Chapter 113 Li Ke’s Gift
Zu'an, ditch zone.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, a group of people stood outside the door, looking at Isha as she walked out, and then they all flocked to her.
Isa closed the door first, holding a cup under her arm. She shook her head vigorously at everyone, then stretched out a hand to push them, making a gesture to make them step back.
"How is Jinx?" Hilko asked concerned.
Isa couldn't speak, just nodded, and then shook her head.
Wei sighed next to him and said in a deep voice: "It's been three days and I've only had two drinks of water and haven't eaten anything."
"In the past three days, she locked herself in the room without making a sound. The only person who could go in was Isa, but she didn't eat the food Isa brought her. I called outside the door. She, she won’t respond to me either.”
In three days, the Zaun people have returned to Zaun from Piltover, and with the financial assistance of Piltover, Zaun, which was washed away by the flood, is being rebuilt.
Hilko has been very busy these days. It should be said that the management of Zaun are all busy, and Hilko is the busiest person. But even so, he still takes an hour out every day to come here. Look at Jinx and learn about Jinx's condition from Vi and Janna.
If the goddess Janna hadn't been paying attention to Jinx all the time and told them, Jinx was doing nothing in the room, just lying on the bed,
Wake up from sleep, wake up from sleep,
The lights were not turned on, the curtains were not drawn, and I was left in darkness, but my breathing was steady
Without Janna's words, Hilko would really send someone to break down the door and force his way in.
Rather than making Jinx hate herself, Hilko was more afraid that Jinx would lose her mind and choose to commit suicide.
Jinx would do something like this. When Vi and Jinx were joking before, Hilko was beside him carrying the snacks Jinx bought.
Wei said at the time - "You are so obsessed with Li Ke, but if one day Li Ke dies and is gone, what will you do?"
Vi was joking, but Jinx's answer was very serious. She looked at Vi, stood in front of Vi, and said word by word: "I will die with him."
This is also what Hilko is most worried about now.
"Let her rest for a while. If that still doesn't work, ask Singed to prepare nutritional supplements and give them to her while she sleeps." Hilko said in a deep voice.
Isa also left with the cup. With her head lowered, she walked silently to her room.
Wei looked at her back and followed her after thinking for a while.
After Li Ke died, the most sad person was Jinx, and the second one was Isa.
Because overnight, everything Isa once owned was gone.
The brother who doted on her and loved her was gone, and the sister she admired became lifeless.
Isa's beautiful little world was destroyed.
So from Wei's point of view, Isha is really strong and a good child.
She is carrying the family with her small body. When everyone comes, her mood is normal and she smiles at everyone. But after everyone leaves, and only Vi and Isa are alone, she becomes silent and dazed.
This happens because Isha feels that her sister has no brother anymore, and she can no longer worry her sister. Isha must show her good side in front of her sister so that her sister does not worry about her.
Please sister, don’t be burdened.
Another two days passed. Today, Vi was waiting outside Jinx's door when Ike came with a group of sewer law enforcement officers.
"What's wrong?" Wei stepped forward and asked Ike.
Ike looked complicated, glanced at the closed room, and spoke. "It's a gift from the boss."
"Li Ke?"
"Yes, it's for Jinx. Today is her birthday."
Wei was stunned. Because there were so many things going on recently, she had forgotten that today was Jinx's birthday.
The door suddenly opened, and Wei turned her head, but could not see Jinx.
But everyone heard Jinx's voice.
"Give it to me."
she said hoarsely.
Vi looked at the pile of things that Ike brought. They were eleven boxes, tied with beautiful blue bows, of different sizes.
She said: "You all go back, I will just take you in."
Ike nodded and asked people to put everything down.
And Wei rolled up her sleeves and started moving.
One or two moved outside the door, and then a pair of white glowing hands stretched out and took the box back.
Wei did not go in, but waited quietly outside after moving all the boxes.
Inside the house, a thin figure was unpacking boxes in the darkness.
Jinx picked up one and looked down. Then, Jinx carefully opened the first box, which was only a palm-sized box.
After opening it, there was a blue bow tie with a little pink in the middle, which was very beautiful. There was a note next to it.
She picked up the note next to her bow tie——
[Jinx, this year you were taken away by Silko, so starting from this year, I will spend your birthday with you. So, happy birthday, Jinx.
By the way, when I was a kid, I remember you envied the kids in Piltover and wanted a beautiful bow tie, and you even argued with Fander about it, right? I spent a long time choosing in the market and finally picked this bow tie. It’s blue and very beautiful, just like you. 】
Jinx picked up the bow tie and put it on the bed.
She looked to the next box.
After opening it, there was still a piece of paper tied to a humanoid doll.
