Chapter 38 Chapter Thirty-Six Believe

People relaxed, everyone stood in a semicircle, and the voices of conversation became more enthusiastic. I looked at Jamie, he pouted and shrugged: "Jeb just wants to get things back to normal, it's been too bad these days to bury Walter" I couldn't help but sigh in my heart. I saw Jeb smiling at Jared.Jared struggled for a while, sighed, rolled his eyes at the weird old man again, turned around and walked out of the hole quickly. "Is Jared going to get a new ball?" someone asked. "That's great," Wes said next to me. "Play football." Trudy whispered, shaking her head.

"If this can relieve the tense atmosphere." Lily shrugged, her reaction was calm. The two of them were next to me, their voices were very low, but I could hear other people's voices, which were louder. "Let's play it easy this time," Aaron said to Kyle.He stood there with a hand outstretched. Kyle stretched out his hand and slowly stood up.As he stood up, he bumped his head against the overhead lamp. "The game was bad last time," Kyle said, smiling at Jeb. "There was a problem with the layout." "I propose to make Andy the captain." Someone shouted.

"I propose Lily." Wes yelled.With that said, he stood up and stretched his muscles. "Andy and Lily." "Okay, Andy and Lily." "I want Kyle," Andy said immediately. "Then I want Ian." Lily countered. "Jared." "Brant." Jamie stood up, standing on tiptoe, trying to look taller. "Peggy." "Heidi." "Aaron." "Wes." The roll call continues.When half the grown-ups weren't called, Jamie was hit by Lily, much to his delight, and even Meggie and Jeb were picked on different teams.There were even numbers on both sides, and now Lucina and Jared returned, and her two children jumped happily into the rec room.Jared held a brand new football in his hand and he held it up while the older kid named Isaiah jumped up and down trying to knock the ball out of his hands.

"Xiaoman?" Lily asked. I shook my head and pointed to my leg. "Yes, I'm sorry." I'm good at football, and Mel is complaining, well, I used to be good at football. I couldn't even stand up.I remind her. "I guess I sat through the game," Ian said. "No," Wes grumbled, "they already have Kyle and Jared. Without you, we're lost." "Go ahead," I said to him, "I'll keep the score." He looked at me, his lips pursed into a straight line: "I'm not in the mood to play football." "They need you."

He snorted. "Come on, Ian," Jamie urged. "I want to watch the game," I said, "but the game will be boring if one team's advantage is too obvious." "Xiao Man." Ian sighed, "You really are the worst person I've ever met." But he got up anyway and stretched out with Wes. Paige erected the gateposts, and she used four lamps for the gateposts. I try to stand up - I'm in the middle of the field.In the dim light, no one noticed me.Everyone was there, the atmosphere was warm and full of anticipation.Jeb is right, that's what they need, even though it's a little odd to me.

I'm still on all fours and I drag the non-injured leg forward so I'm kneeling on the injured leg, it hurts.I tried to jump up with this uninjured leg, but the weight was on the other injured leg, and I lost my balance. A pair of strong hands caught it, so I didn't fall straight to the ground.I felt a little regretful in my heart, raised my head, and wanted to thank Ian. Seeing that the person supporting me was Jared, the words of thanks were stuck in my throat. "You should call for help," he said casually. "I" I cleared my throat, "I should have called for help, but I didn't want to"

"Attention?" He said it as if he was genuinely curious, and there was nothing accusatory about his words.With his support, I staggered toward the cave entrance. I shook my head again. "I don't want anyone to do something they don't want to do out of politeness." The explanation wasn't exact, but he seemed to get my point. "I think Jamie or Ian would be happy to help you." I looked back at them, under the dim light, no one noticed that I had left.They headbutt the ball, Wes hits it in the face, and everyone laughs happily. "But they were having a great time and I didn't want to interrupt them."

Jared watched my face carefully, and I realized that there was a lot of affection in my smile. "You really cared about that kid," he said. "yes." He nodded: "Is there another person?" "Ian Ian believes in me, he has always protected me, he is very good to people." Actually, what I want to say is soul, but to Jared, the audience, that doesn't sound like praised. Jared snorted: "For man, I didn't think that difference was so important." He placed me by the entrance, where it happened to be a low stool, much more comfortable than flat ground.

"Thank you," I said to him, "you know, Jeb did a great job." "I don't think so." Jared's tone was milder than his words. "Thank you too—you don't have to defend me for what you said earlier." "Every word I say is the truth." I looked at the ground and said, "The truth is, I didn't mean to hurt anyone here, I didn't mean to hurt anyone on purpose. I hurt you when I came here, and I'm sorry. I hurt Jamie, really. very sorry." He sat down on my right, with a thoughtful look on his face: "Frankly," he hesitated, "this kid has gotten better since you came here, I almost forgot how he laughed."

