IPT 19

Chapter 19

 

The tin house is not big, but the door is wide. Shen Qianqian pushed the cart directly into the house. He looked at the tall iron frame bed, circled around Chu Ya twice, stretched out his hand and gestured, worrying about how to get him to the bed.

 

Shen Qianqian tried few times and failed, so he had to tear off the velvet blanket on the bed, push Chu Ya to turn over left and right, and spread the velvet blanket on the cart.

 

“You can sleep now, it’s a cart bed. Yes, a cart bed.” Shen Qianqian shook his head, very satisfied with the word he had invented.

 

He wanted to cover Chu Ya with a quilt, but Chu Ya’s clothes were half wet, so he took them off for him: “You can’t sleep in wet clothes, it will be very uncomfortable, and the management will scold us.”

 

Shen Qianqian took off Chu Ya’s sweatshirt with great difficulty, and the upper half of the young man’s body was exposed to the cold air. The skin is smooth but pale, and the bones are covered with a thin layer of muscle.

He went to take off Chu Ya’s pants again, but he couldn’t pull them, only to find that Chu Ya was wearing a belt, not the elastic band that they were wearing. He pondered for a while before figuring out how to open the belt buckle and pull the whole belt out.

 

Shen Qianqian grabbed Chu Ya’s trouser leg and pulled it down. When it came off to his thigh, Chu Ya, who had been unconscious, suddenly let out a painful moan, and the two hands that fell to his side suddenly tightened.

 

Shen Qianqian stared at Chu Ya without moving, and after waiting for a while, he found that he was not awake, so he continued to pull his trouser legs.

 

Chu Ya’s body twitches violently this time, and cold sweat quickly oozes from his forehead.

 

Shen Qianqian was in fright and didn’t dare to move him anymore. He looked at his hands and then looked at Chu Ya: “Don’t you want to take off your pants? But it’s wet, can you take it off? I can take it off very lightly then you can go back to sleep.”

 

Shen Qianqian carefully took off his pants, and Chu Ya’s legs were gradually exposed to the light.

 

His thigh bone was broken by Gu Lin, and although the wound could not be seen from the outside, his thigh was obviously swollen, and his skin was also abnormally dark.

 

Shen Qianqian saw that something was wrong. He once fell in the water room and twisted his foot. His right ankle became as chubby as this leg and it looked like this.

 

“Did you twist your foot? Was it on the garbage? Did you fall out?”

 

Shen Qianqian stared at him blankly for a while and suddenly remembered the picture of him pushing Chu Ya down the garbage mountain. He raised his hand to cover his mouth and his expression formed as if he is panicking.

 

“It’s me. Is this the result of me pushing you?”

 

A gust of wind blew, Shen Qianqian came back to his senses. He continued to tug Chu Ya’s pants, and finally hugged the quilt to cover him. He took off his clothes and spread them on a pile of large cardboard boxes under the eaves.

 

“I’ll dry your clothes for you, and I’ll go to the welfare home to find medicine for you. I’ll put on ointment and take the medicine after twisting my foot last time.” Shen Qianqian smacked his lips, his two fingers pinched together, “That medicine is so big and sour. The medical management made me drink water and swallow it. I was reluctant at first but decided to go for it.”

 

Shen Qianqian moved closer: “The pills ended up being delicious. I’ll go back to the welfare home when it’s dawn. I’ll ask for more medicine for you to drink, you can taste it.”

 

He doesn’t know if it’s because of him finally warming up, Chu Ya’s face is a little better, no longer as pale as paper, and the quilt on his chest has also fluctuated slightly.

 

Shen Qianqian finally could look at him carefully, touch his face, pinch his hand, and the more he looked at him, the happier he became.

 

“How did I find you? Could it be that you came to me?” He craned his neck a little embarrassed and laughed, “I, I didn’t even know you would return for me. You didn’t even really say it.”

 

Chu Ya lay down without any reaction, but his face turned from pale to flushed, his body began to tremble, and his clenched teeth made a subtle gurgling sound.

 

Shen Qianqian sensedhis abnormality, reached out and touched his face. He found that the skin he touched was hot.

 

“Ah, you’ve got a fever! You’re sick!”

 

Shen Qianqian has been in good health since he was a child, basically he has never been sick. He has never gotten a cold and the flu that has been running for a few days and coughing for a while. But Lin Duozhi often has a fever, his face is red after the fever, he shrunk in the quilt and shivered, shouting thirst, shouting that his body is cold, and he sleeps for most of the day.

 

Now Chu Ya also had the fever symptoms familiar to Shen Qianqian, and he suddenly realized that Chu Ya was not sleeping nor dead, but sick.

 

In the welfare home, they will fall down one by one when they get sick. Especially during the flu season, after most of the orphanages fell ill, it was not enough for the management to give birth to three heads and six arms, so the children would take care of each other.

 

Shen Qianqian took care of Lin Duozhi, so he didn’t panic, and only said to Chu Ya with a steady face: “You’re sick, you just lie down and rest.”

 

He stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from Chu Ya’s forehead and hurried out of the house. The enamel cup that had been placed on the ground just now was already full of rainwater. He picked up the water cup and returned to Chu Ya’s side, raised Chu Ya’s head with a small stool, and raised the water cup to his mouth tremblingly.

 

“You have to drink water if you have a fever, you know? So you’re going to drink water, drink lots and lots of water.

 

Chu Ya’s teeth were clenched, and the water that Shen Qianqian made him sip flowed out of the corners of his mouth again. He tried all kinds of methods, was tired and sweaty, and finally embedded a small spoon between Chu Ya’s teeth, pried it open, and finally fed the water into it.

