Just now, she had been worried about Liu Siyin’s injuries, and now that their fingers were tightly intertwined, the air in the room gradually became strangely charged.
The skin exposed to the air climbed with a blush born of shyness, like peach blossoms blooming on the skin. Yin Man unconsciously swallowed, coughed twice to cover up that tiny bit of her own little thoughts, and although Liu Siyin could not see it, she also subconsciously tried to hide it.
“Put your clothes on.” She called for Liu Siyin to get dressed, and Liu Siyin sat up, putting the long robe back on.
She seemed to have no interest in her at all.
Liu Siyin thought sadly. That was right, Yin Man still did not like her. She had already said so before.
How should she make Yin Man like her? This was so hard.
The people she was engaged to seemed all not to like her. Yin Youxia was like this, Yin Man was like this. She had once tried to make Yin Youxia like her even a little, but Yin Youxia only thought about breaking off the engagement. Yin Man did not think about breaking off the engagement, but also did not like her. Was she really that unlikeable?
Her wandering thoughts did not last long before she heard Yin Man say, “If I find out who kicked the ball, I’ll never let her off.”
Was Yin Man feeling sorry for her injuries?
Just as she finished speaking, Aunt Zhang came over and knocked on the door. “Miss, the people have been brought back.”
In the living room, seven children stood in a neat row, six boys and one girl. The girl was holding a lot of clothes, and there was also a plastic bag hanging from her body, with mineral water inside. The sight made Yin Man frown. Most of those clothes were men’s jackets, and they all seemed to belong to the boys. The water might also have been theirs. So many boys, yet they had made a girl carry the things.
Yin Man looked at the girl a few more times. She was very thin, and looked to be only six or seven years old. Her head was lowered, so only her fairly delicate brows and eyes could be seen. Her small body was almost completely buried beneath those clothes.
Looking at the other boys again, their hands were empty, and most of their gazes were fixed on the football in the corner, the one that had suddenly arrived at her house.
Aunt Zhang pointed at the tallest boy. “Miss, it was them kicking it!”
The boys exchanged glances, looking at one another, before the tallest boy said, “Give me back the ball.”
“Your ball? So it was you who kicked the ball and smashed my house window, and hit my wife, right?” Although Yin Man was smiling as she asked, she was born with a villain’s face. Her overly sharp, flamboyant features, just the questioning tone alone, were enough to frighten the children before her. The boy shrank back and said, “N, no!”
Just now he had said it was.
Yin Man did want to catch the one who kicked the ball and punish her properly, but this was a group that protected one another.
“It was him, it was him, it wasn’t He Yang who kicked it.”
“That’s right, you can’t be unreasonable.”
“That’s right, you’re not even a police officer, what right do you have to interrogate us.”
“…”
One person after another, as if she were the one in the wrong.
Clearly it was this bunch of brats. Who knew who had deliberately kicked the glass at her house, and even accidentally injured Liu Siyin.
At any rate, she was wearing the shell of a big villain, so there was no way she could let herself be bullied by children. “Then if none of you are willing to admit it, I’ll call the police.”
“What a big deal. The police uncle won’t care about this.”
“That’s right, isn’t it just a piece of glass? You’re such a grown person already, can’t you stop being so petty.”
“My mom said, disabled people are just narrow-minded!”
…
Could she drag these children out and beat them up? Her gaze gradually became dangerous.
Aunt He very decisively closed the door and waited for her instructions.
That leader, the child called He Yang, looked her up and down, then suddenly ran to the corner, picked up the ball, and rushed toward the door. Aunt Zhang grabbed his collar in one hand, like lifting a chick. “You’re scared and want to run? Then you’re the one who kicked the ball, aren’t you? Call your parents over——”
“Let go of me, let go of me!” He Yang kept struggling. Yin Man pointed at the ball, and Aunt Zhang understood immediately. She suddenly let go of He Yang, and He Yang fell onto his backside. The ball also slipped free, and Aunt He picked up the ball and stabbed a knife into it.
A huge explosion rang out, and Yin Man was shocked badly. It had to be said that the two of them had stayed with the original owner for a long time. They were very practiced at this kind of thing. If that had not been a ball but a person, then Aunt He probably could have stabbed without the slightest mercy.
Yin Man unconsciously reached for Liu Siyin’s hand. “Were you scared?”
Liu Siyin’s face remained calm, without the slightest unease from the huge sound. The one who seemed to have been scared was only Yin Man. While Yin Man was still thinking, Liu Siyin suddenly tightened her grip on her hand. “Man, Sister Man, did something happen?”
See, she said it was impossible that only she had been scared. Liu Siyin was not scared. She was so fragile and unable to take care of herself.
“It’s nothing, it’s nothing.” She patted the back of Liu Siyin’s hand, and her protective urge rose at once. Liu Siyin then followed her hand down, touched the wheelchair armrest, and then knelt down halfway, lying on her leg. “Sister Man, I’m scared.”
Understandable, but there were so many people here.
Yin Man patted Liu Siyin’s back, embarrassment and pity both written on her face. Aunt Zhang glanced at Aunt He. If she had not seen wrong, this Miss Liu had been calm when everyone else had subconsciously covered their ears. It was only when Yin Man held her hand that she started to be afraid.
Was she acting?
Aunt Zhang tactfully did not expose Liu Siyin. It was hard enough to finally see Yin Man truly care about someone, and there was a chance her violent tendencies would improve too. This Miss Liu might be her hope for retirement. She could not go courting death herself.
