Chapter 3946 A sprained foot

On this day, it rained after a long period of clear sky.

It doesn't rain heavily.

Just a drizzle of rain.

Children, either wearing raincoats or holding umbrellas, ran past passers-by, smiling.

The laughter mixed with the sound of rain and footsteps, vague yet clear.

The bright rain boots shine even more brightly in the dim rainy day.

Even the splashing rain seemed to reflect the sparkling light.

……

Xiao Xiao walked in the rain holding a black umbrella.

The air, which was a little cooler due to the rain, made people feel very comfortable.

Xiao Xiao curled the corners of his mouth slightly.

……

"Mother."

The child's clear voice seems far away and near.

"Why doesn't that grandma hide from the rain?"

……

"Yes."

A woman's voice sounded.

A little more vague than a child's voice.

"Mom doesn't know either."

"what."

"The car is here."

"Let's hurry up."

……

"But Grandma-"

"Grandma must have her own reasons."

The woman interrupted the child.

"Run faster."

"The car has stopped."

"If we don't get on this bus, you're going to be late."

……

"Why!?"

"Mom, let's hurry up!"

The child screamed.

Then came the sound of messy footsteps.

Patapapap~

Mixed with the sound of rain, it made people feel a little panic.

……

Xiao Xiao paused slightly.

He changed direction.

Walk in the direction where the sound came from.

After walking a few steps, he was somewhat surprised to find the surroundings familiar.

here……

Isn’t it the small square that he and Zhang Bo came to a few days ago?

The old man that the child mentioned...couldn't be...

……

Xiao Xiao walked towards the place where he met the old man in his memory.

Soon, he saw...

Just like the last time we met, the old man was sitting on the bench.

But it was a sunny day that time.

And now, it's raining.

It's raining heavily.

Although it is not big, it can still get people wet.

However, the old man did not hold an umbrella.

……

The old man is wearing a hat.

Unlike the hat with a ribbon bow last time, this time the old man’s hat is a black beret.

The hanging silver ornaments reflected a faint light in the dim and gloomy rainy day.

……

Might as well be the hat from last time.

At least it can block some rain.

……

Xiao Xiao walked quickly to the old man's side.

……

After a few seconds, the old lady, noticing something was wrong, looked up.

She thought the rain had stopped.

But what she saw was different from what she felt.

She looked up in confusion.

Then she froze.

She turned her head.

After a moment of confusion and surprise, the old lady smiled with gratitude.

"Thank you, young man."

It turns out that the rain didn't stop.

Instead, the kind young man used his umbrella to shield her from the rain.

……

Xiao Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly.

This sentence is not wrong in terms of meaning.

but……

Why does he feel...

"Old man."

Xiao Xiao smiled.

Thinking of the old man's "complaint" to him last time, "Old man, do you still remember me?", Xiao Xiao said, "We meet again."

……

The old lady was stunned again.

She narrowed her eyes slightly.

It's dim on rainy days.

The black umbrella made her vision even darker.

In addition, the young man was tall, and when she was sitting and looking up at him, she couldn't see his face clearly.

Just based on the first impression, this is a stranger.

But the other party's words just now clearly showed that her feeling was wrong.

This was not the first time they had met.

……

Was it someone she knew? The old lady found that squinting did not allow her to see the other person more clearly, so she opened her eyes wide again.

who is it?

She still didn't find the familiar feeling in the other person.

……

Helplessly, the old lady hesitated and asked, "Who are you?"

"Excuse me."

The old lady apologized immediately.

But, if you don’t know someone, you don’t know him/her.

There is no way to install this.

"I don't remember... we've met before..."

……

Xiao Xiao was a little surprised.

Some of the guesses turned out to be true.

He felt that there was something wrong with the look and words the old lady said to him before.

Whether it was the old lady's demeanor or what she said...

There was no sense of familiarity with him at all.

They seemed like strangers meeting for the first time.

……

"We met a few days ago."

Xiao Xiao said in a relaxed tone.

"At that time, my friend and I were helping a child who was separated from his mother to find his mother."

"I came to ask you for news..."

"Have you remembered?"

Xiao Xiao did not elaborate on what happened that day.

He just gave a rough description.

If the old man still doesn't remember, he will give up.

After all, their last meeting wasn't so meaningful that it couldn't be forgotten...

It's normal for old people to have a poor memory.

……

The old lady frowned.

Saw it a few days ago...

Only a few days had passed, she shouldn't have forgotten.

……

The old lady did not doubt the other party's words.

In her opinion, there was nothing alarming about the other party's words.

She is not a suspicious person.

Moreover, this young man did not look like someone with bad intentions.

She doesn't judge people by appearance.

She believes that appearance is determined by the heart.

Having lived for most of her life, she believes that she has some ability to judge people.

……

It is a good thing to help lost children find their mothers

The old lady had a hint of admiration for the kind young man.

"You are a good person."

……

The familiar compliment made Xiao Xiao's mouth curl up.

"Thank you."

"You said the same thing to me and my friend last time."

……

"is it?"

The old lady raised her hand and pressed her temple.

She tilted her head slightly.

"……Feel sorry."

"I have no recollection of it at all."

……

"It's ok."

Xiao Xiao shook his head.

"Old man."

Xiao Xiao changed the subject.

"Let me take you home."

"Or, you say, a place to take shelter from the rain."

Considering that maybe the old lady didn't want to go home yet, Xiao Xiao said again.

"I'll take you there."

……

The old lady was stunned again.

Then she laughed.

"oops."

“You are such a good person.”

"Thank you."

"It's not that I don't want to hide from the rain..."

The old lady looked at the rain outside the umbrella.

The rain is getting a little heavier now.

But when it first rained, the rain wasn't heavy.

There is time for people to hide from the rain.

……

The old man looked down at his right foot.

"My foot is sprained."

Just when she noticed the rain and subconsciously wanted to stand up-
Halfway through standing, she fell back into the chair because of the pain in her feet.

The old man moved his right foot slightly.

The pain that instantly shot up her nerves made her look even worse.

"I just thought about it."

"It's not raining heavily anyway."

……

“Even if it doesn’t rain…”

Xiao Xiao shook his head disapprovingly.

"You can't sit here all the time even if your foot is injured."

"What are you going to do when the rain stops?"

……

The old man was stumped by the question.

　ps: Thank you Cangqiong Qianjue for the reward~(*︶*)!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)