[At nine years old, you should have grown teeth, right? When you were little, you looked exactly like Isa when you smiled, both with missing teeth, haha, so ugly. This year, you made yourself a Wei doll, so I made a doll for you too. Making a doll is really difficult, and if it doesn’t look good, you have to keep it well for me. I made this with my own hands. It’s a Li Ke limited edition doll! 】
The doll is not big, only about ten centimeters tall. The black ring on its head is hair, and its face is patched and patched. It really doesn’t look good.
But Jinx hugged the doll tightly and remained silent for a long time. Then, she opened the third box.
After opening it, there was a pair of beautiful blue princess shoes inside. The shoes were very small and made for children. Jinx could not wear them at all.
[Happy tenth birthday, Jinx, throw away Milo and Craig’s dolls. Like you, I get jealous easily, so if I want to play with dolls, I’ll play with Li Ke’s limited edition. If you think they’re ugly, that’s your fault. I will make another one for my nineteenth birthday. My skills will definitely improve in a year. How about it? 】
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The fourth box and the fifth box represent Jinx's eleven and twelve years old respectively.
On her eleventh birthday, Li Ke gave her an exquisite little cake.
[Happy 11th birthday, Jinx. Although I didn’t make this cake myself, I taught Aunt Sheila how to make it. So it’s considered made by me. I can’t make it for you myself because of the shelf life issue. After all, I There are a lot of things to do recently, and there are many gifts to prepare for you. 】
Jinx bent down, lowered her head, opened her mouth and took a bite of the cake.
Two tears fell on the cake. She raised her head and swallowed the cake with difficulty.
“So sweet.”
When he was twelve years old, Li Ke gave Jinx a bunch of beautiful paints. Judging from the style, they were bought by Piltover, and they were expensive.
[Happy twelfth birthday, Jinx. You like painting very much. Hilko must have bought a lot of paint for you, but it doesn’t matter. From now on, I will underwrite all the paint you use for painting. In this year , I am fourteen years old and have already started working at the dock. I have money. 】
She collected the paint boxes, straightened her kneeling body, and placed the boxes on the small table.
Then, Jinx started unpacking the box again.
On her thirteenth birthday, Li Ke gave her a necklace as a gift.
The note asked her how her life was at Hilko. Girls all liked necklaces, so she must have liked them too.
Jinx put the necklace on.
On his fourteenth birthday, Li Ke gave me two bracelets.
On the note, Li Ke wrote that he also had one, and it was the same model as Jinx's. But now, both bracelets are here.
Jinx continued to unpack the boxes, but her hands began to shake. She slowly opened the remaining boxes. Each time she opened one, she would look at it for a long time.
The present given to me when I was fifteen years old was a beautiful pistol with a blue body and an exaggerated shape, very much in the style of a blue madman.
[The pistol I asked Victor to make for me is based on your pistol. Hex gems can be placed in it. It is more powerful than your previous pistol. If one day I make you unhappy, you can use this pistol. Come hit me, but you won't, right? 】
The gift for the sixteen-year-old was a pair of exquisite black boots, which felt very good to the touch. There were several iron pieces on the shoes. On the iron pieces, there was her cartoon shape, an exaggerated blue-haired monster girl, with teeth and claws, and There is a little black-haired man on the iron plate, holding a child.
[Happy sixteenth birthday, Jinx, your feet don’t stink, they really don’t. I promise, I look at your feet because I like your feet. Well, my hobbies may be different from others? 】
Jinx put her shoes away and looked at her feet.
It was covered in blood and broken glass.
In the past few days, she had been walking barefoot on the ground, and the broken glass on the ground dug into her feet, but she didn't care because she couldn't feel the pain anymore.
But now, looking at her little feet, she wanted to take out all the glass shards.
However, she still looked at the next box.
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After opening it, Li Ke gave her a pocket watch as a gift for seventeen years old.
[Happy seventeenth birthday. In this year, we met. To be honest, Jinx, I was quite afraid of you at first. After all, you became crazy and everyone in Zaun was afraid of you. When you held me to sleep at night, I was shaking. Did you really not notice? But Jinx, I have to admit, I slowly started to like you. The Piltover people are right, I am a lunatic. Otherwise, how could I fall in love with you, a lunatic? 】
Jinx opened her pocket watch, and inside was a photo of Li Ke and her. In Forgan's Tavern, Li Ke was sitting in front of the bar. She was behind Li Ke, laughing and showing her fingers. Ike took the photo of the two of them.
Holding the pocket watch tightly, Jinx looked at the last box.
After opening the box, the largest box contained the smallest gift.
Just a lipstick.
