Sand Sculpture Cannon Fodder and Overlord's Thousand Layer Routine
Chapter 94 The Final Chapter
Mu Xiaofeng's gift to his brother was a short video edited by Mu Xiaoxi and Xia Cen, using his expertise, including their various preparations before the wedding.
My sister's little gift was a painting of her own.Mu Xiaoxi framed the painting and placed it in the study.
Gather all kinds of presents and organize them into categories.Mu Xiaoxi thought about another thing that happened a long time ago.
It was when he was in high school, before he and Xia Cen were together, Xia Cen accompanied him on his birthday for the first time, and gave him a strange little gift—an exquisite small box.
Mu Xiaoxi still doesn't know what's so special about that wooden box.I just kept it in my collection, and occasionally thought that I could use it to hold some small sundries, but the size of the box was awkward, so it was always empty.
Thinking about it now, Mu Xiaoxi turned out that box again.
"What were you thinking at that time? Give me this small box, what do you want to hold?" He asked Xia Cen.
Xia Cen also felt a little emotional: "That may be me playing tricks, I don't remember what happened at all. What do you think it should pretend to be?"
Mu Xiaoxi took the box and looked left and right, and suddenly felt that its size was a bit familiar.He gestured and found the marriage certificate he had just received two days ago from the drawer.
He opened the hidden compartment of the box, put the marriage certificate in, and found that it was just right.Not too big, not too small, perfectly matched, as if the box was tailor-made for the marriage certificate.
Mu Xiaoxi was pleasantly surprised: "How could such a coincidence happen?"
Xia Cen imitated his tone: "How could such a coincidence happen?"
Mu Xiaoxi glanced at the people around him suspiciously again: "Why do you feel like you already knew?"
Xia Cen hugged his waist: "You mean that I decided to marry you when I was a sophomore in high school?"
Mu Xiaoxi was speechless for a while: "Uh..."
He thought it was a little exaggerated.
Xia Cen grabbed him and kissed him: "Why are you hesitating? You should be more confident. I wanted to marry you when I was in high school."
The two of them started arguing on the floor while talking.At this time, it was more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was just right.The gauze curtain in the living room is drawn, only a layer of hazy light penetrates in, and the dense green plants on the balcony cast pale green shadows on the white gauze curtain.
Mu Xiaoxi rested on the floor.Xia Cen brought over two glasses of iced drinks.The two drank drinks and listened to an old record.
Records are also one of the gifts received.
Mu Xiaoxi recalled many details of yesterday's wedding.Carefully arranged flowers everywhere, gorgeous lighting design, background wall for taking pictures, Xia Cen has been watching him tenderly when taking the oath...
"What are you thinking?" Xia Cen stroked Xiaoxi's forehead with his fingers.
Mu Xiaoxi didn't expect that she would become shy, and said, "I was thinking that yesterday's dishes were really good. I have to find a time to thank Manager Xu and the chef."
Xia Cen agreed: "I will go with you."
Yesterday's wedding was perfect and smooth.Xia Cen's father Xia Xu also came.As time passed, Xia Xu finally bowed his head to his son.Before the wedding, Xia Xu took the initiative to contact them, hoping to come to the wedding.Xia Xu kept a low profile that day, didn't give a speech, just watched the ceremony quietly, and didn't stay for too long after the dinner.
Mu Xiaoxi and Xia Xu had almost no dialogue.He also didn't care what Xia Cen's father thought of him.When the banquet was over, he didn't notice when Xia Xu left, he was chatting with the classmates who left.
Xin Zhao was half drunk when he left, and chatted with Mu Xiaoxi for 5 minutes before leaving with everyone.
He said that Mu Xiaoxi hadn't changed at all, it was still the same as before, so everyone had a great time.
Mu Xiaoxi said, "Really? I thought I had changed a lot in the past few years."
Xin Zhao waved the bag containing the souvenir: "But your essence has not changed!"
"Then do you remember what I was like in my first year of high school?"
"Grade one? Isn't that what happened later? You love to study and you are very popular, but at that time Xia Cen hadn't come yet, and you didn't seem to be interested in dating at all... It was very quiet, hahaha, when Xia Cen came, Activated you."
Mu Xiaoxi smiled and waved goodbye to Zhao Dao.
He didn't want to ask any more.
Just recalling it now, he even felt a bit of heartache for being too happy at the wedding.
They chose the Arctic Circle for their honeymoon trip, which is a completely different scenery from their hometown.They took a boat to see icebergs, visited local environmental protection projects, waited for the aurora, took a sauna, and visited local Chinese friends.Mu Xiaoxi had a great time, and Xia Cen was the best travel companion——excellent sense of direction, built-in strategies in his head, and excellent photography skills.
The night before the return trip, Mu Xiaoxi held Xia Cen in his arms and had a dream.
He dreamed that he was standing on an endless ice field with no end in sight.The iceberg stands silently in the distance, the color of the sky and the iceberg is not stained with any impurities, the whole world is extremely clean, only the whistling of the wind passes by.
He couldn't help bending down to look at the ice cubes under his feet, fascinated by their colors.
"It's so beautiful." Xia Cen took his hand and asked him to lie down on the ice field together.
Because it is in a dream, it is not afraid of freezing to death and wild animals.Mu Xiaoxi happily lay down with Xia Cen.Xia Cen never showed his childishness to outsiders, only in front of him would he be so childish occasionally.Mu Xiaoxi was very happy.
Like children, the two rolled and played on the ice field, and finally held hands and listened to the wind quietly.
"It's great," Xia Cen said, "It feels like there are only two of us left in the world."
Mu Xiaoxi said: "We and our shadow."
"Shadow?" Xia Cen followed his pointer and glanced at the shadows of the two people on the ice, his expression suddenly changed.
Just one glance seems to be enough to destroy this perfect world of two people.Mu Xiaoxi only heard a cracking sound below him, the ice layer broke open, and the ground broke.A gap suddenly opened between him and Xia Cen, and he lost weight instantly.
"Ah!" Mu Xiaoxi exclaimed and woke up.
Xia Cen on the other side of the bed dazedly stroked Mu Xiaoxi's back: "What's wrong?"
Mu Xiaoxi knew it was just a nightmare, so he didn't speak, but hugged Xia Cen tightly.
Xia Cen felt Mu Xiaoxi's unusual body temperature, and quickly woke up completely.He turned on the light, got up to pour a glass of water, and when he handed it over with the gentle light of the bedside lamp, he saw Mu Xiaoxi's face was very pale.
"I'm going to call the doctor." He said decisively.
Mu Xiaoxi already felt much better the moment she opened her eyes.He grabbed Xia Cen: "No, I just had a nightmare."
Xia Cen hugged him: "What nightmare?"
Mu Xiaoxi said: "We encountered an earthquake on the ice sheet, and I fell into a crevasse."
The picture in the dream is a little blurry at the moment, leaving only the picture of the iceberg collapsing and the sudden feeling of weightlessness.
At this moment, the room was warm and fragrant, and Xia Cen held his hand, making it even more apparent that the dream just now was completely unreal.Scared like this by a nightmare, like a toddler who hasn't gone to school yet.
Mu Xiaoxi exhaled, he was no longer flustered, repeating the scene in the dream, more like asking for comfort, wanting to hear some warm words from Xia Cen.
Xia Cen held Mu Xiaoxi in his arms, tested his body temperature with the palm of his hand, and asked in a deep voice, "In the dream, did I hold you?"
Mu Xiaoxi gave a vague "hmm": "I don't remember clearly, it seems that there is none?"
Xia Cen said: "That's not me, I won't let you fall alone. So it's just a dream."
He was so serious, Mu Xiaoxi couldn't help laughing, and instead wanted to comfort him: "Of course it's just a dream."
Xia Cen's hand gradually descended along Mu Xiaoxi's neck: "...I don't have a fever."
Mu Xiaoxi's heart itch from being rubbed by him.
The gestures of the two gradually ceased to be pure appeasement.Xia Cen whispered, "Xiaoxi, can I...?"
Mu Xiaoxi raised her arms to half cover her face, and nodded slightly.
Before the wedding, the two had already discussed that after getting married, they would start to prepare for pregnancy. Their work has gradually stabilized in the past few years, and they can think about their children.
