A curtain of dream

According to the address Wotou gave me, I found what he said was Luo Dongjie's home.He looked up and confirmed again that it was indeed Luo Dongjie's home.

In the old-fashioned western-style building in front of me, the dusty walls are covered with half-dead branches of creepers, which are all over the wall, like a post-modern painting. I walked up the small stairs on the right and knocked Knock on the closed door.

Not long after, a footstep sounded from far to near on the wood.

Wotou's smiling face jumped into view after the door opened.He said: Sister-in-law, you are here!

I nodded quietly and said: I am not your sister-in-law, just call me Luping.

Wotou scratched his head in embarrassment, and said: Come in quickly!

I followed him into the house, turned around a corridor, entered a room, frowned slightly, and saw Luo Dongjie lying on the bed, blood was everywhere on the floor, and there were blood-stained bandages.I glanced at Wotou, he walked to the bed, sighed, and said: I have been in a coma all night...

When I walked to the bed, Luo Dongjie had a pale face, he could barely feel his breathing, an ice bag was pressed on his forehead, the quilt was draped obliquely, his hand was covered with injuries, bruises intertwined, bloodstained, you can see yesterday What a tragic night, it is estimated that the wound that Zhu Qi fixed has opened again, and there are many more bandages on his body than before. I asked softly: Did you call Zhu Qi?

Wotou nodded and said: Zhu Qi just left.

Did he say something?I asked.

Wotou nodded and said: He said that as long as he can wake up, he will be fine.

I sat down and stared at Luo Dongjie. In fact, I can do nothing for him. I am neither a doctor nor a nurse. His pain, his coma, I am helpless.I lightly held his hand hanging outside the quilt, his hand was cold, I thought of the fight last night, and the back of him when he left, and a slight sadness flashed in my heart.Luo Dongjie, what kind of world do you live in?

Wotou said softly beside me: Big... Sister Luping, can you help me take care of Brother Jie here?Just need to change the ice pack, I need to go out.

I nodded and said: go.

Wotou told me where the kitchen was, and then hurried out.

I sat for a while, and couldn't bear the blood and bandages on the ground. I got up and went to the kitchen to find a rag and a trash can. He repacked a bag for him, wiped off his sweat, and put it on his forehead. He frowned slightly, unconscious but uncomfortable, as if he had dreamed of something bad, and his whole body twitched from time to time.

I sighed, walked to the window, stared at the gray sky outside the window, is it going to rain?The room was so quiet that only the sound of a wall clock ticking was left. My sight suddenly fell on the desk by the window. There was a photo frame on the desk. I was taken aback by the photo.

In the photo, a woman is smiling and hugging a little boy who is several months old. The boy's appearance is vaguely recognizable, it is Luo Dongjie, and that woman...is actually Zhu Wanqing.With a slight shake of my hand, I put back the photo and glanced at Luo Dongjie who was still unconscious.Walked to the desk, took a deep breath, slowly pulled the chair over, and glanced at him again, I knew what I was going to do next was very immoral, but, Luo Dongjie, I’m sorry, I gently opened his desk drawer, a drawer Looking down one drawer, in the bottom drawer, I found a black photo album.

I know that my behavior is despicable, and it can even be said that Luo Dongjie and Wotou have lost their trust in me, but it concerns my family, my mother, and I have to be despicable.I flipped through the photo album.

There are not many photos in the album, most of them are Luo Dongjie smiling obediently in Zhu Wanqing's arms, I was thinking, and just about to close the album, a photo slipped from the album, I picked it up and looked, my heart trembled,

The person in the photo is me, 12 years old, but obviously I didn’t know it when I was photographed. I was standing in a forest, holding Zi Ling. The picture didn’t appear. If I remember correctly, it should be Chu Lian and Chu Yi.And far away, there was a vague figure standing quietly.This photo is very strange, so how could it be here with him.He and Zhu Wanqing are mother-son relationship?His appearance, his concern, and everything about him, at this moment, all turned into question marks and doubts in my heart.I leaned against the chair, holding the photo in my hand, silently.