[Happy eighteenth birthday, Jinx. Zaun will become better and better in the future. This lipstick is my coming-of-age gift to you. This year, you have finally grown up, and I don’t have to endure many things anymore. , get ready, after you see what you want to see, you have to give birth to little Li Ke for me. I don’t know if he will have blue hair or black hair, but he must not be black. The blue and white hair color is so unconventional. 】
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The room gradually became silent, except for the rustling sounds, which were the sounds made by Jinx sorting out the gifts.
Outside the door, Wei had not slept well in the past few days and leaned against the door exhausted.
Sitting on the ground with her buttocks on her knees, her hands hanging forward on her knees, Wei leaned her head back against the door and closed her eyes.
She was ready to take a nap, but as soon as she closed her eyes and fell into a daze, Wei heard a hoarse voice from the door.
"Sister."
Wei woke up in an instant, got up, rolled around and put her hand on the door, "Jinx, I'm here, I'm here! What's wrong, are you hungry? I'll help you warm it up right now"
"No, help me get some clothes." Jinx's voice came out weakly.
Wei nodded vigorously and responded loudly: "Okay, you wait for me, I'll go now."
Wei quickly ran into her room. The flood washed away Zaun, and many things were destroyed. Wei's clothes were also newly bought from Pi City.
After rummaging through the wardrobe, she finally chose a pair of trousers, a black T-shirt, and a blue jacket.
Taking the clothes with her, Vi ran back to Jinx's door, reached out and patted it, and she said, "Can I come in?"
"Yeah."
Wei opened the door, and the room was dark. There were traces of dried water on the ground, broken glass, and pools of blood. Gift boxes were piled up in the corner, from large to small. , neatly.
The blood stains on the ground made Wei's heart ache. As she began to adapt to the darkness of the house, she looked at the bed in the room.
I saw a blue cat-eared hat placed on the small bookcase. The center of the hat was wet, and a pair of boots were placed next to the hat.
Then, there are some beautiful little things, paint, necklaces, and a stopwatch, and take a bite of the cake.
Jinx was sitting on the bed, her blue hair spread out messily, covering the entire bed, and even the corners of the bed had Jinx's hair.
The dense blue spread out like a spider web, and she was sitting in the center, grabbing the hem of her clothes with both hands, and began to take off her clothes in front of Wei.
She threw away the dirty clothes, and Jinx got up naked and walked towards Vi.
Vi lowered her head and looked at Jinx's lower abdomen, which was pale and pointed upwards, with her ribs protruding obviously. Jinx was so thin that it made Vi's heart ache.
"Jinx"
"It's okay, sister, I'm fine now." Jinx looked at Wei. She was very fair to begin with, but with Li Ke, she would eat a lot every day, and she would hug Li Ke and go to bed early at night.
She is fair but healthy.
But now, after not eating for three days, her face turned pale, her cheeks were thin, and she had a charming smile on her face.
Wei couldn't laugh.
Jinx was smiling, but her smile was lifeless. There was no emotion in her eyes, and her eye sockets were also darkened. Her white eyelids were full of cyan blood vessels, her blue pupils were turbid, and the whites of her eyes were full of bloodshot eyes.
"I'm going to take a shower first." She took her clothes, opened the door and walked to the bathroom.
Vi quickly followed.
Then, Wei Shou stood outside the bathroom.
Biting her fingers, Vi didn't know how to persuade Jinx.
Advise?
Li Ke sacrificed himself to save everyone, and persuaded Jinx to forget him and let him go?
It's impossible because even Vi herself can't forget that scene. She has been tired these past few days, not only because of taking care of Jinx, but also because Vi is also feeling sad for Li Ke.
With Li Ke gone, Zu An would have no one to argue with her, and she wouldn't be able to have a delicious breakfast in the morning.
There was a sound of water in the shower room, and Wei lowered her head and sighed, remaining silent.
Letting the hot water hit her body, Jinx closed her eyes and lowered her head. Her thin shoulders were twitching. Water kept falling down her cheeks, but she didn't know if it was tears or hot water. The mixture reached the ground.
Then, she slowly raised her head and washed her cheeks.
When she opened her eyes, Jinx's eyes were completely red.
She began to rub her hair, clean up the stains on it, wash herself, picked up a towel, and walked to the mirror. She looked at herself in the mirror.
"Jinx."
She muttered to herself, put her hands to the corners of her mouth, pulled her cheeks up with her fingers, and showed an ugly smile.
"Don't cry."
"Li Ke won't let you cry."
"So, this is the last time you cry."
"Right?"
Talking to herself in the mirror, her fingers became harder and harder, and her smile became more and more crazier.
"He wanted to make Zaun better and better, and he almost succeeded, almost did it."
"Then now, it's your turn to do this. You can't go to him yet, Jinx. This is the gift you want to give him."
"Smile, Jinx."
"Please don't worry him anymore."
She was crying while smiling.
(End of chapter)