There were only two people in the huge room, Ren Xin and the landlady. Ren Xin's shallow breathing could be heard quietly. Ren Xin had been too exhausted these past few days and had fallen asleep soundly. The landlady sat by the bed and looked at Ren Xin's face.
The wound recalled Ren Xin's previous words.
"I hate everyone in the Ren family... But godmother, I didn't want to harm Ren Na. Do you believe me?"
Ren Xin's sighing words lingered in the landlady's ears. She hesitated on how to answer Ren Xin. When Ren Xin asked this question, she fell silent. She knew very well what kind of person Ren Xin was. She saw
As Ren Xin grew up, she knew her goddaughter's character very well. Sometimes she always felt that Ren Xin's hatred for the Ren family was a bit too strong. She still remembered that when she first met Ren Xin, the Ren family had a crush on Ren Xin, the only man they could rely on.
The second uncle was convicted and became a mess. The five-year-old child once said, "Even if the Ren family is ruined, it is their own retribution. What does it have to do with me? Why should I care what happens to them?"
However, despite this, the landlady still trusts Xin after all. She knows that although Ren Xin is a little too careful, she will definitely admit what she did, and what she didn't do... she will admit it even if she is angry... even if she is misunderstood by others.
At that time, she was too stubborn to explain, so the landlady was silent at that time. It was not that she didn't trust Xin, but she noticed the helplessness in Ren Xin's words.
Although Ren Xin was speaking to the proprietress, what she really wanted to ask was not the proprietress. She knew that no one who came to the restaurant would doubt her.
And what can she do if she explains? People who believe in her will naturally believe her, and people who don't believe her are just quibbling after explaining. Therefore, she doesn't say that she has no intention of harming anyone, she only says, you believe me.
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Shitou knocked on the door and asked the landlady if he could come in. The landlady asked him to come in. After Shitou brought a basin of water into the house, he put the water on the chair and then moved it with the chair to the bedside. The landlady soaked the water in the basin.
He wrung out the towel and wiped Ren Xin's face with gentle movements. Shitou looked at the scratched side of Ren Xin's face and felt a little distressed.
"Xin'er's face won't have scars, right?" the landlady murmured to herself, unspeakably worried, "Girls, what they care about most is their appearance..."
"No, the wound is superficial, and it will be as good as before in a few months at the earliest." Shi Shi spoke in a firm tone, which made the boss's wife believe what he said. The boss's wife looked back at Shi Shi, she had always been a reassuring person.
My child, it would be best to have him by Xin'er's side.
"Shitou, you can also go and take part in the provincial examination at the end of the month, so that you can keep Xin'er company." The landlady thought about it for a while and made this decision. She washed the towel in the water and wrung it dry. Shitou looked at it in surprise.
The landlady said, "But, I..."
"Go ahead, I believe you can do it. People who study with candles in the room after their busy work every day will never be far behind." The proprietress was sure of Shi Shi's talent. Shi Shi was originally from a noble family. If it weren't for his family
Dao Zhongluo, in order to take care of his chronically ill grandmother, he would not be reduced to a waiter in a small Yunlai restaurant.
"But, my grandmother..." Shitou is a filial child. Why hasn't the provincial examination been his dream? He has long known that the only way for him to change his future is to study and take the exam, and to find an official position in the future. Only then will he have the opportunity.
He wanted to overturn his grandfather's case and restore his and his family's innocence. But now the family's livelihood depends on him alone. When he leaves, who will take care of his chronically ill grandmother and frail mother?
"Don't worry, during the period when you and Xin'er are away, I will take care of your family for you, and I can also lend you your money first," the landlady saw Shitou opening her mouth to refuse, so she smiled and said,
"Don't refuse in a hurry. I will keep a record of the phone bills used to take care of your family during this period. Just treat it as if I lent it to you. When you become successful one day, you will still have to return it to me with interest."
.As for your expense, it is just a reward for accompanying and taking care of my son. You deserve it, so you don’t have to worry about it."
"You know, my identity..." Shitou was a little unsure. His grandfather had offended the prime minister of the dynasty, and he wanted to redress his grandfather's crime by entering an official career. It was already very difficult. It would be better if he failed.
Once he enters an official career, he may not be alive for a long time. At that time, he may not be able to repay the kindness of the landlady in this life.
The landlady put the towel back in the basin, raised her head and smiled at Shi Shi, "You always pursue stability in doing things. This is what Ma Kui and I admire most about you. However, sometimes you have to be like Xin'er and dare to pursue things regardless of the consequences.
What you want. If you don’t try, you will never change.”
Under the persuasion of the proprietress, Shitou finally decided to give it a try, not only for the chance to overturn his grandfather's case in the future, but also for himself. He quietly looked at Ren Xin's peaceful sleeping face, and he still remembered the first time he had met three years ago.
When he came to Yicheng, he was angry because he could not adapt to the status gap from aristocrats to commoners. The burden of life all fell on him, leaving him at a loss with clothes to eat and food to open.
