Chapter 84

When Lin Xiaodong woke up, he thought he had died.

He lay flat on the bed, looking peaceful.

Ah, he's already a wreck.

But when he heard the sound of the wheels coming from the side, Lin Xiaodong blinked his eyes, and still tried his best to turn his head to look over.

But it was such a simple action, because it involved the sore muscles on his body, which still made him grin for a while.

"You... are you the enchanter who came to pick me up?" In the dim room, the pale and thin boy stared blankly at the man sitting beside his bed, clenched the quilt on his body, and asked in a low voice, " Please, may I ask, are you a cow head or a horse face?"

Hearing this, Lin Pei's face darkened.

"Looks like you've had a good rest," he said in a flat voice looking at Lin Xiaodong's playful appearance, "Then get up, just in time for this afternoon's class."

Lin Xiaodong immediately returned to normal, and refused righteously: "Then there is no need, I think I have a disease that will kill me if I leave the bed."

Lin Pei and the boy with the words "sincere" written all over his face looked at each other for a moment, then suddenly let out a snort from his nose, pushed his wheelchair to the head of the bed, and poured him a glass of water.

"Thank you." Lin Xiaodong took it over a little flattered.

"Physical fitness is too poor, and I don't usually exercise well." Lin Pei looked at the boy leaning on the head of the bed, holding a cup and drinking water. For some reason, there was a sense of satisfaction in feeding hamsters.

He forced himself to ignore this feeling, knocked on the handrail with his knuckles, and continued: "And whether it's the running posture or the way of breathing is completely wrong, all these together, you almost finished the entire run, it's not I can barely see your perseverance."

"You can just say that I don't know how to be reckless." Lin Xiaodong put down the cup and pouted, "I'm not good at running, and I don't like sports. However, anyway..." He glanced at A glance at Lin Pei's legs that have been covered by blankets all the year round, the implication is clear.

But Lin Pei was unexpectedly not angry.

"You compare with me?" He raised his eyebrows and said, "When I ran a fifteen-kilometer zipper, you probably weren't born yet."

"Have you been a soldier?"

"It doesn't count as a soldier," Lin Pei said, "just received special forces-related training."

That doesn't count! ?

Lin Xiaodong twitched the corners of his mouth, but also felt a deep pity for the man - he used to be an elite at the top of the pyramid in terms of physical strength, intelligence and endurance, but now he can only be accompanied by wheelchairs and illnesses. This huge gap is enough to drive a normal person crazy.

"Can I ask you a question?" he asked after thinking about it.

"You ask," said Lin Pei, who seemed surprisingly good-natured today, "but I won't necessarily answer."

Lin Xiaodong didn't care either, in his opinion this was the answer that Lin Pei would have. He asked, "What happened to you that night?"

He was talking about the sound he heard when he came to the castle on the first day. Lin Pei was silent for a moment. Just when Lin Xiaodong thought he would not answer, the man said lightly, "It's just a complication."

"Then why don't you ask the doctor to prescribe you some painkillers?"

It was an unbearable pain that even Lin Pei felt, and Lin Xiaodong couldn't imagine what kind of torture it was.

"Opened," I don't know what he remembered, and Lin Pei's face showed a hint of sarcasm, "Thanks to my good opponents, not only did I almost never feel the pain again, but also almost caused the drug to become Addiction, you can't quit it for a lifetime."

Lin Xiaodong was immediately speechless.

But Lin Pei didn't seem to have any intention of complaining about his tragic experience to outsiders, not to mention that in his eyes, the young man in front of him was just a stupid, stubborn kid who didn't know much about the world. He asked calmly, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Did he take the wrong medicine today? Lin Xiaodong thought in disbelief.

But he still seized this rare opportunity and made a request that would turn pale on the spot if Ye Shiyuan heard it: "Can I see your legs?"

The voice fell, and the room fell silent.

Lin Xiaodong quickly changed his words and said, "If you don't want it, forget it..." He leaned against the head of the bed, scratching his head a little embarrassedly, as if to explain that he didn't mean to offend, but Lin Pei just looked deeply. He glanced.

The man said nothing, and silently lifted the blanket over his lap.

At first glance, there was nothing abnormal, because Lin Pei was still wearing a pair of black trousers. But when he bent down and slowly lifted his trouser legs to reveal the pale and thin calf below, Lin Xiaodong couldn't help but suffocate.

