Chapter 31: Real Dreams
When Shu Nuan got home, Shu Nuan's mother was already asleep. Shu Nuan didn't wake her up, but just stood by the bed and looked at it for a while before leaving the bedroom.
"Sister, where did you go yesterday?"
Shu Yun followed Shu Nuan, curious and worried about his sister's absence last night.
Shu Nuan was sitting on the sofa, looking slightly tired. Shu Yun immediately poured her a glass of water thoughtfully. Seeing her pale face, he reached out to touch her head, and was startled by the warmth under his hands.
"Sister, you have a fever?!"
Shu Nuan pulled the anxious Shu Yun to sit down, "Keep your voice down, don't wake mom up."
Shu Yun was so anxious that he touched her face and forehead again, "Sister, your face has no color at all. Are you seriously ill? I'll take you to the hospital."
Shu Nuan pulled her and shook her head with a smile.
"It's not that serious. It just rained a little last night. I don't have fever-reducing medicine at home. Just take two pills and it'll be fine."
Shu Yun quickly found antipyretic medicine, Shu Nuan took the medicine, and Shu Yun helped her back to the room. The two sisters talked for a while, and Shu Yun went back to the room.
"Yunyun, have you called back in the past two days?"
Shu Yun nodded, "He had a beating last night, so we don't have to worry about him."
Shu Nuan nodded, "Go to rest early!"
Perhaps because of the effect of the medicine, or perhaps because he was really too tired, Shu Nuan quickly fell into a deep sleep.
She didn't know if she was dreaming. If she was dreaming, why was her mind so clear? She clearly understood that everything in front of her was not a dream at all.
Even in the scorching midsummer, my grandma's house in the countryside was always cool and refreshing. There was a tall sycamore tree in the yard, with its dense branches and leaves extending outside the wall, leaving a large shadow.
The sycamore tree is old, its branches are crooked, and one of its branches is short. Shu Nuan, who is small, can climb it while standing on a bench.
It was still a midsummer afternoon, and she received a birthday gift from her father. She happily climbed up the old sycamore tree, raised her head, and looked at the necklace. The sunlight fell through the branches and leaves, shining on it.
The necklace was sprinkled on her little face, and the necklace sparkled. The smile on her face was brighter than the light of the necklace, and her two thin and white calves were swinging back and forth in the air.
She shook the necklace from side to side, and unexpectedly, a boy's figure broke into her sight. She looked at the boy standing in the shade of the tree and looked up at her, and asked: "Who are you?"
The boy ignored her.
"Are you enjoying the cool air too? It's not as cool down there as it is above. Come up, too. I'll hold you there."
After speaking, she stretched out her hand, but the boy made no move.
The child never thought so much in her heart. Seeing that he didn't speak, she didn't make any fuss. She shook the necklace in her hand at him again, smiled brightly, and gestured with her hands as she spoke.
"Big brother, look, this is my birthday gift from my dad. One heart is dad and the other heart is me. Isn't it beautiful? It also shines, like a star!"
The boy's eyes only stopped on the glowing necklace for a moment, and then moved to Shu Nuan's face.
Shu Nuan was confused. He didn't speak. With a delicate frown, she asked loudly:
"Brother, are you mute? Why don't you speak?"
After a long time, the boy finally spoke, but his words knocked all Shu Nuan's good mood away.
"The necklace is just like you, it's ugly."
Shu Nuan's little face instantly bulged with anger, her mouth curled up, her eyes filled with tears, she took off one of her sandals and threw it at him.
"You are ugly, you are an ugly monster, Zhu Bajie!"
She exerted too much force and forgot that she was on a tree. She slipped and fell from the tree...
Chapter completed!