But it may be out of inertia, during the honeymoon period, they are still the same as before.Today was the first time Xia Cen proposed not to use contraception. Mu Xiaoxi's heart throbbed and she could only nod silently.
Xia Cen gently held Mu Xiaoxi's wrist, and took his hand away from his face: "Xiaoxi, look at me."
The process of making a baby is more emotional than usual.Mu Xiaoxi completely forgot about the nightmare just now.
Two months after returning from honeymoon.One morning when Mu Xiaoxi was brushing his teeth, he suddenly felt nauseous. He lay down by the pool and spit out two mouthfuls of clear water. A premonition arose in his heart, and he made an appointment for a doctor that day.
That night, Mu Xiaoxi and Xia Cen shared the good news.The two were excited for a week, and after they were completely sure, they slowly told their parents.
They deliberately chose a weekend to invite Mu Siyun and Ji Qingping to have dinner together and tell everyone the good news.Mu Siyun was very happy to hear that, and hastily told all kinds of precautions, which made Xiaoxi feel a little edgy.
Ji Qingping behaved fairly calmly, but before leaving, he kept pulling Xia Cen and repeatedly asked him to take good care of Xiaoxi.
After the beginning of spring, the child's condition was stable.Mu Xiaoxi's figure has also changed a bit, because he is still working, so it is difficult not to be noticed.So the two shared the news online.
Now the fans of the two online are extremely happy.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I've been paying attention to their couple silently since the beginning. It's been so sweet for so many years! It's finally blossoming and bearing fruit!"
"I don't know who the baby looks like, but whoever it looks like will be cute."
"I posted the baby with a photo of the two of them, it's so cute."
"I feel that Xiaoxi will be the kind of father who protects the baby's privacy very well."
"Time flies so fast. I seem to have seen them get married yesterday, and today they said they were pregnant?"
"I'm getting old... I feel like it was last year when they went to college to go public."
When fans reminisce about the past, they can't help pulling out some old gossip.Back then, some of Xia Cen's high jumping fans thought that Xia Cen was an aloof male god, and Mu Xiaoxi had a strange background, so they posted this diamond boyfriend instead.
But in the past few years, such fans have disappeared, and no one looks at Mu Xiaoxi like this anymore.Even many new gossip people will feel very incredible about the relationship between this pair of archaeologists-"What's wrong? Isn't this pair a match made in heaven?"
Many young children were even more surprised when they went to pick up Mu Xiaoxi's trumpet.Because the relationship between Mu Xiaoxi and Xia Cen is stable now, she rarely publicizes how affectionate she and Xia Cen are on social media.
This makes it difficult for fans to eat sweets, but Xia Cen releases some photos from time to time, and can always pick up clues, as if telling everyone "I love Xiaoxi, Xiaoxi loves me" on a regular basis.
This makes fans somewhat miss the immature Mu Xiaoxi back then.
"Mu Xiaoxi is so cute when he graduated from high school and is about to go to college! It's completely the performance of an innocent boy who is in love for the first time!"
"Now Xiaoxi is getting more and more mature, don't you feel embarrassed seeing the past?"
"I still go to see the photos posted by Xiaoxi from time to time, and then smile like an old mother."
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Half of the online guesses are correct.When Mu Xiaoxi looked at the "declarations of love" he posted in the past, he did have a feeling of looking at childish "black history", but his low profile was not all because of this.
When he was just with Xia Cen back then, he somewhat had the mentality of "I'm drunk today when I have wine", and I tried my best to think about where I could go.Therefore, he desperately wants the whole world to witness for him.At that time, he only needed to be seen, and he didn't care what was said outside.
Things have changed.He wanted to hold Changjiujiu and Xia Cen firmly in his hands, so he cherished it even more unconsciously.It's a little embarrassing to think so, but as he gets older, he's more sympathetic than ever.Perhaps this is also a kind of maturity.
Fortunately, no matter what he went through, Xia Cen was by his side.
After Mu Xiaoxi confirmed that she was pregnant, she went to the Cannon Fodder Forum to check it out.Over the past few years, the cannon fodder forum has changed drastically.In the past, the cannon fodder forum was all gray.Today the color is much brighter and lively, changing to a verdant green.
Regarding this change, the cannon fodder said——
"Thank you, the original gray is low-key, and now the green is very connotative."
"Why does it feel more ironic?"
"Green cannon fodder, recycling, environmental protection and energy saving."
In addition to appearance, many new regulations have been issued on the forum.In addition, the popular nicknames of cannon fodder have changed from "Little Bubble" to "Hui Zi" and "Ben Hui", and the content and style have changed.
Mu Xiaoxi's old posts look very old now, because the forum prohibits upvoting old posts, so no one has replied to the post for a long time, only the number of likes silently shows that there are still traces of people constantly visiting.
Despite so many changes, Mu Xiaoxi looked at the active posts on the front page, but felt that it was still the same as before.
The arguments and annoyances of the cannon fodder are much the same as he was back then, and many dissatisfaction about the forum and the system is still there every day.
Mu Xiaoxi thought, after a while, or a few years later, he has completely digested the relevant system and cannon fodder experience, and then he will go back to the forum and talk about it, including his feelings after being with Xia Cen.
This is not to show affection, but to tell people in this system that as long as they persevere, there will be a certain possibility.
Mu Xiaoxi's due date is September.After summer, the temperature is higher than in previous years, and it is extremely hot for pregnant people, so they cannot leave the air conditioner at all times.
Fortunately, Mu Xiaoxi's various inspection results are good, so he will still work as usual, but he will leave work a little earlier.
At the beginning of July, Xia Cen received another contact from his father Xia Xu.Xia Xu's health has not been very good recently, and this time he found out that the situation is worse, and he needs a major operation.He hoped to have a face-to-face meeting with Xia Cen.
Since getting married, the relationship between Xia Cen and his father has eased a bit.He told Xia Xu that he would go back to visit the doctor, but he just asked Xia Xu not to think too much, and not to have the mentality that he was already preparing for his death.
Since he was going home to visit relatives, Xia Cen just wanted Mu Xiaoxi to go back with him.He wanted Mu Xiaoxi to take a good rest for a few days.
Ji Qingping also found out about Xia Xu's illness.He asked Xia Cen and Mu Xiaoxi to go back to the summer house to visit relatives first, and he will also visit in a few days, after all, it is a matter of life and death.
This is Xia Cen returning to Xia's old house after so many years.He grew up here and lived here for more than ten years, and his feelings are not deep.It's just that since his parents divorced and he arrived in Tiancheng, he never came back.
This time when Mu Xiaoxi came back with him, his mood was not so complicated, and he wanted Mu Xiaoxi to relax here.
Father is in hospital.The only occupants of the old house were Xia Cen and Mu Xiaoxi, and they lived comfortably.On the first day back, Xia Cen accompanied Mu Xiaoxi for a stroll around the old house.
The Xia family has been operating for generations, and the old house is full of care.Even if there are many rooms that are not used in normal times, they are still cleaned and maintained every day, and every corner is clean and tidy.
Mu Xiaoxi lived in Xia Cen's previous room.The layout of the room was exactly the same as when Xia Cen left home. In the large cloakroom, there were even clothes from that year. It was not at all obvious that the owner had been away from home for ten years.
The housekeeper and staff in the house were very happy with Xia Cen's return.
The butler, Lao Xie, has been working here and is responsible for managing the mansion.He watched Xia Cen grow up since he was a child, and now Lao Xie is in his early sixties.
When Xia Cen took Xiaoxi to visit the old house, Lao Xie and them introduced the purpose of the rooms in detail.
Mu Xiaoxi used to hear Xia Cen mention this old Xie.They also invited Lao Xie to the wedding.So now Xiaoxi doesn't feel strange and separated, but more at ease.
While talking, Lao Xie mentioned that he might retire from the old house.
"I'm getting old. When I was young, I could check every corner of the house in one morning. Now my legs and feet are bad, and it's more difficult than before. It's time to retire."
Xia Cen persuaded him to stay: "You don't have to work so hard. Now that cameras are installed everywhere, you can control many things in the office. Let the young people help you share the scene. Besides, father can't live without you."
When Lao Xie heard Xia Cen mentioning his father, he quickly said, "Even if I don't take care of this house, I will still take care of the master."