I looked at the blurred figure in the photo, and finally, like a flood of memory, after being dusty for so long, it poured out.

I was 12 years old that year.The weather was fine that day, so Dad took us a bunch of kids to play in the park. When we got to the park, Dad couldn’t stand Ziling’s begging and bought us ice cream. I remember mine was vanilla.After buying ice cream for us, my father met an aunt he knew, so they walked aside to chat, and asked the oldest Chu Lian and I to take good care of Chu Yi and Zi Ling.

Zi Ling grabbed Chu Lian and said: Chu Lian, shall we play marbles?OK?

Chu Lian looked at me and Chu Yi hesitantly, and Chu Yi smiled foolishly: "Okay, okay, I want to play too, I want to play too."

So Chu Lian couldn't resist the two little guys, and accompanied them to play marbles.

I was alone, I walked slowly by the lake in the park, it was the end of summer, the lake was full of lotus leaves and lotus pods, I smelled the fragrance of lotus leaves mixed with the lake water, looked at the The plump lotus pod is eating slowly with ice cream in his hand.

A boy suddenly jumped into the water, swam to the lotus leaves, picked two lotus pods, and swam back. I looked at the lotus pods in his hand enviously, and when he landed, I couldn't help but say: You are amazing!

He shook the water droplets from his hair, and the shirt and pants on his body were stuck to his body because of the water, which outlined his thin body. He hooked the corner of his mouth, picked up a lotus pod, handed it to me, and said: Here it is!

I was surprised and said: Give it to me?

He nodded.

I laughed and took it. The lotus pod still had water and a faint fragrance. I shook the lotus pod and said: Thank you.

His eyes looked at my hand, I thought about it, passed the ice cream over, and said: Do you want to eat it?

He hesitated for a while, and I said: Although I have already licked a few mouthfuls, but this side is not dirty, I haven't licked it yet, here you are.

He thought about it, and laughed, a dazzling smile. He grabbed the ice cream and ate it in big mouthfuls.I held the lotus pod and said with a smile: My name is Wang Luping, what's your name?

He said: My name is Luo Dongjie!

I was about to speak when I heard Ziling's cry from a distance.I looked at Zi Ling who was running from a distance, and said: Are you going to play with us?

He shook his head and ran away with ice cream and lotus pods.

I held the lotus pod and walked towards Zi Ling who was running towards me with a smile. Zi Ling walked into me and exclaimed, "Green Ping."Is this what you picked?

I shook my head.

She swallowed and said: Can this be given to me?

I was about to say yes, but for some reason, I shook my head again.

Zi Ling looked pitifully at the lotus pod, then at me, and said: Wow, there are many more here!Talking about running to the lake, I remembered my father's advice, so I couldn't help but follow, calling: "Zi Ling, be careful, don't walk sideways, or you will fall into the lake."

Ziling stopped by the lake, looking at the lotus in the lake eagerly.

I grabbed her and said: It's too dangerous, let's go there?

Ziling shook her head, reached out to grab my lotus, and said: Luping, let me play for a while, okay?

I didn't prevent her from grabbing the lotus pod. After a while, she grabbed the lotus pod in her hand and tried her best to get rid of me with the other hand. Before I could figure it out, she snatched the lotus pod and pushed it into the lake.

Later...after I was fished out of the lake, the weather in early autumn and I drank a lot of water, and I was shocked and afraid. I had a fever for a whole week. Later, that incident gradually disappeared in my memory. Here, as if it never happened, as if my subconscious wanted to erase Ziling and maliciously pushed me into the lake, I leaned on the chair and looked at Ziling in the photo.That malicious smile, along with the recovery of memory, also returned to my eyes.