We are all listening to his laugh at this moment, and he laughs louder than adults. "Thank you for telling me this, it's always been my biggest annoyance and I hope I never broke anything." "Why?" I looked up at him, puzzled. "Why do you love him?" he asked.The voice was still full of curiosity, not nervous.I bit my lip. "Tell me, I am what I already" He couldn't find the right words to explain, "Tell me." He repeated. I looked at my feet and answered his question, "Part of it was Melanie, she loved him." I didn't take a sneak peek, did the name make him cringe, "thinking of him like Melanie It was awesome. Then, when I saw him in person" I shrugged, "I couldn't help falling in love with him, it was a part of my body that loved him. I didn't realize the host's influence on me before. So huge, maybe this is a human body, maybe this is Melanie."

"She's going to talk to you?" He tried to keep his voice steady, but I could tell he was nervous. "yes." "How long?" "See when she wants to talk and when she's interested." "how are you today?" "Not a lot, she's kind of mad at me." He laughed loudly, a little surprised: "Is she angry? Why?" Is the "because" thing a double jeopardy? "nothing." He heard me lie again, and he connected the two things. "Oh, Kyle, she wants him to die." He laughed again. "She will." "She could be violent." I agree.I smiled, trying to soften the insult. It wasn't an insult to him: "Really? How violent?" "She wanted me to fight back, but I couldn't, I wouldn't fight." "I can tell." He touched my injured face with his fingertips, "I'm sorry." "No, anyone would do that, I know how you felt." "you do not" "If I were human, I'd understand. Besides, I'm not thinking about that. I'm thinking about hunters." He froze. I smiled again, and he relaxed a little: "Mel wants me to knock her down, she really hates the hunter, I can't condemn her myself." "She's still looking for you, looks like she's at least going to let the helicopter go back." I closed my eyes, clenched my fists, and focused on breathing for a few seconds. "I wasn't afraid of her before," I said softly. "I don't know why I'm so afraid of her now. Where is she?" "Don't worry, she just went back and forth on the road yesterday, she won't find you." I nodded, wishing I believed it. "Can you hear Mel's voice now?" he murmured. I close my eyes: "I feel her, she is listening very carefully." "What is she thinking?" His voice was small. It's your turn, I said to her, what do you want to say to him? Only this time, she was cautious.The invitation made her feel uneasy.Why?Why does he trust you now? I opened my eyes to find him staring at me with bated breath. "She wanted to know what made you change so much now, why did you trust us?" He thought for a while: "It's the accumulation of many things. You are so kind to Walter. I have never seen such a compassionate person other than a doctor. Moreover, you also saved Kyle. In that case, Many of us would have let him fall, and would have put aside people who were trying to murder to protect ourselves. Besides, you're lying horribly." He laughed again, "I've always seen these things as Evidence of some terrible conspiracy, and maybe I'll wake up tomorrow and think so." Meier and I were taken aback. "But today when they started attacking you well, I suddenly understood. In them I saw everything that should not have happened in me. I understood that I did believe it, I just kept being stubborn. Cruel, I guess I believe it's from right, pretty much the first night you stood in front of me trying to save me from Kyle." He laughed, as if he didn't think Kyle was dangerous, "but I You can lie better than you, and I even lied to myself." "She wants you not to change your mind, she's afraid you will." He closed his eyes: "Meier." My heart beat faster, because she was happy, so my heart beat faster, not because of me, he must have guessed how much I love him.After asking Jamie the question, he must have understood. "Tell her I won't change my mind." "She can hear." "Why is your connection very direct?" "What I heard, what she heard, what I saw, what she saw." "What do you feel, and what does she feel?" "That's right." He wrinkled his nose, touched my face again, very gently: "You don't know how sad I am." When his hand touched mine, my skin felt even hotter.That's okay, his words are hotter than his touch.Of course, he felt even more sorry for hurting her. "Come on, Jared! Let's go!" We look up, look up and Kyle is calling Jared.He seemed so relaxed, as if he hadn't been judged today.Maybe he already knew he'd be fine, maybe he'd recover quickly, he didn't seem to notice that I was next to Jared. I realized there were other people beside me. Jamie looked at us with a satisfied smile.Looks like it might be a good thing for him, doesn't it? What do you mean? What did he see when he looked at us?His family, back together again. isn't it?more or less? And with an unwanted extra. But much better than yesterday. I think I know.She admitted, I'm glad Jared knows I'm here but I still don't like him touching you. I really like it.The face that was touched by Jared's hand turned red, I'm sorry. I do not blame you.or.At least, I know I'm not to blame you. thanks. Jamie wasn't the