I'm afraid I'm not interested in love

Chapter 601 Between Secrets and the Past

As the night deepened, the street lights were lit one by one to dispel the silence and coldness that ensued in the manor.

Su Chengyi and Chu Qingmian each put on a gray woolen coat and walked on the stone road. The sound of their footsteps echoed around them.

Chu Qingmian asked Butler Han to turn on the street lights temporarily. On weekdays, not many people come here at night. The huge lawn is regularly mowed and maintained, and it looks beautiful and smooth under the lights.

"Furui may have fallen asleep at this time. Try calling his name later! Aunt Wu said he ran around a lot this morning and her back and waist ached. She was afraid he would dive into his favorite swimming pool. There's no water in the pool in this weather!"

Chu Qingmian looked down at the overlapping shadows of the two people, muttering to himself all the way.

After the dinner, Su Chengyi suggested that he wanted to go see Fu Rui. It had been a long time since they last saw him.

So the two of them came out of the villa and went to the dog house on the other side.

From a distance, you can see the doghouse belonging to the puppy master, which was decorated in European style under the command of Chu Qingmian.

In her words, after checking, she found out that Fury's hometown is in Switzerland, so it has to be decorated in this style to make it easier for its bloodline to awaken in the future and transform into a super dog.

At that time, Su Chengyi replied ruthlessly:
"The Bernese Mountain Dog is not a shepherd dog, and it doesn't have any talents that can be awakened. If you must say, its ancestors were used to haul goods - if that's the talent you need."

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Chu Qingmian silently called the decorator and canceled the set of Swiss dog furniture she had originally prepared.

So, although the dog house looks very fashionable on the outside, it is actually filled with pink furniture that reflects Miss Chu’s personal taste.

Su Chengyi put his hands in his coat pockets and glanced at Chu Qingmian who was walking beside him.

As the two of them walked along, she was laughing and muttering all the time. There didn't sound anything unusual in her tone, but if you paid close attention, you could tell that she looked a little melancholy.

After realizing this, the words she said with a smile and in a light-hearted manner were actually just to liven up the atmosphere at the moment.

Because Su Chengyi seemed to be more taciturn than usual, Chu Qingmian had to say more words to neutralize the situation. Otherwise, the atmosphere would have been a little strange as the two of them walked along the way.

When they were still some distance away from the doghouse, Chu Qingmian finally felt a little tired from talking. Her hair was blown into disarray by the night wind, and it stung her eyes a little.

Su Chengyi simply stopped, reached out to push her hair aside, and flicked her head.

"It hurts."

Chu Qingmian covered his forehead and glared at him softly.

At such a close distance, Su Chengyi could see more clearly the burn marks on her hands.

It's actually quite serious. Although it has been a while, the skin from the back of my hand to my fingers is red and slightly swollen.

Fortunately, there were no blisters, otherwise the wound would have been at risk of infection.

However, if it has reached this level, it must still be very painful. The pain of burns is different from other types of pain. The burning sensation is very unbearable.

Su Chengyi lowered his eyes, feeling a little complicated.

The poor little monitor, who usually treated getting an injection or taking medicine as a serious enemy, didn't make a sound when he was scalded just now, and didn't reveal any flaws when playing the piano.

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After noticing Su Chengyi's unusual silence, Chu Qingmian realized that he must have noticed it. When she wanted to retract her hand in panic, it was too late as someone grabbed her wrist.

"do not move."

Su Chengyi warned her and glanced at her indifferently, which made the already guilty young lady feel even more guilty. She pursed her lips and dared not move.

Su Chengyi grabbed Chu Qingmian's wrist with his left hand, reached into his coat pocket with his right hand, and took out a tube of burn ointment and a medical cotton swab.

This was something he had specially gone around to ask for from Butler Han before coming out just now.

After hearing his purpose, the other party was naturally horrified and almost fainted from nervousness. She looked like she was going to call 120 or call the lady's private doctor to fly over immediately to give her a full body examination.

"I've checked the wound. There's no blistering. It will heal if you apply some burn ointment."

In the end, Su Chengyi had to speak out to comfort him, and he scratched his head worriedly and took out the medicine from the medical cabinet.

