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He is Timely Rain, Bringing Peace and Comfort

Chapter 21 (Part 2) • 2,123 words • 18 min read

When he mentioned his parents, he finally showed some sadness:

“My parents took my sister to the city, my sister is not in good health, she needs to be treated in the city.”

When An Huaixu heard this answer, he didn’t know if he was more afraid or more fortunate.

He was afraid that the answer that was within reach was wrong.

He was afraid that if he was really Shi Yu, then he would have no parents, and how hard would he have lived for so many years, and this hardship was created by his own hands.

“Why didn’t you leave with them?”

“Someone has to be at home, the village needs a teacher, I can’t leave, if I leave—”

An Huaixu interrupted him: “This is not your responsibility alone.”

“If everyone thinks so, then no one will stand up.”

Shi Yun put his chin on his arm, turned his head to look at An Huaixu, and smiled faintly: “I’m not alone, I have dozens of families behind me giving me hope.”

An Huaixu looked at him, the fire was dancing in his eyes, dyeing his whole person with a vibrant breath of life.

Shi Yun seemed to have remembered a certain memory:

“When I was a child, I was injured in the head once, and I urgently needed to be transferred to the city hospital.

You also know about our village, the road is difficult to walk, and the ambulance can only stop at the foot of the mountain, which is more than 20 miles away.

At that time, there were no electric cars, electric tricycles, etc.

Our village chief gathered several uncles and took turns pushing a small wooden cart to send me there on foot.”

When Shi Yun said this, he smiled: “If it weren’t for them, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to talk to you here.”

“And then…”

An Huaixu didn’t realize the trembling in his voice.

Shi Yun didn’t notice either, he continued to say: “After I got better, my parents took me to thank the village chief.

The village chief said a word at that time, and I was very impressed.

He said—”Children are the lights of our Fugui Village.
With lights, the village will be bright.
Without lights, the village will die.”

“This is also why I chose to be a kindergarten teacher.”

An Huaixu suddenly noticed that there was a small scar on Shi Yun’s left eyelid, which was not visible at all if you didn’t look closely.

He interrupted Shi Yun a little eagerly and flusteredly: “How did the scar on your eyelid come about?”

Shi Yun touched his eyes, thought carefully, and found that there was no such thing in his memory.

“I don’t know, since I was injured in the head, I have forgotten many things…”

Shi Yu also had a scar in the same place as him.

It was when he was playing with him once, and he accidentally bumped into him.

He was scolded for this.

An Huaixu embarrassedly withdrew his gaze and smiled bitterly.

He felt like he was the fool.

Obviously, from the first glance they met, the fate that he didn’t believe in the most was telling him with all his strength—’Don’t doubt it, this is your childhood sweetheart that you’ve been thinking about’.

After Shi Yu was lost that year, no one knew where he had gone.

Everyone said he was dead, but he believed he was still alive.

He had no direction and searched alone in the vast world for a long time.

He thought he would always remember Shi Yu’s appearance.

Even if the person turned into ashes, he could tell which pile it was.

But he didn’t expect that God would have adjusted the pass mode to the infant level for him, and he was still wondering if this person was fake.

He had actually simulated such a scene thousands of times in his dreams, and he had a lot to say.

For example, ask him if he is doing well?

Why don’t you go home?

Is it hot in summer? Is it cold in winter?
Does anyone pamper you, a delicate bag, well?

And the most important sentence—they miss you very much.

An Huaixu tried his best to suppress his trembling hands.

When he spoke, thousands of words condensed into a hoarse and unpleasant sentence, as if squeezed out of his heart, full of sour blood and tears: “When you were injured… how old were you?”

Shi Yun thought: “Five or six years old.”

An Huaixu: “Just after my birthday.”

Shi Yun was very surprised: “How do you know?!”

An Huaixu smiled and said, “I also know what wish you made on your birthday.”

Time travels back to fifteen years ago.

Shi Yu didn’t like to eat with strangers, so his birthday had never been celebrated with a grand birthday party.

Instead, the four families of Shi, An, Lin, and Lu, who had a good relationship, gathered together to spend it in an ordinary, happy way.

I remember that on that day, Shi Yu was sick and had a slight fever.

His fleshy little face was red, like a freshly baked white steamed bun, which was very cute.

As a result, on that day, An Huaixu, who had never been patient with Shi Yu, unexpectedly calmed down and accompanied him, not to mention running around, and even corrected him when he made his birthday wish—

In front of the not-so-big birthday cake, Shi Yun clasped his little hands in a decent manner, sniffed, and said in a milky voice:

“Xiaoyu wants to never be separated from Brother Huaixu.”

An Huaixu had been sensible and calm since he was a child.

Hearing his unrealistic words, he said: “There is no banquet that doesn’t end.”

“What does that mean?”

“I can’t be with you all the time, you made the wrong wish.”

Shi Yu blinked his eyes, turned his head and added: “If we are separated, then stand at the highest point, in the place where we can see each other, I want to keep looking at Brother Huaixu!”

An Huaixu seemed to have not expected him to say this, and was stunned for a few seconds.

When he came back to his senses, he said helplessly: “You idiot, it won’t come true if you say it out loud, but… I will.”

He gave his gift to Shi Yu.

