Chapter 11 Hope
I don't know when, I've been alone.
Even with my sister's presence, facing my sister's tenderness, I still can't raise any motivation to survive. I, who was saved by my sister from the ruins of war, did not get changed because of this rescue, and I have never been motivated to continue to live.
In order to make me happy, my sister took me around to play, but I still kept it as usual... Children of the same age were unwilling to contact me. They always said that my eyes were terrible, which made them feel scary.
The adults were no exception. Whenever they saw me, they would point at me. They said that my eyes seemed to be dead and gray, and my sister got angry many times because of this.
I feel deeply ashamed. Even so, I still don’t plan to change my opinion. What’s the point of continuing to live?
It’s not that I have never been seeking death, but every time I’ve been intercepted by my sister in advance, and my sister has taught me a lot of lessons, but... I don’t know where my motivation to survive is...
until......
"Hello, huh, you're new here! I've never seen you in town."
“…”
"Hehe, my first time meeting, my name is Zheng Xiaoliang!"
“…”
"Why don't you talk? Can we be friends?"
When I first saw him, he was like an annoying fly, carrying a fishing rod several times longer than him on his shoulder, and surrounded me with a sunny face.
"It's so annoying."
Somehow, the first sentence I said, which was never spoken, was actually these two words.
He was obviously surprised in front of me, but he didn't care. Instead, he unexpectedly hugged my shoulders and pushed me forward with brute force.
"Let's go, let's play together!"
“…”
"Don't worry about your sister. I saw that she seemed to be going to do an urgent matter and hurried to the village chief's house. We can play together while waiting for your sister! We were just hungry, so we went fishing by the river!"
"unnecessary."
"Let's go! Don't be polite!"
I looked at him in surprise, why, why did I reject him so much? He still smiled like this at me?
I obviously used all my strength to resist, but why was I still pushed away by him...
Confusion, a strange feeling surged from the heart.
I, who came to the river passively for no reason, stood quietly and watched him sway the fishing rod in his hand.
For the first time, I found that the riverside was so beautiful. There were many small fish wandering in the clear river water. The crisp birds cries sounded high in my ears, and the breeze blew into my heart.
"Hey, I don't know your name yet. What's your name? I'll tell you my name, so as a politeness, shouldn't you tell me your name too?" He held a piece of grass in his mouth and looked at me with his eyes.
I didn't reply, just stared at his eyes without saying a word so that he could see my fearful gray eyes, so that he would be scared to cry and call him mom, so that he wouldn't be in contact with me, so that I could be alone again...
"Hmm? Why don't you talk?" He frowned in confusion, then raised his mouth and smiled, "Oh, so that's it!"
Suddenly, a huge roar sounded, shocking all the birds living in the woods to leave their nests, and the ground was full of the sound of animals running.
In an instant, I found that he suddenly stopped moving. The eyes of his eyes were filled with fear, and his body could not stop trembling.
For some reason, looking at his eyes, I thought I would be very happy and would feel a...that is called uncomfortable.
"Run!"
"Um?"
I once again showed a surprised look. Are you calling me? No, what does it mean to talk to me again even though I showed that fearful look?
"Run!"
The fear in his eyes had not yet dissipated. He ran towards me quickly, pinching my arm tightly, and then pulled me to the opposite direction angrily... No, I felt the sweat in his palm and the fearful look that he turned around from time to time. At that time, I didn't know that this was not "running", but "escape".
Subconsciously, I also moved my eyes behind me.
A beast mouth with a fishy smell was approaching me, and the disgusting fishy smell poured into my sense of smell. The sharp teeth were only a few centimeters away from my head. At that moment, I thought my wish was coming true and I could finally die.
"Sister...goodbye..."
I closed my eyes like fate, and a road to darkness suddenly appeared in front of me. I knew that through this corridor, I could be liberated.
"Goodbye you, a damn bastard!"
Huh...The dark passage suddenly cracked.
"Come on me! If you don't want to die, run hard!"
"I don't want the friend I just met to die at the hands of this beast!"