He told Xia Cen that when Xia Cen's father finished the operation and planned to choose a health resort to recuperate, he would go with him.At that time, the owner of this house will not live here for a long time, and he, the housekeeper, will not be there either. The people below are very worried about work now.
That's why the people who work here are so happy when Xia Cen and Mu Xiaoxi come back this time.They hoped that the young owner would come and live often so that they would not be laid off.
Xia Cen didn't promise anything to Lao Xie immediately.He and Xiaoxi are both working out of town now, and this time they came back for a short stay.
After Lao Xie left, Mu Xiaoxi went back to his room to rest. He asked Xia Cen, "What are you going to do? It seems that many things will be decided by you in the future."
Xia Cen opened the door to the balcony to let the warm evening breeze in, and said, "Such a big house really needs manual maintenance...Let's keep the status quo for now. I want you to have a good rest and don't worry about anything when you come back this time. .”
Mu Xiaoxi suddenly laughed.
Xia Cen walked to him and sat down side by side: "What's so funny?"
Mu Xiaoxi said: "Once again, I realized that you are the young master of a wealthy family, and you have to worry about these things as soon as you come back."
Xia Cen is also funny.
But still tell Mu Xiaoxi about some old things in this house.
Two days later, Xia Cen's father underwent surgery.Xia Cen went to the hospital, and Mu Xiaoxi went there once before, but he didn't go on the day of the operation.Because the operation took a long time and he was pregnant, it was inconvenient for him to stay in the hospital all the time.
So that day, Mu Xiaoxi stayed at home and kept in touch with Xia Cen, in case there were any sudden changes or needs at the hospital.
The butler, Lao Xie, also stayed at home. He might be more nervous than Mu Xiaoxi.When Mu Xiaoxi was in the study, he saw Lao Xie pacing up and down downstairs, not as calm as usual.
Mu Xiaoxi then called Lao Xie to chat.He had long wanted to chat with Lao Xie alone, but because Xia Cen was always there, he had no chance. Today was just right, and he could help Lao Xie relieve his nervousness.
Mu Xiaoxi asked Lao Xie: "What was Xia Cen like when he was a child? Was he very smart and mature since he was a child?"
Lao Xie nodded: "That's right. The young master has been outstanding in all aspects since he was a child. He speaks differently from ordinary children. He is very organized and thoughtful."
"Then he doesn't need to worry about his parents at all? Like a little adult?"
"Not really. There are many things to worry about. They look like skins, and because they are smart, they are especially good at hiding."
Lao Xie told two more interesting stories about Xia Cen's childhood.
Mu Xiaoxi nodded frequently, and said with a smile: "This is the first time I've heard of this. Xia Cen has selective memory, always saying that he has been very good since he was a child."
Lao Xie once again said with emotion: "It would be great if the young master and madam could live here forever." These were his words from the bottom of his heart.
Mu Xiaoxi joked, "If Xia Cen hadn't gone to Tiancheng, I wouldn't have met him either."
Old Xie said: "Fate is so great, Mr. Mu and the young master are destined to be a couple. I remember that when the young master didn't go to Tiancheng, he already liked Mr. Mu very much."
Mu Xiaoxi didn't have time to put away her smile, and the expression slowly froze on her face.He tried his best not to let his voice drift.
"Xie Bo, you said that the young master liked me when he didn't go to Tiancheng?"
Lao Xie quickly added: "I like it just my speculation. At least the young master already valued you very much at that time."
"How to say? He never told me." Mu Xiaoxi tilted his head, looking curious to hear the story.Only he knew that strength was slowly being drained from his spine and limbs.
How could Xia Cen know Mu Xiaoxi before going to Tiancheng?
That's not him, that's the real Mu Xiaoxi.
Mu Xiaoxi didn't move, he held his breath to listen to Lao Xie.
Lao Xie said: "I remember clearly. On the morning when the young master set off for Tiancheng, he got up later than usual. When I went into his room and woke him up, I heard him talking in his sleep, calling a name all the time."
Mu Xiaoxi said slowly, "My name?"
Lao Xie nodded: "At that time, I didn't know who it was. Later, when I saw the news of the young master in Tiancheng, I remembered it again. It is common for young people to fall in love on the Internet..."
Mu Xiaoxi suddenly covered her mouth.He wants to throw up.
Lao Xie thought it was a pregnancy reaction, and quickly helped him back to the room to rest with the nanny.
At seven or eight in the evening, Xia Cen came back from the hospital.My father survived the operation, but he still needs to be hospitalized for observation.He was supposed to stay near the hospital tonight, but when he called Mu Xiaoxi, Mu Xiaoxi didn't answer the phone.
He contacted Lao Xie again, and Lao Xie told him that Mr. Mu had no appetite at night and had been resting in his room.
Although the family doctor said nothing serious, just a normal reaction.But Xia Cen was worried, he still took some time to come back and see Mu Xiaoxi.
The lights in the room were all off, Xia Cen gently pushed the door open and entered.He went to the bed and sat down, turned on the bedside lamp, and asked in a low voice, "Xiaoxi, are you asleep? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
Mu Xiaoxi's shoulders moved, and he slowly turned to look at Xia Cen, and shrank again as if afraid of light.
Xia Cen felt a pain in his heart, but he hadn't seen each other for twelve hours, Xiao Xi suddenly looked haggard, his face was like a sick child, green and pale, listless.
"Are you hungry? How about some food?" Xia Cen coaxed him.
Mu Xiaoxi avoided Xia Cen's caring and loving eyes, his whole soul was thinking about another thing.
Xia Cen wanted to hold Xiaoxi's hand, which is a very common and intimate gesture in normal times, with fingers intertwined and comforting each other.But today Mu Xiaoxi avoided his touch.
"What's the matter..." Xia Cen could tell that Xiaoxi wasn't feeling unwell, but that something happened and he felt uncomfortable.
"No matter what happens, tell me, Xiaoxi, there is nothing the two of us can't solve together." Xia Cen didn't forcefully touch Xiaoxi again, "As long as you tell me, I'll help you share it."
Mu Xiaoxi didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
But he and Xia Cen have been together for so many years and have loved each other for so long, even just listening to Xia Cen's voice will make him feel calm.Unknowingly, the mutual dependence between them has become so deep.
Mu Xiaoxi got up slowly, and the child in his belly seemed to know that he was making a decision, and turned over excitedly.
He wanted to hear Xia Cen's personal explanation.All of this, what is going on.
When did Xia Cen know the real Mu Xiaoxi, and why did he call his name in his dream.
The most important thing is which Mu Xiaoxi Xia Cen loves.
Mu Xiaoxi took a sip of water, took a deep breath, and asked: "Xia Cen, I always feel that you have a big secret that you haven't told me, and this secret is related to me. I just had this feeling before, but today I heard it Some circumstantial evidence."
Xia Cen stared at him intently with deep eyes.
Mu Xiaoxi told what Lao Xie told him, and said, "Don't blame Lao Xie, Lao Xie thought we knew each other earlier."
He asked softly like sleepwalking: "...what the hell is going on here?"
This afternoon, Mu Xiaoxi was thinking about this question.Could it be that Xia Cen and "Zhenmu Xiaoxi" had an online relationship before they met?Then why did Xia Cen transfer to another school, and when he met him for the first time, he acted like meeting him for the first time?Why was it never mentioned after that?
These doubts were tangled together like a mess, tightly clutching his heart.
Xia Cen looked at Mu Xiaoxi's bewildered expression. He finally made up his mind and said, "Xiaoxi, I'll tell you everything. Although it sounds weird...but it's all the truth."
Mu Xiaoxi thought, no matter how bizarre things were, he had experienced them all.Could it be that Xia Cen also has a system?
Xia Cen said: "Xiaoxi, do you believe that people can experience different time and space dimensions?"
Mu Xiaoxi nodded slowly: "You mean the time system? Like a sci-fi movie?"
Xia Cen said frankly: "Almost. Ten years ago, in the second year of high school, it was the first time we met for you. It's not wrong at all. It's normal that you don't have any memory about me. But for me, I actually knew You'll be there. Because, I've been through it once."
Mu Xiaoxi blinked.
Xia Cen said: "Xiaoxi, we were also classmates in the previous life, and gradually developed a good impression of each other. Although the process is a bit different from this life, we are still together..."