It's not to say how ugly it is. With the financial resources of the Lin family and Lin Pei's strong self-esteem, even if he is disabled, he can still maintain a relatively good state - but, this is only relative to other patients with the same situation. Speaking of.

The man's legs are not deformed, and even if you only look at the calf, it can be called a good-looking sentence, which is very in line with the current aesthetic of young and thin. However, when it is placed on a man who is nearly 1.9 meters tall, it will only make people feel an absurd sense of disobedience.

Because this is not the effect that can be achieved by weight loss and exercise at all, but only because of the unhealthy slenderness caused by long-term muscle atrophy.

When Lin Xiaodong lowered his head to observe, Lin Pei also kept staring at the expression on his face.

There was no sympathy on the young man's face, only doubts and absent-minded thoughts.

This can't help but make Lin Pei a little annoyed, and a little helpless - he took the initiative to expose his biggest hidden secret, how dare this little devil dare to wander in front of him?

"What are you thinking?" But at the same time, he couldn't help but ask curiously.

"I was thinking..." Lin Xiaodong opened his mouth, but glanced at him quickly and closed his mouth, "Forget it, let's not talk about it."

Lin Pei frowned: "Say."

"Then you promise not to be angry?"

The man in the wheelchair looked unpredictable, Lin Xiaodong looked at him a little nervously, and after a while, Lin Pei nodded slowly.

"You said," he said calmly, "I promise not to be angry."

As for whether it will settle accounts after the fall, it is not certain.

But the young man obviously believed it. He happily lifted the quilt and raised his long, slender and straight legs in front of Lin Pei, his fair feet were still dangling in the air: "I was thinking, although I ran Not moving for fifteen kilometers, but I still like my legs."

As he said that, he proudly gave the man a "yeah" with his thumb and toe, looking like he wanted to be beaten.

Lin Pei: "..."

Good, the fist is hard.

Lin Xiaodong, who felt a chill rush up from his back, immediately restrained his smile and looked at him vigilantly: "It was agreed just now, you can't be angry!"

"...I'm not angry." Lin Pei took a deep breath and squeezed a sly smile at him.

The man pinched his eyebrows, and thought to himself what else could he expect from Lin Xiaodong, this kid probably will never know what it means to wink.

But it is undeniable that Lin Xiaodong's carefree attitude made Lin Pei heave a sigh of relief, and his back, which had been tense, was slowly relaxed.

"Let me tell you, because of yesterday's heavy rain, you were the only one who insisted on completing the punishment, so Ye Shiyuan decided to reward you with an additional fifty medals." Before Lin Xiaodong was happy, Lin Pei's next words broke him. "However, you still haven't completed our bet, so according to the previous agreement, you have to promise me a request."

The young man sat on the bed and sighed, revealing a self-confessed unlucky expression.

"Tell me, what's the request?"

"Before that, I have to ask you a question." Lin Pei asked without answering, "What dreams do you have about your future?"

My dream is to get five good person cards as soon as possible, find Gu, sleep and run away, Lin Xiaodong thought blankly.

Although the system repeatedly told him that the Lin Pei in front of him was Gu Xi, the man's legs were not without hope of recovery, and the functions of that were not affected... But Lin Xiaodong refused to accept this cruel fact.

Get his eight-pack back!

However, in front of Lin Pei, the young man replied obediently: "My idol is Van Gogh, and I want to be a painter as great as him."

"Van Gogh..." Lin Pei frowned slightly, "That's why you suggested me to plant sunflowers outside the castle that night?"

"more or less."

"That's fine," Lin Pei raised his brows, the corners of his lips curled slightly, and suddenly gave him a dazzling smile, which made Lin Xiaodong stunned for a while, "My request is: from now on, Draw a sunflower every week and give it to me on Friday afternoon."

"It shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"

Lin Xiaodong was dumb to eat Huanglian, so he could only bite the bullet and agree: "Yes, yes, but what do you want my paintings for?"

Lin Pei looked down at his legs.

"The height of the wheelchair is not enough," the man with eyes as big as the tip of a needle smiled slightly, turning the wheelchair to leave calmly, "Draw a few more pictures, just right for stepping."

Lin Xiaodong raised a vicious middle finger at his back.

