Chapter 224 Grandpa
"We just met today?" Xiao Shui murmured to himself. Suddenly, he excitedly ran towards the door and suddenly opened it. Chen Huaian's face appeared in front of him. He was shocked and his pupils suddenly dilated. He didn't know how Chen Huaian found him.
But soon, he suppressed the shock in his heart, pushed Chen Huaian out of the door, and then knelt on the ground with a plop. He sobbed and said to Chen Huaian: "My strange brother, I know you play the flute very well. I want to ask you to do me a favor."
After hearing this, Chen Huaian frowned slightly and opened a barrier. He walked over and helped Xiaoshui up. He knew Xiaoshui wanted to kneel, so he did not stop him, because this was the only way to help him more reasonably.
However, when he wanted to help Xiaoshui up, Xiaoshui showed a determined look on his face, as if he would not get up without his order.
Seeing this, Chen Huaian understood what Xiaoshui was thinking. He said, "What kind of help? Just tell me. Anything I can help with."
"I want you to play the same tune you played today for my grandfather. My grandfather loved listening to it when I was a child, but I can't play the flute, so I want to..."
Xiaoshui began to stammer when he got to this point, and seemed embarrassed to ask Chen Huaian for help.
"Okay." When Chen Huaian said this, Xiaoshui's eyes lit up.
"Really?" Xiao Shui asked again in disbelief.
"Really." Chen Huaian replied, "But I have a request."
When Xiaoshui heard that he still wanted to ask for something, he nodded his head and said, "No problem, even if you want my life, I can give it to you."
When Chen Huaian heard Xiao Shui's words, he shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't need your life, I just want to see the jade pendant on your chest."
"Jade pendant?" Xiaoshui picked up the jade pendant on her chest. At this moment, the jade pendant looked like an ordinary jade pendant, without any aura. But Chen Huaian knew very well that a jade pendant that could block the Eye of the Soul could not be an ordinary jade pendant.
Xiaoshui held the jade pendant in his palm, with reluctance in his eyes, but soon he tore off the jade pendant and handed it to Chen Huaian.
"Big brother, here you go."
Chen Huaian nodded, took the jade pendant and looked at it carefully.
The moment he took the jade pendant, a gentle yet mysterious power permeated his palm, and he was immediately shocked. Although his strength was suppressed now, it had been mostly recovered. It was rare for something to make him have such a feeling.
He looked at it for a while and returned the jade pendant to Xiaoshui. Xiaoshui was a little confused when she saw Chen Huaian returning the jade pendant to him.
"Big brother, don't you want this jade pendant?"
Chen Huaian smiled softly and said, "I don't want this jade pendant. I just want to take a quick look at it."
He couldn't figure out the origin of the jade pendant. Although he felt that it was very mysterious, he never thought of taking possession of it. He just wanted to take a look at it.
"Let's go, let's go in and play some music for your grandfather." Chen Huaian said, and then he walked into their house. Xiaoshui nodded with tears in her eyes, and followed Chen Huaian into the house. Lao Niu stood outside the house.
After Chen Huaian walked into the house, he saw an old man who was very old. His breathing was very weak, almost only in and no out. Chen Huaian knew that the old man's life was about to come to an end. This was the law. Even if there were natural treasures to prolong his life, he would not live long.
"Xiao Shui, are there any guests coming? Why did you leave them outside just now? That's so rude." The old man said, breathing laboriously as if he had used up all his strength.
Xiao Shui quickly stepped forward, took his grandfather's hand, and said, "No, Grandpa, I asked him to play the music for you."
Xiaoshui's voice was trembling, he was afraid that his grandfather's hands would drop at any moment, but in fact, with Chen Huaian here, his grandfather would not die in a short time, but it would not last too long either.
"Play some music. I love it."
"Yeah." Xiao Shui responded, "I know Grandpa likes to listen to it, so I found it especially for you."
Chen Huaian listened to the conversation between the grandfather and grandson, silently took out the flute, and the melody of Wugui rang out in this small room.
The flute sounded melodious. As the old man listened to it, his eyes gradually became blurred and his memories emerged in his mind like a passing show.
Slowly, his eyes became empty. As the melody of no return fell, the old man's life also came to an end.
His hands hung down weakly. Xiaoshui looked at the deceased old man and could no longer hold back her tears.
"grandfather!"
Chen Huaian watched and quietly left the room. At the end of the old man's life, he eliminated the old man's illness and allowed him to leave without pain.
The old man's life span has come to an end. Even if Chen Huaian prolongs his life, he will not live long. Moreover, after Chen Huaian leaves, no one can suppress his pain. Instead of letting him die in pain, it is better to let him die now.
Chen Huaian came outside, and the old cow saw him coming out of the house, and it called out, "Moo." (Done?)
"Well, now we just have to wait for him to come out."
The old cow nodded slightly. Although it was not in the house, it could hear their conversation clearly.
Chen Huaian and Lao Niu waited outside the house. After a long time, Xiao Shui came out of the house. He glanced at Chen Huaian and was about to kneel down when Chen Huaian flashed in front of him and stopped him.
"No need." Chen Huaian said.
"I would like you to..."
"can."
Chen Huaian could guess what he wanted to say, so he agreed directly. When Xiaoshui heard Chen Huaian agree before he finished speaking, he didn't know how to thank Chen Huaian. Thousands of words turned into one word, "Thank you."
……
The next day, a small mound appeared in front of Chen Huaian, Lao Niu and Xiao Shui, and buried in it was Xiao Shui's grandfather.
Xiao Shui looked at the small earthen slope, and his thoughts went back to the past;
"Every time I left, Grandpa would always quietly follow me. He was small and short, and even if he had fallen far behind me, he would still use his remaining strength to catch up with my footsteps, just to... take one more look at me."
"My dear grandson, run slower, Grandpa can't catch up with you."
"When I was little, my grandfather always ran faster than me and I could never catch up with him."
"Later, as I grew older, my grandfather became more hunched over and he couldn't catch up with me anymore."
"Later, grandpa was out of breath when he walked, and I had already run ahead of him."
"And now that Grandpa is no longer running, he will never be able to catch up with me."
"I once sat in my grandfather's arms and told him that when I grow up, I will make a lot of money for him."
"And now I am watching the flames burn so much of Grandpa's money."
Chen Huaian listened in silence.
"Grandpa is much shorter now. Even if I kneel down and knock my head on the ground, he is still shorter than me."
As Xiaoshui spoke, tears streamed down his cheeks, and his tears were filled with his reluctance to leave his grandfather.
(End of this chapter)
