie hugged her and didn't know what happened to her.

Xiaohe didn't say anything, but became more attached to them in the days that followed.

……

Winnie didn't expect the separation to come so quickly.

She and Parr just went to the city to buy new clothes for Xiao He. The first day back was normal. They looked at Xiao He wearing new clothes and discussed whether they should save money to buy a popular image stone in the city to record Xiao He's growth. , they fell ill the next day.

They thought they had contracted the plague in the city, but in fact it was the little boy who had lifted up the skirt of the river who had played with mice that caused the disease.

Winnie and Parr didn't allow Xiaohe to see them. They knew it was a contagious disease, but they didn't know it had no cure.

By the time Winnie realized it, Parr was already dying.

Winnie held his hand and cried silently.

Parr's voice was already hoarse, but he still tried hard to comfort Winnie.

"Fortunately... Xiaohe didn't see us like this. Otherwise... she would have been so frightened that she would never dare to call us mom or dad for the rest of her life."

"Winnie, what will happen to Xiaohe if we all leave..."

These were the last words Parr said.

Winnie couldn't hold it any longer.

She bid farewell to her lover and used the last bit of her strength to write a life guide for her Xiaohe, including where to keep the money at home, how to make the bed, how to wear clothes, what can and cannot be eaten, and where the dangers are. Can't go...

She wrote a long stack, always afraid that if there was anything left unmentioned, her creek would be in danger.

She didn’t know that everything she touched after she fell ill would be burned together with her body. She didn’t know that her creek was the embodiment of the Black Forest. She didn’t know that her creek left the village because of that list...

There was so much she didn't know. She just knew that she loved Xiaohe.

Winnie struggled to write "To my baby girl Xiaohe" at the top of the life guide.

Then she fell to the ground, accepting her fate.

She doesn't regret meeting Xiaohe, and she believes that Parr doesn't regret it either.

She was just sorry.

It would be great if...if she could hear Xiaohe call her mother.

But if you can't hear it, that's okay.

Winnie prayed to God.

——Her little river must live well.