Nan Heming hugged Nan Xiaonan, and the child's body just fit in his arms. He even wanted to wrap Nan Xiaonan completely in his body and never be separated from her.
"Second brother? What's wrong with you?" Nan Xiaonan felt uncomfortable being hugged, but she was sensitive to the extremely ups and downs of her second brother's mood. Nan Heming's fingers entangled his short hair and grabbed it hard, causing his scalp to break.
There was a feeling of being pulled, but even so, Nan Xiaonan did not cry out in pain, "What's wrong? Are you sick? Do you have a stomachache? Did you eat something unclean?"
Every time he ate something unclean outside and had a stomachache when he came home, he would lie like this on grandma's bed and grab her sleeves. The second brother now is exactly the same as he was before.
Nan Heming bit his lower lip, covering up the boiling feelings of guilt and pity boiling in his chest with pain, and then let go of Nan Xiaonan, with a look in his eyes: "It doesn't hurt, I'm sorry.
Did brother hurt you?"
"It really doesn't hurt?" Nan Xiaonan looked at Nan Heming's bitten lower lip and blood spilled out in bright red color, "Did you bite your mouth? Do you want to eat meat?"
You wanted to eat meat so badly that you bit your mouth open?
"Xiao Nan, can you go and get some band-aids from the housekeeper?" The eldest brother turned his head and didn't look at Xiao Nan. He didn't want the child to see his possibly bad expression at this moment.
"good."
Listening to Nan Xiaonan running out quickly with short legs, Nan Heming took a few deep breaths in an attempt to calm down.
"You are already of this age and have gone through a lot of troubles. How can you show such an ugly expression because of a child's words?" Nan Qinse scolded, just like an ordinary brother.
Nan Heming leaned on the table, because Nan Xiaonan's departure made him gradually calm down, and the fragrance of the child's milk seemed to still remain in the palm of his hand: "You know your expression is frozen like a sculpture, that child is very sensitive, so
You don’t want him to see your face, right?”
All the small details that they had ignored were magnified again and again because of this child's actions. Everything that was buried deep in his memory now deeply touched him.
"The mood is a little strange, maybe because I have become a teenager." Nan Qinse covered her chest. It was not that she had not missed the nights when she had been nostalgic for her brother who had tried to be gentle to them, but it had never been like this. It seemed that the emotions that had settled long ago were no longer there.
Once activated by the youthful body, only now can I know...
For countless nights, he was actually so heartbroken.
Nan Xiaonan struggled to carry a small medicine box that was a bit too big for him, and climbed up Nan Heming's legs using both hands and feet: "Ah——"
Nan Heming opened his mouth, and Nan Xiaonan used a clean cotton cloth soaked in alcohol to wipe away and disinfect the blood stains around it, and then put a band-aid on it in a familiar manner.
"alright."
"How can Xiaonan be so skilled?" Nan Heming asked.
"I often get injured when I go to play in the mountains. Grandma bought a whole box of band-aids and kept them at home." Nan Xiaonan packed up the medicine box very familiarly. "Grandma always gave me band-aids at first, but then I learned how to put them on when I get hurt."
Just stick it yourself.”
How can a child who often runs in the mountains not get scratched? Nan Xiaonan can also be regarded as a "long-term doctor", and is very good at dealing with such small wounds.
"When Xiaonan goes to play in the future, how about taking my second brother with me?"
"Okay." Nan Xiaonan nodded, "I'll introduce my little brothers to you!"
"Does Xiaonan have many younger brothers?"
"I'm the boss!" The proud child puffed up his chest and was very proud.
Nan Heming played with Nan Xiaonan's fingers: "Second brother, let's play with Xiaonan."
"Aren't you going to study?"
"Well, now the second brother just wants to play with you. What is Xiaonan painting?" I wanted to praise Nan Xiaonan's 'masterpiece', but... he really didn't see what it was.
Nan Xiaonan was stunned and turned around. The little white sock stepped on the soft bed and fell on the big brother. The big brother who said he wanted to learn was already beside him without knowing it.
"This is grandma's house."
"Grandma's house?"
"Yes." Nan Xiaonan pointed upward, "This is the door, this is the window, this is the doghouse, and this is the ugly dog."
"Xiao Nan likes grandma very much, right?" Nan Heming asked.
"Yeah, I like it."
grandmother……
The old man actually didn't have a very good temper. He was not a gentle and caring person. He only wanted to take care of his grandson because he didn't want his mother to dislike him. He was stubborn and easily got into conflicts with others. He guarded the old house.
He and his wife refused to leave the mourning hall.