 

Chu Ya’s body was hot and shivering. Shen Qianqian felt that it was not enough to just drink water, and he had to take medicine. He originally planned to go back after dawn, but now he had to leave immediately.

 

“You wait for me obediently, I’ll go back to the welfare home to get you medicine. I’ll come back with the medicine, so don’t run around.

 

Shen Qianqian saw that Chu Ya was sweating, so he lifted his quilt a little and picked up the cotton hat to put on himself. Finally, he told him a few words uneasily, and hurried out of the tin house.

 

Shen Qianqian learn from the dog’s previous experience, not only closed the door of the open house tightly, but also lifted a stone to the right wall to plug the hole at the base of the wall.

 

He walked out for a while then crept back again, ears pressed to the door. He didn’t hear anything inside. When he was finally relieved, he then walked quickly to the garbage dump and got out of the cracks in the barbed wire.

 

Shen Qianqian followed the path outside the net, and soon walked out of the light range of the garbage dump. Beyond that, there was darkness. He stopped at the junction of light and darkness, and looked back at the town of Mixin in the barbed wire.

 

The buildings in the town were outlined by the faint light, high or low, cold and silent, and in every window of the black hole, there seemed to be a terrible monster hidden.

 

Shen Qianqian took a deep breath, took out the scarf in his pocket and wrapped it around his neck a few times. He clutched the corner of his scarf in his hand, lifted a round foot in a cotton shoe, and stepped into the darkness.

 

Shen Qianqian walked on the path with one foot deep and one foot shallow, his neck and back stiff. He didn’t want to go to see the Mixin Tow , but his head was always uncontrollably oriented in that direction, and he kept chattering as he walked forward quickly.

 

“…… You don’t eat children, do you? You’re only eating bad kids, aren’t you? I’m not a bad boy…… I only took the sweet potato from the cafeteria once, and when I saw a few senior students taking the sweet potato, they gave me one and asked me not to tell the management……”

 

A gust of wind blew and there was a whining sound in the houses, as if someone was crying. Shen Qianqian clutched his tie tightly, his hairs stood on end and he kept gasping.

 

“And, and I’m stinky, I’m really stinky, I haven’t bathed for one, two, or three years. I’m going to fart at you, plop! I’m stinky, I’m so stinky, you’d better ignore me.”

 

Shen Qianqian saw the road. There was a long black shadow. Thinking it was an iron rod, he hurriedly leaned over to pick it up, but it was a soft plastic rope.

 

He also held the rope in his hand and clenched it tightly: “If you dare to come, I will, I will tie you up. Don’t mess with me. The revenge of our junior class is terrible. You-you just pretend not to see me, and I’ll also pretend not to see you. I won’t arrest you.”

 

Shen Qianqian didn’t feel much when he usually passed by here, but now he only felt that this section of the road looked like it would never end.

 

Click……

A gust of wind blew, and in a building very close to him, there was a sudden sound of the door fan being opened, slow and rhythmic, very clear and terrifying in this silent night.

 

Shen Qianqian paused, looking in that direction in horror, gasping for air.

 

Bang!

Like the sound of a door slamming against a wall, Shen Qianqian was scared from this sound and ran forward with a shout.

 

“Oh nooo!” He tripped under his feet, threw himself to the ground with a thud, and quickly got up again, and continued to run forward.

 

Fortunately, a dim white light finally appeared in front of him, and it was a street lamp next to the main road. Shen Qianqian  finally saw hope and only rushed eagerly towards the light.

 

The street lights are in disrepair, the wiring is not very good, and the light bulbs are barely breathing as if it will choke at any time. In the next second, the faint light gradually extinguished in Shen Qianqian’s gaze.

 

“Ahhhh……”

 

Shen Qianqian rushed to the street lamp in one breath and the imaginary ghost shadow was dispelled by the light. It was an area obscured by the clouds and the ground was dry. He sat on the ground with his ass on his shoulder, panting and coughing because he was running too fast.

 

The area illuminated by the street lights was so safe. Shen Qianqian just wanted to stay here all the time. But he was still worried about the sick Chu Ya, and he didn’t sit for too long, just waited for his mood to calm down a little and then stood up again.

 

It was dark in front of the road and there was a faint street light far away. But as long as he follows this road, it won’t be long before he reaches the welfare home.

 

Shen Qianqian run from the darkness to the light, and when he wanted to step into the darkness again, his step became particularly difficult.

 

He paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. After a moment of finally standing still, he fastened the hat cord around his chin and waved the plastic rope in his hand, pumping the air whirring.

 

“I’m not afraid of you! I’m not afraid at all! I’m going to get medicine for my brother, and if you dare to bite me, I’ll stab you one, two, or three!” He shouted at the darkness in front of him and made a mental attack gesture with his eyebrows raised: “Mental attack!” 

 

Shen Qianqian walked into the darkness with this wave of courage, his eyes turning alertly, not letting go of any wind and grass.

 

He suddenly raised his eyebrows and scolded to the left: “Are you here? Don’t come out, I’ll attack you!” His eyes glanced to the right and then he turned sharply: “What are you doing? You can’t come out, you’re thick-skinned, aren’t you? Aren’t you afraid of any punishment? Then you will be punished for not being allowed to eat!”

 

Shen Qianqian yelled inwardly, emboldening himself, and only when he was about to get to the next street lamp would he leak his inner panic and run away in panic.