Lu Enxi only saw a silvery-white afterimage sliding past him, and his heart almost stopped in shock. He pushed forward with all his strength, trying to stop the sharp needle tip from entering his flesh.
But her movements were too slow, and by the time she reacted, the silver needle had already brought out a dazzling bright red.
In Lu Enxi's widened eyes, a bright red cranial nerve suddenly ached. She thought that Teng Mengmei had killed herself. But the next moment, she saw a slender figure slowly stand up straight, tilting the steel frame to one side.
The needle also straightened up, and the steel needle was held in his hand.
Using...his broken arm.
The scene was muted, and everyone looked at Si Bo Nian in disbelief.
Even Kong Ming's blank face was completely pale.
Si Bo Nian squeezed out a deep "Sichuan" mark on his forehead, dropped the steel needle on the ground, and made a crisp clang sound, breaking the suffocation around him, "Mr. Teng has lived for more than eighty years, and he still wants to die to apologize. These
Years have been lived in vain.”
Teng Mengmei was still in shock. His hand was still in a suicidal posture. Blood spilled from the punctured place on his hand. He froze there, "You...how did you..."
He couldn't form the right words, he was too shocked and temporarily paralyzed.
Si Boyian said coldly, "There is nothing easier than death, so death is a shortcut for cowards. Do you think that if a steel needle is pierced into the heart and everything is over, all the grievances will disappear? Since you feel sorry for your elder brother, you should take care of yourself."
Live and use the little time you have left to atone your sins in front of him. Not only that, but you must also live longer than him, bury him properly, and die in front of his grave before it is too late."
Teng Mengmei was so enlightened by his words that she looked at her elder brother in a monk's robe in a daze, "If my elder brother is willing to keep my life, I will live and work as a cow and horse for my elder brother."
Kong Ming closed his eyes, "Everyone has their own evil obstacles. I have forgiven you, but you can't get rid of your own inner demons."
Until now, Lu Enxi still doesn't know why they were arguing so much that they were going to die. How come brothers were involved in a life-threatening incident?
Teng Mengmei was still kneeling there, her weak limbs hopelessly holding on and not falling down, "After she died, my eldest brother went up the mountain to be tonsured, and he never came down again for forty years. I also had nightmares for forty years, and there was not a day without it.
regret."
she?
Lu Enxi finally heard that there was another person in the story, but she didn't know whether he was a boy or a girl.
Kongming said, "That's her choice."
"It was my fault." Teng Mengmei cried again, her eyes filled with tears, her back bent, her forehead almost touching the ground.
It was a long time before Lu Enxi learned the complete version of the past, which he learned from Master Kong Ming's biological son.
More than 60 years ago, Kong Ming married his wife Helan. In that era when parents talked about matchmaking, young people had no choice but to make their own decisions about their marriages. The two had no relationship, let alone love. However, they gave birth soon after their marriage.
The son’s name was Teng Zhifang, which means inheriting medicine and prescribing and treating diseases. Later, he changed his mother’s surname to He Zhifang, the overseas Chinese doctor who treated her parents.
When his son was less than five years old, Kong Ming accidentally joined the army, went to the battlefield, became a field doctor, and traveled to many countries.
It's been seven or eight years since we said goodbye.
At that time, Teng Mengmei took on the responsibility of taking care of the orphans and widowed mother. After getting along for a long time, the two developed feelings that they shouldn't have.
Teng Mengmei thought that her eldest brother had died on the front line, so she and Helan became a couple without status.
Different from the unwilling union with Kong Ming, He Lan fell in love with Teng Mengmei wholeheartedly. The two lived a sweet and happy life. They raised their children together and became a family of three. However, the children still called him uncle, and the younger children also called him uncle.
I can't see any clues in it.
Later, Kong Ming finally returned from the battlefield.
Teng Mengmei and Helan were panicked for a moment.
