Silent Confession

Zhou Muhui has not celebrated the Chinese New Year for a long time.

His childhood was violent and quarrelsome, his youth was gloomy and prison, and after he came out, he had to run around to earn a living, and his mind was full of making money. The Chinese New Year to him only meant more money than usual, and it only meant more money on the way to get off work. deserted road.

But Xin Yi ran over, took Zhou Muhui's hand when he hadn't recovered, and chattered around him, the alleyway at night was almost dark, but Zhou Muhui could see the faint light beside him, like The lights were like fire, so Zhou Muhui couldn't move his eyes away.

"Have you eaten the dumplings?"

Xinyi asked him.

Zhou Mu shook his head back, he hadn't said a word since they came out, but Xin Yi didn't seem to care.

"Dangdangdang-!"

Xin Yi took out an insulated box from the bloated down jacket, raised her face and smiled at him, "I made it with my parents, but it was a bit cold, you need to warm it up when you go home."

Zhou Mu paused for a while before saying, "Okay."

Xin Yi took the thermos box in her hand, and went to hold his hand again, "Is your home far from here? I'll take you back, okay?"

"By the way, do you have to go to work tomorrow for Chinese New Year?"

"…Um."

Xin Yi blinked, "Which one is it? Or both?"

Xin Yi's hands were very hot, and the palm prints were very light. Zhou Muhui was in a daze for countless moments when he handed over to him. He somehow remembered what someone said before, saying that people with light palm prints also have light lives. He trembled inexplicably, and lowered his head involuntarily.

"what happened?"

Xin Yi looked at him strangely, Zhou Mu froze, resisting the urge to look at his palm.

"what ever…"

He avoided the hand being held by Xin Yi.

"..."

Xin Yi's hand was released, he stared blankly at Zhou Muhui, put his hands behind his back again, and whispered, "Okay."

Zhou Mu was absent-minded all the way back. Xin Yi said a lot, but his eyes always looked at Xin Yi's hands unconsciously. The child couldn't stop talking, and often laughed out loud while talking, but he didn't notice Zhou Muhui was unusual.

Until at the next intersection, Zhou Mu called him back.

"arrive."

Zhou Mu replied.

Xin Yi secretly glanced behind him, there was a row of very ordinary residential areas, he nodded obediently, handed him the insulated box in his hand, and told Zhou Muhui, "You want to eat."

Zhou Mu replied that he knew, but he didn't turn around and leave as usual. Xin Yi also had something on her mind, so she pursed her lips in anxiety for a long time, and when he wasn't paying attention, she suddenly took a step forward.

"..."

"I want to hold hands..."

His voice was very low, and he still lacked confidence. He looked at Zhou Muhui with vacant eyes from time to time. Zhou Muhui paused and lowered his head.

The child's hands twisted the corner of his clothes, the cloth was almost ruined by him, Zhou Muhui didn't know why he was so keen on this matter, once or twice was not enough, he always wanted to provoke Zhou Muhui .

But before he could speak, Xin Yi hugged him.

The child was in a panic, sticking to his waist and looking at him in a daze, Zhou Muhui could feel his trembling hands, probing behind his waist like a cat.

"Zhou Mu come back..." Xin Yi begged him in a low voice, "Give you the New Year's money, and hold hands with me, okay?"

His palm hooked two fingers, Xin Yi was trying to test him, Zhou Mu looked down at his bewildered face, but frowned.

Xin Yi stuffed money into his pocket.

The hand stretched out from his pocket, then sneaked down again, and gently held him before he could speak.

"please."

Xin Yi's eyes were pleading, and the palms of Xu Xu's hands were also covered with sweat. Zhou Muhui noticed the clammy and sticky, and called him, "...Xin Yi."

Usually, when he called Xin Yi by her name, he would make Xin Yi let go, but this time Xin Yi

He didn't want to listen to what he said, so he blinked slowly, holding his breath and said, "If you take money, you can't go back on your word..."

After he finished speaking, he pursed his lips tightly, his eyes flickered, and he looked at Zhou Muhui anxiously.

He was very nervous, Zhou Muhui could feel it, maybe the moonlight tonight was too dim, maybe he was not very rational, so he was easily fascinated by those eyes.

Zhou Muhui didn't speak again.

"Shh, don't wake the moon."

Seeing that he didn't speak, Xin Yi smiled cautiously, "I'll watch the year with you, let's not let it know."

Xin Yi is very satisfying sometimes, just by simply pulling his hand, he can happily find Bei. Zhou Mu looked back at him to let go of himself, and the clingy cat finally got up from his body and called him, "Zhou Mu Back, tomorrow... no, I have to eat well today."

Zhou Muhui didn't speak, he reached out to touch Zhou Muhui's face again, carefully took off the mask on his face, and touched the scar on his face.

"It's so cool, don't hide it next time."

He muttered like an adult, Zhou Mu looked down at his palm, it was very pink and smooth, the palm prints coiled on his hand like tree roots, not so light.