I closed the photo album and put the photo album in the original drawer.Going back to Luo Dongjie's bed and sitting down, staring at him, the boy picking the lotus in his vague memory gradually overlapped with him in front of him.

I was pushed into the lake, I couldn't swim, I instinctively struggled and shouted for help, in a panic, a pair of firm hands grabbed me, gently passed behind my ribs, dragged me to the surface, and dragged me to the surface. I saved it.The last thing I saw before I passed out was him saying to me: Don't die, Wang Luping.Don't die, do you hear me?

Don't die, Wang Lvping.Don't die, do you hear me?You still owe me a debt!On the day of the car accident, he hugged me and said so.

Two memories, same words, same person.

I remembered that when he was in the hospital, he bought me vanilla ice cream. He said his name was Luo Dongjie. He said, don’t you think this name sounds familiar?He said that when you are in a bad mood, eating an ice cream will make you feel better.

At that time, I felt that the memory was like a black shadow, which was familiar but I didn't know that this familiar memory had already been erased by my subconscious, because of Ziling.

He saved me twice, and both times brought me back from the brink of life and death. I looked at the photo of him and Zhu Wanqing together, so he didn't want to investigate this matter later, so he avoided seeing me, so...

The person on the bed slightly opened his eyes, while I was looking at the photo, he coughed with difficulty, and said in a hoarse voice: "Why are you here?"

I turned around and stared blankly at him for a long time. Then, I withdrew my thoughts and asked softly: Are you feeling better?

He didn't speak, but immediately turned his gaze to the desk, and said softly: You, I saw it.

I nodded.

He said lightly: She abandoned me.

But you still defend her, so you don't want to help me continue the investigation, and you don't want me to intervene in this matter.I said.

He was powerless to argue, just looked at me and said: Sorry.

I lowered my eyes, sighed softly, and said: I understand.

He looked at me firmly and said: We, in the future, are not friends anymore, right?

I looked back at him, there was a trace of sadness and forbearance in his eyes, he looked at me quietly, the corners of his mouth were slightly swollen, his eyes were full of blue shadows, and his face was clear and understanding.

I was silent for a while, smiled, and said: Are you hungry?

He didn't answer, just looked at me, as if I must give the answer and looked at me.

I said: You have been in a coma all night, and you are almost scared to death. Now lie down, I will go... I will make some porridge for you.

He grabbed my arm, grabbed it hard, and said sadly: You don't have to be so kind to me!

I didn't move, kept silent, to be honest, before he woke up, I thought about it for so long, Zhu Wanqing was his mother, but what about him?He saved me twice, and I have nothing to repay for saving my life alone. And he, the child abandoned by Zhu Wanqing, now he didn't stop my investigation, but just stopped helping me, I can understand.I looked back at him, smiled, and said: Don't be so nervous, okay?Luo Dongjie, you and her are two people, she is her, you are you, not to mention she abandoned you, I hate her for seducing my dad, and for being a mistress, but these things have nothing to do with you.It doesn't matter if you don't help me, but I hope you don't help her either.

Luo Dongjie suddenly smiled sadly, and then he said softly: She is now the woman of Brother Niu, the boss of the biggest gang here, the Bamboo Gang.

What's the meaning?I asked, and suddenly understood, I thought my face must be pale, I looked at him, hesitated for a while, and asked: You were beaten by her, right?Because she found out, you went to check her for me?

He doesn't speak.

I thought about my dad being entangled with her now, but those gangsters didn't bother him, and Luo Dongjie just helped me investigate, and he was beaten like this, Zhu Wanqing, what are you going to do?You are not just as simple as being a mistress, right?Shout out to Ziling, seduce my dad, and beat Luo Dongjie.I took a deep breath, and the cold sweat flowed down layer by layer.

Luo Dongjie looked at me and said: Luping.

I pulled out a smile and said: I'm going to cook porridge.As he spoke, he gently brushed away the hand he was holding on to me, and walked slowly towards the kitchen.