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

Xu Shu went home to get some clothes and toiletries, took the cloth tiger that Mu Jinghua always hugged when he went to bed at night, and took out a few comic books from his backpack.

He had almost finished moving everything in the house, filling two bamboo baskets with things, and then Xu Shu went to Qingshui Town with satisfaction.

When he arrived at the clinic, Qi Huairen had already returned and was taking Mu Jinghua's pulse with a frown on his face.

Xu Shu's heart skipped a beat when he saw this, but he didn't dare to disturb Qi Huairen. He waited for him to slowly withdraw his hand before asking, "What's wrong?"

Qi Huairen stroked his beard, looked at Xu Shu, and said in a deep voice, "It's okay."

Xu Shu: ...

It's nothing, why are you frowning?

Qi Huairen sighed again and went to the outer hall to look through medical books.

Xu Shu then remembered that Qi Huairen had been to Yichun Tower this morning. Seeing that he looked worried, Xu Shu felt relieved. He smiled at Mu Jinghua who was looking at him and said, "I brought your stuffed tiger. You can hold it while sleeping at night."

Mu Jinghua blushed and looked at Qu Xiu who was sitting on the side distributing medicinal herbs, feeling very embarrassed.

Although he was very happy after Xu Shu gave him the cloth tiger and always liked to hold it, but... he was not so dependent on it.

He always felt that Xu Shu was coaxing him like a child. But it was obvious that he and Xu Shu were not much different...

Mu Jinghua glanced at Xu Shu, who was more than a head taller than him, and sighed. Well, there was a big difference between him and Xu Shu.

When Mu Jinghua was distracted, Xu Shu had already found an excuse to send Qu Xiu away.

He closed the door, touched Mu Jinghua's head first, and then spoke: "Xiao Mu Jin, are you stupid? Since I said I would redeem you, how could I lie to you? You ran back to that place by yourself, aren't you afraid of death?"

Hearing Xu Shu's slightly serious voice, Mu Jinghua paused for a long time before slowly making a gesture: "Don't be afraid."

This time it was Xu Shu's turn to be stunned. Not afraid? Not afraid of death? Xu Shu couldn't help but frowned. Just when he was about to say something, he saw Mu Jinghua gesticulating awkwardly: "I, you. Not good."

"Why is it not good?" Xu Shu's expression became more serious.

Mu Jinghua gestured again: "I'm not fine. Hello."

The meaning was very clear. Mu Jinghua felt that he was not good enough, so he didn't want to drag him down, so he decided to go back to Yichun Tower.

Xu Shu was a little angry: "Have you ever thought about what it means to go back?"

Mu Jinghua nodded slowly.

Mu Jinghua's body froze.

Sacrifice yourself...

Yes, he was sacrificing himself.

Going back to Yichun Tower and handing himself over to that group of people was completely different from his original intention of escaping from Yichun Tower. At that time, he only wanted to die rather than dirty his body, but now, in order not to drag Xu Shu down, he would take the initiative to return to the brothel.

He just wanted Xu Shu not to hate him.

But maybe Xu Shu didn't think he was helping by doing this, he just thought he was not self-respecting and was mistreating himself?

But five hundred taels, he had never seen so much money in his life, even if he sold himself, he couldn't get that much money. Xu Shu paid for him, what could he use to pay him back? He couldn't pay it back? What would Xu Shu do?

Just like Ye Shijing, Ye Shijing treated him well because he wanted him to repay her with his body. If he refused, wouldn't he be immediately rejected?

He just didn't want to be despised anymore. His father was gone and he had nothing. Xu Shu was like a beautiful dream to him and he didn't want to see it shattered. For this reason, he would rather be tortured to death by that group of people.

Mu Jinghua pursed his lips in grievance, and suddenly blamed Xu Shu for why he came to save him. Wouldn't it be better to just treat him as dead?

Last night, she let him be tortured to death by the two men outside the door, instead of carrying him all the way and sending him to the hospital, saving his life, but now she is going to abandon him.

Mu Jinghua clenched the cloth tiger in his hand, lowered his head and did not react.

Looking at Mu Jinghua's quiet appearance, Xu Shu felt a pain in his heart.