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"Too bad!" He took a pen and sat in the classroom absentmindedly listening to the teacher in front of him, but he couldn't help complaining to the system in his heart, "He is definitely not Gu Xi! Gu Xi is not like this!"

The system listens attentively: "Which?"

"Small-minded, teasing people, and jealous..." The more Lin Xiaodong said, the more wrong it became. Isn't this the impression Gu Xi has always given people?

He propped his chin in annoyance, clicked his tongue, and doodled on the notes with his right hand.

"Lin Xiaodong!"

Accompanied by the sound of footsteps, before Lin Xiaodong could react, the book in front of him was taken away by the teacher.

The children who were sleepy in class turned their heads, with expressions of watching the excitement on their faces, and Lynch even took the lead in making a loud laugh.

Only the short-haired little girl Lin Shun who took the initiative to cooperate with Lin Xiaodong in the ghost hunting competition, holding the pencil in her hand, gave him a worried look.

"How many times have you lost your mind in class?" The teacher stared at him and criticized bitterly, "You have already received a fine, but you still haven't restrained yourself! If you don't listen to the class well, you draw something messy in class- -" He looked at Lin Xiaodong's painting and stopped abruptly halfway through his words.

Because Lin Xiaodong painted none other than Lin Pei.

To be precise, it was a man who was sitting in a wheelchair with a shadow of Gu Xi between his eyebrows.

"...Forget it, let's not do it next time." The teacher moved his lips and put down the notebook in his hand. In Lynch's disappointed eyes, he just warned Lin Xiaodong, and did not impose any more punishment on him.

"Classmates, before the next class starts, remember to clean up your desks," he stood on the podium and glanced over the entire class, "Also, be sure to show your best mental state and be positive. Speak up! Because there will be someone listening to the class at the back, and those who perform well will be rewarded, do you hear me?"

"heard it--"

Lin Xiaodong didn't want to answer at first, but the teacher on the stage swept over with a knife, so he could only sit down obediently.

After class, the teenager immediately slumped on his seat helplessly, thinking that he had already gone to high school in this world, but he still had to go to class with a group of junior high school students. It was a life that was more difficult than hell.

Lin Shun, who was sitting in front, glanced at him from a distance, hesitated for a while, but took the initiative to come over.

"During the game before," the little girl said to Lin Xiaodong in her usual mature tone, her calm appearance really didn't look like a teenage child, "Actually, the more correct way is to leave me and run away, In this way, before Teacher Ye catches you, at least you have a chance to get more medals. The value of sacrificing me is more than yours."

"It's just a game, and I didn't expect so much at the time," Lin Xiaodong raised his head, "So you're also here to criticize me?"

"No!" Lin Shun immediately denied it. She blinked her eyes quickly, and seemed embarrassed to avoid the boy's gaze, "I just want to thank you. Never..." She took a deep breath, her voice a little rough. Trembling, "No one has ever been willing to stand in front of me."

"Ding, good person card +1."

Lin Xiaodong raised his eyebrows, wondering what kind of life this little girl lived in the past, but the system quickly answered his doubts: "She is a sideline of the Lin family, and her parents divorced when she was eight years old. Now, no one wants to take care of her, so it can be considered that she grew up in a relative's family."

Lin Xiaodong understood.

The girl who just entered junior high school is at the age of lack of love, and it is obvious that Lin Shun has a very strong personality.

Unlike him, he is both salty and big-hearted.

"No thanks." He smiled at the little girl, took out a piece of coin chocolate from his pocket and handed it to her. He brought it from Lin Pei's room. Men don't eat it anyway. It's just a decoration there. "This is a gift for you, just to celebrate our happy cooperation."

"chocolate!?"

Lin Shun exclaimed, his eyes instantly lit up with surprise.

In the case of the medal system in the castle, sweets and snacks are extravagant things, and she hadn't tasted chocolate for a long time. Under the envious gazes of the surrounding children, she peeled off the outer packaging of the chocolate, put it in her mouth in front of them, and showed Lin Xiaodong a cute smile with curved eyebrows.

Lin Pei, who was pushed by Ye Shiyuan to the classroom, looked up and saw this scene.

"Remember to add one to the rules," he said in a low voice, looking at the back of the boy sitting in the seat, "Puppy love is prohibited in the castle."

