Seeing this, Xu Sleeve Yan exclaimed directly, hurriedly stepped forward, and supported Caihe's thin body that was constantly trembling, and his voice was dyed with a sense of eagerness that could not be ignored.

"Caihe, your body can't be tossed like this anymore."

"If you have anything to say, just say it directly, there's no need for this."

"Mother."

Waved his hand casually to stop Xu Sleeve Cigarette's movements, Cai He paused, a pair of reddened eyes looked at Xu Sleeve Cigarette softly, the corners of his mouth moved, hesitated for a moment, and Fang smiled at Xu Sleeve Cigarette, with a bit of childlike innocence.

A bright smile bloomed on the dark red bloodstained face, and a pair of crystal eyes seemed to contain deep emotions, but they were restrained by extreme forbearance, with layers of ripples, constantly spreading into the distance.

"Mother."

After a moment of silence, the smile on Caihe's face deepened a little, and there was warmth between his eyebrows and eyes, like a ray of warm sun in winter, melting, dissipating the chill in the dark night.

"I'm sorry, it's useless to pick lotus."

"Caihe can't protect the mother well, can't protect the little princess well, and can't protect the other sisters in the palace."

"Caihe can't share the worries of the mother, can't avenge the mother, can't help the mother get out, but has to burden the mother"

As he spoke, Caihe was sour at the tip of his nose, his eyes were red, and gradually, his eyebrows became wet.

"I'm sorry, it's useless to pick lotus."

"No, no."

Suddenly, Xu Sleeve Yan kept shaking his head, his body paused, he took a few steps forward, quickly came to Caihe's side and squatted down, stretched out his bloodstained hand, and took Caihe's thin body into his arms.

"Caihe, don't say that."

"Caihe, you're already fine."

"It's me who is useless and can't protect you."

The thin hand gently patted Caihe's back, with a soothing meaning, Xu Zhiyan took a deep breath, and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Caihe.

"Mother, listen to me first."

After a pause, swallowing the words in his throat, Xu Sleeve took a deep sniff, nodded, tightened the picking, and solemnly spoke.

"Okay, Caihe, you say."

"Mother."

Leaning on Xu Sleeve Yan's chest, there was a clear heartbeat sound in his ears, Caihe breathed a deep sigh of relief, and his tense body slowly relaxed, as if he had found a home, a gentle and satisfied smile appeared on his face, like a child who had returned home, two lines of crystal clear tears, just like this, ran down her thin cheeks, slowly slid down, and smeared a piece of blood.

"Niangniang"

"Caihe, there is no family since childhood, before, Caihe was a maid in a big family, but often beaten by some big girls, the master is unhappy, and he will also torture Caihe, after that, Caihe took advantage of an opportunity to escape in a hurry."

"After that, Caihe was too hungry and physically exhausted, so he fainted on the side of the road and was taken in by an old woman."

After a pause, the smile on Cai He's face deepened a lot, and his eyes gradually emptied, revealing a look of memory.

"That grandmother is very good, very kind, she treats the lotus as her own child, she will drive away the cold and warmth of the lotus, she will make new clothes for the lotus, she will cook porridge and decoction for the lotus, and she will cover the quilt for the lotus at night."

As he spoke, Caihe choked slightly, his eyes were glowing with a layer of water, his eyes were full of redness, and the tears seemed to be unstoppable, flowing out continuously, ticking, falling on the cold ground, quickly disappearing in the deep night, and disappeared.

"Mother, Grandma"

After a pause, his white teeth bit his lower lip tightly, his hands clenched tightly, pressed to his heart, Caihe took a deep breath, and continued to speak.

"It's really good, really good."

The palm of his hand was gently rubbed on the top of Caihe's hair, Xu Zhiyan forcibly endured the surging emotions in his heart, blinked his eyes, his eyes were red, and his eyebrows were moist.

"Yes, Grandma is fine."

As if unconsciously, Xu Sleeve kept repeating, and his soft voice coaxed the emotional Caihe, and his eyes were shining with a faint sadness.

"Grandma is very good."

"Grandma is really good to be picked lotus."

"But, mother."

Suddenly, Caihe's voice was low, as if he had thought of something bad, and his scarred little hand grabbed the placket of his chest tightly, and his breathing was obviously a little shorter.

Sensing the change in Caihe's mood, Xu Zhiyan couldn't help frowning tightly, and his palm was filled with gentle spiritual power, gently rubbing the top of Caihe's hair, and the wisps of it were immersed in Caihe's body, comforting the palace maid who had been accompanying him.

"Mother."

Taking a deep breath, Caihe stopped choking, paused, and continued to speak, slowly saying the long-sealed past in the calmest tone possible.

"Caihe thought that he would be like this, and he would live with his grandmother forever"

"It's like a family."

"But"

After a pause, Caihe blinked his eyes, as if he wanted to force back the tears that kept flowing from the corners of his eyes, but it was useless.

The tears were like beads with broken threads, drop by drop, falling continuously, accompanied by Caihe's mournful voice slowly sounded.

"However, that year, the village where Caihe and Grandma lived suddenly broke out of the epidemic, and many people died."

"At that time, the epidemic was really terrible, and in just a few days, the originally lively village was full of wailing, and life and death were staged everywhere."

"The village is isolated, people can't escape, and there are no doctors willing to come here and heal the people, so everyone can only wait for death."

"One day, Grandma also contracted the epidemic, and since then, she can't afford to be sick."

As he spoke, Caihe's voice was obviously trembling, and tears rippled.

"Grandma didn't allow Caihe to take care of her, she first fled to the depths of the cold mountain alone, wanting to hide herself."

"But."

The corners of his lips grinned, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes.

"Caihe has lived with Grandma for a long time, and he is still somewhat familiar, and it didn't take long for him to find Grandma."

"Caihe took Grandma back, but Grandma began to lose her temper and wanted to drive Caihe out."

"But how could Caihe leave Grandma?"

The voice was dyed with a sad color, Caihe sniffed, endured the gloomy feeling in his heart, and continued to speak:

"Caihe thinks, even Caihe himself is infected with the epidemic, so let's leave with Grandma."

"Caihe wants to be with Grandma all the time, and when he goes to the underworld, he will be with Grandma and continue to serve Grandma."

"But"