He walked out of the city in a daze and arrived at the Sanshui River inexplicably. He stood by the bridge and looked at the unknown depth of the river. Thinking about his misfortune, he really wanted to jump in and end it. At that time, Ren Xin went back to Sanshui Village to visit Yuniang and the others.
, was about to return to Yicheng, when he saw him standing by the river with a depressed expression and wanted to commit suicide, so he asked a few questions. At that time, Shitou felt that he was going to die anyway, so he might as well just tell everything in his heart. Not now.
He said that I'm afraid I won't have a chance to talk about it in the future.
At that time, Ren Xin happened to be idle and bored, so she listened patiently to Shi Shi's complaints. After listening, Ren Xin asked Shi Shi if he really wanted to die. Shi Shi nodded seriously, and Ren Xin suddenly laughed and talked to Shi Shi harmlessly.
She said, "Then, farewell." Before Shitou knew what she meant, Ren Xin raised his foot unexpectedly and kicked Shitou into the river.
The stone couldn't swim and was flopping in the water. The river water in early spring was so cold that his confused thoughts were instantly cooled down. Death is a very scary thing and he shouldn't try it easily. What's more,
If he dies, who will take care of the grandmother and mother at home?
After struggling for a while and taking a few mouthfuls of cold water, he slowly discovered that the water was not too deep. For a tall man, it was not fatal. As long as he calmed down and stood firm, the water would not be too deep.
It only reached his chest. He struggled to hold on to the wooden railings beside the bridge, letting his heart look down at him.
"Can anything change if you complain about the unfairness of your fate? Could it be that just because of your few words, God will suddenly drop a big house and hundreds of taels of gold for you so that you can live the rest of your life richly? What if?
, If complaining is useful, then everyone will curse at the sky and life will be easy. Who will work hard to live? Haha, do you high-minded people really think that it is natural for God to favor you? " Ren Xin's words
The words he spoke were a bit harsh, and every sentence pierced his heart like a sharp arrow.
Shitou coughed and listened to Ren Xin's words. As someone who met him for the first time, he felt that Ren Xin was a bit extreme in his actions, too clear about his future goals, and utilitarian, which was very unpopular. Therefore, when Ren Xin looked down at him
, when teaching him a lesson, he even felt disgusted with this nosy woman.
Ren Xin cursed for a long time, but Stone pretended not to hear, and looked for a place to go ashore. However, it had rained before, and both sides of the river bank were slippery, so he couldn't get up. Ren Xin had cursed enough, and both of them were silent.
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After looking at each other for a moment, when Ren Xin walked around the shore and knelt down to extend his hand to him, he inexplicably felt a warm current surging in his heart.
"Since you can't die, you have no choice but to live a miserable life for the time being. My godmother is currently looking for a waiter. Do you want to consider helping me?"
Shitou looked at Ren Xin quietly, with a deep and calm gaze that showed no trace of his emotions. He didn't say yes or no, he stretched out his hand to hold Ren Xin's hand, and pulled her down while she was careless...
The cold river water soaked through Ren Xin's clothes, stimulating her warm nerves. Ren Xin was still quite petite at that time. Standing in the river, the water just submerged her neck. She shivered in the water, trembling fiercely.
Staring at Shitou. Shitou suddenly felt very good when he looked at her, just like watching a little wild cat showing its teeth and claws, acting cruelly in front of you but having nothing to do with you.
The two stared at each other for a long time, and finally gave in. Shitou first carried Ren Xin to the shore, and then Ren Xin held on to the bridge railing and dragged Shitou up. When Ren Xin reached out to him again, Shitou had doubted
However, how could such a petite girl pull him up? But when he came to the shore easily, he realized that this girl might not be a woman at all...
The spring cold was biting, and when a small cold wind blew, the two people who had just come out of the water trembled all over, and a chill went straight into their hearts.
It feels so good to be alive!
Shitou looked at the cold and trembling Ren Xin, and suddenly laughed, which made Ren Xin annoyed. He raised his leg and kicked Shitou, picked up a stone on the ground and hit Shitou, "You are just a piece of stone."
Broken stones with sharp edges should be thrown into the water and polished!"
Since then, Shitou has been called "Stone", so much so that no one calls him by his real name Mu Zihan at Yunlai Inn...
Ren Xin never even knew what the real name of the stone was.
On the same day, Ren Xin took Shi Tou back to Yuniang to change his clothes. Yuniang liked Shi Tou's gentle and polite behavior very much. Before the two left, Yu Niang asked Shi Tou to come and see them more. However, Ren Xin left Shi Tou
After he brought Shitou back to the restaurant, he never mentioned the matter of sending Shitou to Sanshui Village again.
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Seeing Shitou looking at Ren Xin in a daze, the proprietress called him several times. Shitou came back to his senses, smiled at the proprietress, and said that he had followed the proprietress's suggestion.
Looking at the sleeping Ren Xin, he actually seemed to be telling her that his edges and corners had been smoothed out over the past three years and were very smooth, but Ren Xin was still a little wild cat that kept showing its teeth and claws, and was inaccessible to strangers and did not understand