C39 (1/2)
”Old man, old man, quickly get up! Look who's here!” Hearing his familiar yet distant voice, Aunt Wang jumped up like a little girl. He almost forgot to call Lin Jin as he ran back into the house and started shouting upstairs.
Lin Jin didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he watched her slightly fat body shudder and run into the house. Suddenly, he felt a warm feeling rising in his heart.
Uncle Xu had been extremely annoyed these past two days because of the news of Lin Jin's death. He stopped working and stayed home to watch television. At night he drank until he was drunk and then lay down on the bed to sleep. When he lay on the bed, Aunt Wang who was serving him heard him sigh continuously, ”Such a good child. At the age of seventeen, he left just like that …” This made Aunt Wang's heart clench in panic.
Uncle Xu got drunk again yesterday and stayed awake until now. When he heard his wife's excited shouts, Uncle Xu couldn't help but feel a burst of irritation. He, who had always been the only one who followed her husband's orders, had his temper flared up for the first time. He flipped over his blanket and shouted at her: ”Wail and scream in the early morning, don't you want to let anyone sleep!”
Just as he was about to curse, he saw Aunt Wang push open the door abruptly. He rushed over happily and panted anxiously: ”Old man, Xiao Jin, Xiao Jin is still alive … Get dressed quickly, he's just outside. ”
When Uncle Xu heard this, he stared at her and said, ”My wife, did you lose your mind early in the morning? Didn't they say that he was dead? You'd better not be joking about this kind of thing! ”
”What a joke! You'll see for yourself when you get to the balcony. Little Lin is standing outside! ”
”AHH!” It can't be true, right? ” Hearing that, Uncle Xu's face was filled with shock. He jumped up from the bed and ran towards the balcony without wearing any shoes. Looking down, he was pleasantly surprised to see a familiar figure standing outside with a smile on his face.
Uncle Xu suddenly felt as if a thousand kilograms of lock had been placed in his heart, the wrinkles on his face loosened in an instant, and he laughed out loud as he shouted, ”The heavens have eyes, I knew that Xiao Jin would have the protection of the heavens. That day when they said that you had fallen into the Dragon Gorge and drowned, I didn't believe them at all. ”Right now, it seems that you really are fine. This is great, haha, great …” As he spoke incoherently, he didn't feel anything amiss with the soles of his feet as he ran down the stairs.
But when he walked in front of Lin Jin and saw his appearance, the usually slow looking Uncle Xu didn't know what to say.
Seeing the couple being so concerned for him, the corners of Lin Jin's eyes uncontrollably moistened.
He never would have thought that after living in their house for almost two years, calling him whatever food or drink he wanted to eat, he had only used his medical skills to help them, yet made them worry about him so much …
Without waiting for him to speak, Aunt Wang ran out. He was holding his hand with a smile on his face, but he was blaming himself for saying, ”Look at me, I'm so slow. You've been standing outside for so long. Go inside the house and take a seat …”
He entered the house and sat down. Aunt Wang hurriedly brewed another cup of tea for him and asked him about his experiences in the past few days.
Lin Jin didn't know what to say. This was because what he had experienced was something that ordinary people could not imagine. Whether it was drifting in the canyon, or feeling in the underground river, or the inconceivable things that happened in the pond, these were things that ordinary people could neither experience nor believe. If he told them the truth, even if Aunt Wang and the rest believed what he said, they would still treat him like a monster in the future.