Mu Xiaoxi's chest felt tight.On a midsummer night, the anxiety before the storm made him breathless.He grabbed Xia Cen's arm: "You mean, rebirth?"
Xia Cen hugged Mu Xiaoxi in his arms, and he fell into memory: "Yes. I think I was reborn. God gave me another chance to return to you."
He whispered softly in Mu Xiaoxi's ear, saying how much time they had wasted in the previous life, and how lucky he felt when he was reborn.
Mu Xiaoxi had only one thought - no wonder...
No wonder Xia Cen cherished and tolerated him so incredibly.No wonder those thoughtful gestures are always on point.No wonder Xia Cen knew his previous life like the back of his hand.No wonder the box containing the marriage certificate was waiting for him early in the morning.
Because it belonged to the previous life, the real Mu Xiaoxi.
He interrupted Xia Cen with a trembling voice: "In the previous life, were you and...I also married? Do you have children?"
Xia Cen was silent for a few seconds before saying: "In the previous life, I proposed to you, and you agreed. But before the wedding, you had an accident. I'm sorry, Xiaoxi, I didn't protect you well."
Mu Xiaoxi hurriedly said, "Don't say sorry to me!"
Xia Cen hugged him tighter: "Xiaoxi, no matter what life it is, I only love you. As long as you are here, I will..."
Mu Xiaoxi stood numbly.Only he heard those bleak voices.
"who am I?"
"I'm not the Mu Xiaoxi you loved."
"I'm just a lonely ghost in the cannon fodder system."
The softer Xia Cen's words were, the more heart-wrenching they fell into his ears.The most ironic truth in the world, to Xia Cen, this is a fairy tale of love in the poor and blue, and finally reunited across life and death, but to him, it is a horror story like Huapi.
Mu Xiaoxi didn't make a sound, didn't respond, he couldn't say a word.
Xia Cen sensed something was wrong with him.He said: "I didn't tell you before because it was too bizarre to accept. But we are us..."
"No...not." Mu Xiaoxi said.
Xia Cen was puzzled, but he felt that Mu Xiaoxi's complexion was very bad. He persuaded: "Xiaoxi, can you eat something first? Let's talk about this matter slowly."
He said that he habitually kissed Mu Xiaoxi's forehead.
Mu Xiaoxi woke up instantly, and he pushed Xia Cen away.
The two faced each other in astonishment.
Mu Xiaoxi looked at Xia Cen, took two steps back slowly, turned and left the room.He has only one thought now, he wants to be alone, he can't see Xia Cen for the time being.The absurdity, shame, and guilt surging at this moment can overwhelm him.
Xia Cen only saw Mu Xiaoxi's pale complexion and babbling, as if frightened.He never expected Mu Xiaoxi to react like this.
He couldn't help feeling a little remorseful.He had imagined a lot of Mu Xiaoxi's reactions before, and the biggest possibility was that Mu Xiaoxi didn't believe him at all when he was talking nonsense.
Only this kind of situation he couldn't predict - Mu Xiaoxi looked at him as if he saw a ghost.
"Xiaoxi, calm down. I'm right here, okay. Where are you going?" Xia Cen followed Mu Xiaoxi out of the room.
Now that Mu Xiaoxi is like this, he dare not let him alone.
Mu Xiaoxi walked quickly in the corridor, he just wanted to get rid of Xia Cen.He wanted to go downstairs and leave the mansion immediately, he wanted to go back to his own home.
His home... Mu Siyun's place... He had been playing the role of a good son to Mu Siyun's place before.He has been convincing himself that he will be a good son and brother.The most consoling thing is that the relationship between him and Xia Cen is real, everyone Xia Cen knows and likes is him...
How will he face these people in the future?
Where should he go now?
In a trance, Mu Xiaoxi stumbled on the stairs.
"Xiaoxi!" Xia Cen's voice was high and hurried.
Mu Xiaoxi wanted to shout, but his voice couldn't make a sound. At the moment of weightlessness, his neck seemed to be choked and he could only pass through a narrow line.
He waved his arms weakly, Xia Cen rushed forward and grabbed him.
The next second, with a pain in his head and back, he fell down the stairs and fell into darkness.
Xia Cen fell down with Xiaoxi. He tried his best to protect Xiaoxi and prevent Xiaoxi's body from falling directly to the ground.When the two of them landed on the ground, Xia Cen clearly heard the sound of his calf clicking, but he didn't have time to distinguish what it was, so he immediately leveled Xiaoxi and checked his condition.
Xiaoxi lost consciousness and was slightly short of breath.Xia Cen called his name loudly while touching his arms and legs.
A piece of dark red damp stained Xia Cen's hands.Xia Cen's heart sank suddenly.
The nanny who heard the sound screamed in fright when she saw this scene, Xia Cen called out calmly: "Call Dr. Jiang, and ask Yu to prepare the car immediately."
The family doctor came immediately, and after a simple treatment, they rushed to the hospital.
In the middle of the night, the baby came to this world two months earlier, and then immediately entered the incubator.
Xia Cen only glanced at him. He is not very happy about the arrival of the child now, because Xiaoxi is still in a coma after the operation.
The ICU ward cannot accompany the bed, Xia Cen has been sitting outside.At this time, his family doctor, Dr. Jiang, carefully reminded him: "Mr. Xia, go take a picture of your leg, is it broken?"
Xia Cen covered his face.He dared not leave the ward for a moment now.
He said heavily, "I'll make a call."
He wanted to notify Mu Siyun and Ji Qingping.
The next morning, Mu Siyun and Ji Qingping rushed to the city as quickly as possible and went straight to the hospital.
Xia Cen was still wearing last night's clothes, and his shirt was crumpled.He didn't close his eyes all night, some stubble appeared on his chin, and he looked haggard.Hearing footsteps, he looked up and saw Ji Qingping walking from the other side of the corridor, he immediately stood up to greet him: "Dad..."
Ji Qingping's strides were quick and big, getting faster and faster.He rushed to Xia Cen like the wind, grabbed Xia Cen's collar, and punched Xia Cen in the face: "Is this how you take care of Xiaoxi?"
Mu Siyun caught up panting, ignoring Ji Qingping's rudeness, but eagerly asked Xia Cen: "How is Xiaoxi?"
Xia Cen said in a low voice: "His physical condition is much more stable now, but he hasn't woken up yet."
Ji Qingping gritted his teeth and said nothing.
After he beat Xia Cen, he ignored him.Only talk to Mu Siyun and the doctors and nurses.
They had seen Mu Xiaoxi, heard the doctor's treatment plan, and then looked at the baby through the glass.Mu Siyun didn't cry when he saw Mu Xiaoxi just now, but when he saw the baby lying in the incubator, he couldn't hold back his tears.
Ji Qingping put his arms around him and kept comforting him: "Xiaoxi will be fine."
The next day, Xiaoxi was transferred out of the ICU ward.
Doctors think his condition is stable, and the next step is to see when he will wake up.
Xia Cen finally rested for a few hours. The doctor put a cast on his fractured right leg, and he could only walk on crutches during this time.
Mu Siyun arranged the ward as comfortably as possible.He also brought some clothes and supplies from the creek.Although he knew that there would be no shortage here, he still brought it.
Mu Siyun took out a blue sweater from the bag, as if he was talking to himself, or chatting with his son: "You used to like this dress very much. Although it is very old, you haven't thrown it away... just brought it here. Old clothes are comfortable to wear."
Xia Cen looked at the dress, and suddenly several images flashed in his mind.
The depressing funeral, the grief-stricken Mu Siyun, and many of Mu Xiaoxi's old things were burned...
He has been trying his best to seal up these memories of his previous life, as long as he recalls them once, it is like a sharp knife piercing his heart.His only support now is that the creek in front of him is still alive, and he will surely recover slowly.
Mu Siyun tucked the blanket for Mu Xiaoxi, looked up and saw Xia Cen, his face was pale, and he didn't know how long he hadn't closed his eyes to sleep.
"Xia Cen, go and have a rest. I'm here with you, and there's a nurse."
Xia Cen said in a low voice, "I just want to be by Xiaoxi."
He looked deeply at Mu Xiaoxi who was lying on the bed, his sleeping expression was peaceful, even a little naive, as if he was having a long, long dream.