Not only that, he also came with detailed instructions that he personally prepared.

"According to what you said, the young lady should have suffered a first-degree burn, which only damaged the epidermis and did not form blisters. It is a first-degree burn. The healing time is usually about 1 week and no special treatment is required."

"This product is for external use only and is not for oral administration. When using this medicine, you should pay attention to your overall condition. If you have symptoms such as chills and fever, you should go to the hospital for treatment. Patients with mild burns who do not see improvement in symptoms after one to two days of medication or have local pus should go to the hospital for treatment. Those who develop allergic symptoms such as rashes after using the medicine should stop using it."

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Su Chengyi snatched the ointment and cotton swab from his hands expressionlessly, turned around and left.

The two of them sat down face to face on the lawn next to them. Chu Qingmian stretched out his hand, blinked his eyes and said carefully:
"It doesn't hurt anymore. I don't think there's any need to apply medicine."

"Is it?"

Su Chengyi wrapped a cotton swab with burn ointment and pretended to poke it hard into her wound.

Chu Qingmian was startled and wanted to pull her hand back but he grabbed her wrist again. For a moment, she had no choice but to beg for mercy.

"Ahhh, I was wrong, I was wrong! Su Chengyi! It will hurt, don't do this!"

"You know it will hurt, but you still dare to do this?"

Of course, Su Chengyi would not really do such a wicked thing as "rubbing salt into the wound". His action just now was just to scare the young lady.

In fact, he applied the medicine to the wound as gently as if he was treating something fragile.

Chu Qingmian closed his eyes at first and didn't dare to look, but now he opened his eyes in a daze.

Su Chengyi lowered his head and focused on applying the white ointment evenly to the wound with a soft cotton swab.

With this action, not only did the wound no longer hurt, but the night breeze also brought a refreshing coolness, which drove away the burning pain on the back of his hand that had been there since the burn.

Chu Qingmian sniffed and smelled the slightly pungent mint scent of the ointment, as well as the faint scent of sandalwood coming from Su Chengyi.

This smell was not his, probably because he had changed into his home clothes.

Chu Qingmian looked into his serious eyes and suddenly became absent-minded.

"sorry."

After a while, she said this without any reason.

Su Chengyi said "Hmm?" and spread the last bit of ointment evenly before looking up at her. "You must be feeling very bored and tired tonight."

Chu Qingmian looked at him and sighed softly.

Su Chengyi thought about it, but did not answer her directly. Instead, he asked:

"When you attended family dinners in the past, was the process roughly like this?"

"Yeah, it's pretty much the same."

Chu Qingmian recalled it, and then he shivered uncomfortably all over.

It's strange, after all these years, she still can't seem to get used to it.

At times like this, she was like a taut string, forcing herself to perform perfectly until the end of the party, and then she would collapse in an instant.

After every family dinner, she would cover herself up and sleep for more than ten hours. When she woke up, her mind was empty and she couldn't even tell the difference between day and night.

Especially when she was a child, every family dinner was like the end of the world to her, because for a child, wanting to satisfy the demands of so many elders at the same time was nothing short of a fantasy.

Either there was a mistake in dining etiquette, or a wrong note was accidentally played during a talent show, or an important visiting guest was not recognized, causing the situation to be awkward for a while.
Even if you are lucky and manage to pass these tests, you will definitely not be able to pass the levels that come after.

Even though Miss Chu has been very outstanding since she was young and has almost never failed in any major competitions, it is still unlikely for her to win every battle. She will eventually be caught by them with something she is not satisfied with.

"Think about it, why do we care about you but not your brothers and sisters? You have been different from them since you were born. How old do you have to be to understand this truth?"

"Perfection comes from diligence, while laziness leads to failure. Success comes from thinking, while carelessness leads to failure. Didn't you just recite the "Explanation of Learning" and forget it? Come here and recite it again to check."

"We won't negate all your efforts because of a small competition, but this result can also indirectly illustrate a problem, that is, you haven't focused on improving yourself recently. It is the nature of children to love to play, but this nature may be understandable in other families, but it is absolutely unacceptable in our family."

