The cicadas’ chirping suddenly turned piercing, and Liu Erzhu felt his temples throbbing. The scene from last winter, when he had crouched before a pile of frozen, cracked bricks to mend them, overlapped with this moment. Back then, his hands had been so numb with cold he could barely hold his tools, and it was Cheng Erhua who had silently handed him a hand warmer, allowing him to persevere to the end.
Now, a buzzing filled his ears. Looking at Wang Jianguo’s moving lips, he felt as if he were separated from them by a curtain of water, unable to hear the words clearly.
"Zhuzi?" Wang Jianguo waved a hand in front of Liu Erzhu’s face. "Are you stunned silly with joy? Your mouth is open wide enough to swallow a goose egg!"
Chapter 692