He called again in a low voice: "Xiaoxi."
The person on the bed did not move,
My sister's little gift was a painting of her own.Mu Xiaoxi framed the painting and placed it in the study.
Gather all kinds of presents and organize them into categories.Mu Xiaoxi thought about another thing that happened a long time ago.
It was when he was in high school, before he and Xia Cen were together, Xia Cen accompanied him on his birthday for the first time, and gave him a strange little gift—an exquisite small box.
Mu Xiaoxi still doesn't know what's so special about that wooden box.I just kept it in my collection, and occasionally thought that I could use it to hold some small sundries, but the size of the box was awkward, so it was always empty.
Thinking about it now, Mu Xiaoxi turned out that box again.
"What were you thinking at that time? Give me this small box, what do you want to hold?" He asked Xia Cen.
Xia Cen also felt a little emotional: "That may be me playing tricks, I don't remember what happened at all. What do you think it should pretend to be?"
Mu Xiaoxi took the box and looked left and right, and suddenly felt that its size was a bit familiar.He gestured and found the marriage certificate he had just received two days ago from the drawer.
He opened the hidden compartment of the box, put the marriage certificate in, and found that it was just right.Not too big, not too small, perfectly matched, as if the box was tailor-made for the marriage certificate.
Mu Xiaoxi was pleasantly surprised: "How could such a coincidence happen?"
Xia Cen imitated his tone: "How could such a coincidence happen?"
Mu Xiaoxi glanced at the people around him suspiciously again: "Why do you feel like you already knew?"
Xia Cen hugged his waist: "You mean that I decided to marry you when I was a sophomore in high school?"
Mu Xiaoxi was speechless for a while: "Uh..."
He thought it was a little exaggerated.
Xia Cen grabbed him and kissed him: "Why are you hesitating? You should be more confident. I wanted to marry you when I was in high school."
The two of them started arguing on the floor while talking.At this time, it was more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was just right.The gauze curtain in the living room is drawn, only a layer of hazy light penetrates in, and the dense green plants on the balcony cast pale green shadows on the white gauze curtain.
Mu Xiaoxi rested on the floor.Xia Cen brought over two glasses of iced drinks.The two drank drinks and listened to an old record.
Records are also one of the gifts received.
Mu Xiaoxi recalled many details of yesterday's wedding.Carefully arranged flowers everywhere, gorgeous lighting design, background wall for taking pictures, Xia Cen has been watching him tenderly when taking the oath...
"What are you thinking?" Xia Cen stroked Xiaoxi's forehead with his fingers.
Mu Xiaoxi didn't expect that she would become shy, and said, "I was thinking that yesterday's dishes were really good. I have to find a time to thank Manager Xu and the chef."
Xia Cen agreed: "I will go with you."
Yesterday's wedding was perfect and smooth.Xia Cen's father Xia Xu also came.As time passed, Xia Xu finally bowed his head to his son.Before the wedding, Xia Xu took the initiative to contact them, hoping to come to the wedding.Xia Xu kept a low profile that day, didn't give a speech, just watched the ceremony quietly, and didn't stay for too long after the dinner.
Mu Xiaoxi and Xia Xu had almost no dialogue.He also didn't care what Xia Cen's father thought of him.When the banquet was over, he didn't notice when Xia Xu left, he was chatting with the classmates who left.
Xin Zhao was half drunk when he left, and chatted with Mu Xiaoxi for 5 minutes before leaving with everyone.
He said that Mu Xiaoxi hadn't changed at all, it was still the same as before, so everyone had a great time.
Mu Xiaoxi said, "Really? I thought I had changed a lot in the past few years."
Xin Zhao waved the bag containing the souvenir: "But your essence has not changed!"
"Then do you remember what I was like in my first year of high school?"
"Grade one? Isn't that what happened later? You love to study and you are very popular, but at that time Xia Cen hadn't come yet, and you didn't seem to be interested in dating at all... It was very quiet, hahaha, when Xia Cen came, Activated you."
Mu Xiaoxi smiled and waved goodbye to Zhao Dao.
He didn't want to ask any more.
Just recalling it now, he even felt a bit of heartache for being too happy at the wedding.
They chose the Arctic Circle for their honeymoon trip, which is a completely different scenery from their hometown.They took a boat to see icebergs, visited local environmental protection projects, waited for the aurora, took a sauna, and visited local Chinese friends.Mu Xiaoxi had a great time, and Xia Cen was the best travel companion——excellent sense of direction, built-in strategies in his head, and excellent photography skills.
The night before the return trip, Mu Xiaoxi held Xia Cen in his arms and had a dream.
He dreamed that he was standing on an endless ice field with no end in sight.The iceberg stands silently in the distance, the color of the sky and the iceberg is not stained with any impurities, the whole world is extremely clean, only the whistling of the wind passes by.
He couldn't help bending down to look at the ice cubes under his feet, fascinated by their colors.
"It's so beautiful." Xia Cen took his hand and asked him to lie down on the ice field together.
Because it is in a dream, it is not afraid of freezing to death and wild animals.Mu Xiaoxi happily lay down with Xia Cen.Xia Cen never showed his childishness to outsiders, only in front of him would he be so childish occasionally.Mu Xiaoxi was very happy.
Like children, the two rolled and played on the ice field, and finally held hands and listened to the wind quietly.
"It's great," Xia Cen said, "It feels like there are only two of us left in the world."
Mu Xiaoxi said: "We and our shadow."
"Shadow?" Xia Cen followed his pointer and glanced at the shadows of the two people on the ice, his expression suddenly changed.
Just one glance seems to be enough to destroy this perfect world of two people.Mu Xiaoxi only heard a cracking sound below him, the ice layer broke open, and the ground broke.A gap suddenly opened between him and Xia Cen, and he lost weight instantly.
"Ah!" Mu Xiaoxi exclaimed and woke up.
Xia Cen on the other side of the bed dazedly stroked Mu Xiaoxi's back: "What's wrong?"
Mu Xiaoxi knew it was just a nightmare, so he didn't speak, but hugged Xia Cen tightly.
Xia Cen felt Mu Xiaoxi's unusual body temperature, and quickly woke up completely.He turned on the light, got up to pour a glass of water, and when he handed it over with the gentle light of the bedside lamp, he saw Mu Xiaoxi's face was very pale.
"I'm going to call the doctor." He said decisively.
Mu Xiaoxi already felt much better the moment she opened her eyes.He grabbed Xia Cen: "No, I just had a nightmare."
Xia Cen hugged him: "What nightmare?"
Mu Xiaoxi said: "We encountered an earthquake on the ice sheet, and I fell into a crevasse."
The picture in the dream is a little blurry at the moment, leaving only the picture of the iceberg collapsing and the sudden feeling of weightlessness.
At this moment, the room was warm and fragrant, and Xia Cen held his hand, making it even more apparent that the dream just now was completely unreal.Scared like this by a nightmare, like a toddler who hasn't gone to school yet.
Mu Xiaoxi exhaled, he was no longer flustered, repeating the scene in the dream, more like asking for comfort, wanting to hear some warm words from Xia Cen.
Xia Cen held Mu Xiaoxi in his arms, tested his body temperature with the palm of his hand, and asked in a deep voice, "In the dream, did I hold you?"
Mu Xiaoxi gave a vague "hmm": "I don't remember clearly, it seems that there is none?"
Xia Cen said: "That's not me, I won't let you fall alone. So it's just a dream."
He was so serious, Mu Xiaoxi couldn't help laughing, and instead wanted to comfort him: "Of course it's just a dream."
Xia Cen's hand gradually descended along Mu Xiaoxi's neck: "...I don't have a fever."
Mu Xiaoxi's heart itch from being rubbed by him.
The gestures of the two gradually ceased to be pure appeasement.Xia Cen whispered, "Xiaoxi, can I...?"
Mu Xiaoxi raised her arms to half cover her face, and nodded slightly.
Before the wedding, the two had already discussed that after getting married, they would start to prepare for pregnancy. Their work has gradually stabilized in the past few years, and they can think about their children.
But it may be out of inertia, during the honeymoon period, they are still the same as before.Today was the first time Xia Cen proposed not to use contraception. Mu Xiaoxi's heart throbbed and she could only nod silently.
