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Time always slips away quietly between the fingers, maybe it’s the cicadas’ chirping that gradually quiets outside, maybe it’s the cool breeze blowing in your face, or maybe it’s a little bit of light from the tip of the ginkgo tree on the street. yellowing.

In short, all the signs are beginning to show that this summer is coming to an end, and the cool and fruitful autumn has come.

Lin Mu looked out of the car window and saw the street covered by layers of luxuriant leaves. The road was already covered with mature and fallen leaves, lying crumpled on the ground, not as it was when it was full of emerald green It is full of vitality, but extremely proud and satisfied. From germination, growth to withering, waiting to turn into lichen and become a part of nature, it has completed its lifelong mission.

Since Su Qinghan had an impromptu important meeting today, Lin Mu took her place in a business seminar. After the meeting, Lin Mu still had something to do, so he asked the driver Xiao Lu to go back to the company first.

The seminar was held in a somewhat remote suburb. Lin Mu remembered that there used to be a delicious pastry shop nearby. She found it when she and Su Qinghan were wandering around. Because the mountain road was very rugged, vehicles were impassable, so Lin Mu had to go on foot. Look for it by impression.

The journey was indeed a bit difficult. Lin Mu's back was covered with a thin layer of sweat. Her physical strength was no longer what it used to be. Fortunately, thanks to her sincerity, she finally found the pastry shop before dark.

The image of the store has not changed much compared to five years ago, but the traces of the years can still be seen from the dilapidated and old signboard, and Lin Mu can still feel the slowness of time when he touches the familiar lintel footsteps.

He knocked on the door, and after a short while, there was a sound of "coming" from the back room, and then a woman opened the door. The woman's skin was dark, showing a healthy temperament despite being on the go all the year round. He narrowed his eyebrows and stared at Lin Mu for a long while, then asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?"

"Aunt Mei, don't you know me? I'm Lin Mu, the one who used to come to your store to buy sweet-scented osmanthus cakes." Lin Mu explained with a smile.

The woman was confused for a moment, as if she was trapped in a long memory. After a long time, she suddenly felt blessed, thinking of this person who often came to her shop to eat cakes for many years and always had a faint smile on his face. The room was pleasantly surprised: "Oh, it turned out to be Xiao Mu, look at my memory, come in, come in!" As he spoke, he pulled Lin Mu's hand familiarly and led her into the room.

"Xiao Mu, I haven't been here for a long time, I think it's been five or six years?" Aunt Mei went to serve tea and water while pulling the stool.

Seeing her busy appearance, Lin Mu's heart warmed up, "Yes, I have been abroad for the past few years, sorry, but I haven't come to see you much." To Lin Mu, Aunt Mei is like her own Like her loved ones, she put aside the prepared fruits and gifts.

"I just came, and you are so polite to bring something. I won't allow it next time." Aunt Mei's chubby face was full of smiles, and her eyes looked more and more loving when she looked at Lin Mu.

"Aunt Mei, have you stopped opening the shop now?" Lin Mu glanced at the surrounding displays, she remembered that there were tables and chairs here for the guests to eat, but now there is only a small round table left, Used as a living room.

"Yeah, I stopped doing it a long time ago. The place is remote. The business was good for the first two years, but there are fewer and fewer people after that. Now I buy some pastries for other people's shops, so I can make do with it." Aunt Mei sat down When he arrived at Lin Mu's side, he hugged her very intimately, "Let me take a good look at you, I haven't seen you for so long."

In fact, Lin Mu hasn't changed much. He is still as calm and gentle as ever. Aunt Mei reached out and touched Lin Mu's cheek, and said with a bit of distress: "Why are you getting thinner and thinner? There was still some flesh on the face before, but now it's all fat. Skinny, don't you have a good meal?"

The words of the old man are always simple and straightforward, but the warmth and emotion contained in them are indeed true and free of any impurities, which are especially precious in such an indifferent society.

Lin Mu smiled and let the other party pinch her face, "Aunt Mei, can you still make sweet-scented osmanthus cake? I really want to eat it." There was a rare hint of coquettishness in the words.

"Of course, this is my housekeeping skill!" Aunt Mei patted her chest with pride on her face, "The family just sent away a batch, and now there is no reservation, but it's okay, I'll make it for you now."

As she said that, she started to work in small steps, and she looked a little cute. While kneading the dough neatly, she could still tease Lin Mu: "I remember you always brought another little girl to eat, that one The little girl loves sweet-scented osmanthus cakes the most, and she can eat a lot of them every time."

"Well, I just bought it for her to eat." Speaking of Su Qinghan, the expression on Lin Mu's face became more and more gentle, like a pear blossom blooming in March, which was incredibly beautiful.

"It's great that your relationship is still so good. This kind of friend is rare." Aunt Mei said with emotion.

Lin Mu smiled and said nothing, feeling a little bitter in his heart, if only he could always be as good as before, that would be great.