They concealed the truth and made secret arrangements, while Helan went back and forth between the two of them. Several years passed like this.
Later, Helan became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. She herself could not figure out whose child this child belonged to.
Maybe there was some punishment somewhere. When my daughter was four years old, she went to play in the mountains with her adults. She was caught in a heavy rain and died in a mudslide. Even her body was not found.
He Lan suffered the loss of her daughter, and her mental state gradually deteriorated, and she often called her by the wrong name.
At first, Kong Ming thought she was too sad and insane, so he frequently identified himself as his younger brother. Until one day, Helan held a knife and told him the truth that had been hidden for more than ten years.
At that moment, shame and anger surged down, and the empty world fell apart.
After Teng Mengmei learned about it, she rushed to the rescue and begged her elder brother for forgiveness. The two of them knelt down in pairs.
Kong Ming cried and laughed at the same time, unable to accept the shame and humiliation.
Teng Mengmei snatched the dagger and wanted to die to apologize.
However, He Lan suddenly rushed over and ended this bad relationship with his life.
At that time, Kong Ming was almost fifty years old. He had gone through most of his life. The wounds of the war had not yet healed, and he was severely hurt by his family. Exhausted mentally and physically, he locked himself in the house for several days. Then he finally stepped out and climbed into the fog.
The mountain never came down again.
Teng Mengmei suffered a serious illness. After she recovered, her temperament changed drastically and the smile disappeared from her face.
He Zhifang, who was studying abroad, didn't know about the changes in his family. When he came back, he heard that his mother had died and his father had become a monk. He couldn't accept it for a while, so he climbed up the mountain and cried outside the door, but Kongming didn't see him.
Kong Ming suspected that even this son was not his, but He Zhifang later confirmed his identity through a paternity test and went up the mountain again, but still did not see his father.
He Zhifang no longer called Teng Mengmei uncle, but changed his name to master. He studied Chinese medicine diligently for several years, then traveled across the ocean and settled in the United States.
I have been living in limbo for half my life, unwilling to set foot on my motherland.
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The injury on Si Bo Nian's arm was split due to excessive exertion. Teng Mengmei treated him with traditional Chinese medicine. His medical skills were well-known all over the world. Si Bo Nian's arm no longer hurt that day.
Teng Mengmei sealed the ointment and warned, "Although the pain has stopped, your bones need to take a good rest. With these medicines, you can recover faster. You will stay at home for the next two days, and I will help you stabilize and stabilize before leaving."
"
After all this trouble, Teng Mengmei seemed to have aged even more. Her back was bent, and the old man's dejection could clearly be seen.
Si Boyian said calmly, "Thank you very much."
Teng Mengmei sat on the chair and thought about it before saying, "You saved my life. Logically speaking, I will agree to any request you have. Tell me, why did you come to me?"
Lu Enxi was afraid that he would show off his arrogant temper again and say something irritating, so he answered for him, "I want to ask Mr. Teng to treat his stubborn insomnia. Can Mr. Teng take a look?"
"Insomnia?" Teng Mengmei looked at his face and mental state and asked suspiciously, "How long have you been for?"
"More than three years." Si Bo Nian was quite honest this time.
Teng Mengmei thoughtfully said, "Insomnia is mostly caused by worries. The heart governs the gods, and the liver governs emotions. If you want to treat insomnia, you have to nourish the heart, protect the liver, and relieve worries. Since the insomnia started more than three years ago, it must be
Something touches your mind. If your mind is damaged, your mood will become depressed and you will naturally suffer from insomnia."
Lu Enxi was so emotionally aroused at once that she pursed her lips.
Three years ago?
Is it because of Xiaoya?
The tragic death of his sister caused irreversible damage to him, so he suffered from severe insomnia and mental illness, and even relied on drugs to make himself feel better.
Thinking of this possibility, Lu Enxi lowered his head unconsciously, and then heard Si Bo Nian say in a cold tone, "The loved ones are leaving."