wooden words

Gu Muyu quickly ran to the place where the child was staying. At this moment, the child was no longer squatting on the ground and hugging herself tightly. She was standing at a loss, holding her overly fat and tattered body tightly with both hands. His clothes were originally dirty, but after soaking in the river water, his whole body is now wet, and the muddy water "tick" "tick" dripped down, and the floor was already filthy.When she saw Gu Muyu came back, she was even more nervous, and her timid look made people feel sore.

"Why are you standing here so stupidly?" Gu Muyu didn't pay attention to the situation on the ground. Seeing the child standing there blankly, she didn't dare to say where she was hurt, so she reached out and wanted to touch her. However, before touching the child's hair, the child took a step back and refused to let her touch it. She was also puzzled, and with her big innocent eyes, she asked puzzledly: "Aren't you okay?" You like me, you see you haven't said a word to me until now, even if I ask you to touch you, you won't let me touch you, so I'm just so annoying to you?" As she spoke, she still choked on her nose.

Seeing her appearance, the child hurriedly shook his head, and Gu Muyu took advantage of the victory to pursue him: "Then tell me, what's wrong with you? Can you talk to me? If you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me, and I will go to the doctor right away." Come to see your doctor." She looked earnestly, staring at the child, for fear of losing a trace of her expression.

"Dirty." The child pursed his lips, as if he was about to speak, but there was nothing to say. Gu Muyu didn't force her, but just stared at her carefully. After a while, he heard a barely audible syllable from the child's mouth.

dirty?Who is dirty?Where is it dirty?

Gu Muyu looked intently at the child's tattered clothes and the muddy floor under his feet, and suddenly realized that, regardless of the child's resistance, he forcibly hugged her in his arms, gently pressed against her soft hair, and said softly: "So you can talk! , I was scared to death just now. You didn't say a word. I thought you lost your voice when you fell. Okay, little guy, you see that we are all the same now, and no one can dislike anyone. Relying on being older than the child and having a bit more strength, she desperately pressed down on the child's restless limbs and violently twisted body.

During the game, Gu Muyu heard the child say again anxiously: "No, I don't deserve it." This sentence was still short, but it only made Gu Muyu a little angry after only five words: "What do you mean? Why not? Who doesn't deserve it?" Already?" She thought in her heart that the little girl must have heard the absurd words of the middle-aged man just now, and seeing that the man in her arms refused to cooperate well, she was even more dissatisfied, so she spoke with a hint of impatience: " I treated you sincerely and did not seek anything from you, but in the end you were fine and didn't think about me at all. You don't know how hard I worked to keep you in front of my father, but you still despise me, then Why did I save you just now?" Gu Muyu deliberately said ironic words to provoke the little girl, not to mention, the effect was quite good, the child was really fooled, seeing Gu Muyu's angry face, she immediately became anxious, and said in a low voice Zhang opened his mouth: "No, no, I don't hate you, I am..."

"How are you?" Gu Muyu interrupted her, "Don't tell me that you are dirty and don't deserve to stay with me. I am like you now. If you dare to despise me, I will despise you too." She He squinted his eyes, pretending to be fierce.

The child met her eyes and felt that she was not lying, so he quickly shook his head and said, "I don't dislike it."

Gu Muyu smiled when she heard the words, and pinched her face affectionately, it was so tender to the touch, she immediately became playful, pinched left and right, the child's face was puffy in a short time, very cute.She didn't want to use all her strength, even so, the child's brows gradually frowned, and then she came to her senses and quickly apologized: "Ah, I'm sorry, I hurt you, why don't you say anything when you feel the pain? I squeezed it for a long time just now, it must be very painful, right?" Seeing Gu Muyu wrinkled her small face, the child suddenly felt very funny, in fact, she also smiled, but it was only a twitch of the corners of her mouth, which was fleeting and still Fortunately, Gu Muyu kept staring at her, so he didn't miss this vivid expression.

"You have a really nice smile. You see, you don't talk all the time. Even if you do, it's only a few words. You hardly laughed just now. We're going to live together in the future. Don't keep your face so cold~" When it came to the end, Gu Muyu also took on the coquettish tone of Si when he was talking to his father.

