Chapter 10: Death (1)
Sure enough, as Mu Yi wished, after dealing with the graduation matter, Lin Yansheng followed him back to the original city.
It's just that Lin Yansheng insisted on going out to live, saying that her room was too small to fit things, and she wanted to rent a larger house, which could be used as a studio, which didn't seem very cramped.
When Mu Yi heard about it, he had to insist that Lin Yansheng live in his own house, but Lin Yansheng was willing to refuse sternly.
He didn't want to give up easily, he lobbied left and right, when Lin Yansheng was looking for a house, he was still saying that when Lin Yansheng found a house, he still refused to give up after Lin Yansheng moved in, and he was still persuading.
Later, Lin Yansheng finally couldn't help it, she put down the things in her hand snapped, turned her head and said to Mu Yi: "Don't say it again, my ears are about to grow calluses!"
"Then you promised to stay at my house. Mu Yi leaned on the edge of the table and looked at her stubbornly.
"Don't go. Lin Yansheng said, his tone decisive and resolute.
"Why?" Mu Yi leaned over to her and said incredulously,
"My house is big, there are many rooms, you can live in three rooms alone, and I can often play with you, how good!"
"No, it just doesn't. Lin Yansheng frowned,
"I'm not so poor that I can't afford to rent a house, it's good for me to live outside. β
"Then, then you live in my house, don't pay the rent, you see how much money you have saved, you can use this money to buy albums, buy painting tools, and save your favorite things, how good!" Mu Yi exerted all his strength, and after saying this, he pursed his lips, looking forward to Lin Yansheng's answer.
"Don't even think about it. Lin Yansheng replied to this sentence, ignored him, walked into the room that served as a studio, and slammed the door shut.
"Then if you don't go to live in my house, I'll move in with you!" Mu Yi leaned against the door and said loudly.
"Don't make a fuss, okay?" Lin Yan slammed open the door, and Mu Yi almost fell inside. He stood up straight and said aggrievedly, "Where did I make trouble?" β
"It's really going to make me feel so hard if you cling to me like this. β
"I just want to stay with you...... Besides, I'm not at ease if you live outside alone. β
"That's what you said when I was out of town, I promised you to move back, and you said this again, do you expect me to soften my heart and promise you to move to your house?" Lin Yansheng hugged his arms and looked at him expressionlessly.
Mu Yi nodded vigorously.
"Is your head full of paste?" Lin Yansheng poked his forehead fiercely,
"What does it look like for me to live in your house? I hate it anyway, don't say it, I won't promise you, you go back quickly, I still have to clean." β
"I'll help you!" Mu Yi picked up the storage box on the table and walked towards her bedroom. Lin Yansheng looked at his back helplessly, shook his head, followed him into the bedroom, and said: "I don't need your help, I'm going to clean up quickly, you go back, aren't you going to report to the company tomorrow?" Go back and take a shower and sleep well, recuperate and go to work, don't spend it here with me." β
"Yan Sheng. Mu Yi put down the storage box and turned to look at her uneasily,
"Don't you like me anymore?"
"What are you thinking?" Lin Yansheng stood on tiptoe and patted his head and said,
"Go back, don't be cranky. β
"As long as I'm in front of you, you're going to chase me away, and I feel like you don't like me anymore. Mu Yi sat down on the bed and looked at Lin Yansheng unhappily.
Lin Yansheng looked at him with a smile, sighed, sat down next to him, and said seriously: "I'm not driving you away, I think that no matter how close the relationship between two people is, there must still be a little distance, distance produces beauty, have you ever heard this sentence?"
"Distance only creates barriers. Mu Yi disagreed with her words,
"Anyway, I think it's fun to be with you, more than anything else, and I'm going to stick to you. He rested his head on Lin Yansheng's shoulder and wrapped his arms around her tightly.
"It's been four years, aren't you sticky enough?" Lin Yansheng looked at him sideways.
"It's not enough, I'm not enough for a lifetime. Mu Yi rubbed on her shoulder, like a kitten that was paying attention.
Lin Yansheng sneered, but soon said seriously: "If you stick to me like this again, I really don't like you." β
"You don't like me and I'm sticking to you. β
"Are you sure?" Mu Yi raised his head to look at her, and seeing that Lin Yansheng didn't look like he was joking, he sighed, let go of her arm, and said, "Okay, then you are busy, I'll go." β
"Send me a message when you get home. Lin Yansheng said, watching his back disappear outside the door, and his heart suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
She stood up, stretched her waist, and continued to gather her things. This situation did not last long, after Mu Yi went to the company for an internship, his life became busy all of a sudden, even if he wanted to stick to Lin Yansheng's heart, he didn't have that strength.
