short-lived

Xie Baobao on the bed was breathing weakly, his body was covered with bruises.

Zhou Xiaochu took care of Xie Baobao day and night, decocted and applied medicine to him, and then rescued Xie Baobao from the underworld.Xie Baobao was a little confused at first, and Zhou Xiaochu took care of him with all his heart for more than a month, and then Xie Baobao recognized him as Zhou Xiaochu.

It's just that the broken leg never recovered.Probably it is no longer possible to run and fly a kite in the wild.

Baby Xie asked, "Are you still leaving?"

Zhou Xiaochu said: "I will never leave again."

He stayed in Yuqian Town and worked as a helper for others in the town.Since then, Xie Baobao has been in poor health and cannot do heavy work, so he cooks and cleans the house at home.

In order to take care of each other, Zhou Xiaochu moved to Xie Baobao's house, and he lived in Lin Xiqing's room at the beginning.In Lin Xiqing's room, there are many gadgets that Xie Baobao made for her, such as small wooden flutes, straw rabbits, and carved dowry.These were carefully kept by the previous owner and seemed to be cherished extremely.Zhou Xiaochu also carefully put these away and put them in the cabinet to prevent Xie Baobao from seeing these sad things.

When the weather is good, he will thank the baby and go out to relax.Xie Baobao was silent for a long time and didn't know how to talk to him.

They sat quietly by the river or on the ridge.

At this time, Zhou Xiaochu would secretly look at Xie Baobao, that face coincided with the face of the boy holding the kite string back then.

The days went by like this day by day.

One day, while eating, Xie Baobao suddenly asked: "Zhou Xiaochu, how old are you?"

"Did you forget? I'm the same age as you, 23."

Xie Baobao lowered his eyelashes and said, "23, at this age, it's time to have a home."

Zhou Xiaochu didn't understand what Xie Baobao meant, and couldn't finish the food in his mouth.But Xie Baobao said: "Over the years, the family has saved some savings. It was originally planned to be used for my marriage, but judging by my current state, there is probably no hope. The money is in the cabinet in my house. You Take it out and use it, and find a suitable girl. It’s your thanks for taking care of me all these days.”

When Zhou Xiaochu heard this, he was at a loss for a while, he said: "Xie Baobao, I didn't mean that."

"En." Baby Xie only responded in a low voice.

At night, Zhou Xiaochu covered Baby Xie with the quilt and tucked in the corners of the quilt.He was about to say something, but Baby Xie closed his eyes and said, "I'm going to sleep."

"Then...then you should sleep well."

Looking at that indifferent face, Zhou Xiaochu couldn't say anything. He rested in the next room, but he tossed and turned all night, unable to fall asleep.

The next day, Zhou Xiaochu went to work in the town. For some reason, he was a little restless all morning.

On the way back, he bought a bag of sugar-fried chestnuts on the street, in order to make Xie Baobao happy.

The house was a little quiet, Zhou Xiaochu had a bad premonition, he didn't dare to think about it, and stepped into the house quickly.

Xie Baobao was lying on the bed under the quilt, as if falling asleep.

Zhou Xiaochu's heart sank a little, but he found that something had dripped on his shoe.

He threw off the quilt, and under the quilt, Xie Baobao's left wrist was cut many times, one of which was deep, and the flesh was turned outward, bleeding a lot, and the blood flowed down the edge of the bed.

The paper bag fell from his hand all of a sudden, and the fried chestnuts rolled all over the floor. Zhou Xiaochu hugged Baby Xie in his arms in a panic.

"Thank you baby!"

Called several times, no response.

Zhou Xiaochu suppressed his fear, shook his hands and tore off the cloth strips to bandage the wound, wrapping it layer by layer, until finally he couldn't see the bloody scratches of different shades.

He ran to invite a doctor, and the doctor looked at it and said that whether he could survive or not depends on good luck.

Zhou Xiaochu just kept holding Xie Baobao motionlessly, and he felt that his life was also flowing away bit by bit.

Maybe Xie Baobao died, so he couldn't survive.

The body in his arms was still a little warm, Zhou Xiaochu didn't dare to sleep, he was afraid that when he woke up, Baby Xie's body would become cold and stiff.

Until late at night, the person in my arms finally moved.

"Zhou Xiaochu."

"Ah."

Zhou Xiaochu put his chin on Xie Baobao's head, Xie Baobao felt his face was wet, he didn't cry, it was the person behind him who was crying.

"You said... What's the use of saving me? I'm a useless person. What else can I do besides dragging you down?"

"Yes...I want to be with you."

Zhou Xiaochu put his hand on Xie Baobao's.

"My master said that I have no relatives, no friends, and no marriage. I don't think about marrying a wife and having children, but there should be a fate in my life. I think if that fate is with you, we will be together. It’s fine to just take care of me for the rest of my life.”

When he said this, Zhou Xiaochu's fingers slowly closed, interlocking with Xie Baobao's.

Baby Xie could feel the heat coming from Zhou Xiaochu's chest, scalding his back.This life, which can be seen to the end at a glance, suddenly had some thoughts, and he said, "Okay."