"Your mother went through the same thing when she was little, but she was very self-aware and never made us worry. You are different."

“Go to the meditation room for two hours today and think about where you went wrong.

I will ask you again before dinner. If you don't want to answer properly, you don't have to eat dinner. Don't worry, our whole family will accompany you to not eat."

"From now on, the entire Chu family will depend on you. If we don't treat you more strictly, how can we feel at ease in the future? Do you want to make grandpa and grandma die with regrets?"

"There are some things we don't mention because we feel that everyone will be sad if we mention them. If your brother were still alive, both your parents and us would probably feel much more at ease. Alas!"

Chu Qingmian grew up listening to these words, so when she heard her cousins ​​being scolded just now, although she wanted to step forward and say a few words to calm them down, she couldn't open her mouth.

As if traumatized by her childhood, it was difficult for her to stand up on her own, let alone help others.

"Sometimes, in fact, most of the words that grandparents said to educate my cousins ​​were said to me. It's a bit like killing a chicken to scare the monkeys. Oh, maybe it's not a good idea to say this."

Chu Qingmian looked at the red marks on the back of his hand and said with a smile:

"It's so strange. I'm grown up now, but I still feel a little scared when I hear those words."

She spoke in a very soft tone. Su Chengyi listened quietly without responding.

"I wish I was braver. There are so many things I want to protect."

As Chu Qingmian was talking, he seemed to feel a little tired and lay back.

The grass was clean and soft. Su Chengyi did not stop her but just reached out and rubbed her head.

The street lights were dazzlingly bright. Chu Qingmian narrowed his eyes slightly and sighed.

"Su Chengyi, do you know? During the 100-day oath-taking ceremony for the college entrance examination, I was not so nervous that I couldn't speak because I forgot the words because the manuscript paper was replaced."

Su Chengyi was slightly stunned as he didn't expect her to suddenly bring up this incident which happened so long ago.

He has actually always been a little strange about this issue.

Because with Chu Qingmian's personal ability, even if the manuscript paper was temporarily replaced, she should be able to react quickly and then start to express herself freely and give an impromptu speech.

This should not be a difficult task for the young class monitor, especially as it is a versatile speech topic like the college entrance examination 100-day oath-taking rally.

Even a socially anxious person like Su Chengyi can give a speech about the "golden age" after running onto the stage. The Chinese class representative must have more famous quotes stored in his brain than him.

So this matter didn't make sense no matter how you thought about it, but Su Chengyi didn't think too much about it. He simply attributed it to "temporary nervousness so his brain went blank."

If you think about it carefully, this reason can be barely explained.

But at this time, Chu Qingmian personally admitted that there were other reasons.

"You looked at the manuscript at that time. Do you remember what was written on it?"

Chu Qingmian blocked the light from the street lamp with his hand, and his pupils glowed faintly like black gemstones under the shadow of his palm.

Su Chengyi thought about it and nodded with slight hesitation.

"Remember some."

Most of them were obscene words that were painted with bright red crayons. They were extremely glaring, like scenes that often appear in horror movies.

"There's a line in it that says, you're a vampire who stole other people's lives, a murderer."

Chu Qingmian's tone was indifferent.

Of course Su Chengyi remembered this sentence, because compared with those other dirty and vulgar words, it was relatively mild.

Unexpectedly, this was the most overwhelming thing for Chu Qingmian.

Thinking of this, Su Chengyi's eyes darkened, and for the first moment he almost began to doubt whether there was any hidden truth behind this matter.

But if you think about it carefully, it’s still not right.

Because he had indeed caught the culprit of the manuscript paper incident, who was just an ordinary and inconspicuous female classmate who did such a thing out of dark jealousy.

With her identity, it was impossible for her to know the secret of the Chu family, that is, Chu Qingmian had a younger brother who died young.

So, it was just a coincidence.

However, for Chu Qingmian who was standing on the stage at that time, the offensiveness of this sentence was much sharper than any other words.

Because of this, after Su Chengyi reached out to snatch the manuscript paper, she said to him in such a fragile and uneasy tone:
".Don't look."

(End of this chapter)