She must not have guessed the turmoil in the child's heart at the moment, the words "live together in the future" hit her heart heavily, and then the world was in chaos, and she even began to wonder if she was dreaming?If it wasn't a dream, how could everything have become like this?The beauty is like the rainbow bubbles that pop out when washing clothes-a good-looking young lady rescued her, didn't think she was dirty, warmed her with her arms, and promised to live with her.She opened her eyes wide in disbelief, and wanted to pinch herself to see if she was dreaming, but she was afraid that she was really dreaming. When she poked, the bubble burst, pulling her out of the warmth and light, so she just Staring at Gu Muyu steadfastly, he didn't dare to make any unnecessary movements.

"He didn't talk," Gu Muyu saw that the child was about to wander out of the sky, the small mouth was still slightly open, pink and tender, like a peach, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the child was really beautiful, and even more so You did the right thing in saving her!She grabbed the child's shoulder and shook it, "Little guy, don't be distracted, you won't want to live with me in the future, right?" Her face looked as if she would jump off a yacht as soon as the other party said "no" Stare at each other.

"Is what you said true? Can I really live with you in the future?" The child also looked back at her with wide eyes, with a very timid tone, afraid that Gu Muyu was just teasing her.

"Of course, otherwise, why would I drive those people away? They are bad people at first glance, and they will definitely not treat you well." Gu Muyu's chest felt blocked when he thought of those people and looked at the child's distressed appearance. Like a big rock, "Then are you willing or not?" She quickly added: "Don't say you don't want to."

Why wouldn't the child be unwilling?

Ever since she was a child, even her biological mother had never cared for her like this. Ever since she could remember, she had seen all kinds of men enter her mother's room under the moonlight. She always thought of this There are many men, which one is her father?After gradually understanding, the gossip and gossip in her ears never stopped, and she realized that her mother was greeted and sent by them. As for who is her father, she would only paint herself and don't care about it all day long. Her mother couldn't figure it out either.

At that time, she was only eight years old, and sometimes she wondered why she had lived in this world for so long?And one day she accidentally learned the answer to this question from her mother.She will never forget that person who was supposed to be very close to her looked at her coldly and said: "It's just that your fate is hard. I tried so hard to get rid of you, but I didn't succeed. God knows How much money did I lose during your time, you should really thank the Bodhisattva for blessing those stinky men who are still willing to come to me now, otherwise I really want to sell you, I can only go out every day, who can bear it, hum ~"

She finally closed her eyes in despair, ignored her mother's cursing behind her, turned around and left, dragging her lead-filled legs, wandering to the riverside in a daze.So I shouldn't exist, she thought to herself mockingly.Her peers were still at the stage of innocence, but her mind had already matured, and at this moment, that strong but still immature heart was shattered to ashes under the ruthless crushing of her loved ones.

In fact, she has never complained to her mother at all, even if she doesn't give herself enough to eat, even if she always makes herself do this or that, even if she is stingy and refuses to give her a warm embrace, she still thinks It's just that she didn't do well enough to make her mother unhappy, so she desperately tried to do everything well to please her mother. She got up to cook every day before dawn, and when her mother got up late, she Send it to her bedside, wait for her to finish eating, and swallow the cold rice by herself. She tidies up the house diligently, not sparing even a single corner. They were stacked and received in mother’s house. In the cold winter months, her little hands were frozen red like carrots, but she still worked so hard to wash them, chopping firewood and boiling water was her own job, so every day she was busy from morning to morning. In the evening, I was afraid that if I did something wrong, it would make my mother unhappy.In fact, her mother didn't take her seriously at all, and treated her as if she didn't exist all day long, she should eat, drink, go shopping, and never let a single thing fall, but she never noticed that her daughter's hair was I combed it myself, none of the clothes fit me, and I had to sew and mend them all by myself. I wore "hundreds of clothes" every day. Hungry, thirsty, catching a cold, or having a fever were "never" things.

She walked into the river step by step, and all the past events appeared in her mind, one after another, as if they were mocking her, what an idiot, what are you expecting? !

The river water is so cold, she thought silently, but she no longer had the heart to hug herself to keep warm, she let her limbs spread out in the water, quietly waiting for the sky to darken, then the pain would no longer be there.

The body gradually sank, and her consciousness became more and more blurred. Suddenly, she struggled desperately, her eyes widened in the water.She is not reconciled!Why?alive!She wants to live!

