Chapter 2 Blindness (2)
It is said that snake sperm patients and drunk people are very energetic and heavy, which makes sense. Bai Ke's unreliable father, Bai Zixu, although he looks gentle and has a thin body, is still a big burden on Bai Ke's thinner back.
But after Shen Shen, Bai Ke could still carry the umbrella he brought out with him. It can be seen that he has done a lot of such things on weekdays and has a lot of experience.
Speaking of which, everyone who has seen their father and son has said: Just looking at their faces, Bai Ke and Bai Zixu are only three-point similar. After all, Bai Ke has been closing his eyes and there are strange birthmarks around him, which has a great impact on his appearance. However, if the two of them stood there from a distance, their overall temperament would be like a mold printed...
The premise is that when Bai Zixu is not speaking, he still has to be in a thunderstorm day...
Bai Ke just walked back to the old building with Bai Zixu who looked like his brother but acted more like his son.
The location of the old building where Bai Ke lives is a bit bad. Although the planning of this residential area is very chaotic, it still seems particularly abrupt, like an ink dot that accidentally drips outside a large ink ball. It is located on the shade of the entire community, in separate rows, with long alleys and tall buildings in front and large residential buildings behind it, which is covered by lighting. The lighting is very problematic. The sunlight time is very short every day, and there are almost no light after four o'clock in the afternoon, making it look particularly dilapidated and gloomy.
Due to the structural problems and the weather, although it was just time for dinner, the corridors of the old building were so dark that they needed to count the steps to go upstairs. It would be fine if they were alone, but they had a digit under their feet and were not so easy to fall. But if they were carrying one on their backs, their steps would inevitably be a little staggering. Moreover, in the eyes of the neighbors around, Bai Ke was still blind. The difficulty of carrying someone upstairs was naturally unimaginable.
But Bai Ke didn't mean to ask for help. He just frowned and stood firmly towards the steps for a while, then entrusted the unconscious goods on his back up.
"Today, this is so dark that something is wrong..."
He muttered this in a very low voice, thought for a while, then looked up again. The doors of other houses were closed tightly, and there was no movement at all, and they were probably eating supper.
After a while of silence, Bai Ke withdrew his gaze and sighed, opening his eyes that had been closed for several years as if he had made some major decision.
A neighbor once quietly speculated that Bai Ke kept his eyes closed all year round, probably because his eyes had not been used for too long and had gradually deformed during his physical development and could not open it.
But the fact is not the case. These eyes that had not been opened for a long time not showed any shrinkage, turbidity, etc., but instead looked a little shiny in the dark corridor. But if you look at it again, you will find that these eyes are indeed more suitable for closedness on weekdays. Because they have no white eyes at all, the whole eye is a shiny black glowing.
The black is pure and thick, but the light emitted seems to be flowing. It seems that what exists in Bai Ke's eyes is not normal at all, but more like two thick black balls of water that keeps flowing.
On such a storm and lightning, if someone passes by at this time and sees Bai Ke’s eyes open, and with the image of the father and son still dripping water, one will definitely scare the other to death, and one will scare the other to death.
These eyes were not like this at first, but were no different from ordinary people.
In Bai Ke's impression, the most common sentence he heard when he was a child was: "The eyes are pretty, but it's a pity..."
What a pity, nothing can be seen.
From Bai Ke's memory, his world is black, and he can't even feel the light, and he is completely blind. At that time, Bai Zixu, who had always been unreliable, found a place for him to be reliable, and followed a group of equally blind children, and learned to adapt to life in their unique way with a fat aunt.
They always learn the same things slowly than normal people, so from the age of three or four to the age of teenagers, they were always taught by the fat aunt and her friends. It can only be said that they taught very well. The group of children from that time grew up well, were positive and optimistic, and a few of them were particularly laughing and making fun of each other. Even Bai Ke almost became such a person.
What led to his current personality was something that happened when he was twelve years old.
Bai Ke could no longer remember why he fainted during class that day. He only remembered that when he woke up, all he smelled was disinfectant mixed with alcohol.
Because of the eyes, he is always sensitive to the smell of the hospital.
At that time, he could hear the sharp voice of Fat Auntie yelling: "Hey?! I woke up! I saw his fingers moving! Zongzi, go and call the doctor and nurse to take a look!"
Bai Ke subconsciously turned his head and turned toward Aunt Fat, and felt something like a spot in front of his eyes that had not yet opened was swinging past.
In fact, during those years, he felt that his eyes seemed to be moving in a good direction. The evidence was those blurry human-shaped spots. He didn't remember when it started, and his eyes were no longer monotonous and thick black. Instead, some extremely blurry and inconspicuous spots began to appear.
After he slowly adapted, he found that these light spots were the people who appeared in front of him one after another. As he grew older, these light spots became brighter little by little, and became roughly contoured, making people able to distinguish.
It is precisely because of the existence of these light spots that Bai Ke's life has become less difficult. The situation of hitting people when walking or dizzy when hitting the wall gradually becomes less and less, and eventually disappears into his daily life, so that he even begins to move freely like a normal person.
At that time, Bai Ke didn't know what his psychology was, and he didn't tell anyone about such changes, and the people around him didn't seem to notice that he was different. Only Aunt Fat seemed to say inadvertently: "Xiao Ke seems not so bumpy recently." Then she pulled him to try the light feeling in her eyes.
