It's been four days, and Evans hasn't been back.

Su Mu's heart was empty, as if a branch had been broken, although it didn't hurt, but it was a little lost.

During this time, it seemed that something had happened to Evans' family, just two days ago, a large black box was carried out of his house, and it was also on that day that many faces came to his house that Su Mu had never seen, until they cried and comforted the Evans family.

Su Mu realized that the black long box was the coffin.

Who died?

A sense of foreboding arose in his heart, and with this anxiety, Su Mu turned into a human form and went to Evans's house.

Everyone is gone, and the small room is unusually empty at the moment.

Retracting his gaze from the window, Sumu knocked on the door of Evans' house.

The one who opened the door was a girl, Su Mu knew her, her name was Susan, she was from the flower shop, she was a few years older than Evans, and speaking of which, Evans had to call her sister.

"Who are you?" Susan's eyes were red and swollen, presumably she had just cried.

Su Mu was stunned and said, "Hello, I'm a friend of Evans. ”

"Evans' friend?" Susan was puzzled, she had known Evans for so long, except for a few people in the market who had a good relationship with him, there should be no other friends, when did the man with an oriental face in front of him meet Evans?

Without thinking much about it, Susan turned around and called Evans, and in the corner of the room, he paced out slowly, looking very unrefreshed.

In the past, this blonde and blue-eyed teenager was full of vitality in his eyes, but when he saw it today, he seemed to have gone through vicissitudes, and his eyes were a little mature.

"Evans......" Sumu called him.

The gloomy gaze rose slightly, and Evans saw the person, his brows and eyes trembled slightly, and he regained some of his strength, but he quickly dimmed.

He's what's wrong?

The two people in front of him were dressed in black, and Su Mu guessed correctly, someone had indeed died.

But who died?

"What are you going to do?" Evans was not afraid of him this time, on the contrary, he was very calm.

"I'm here to see you, your ......"

Wanting to ask, but couldn't ask, Su Mu poked his head and scanned the entire room, except for Ava, who was sitting at the dining table crying, there was no one else.

Could it be......

"My father is dead." Evans said suddenly.

He stepped forward and pushed Su Mu out of the door: "You go, I don't have time to take care of the yew tree anymore, I am the only male in the family, and this family needs me." ”

With a thud sounded—

Sumu was locked out.

He attached his hand to the door and tried to knock again, but eventually gave up.

……

For some time afterward, Evans took over his father, Peters' carpentry shop, which was so small that he had to do so much work that he could barely sleep, sometimes not seeing him for days.

Su Mu guessed that maybe he was sleeping in the store again, and it would catch a cold.

A boy who is only a teenager should learn to cherish his healthy body.

If you keep going like this, you will get sick sooner or later.

Su Mu, who was worried about him, turned into a human form again, and planned to go to the market to find him, but it was only a few years, and the injured Su Mu had not fully recovered, and the transformation would only increase the burden, but Evans was his benefactor, and he had to go and see.

So the wheat-skinned, skinny dryad set out on a path to find Evans.

But the question is, where is the bazaar?

Along the way, the eyes converged, all of them were suspicious and wary of him, after all, in such a small western town, it is not common for Eastern faces to face.

Or rather, Sumu was the first.

Ignoring these strange glances, Sumu continued to search for Evans' shop.

However, he did not find his carpenter's shop, but instead saw another familiar shop, which was Susan's flower shop.

The door was full of all kinds of flowers, and such a fresh flower shop suddenly appeared in the market street full of smoke and earth, which immediately attracted Su Mu's attention.

"Susan?"

As soon as he entered, Su Mu saw Susan sitting next to the flower shelf, her red hair was particularly conspicuous, and she was squatting to count the goods, as if someone had booked it, and she was counting boxes and boxes at the moment.

Susan turned around, placed the box in her hand on the ground, and recognized the person at a glance.

"You're a friend of Evans?"

"It's me." Su Mu was stunned, "You still know me?" ”

"Of course I do, after all, you are the only 'outsider' in this town." She made a joke and was about to bend down to pick up the next box when Su Mu picked it up.

"Where?"

"Oh......" Susan was stunned and pointed to the door, "leave it outside the doorway, someone will pick it up later." ”

Seeing that he was slender and had a lot of strength, Susan smiled, thanked him, and specially brought him a bunch of bellflowers.

"What kind of flower is this?"

"Bellflower, as a gift for you to help me." Susan handed him the bouquet and asked, "Are you here for Evans?" ”

Hearing this, Su Mu nodded.

Susan crouched down to continue her work, and said, "It's strange that you're a friend of Evans, but you don't know where his shop is. ”

Su Mu pulled the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, but did not speak.