The small body that was soaked in the cold water of the river inspired incredible strength, upward, upward, with a "crash", she sprang out of the river, as if reborn, she almost greedily felt the moisture of the air.It was also from this day that she learned to swim, and fell in love with this way of relieving her mood. In the days to come, whenever she felt that she could no longer hold on, she would take a dip in the river and force herself to swim in the river. It was only at the last moment that she tried hard to survive, and as her age changed, she came to the riverside less and less often, not because she had lived a happy life, but because she had become numb.

Her face was covered with water, and only the red eye sockets revealed that she was actually crying.

What are you crying for?

Crying for myself finally recognizes the reality, crying for myself will only be one person in the future, crying for myself to work hard to live for myself.

After she got up from the water, a neighbor happened to pass by the river. Seeing her appearance, she was so surprised that she hurriedly sent her home. Her mother ignored the neighbor's dissatisfaction with her behavior and swept her away After one glance, she entered the house on her own, but she didn't respond, she thanked her neighbor and went back to her house.

After that day, she continued to do her old job as a reward for giving birth, but she also knew how to plan something for herself, such as feeding herself as much as possible and dressing herself warmly, and being more cautious when working, and trying not to lose weight. Let yourself get hurt, like she secretly went to the small private school outside the alley to attend classes. She didn't know what the use of learning those literary things was, but when she saw that children with parents who love them would go there to study, she would not be far behind. to learn.

She thought her life would be like this, a life that was neither good nor bad, but two years later a serious illness took away her mother, and she didn't know whether it was sorrow or joy for a while, and she hadn't reacted yet. He was dragged away by a vicious middle-aged man and sent to a brothel.It turned out that her mother sold her so that the man could bury her with honor after her death!

She bit the man's right hand like crazy, and ran away in panic while he was crying out in pain.She must never follow her mother's old path!

In fact, she didn't jump into the river because she wanted to die. She had no attachment to the world behind her. She wanted to swim to the other side, to the bottom, anywhere, as long as she could leave the place she had been in for ten years.

And when she saw the cruise ship, she suddenly thought, if she got on it, could she follow it and leave?She didn't know what was waiting for her above, so she turned her head and took a last look, wanting to remember this place firmly, and then completely forget it!

She thought that this bet she made with her life would be irreversible, but she didn't expect such a big surprise, so she couldn't believe it for a long time.

She is willing!She is willing!She was so willing to go crazy!

Gu Muyu was still staring at her closely, afraid of seeing the word "unwilling" come out of her small mouth.

The child gradually regained consciousness, and an astonishing gleam burst out of her eyes, "I—will—yes." After every word, it was as if a hammer had smashed a nail into the wall, and could no longer move.

"Great!" Gu Muyu hugged the child and laughed, "I will have a younger sister in the future~"

"Sister?" The child thought that when Gu Muyu said that he wanted to live with her in the future, he took her as a maid, just like in the few dramas she had heard by chance, the identities of the young lady and the maid made her heart shake again.

Gu Muyu thought she was talking about the ages of the two of them: "Of course, I am 13 years old this year. Looking at your small body, you must be younger than me. Of course you are my sister." Then lightly tapped the tip of the child's nose.

"Well, I'm only ten years old, younger than you." The child nodded obediently.

Gu Muyu was very surprised, his almond-eyed boss was like a deer, "You are ten years old, I thought you were only seven or eight years old, you are too thin and weak, I was taller than you when I was your age." She took a closer look at the child's appearance again, the thin and pointed face set off the facial features very clearly, only the cheeks were slightly fleshy, so that they would not be too stiff, not to mention the body, she was holding the child tightly now, revealing Through the loose clothes, she could clearly feel the child's bony skeleton, which hurt her a lot, but she didn't dare to relax, for fear that a child who didn't pay attention would slip away.

Hearing what she said, the child shrank subconsciously again, as if trying to hide his frail body.The next moment she felt the hands around her waist tighten again. Gu Muyu rested his head on her shoulders and whispered in her ear: "You will follow me from now on. If I have a bite of meat, I will never let you drink it." Tang, just wait, within three months, I will definitely raise you up for nothing."