Huh? More and more cracks suddenly appeared around the dark passage, scattered at my feet.
My body was suddenly pulled over by a strong force. Above my head, I could feel the sharp teeth rubbing through my skin, and the drop of blood was floating in the air, and I seemed to... rubbed the side with death.
"Run! Don't die here! We still have to fish together!" He shouted at me angrily, and I stared at him blankly, "Run with your humble body! You shouldn't die here, right? Don't you still have family! Don't you still have sisters! Why do you have reason to give up on yourself!"
"You still have friends! You still have me!"
Clang!
The entire dark tunnel was broken, revealing a vast white area. The gentle sunlight seemed to appear before my eyes again. At that moment, the fragments seemed to have illusions, as if they had never appeared in my world. At that moment, I seemed to know the reason for my life, and his face was engraved in my world.
He grabbed my hand and we fled desperately. The branches and wooden thorns cut our bodies all over, but we were still running hard. The agile tiger was still following us, chasing us closely. The fierce beast's eyes said that we must chase the prey in front of us to the end.
With a reason to survive, I could have easily surpassed the guy in front of me who was weaker than me, but I just didn't want to do that. I was pulled by him to escape, but I felt a little comfortable feeling in my heart and a feeling called happiness.
"Quick! Let's jump into the river!"
Jumping into the river? No problem, it doesn’t matter if I leave my life to you, so why not just jumping into the river?
Facing the waterfall more than ten meters high, I didn't hesitate at all, but just smiled at the injured face that led me to flee.
In this way, the two of us teenagers resolutely chose to jump out of the dangerous and unknown waterfall under the pursuit of a hungry tiger.
After jumping down, I gradually lost consciousness. The strong impact of the river hit my head and made me dizzy. I slowly closed my eyes. But during the coma, I could still feel that he was holding my hand tightly. The place where there were five finger marks still retained his body temperature and smell.
"I said...why should I save me..."
After I woke up, I looked at him who was making fire and couldn't help asking this question.
He tilted his head and looked at me suspiciously, "Why save you?"
"Yes, at that time, you threw me there and let the tiger eat me. Wouldn't you take the opportunity to escape? Just like my parents..."
I widened my eyes and watched a fist hit me. Unexpectedly, I did not resist, but closed my eyes and accepted the punch.
"What nonsense are you talking about! Why do I abandon you there! Isn't this what my friend should do to help you? As my friend, why do I abandon you there!" His eyes were filled with anger, "I hate the people who abandon others the most! No matter who it is, it is unforgivable to take away the most important things from oneself!"
I have never seen anyone who is so angry that he looks like he is, his eyes seem to be filled with hatred, and tears keep running away from his eyes, with reluctance and anger.
"I...sorry..."
"You don't need to apologize, I just hope you don't think everyone is so disgusting! As for the reason why you want to save you, besides you are my friend, the other reason is your eyes."
"Eyes?" I subconsciously touched my own eyes, "What's wrong with my eyes?"
He curled his lips and pulled me up from the ground, "Your eyes look very similar to me, I mean the look. I have had that kind of eyes, but I left earlier than you, because I can only... Bah, I'm going to go far."
His black pupils suddenly met my gaze, and I could feel his sincere feelings from that gaze.
"So, I just want to be friends with you. We are still young and the future is still long. If you live, you must live no matter what. If you lose the life of your life, if you don't have the hope of living, then let me be your sun! Let me be your hope, let me be your survival of your life!"
“Eh?”
"You are not alone, you have your relatives and your sister by your side. And now, aren't you still me? I am your friend! Your best friend!"
"Let's get to know each other again, my name is Zheng Xiaoliang."
"You've never been lonely."
The smiling face as gentle as the sun was deeply imprinted in my mind. From then on, I realized that I seemed to be moved by the boy in front of me, and I will never forget this memory.
Yes, if I don’t have the hope of living, then treat you as my sun, my hope, my hope!
Zheng Xiaoxiao!
"Hello, my name is Feng Zhange."
"Oh, I'm keeping a pigeon at home, so I'll call you a pigeon from now on!"
Chapter completed!