Seeing his confusion, Susan said, "Just around the corner, follow this road to the east, and the second junction is." ”

Following the direction she pointed, Su Mu turned around and looked at it, then quickly turned back and bowed: "Thank you!" ”

Taken aback by his gesture of gratitude, Susan smiled helplessly: "Are you Orientals so exaggerated?" ”

Su Mu didn't answer but smiled back, and was about to leave, when he took back the steps on the threshold, hesitated for a while, and then asked aloud: "By the way, can you tell me about Evans's father, how he died?" ”

As soon as this question came out, Susan's hand holding the bouquet paused in the air, apparently remembering something unpleasant.

"I'm sorry to remind you of something bad, but Evans ......"

"It's okay, I'm willing to say." Susan stood up and straightened the corners of her folded skirt, "Evans's father was a carpenter, and although he was a commoner, his craft was known in the town for his good work, so he also took over the business of the nobility. ”

"Aristocrats?" Su Mu frowned, "He won't offend the nobles, right?" ”

Susan sighed, and her tone turned slightly angry: "Actually, I didn't offend, it was simply a nobleman who relied on his power to kill an innocent commoner." ”

"How?"

"On that day, the Duke said that he wanted to make a dining table, and he specially asked his subordinates to buy fine wood for Uncle Peters, saying that it was necessary to make things in two days, but how could it be possible to make such a large dining table in two days? Sure enough, two days later, even though Uncle Peters had made the table, the other party deliberately made it difficult, and as soon as he took it back, he said that the table was broken, and that he would make Uncle lose money, and that the wood had cost a lot of money to get it. ”

"Later, my uncle couldn't pay the money, so they arrested him, beat him, and killed ......"

When the last sentence was finished, Susan lowered her head, feeling the strange gaze of the other party, and when she looked up again, Su Mu was gone.

"This guy, why is he running so fast?"

Susan came to the door and looked at Su Mu's figure walking away, gradually disappearing into the dense crowd.

……

Following the location Susan had mentioned, Sumu quickly found Evans' storefront.

The carpenter's shop is in a good location and is very conspicuous, but it lacks a sense of presence compared to other shops.

As you get closer, you can smell the faint woody fragrance wafting through the air.

Push the door open and enter, but the store is in shambles.

Wood was piled up on the ground, and finished tables, chairs, and wardrobes were smashed.

Su Mu frowned, and found Evans curled up in a dark corner. His empty eyes stared blankly at the chaos in front of him, and under the dark shadows, even the shining blonde hair seemed to fade in color, losing its former vitality.

I have just experienced the pain of losing a loved one, and now I have to face changes at work.

At such a young age, how much suffering does he have to endure?

Who smashed the shop? Is it the duke who deliberately made trouble?

It's not enough to kill Peters, but to continue persecuting Evans?

"It's not open today, please go back." Evans, who was in the corner, noticed someone coming, and did not look up, but had already given the order to evict the guest.

"It's me." Su Mu spoke, not intending to leave, and put the bellflower on the cabinet at the door.

Evans heard the voice coming from Su Mu, and he tilted his head slightly to the side in the direction of Su Mu, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Let's take a look." Su Mu's expression returned to normal, bent down to straighten the chair that had fallen to the ground, sat down in a comfortable position, and said, "I can help you." ”

"Help me?" Evans finally raised his head and looked at Su Mu, "How can I help?" The other party is a nobleman, I have no power, no money, and he can crush me to death like an ant with a random order. ”

"You forgot, what am I?" Su Mu smiled at the corner of his mouth.

Evans was taken aback: "That ......"

"Alright." Before the other party finished speaking, Su Mu suddenly got up, "I'll help you clean up this shop first, looking at the mess, aren't you uncomfortable sitting in that pile of wood?" ”

Hearing this, Evans looked around him, the piles of wood and furniture were almost submerging him, and he hurriedly got up, and his eyes finally released some brilliance.

When he got up, he glanced at Su Mu, saw that he was helping to clean up, hesitated, and still asked, "Then, how are you going to help me?" ”

Su Mu picked up the furniture that had fallen to the ground and had not been damaged, and at the same time asked, "How do you want me to help you?" ”

After hearing this, Evans did not speak again.

He slowly shifted his gaze to the workbench behind him, where his father used most often at work.

A wave of sadness came up, but he finally suppressed it.

His eyes turned sharp, with hatred, and he seemed to have made up his mind, and suddenly turned around.

Evans's tone was firm, and he said to Su Mu, "I want him to die." ”

Su Mu guessed that he would say this, but hatred would eventually spoil people's hearts.

Although killing people was not his intention, Su Mu still chose to help him.

If Evans is still kind, please don't forget that he was also a helpful and life-loving person.