Unexpectedly, Shi Yu gave him a red hand rope and a white square milk candy in return.

The words ‘Eternal’ were printed on the milk candy.

Shi Yu looked at him seriously: “A symbol of friendship, eternal!”

That day was August 8th.

The incident of Shi Yu getting lost happened on the morning of August 11th.

It was only a few days apart, but it was like the difference between heaven and hell.

Back to reality.

An Huaixu clenched his fists and was silent.

After he confirmed that Shi Yun was Shi Yu, he didn’t cry with joy as he had imagined, nor did he plan to beat the drums and gongs to inform everyone.

Only the endless ache of his heart filled his mind, letting him shoulder the responsibility that belonged to his brother once more.

Because Shi Yu’s disappearance that year was a premeditated kidnapping.

The mastermind has been sent to prison, and the accomplice, the Wang family, is still at large.

A person who has been missing for fifteen years returns home safely, which is explosive news anywhere, not to mention that he is also one of the top commercial figures, the Shi family.

He cannot and dare not pull Shi Yu to the surface again without being 100% sure of his safety.

Moreover, he still has a few questions that he hasn’t figured out.

What happened after that, why did Shi Yu appear here and become Shi Yun?

Shi Yun seemed to have forgotten them, what did he experience in the end?

How did the scars on his waist come about… Did his brother, who was so afraid of pain, cry with blisters?

Does he… blame him?

An Huaixu looked at Shi Yun, who was quietly nesting, as if he was not very interested.

An Huaixu hid his complicated negative emotions, pursed his lips, and rarely found a topic to start with: “Do you like it here?”

Shi Yun turned his head to look at him: “I like it. The people here are good, the scenery is good, and there are many cute children. What about you, do you like it?”

An Huaixu was actually indifferent, but following this sentence, he thought that it was precisely because of the people and things in this land that Shi Yun could grow up healthily to be such a pure, kind, and innocent little fool.

His heart softened a little, and he had the thought that ‘it’s not bad’.

“Mm.”

Shi Yun was happy: “You scared me to death. I always thought you were unhappy because this place wasn’t good.”

An Huaixu looked at Shi Yun, who was drunk and shaking his head, and was so cute that he gradually regained the joy of being a brother.

He raised the corners of his lips slightly, imperceptibly: “What are you thinking about every day?”

Shi Yun counted his fingers: “Thinking about my parents, my sister, the children, the kindergarten…”

“What about you?”

Shi Yun tilted his head in confusion.

An Huaixu repeated: “What about you, why don’t you consider yourself?”

Shi Yun didn’t answer.

An Huaixu waited patiently for a long time, thinking that he had stumped him with this profound question.

Unexpectedly, when he glanced at him, he was drowsily leaning on his knees and fell asleep.

However, Shi Yun seemed to be in a nightmare.

His eyebrows were furrowed, and he looked like he was sleeping extremely unsteadily.

An Huaixu got a few inches closer to Shi Yun, and was finally able to stroke Shi Yun’s hair like he did when he was a child, and said a comforting sentence softly: “Sleep well, I’m here.”

Shi Yun raised his hand and grabbed around randomly, and finally, at the moment when he grabbed An Huaixu’s finger, he trembled like a sleep talk and said: “Brother, I’m so scared…”

An Huaixu’s emotions that had been suppressed for a long time surged up in an instant.

But after so many years, his tears had long been swallowed into his stomach, and had become an irreparable guilt.

He couldn’t express his emotions, and he didn’t want to express them.

He had gone his own way for more than 20 years, and had once again accurately fallen on this person, experiencing what it was like to be nervous that even breathing would disturb someone.

He pulled back his finger, held Shi Yun’s cold hand, and said softly: “If this is just a self-deceiving dream…”

Then it would be good for him to die in his sleep like this.

After a long time.

Shi Yun had a short sleep, and the alcohol had subsided.

He stared at the top of the cellar in a daze.

His whole body was as weak as if he had indulged all night, and his head was heavy.

He really couldn’t figure it out.

He was obviously standing on the outside, and the wine barrel was placed on the inside.

He didn’t even touch the shadow, but he could get drunk in the air by smelling the taste.

This would make people laugh their teeth out in their village!

Shi Yun paused for two seconds, and suddenly realized that his current viewing angle was extremely incorrect.

He slowly turned his eyes, and a handsome face that was so angry between people and gods crashed into his eyes at close range!
His God!

He was actually sleeping on An Huaixu’s shoulder!

Shi Yun dared to say that he had never been so surprised as he was now… Well, maybe he was a little happy.

He looked at it secretly.

An Huaixu was closing his eyes to rest.

He was leaning against the wall, with one leg propped up and the other leg stretched out naturally.

Shi Yun had admired it enough, and sneaked his head off secretly and carefully, trying to disguise the perfect scene as if everything was as it was before when people hadn’t discovered it yet.

As everyone knows, as soon as he moved, An Huaixu opened his eyes.

He didn’t interrupt him, but stared at him deeply.

Perhaps because he realized that Shi Yun had no intention of leaving, his wildly beating heart finally stopped.

Shi Yun sat up straight, unaware, patted his hands, and praised himself in his heart for being so witty and perfectly resolving the embarrassment.

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