I traveled through time and space and found a mute boy: That’s enough, I feel sorry for him

Living near Xu Shu's thatched cottage are a few families in the village who are not doing well. On weekdays, everyone goes out early and comes back late, and it is generally very quiet.

This inexplicable noise made Xu Shu's heart tighten. He subconsciously quickened his pace, but before he reached the door, he heard a sharp woman's voice.

"Hey, little brother, I'm here to propose marriage to Xu Shu, why are you always interfering here? Xu Shu has no parents and is an outsider. It's rare for a girl to be willing to marry him, so how could he not be happy? On the contrary, you, are you thinking that you are close to him because you are capable and want to get the moon first, so you disturb his marriage? Is that what your mother taught you?"

Then came a still childish voice. Xu Shu recognized it as Du Xiaocao's: "No matter what my mother taught me, I don't care what you say. I've already told you that Big Brother Xu is already with Brother Mu, and it's impossible for him to be with another girl!"

"He's just a boy from a brothel, and he wants five hundred taels of ransom. How can he be better than a pure farm girl? Besides, Xu Shu hasn't said anything yet, what are you yelling about? Aunt Du, can't you take care of this boy of yours?"

Aunt Du's voice was somewhat helpless: "Matchmaker Zhang, I'm really sorry, my Xiaocao and Mu Ge'er have a good relationship, I just got angry for a moment, Xu Shu and Mu Ge'er are not at home, how about you come another day?"

When Xu Shu heard that Mu Jinghua was not at home, his heart sank again. He coughed lightly at the door and interrupted the woman's words.

Matchmaker Zhang turned around and saw him, smiling: "This must be Brother Xu, he is really a handsome man, no wonder the girl took one look at him and insisted on getting him..."

Xu Shu ignored her, and didn't look at Aunt Du who was hesitant to speak, and Du Xiaocao who was inexplicably angry. He walked straight past everyone, looked around, pushed the door and went to the main house to look around, but didn't see Mu Jinghua.

Xu Shu thought of what he had said to Mu Jinghua before he left, and hurried to Li Zile's house, shouting as he ran: "Wu Yong, where is Xiao Mujin?"

Wu Yong was busy trying to build a good relationship with Li Zile. When he heard Xu Shu's voice coming from afar, he hurried out to greet him: "What happened? Where is this Mu brother? Why are you asking me?"

Xu Shu's heart sank, and the bun in his hand fell down and rolled onto the muddy ground. He suddenly turned dark: "He didn't come to see you?"

At this time, the matchmaker Zhang also followed over happily, and insisted on talking to Xu Shu about the marriage: "Brother Xu, I came here today because I have great news to tell you."

"I'm not interested." Xu Shu glared at the matchmaker with a cold face, then looked at Du Xiaocao, "Xiaocao, do you know where Mu Ge'er went?"

Du Xiaocao was also a little confused: "Didn't the little brother go out with you? When the matchmaker came this afternoon, there was no one at home. I shouted at the door for a long time, but no one answered, so I came out..."

Xu Shu was also a little confused. Could it be that Chen Hu came to his house again when he was not paying attention?

But Chen Hu had both his legs broken by him, and was also seriously injured by the guy he met that day. Even if he didn't die, it was impossible for his injuries to heal so quickly.

Who is it?

Xu Shu was thinking, but Du Xiaocao suddenly had an idea: "I know! Is it because you want to marry Le Ge'er and hurt little brother's heart that he doesn't plan to pay attention to you and left alone!"

"What?" Xu Shu frowned and asked him, "Who is Le Ge'er?"

Du Xiaocao glanced at Li Zile who was standing next to Wu Yong and said angrily, "Who is Brother Le? Isn't he right behind you?"

Xu Shu was stunned when he saw him pointing at Li Zile: "Who said I want to marry him?"

Aunt Du was smart. She figured out the whole story right away and quickly grabbed Du Xiaocao and said, "You kid, you are gossiping. Who said Xu Shu is going to marry Le Ge'er?"

Du Xiaocao widened his eyes and was about to reply to his mother, "It's you," but his mother covered his mouth and he was unable to speak.

Li Zile was already confused, and his heart was pounding when he was called out for no apparent reason.

Xu Shu...marry him? Is it really possible?

Wu Yong was also confused, but he was also a smart man. Looking at the reactions of Xu Shu and Du Xiaocao, he probably guessed that it was a misunderstanding. But seeing Li Zile looking at Xu Shu stupidly, Wu Yong's heart sank. No way... No way... Could it be that Li Zile fell in love with Xu Shu...

Although Wu Yong knew that he had no chance of winning against Xu Shu, he was not the kind of person who would underestimate himself. There happened to be a matchmaker here, so Wu Yong quickly grabbed the woman who was still pestering Xu Shu to be a matchmaker, and with a smile, he stuffed a piece of silver into her and said, "Aunt, excuse me for taking up a moment of your time..."

A piece of silver was very rare for the country people. The matchmaker immediately forgot about Xu Shu's matter and followed Wu Yong to the other side to discuss the matter with a smile.