He suddenly thought of his sister who had left him. She was only twelve years old at that time. She was very similar to Mu Jinghua in body shape, also thin and small, not even as tall as his chest.

But when the zombie tide broke out, she was so young that she foolishly shouted "Brother, run", pushed him into the house, and was grabbed by the ankle by the zombies.

She was dismembered by the zombies that rushed over. The process was painful, but also short. He only heard her cry twice, and then there was no more movement.

When those crazy monsters left, he couldn't even gather her body.

What was she thinking at that time? Was she not afraid of death like Mu Jinghua? But she was only twelve years old. Did she know what death was? How could she say she was not afraid of death when she didn't even know what death was?

Xu Shu's eyes felt a little sore and he felt aggrieved. He wanted to hammer the wall again, but as soon as he raised his hand, he remembered that he had already smashed the wall last night.

Helplessly, Xu Shu could only half squat and look directly at the boy, listening carefully to his explanation: "I'm not a pushover, but since I've decided to save you, I will definitely protect you well."

"Don't feel bad or ashamed. You are still young and will definitely achieve great things when you grow up. But for now, just treat him as a brother. It is natural for a brother to be good to his younger brother. Brothers have deep affection for each other. Just listen to your brother, okay?"

It's the older and younger brothers' excuses again.

Mu Jinghua looked a little tired and refused to nod stubbornly.

Xu Shu couldn't understand his attitude, and his depressed tone became fiercer: "Don't you have any attachment to this world?"

"Or do you like to sacrifice yourselves to make others regret their whole lives?"

One Xu Hua is enough, and if there is another Mu Jinghua, he will really go crazy...

But Mu Jinghua didn't understand what he meant. She just looked up at him weakly, her eyes red, as if she was about to cry but didn't, looking extremely pitiful.

Xu Shu was so angry that he wanted to kill someone, but he could only hug the person in front of him and lock him tightly in his arms. He opened his mouth, his mind was in a mess, and he had a lot to say.

But he remembered Mu Jinghua standing on tiptoe in front of the stove to cook in the sunset, remembered Mu Jinghua squatting at the door waiting for him to come home in the moonlight, and remembered Mu Jinghua who insisted on sharing a piece of candy with him.

Finally, he thought of their first meeting, in the hazy moonlight in the back hills, and the young man who seemed like he would leave the world in the next second.

So Xu Shu calmed down and said, "I just want you to be alive. Will you be obedient?"

His hoarse voice made Mu Jinghua stunned, but this time he reacted quickly and realized in an instant that Xu Shu did not dislike him.

Surrounded by the familiar bamboo fragrance, he seemed to have returned to the wild mountain covered with bamboo, but he was no longer the Mu Jinghua who fled in panic that day.

He turned into a bird, or many, many birds, flapping their wings, sometimes landing on bamboo, sometimes on grass, and sometimes flying to the blue sky. He felt very tired, but actually happy, just like... a tired bird returning to the forest.

So he stopped crying and spoke silently, “Father, I want to live.”

Lasting longer than anyone else, happier than anyone else, closer to Xu Shu than anyone else...

……

Xu Shu hugged him for a long, long time, so long that Mu Jinghua had calmed down from his excitement, but it was not until Qu Xiu knocked on the door and said he wanted to have lunch that Xu Shu suddenly let go of him.

Mu Jinghua noticed that Xu Shu's eyes seemed a little red and was startled.

In his impression, Xu Shu always smiled gently, showing contentment and elegance. It was rare to see him looking so distraught.

He recalled the fierce tone in which Xu Shu had asked him the question just now.

He was only thinking about himself at the time, and only now did he realize that Xu Shu was angry? Angry at him?

Mu Jinghua secretly glanced at Xu Shu. At this moment, Xu Shu had returned to his usual contented self, but Mu Jinghua felt a sour feeling in his heart, as if he had some regrets.

So when he saw Xu Shu turning around to open the door, Mu Jinghua reached out and grabbed him.

When Xu Shu turned around to look at him, Mu Jinghua subconsciously opened his mouth. When he realized that he was a mute, he nodded heavily at Xu Shu.

Xu Shu couldn't help but be stunned. In fact, he already understood what Mu Jinghua was saying by looking at his lip shape. The word was easy to understand.

The boy said "OK".

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The dream chapter is over.