Chapter 73 Tracing the whereabouts of the flowerpot
He roared drunkenly, attracting the attention of everyone on the street. People looked at Lan Yunyi with some blame.
Feeling everyone's gaze, Xiao Yunyi sobbed with a cry, and hurriedly supported Lan Yuanzhou, who was stumbling, with an obvious look of flattery on her face.
The memories came to an abrupt end, and the pain came overwhelmingly, and Lan Yuanzhou felt a palpitation in his heart.
His heart was almost torn apart.
A voice sounded in Lan Yuanzhou's ears again, and he heard it clearly this time.
It was the man in white clothes who was talking.
"No, you already ate candied haws on a stick yesterday. If you eat it again today, your tooth will hurt."
The man in white clothes stretched out a finger and shook it at his sister, coaxing her and saying: "Brother, can I buy you a little rabbit lantern?"
The little girl pursed her lips and shook her head, staying in front of the stall not wanting to leave.
Lan Yuanzhou staggered over and showed the little girl a smile that was uglier than crying.
"Brother is buying it for you. Xiao Yunyi wants to eat candied haws, right? Brother is buying it for you. Today is Yun Yi's birthday. Xiao Yunyi can eat whatever she wants!" Lan Yuanzhou's gray face showed eagerness to please,
There were tears in his eyes.
The little girl looked at Lan Yuanzhou who was covered in bruises, with a smell of blood all over her body. She was so frightened that she hid behind her brother and clutched his robe tightly.
"Xiao Yunyi, don't leave your brother behind. He won't drink anymore. I'll buy you whatever kind of candied haws you want." Lan Yuanzhou lowered his voice, but his sad face showed an exaggerated smile.
It looks extremely weird.
"Brother, I'm afraid--" the little girl's voice was filled with tears.
The dream in front of her suddenly shattered, Lan Yunyi's little face suddenly disappeared and turned into a strange little girl.
Lan Yuanzhou's fawning smile froze on his face.
"You're still crazy after drinking? If you do this again, I'll report you to the police!" The man in white clothes hurriedly picked up his sister, cursed her a few times, then turned and left.
Lan Yuanzhou froze on the spot, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.
"Report to the official...report to the official...but she will never come to pick me up again..."
Lan Yuanzhou's eyes were empty and he raised his head and laughed.
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"Lan Yuanzhou, I'm asking you something, do you hear me?" Lan Chongzhou sat on the edge of the bed, staring at him solemnly.
"...?"
Lan Yuanzhou twisted his neck stiffly and looked at Lan Chongzhou with blank eyes, as if he didn't hear anything.
Lan Yuanzhou didn't know how he got back, nor what night it was, and he didn't want to know.
"Let me ask you, did you see someone carrying a pot of flowers the night before you fell into the water? This matter is related to Yunyi and is very important!"
Lan Chongzhou raised his voice and coughed a few times after finishing speaking. His whole body was dry. The young man who was originally flesh and blood seemed to have been drained of blood at this moment, turning into an old man who was about to die.
He still cut his wrists every day to collect blood and send it to Wanru.
But third brother, third brother, he will be back soon.
If it continues like this, this matter will definitely not be hidden from him.
"Yun Yi..." Lan Yuanzhou slowly came back to his senses after hearing this name.
"Fourth brother, fourth brother - Yunyi doesn't want me anymore, she will never come back." Lan Yuanzhou pulled Lan Chongzhou's sleeve like crazy, with a cry in his tone.
Lan Chongzhou's eyes turned sad for a moment, and he was silent for a while before he wriggled his lips and spoke.
"You deserve it."
I deserve it too.
Lan Yuanzhou raised his eyes, and hot tears fell down, dripping on the back of Lan Chongzhou's hands. The tears were so hot that he clenched his hands into fists.
"I was wrong, we were all wrong. I am going to beg the eldest brother, I am going to beg the second brother. Even if I die on my knees in front of Yunyi, I will bring her back."
Lan Yuanzhou's violent movements tore at his wounds, and blood stains appeared on his originally clean pajamas.
His originally pale face was red and swollen due to the rash, and his body was dripping with blood. It looked like he didn't have much time left.
Lan Chongzhou felt deep sadness in his heart. He closed his eyes and did not dare to look anymore.
"So? Have you seen the potted flower? Do you know that the second brother has Yun Yi cut his wrist to draw blood every day?" Lan Chongzhou asked.
Hearing this, Lan Yuanzhou's face turned pale.
He knew that Lan Yunyi had been cutting Lan Wanru's wrists to collect blood every day.
The dagger mercilessly sliced across her white wrist, and the originally swollen wound turned outward, as if tiny meridians could be seen, from which bright red blood flowed out one after another.
When Lan Yunyi was a child, she would bite her lip every time after cutting her wrists to collect blood, crying and complaining of pain. She would shiver even on a hot summer day, saying she was cold.
At that time, Lan Yuanzhou looked at her coldly, and finally just laughed, laughing at her for being too artificial and pretending to be too fake.
Even when Lan Yunyi was nagging and persuading him not to drink, he would pinch her unhealed wrist harshly to make her shut up in pain.
But Lan Yunyi held her hand because Lan Yuanzhou, who had always disliked her, didn't care whether it hurt or not, her watery eyes were full of surprise.
He is a beast!
Thinking of Lan Yunyi's sad and shrinking eyes, his heart almost broke.
Under Lan Chongzhou's expectant eyes, Lan Yuanzhou thought in silence for a long time, but finally shook his head with a grimace.
Lan Chongzhou looked at his movements, took a deep breath, waited for a long time, and then slowly stood up while holding Ah Hao's hand.
"Okay, I understand." His voice was deep and full of weakness.
"Fourth brother, what's going on? Why do you want that potted flower?" Lan Yuanzhou climbed up eagerly and asked.
"Only by finding the potted flower, Yunyi won't have to cut her wrists to get blood, and the second brother's attitude will change. I'm really afraid that when the third brother comes back, he will go to her in person to ask for blood."
Lan Chongzhou lowered his eyes, hiding the moisture under his eyes, and walked out of the yard slowly.
"Fourth brother——"
Lan Yuanzhou knelt down on the bed and stretched out his hands, but he couldn't keep Lan Chongzhou away.
He knew that the third brother would be back soon.
He was the one who beat Yunyi the hardest in the past.
As the saying goes, filial sons emerge from under the stick.
His hand hanging by his side was clenched into a fist, and Lan Yuanzhou hit his head hard with his fist, his voice almost crazy.
Time after time, flesh and blood hit his skull with a crunching sound, but he still couldn't remember.
His mind went blank, and the grief in his heart made him cry out.
Where are the flowers? Where did the potted flowers go?
He was wrong, he was really wrong.
Not only has he abused Yunyi for most of his life, but now he can't even remember where a pot of flowers went.
He doesn't deserve to be human! This chapter has been completed!