Chapter 29: Go Away (2)
Lin Zhao Xi inhaled sharply. What’s wrong with the cheese world’s inhabitants? Everyone was so perceptive!
She hurried to examine Old Lin’s expression, fearing his reaction, but Old Lin just lowered his head. It seemed he hadn’t heard the conversation outside.
After her little comrade was done, he turned and ran, looking really anxious.
Lin Zhao Xi walked into the janitor’s room and stood beside Old Lin. A short distance away, Xiao Lu could be seen running towards the sunset.
“Master, he is finally gone.”
Old Lin opened the drawer, taking out a roll of gauze and a cotton ball already dipped in alcohol. Inside the drawer, there were also iodine, meds, and other knickknacks. They were probably prepared for visitors who got accidentally injured. After all, there were many children running around in the park.
She eagerly sat on a chair, rolled up her trouser legs, revealing her bruised and scratched knees, and then gazed at Old Lin expectantly.
Then, Old Lin… threw the cotton dabbed in alcohol over.
The electric fan in the janitor’s room spun around, clattering noisily. Lin Zhao Xi knew when to stop. She got to work as soon as the cotton ball landed in her palm.
Hugging her knees, she began to wipe off the dirt and the dry blood on her knees little by little. The ice-cold alcohol stung. She breathed slowly, in and out, but couldn’t stop a few tears from escaping.
“You’re crying now that he’s gone?” Old Lin asked.
“I’m not crying.” Lin Zhao Xi sniffed, cruelly swiping a bit of mud off her knees and instantly regretting it. She hissed, narrowly holding back a yell. “He’s actually quite good. I helped him a little and he started worrying I’d be tricked by bad guys, so he kept following me.”
“I’m a bad guy, why are you following me.”
“Master is not a bad person.” Lin Zhao Xi said, with an idiotic smile.
Old Lin dropped the issue.
After a while, she raised her head to ask for another cotton ball, and found Old Lin staring at her intently.
“What… Why are you looking at me, my legs are still hurting, you can’t kick me out!”
“I’m trying to find out, how can a person be so stupid.”
“Huh?”
“Other people know that they should inform the park management if there’s an accident, but you… you just dive into it?”
“I’m stupid.” Lin Zhao Xi answered, in a tone that suggested it was only natural.
Of course, “other people” referred to Pei Zhi. By what Old Lin said, Pei Zhi should have notified the park’s staff long before he stalled the king of mental arithmetic. When he saw the management arrive, and that the problem was dealt with, he left.
She, on the other hand, immediately jumped into action, without thinking beforehand. Compared to Pei Zhi, of course she was stupid.
Now, however, although she was sitting on a small wooden stool, red eyed, hugging her hurt legs… she felt happy. She really felt that if it weren’t for her stupidity, or recklessness, she wouldn’t have crossed paths with Pei Zhi so coincidentally, and, more importantly, met Old Lin again.
Old Lin couldn’t look at her anymore. He turned his attention to a cigarette case, knocking one out of its case and raising a lighter.
Lin Zhao Xi coughed exaggeratedly, but he completely ignored her. His lids drooped as he lit the smoke.
“Master, it’s not good to smoke. I am still a primary school student, you can’t smoke in front of me.” She pointed to herself, pressing her lips.
Truth be told, Lin Zhao Xi knew Old Lin smoked. She had seen Old Lin smoking once, a long time ago. A fight seemed to have broken out at home one night, and she had gotten up with her eyes half closed after a door slammed shut. Old Lin was sitting in the yard, looking at the sky with smoke curling from his between his fingertips. Under the stars, Old Lin had glanced back at her.
Old Lin’s eyes had been the same as they were now – coldly indifferent, devastatingly emotionless. But the moment he saw her, he pressed out the cigarette butt.
But, no matter how much she had asked, Old Lin never said anything. Because of that, she knew there was no chance Old Lin would open his heart to a girl he’d never met.
She stared at Old Lin. Not knowing what happened really worried her.
“Master, why do you work for the park?” She asked, tentatively.
“Because I’m poor.”
“…”
“Where is your family?” She tried again.
However, Old Lin ignored her. He slowly finished his cigarette and, when it was half past five, he got up from his chair, put out the cigarette, and walked out of the janitor’s room.
Old Lin looked back at her, hopeless. “What if I beg you, will you stop following me?”
“No.”
“What exactly are you after?!”