Ye Shiyuan: "...Yes."

But he thought, this rule probably doesn't apply to Lin Xiaodong.

Because in a few days, the teenager will be 18 years old, so naturally it is not a puppy love.

"If only I had such a daughter." However, Lin Xiaodong, who still knew nothing about Lin Pei's arrival, still sighed with the system, "Unfortunately, I like men."

System: "Actually, if you really want to, I can also apply to the headquarters and let you go to the world of boys and girls to do tasks next."

Like the previous mermaid world, if it weren't for the reproductive/reproductive isolation, and Gu Xi's rigorous research attitude towards various postures, maybe all the little mermaids born would run all over the place.

Lin Xiaodong: "...Thank you, no need."

He didn't know why, but suddenly shivered. And when Lin Xiaodong looked back and saw the black-haired man in the wheelchair, he finally understood where the feeling just now came from - good guy, it really is you!

Although he wanted to ask Lin Pei why he was so busy recently, the teacher had already come in. In desperation, Lin Xiaodong had no choice but to turn around and listen to the teacher on the podium bursting out with incomparably enthusiastic passion and impassioned enthusiasm. start teaching them.

Halfway through the class, Lin Xiaodong's eyelids started to fight again.

He propped his head on his elbows, half-squinted his eyes and looked forward, forcing himself not to fall asleep. The teacher who was in class saw him like this, and then looked at Lin Pei, who was pushing his wheelchair slowly from behind, and decided wisely that he didn't see anything and taught his class on his own.

Lin Pei pushed the wheelchair behind Lin Xiaodong, and looked at the boy who had the words "I'm so sleepy" even on his back, but looked extraordinarily energetic after class. He couldn't help hooking his lips. came up with an idea.

Lin Xiaodong was in a daze when suddenly a big hand with well-defined joints stretched out from the left rear and took away the notebook he had placed on the table.

In an instant, the drowsiness in his head was swept away, and he turned around abruptly. Sure enough, he saw the man in the wheelchair looking down at his notes, his expression indifferent. Lin Xiaodong took a deep breath, glanced at the teacher who was still in class, and said in a low voice, "Give it back to me!"

Lin Pei didn't lift his head: "Take your class."

But when he turned to the portrait painted by Lin Xiaodong in the previous class, his movements stopped unconsciously. Lin Xiaodong took this opportunity and snatched his notebook from him.

"Who allowed you to watch it?" The young man glared at him angrily, his cheeks a little red.

I don't know if it was because of anger or because of shame, but the big eyes of the young man were as bright as if they had been washed with water. Lin Pei was stunned for a while, stared at him blankly, and didn't speak for a long time.

It wasn't until Ye Shiyuan came over that he slowly lowered his eyes and said, "I'm sorry."

Lin Xiaodong, who did not expect Lin Pei to apologize, choked on his chest in one breath, unable to go up or down.

"Forget it, I don't have the same knowledge as you." He muttered and turned around, so angry that Ye Shiyuan thumped him on the head: "How did you talk!"

"Patriarch, are you still watching?" he asked Lin Pei.

The man shook his head: "No, go back."

Ye Shiyuan responded and pushed Lin Pei out of the classroom under the slightly disappointed eyes of the teacher.

Pushing the wheelchair through the sun-drenched corridor, Ye Shiyuan was afraid that Lin Pei would be angry, so he took the initiative to say two words to Lin Xiaodong: "Xiaodong is naughty, please don't have the same knowledge as him."

The man didn't answer.

So Ye Shiyuan asked again, "It's been almost a month since these children came to the castle. Patriarch, which one do you like more? The second stage of training is about to start. I'll ask the supervisor to pay more attention."

After a moment of silence, Lin Pei turned his head and looked at the desolate garden outside the castle, and suddenly asked out of nowhere:

"You said, sunflowers that grow in the sun only chase the sun?"

Ye Shiyuan was stunned for a moment, and answered somewhat puzzled: "It should be right... At least I only know that sunflowers are positive, they will always grow in the direction of the sun, and at night, they will slowly swing back."

"What if there is no sun all the time?" Lin Pei asked persistently.

"That will definitely die. Not to mention sunflowers, no plants can survive without the sun." Ye Shiyuan became more and more confused. This question that even elementary school students knew, why did Lin Pei keep asking repeatedly ?