Mu Yi has watched his father deal with business since he was a child, and he has always made decisions with a snap of his fingers and a joke, which seems to be an easy task, but when he really came into contact with these things, he realized that not everything is as simple as he imagined.
Moreover, he is only starting from the bottom, he is a little overwhelmed, and the things he learned in school are not in line with the work in front of him in any case, and after a week of busy work, he is anxious and feels that most of his brain cells are busy.
Although he was tired, his parents were happy to see it, and this son, who used to only know how to play and frolic, finally entered the society and wanted to taste the taste of life.
It's a little busy now, but it's not a good thing. Finally got the weekend holiday, Mu Yi seemed to be relieved, spread his hooves and ran to Lin Yansheng's house.
He excitedly wanted to share everything he had experienced this week with Lin Yansheng, whether it was tired or gained, but when he arrived at the door, he knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered the door.
He was puzzled, took out his mobile phone and wanted to call Lin Yansheng, but suddenly saw an unread text message displayed on the screen of his mobile phone.
"My mom is gone. "The sender is Tao Qirui. Mu Yi looked at the message, a little stunned. They hadn't been in touch for a long time, and it was the first message Tao had sent to herself in a long time, however she said
"My mother is gone", what does this mean? Mu Yi wanted to ignore this message and call Lin Yansheng directly, but he always felt uneasy in his heart, he recalled that when Tao Qirui patiently gave him a lecture and analyzed his strengths and weaknesses in learning, she was so serious and responsible, and he once regarded her as a good friend.
However, when he noticed that Tao Qirui liked him, somehow, he suddenly felt a sense of disgust in his heart, and he no longer wanted to have anything to do with her.
But now, she sent such a message, can he still pretend not to see it? After hesitating for a moment, he still dialed Tao Qirui's phone, and almost at the same time, the phone was connected, and there was a slight breathing sound from the other side, which was almost inaudible.
"Hey?" Mu Yi said,
"Tao Qirui?"
"Hmm. β
"Your motherβ" Mu Yi hesitated,
"What's wrong with your mother?" The other side was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly burst into a burst of crying, Tao Qirui kept sobbing, choked and said, "My mother is gone, my mother left me behind!" Half an hour later, Mu Yi appeared in the narrow alley in front of Tao Qirui's house.
He licked his lips and stepped inside. Before coming here, he called Lin Yansheng, but no one answered, so he had to send her a text message, saying that he had come to Tao Qirui's house to report to her.
There are not many people in the alley, and you can see the signboard of Tao Qirui's supermarket at a glance. This was the first time Mu Yi had come to her house, and he was hesitant whether it was right for him to do this.
From a friend's point of view, he should indeed come to help her, but Tao Qirui has that kind of affection for herself...... His mood was entangled, and before he knew it, he had walked into the supermarket, which was quiet, and the goods on the shelves looked a little old in the dim light, as if they had not been new for a long time.
"Tao Qirui?" Mu Yi shouted, looking inside. There was a rustling sound inside, and Tao Qirui walked out from behind a shelf.
She looked emaciated and thin, her eyes red and swollen, and undried tears hanging from her cheeks. Seeing Mu Yi, she stopped, and said angrily, "You're here." β
"What's going on?" Mu Yi asked, looking at her worriedly. Tao Qirui exhaled deeply, smiled reluctantly, and said, "I'm sick, uterine cancer." Mu Yi didn't understand that term, he only understood cancer.
He opened his mouth empty, and only said one sentence for a long time: "Festival mourning." Tao Qirui looked at him fixedly and said, "Thank you." β
"Then, is the future all done?Do you have any other relatives at home?" Tao Qirui shook her head and said with a wry smile: "There is no one in the family except me and my mother." As for the future, it's all because I don't have the ability, and before I can take care of my mother, she died, and I can't even afford a cemetery after I die...... I ......," she said, and she began to cry sadly again.
