Chapter 14: Departure
I heard Xuanchen say that dinner would be ready soon, and I thought it meant that the takeout he ordered was about to arrive, but I didn't expect him to cook it himself.
"I made pineapple rice, I don't know if you like it?" Xuan Chen said as he walked over and turned off the fire, put on gloves and took out the tray from the oven, and the fragrance of rice and pineapple instantly filled the kitchen.
"The taste should be ok, taste it"
Looking at the pineapple rice in front of me, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
A mysterious rich second generation who looks like a playboy can actually cook?!
Xuan Chen stared at him in surprise when he saw me, and said with a smile: "It won't be unpalatable, I've tasted it, come!"
I took a step back, almost subconsciously, "Y-why are you-"
Why what? I don't know what I'm asking, why do I cook, why do I cook for me, why is it so good to me?
"You haven't eaten dinner, aren't you hungry?" Xuan Chen said, put down the spoon and looked at me, "What are you afraid of?"
What am I afraid of? No, I'm not afraid but confused, too much doubt!
Looking at his smiling face, I asked, "I'm not afraid, I just don't understand"
"Oh, what don't you understand?" Xuanchen put down his plate and leaned against the kitchen counter with his arms folded and looked at me.
"Why on earth did you approach me, why did you save me, why did you let me live in your house, why did you treat me so well, what do you want from me?"
He did not answer immediately after hearing my series of whys, but looked at me fixedly, and then I felt my heart pound again as violently as that night.
"Did you ask me why?" Xuan Chen's gaze fell on the kitchen door, and he said lightly: "Have you asked him why he appeared next to you?
I turned my head to look at Mu Xin who was standing in the doorway, and Mu Xin didn't look at me but looked at Xuan Chen with a blank face.
I don't know why Musin was around me, maybe because I was young when Musin appeared, and I didn't have the defenses of an adult at that time. All I remember is that when Musin appeared, I accepted his presence, and it became a habit for me to be around him.
As for what Mu Xin wanted from me that Xuan Chen asked, I don't know, I only know that in the past seven years, Mu Xin has taught me to protect me, and has never done anything to hurt me.
"I believe in him"
Listening to my words, Xuan Chen smiled, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes, cold but with a little unspeakable bitterness, and then I heard him say, "I just want to protect you" After speaking, he left the kitchen.
Musin was still standing in the doorway, and I asked, "You know, don't you?"
Musin looked indifferent and did not answer.
I suddenly felt bored, lowered my head and smiled: "Forget it, since you all said that you want to protect me, then protect it, as for the rest, it may not matter to me at all!"
Looking at the rice on the table, I stepped forward to pick up the spoon and tasted it, it was soft and glutinous and sweet, and the taste was really good.
When I finished eating in the kitchen and cooked two bowls of noodles and brought them out of the kitchen, there was no trace of Mu Xin, but Xuan Chen was lying leisurely on the oversized sofa in the living room downstairs, looking at a blue-skinned book.
I hesitated to ask him where Musin was, and Xue'er, who had been lying on the sofa obediently, saw me and screamed, jumped down and ran to me, rubbed my lap, and looked down at the little guy, who I thought should be very close to me.
"He's back to his room," Xuan Chen said, looking up at me and said, "How is it?"
I was stunned to realize that he was asking about pineapple rice, and he didn't mention what had just happened in the kitchen. I didn't want to mention it again, so I smiled and praised: "It's delicious, your cooking skills are very good" and raised the tray in his hand: "You didn't eat dinner either, I cooked noodles, let's make do with a little"
Xuan Chen looked at the face in my hand and smiled, "Are you going to grab my stomach first?"
I thought about it suspiciously, and suddenly thought of the unreasonable saying, if you want to capture a man's heart, you must first grab a man's stomach, and suddenly blushed a little, and hurriedly put one of the bowls on the dining table and went upstairs.
Cher obediently followed me.
Because I've known each other for too long, I've gradually developed some bad habits when I'm with Musin, and not knocking on the door is one of them.
So when I pushed the door open, a half-naked picture of a beautiful man with a long needle eye jumped in front of me.
Originally, according to common sense, I should have screamed first and said a few words of sorry for slipping away, but before I could scream, Mu Xin had already spoken very calmly, "Come in, I just have something to tell you"
Looking at the white chest in front of me, I subconsciously swallowed my saliva, "That, or I'll come back later" After speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave the scene of the crime quickly.
"It's alright, come in!"
