Abyss of ignorance

Chapter 8 Survivor Guilt

"Jiang Wanchao and my brother Chen Shi are close friends of the Department of Pharmacy at Linzhou University. They live in the same dormitory, from undergraduate to doctoral degree. When Yichuan was born, his mother passed away due to dystocia. I put Yichuan in foster care with my brother. This foster care lasted for 17 years."

"17 years?" Lin Xiaodong blurted out, "I seem to have heard...your brother's family..." Then he stopped and looked at Chen Yu's expression.

"It's the truth." Chen Yu said frankly, "My brother Chen Shi, sister-in-law Xu Hangjun, and niece Chen Xu had an accident while traveling in the snowy area, and the whole family died."

Chen Yu never took the initiative to talk about his family affairs at work, and Lin Xiaodong had only vaguely heard about what happened to his brother's family. At this time, when he heard Chen Yu say it himself, he still felt indescribable.

"Chen Xu..." He repeated the name, "Jiang Xu's name was changed by himself, is it because of this?"

"A child has been with my brother's family for as long as he can remember, until he grows into a teenager. To him, his family is my brother's family. Chen Xu, to him, is his sister. I Watching the two of them grow up, I have never seen a brother who can dote on his sister so much. As long as Chen Xu wants, Yichuan will do it. Chen Xu has been a good athlete since he was a child. As long as she trains, Yichuan will Accompanying practice, getting up early, working late at night, windy and rainy, more caring than the coach, the two are inseparable, alas..."

"However, this Jiang Xu seems to be paranoid."

"Yichuan, of course it wasn't like this in the past. The children my brother brought up, both Yichuan and Xiaoxu, were great children. Unlike Jiang Wanchao, my brother chose to stay in school after graduating from his Ph.D. to concentrate on scientific research. He is a He is an upright and talented scientist who teaches by precepts and deeds, and the children are also very hardworking and motivated. If it weren't for that accident, even if Ichikawa returned to live in Jiang's family, this beautiful relationship will continue to the extent of family friends. It's a pity No if."

"Could it be because of the accident of your brother's family that Jiang Xu became like this?"

"Because Chen Xu invited him to go to Xueyu together. At that time, Jiang Wanchao had just returned home, and Yichuan returned to his home not long ago, so he didn't go with them in the end. I still remember when he heard the news of the death of my brother's family, he just said "I should go with them", I can still vividly remember the disillusioned look on his face when he said that. I haven't seen him for a long time since then. When we met again, it was the police station. Jiang Wanchao called me. Said that Yichuan was detained. I couldn’t believe it. He has always been a top student and a model student. At the beginning, he must have said that my brother’s family was murdered and asked us to arrest those people he provoked. But we There is no evidence. Time and time again, year after year, he stopped saying this, but his behavior became more and more perverse, causing trouble everywhere, causing scandals. These years, he has caused Jiang Wanchao a lot of trouble..."

"Survivor guilt?"

"may be."

Sitting in the car, Jiang Xu took out the handkerchief that he always carried with him from his pocket.

It is clean, but it has become as thin as gauze after years of kneading, and there are two words embroidered crookedly on it: "Yichuan".

"Brother Yichuan, how is the homework for today's handicraft class?"

A girl's words rang in Jiang Xu's ears. Under the sun, the girl named Chen Xu's naturally curly hair glistened in the sun. She took out a brand new and simple handkerchief with "Yichuan" embroidered on it with rough techniques. .

"My name?" Jiang Yichuan said unexpectedly. He was 17 years old at the time, and his face still had the childishness of a boy who hadn't faded away and some precocious maturity. joy.

"Haha, I thought about it, and your name is the simplest." Chen Xu smiled heartily, her smile was very low, especially when she was with Jiang Yichuan.

"At this level...you should work hard to be an athlete." Jiang Yichuan said deliberately, he likes to tease this sister.

Sure enough, Chen Xu patted his arm hard, and muttered: "I embroidered it very seriously. Your birthday is coming up, so I thought this would be a gift for you?!"

There was a trace of surprise in Jiang Yichuan's eyes: "Xiaoxu, do you know what it means to give someone a handkerchief in ancient times?"

"What? Does this have any meaning?" Chen Xu said fiercely, a 14-year-old future female athlete who matured later than other girls.

He patted her on the head and said dotingly: "It symbolizes friendship, otherwise what else can it be?"

"Ah, but you are my brother, not a friend." Chen Xu said seriously.

"It's also a friend..." Jiang Yichuan snatched the handkerchief from Chen Xu's hand and stuffed it into his trouser pocket, "Xiao Xu's gift must be accepted."

……

At this time, Jiang Xu was sitting in the car, smiling sadly at the handkerchief, thinking silently, silly boy, this is a token of love, as if it was meant for Chen Xu ten years ago.

At this time, the boy sitting next to him patted his arm knowingly: "Oh, you, how long are you going to use me as a cover? Are you determined to be a bachelor for the rest of your life?"

"I don't need love." Jiang Xu said indifferently.

"I see, you're just thinking of ways to piss your dad off. I still remember your dad's face turning green when he saw us together, and he felt like he was going to pass."

"Hmph, then you underestimated him too much, how could he die so easily."

"I said Mr. Jiang, it's not a good idea to say that, he is your father!"

"Just in the genetic sense."

"Tsk... What the hell are you father and son celebrating? As for this? Do you know how many people in Linzhou dream of having Jiang Wanchao as their father?"

Jiang Xu didn't respond. He put away his handkerchief and carefully put it in the inner pocket of his coat. He looked out of the car window and saw the reflection of the century-old sycamore tree in Linzhou passing by the glass.

His slightly leaked emotions seemed to be put away along with the handkerchief, and his voice was much darker than before: "Ah Ruo, don't let anyone know that I have been to this place."

When hearing Jiang Xu's words like this, Ah Ruo immediately put away the casual look just now, and replied seriously: "Okay, Ah Xu."

……

As the sun went down, Lin Xiaodong stood guard at the gate of Jiangnan Medicine, waiting for the rush of people getting off work.

During this period of time, he seemed to have received a special kind of training. In the vast crowd, he began to recognize Ye Mimi at a glance.

Ye Mimi is indeed easy to recognize. Her walking posture is taller and more elegant than others, which comes from that amazing body coordination ability, like an outstanding dancer walking alone in the crowd.

Lin Xiaodong found that when no one was in contact with her, she would show a chilling aura, and always looked at the crowd with a scrutiny.

(End of this chapter)