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

Xu Shu was choked by these words and remained silent for a long, long time.

Li Zile couldn't help but ask: "Really?"

Xu Shu was anxious and looked at Li Zile, "That's not the reason. You don't understand at all, so don't do something bad with good intentions."

Li Zile also became anxious: "It doesn't matter if I don't understand, but does Mu Ge'er understand?"

Xu Shu was silent for a few seconds, and then said softly, "He will understand."

Li Zile was not willing to give in: "If you are capable, why don't you stay with Mu Jinghua? There is absolutely no reason for you two not to be together."

"Not now." Xu Shu looked at Li Zile and repeated seriously, "Not now."

Li Zile saw that he was serious and didn't know what to say for a moment. He could only sigh and said, "Then please tell Mu Ge'er to apologize for me. I'm sorry for him. I always ignored him before. I hope he won't hate me."

"Got it." Xu Shu responded, then opened the fence and went home, looking like he didn't want to say more.

Li Zile stood at the door and watched for a long time, then had to go back home.

Xu Shu, on the other hand, thought about what Li Zile said and asked Mu Jinghua if he understood it. Mu Jinghua obviously didn't understand.

But if I tell Mu Jinghua that he can't date someone under 18, will Mu Jinghua understand?

You will probably just think that this is some nonsense you made up, which makes you feel even more wronged.

After all, everyone in this world is like this. Some people even think that Mu Jinghua is too old at this age, and Xu Shu is considered an old bachelor at this age.

Who can understand my persistence?

Xu Shu couldn't come up with a solution, so he went to the kitchen and got some food. He ate it hastily and then lay on the bed, doubting his life.

He casually touched the book that he had thrown beside the bed last time, and when he saw it was "The Handsome Scholar and the Charming Fox", he lost interest again.

Last time he thought he was not interested in male foxes, but he reacted when he saw a slightly stimulating scene. In the end he even thought of Xiao Mujin. It was so sinful, so sinful.

Xu Shu covered his face with the book, smelling the faint scent of ink, and slowly fell asleep.

Just when the moon was rising in the west, there was a knock on the door. The knocks became more and more urgent, and finally woke Xu Shu from his sleep.

He opened his eyes dazedly. It was pitch black in the room and he couldn't see anything clearly. It was obviously not daybreak yet. However, the noise outside was getting louder and louder. Xu Shu's heart tightened.

Could it be that Mu Jinghua ran back from the town?

He hurriedly got out of bed to open the door, but as soon as he walked into the yard, he saw Shen Lin'er.

"Bad luck in love comes one after another." Xu Shu murmured in a low voice, but still stepped forward and asked Shen Lin'er, "Why are you here?"

Shen Lin'er's hair was messy, and her hairpin was unstable. When she saw Xu Shu coming out, she said nervously, "Xu Shu, take me away. I, I'm ready."

"What?" Xu Shuben didn't open the fence for her, and now he took two steps back to keep a safe distance.

Shen Lin'er ignored his reaction and just kept muttering to herself: "I broke off the engagement with that person, and my parents wanted to find me another family, but I don't want to. I... I only like you, please take me away."

Xu Shu was surprised and asked curiously, "We're already engaged, can we cancel it?"

Shen Lin'er thought he had listened to her words, and hurriedly said, "I was engaged to that guy when I was a child. Anything could have happened over the years. I can call it off. What's wrong with that? Believe me, I really only like you."

Xu Shu thought thoughtfully: "In other words, we don't have to get married right away after getting engaged?"

Shen Lin'er was silent for a while: "Xu Shu, I will be fifteen after the New Year. My parents will not let me stay at home anymore. If you don't marry me immediately..."

"What will happen?" Xu Shu asked her humbly.

Shen Lin'er thought he was planning to marry her, and said ecstatically: "It won't be a big deal, it's just a few gossips, but we have an engagement, others won't dare to say anything, and you are so powerful, everyone is chasing you, who dares to say bad things about you?"

"You're right." Xu Shu also thought it made sense. After he came to Shiqiao Village, he had never deliberately made enemies with anyone except those who came to him.

Moreover, even if the engagement is delayed for a while and the marriage is not completed, the gossip among the villagers probably won't be as much as that of being still single at such an old age.

After thinking this through, Xu Shu suddenly felt that things were looking up and he couldn't help but smile softly.

Shen Lin'er saw him smile and followed suit, saying, "Xu Shu, why don't you come to my house tomorrow and ask my father for marriage?"

"What?" Xu Shu was confused for a moment. "Why would I ask your father for marriage? I should go to... to Qi Huairen."

He thought to himself: "Xiao Mujin is Qi Huairen's apprentice, and his master is not much different from his father. I will go to Qi Huairen to propose marriage and then hire a matchmaker."

"The matchmaker asked Wu Yong. He knows more people in town than I do. He also needs to make wedding invitations. The one Jiang Xiao gave me last time was very nice. No, no, I'm not getting married. I'm just getting engaged."

"Getting engaged is not right. Getting engaged... forget it. I have to go find little Mujin now. I'll go right now."

Xu Shu made up his mind and ignored Shen Lin'er's surprised expression and ran home to change his shoes.

Shen Lin'er had just heard him mumbling to himself, and realized that she had misunderstood Xu Shu. But now that she realized that Xu Shu wanted to go find Mu Jinghua, she immediately grabbed Xu Shu.

Xu Shu was pulled by her, and then he remembered that Shen Lin'er was still there: "Don't touch me, I have something to do, go home."

Shen Lin'er held him and refused to leave: "Don't go. Xu Shu, please don't go. I broke off the engagement with the Liu family for you. You can't leave me, you can't, you can't leave me!"

Xu Shu frowned: "What do you mean by for me? Do I know you well, Shen Lin'er?"

Shen Lin'er widened her eyes in surprise: "I...we...but..."

Xu Shuke was too impatient to listen to her anymore, so he pried her hands apart and turned away, leaving her crying behind him.

Fearing that Shen Lin'er would continue to block him, Xu Shu didn't go out through the main door, but climbed over the wall and ran out.

Taking advantage of the night, he rushed towards Qi Huairen's clinic against the wind. When he saw the door, he wanted to kick it, but when he raised his foot, he hesitated.

"No, no," Xu Shu finally calmed down a little, "Little Mu Jin is still here, we can't scare him, I... I'll climb over the wall, I'll climb over the wall."

After calculating the height of the wall, he just jumped up and grabbed the top of the wall with one hand. Then he exerted more strength and easily climbed over the three-meter-high wall.

When he turned over, he saw that the light in Mu Jinghua's room was still on. Xu Shu frowned: "Why aren't you sleeping yet? What if your eyes get damaged?"

Having said that, he did not sleep either. He even ran to the town in the middle of the night and climbed over the wall.

Xu Shu went forward and knocked on the door twice, calling out, "Xiao Mujin, it's me, are you asleep?"