Gu Muyu used to take a bath with the scented shower gel made in France. The smell is not too strong, but it smells very comfortable. After holding her for so long, the child has already been deeply immersed in this scent. With this person in his arms, all suffering and torment will disappear.

"Ah, by the way, I don't even know your name yet. I can't call you one by one."

"My name is Li Yanluo."

"Which yan? That luo?"

"Yanhua's Yan, Luo whose surname is Luo." The child replied seriously, and asked again, "What about you?"

When Gu Muyu saw that she actually asked him a question for the first time, he still asked her name. He was very happy, and said cheerfully: "Gu Muyu, the one who looks at the city, the one who loves people far away, the one who is dressed in colorful clothes... feather."

"Ah?" The child didn't understand and looked puzzled.

"It's the one surnamed Gu, Mu who loves, Yu who is feathered." Gu Muyu saw that she was very confused, so he explained again, "It was my father who asked me to learn poetry, and I had to test the origin of my name. It's very troublesome, isn't it? Sigh~" She sighed pretending to be an adult.

The child understood it this time, and rolled the words "Gu", "Mu" and "Yu" in his heart, and then put them neatly into the ventricle, and put them away properly, "It sounds good." She said.

Gu Muyu bent his head, "Thank you for the compliment, Xiao Yanluo, your name is also very nice, did your mother give it to you?"

Li Yanluo was quite happy listening to the first half of the sentence. In fact, almost no one would call her by her name in the past ten years. Her mother who didn't even bother to call her would only call her "you you you" People who know her family either call her "Li's girl", or just "Ai Ai Ai", and her name was not chosen by her mother. When she was four or five years old, when she remembered, One night when it was still early, the man who used to come to her mother accidentally caught a glimpse of her who was huddled in the corner watching the ants play, and suddenly said to her mother, "This girl is so old, why doesn't she have a name yet?" Her mother said unhappily: "It's just a cheap life, what's a serious name for?!" The man felt a little sympathetic, and said, "Why don't I give her a name." Her mother smiled coquettishly She said: "Okay, shopkeeper Wang is knowledgeable and talented, please give this girl a name." Li Yanluo now has a name. She doesn't know why the man chose these two characters and what it means, but she can. She is still very happy to have a name, although her mother may have forgotten about it long ago and never called her seriously, and she is the only one who firmly remembers her name is Li Yanluo for so many years, It's not a kitten or puppy without a name, and she is very happy to hear the syllables coming out of Gu Muyu's mouth.Just the last half of the sentence, her smile froze, she lowered her head slightly, and said without any warmth: "My mother has passed away."

Gu Muyu didn't expect this. Seeing Li Yanluo's lost look, he quickly stroked her back, "I'm sorry, Xiao Yanluo, I don't know, I made you sad."

Li Yanluo was about to shake his head to show that he was fine, when Gu Muyu said, "Actually, my mother passed away very early, not long after I was born, and I only saw her picture."

Gu Muyu felt that both of them were motherless children like grass, and thought to himself that Xiao Yanluo was older, so he comforted: "It's okay, Xiao Yanluo, although we don't have mothers, but you have me, oh, Yes, we still have Dad and Uncle Liao." Her depression came and went quickly.

Hearing this, Li Yanluo was full of gratitude and joy, and said loudly: "Yes."

Li Yanluo swam in the water for too long before, and she was delayed for a long time just now. Now that the river wind blows, she can't help but tremble a little. Feeling the coldness of the person in her arms, Gu Muyu slapped her head, " Look at me being so confused, I actually forgot to take you to wash and dress up first, Xiao Yanluo, are you freezing?"

Although Li Yanluo wanted to carry it hard and didn't want Gu Muyu to feel that she was troublesome, but her thin body really couldn't stand the toss now, she nodded again and said, "Well, a little bit."

"Okay, I'll take you to take a hot bath right away, make it comfortable, and let's go have a good meal~" Gu Muyu let go of the embrace that seemed to be imprisoned, and naturally took Li Yanluo with his right hand left hand, walked straight to the bathroom.

Li Yanluo's fingertips were wrapped in Gu Muyu's soft palm, and the warmth of the palm was transmitted to the whole body through the fingers.It's so warm, she thought quietly, stepping on Gu Muyu's slender reflection in the sunlight, she had never felt so at ease for a moment.