The children’s fear was much more real. Because of the huge sound, they all jolted in shock, staring blankly at the shattered balloon before bursting into tears with a wail. One child loosened up and said, “It was He Yang who kicked it, He Yang kicked it.”
“It was He Yang who said a pretty blind girl had moved in here, and that she definitely wouldn’t dare do anything to us.”
“That’s right, that’s right, He Yang said that if we smashed the window, we could come steal something good to eat.”
Sure enough, the evil in people’s hearts had nothing to do with age.
Some children were even worse than adults. If it really had been only Liu Siyin moving here by herself, she might truly have been frightened by them. Luckily, Liu Siyin had her.
She pityingly stroked Liu Siyin’s hair and glared at He Yang, her gaze unfriendly.
“No, it wasn’t me.” He Yang was also frightened. Coming back to his senses, he said hurriedly, “The ball is mine, but she kicked it.” He Yang shoved that little girl out at once. Because he used too much force, the girl was still holding many things and did not stand very steadily, so she stumbled and fell onto the floor.
Yin Man was also startled by the sound, worried that the girl had hit herself somewhere. By contrast, those children only cared about the clothes.
“The clothes, my clothes.” Those boys took their own clothes out, one opened the door and rushed out. You stepped on my foot, I stepped on and knocked off your shoe, cries filled the air, and the crying was especially miserable.
A frantic scramble.
Aunt Zhang asked her, “Miss, no need to mind them?”
“Isn’t the culprit already caught?” Yin Man stared at He Yang. He Yang, holding the football, was startled by her sharp gaze, and quickly moved closer to shove the girl. “Hurry up and admit it was you.”
“But this isn’t…” The girl did not look very happy. “Do you still want to play with me in the future or not?”
“It, it was me.” The girl’s voice was tiny and weak. He Yang even did not help her up from the ground. After hearing her admit it, he immediately said, “It was her who kicked it. If you want compensation, go find her.”
He picked up the clothes from the ground and darted away in one rush.
Only that little girl remained in the room. Aunt Zhang picked the girl up. Because she was timid, she kept her head lowered. In her fearful, soft voice, there was only terror. “Big sister, hit me if you want, but can you please not tell my dad.”
Her voice was very soft, like pieces of cloud drifting over. It did not sound like a little girl’s voice. It was more mature, with less of a child’s playfulness and sweetness, but it was very pleasant to hear.
“Lift your head.” She raised her head, and only then did Yin Man see her clearly. Her features were indeed delicate, and overall she did not look bad either. That little face also looked like a drifting cloud. She was very thin, but her face was surprisingly round. If pinched, it would definitely feel very soft. Her features were rather faint, but one could still tell she would not look bad when she grew up.
It was just that her eyes seemed to have a problem. They did not seem focused, empty and unfocused.
Yin Man raised her hand and waved it in front of her eyes. The girl said, “Sister, I’m not blind, I can see.”
Then that was a little strange. Before she could figure it out, Aunt Zhang leaned closer and said, “Miss, at her age, it should be congenital low vision.”
Then why not treat it?
And she wasn’t wearing glasses either. It must be very uncomfortable not being able to see clearly like that.
Her heart softened, and she also did not know whether those boys would bully her. Yin Man sighed. “Fine, hurry up and go. You don’t need to pay for the window, and I won’t tell your dad either.”
“Thank you, sister.” She finally smiled. When she smiled, the corners of her lips curved, very much like a person.
She could not remember where she had seen that before.
Yin Man came back to her senses, touched Liu Siyin, who was still lying on her leg, and thought that since she had been motionless for so long, she must have fallen asleep. Then she heard intermittent sobbing. Had she been scared to tears?
That was a bit much.
“Siyin, what’s wrong?”
Liu Siyin raised her head. “Is that girl very pretty?”
“She is pretty good-looking.” To be fair, among children she was definitely a top-tier little flower bud. After she said that, Liu Siyin only became more wronged. Yin Man did not understand, and Aunt Zhang smiled as she leaned over. “Miss Liu, that girl looks only six or seven years old.”
Then Liu Siyin stopped crying, and even froze on the spot. Her face suddenly turned red, and she hugged Yin Man’s leg again, burying her face on Yin Man’s thighs.
Yin Man suddenly understood. Liu Siyin was jealous!
No, even if she were a beast, it would not come to having any thoughts about a little child, right.
But that girl’s voice really did not sound like a child’s. Her voice was very mature. Sure enough, not being able to see still brought many inconveniences, such as causing misunderstandings. Had Liu Siyin also imagined that she let the girl go because she was pretty, and did not bother to argue with her, and then thought of her injured back, growing even more wronged?
The more Yin Man thought about it, the more amused she became, and she could not help but rub Liu Siyin’s head. “Your little brain is only used for thinking about this kind of thing, isn’t it.”
Still, this made her much more vivid.
That Liu Siyin, who only listened to her and was cautious and careful, was like a wooden doll.
How cute it was for her to be jealous. Although she had picked the wrong person, it also proved the success of her teaching. She needed to shape this kind of thinking in Liu Siyin, that one person could only like one person, and also make her a little more temperamental. That was what a relationship should be like.
Liu Siyin’s reaction still wasn’t big enough. If she really felt sorry for some other girl, she had better be able to slap her.
As she thought about it, she actually laughed out loud.
On a whim, she asked Liu Siyin, “Do you want to go out for a walk?”
Author’s note:
Thanks to the little angels who voted for me with monthly tickets or fed me nutrient solution during 2022-04-25 00:15:17~2022-04-25 22:51:59.
Many thanks to everyone for your support. I will continue to work hard!