Chapter 29: Go Away (2)
Lin Zhao Xi inhaled sharply. What’s wrong with the cheese world’s inhabitants? Everyone was so perceptive!
She hurried to examine Old Lin’s expression, fearing his reaction, but Old Lin just lowered his head. It seemed he hadn’t heard the conversation outside.
After her little comrade was done, he turned and ran, looking really anxious.
Lin Zhao Xi walked into the janitor’s room and stood beside Old Lin. A short distance away, Xiao Lu could be seen running towards the sunset.
“Master, he is finally gone.”
Old Lin opened the drawer, taking out a roll of gauze and a cotton ball already dipped in alcohol. Inside the drawer, there were also iodine, meds, and other knickknacks. They were probably prepared for visitors who got accidentally injured. After all, there were many children running around in the park.
She eagerly sat on a chair, rolled up her trouser legs, revealing her bruised and scratched knees, and then gazed at Old Lin expectantly.
Then, Old Lin… threw the cotton dabbed in alcohol over.
The electric fan in the janitor’s room spun around, clattering noisily. Lin Zhao Xi knew when to stop. She got to work as soon as the cotton ball landed in her palm.
Hugging her knees, she began to wipe off the dirt and the dry blood on her knees little by little. The ice-cold alcohol stung. She breathed slowly, in and out, but couldn’t stop a few tears from escaping.
“You’re crying now that he’s gone?” Old Lin asked.
“I’m not crying.” Lin Zhao Xi sniffed, cruelly swiping a bit of mud off her knees and instantly regretting it. She hissed, narrowly holding back a yell. “He’s actually quite good. I helped him a little and he started worrying I’d be tricked by bad guys, so he kept following me.”
“I’m a bad guy, why are you following me.”
“Master is not a bad person.” Lin Zhao Xi said, with an idiotic smile.
Old Lin dropped the issue.
After a while, she raised her head to ask for another cotton ball, and found Old Lin staring at her intently.
“What… Why are you looking at me, my legs are still hurting, you can’t kick me out!”
“I’m trying to find out, how can a person be so stupid.”
“Huh?”
“Other people know that they should inform the park management if there’s an accident, but you… you just dive into it?”
“I’m stupid.” Lin Zhao Xi answered, in a tone that suggested it was only natural.
Of course, “other people” referred to Pei Zhi. By what Old Lin said, Pei Zhi should have notified the park’s staff long before he stalled the king of mental arithmetic. When he saw the management arrive, and that the problem was dealt with, he left.
She, on the other hand, immediately jumped into action, without thinking beforehand. Compared to Pei Zhi, of course she was stupid.
Now, however, although she was sitting on a small wooden stool, red eyed, hugging her hurt legs… she felt happy. She really felt that if it weren’t for her stupidity, or recklessness, she wouldn’t have crossed paths with Pei Zhi so coincidentally, and, more importantly, met Old Lin again.
Old Lin couldn’t look at her anymore. He turned his attention to a cigarette case, knocking one out of its case and raising a lighter.
Lin Zhao Xi coughed exaggeratedly, but he completely ignored her. His lids drooped as he lit the smoke.
“Master, it’s not good to smoke. I am still a primary school student, you can’t smoke in front of me.” She pointed to herself, pressing her lips.
Truth be told, Lin Zhao Xi knew Old Lin smoked. She had seen Old Lin smoking once, a long time ago. A fight seemed to have broken out at home one night, and she had gotten up with her eyes half closed after a door slammed shut. Old Lin was sitting in the yard, looking at the sky with smoke curling from his between his fingertips. Under the stars, Old Lin had glanced back at her.
Old Lin’s eyes had been the same as they were now – coldly indifferent, devastatingly emotionless. But the moment he saw her, he pressed out the cigarette butt.
But, no matter how much she had asked, Old Lin never said anything. Because of that, she knew there was no chance Old Lin would open his heart to a girl he’d never met.
She stared at Old Lin. Not knowing what happened really worried her.
“Master, why do you work for the park?” She asked, tentatively.
“Because I’m poor.”
“…”
“Where is your family?” She tried again.
However, Old Lin ignored her. He slowly finished his cigarette and, when it was half past five, he got up from his chair, put out the cigarette, and walked out of the janitor’s room.
Old Lin looked back at her, hopeless. “What if I beg you, will you stop following me?”
“No.”
“What exactly are you after?!”