Xu Shu's mind was working quickly and he didn't care about their little actions.

Based on his understanding of Mu Jinghua, the young man was not the kind of person who would make unreasonable demands. Even if he misunderstood that Mu Jinghua was going to marry Li Zile, he would most likely not cause trouble for him just out of anger.

But the fact is, Mu Jinghua did leave, and most likely he left on his own initiative. Could it be that he learned that he would marry someone else and was worried that if he redeemed him, it would affect their marriage... Xu Shu felt a chill in his heart and suddenly understood something.

This fool wouldn't go to Yichun Tower to fall into a trap, would he?

Once this thought came to his mind, Xu Shu felt that it was very possible. He didn't care about anything else and ran straight towards the town.

After running two steps, he suddenly realized something and turned back to call Wu Yong: "Lend me your horse."

After saying this, without waiting for Wu Yong to reply, he mounted his horse and rode away.

Xu Shu quickened his pace, but he felt much calmer in his heart. If he rushed into Yichun Tower to find Mu Jinghua, he would be walking into a trap.

Once the brothel owner finds out that he is the victim that Ye Shijing intends to blackmail, all his plans will fail.

To be honest, it was his fault. If he had talked more to Mu Jinghua last night and explained his plans in more detail, the boy wouldn't have walked into the trap like a fool.

Actually, he was at a loss last night. Xu Shu suddenly thought of the boy who had a nightmare, his face covered with tears but still calm. He couldn't help but cursed softly and sped up again.

The best solution Xu Shu could think of was to go find Du Wanbai, but he had just staged a conflict with Du Wanbai, and now he needed an excuse to go back to Du Wanbai...

Xu Shu rushed to the nearest restaurant in the town at the fastest speed in his life. After leaving his horse in the restaurant, he bought a pot of strong liquor, opened the lid and started drinking it.

After drinking a pot of strong liquor, he couldn't help burping. Seeing the stunned look of the shopkeeper, he knew that he looked like a drunkard, so he paid the bill and went to Yichun Tower.

Although the store owner said that the wine was the strongest, the distillation technology of that era was obviously not up to standard, and the pot that Xu Shu blew in one breath was estimated to have 800 milliliters, but it only felt a little hot.

The rest depends entirely on acting.

Xu Shu, reeking of alcohol, rushed into Yichun Tower and began to yell, "Du Wanbai, come out here."

At this time, it is not completely dark yet, and night consumption places like Yichunlou are not yet very popular, so there are not many people coming and going.

As soon as Xu Shu came in, the madam came over with sharp eyes. She smelled the alcohol on him and was surprised and confused.

But when she heard Xu Shu shouting Du Wanbai's name, the madam understood again. Du Wanbai was lucky to have such a devoted man.

"Sir, Sir, why are you so drunk? Wanbai, Du Wanbai, come here quickly."

"Here it comes." Du Wanbai had just put the medicine given by Xu Shu in the food in the kitchen. Hearing the madam's voice, he couldn't help feeling guilty. But when he saw the drunk Xu Shu, he didn't care about the guilt anymore. "What's going on?"

Du Wanbai hurried downstairs. Before the madam could say anything, Xu Shu grabbed her wrist and led her into the house: "Come on, follow me into the house."

Xu Shu acted like a rogue lord and arrogantly pulled Du Wanbai into the house. In order not to arouse suspicion from the brothel owner, he even put his arm around Du Wanbai's waist, looking like a real pervert.

Du Wanbai felt embarrassed by Xu Shu's behavior and forgot to ask Xu Shu how he was. He just followed Xu Shu in a daze, as if Yichun Tower was Xu Shu's territory.

But as soon as the door was closed, Xu Shu returned to his usual elegant and calm demeanor. He loosened his hand that was loosely around Du Wanbai's waist, bowed a little embarrassedly and said, "I'm sorry for the offense."

In fact, Xu Shu didn't think there was anything wrong with putting his arm around a man's waist, but thinking of his identity as a brother in this world, he still apologized sincerely.

Du Wanbai looked at him like this, but was a little absent-minded: "You...what..."

Xu Shu stopped wasting time and immediately started talking about Mu Jinghua.

But after hearing the whole story, Du Wanbai couldn't help but smile bitterly: "So the reason why you want to buy Yichun Tower is because of that boy?"

Xu Shu was silent for a second: "Yes and no."

He did come to Yichun Tower because of Mu Jinghua, but he decided to buy Yichun Tower partly because he thought of Mu Jinghua's previous injuries, and partly because he felt sympathy for prostitutes like Du Wanbai.

But Xu Shu would not say this. He was a smart man. From the first sentence Du Wanbai asked him, he could tell that this man probably had some unusual thoughts about him.

It's a pity that Luohua has feelings for him, but he is heartless. Naturally, it is better to say less words that may cause misunderstanding.

Fortunately, Du Wanbai was also a smart person. After hearing Xu Shu's ambiguous answer, he stopped asking and nodded in response: "I did hear that a runaway boy came back today. Because he was a runaway, he needs to be trained by his mother for two more days before he can receive guests, so he should still be locked up in the woodshed."