When they received the news of the old man's death, Nan Yun and He Xuanwan simply and hurriedly hosted the funeral. No one even felt truly sad at the funeral. The old man's death did not have much impact on the entire Nan family, but now...
When grandma passed away, what was this child thinking? In his memory, he neither cried nor made trouble, but just stood aside without any sense of existence, not causing trouble to anyone. Nan Heming, who was always stingy in giving him favors, even
I don’t remember what Nan Xiaonan’s expression looked like at that time.
How did he... spend the time when his loved one who loved him most died in such an environment?
The little one got into bed with a sweet smell after taking a bath. Nan Heming and Nan Qinse consciously wrapped Nan Xiaonan in them, and the child fell asleep easily.
"I always thought that I was remembering him, holding on to those memories that I thought I missed." Nan Heming supported his head with one hand, and patted Nan Xiaonan's body regularly and gently. Under the soft appearance, there was Feng Leng.
His soul was softened, "Now that I'm back here, I find that what I miss and feel guilty about is just the tip of the iceberg."
Nan Qinse closed her eyes.
The memory of that day emerged clearly before his eyes.
He sat on the sofa in Nan's old house. The cold old house had lost all its popularity.
"The Nan family no longer exists. For the sake of blood, you are allowed to choose what you want."
"Then, let's not have any more contact."
Where was the child standing at that time? Where was he? What words he said were very vague in his memory, but he remembered what he said.
"So unambitious."
"After all, he is the child of a cowardly woman."
"Tomorrow I will ask the lawyer to come over and transfer the house to your name."
He turned around and left without any nostalgia. The passing glory was not worth stopping here.
——Brother, I am here, waiting for you to come back.
With this clear sound, Nan Qinse suddenly opened her eyes, and her heart beat very fast.
The memory that was left in the corner was the only one that echoed clearly in his ears. He didn't have any greed, he only wanted one thing. He had been wholeheartedly guarding this house that was no longer the same, waiting for them wholeheartedly.
Return.
Everything was given to them.
Only one thing remains.
This is completely consistent with what Xiaonan is doing now. This child has had such a stubborn character since he was a child, probably because of his grandmother.
At the beginning, he took it for granted that everything should belong to him, and he never thought about whether this child gave up what he should have.
Of course they exploited everything he gave.
Under the dim night light in front of her, the cute sleeping face of the young child was close at hand. Nan Qinse stretched out her hand to caress the child's cheek, lowered her head and pressed an apologetic kiss on the head of the child she had once ignored.
Sorry for the waitting.
I won't keep you waiting any longer.
"Let's make a fortune, brother, let's work together this time." Nan Heming's low voice came from the opposite side. Nan Qinse raised her head and saw the face of her second brother hidden in the darkness. His eyes were always staring.
Children, they used to be incompatible with each other, but now, "If I want to reach the peak that I couldn't climb back then, I have to give Xiaonan all the candy in the world."
Nan Qinse's lips pressed against Nan Xiaonan's forehead: "He is worth everything."
Early the next morning, Nan Xiaonan and her two brothers were sitting in the car going to school together.
"Did you bring the candy?" Nan Xiaonan asked her eldest brother in school uniform in a coquettish voice.
"Yes." I took one with me and treasured the others.
"Remember to go to school and give your eldest brother's friends, and then his friends will like him very much." In Nan Xiaonan's impression, to make friends, you need to give each other a lot of delicious snacks, "We can all be together for a long time.
It’s perfect.”
Nan Heming, who was listening with open ears, slandered others. Impossible! But Nan Heming did not say these words.
"Second brother also hopes that Xiaonan will be happy forever and be perfect." Then he put a candy in Nan Xiaonan's palm, "Second brother will also give you one, so Xiaonan will have it too."
Nan Xiaonan's cute and tender little fingers held a candy he got from Nan Heming, and then another one fell into his palm. He raised his head and saw his elder brother who had a soft look on his face: "Thank you, second brother,
Thank you, brother."
As if he had obtained some kind of treasure, he wrapped the candies one by one with his little hands, and his eyes smiled like a crescent moon, which made Nan Heming couldn't help but kiss him a few times.
Nan Xiaonan carefully placed the three candies in the transparent bag, and then placed the small bag on her lap solemnly. She looked at the transparent bag from time to time and smiled silly. He had always given it to others, but now he got it.
Happy as a fool.
Wait... Nan Xiaonan suddenly realized, had he been bribed? He was obviously the one who used candy to bribe his two older brothers to become his younger brothers... No, this might be a sign of being filial to the elder! Nan Xiaonan narrowed his eyes and said,
I am very satisfied with the explanation I received.
If you accept his candy, you will become his, and you will have one more reason to protect your brothers from now on.