The two chatted for a long time, and the sweet-scented osmanthus cake was ready. Seeing that it was getting dark, the mountain road was not easy to walk, and there were very few buses at the station at the foot of the mountain, so Aunt Mei didn't try to keep Lin Mu back.

"Come again next time, bring Xiao Su with me, I haven't seen her for a long time." Aunt Mei leaned on the door frame to see Lin Mu off without taking off her apron.

"Okay, take care of your health. I will definitely come again. Call me anytime if you have anything to do." Lin Mu gave this kind and kind woman a final hug, and said goodbye to leaving with the still hot osmanthus cake.

Aunt Mei was divorced in her early years, and her son also worked in other places. She would only return home during the holidays. She lived alone and strong in the village on the mountain, guarding this land where fallen leaves return to their roots.

It was already evening when Lin Mu walked down the mountain. A large piece of blood-red sunset glow spread from the blue sky in the sky. The too strong and hideous colors made people feel uneasy. The temperature in the suburbs was always several degrees lower than that in the city. , she couldn't help but hugged her jacket tightly, the road around the mountain was sparsely populated at the moment.

She took out the phone in her pocket and found that it was only 1% charged. She didn't want to bother the driver any more, so she planned to walk to the bus stop not far ahead.

Glancing at the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in his hand, Lin Mu frowned. Su Qinghan should have finished the meeting when she returned to the company. She must be very hungry after a day of heavy meetings.

There were hurried and chaotic footsteps behind him, feeling the approach of a strange aura, Lin Mu was alert, turned his body slightly, and turned around deftly.

Only then did she see the person behind her clearly. It was a muscular man, wearing a black peaked cap, sunglasses and a mask, and wearing black tights and leather pants. It was obvious that he didn't want people to recognize him. Lin Mu was heartbroken. Uneasy.

"Who are you?" Lin Mu pre-empted the attack calmly, while secretly observing the nearby terrain, the road around the mountain, there are very few vehicles driving during the day, not to mention the bus station not far away at this time, There is only one bus every hour, and the information is still many years ago, so I don't know what will change now.

Such a situation is really not good, Lin Mu clenched the plastic bag containing the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and looked at the man in front of him with a cold face.

"You don't need to know who I am." The man punched Lin Mu while speaking, the speed was unavoidable, and he didn't have the slightest thought of pity, "Miss Su, right? You offended someone, someone Hire me to teach you a lesson."

Lin Mu dodged a punch in embarrassment, and realized that the other party had found the wrong person, and felt a little lucky for some reason.She has learned close-body defense and fighting skills before, but she hasn't practiced it for many years, and her strength is much worse than before. With such strong strength, she gradually felt a little exhausted.

"How much money the person who hired you gave you, I can double it to you." After several rounds, Lin Mu was punched several times, and fell to the ground clutching her painful chest. A fishy smell rose from her throat. Sweet, but she tried her best to bear it back.

"You have to be honest in this business, do you understand?" The man knelt down, pinched Lin Mu's neck, and then raised her chin. Her hair was disheveled, and her forehead was covered with cold sweat from forbearance. There was blood on the corner of his mouth, obviously in such a weak situation, but he was still able to speak calmly and indifferently, his clear eyes still showed no fear, really like a noble magnolia flower.

Some urges suddenly rose in the man's heart, and the tunnel in his hand was unavoidably relaxed. Lin Mu keenly seized this opportunity, hooked her right foot suddenly, turned over with all her strength and pressed the man under her body , pinched his neck with one hand, and folded his arm forcefully with the other.

There was a crisp sound of broken bones, the man screamed in pain, his right arm must have been dislocated, this unexpected reversal immediately angered the man's temper, he pushed Lin Mu away with his left hand, Lin Mu fell to the ground, Her back hit the cold ground, and her bones ached as if they had been crushed. The counterattack just now consumed too much of her strength.

The man was furious. His self-esteem was damaged by the reversal just now, and his right hand was still in severe pain. He slapped Lin Mu forcefully, and cursed with some chills: "A woman who doesn't know what to do."

Lin Mu was blinded by his slap, dizzy and dizzy, and his left cheek was in a burning pain. Only relying on her strong reason to support herself, she could not pass out. She gathered strength in both hands, and suddenly choked Maybe it was the frightening hostility in her eyes and the strength of the last fight that frightened the man. The man didn't move for a while, and he felt a sense of suffocation, so he took the hidden weapon with his survival instinct. The dagger in the back stabbed Lin Mu's abdomen.

The sharp and cold weapon cut through the fragile skin, causing pain in the abdomen, and then a warm liquid gushed out from the body, slowly flowing through the cold body, Lin Mu felt that all the strength in his hands was taken away , she let go of her hands, her feet went limp, and she fell to the ground.

In an instant, a puddle of dark brown liquid spread out on the dry cement road.

The man's left hand holding the dagger was also trembling. He was hired to teach the woman a lesson, but he didn't ask to kill her to silence her. Such a crime was too serious for him to bear, so the man took the dagger, turned around and ran away.

The author has something to say:

I’m so excited to write, I can only divide it into two chapters, and I’ll continue tomorrow.