Chapter 3: Follow Me
"Mom, has Mu Mu moved?" Yuan Chengle lingered beside Lin Man, and after hesitating for a long time, he decided to ask.
"Didn't move, what's wrong?" Lin Man felt that his heart was beating, and he didn't know his son's attitude towards Fang Mumu.
"It's fine." Yuan Chengle got out of the way, walked to the side, and watched his mother sorting out the items he brought, and consciously did not step forward to help.
"Lele, why are you going?" Lin Man turned around and didn't see Yuan Chengle, and hurriedly went out to see, her son, who had just come back, was ready to go out without even having time to drink a sip of water, she knew what Yuan Chengle was doing, but she still stopped him in time.
"I'll go find Mumu." Yuan Chengle, who was already about to walk to the door, turned to look at his mother and pushed the eyes on the bridge of his nose.
"Why don't you ask me how she has been doing all these years, and just go over to find it?" Lin Man walked up to Yuan Chengle and looked up at his grown son.
"Just ask Mu Mu directly." Yuan Chengle said disapprehantly.
"Confused!" Lin Man said and grabbed Yuan Chengle's arm, as if he was afraid that Yuan Chengle would run away if he didn't listen to him, "You should ask me first, if Mu Mu has been doing well all these years, she will naturally be happy when she sees you." But if she is not doing well, you go with a smile on your face, and you will be locked out of the door. ā
The corners of Yuan Chengle's mouth, which were originally slightly raised, slowly stiffened at the moment, "Then, how has Mu Mu been doing all these years?" ā
"Not good!" Lin Man shook his head and said categorically, "You go in with me, and I will talk to you slowly, her affairs cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences." ā
Yuan Chengle didn't respond to Lin Man, his brows were slightly furrowed, his heart was even tighter, his mind was full of Fang Mumu at the time of the college entrance examination, a fire burned in his heart, towards Fang Jian, and even more towards his incompetent self.
"Lele, go, go into the house." Seeing this, Lin Man had to pull Yuan Chengle into the house.
Yuan Chengle let his mother pull him, in fact, he could have thrown off his mother's hand and rushed out to find Fang Mumu directly, but as his mother said, he went so unexplained, what could Fang Mumu say? Nothing.
In Lin Man's mouth, Yuan Chengle knew that Fang Mumu had lived more tormented than he imagined in the past ten years, it was like purgatory, dying and struggling again and again, but now he can still live strongly, Fang Mumu lives stronger than him.
"So, Zhang Erwa's time, Mu Mu's left hand was directly abolished, but Mu Mu's child is a good child, and now..."
"Mom, don't say it, I know." Yuan Chengle interrupted Lin Man's last statement, this item was enough for him to feel uncomfortable, even if he told him that Fang Mumu was living no different from a normal person now, so what could he do.
"Everyone has everyone's life, and Mumu's child is really miserable." Lin Man had to add this sentence at the end, so that he could feel a little more comfortable after talking about Fang Mumu's past.
Yuan Chengle's clenched fist slammed on the table, and his whole person rose up with the momentum, he wanted to appear in front of Fang Mumu immediately at this moment.
"Lele." Yuan Youliang on the side called Yuan Chengle, who turned around and was about to walk out, "It's not early, it's not appropriate to go here." ā
"There's nothing out of place." Yuan Chengle lowered his head and said to his father.
"Very inappropriate." Lin Man immediately stood up and grabbed Yuan Chengle again, "Xiaoqing is here, it's not appropriate for you to leave her directly." It's so late, Mu Mu is still a girl, it's not appropriate for you to knock directly on the door as a man. Over the years, you have also heard that Mumu's child has suffered a lot, and the first day you come back, you will let her peel off the past and show you, so that it is even more inappropriate for her to be uncomfortable for another night. ā
"Auntie, Iā" Xiao Youqing whispered, "I'm fine." ā
"Xiaoqing, I think your aunt and I have something to do with it." Yuan Youliang said to Xiao Youqing beside him.
Yuan Chengle looked at the sky outside that was completely dark, and stood there blankly, what his mother said was indeed that he was not thoughtful, but he felt tormented when he didn't see Fang Mumu now. In the end, Yuan Chengle lowered his eyes, Fang Mumu had been suffering for so many years, and he had only been suffering for one night, what could he not wait.
"Then I'll go back to the house first." Yuan Chengle said, gently pushed away the hand of his mother who was holding his arm, and then turned to leave, and went directly into his room without saying a word.
"Hey, this kid!" Lin Man looked at Yuan Chengle's departing figure, so he had to turn around and sit next to Xiao Youqing, holding Xiao Youqing's hand and patting it while comforting, "Lele, a dead child, has had such a temper since he was a child, Xiaoqing, don't be surprised." ā
"Auntie, I know." Xiao Youqing responded with a smile, and accompanied Yuan Youliang and his wife to talk and laugh until he went back to his room to sleep.
That night, Yuan Chengle was not the only one who couldn't sleep, Fang Mumu and Yu Cai were also the same. From the moment she learned that Yuan Chengle was back, Fang Mumu's whole person seemed to have lost her soul, no matter what Yu Cai said, she turned a deaf ear, completely silent in her own world, and never even ate a bite of dinner.