Xia Cen gently held Mu Xiaoxi's wrist, and took his hand away from his face: "Xiaoxi, look at me."
The process of making a baby is more emotional than usual.Mu Xiaoxi completely forgot about the nightmare just now.
Two months after returning from honeymoon.One morning when Mu Xiaoxi was brushing his teeth, he suddenly felt nauseous. He lay down by the pool and spit out two mouthfuls of clear water. A premonition arose in his heart, and he made an appointment for a doctor that day.
That night, Mu Xiaoxi and Xia Cen shared the good news.The two were excited for a week, and after they were completely sure, they slowly told their parents.
They deliberately chose a weekend to invite Mu Siyun and Ji Qingping to have dinner together and tell everyone the good news.Mu Siyun was very happy to hear that, and hastily told all kinds of precautions, which made Xiaoxi feel a little edgy.
Ji Qingping behaved fairly calmly, but before leaving, he kept pulling Xia Cen and repeatedly asked him to take good care of Xiaoxi.
After the beginning of spring, the child's condition was stable.Mu Xiaoxi's figure has also changed a bit, because he is still working, so it is difficult not to be noticed.So the two shared the news online.
Now the fans of the two online are extremely happy.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I've been paying attention to their couple silently since the beginning. It's been so sweet for so many years! It's finally blossoming and bearing fruit!"
"I don't know who the baby looks like, but whoever it looks like will be cute."
"I posted the baby with a photo of the two of them, it's so cute."
"I feel that Xiaoxi will be the kind of father who protects the baby's privacy very well."
"Time flies so fast. I seem to have seen them get married yesterday, and today they said they were pregnant?"
"I'm getting old... I feel like it was last year when they went to college to go public."
When fans reminisce about the past, they can't help pulling out some old gossip.Back then, some of Xia Cen's high jumping fans thought that Xia Cen was an aloof male god, and Mu Xiaoxi had a strange background, so they posted this diamond boyfriend instead.
But in the past few years, such fans have disappeared, and no one looks at Mu Xiaoxi like this anymore.Even many new gossip people will feel very incredible about the relationship between this pair of archaeologists-"What's wrong? Isn't this pair a match made in heaven?"
Many young children were even more surprised when they went to pick up Mu Xiaoxi's trumpet.Because the relationship between Mu Xiaoxi and Xia Cen is stable now, she rarely publicizes how affectionate she and Xia Cen are on social media.
This makes it difficult for fans to eat sweets, but Xia Cen releases some photos from time to time, and can always pick up clues, as if telling everyone "I love Xiaoxi, Xiaoxi loves me" on a regular basis.
This makes fans somewhat miss the immature Mu Xiaoxi back then.
"Mu Xiaoxi is so cute when he graduated from high school and is about to go to college! It's completely the performance of an innocent boy who is in love for the first time!"
"Now Xiaoxi is getting more and more mature, don't you feel embarrassed seeing the past?"
"I still go to see the photos posted by Xiaoxi from time to time, and then smile like an old mother."
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Half of the online guesses are correct.When Mu Xiaoxi looked at the "declarations of love" he posted in the past, he did have a feeling of looking at childish "black history", but his low profile was not all because of this.
When he was just with Xia Cen back then, he somewhat had the mentality of "I'm drunk today when I have wine", and I tried my best to think about where I could go.Therefore, he desperately wants the whole world to witness for him.At that time, he only needed to be seen, and he didn't care what was said outside.
Things have changed.He wanted to hold Changjiujiu and Xia Cen firmly in his hands, so he cherished it even more unconsciously.It's a little embarrassing to think so, but as he gets older, he's more sympathetic than ever.Perhaps this is also a kind of maturity.
Fortunately, no matter what he went through, Xia Cen was by his side.
After Mu Xiaoxi confirmed that she was pregnant, she went to the Cannon Fodder Forum to check it out.Over the past few years, the cannon fodder forum has changed drastically.In the past, the cannon fodder forum was all gray.Today the color is much brighter and lively, changing to a verdant green.
Regarding this change, the cannon fodder said——
"Thank you, the original gray is low-key, and now the green is very connotative."
"Why does it feel more ironic?"
"Green cannon fodder, recycling, environmental protection and energy saving."
In addition to appearance, many new regulations have been issued on the forum.In addition, the popular nicknames of cannon fodder have changed from "Little Bubble" to "Hui Zi" and "Ben Hui", and the content and style have changed.
Mu Xiaoxi's old posts look very old now, because the forum prohibits upvoting old posts, so no one has replied to the post for a long time, only the number of likes silently shows that there are still traces of people constantly visiting.
Despite so many changes, Mu Xiaoxi looked at the active posts on the front page, but felt that it was still the same as before.
The arguments and annoyances of the cannon fodder are much the same as he was back then, and many dissatisfaction about the forum and the system is still there every day.
Mu Xiaoxi thought, after a while, or a few years later, he has completely digested the relevant system and cannon fodder experience, and then he will go back to the forum and talk about it, including his feelings after being with Xia Cen.
This is not to show affection, but to tell people in this system that as long as they persevere, there will be a certain possibility.
Mu Xiaoxi's due date is September.After summer, the temperature is higher than in previous years, and it is extremely hot for pregnant people, so they cannot leave the air conditioner at all times.
Fortunately, Mu Xiaoxi's various inspection results are good, so he will still work as usual, but he will leave work a little earlier.
At the beginning of July, Xia Cen received another contact from his father Xia Xu.Xia Xu's health has not been very good recently, and this time he found out that the situation is worse, and he needs a major operation.He hoped to have a face-to-face meeting with Xia Cen.
Since getting married, the relationship between Xia Cen and his father has eased a bit.He told Xia Xu that he would go back to visit the doctor, but he just asked Xia Xu not to think too much, and not to have the mentality that he was already preparing for his death.
Since he was going home to visit relatives, Xia Cen just wanted Mu Xiaoxi to go back with him.He wanted Mu Xiaoxi to take a good rest for a few days.
Ji Qingping also found out about Xia Xu's illness.He asked Xia Cen and Mu Xiaoxi to go back to the summer house to visit relatives first, and he will also visit in a few days, after all, it is a matter of life and death.
This is Xia Cen returning to Xia's old house after so many years.He grew up here and lived here for more than ten years, and his feelings are not deep.It's just that since his parents divorced and he arrived in Tiancheng, he never came back.
This time when Mu Xiaoxi came back with him, his mood was not so complicated, and he wanted Mu Xiaoxi to relax here.
Father is in hospital.The only occupants of the old house were Xia Cen and Mu Xiaoxi, and they lived comfortably.On the first day back, Xia Cen accompanied Mu Xiaoxi for a stroll around the old house.
The Xia family has been operating for generations, and the old house is full of care.Even if there are many rooms that are not used in normal times, they are still cleaned and maintained every day, and every corner is clean and tidy.
Mu Xiaoxi lived in Xia Cen's previous room.The layout of the room was exactly the same as when Xia Cen left home. In the large cloakroom, there were even clothes from that year. It was not at all obvious that the owner had been away from home for ten years.
The housekeeper and staff in the house were very happy with Xia Cen's return.
The butler, Lao Xie, has been working here and is responsible for managing the mansion.He watched Xia Cen grow up since he was a child, and now Lao Xie is in his early sixties.
When Xia Cen took Xiaoxi to visit the old house, Lao Xie and them introduced the purpose of the rooms in detail.
Mu Xiaoxi used to hear Xia Cen mention this old Xie.They also invited Lao Xie to the wedding.So now Xiaoxi doesn't feel strange and separated, but more at ease.
While talking, Lao Xie mentioned that he might retire from the old house.
"I'm getting old. When I was young, I could check every corner of the house in one morning. Now my legs and feet are bad, and it's more difficult than before. It's time to retire."
Xia Cen persuaded him to stay: "You don't have to work so hard. Now that cameras are installed everywhere, you can control many things in the office. Let the young people help you share the scene. Besides, father can't live without you."
When Lao Xie heard Xia Cen mentioning his father, he quickly said, "Even if I don't take care of this house, I will still take care of the master."
He told Xia Cen that when Xia Cen's father finished the operation and planned to choose a health resort to recuperate, he would go with him.At that time, the owner of this house will not live here for a long time, and he, the housekeeper, will not be there either. The people below are very worried about work now.
