Chapter 405: I'm Not a Little Fool

If it were someone else, Lu Yin Song might think they can stand and talk without a sore waist.

The broken leg belongs to him, not to anyone else.

They urge him to think more openly because those people haven't experienced it themselves, so their advice is also painless and unremarkable.

But Sui Sui gives him a different feeling.

Maybe because…

The little girl, even though she once lived in hardship, even though she was heavily tormented, even after several brushes with death, still chooses to face life with a smile.

She doesn't consider the past hardships to be bad.

When she occasionally recalls it, she even picks out some candy from the middle to coax herself to eat, telling herself that life is still good and must go on.

Although his experiences differ from Sui Sui's.

Sui Sui has endured hardship, finally reborn like a phoenix, and welcomed a bright future.

While he fell from the pinnacle into the abyss, and when he looks up at the high scenery, his mindset is inevitably different.

But the strange part is…

Lu Yin Song sees Sui Sui's urging, the little girl's worries and admiration, and he not only hears them but also feels a faint stir in his heart.

He even laments, thinking that if his regular training were a bit more, his focus a bit sharper, his ability a bit stronger—

—maybe this wouldn't have happened today.

Life has no "ifs", nor any chance to start over.

Lu Yin Song understood this early on, yet now he can't help but imagine.

Realizing what he was thinking, Lu Yin Song helplessly smiled, raised his hand and gently patted Sui Sui's head: "If your body hurts, rest a while; don't move around, otherwise it will get worse, the injury will become painful."

Sui Sui still wants to move; she worries about fourth brother's wound, so she turns her head and says, "But…"

Lu Yin Song gently turns Sui Sui's little head, then pulls her to sit beside him: "No more bleeding, you don't need to look. The leg is fourth brother's; even if he can't stand, he still cherishes it. Don't be afraid, don't panic; fourth brother knows what's going on."

Sui Sui is soothed, honestly nestling in fourth brother's arms.

Lu Yin Song hasn't really coaxed his younger sister before.

When his leg was uninjured, he often played ball and practiced martial arts with friends, getting dirty and smelly every day; Lu Xue Rou found him stinky and didn't want to get close.

Later, after his leg was injured, he voluntarily cut off contact with others; his sister once tried to get close, but he mercilessly rejected her.

Now, holding Sui Sui in his arms, feeling the tiny creature close to him, Lu Yin Song experiences an indescribable, wonderful sense of reassurance.

Sister…

She really is a magical being.

Thinking of his neglect of his own sister over these years, Lu Yin Song rarely feels a few pangs of guilt.

Although this may be all his life ends up being.

But he actually still has many choices.

Perhaps taking a step forward, the world outside would look better?

If he hadn't gone out today, he might never have met Sui Sui, never have touched…

…this little soft fur.

Honestly, the feel is really nice.

It's softer and nicer to touch than the fur of a raccoon slave.

Lu Yin Song gets a bit addicted to petting it.

Sui Sui's little soft fur isn't very long; it got a bit tangled when it fell earlier, and now being petted makes it even messier, with a bit of static.

Lu Yin Song has been zapped a couple of times, crackling twice.

But he couldn't bring himself to stop, still randomly petting.

He has no technique, just petting wherever he thinks of.

Sui Sui was, twice, made to tilt forward and backward by his touch.

The little girl thought fourth brother was playing with her, giggling, "Fourth brother, you really have energy!"

Lu Yin Song, realizing he almost knocked Sui Sui over, felt guilty and eased his pressure a bit, muttering to cover himself, "I practice a lot usually."

Hearing that, Sui Sui immediately nodded, "Yes, practicing a lot really helps. I've already learned to play the piano; the master says I've been playing quite well lately!"

Lu Yin Song doesn't want the child to worry, so he endures his pain and feigns ease while chatting with Sui Sui, "Really? What have you learned? Tell fourth brother."

Talking about it, Sui Sui becomes even more spirited.

The little girl, though still in pain, can't control herself when the topic interests her: "I've learned the Three Character Classic, also the Hundred Family Surnames, and will learn the Thousand Character Classic next. The master said I have great talent; it'd be a waste not to study!"

"My piano practice is a bit slow; the master said I need to solidify the basics before I can play better later!"

"Mother Consort said I should find an embroidery lady to teach me stitching; she also said it's fine not to embroider, but I can't be incapable!"

"Recently I also need to learn arithmetic, but it's so hard, I can't master it…"

…

Lu Yin Song's head is a bit dizzy now.

He had lost a lot of blood earlier; if not for the pain waking him, he would probably still be dizzy.

Not wanting Sui Sui to worry, he bites his lower lip until blood threads appear; the pain brings back some awareness: "Is that so? What's hard about arithmetic? It's a simple matter—can't you even eat a few mantou a day?"

Sui Sui, after hearing that, is very indignant: "It's not that simple!"

Lu Yin Song smiles helplessly: "Then how do you calculate it, little fool?"

"I'm not a little fool!"

…

The siblings went back and forth for a long while; Sui Sui's mouth was dry, and feeling a bit heavy, she turned her head and discovered…

Fourth brother fainted again!

Half of his body was pressing on Sui Sui, so Sui Sui felt heavy.

"Fourth brother?"

"Fourth brother, wake up!"

Sui Sui called out a few times, and after discovering Lu Yin Song had no response, she became a bit panicked: "Le Le, could Fourth brother die? I already gave him hemostasis, didn't I?"

The system was about to advise, when it discovered that in the area it could detect, a small green dot representing a human appeared.

This is a new function it just gained after its recent upgrade, and it's very useful!

Seeing this, the system immediately spoke: "Don't be afraid, someone is already coming!"

As soon as Sui Sui heard someone was coming, she immediately turned her head to look around, not even caring that Lu Yin Song was pressing on her: "Where? Where?"

The little girl wanted to shout, but afraid the newcomers might not be her own people, she nervously clung to Lu Yin Song's clothes.

The news that Sui Sui and Lu Yin Song had been attacked and disappeared in the smoke quickly reached Princess Consort of Qi.

Upon hearing it, Princess Consort of Qi felt her vision go dark.

She pinched her own arm to keep from fainting, and immediately arranged for people to search.

Sui Sui always had guards with her, especially when they went out to play, there were quite a few guards around.

Before, when Sui Sui was playing in the woods, since this area wasn't dangerous, the guards weren't stationed especially close.

They also ran into Lu Yin Song's guards, and they even exchanged some experiences.

As a result, in just a short while, an accident occurred!

The second watch is at 19:00.