only one looking at us. Jeb was curious, and a small smile played on his lips. Sharon and Meggie were furious.Their expressions were so consistent that Sharon's youthful skin and bright hair were already indistinguishable from her pale-haired mother. Ian was very anxious, his eyes narrowed, as if he was about to rush to protect me.I smiled at him, reassuring him, assuring him that Jared hadn't upset me.He didn't smile back, but he took a deep breath. I don't think that's why he was in a hurry.Mel said. "Are you still listening to her?" Jared stood up, still looking at my face. Before I could ask what she meant, Jared distracted me with a question: "Yes." "what did she say?" "We want to know what other people think of your change of heart." I nodded to Melanie's aunt and cousin, who turned their backs to me at the same time. "Stubborn," he admitted. "Okay, then," Kyle said excitedly, turning to face the ball, where it was placed in the brightest light, "we'll win without you." "Here I come!" Jared gave me a wistful look—a look at us—and ran over to the game. I'm not the best scorer and the lighting was so dim that I couldn't see the ball from where I was sitting.It was so dark that I couldn't see the players clearly without the lights.I started keeping track of Jamie's reactions.When his team wins, he screams victory; when his team loses, he grunts.The grunts outweighed the cheers. Everyone was kicking, Maggie was the keeper for Andy's team and Jeb was the keeper for Lily's team.They all performed surprisingly well.Through the light of the doorpost, I can see their outlines. They are agile, and they seem to be decades younger all of a sudden.In order to block the ball, Jeb bravely threw himself on the ground, but Meggie would not take such an extreme approach, her defense was more effective.Even though the ball is invisible, she is able to attract the ball like a magnet.Every time Ian or Wes shoots a ball Boom!The ball was still in her hands. About half an hour later, Trudy and Peggy came off the stage, and they walked out in front of me, chatting excitedly.It seems that it is impossible to see that today started with a trial, but I am still very relieved to see that the situation has changed so much. They came back not long after they left, with their hands full of boxes.Granola Bars. - a cereal roll with a fruit filling inside.The game was stopped, Jeb called a half-time break, and everyone hurried over for breakfast. The boxes were spread out on the center line, and at first, everyone rushed forward. "Here you are, Xiao Man." Jamie said, pushing his way out of the crowd.Hands stuffed with rolled oats and bottles of water tucked under his arm. "Thank you, was it fun?" "Yes! If only you could play too." "Next time." "Here you are" Ian stood there, granola bars all over his hands. "I'm faster than you," Jamie said to Ian. "Oh," Jared said, standing on Jamie's other side, holding more than one granola bar in his hand. "Where did all the food go?" Kyle asked. "Go on," Jared said, throwing the rolled oats, one by one, as hard as a knife. Kyle caught the rolled oats easily, then ran over to see if Jared had some left. "Here," Ian said, tossing half of his rolled oats to his brother without looking at him, "now let's go." Kyle ignored him, he looked at me for the first time today, staring at where I sat.With the light behind him, I could see his black irises, but not his expression. I flinched and hit the sore spot in my ribs, and I held my breath. Jared and Ian stand shoulder to shoulder in front of me like a stage curtain. "You heard what Ian said," Jared said. "Can I say something first?" Kyle asked, peering down the gap between Jared and Ian. They didn't answer. "I'm not sorry," Kyle told me, "I still think I did the right thing." Ian pushed his brother away, and Kyle circled back and walked a little further. "Wait a minute, I'm not done yet." "Yes, you're done," Jared said, clenching his hands so tightly that his knuckles turned white. Now everyone is watching, the room is silent, the joy of the game is gone. "No, I didn't finish." Kyle held up his hands, put on a look of surrender, and still spoke to me, "I don't think I was wrong, but you did save my life. I don't know why, But you know. So, I thought, life for life. I won't kill you again, or I'll pay the price." "You stupid ass," Ian scolded. "Who fell in love with this bug, brother? Are you still calling me stupid?" Ian raised his fist and lunged forward. "I'll tell you why," I said, louder than I meant, but that's exactly what I wanted.Ian, Jared, and Kyle all turned to look at me, momentarily forgetting about the fight. I was nervous and cleared my throat: "I don't want you to fall because I'm different from you. I'm not saying I'm not human, because there are other people here who will save you just like me. Standing here People are good people, good people, like your brother, Jeb, the doctor I mean personally, I'm not like you." Kyle stared at me for a minute, then giggled. "Ouch," he said, still laughing, and he turned around, he had said what he had to say, and went back to get some water, "a life for a life," he yelled, turning his head. I'm not sure I'd believe him, not at all, humans are experts at lying.