But at that time, these light spots could only be seen with his eyes open.
So, when he closed his eyes in the hospital but still saw two human-shaped spots symbolizing Aunt Pang and Zongzi, and it was much clearer than before, Bai Ke was stunned.
Once when he could see these with his eyes open, Bai Ke would feel that it was because his eyes were slowly returning to normal. Now, when he could still see these with his eyes closed, Bai Ke felt that it was not that simple—
Even people with no problems with their eyes will never be able to sense light at most when they see such clear images when they close their eyes.
Within a few seconds, he discovered something that surprised him even more - he could not only see people, but also see the outlines of objects around him, although it seemed extremely unclear and extremely dim compared to people, and almost confused with the black background...
But so what?!
This would not affect his mood at all - he could see it!
No matter how unusual the way was, at least, he could see it!
If you can see so many things with your eyes closed, then wouldn’t it be better to open your eyes...
At that time, Bai Ke carefully opened his eyes with surprise, panic and complex emotions intertwined with expectations...
Sure enough! Compared to when all people and objects are closed, their clarity has risen to a higher level. But - it is not just these that change...
Bai Ke widened his eyes and looked at the two expressionless people in the ward that appeared out of thin air, as well as some fragments of light spots around him, and he was confused and did not know what to react.
At that time, Zongzi had already gone out and called the nurse, and Aunt Pang also walked to the door of the ward to meet him. No one noticed that Bai Ke had opened his eyes and looked surprised.
The young nurse led the way in and said, "The doctor will come soon." While walking to Bai Ke's bed, bent down... Then, as if he saw something extremely scary, he screamed and then took two steps back. Fat aunt and Zongzi, who were following behind, hurriedly supported the young nurse, then took a step forward and looked at Bai Ke lying on the bed.
Then there was chaos... After so many years of chaos, Bai Ke could no longer remember what the specific scene was.
He only remembered that the scared little nurse wanted to run out of the ward like crazy, and was yelling with words like "eyes... monsters...", and the short zongzi almost jumped up, rushed over and closed the door, and then helped Fat Auntie grabbed the struggling little nurse.
When Bai Ke was at a loss when he looked at the chaos in front of him, Fat Aunt turned around and said to Bai Ke: "Close your eyes, Xiao Ke! Close your eyes!"
Because of blindness, Bai Ke was born with a lack of a sense of security. He rarely had people who fully trusted him, but Aunt Fat happened to be one of the few. Almost as he heard Aunt Fat Fat Fat Fat Closed his eyes reflexively. So he returned to his appearance when he just woke up - the two strangers standing in the ward with expressionless faces disappeared silently, as if they appeared silently.
Bai Ke didn't remember what Fat Aunt and Zongzi said to the little nurse. He only knew that in the afternoon, when the young nurse entered the ward again, his tone was normal and gentle, and he didn't look the same person as the one in the morning. Fat Aunt and Zongzi were just a little surprised at first, and soon returned to normal. He just asked Bai Ke some questions carefully.
Bai Ke told them all the changes in his eyes in recent years, and only skipped the two expressionless people who appeared out of thin air.
That incident was like a stone thrown into a river pond. After a few ripples, there was no movement. Fat Aunt and Zongzi, who witnessed the whole incident, treated Bai Ke no differently after that. They just occasionally asked Bai Ke’s recent situation when they were alone.
But since then, Bai Ke never opened his eyes in front of others again.
However, not opening his eyes in front of others does not mean that he will not open his eyes when he is alone. In the next two or three years, Bai Ke often opened his eyes for a while when he was alone or when no one was paying attention. Then he would see a completely different world-
All dead objects have a dim outline, but are brighter than when you close your eyes;
All living things, including people, are always brighter and more darker. For example, Aunt Pangzi, and several other friends of her are obviously much brighter than those around her. Not only is the outline clearer, but even the facial features can be seen clearly; his crazy dad is much darker than Aunt Pang, but slightly brighter than most people; Bai Ke has also seen some similarities to Bai Zixu, but more people still have one outline, dimmer than old trees and clearer than tables and chairs.
However, in addition to these, Bai Ke has also seen a special type of -
Like Fat Aunt, they also have vague facial features, some of which Bai Ke can even distinguish their expressions, but most of them are extremely dim and inferior to many people, just like the two I saw in the hospital.
At first, Bai Ke only felt that they were special, but he didn't know who they were. As he grew older, he had heard more and more things. Bai Ke had some guesses in his heart. Until one day, Bai Ke saw Grandma Chen who had passed away two days ago downstairs in the residential building behind him. He opened his empty eyes and looked at him blankly, then he hesitated and raised his trembling hands and waved at him twice. Then he vaguely heard a nearly inauspicious voice: "Xiao Ke, come to Chen Po, Chen Po has something to say..."
He hesitated for a while, but when he walked up to her, he lowered his head and heard a "hoho" sniffle. Then, Mrs. Chen looked in front of him with a painful expression, and then she seemed to be broken by someone, turning into countless flying catkins like paper ashes and disappeared. Such visual impact caused him to have nightmares for many days.
Chapter completed!