Mu Yi looked at her at a loss, not knowing what to do. He walked up to her, took out a pack of tissues from his pocket and handed it to her, and struggled for a long time before he said, "Don't cry, it's not good for your health." β
"I'm just my mom. Tao Qirui looked at him with tears on her face,
"When she was gone, I was the only one left, I had nothing, nothing. I don't even dare to stay in this place, I think of my mom when I see anything, and my heart hurts when I think of my mom, it's very uncomfortable. She leaned limply on the counter, crying almost breathlessly,
"You don't know how I've been these days, no matter day or night, it's just me, I have to support everything by myself, I really can't hold it anymore, I'm so uncomfortable, it's really uncomfortable. She pounded her heart with her hand, crying and breaking her liver and intestines.
"You-" Mu Yi looked at her, not knowing what to do, not moving, not moving, so he had to say some useless comforting words.
After a long time, Tao Qirui finally calmed down a little, she looked at Mu Yi through her teary eyes, and said, "I'm sorry to contact you today and disturb you." β
"Don't say things like that, we're friends, as we should. Mu Yi said, looking at her worriedly.
"Are we really friends?" Tao Qirui looked at him, and seeing that Mu Yi couldn't answer, she smiled bitterly and said,
"I know, I know it, I know it in my heart, I know it without you saying it. β
"What do you know?" Mu Yi looked at her puzzled. Tao Qirui wiped away her tears with her sleeve, took a deep breath, and said, "I know you hate me, and I wish I could stay away from you." β
"Hate you?" Mu Yi frowned, he did have an aversion to Tao Qirui in his heart, but it was only because he was aware of her feelings for him, and he never disliked her as a person.
On the contrary, Mu Yi admires her a lot, she studies well, has strong self-control, treats her classmates equally, and is very kind, where would he hate her?
"I've never hated you. Mu Yi said with an oath.
"Forget it, I don't want to dwell on this, it's all over. Tao Qirui smiled, her smile was full of sadness and pain,
"Even loved ones will leave, let alone others. Mu Yi sighed and asked, "Then what are you going to do in the future?"
"Just live like this, and live until one day counts. Mu Yi felt like he was giving up on himself when he heard her tone, and hurriedly said, "Don't think so, although your mother is gone, there are still many things to look forward to in this world." β
"Well, something worth looking forward to......" Tao Qirui looked at him again, and Mu Yi, who was staring directly at Mu Yi, had goosebumps all over his body,
"Thank you. β
"No thanks. Mu Yi looked at her and seemed to soften a little, so he asked,
"Are you hungry? Do you want to go out to eat? β
"Good. Tao Qirui said, she felt very weak, but she still held on,
"Wait for me to change my clothes. The two of them chose a nearby restaurant, but they didn't have much appetite, so they just ordered some food.
Mu Yi sent several messages to Lin Yansheng, but she didn't reply, and she didn't know what to do. Mu Yi was a little worried in his heart, but looking at Tao Qirui's face in front of him, he was even more ugly, and he couldn't make up his mind to leave.
They sat silently for a while, chatting with each other for a few words, and in the end, Tao Qirui looked at Mu Yi's distracted appearance, and couldn't help asking, "Do you have anything to do?"
"Yes. Mu Yi smiled embarrassedly. Tao Qirui lowered her head for a long time before she said, "Then you go and get busy." β
"Are you alright?"
"It's fine. There you go. She still hung her head, unable to see the expression on her face. Mu Yi stood up, hesitated, and said, "Don't be too sad, go out for a walk when you have time, don't be bored all the time, maybe it will be better." He hadn't experienced this kind of thing, and he couldn't understand Tao Qirui's mood, so he could only comfort him with empty words.
"Good. She agreed. Mu Yi left her side as if he was running away, he took out his mobile phone and continued to call Lin Yansheng while walking briskly, and after calling several times, Lin Yansheng picked it up and asked in surprise: "What's the matter?
"Why did you go, why didn't you answer the phone?" Mu Yi was a little angry.
"I'm outside, I don't hear the bell, what's wrong?"
"Where are you?"
"I'm already on my way home now. Lin Yansheng said, carrying a big bag of things in her hand, which were newly bought painting utensils.
"Okay, you don't answer the phone, I thought something happened to you, I'll go look for you now. β
"Didn't you go to work today?"
"It's a day off. Mu Yi said and hung up the phone. His brows were furrowed, and he was in a bad mood, not only because Lin Yansheng didn't answer his call.
Lin Yansheng hung up the phone, wondering how Mu Yi spoke in a hurry today. She quickened her pace and walked towards the house, just as she arrived at the door and was about to get the key, another elevator door behind her clanged open, and Mu Yi walked out of it.
His face was ugly, his expression was irritable, and he stepped in front of Lin Yansheng in a few big steps.