Zhou Muhui breathed a sigh of relief in silence.

This night seemed to admit defeat, Zhou Muhui approached Xin Yi more and more indulgently, Xin Yi couldn't notice anything, because he was forbidden to look for Zhou Muhui as soon as school started.

Zhou Muhui knew that he was in the third year of high school and was approaching the college entrance examination. He was afraid that it would affect Xin Yi's study, so he was not allowed to come. .

"...I will study hard." Xin Yi came to him in the evening of April, squatted beside him and sighed, "But I didn't perform well this time, and my mother has been giving me extra lessons."

Zhou Mu didn't speak back, and he could take it by himself.

"They are all so smart, and I don't know why I'm so stupid..." Xin Yi really couldn't understand, so she asked him aggrievedly, "Zhou Muhui, shouldn't the children of smart people be smart too?"

Zhou Mu looked back at him, "You don't necessarily have to."

"..." Xin Yi was discouraged and didn't want to argue with him, "My mother is amazing. She went to university at the age of 16, and then she stopped studying. After five or six years, she went back to take the exam again, and passed the S big."

Xin Yi asked him, "Isn't it amazing?"

S University is one of the best universities in China, so it is naturally very powerful.

Zhou Muhui paused for a long time before saying, "Yes."

"I want to take the exam too...but it's really difficult."

He was a little disappointed, probably because this exam really hit him, Zhou Mu looked back at him with his head down, paused for a long time, and then touched him hesitantly.

Xin Yi felt the temperature of the palms above her head, but she didn't raise her head, she just asked in a low voice with this posture, "Zhou Muhui, how did you get good grades before?"

Zhou Muhui didn't speak, and Xin Yi didn't ask any more questions. He realized later that he seemed to have asked something that shouldn't be asked, but when they were about to leave, Zhou Muhui suddenly said something.

"generally."

Xin Yi looked at him, "Huh?"

Zhou Muhui didn't explain any further, but just followed Xin Yi, he didn't have to go to the bar tonight, and the child would have a rest tomorrow, so he muttered for a long time when he left, and finally rushed over in a low voice, saying that he wanted to take him home.

When he was about to arrive, Zhou Mu called him back and called him a car. Xin Yi waved her hand and said no, and quickly closed the door before he gave the money.

"Come on, I'll text you when I get home."

Xin Yi lay on the car window and waved at him, Zhou Muhui retracted her hand and nodded.

Xin Yi realized it two or three minutes after the car drove out. He took something to return to Zhou Mu, but he forgot about it when he left. Xin Yi hurriedly looked back and asked the master to drive back to the original place. land.

He thought that Zhou Muhui shouldn't be too far away, so he drove forward as soon as he got out of the car, and took out his mobile phone to call Zhou Muhui, but before he dialed the phone, he saw Zhou Muhui.

Zhou Muhui was far away from him, but the direction he was walking was not the residential area he had seen before. Xin Yi was taken aback for a moment, and followed in a strange way.

Xin Yi could guess that Zhou Mu's return was not very good, but she was taken aback when she saw it. The place where Zhou Mu returned was very messy. Xin Yi followed behind him blankly, watching him turn into a road. The path, narrow and hidden, seemed to be his home.

"Why is it so late?"

A woman came out to greet her, Xin Yi froze, and hurriedly hid behind the corner, that person was about fifty or sixty years old, Xin Yi thought, it might be Zhou Muhui's mother.

Because they look alike.

"not late."

Zhou Mu returned to support her, "Go in, Mom."

The woman responded, and walked out of the darkness, Xin Yi unconsciously held her breath, because the other party was getting closer, he only saw her almost full head of white hair.

"I've saved some money, and I'll remit one piece to your uncle tomorrow." The woman said, "You quit that job too. The family debt is almost paid off. You should also find a serious job. You are not young, you can't Spend any more."

Xin Yi heard Zhou Mu pause for a moment, did not reply to her words, but asked, "Have you been to the hospital, what did the doctor say?"

The woman coughed twice and shook her head, "It's nothing."

They were still talking, but Xin Yi quietly wanted to leave. He felt a little offended because Zhou Muhui didn't tell him these things. Xin Yi was a bit stupid, but he also understood that this time he broke into Zhou Muhui's real secret base.

Although just unintentionally.

"Qingming has passed... Where is your father...?"

A woman coughed continuously from behind, and a drunk passed by for some unknown reason, and suddenly dropped the wine bottle, the glass exploded all over Xin Yi, Xin Yi was startled, and her body was pressed against the wall, Looking at each other helplessly.

"Where did the cat come from, it scared me to death!"

The voice inside stopped for a moment, and Xin Yi watched a black cat rushing out not far away, barking softly in his direction, Xin Yi panicked, the man who was about to come over in the next second turned around and looked Chased in the opposite direction.

"Damn, don't run!"

The black cat meowed shrilly, and Xin Yi's heart trembled violently, but before he had time to catch up, he heard a thunderbolt behind him.

"He should, he wouldn't want someone who killed him to go to his grave."