That's why the people who work here are so happy when Xia Cen and Mu Xiaoxi come back this time.They hoped that the young owner would come and live often so that they would not be laid off.
Xia Cen didn't promise anything to Lao Xie immediately.He and Xiaoxi are both working out of town now, and this time they came back for a short stay.
After Lao Xie left, Mu Xiaoxi went back to his room to rest. He asked Xia Cen, "What are you going to do? It seems that many things will be decided by you in the future."
Xia Cen opened the door to the balcony to let the warm evening breeze in, and said, "Such a big house really needs manual maintenance...Let's keep the status quo for now. I want you to have a good rest and don't worry about anything when you come back this time. .”
Mu Xiaoxi suddenly laughed.
Xia Cen walked to him and sat down side by side: "What's so funny?"
Mu Xiaoxi said: "Once again, I realized that you are the young master of a wealthy family, and you have to worry about these things as soon as you come back."
Xia Cen is also funny.
But still tell Mu Xiaoxi about some old things in this house.
Two days later, Xia Cen's father underwent surgery.Xia Cen went to the hospital, and Mu Xiaoxi went there once before, but he didn't go on the day of the operation.Because the operation took a long time and he was pregnant, it was inconvenient for him to stay in the hospital all the time.
So that day, Mu Xiaoxi stayed at home and kept in touch with Xia Cen, in case there were any sudden changes or needs at the hospital.
The butler, Lao Xie, also stayed at home. He might be more nervous than Mu Xiaoxi.When Mu Xiaoxi was in the study, he saw Lao Xie pacing up and down downstairs, not as calm as usual.
Mu Xiaoxi then called Lao Xie to chat.He had long wanted to chat with Lao Xie alone, but because Xia Cen was always there, he had no chance. Today was just right, and he could help Lao Xie relieve his nervousness.
Mu Xiaoxi asked Lao Xie: "What was Xia Cen like when he was a child? Was he very smart and mature since he was a child?"
Lao Xie nodded: "That's right. The young master has been outstanding in all aspects since he was a child. He speaks differently from ordinary children. He is very organized and thoughtful."
"Then he doesn't need to worry about his parents at all? Like a little adult?"
"Not really. There are many things to worry about. They look like skins, and because they are smart, they are especially good at hiding."
Lao Xie told two more interesting stories about Xia Cen's childhood.
Mu Xiaoxi nodded frequently, and said with a smile: "This is the first time I've heard of this. Xia Cen has selective memory, always saying that he has been very good since he was a child."
Lao Xie once again said with emotion: "It would be great if the young master and madam could live here forever." These were his words from the bottom of his heart.
Mu Xiaoxi joked, "If Xia Cen hadn't gone to Tiancheng, I wouldn't have met him either."
Old Xie said: "Fate is so great, Mr. Mu and the young master are destined to be a couple. I remember that when the young master didn't go to Tiancheng, he already liked Mr. Mu very much."
Mu Xiaoxi didn't have time to put away her smile, and the expression slowly froze on her face.He tried his best not to let his voice drift.
"Xie Bo, you said that the young master liked me when he didn't go to Tiancheng?"
Lao Xie quickly added: "I like it just my speculation. At least the young master already valued you very much at that time."
"How to say? He never told me." Mu Xiaoxi tilted his head, looking curious to hear the story.Only he knew that strength was slowly being drained from his spine and limbs.
How could Xia Cen know Mu Xiaoxi before going to Tiancheng?
That's not him, that's the real Mu Xiaoxi.
Mu Xiaoxi didn't move, he held his breath to listen to Lao Xie.
Lao Xie said: "I remember clearly. On the morning when the young master set off for Tiancheng, he got up later than usual. When I went into his room and woke him up, I heard him talking in his sleep, calling a name all the time."
Mu Xiaoxi said slowly, "My name?"
Lao Xie nodded: "At that time, I didn't know who it was. Later, when I saw the news of the young master in Tiancheng, I remembered it again. It is common for young people to fall in love on the Internet..."
Mu Xiaoxi suddenly covered her mouth.He wants to throw up.
Lao Xie thought it was a pregnancy reaction, and quickly helped him back to the room to rest with the nanny.
At seven or eight in the evening, Xia Cen came back from the hospital.My father survived the operation, but he still needs to be hospitalized for observation.He was supposed to stay near the hospital tonight, but when he called Mu Xiaoxi, Mu Xiaoxi didn't answer the phone.
He contacted Lao Xie again, and Lao Xie told him that Mr. Mu had no appetite at night and had been resting in his room.
Although the family doctor said nothing serious, just a normal reaction.But Xia Cen was worried, he still took some time to come back and see Mu Xiaoxi.
The lights in the room were all off, Xia Cen gently pushed the door open and entered.He went to the bed and sat down, turned on the bedside lamp, and asked in a low voice, "Xiaoxi, are you asleep? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"
Mu Xiaoxi's shoulders moved, and he slowly turned to look at Xia Cen, and shrank again as if afraid of light.
Xia Cen felt a pain in his heart, but he hadn't seen each other for twelve hours, Xiao Xi suddenly looked haggard, his face was like a sick child, green and pale, listless.
"Are you hungry? How about some food?" Xia Cen coaxed him.
Mu Xiaoxi avoided Xia Cen's caring and loving eyes, his whole soul was thinking about another thing.
Xia Cen wanted to hold Xiaoxi's hand, which is a very common and intimate gesture in normal times, with fingers intertwined and comforting each other.But today Mu Xiaoxi avoided his touch.
"What's the matter..." Xia Cen could tell that Xiaoxi wasn't feeling unwell, but that something happened and he felt uncomfortable.
"No matter what happens, tell me, Xiaoxi, there is nothing the two of us can't solve together." Xia Cen didn't forcefully touch Xiaoxi again, "As long as you tell me, I'll help you share it."
Mu Xiaoxi didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
But he and Xia Cen have been together for so many years and have loved each other for so long, even just listening to Xia Cen's voice will make him feel calm.Unknowingly, the mutual dependence between them has become so deep.
Mu Xiaoxi got up slowly, and the child in his belly seemed to know that he was making a decision, and turned over excitedly.
He wanted to hear Xia Cen's personal explanation.All of this, what is going on.
When did Xia Cen know the real Mu Xiaoxi, and why did he call his name in his dream.
The most important thing is which Mu Xiaoxi Xia Cen loves.
Mu Xiaoxi took a sip of water, took a deep breath, and asked: "Xia Cen, I always feel that you have a big secret that you haven't told me, and this secret is related to me. I just had this feeling before, but today I heard it Some circumstantial evidence."
Xia Cen stared at him intently with deep eyes.
Mu Xiaoxi told what Lao Xie told him, and said, "Don't blame Lao Xie, Lao Xie thought we knew each other earlier."
He asked softly like sleepwalking: "...what the hell is going on here?"
This afternoon, Mu Xiaoxi was thinking about this question.Could it be that Xia Cen and "Zhenmu Xiaoxi" had an online relationship before they met?Then why did Xia Cen transfer to another school, and when he met him for the first time, he acted like meeting him for the first time?Why was it never mentioned after that?
These doubts were tangled together like a mess, tightly clutching his heart.
Xia Cen looked at Mu Xiaoxi's bewildered expression. He finally made up his mind and said, "Xiaoxi, I'll tell you everything. Although it sounds weird...but it's all the truth."
Mu Xiaoxi thought, no matter how bizarre things were, he had experienced them all.Could it be that Xia Cen also has a system?
Xia Cen said: "Xiaoxi, do you believe that people can experience different time and space dimensions?"
Mu Xiaoxi nodded slowly: "You mean the time system? Like a sci-fi movie?"
Xia Cen said frankly: "Almost. Ten years ago, in the second year of high school, it was the first time we met for you. It's not wrong at all. It's normal that you don't have any memory about me. But for me, I actually knew You'll be there. Because, I've been through it once."
Mu Xiaoxi blinked.
Xia Cen said: "Xiaoxi, we were also classmates in the previous life, and gradually developed a good impression of each other. Although the process is a bit different from this life, we are still together..."