Yu Cai didn't know what to do, so she had to stay with Fang Mumu all the time, not daring to leave an inch, even if she couldn't hold back and go to the toilet, her pants were all trotting and lifting, she was afraid that if she didn't pay attention, Fang Mumu would do something stupid. Even though her eyes were so sleepy that she couldn't open them until late at night, she still held on to her consciousness until it was almost dawn, when she heard Fang Mumu's breathing while he was asleep, and she fell asleep peacefully.
Fang Mumu didn't sleep deeply, and Fang Jiantian left the house just after dawn. She listened to the footsteps of her father leaving, slowly got up from the bed, slowly put on her shoes, slowly opened the door of the side room, sat in the yard and sighed, the mother who guarded her in the house made her feel difficult to breathe, she was not sad, and she did not want to seek death again, there was nothing to seek death. It's just that she needs time to let go of her ten-year obsession, which is not easy.
The early autumn morning was cool, and even the wind became gentle, and it caressed Fang Mumu and woke her up little by little.
Fang Mumu ruffled the hair that the wind had brought to the back of her head, thinking about the appearance of the woman yesterday, she immediately stood up and washed her face with water, after all, she was also the person her brother said she wanted to marry, and she couldn't let the woman laugh at her face, in case she met.
Fang Mumu seemed to find the motivation to cheer up, the whole person was full of energy, after she finished washing, she quietly entered the house, touched out a few of her clothes in the dark, picked a suitable one, changed them in the kitchen, and then quietly put the other clothes back into the house, her movements have always been very light, she didn't want to wake up her mother, after all, her mother guarded her too hard last night.
After Fang Mumu changed her clothes, she smiled at herself in the glass window, and then picked up the broom with her right hand and began to sweep the yard gently, she wanted to find some work to do, maybe she could let go of her obsession faster, or, no longer care about that obsession.
The knock on the door startled Fang Mumu, she looked at the direction of the gate in a daze, thinking that there was no one else who could knock on her door early in the morning except her father, who had turned and returned. She didn't ask, and walked briskly over to open the door.
"Brother?" Fang Mumu looked at Yuan Chengle who appeared in front of him in a daze, compared with yesterday's long-distance view, Yuan Chengle looked more handsome, but also thinner, his whole face was sunken with a clear outline, and the eyes behind the glasses also became deep because of his thinness.
"Mumu, come with me." Yuan Chengle directly pulled up Fang Mumu's left hand, and seeing that the hand didn't respond, he put it down a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I just..."
"It's okay." Fang Mumu didn't dare to look at Yuan Chengle again, shaking his head.
Yuan Chengle took Fang Mumu's right hand again, pulled Fang Mumu and ran in the direction of Lizhishan, when Fang Mumu left, he took the door with his feet, and the sound of the door closing made Yu Cai wake up for a moment, but fell asleep in a moment.
The running along the way made Yuan Chengle and Fang Mumu seem to return to their childhood, at that time, adults would always think that it was two naughty children looking for fun. And now, they have all grown up, the adults are the children at that time, and the adults at that time have entered middle age or old age, they looked at Yuan Chengle and Fang Mumu who were rushing in front of them with different eyes, and some whispers began to whisper between them.
"Isn't that the son of the old Yuan family who just came back?"
"It's not, how to drag a girl to run around the village, it's really not true."
"There's nothing out of the ordinary, people have been out for ten years, and they are all from the city, and it's common to be in the city."
"But this is a crockpot village, no matter how you look at it, it's too unpleasant."
"Not to mention those who have it or not, the girl he pulled just now, why do I look so familiar?"
"Isn't it familiar! Didn't you walk around the village yesterday holding your hand? ā
"The girl of the Fang family?"
"Who else could there be?"
"This girl's life is not something that we mortals can see and say clearly."
"We mortals are suitable for farming, eating, and barely living."
"You still have to have a hope to live, such as going to the county town to visit a market."
"Yes, yes, yes..."
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This is still said in the dark, some people's words are in the light, although Fang Mumu is running, he still hears some sporadic things. She wanted to stop and go home, but she knew better than anyone that she needed to talk to Yuan Chengle face-to-face this time, so that her ten-year obsession could come to a real end.
Yuan Chengle did not take Fang Mumu to their secret base, but ran up to the top of Lizhi Mountain in one go, Yuan Chengle bent over, panting heavily, his face was unusually pale.
Fang Mumu looks better than Yuan Chengle. She just took a short rest, and then she had already recovered, she looked at Yuan Chengle in front of her and was a little worried, and wanted to step forward to help him, but she felt that it was not appropriate, and her right hand was only hanging in the air after all, and there was no movement.
"Brother, are you alright?" Fang Mumu asked cautiously.
Yuan Chengle raised his head and smiled at Fang Mumu, "It's been a long time since I've run like this, so it will take a while." ā
Yuan Chengle's smile made Fang Mumu's worry a little embarrassed, she lowered her head and didn't look at Yuan Chengle, "It's okay, just slow down for a while." ā
Yuan Chengle straightened his waist, walked to Fang Mumu, and looked at Fang Mumu condescendingly, "Over the years, you've worked hard." ā
Yuan Chengle's hand unconsciously slowly raised, wanting to touch Fang Mumu's head.
"What?" Feeling that Yuan Chengle's tall body was in front of him, Fang Mumu subconsciously took a small step back, still lowering his head and not daring to look at Yuan Chengle.