Collapse Simulator, why are we drifting apart?

Perhaps because of the bad luck he had encountered, he couldn't help but think more about it today.

Fan Mu felt that he never knew what the person in front of him was thinking, never knew.

Just like now.

Looking into Xier's blue eyes, I couldn't see into her heart.

It was calm and peaceful, and that was the look that was supposed to be like this.

Is she worried about her future life or is she worried about...me?

Fan Mu didn't know, but now that he thought about it carefully, the number of times Xier took the initiative to talk to him over the years seemed to be very few, and every time he just talked to himself.

However, he seemed to be enjoying it and never getting tired of it.

why?

With a complex and contradictory mentality, he simply finished a meal and lay on the bed. In the darkness, he looked at Xier holding the picture under the light and remained silent for a long time.

He felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. He hadn't felt uncomfortable for a long time.

Here I don’t have to worry about money or livelihood, and there are people to talk to and keep me entertained. My life is so much better than before. Although I am in a dark place, so what?

It's not reasonable for him to feel this way!

Purple lines gradually spread all over his body. He bit the quilt in pain without saying a word.

the next day.

"Hurry up and get up. Didn't we agree to go see the dean today?"

Fan Mu gently pushed the sleeping Xier and poked her soft cheek.

Xier slowly opened her eyes. After resting for a while, she looked at the well-preserved picture on the table, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

"Let's go! Bodyguard!"

She heard Fan Mu's call from the door, but she ignored him and trotted out the door.

The two were walking down the street and saw people running in one direction very fast. They were afraid that if they ran too slowly, it would be as if some disaster was chasing them.

"What happened?"

Fan Mu thought for a moment and decided to go over and take a look.

"You'll protect me, right, bodyguard?"

Xier looked at him and nodded seriously.

"That's fine, let's go!"

When he arrived at the place where the crowd was gathered, he found out what had happened by just asking around.

The supplies were transported from the upper area, and this time a lot of them were transported. People gathered here to scramble for the supplies, and almost everyone had a heavy bag of rice in their hands.

A happy and beautiful atmosphere spread among the crowd, which was full of hope for the future, but Fan Mu was the only one in the crowd who was watching silently, without saying a word.

He saw that every Silver Mane Iron Guard leading the team had a look of pity in their eyes.

This may be the last time we deliver the supplies.

…………

orphanage.

"Dean, why don't you go get the supplies?"

Fan Mu asked curiously.

"Haha, how can I walk with my old bones? Six years have passed, and my old bones can hardly walk anymore." The old woman laughed at herself, "You don't have to worry about it. Someone has sent a bunch of supplies here."

"If you and Xi'er can't afford to eat, you can come to my place!"

There was a seriousness in her words, but it also seemed like she was joking, and Fan Mu didn't know.

He nodded and looked at Xier who was surrounded by children. She was so popular.

She had a natural, happy smile on her face, something he rarely saw.

She rarely talked to herself so much.

"Sister Xier, can you draw a small flower on my clothes?"

"Yeah." Xier nodded and skillfully began to paint according to her memory.

"Sister Xier, is the sun really that big and warm?"

"Well, it's still dazzling!" she said.

Fan Mu didn't know why she said that. It was obvious that she had never seen the sun here. Was it just because she had seen a picture?

"Sister Xier, have you ever been to the ground?"

As one child asked the question, all the children around stopped asking questions and turned their curious eyes to her.

Fan Mu shook his head helplessly. He knew this question was difficult. If he said he didn't know, all his previous answers would be labeled as a liar. He didn't want Xier to be labeled a liar by the children, so he stepped forward to help.

"Never been."

What he didn't expect was that Xier had no hidden thoughts at all and frankly admitted that she had never been there.

This made him pause and stop where he was. He was very curious now, why did she say that?

Isn’t she afraid that the children will hate her for saying this?

"Hey, Sister Xier hasn't been there, so how does Sister Xier know what the sun and flowers look like?"

Because of the pictures.

"Because someone told me, your sister." When saying this, Xier's eyes were full of smiles.

Hearing this, Fan Mu subconsciously turned his head to look at the dean beside him. He remembered Xier saying that when she was very young, the dean would often tell her the above story.

Was that what happened at that time?

Or... are you talking about yourself?

"Well, Sister Xier, do you want to go up there and take a look?"

"I do, very much." Her eyes were full of longing. She spoke in a low voice, but Fan Mu still heard it.

"I also want to see the sun, see the sea, and watch a movie. I dream about it. I'll have the chance in the future!"

Her words were so firm that Fan Mu couldn't tell whether she was comforting the children or really believed it.

He looked at the trust and fantasy in Xier's eyes and remained silent for a long time.

as always.

After returning home, I eat, sleep and look at pictures.

"Xi'er, why are you so unwilling to talk to me?"

After a long silence, Fan Mu finally asked the question in his mind.

In the darkness, he looked at Xier who was so close to him, and did not ask such stupid questions as whether she wanted to go up and take a look or whether she wanted to see the sun.

"Don't want to? No, I just... don't know what to say." Xier replied while looking at the picture.

Her eyes narrowed.

"I don't know why I don't talk much to you. Normally I just listen to you!"

"Is that so? Just listen to me!"

Fan Mu slowly enunciated the words, repeated them, and suddenly chuckled.

"I can't believe this reason!"

"Then let me think about it again!" Xier showed a rare thoughtful expression.

She sat motionless in her seat, the beam of light shone on her face, and countless specks of dust floated in the light like a sculpture.

One of the reasons why he prefers to be in the dark is because he cannot look at the even slightly dazzling sunlight. But after seeing this scene, Fan Mu suddenly felt that the sunlight didn't seem so dazzling!

"That's fine, no rush, you can tell me whenever you have made up your mind!"

"it is good!"

Compared to the past, she talked a lot more tonight.

The two were not talking, perhaps they were asleep.

After a long time, Fan Mu propped himself up and looked at Xier who was sleeping. There was a doting look in his words that he himself didn't even notice!

"Really? I fall asleep again while watching. I have to clean up every time!"

He reached out to take the picture and wanted to put it back where it was, but when he saw the opened page, he was speechless for a moment. He was fascinated by it.

With the help of the dim light next to him, he could see that the picture in his hand stopped at the last page. It was... a painting he had never seen before!

There are mountains, sea, trees, flowers, and a huge sun in the picture... There is everything in the painting. It can be seen that the owner of the painting is very greedy and wants to add everything.

This results in the painting not being beautiful, but rather looking crowded. Even a three-year-old child knows not to draw everything together.

Fan Mu shook his head with a smile, feeling a little sad.

But what attracted him most were not these, but the two scribbled figures on the grass in the painting, sitting together looking at the flaming red sun, with a house next to them, perhaps their home!

In this crowded painting, the artist even left enough space to paint two people.

"Really..." He was a little incoherent, "I gave you too much money to do this kind of thing!"

In the darkness, no one could see that his eyes were red.