Mu Xiaoxi's chest felt tight.On a midsummer night, the anxiety before the storm made him breathless.He grabbed Xia Cen's arm: "You mean, rebirth?"
Xia Cen hugged Mu Xiaoxi in his arms, and he fell into memory: "Yes. I think I was reborn. God gave me another chance to return to you."
He whispered softly in Mu Xiaoxi's ear, saying how much time they had wasted in the previous life, and how lucky he felt when he was reborn.
Mu Xiaoxi had only one thought - no wonder...
No wonder Xia Cen cherished and tolerated him so incredibly.No wonder those thoughtful gestures are always on point.No wonder Xia Cen knew his previous life like the back of his hand.No wonder the box containing the marriage certificate was waiting for him early in the morning.
Because it belonged to the previous life, the real Mu Xiaoxi.
He interrupted Xia Cen with a trembling voice: "In the previous life, were you and...I also married? Do you have children?"
Xia Cen was silent for a few seconds before saying: "In the previous life, I proposed to you, and you agreed. But before the wedding, you had an accident. I'm sorry, Xiaoxi, I didn't protect you well."
Mu Xiaoxi hurriedly said, "Don't say sorry to me!"
Xia Cen hugged him tighter: "Xiaoxi, no matter what life it is, I only love you. As long as you are here, I will..."
Mu Xiaoxi stood numbly.Only he heard those bleak voices.
"who am I?"
"I'm not the Mu Xiaoxi you loved."
"I'm just a lonely ghost in the cannon fodder system."
The softer Xia Cen's words were, the more heart-wrenching they fell into his ears.The most ironic truth in the world, to Xia Cen, this is a fairy tale of love in the poor and blue, and finally reunited across life and death, but to him, it is a horror story like Huapi.
Mu Xiaoxi didn't make a sound, didn't respond, he couldn't say a word.
Xia Cen sensed something was wrong with him.He said: "I didn't tell you before because it was too bizarre to accept. But we are us..."
"No...not." Mu Xiaoxi said.
Xia Cen was puzzled, but he felt that Mu Xiaoxi's complexion was very bad. He persuaded: "Xiaoxi, can you eat something first? Let's talk about this matter slowly."
He said that he habitually kissed Mu Xiaoxi's forehead.
Mu Xiaoxi woke up instantly, and he pushed Xia Cen away.
The two faced each other in astonishment.
Mu Xiaoxi looked at Xia Cen, took two steps back slowly, turned and left the room.He has only one thought now, he wants to be alone, he can't see Xia Cen for the time being.The absurdity, shame, and guilt surging at this moment can overwhelm him.
Xia Cen only saw Mu Xiaoxi's pale complexion and babbling, as if frightened.He never expected Mu Xiaoxi to react like this.
He couldn't help feeling a little remorseful.He had imagined a lot of Mu Xiaoxi's reactions before, and the biggest possibility was that Mu Xiaoxi didn't believe him at all when he was talking nonsense.
Only this kind of situation he couldn't predict - Mu Xiaoxi looked at him as if he saw a ghost.
"Xiaoxi, calm down. I'm right here, okay. Where are you going?" Xia Cen followed Mu Xiaoxi out of the room.
Now that Mu Xiaoxi is like this, he dare not let him alone.
Mu Xiaoxi walked quickly in the corridor, he just wanted to get rid of Xia Cen.He wanted to go downstairs and leave the mansion immediately, he wanted to go back to his own home.
His home... Mu Siyun's place... He had been playing the role of a good son to Mu Siyun's place before.He has been convincing himself that he will be a good son and brother.The most consoling thing is that the relationship between him and Xia Cen is real, everyone Xia Cen knows and likes is him...
How will he face these people in the future?
Where should he go now?
In a trance, Mu Xiaoxi stumbled on the stairs.
"Xiaoxi!" Xia Cen's voice was high and hurried.
Mu Xiaoxi wanted to shout, but his voice couldn't make a sound. At the moment of weightlessness, his neck seemed to be choked and he could only pass through a narrow line.
He waved his arms weakly, Xia Cen rushed forward and grabbed him.
The next second, with a pain in his head and back, he fell down the stairs and fell into darkness.
Xia Cen fell down with Xiaoxi. He tried his best to protect Xiaoxi and prevent Xiaoxi's body from falling directly to the ground.When the two of them landed on the ground, Xia Cen clearly heard the sound of his calf clicking, but he didn't have time to distinguish what it was, so he immediately leveled Xiaoxi and checked his condition.
Xiaoxi lost consciousness and was slightly short of breath.Xia Cen called his name loudly while touching his arms and legs.
A piece of dark red damp stained Xia Cen's hands.Xia Cen's heart sank suddenly.
The nanny who heard the sound screamed in fright when she saw this scene, Xia Cen called out calmly: "Call Dr. Jiang, and ask Yu to prepare the car immediately."
The family doctor came immediately, and after a simple treatment, they rushed to the hospital.
In the middle of the night, the baby came to this world two months earlier, and then immediately entered the incubator.
Xia Cen only glanced at him. He is not very happy about the arrival of the child now, because Xiaoxi is still in a coma after the operation.
The ICU ward cannot accompany the bed, Xia Cen has been sitting outside.At this time, his family doctor, Dr. Jiang, carefully reminded him: "Mr. Xia, go take a picture of your leg, is it broken?"
Xia Cen covered his face.He dared not leave the ward for a moment now.
He said heavily, "I'll make a call."
He wanted to notify Mu Siyun and Ji Qingping.
The next morning, Mu Siyun and Ji Qingping rushed to the city as quickly as possible and went straight to the hospital.
Xia Cen was still wearing last night's clothes, and his shirt was crumpled.He didn't close his eyes all night, some stubble appeared on his chin, and he looked haggard.Hearing footsteps, he looked up and saw Ji Qingping walking from the other side of the corridor, he immediately stood up to greet him: "Dad..."
Ji Qingping's strides were quick and big, getting faster and faster.He rushed to Xia Cen like the wind, grabbed Xia Cen's collar, and punched Xia Cen in the face: "Is this how you take care of Xiaoxi?"
Mu Siyun caught up panting, ignoring Ji Qingping's rudeness, but eagerly asked Xia Cen: "How is Xiaoxi?"
Xia Cen said in a low voice: "His physical condition is much more stable now, but he hasn't woken up yet."
Ji Qingping gritted his teeth and said nothing.
After he beat Xia Cen, he ignored him.Only talk to Mu Siyun and the doctors and nurses.
They had seen Mu Xiaoxi, heard the doctor's treatment plan, and then looked at the baby through the glass.Mu Siyun didn't cry when he saw Mu Xiaoxi just now, but when he saw the baby lying in the incubator, he couldn't hold back his tears.
Ji Qingping put his arms around him and kept comforting him: "Xiaoxi will be fine."
The next day, Xiaoxi was transferred out of the ICU ward.
Doctors think his condition is stable, and the next step is to see when he will wake up.
Xia Cen finally rested for a few hours. The doctor put a cast on his fractured right leg, and he could only walk on crutches during this time.
Mu Siyun arranged the ward as comfortably as possible.He also brought some clothes and supplies from the creek.Although he knew that there would be no shortage here, he still brought it.
Mu Siyun took out a blue sweater from the bag, as if he was talking to himself, or chatting with his son: "You used to like this dress very much. Although it is very old, you haven't thrown it away... just brought it here. Old clothes are comfortable to wear."
Xia Cen looked at the dress, and suddenly several images flashed in his mind.
The depressing funeral, the grief-stricken Mu Siyun, and many of Mu Xiaoxi's old things were burned...
He has been trying his best to seal up these memories of his previous life, as long as he recalls them once, it is like a sharp knife piercing his heart.His only support now is that the creek in front of him is still alive, and he will surely recover slowly.
Mu Siyun tucked the blanket for Mu Xiaoxi, looked up and saw Xia Cen, his face was pale, and he didn't know how long he hadn't closed his eyes to sleep.
"Xia Cen, go and have a rest. I'm here with you, and there's a nurse."
Xia Cen said in a low voice, "I just want to be by Xiaoxi."
He looked deeply at Mu Xiaoxi who was lying on the bed, his sleeping expression was peaceful, even a little naive, as if he was having a long, long dream.
He called again in a low voice: "Xiaoxi."
The person on the bed did not move,
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