I shouted silently, but I couldn't help but turn around and look into the room, and when I saw that Musin was already wearing a T-shirt, I felt a little regretful in my heart.
It's really empty and colorful, either or not!
This room was a little smaller than the one I stayed in, and the furniture wasn't much different.
While Musin was eating noodles, I sat on the bed and teased Cher, the little guy was very smart and human, and he had learned to shake hands with me in a moment, which was really cute.
"It still likes you"
Holding Cher's soft little paws, I smiled and said, "Yes, I think I'm very close to this little guy!as if I've known each other for a long time" Holding Cher in my arms, I shook its little paws and said, "Isn't it?"
The little guy rubbed his head in my arms as if in response to my words, and it was so cute that my heart was about to melt.
"I'm going to be away for a while"
Suddenly hearing Mu Sin's words, I didn't react for a while, and asked in a daze, "How many days are you going?"
"I guess it's going to be a long time, I don't know"
There seemed to be something suppressed in his slightly deep voice, and this was the first time I had heard Musin feel like this, and it was the first time I had heard him say he didn't know.
Touching Xue'er's ears, I looked closely and found that there were two red hairs in the little guy's ears, which looked a little abrupt.
"Are you—where are you going?" I hesitated when I asked, because Musin would never tell me what he had left to do, and looking at his calm but dark eyes as night, my heart tightened for no reason, and I suddenly had a bad premonition.
Musin looked at me and whispered, "Yes, there is something very important."
I wanted to ask him how important this matter was, but looking at his calm and cold look, the words on his lips turned into a smile that was too shallow to be seen.
After all, he and I are just friends, and his coming and going is never something I can decide and influence.
Thinking of this, I felt a little aggrieved and a little disappointed, my eyes were sour, and I quickly lowered my head and asked in a low voice, "When will you leave?"
"Tonight"
I was stunned, and was about to ask why I was in such a hurry, but I saw Mu Xin reach out and touch Xue'er's little head and say, "She will accompany you when I am away."
Looking at the little thing looking at my big wet eyes, I felt a little sad in my heart, but I could only mumble in a low voice: "It turned out that I found a companion!"
Mu Xin took out the jade plaque from his trouser pocket and handed it over, Mu Xin took the jade plaque away yesterday.
The jade phoenix is still the same as before, spreading its wings and ready to fly, but the red in the middle is gone, looking empty, as if it lacks a heart, I can't help but say: "There is still that red that looks better"
After I finished speaking, Mu Xin said lightly: "It was a drop of blood"
"A drop of blood?" I was a little surprised, "whose blood?"
Mu Sing didn't answer immediately, just looked at me in a daze, which made me suddenly a little flustered, and just when I thought he wouldn't answer, he said lightly: "That blood saved you that night"
I remembered that strong white light, a drop of blood could emit such a strong light? Although I saw it with my own eyes, it still sounds a little strange now, and I want to ask whose blood it is, which can emit such a powerful spell, but Mu Xin got up and brought me the dishes and chopsticks and said, "It's not early, let's rest early."
I took the dishes and chopsticks and hesitated and asked him, "You want to leave, what should I do with the school?" In fact, I have always felt that studying is dispensable for him, and I just want to find a reason for him to stay.
"I've taken a leave of absence from school"
How long did it take?The words finally turned into a dull sound, I took the dishes and chopsticks and walked to the door, Mu Xin helped me open the door and said: "Try to take Xue'er with you in the future, if you encounter something you can't deal with, go to him, he won't let you have trouble!"
Is it or is it him? I didn't ask again, whoever it was, it wouldn't be him who would protect me.
"Well, I see" looked sideways at the person in front of me, as cold as ever, I thought something had changed, but everything was just my imagination, trying to pull out a smile, and said softly: "I'll wait for you to come back, good night"
Without waiting for his answer, I went straight out of the room.
When I went downstairs, I saw that Xuanchen was still in the same posture as when I went in, casually flipping through the book, but the bowl on the table was empty.
I opened my mouth but I didn't know what to ask him, why did Musin leave? Will he come back? What answer could he give me if I asked! I still have to leave after all! And I have a hunch that Musin will really be gone for a long time this time, and maybe not again!
This hunch is terrible, I hope not!
When I was lying in bed, I couldn't help but look back on the seven years of getting along with Mu Sin, every bit of it was clearly left in my mind, there were joys, there were troubles, but more peace of mind, as long as he was around, I was always at ease.
But he's leaving!
I felt that my eyes were a little sour, and after enduring and enduring, tears still flowed down my eyes.