I know the taste of the sea

So Lu Shi went back to the hut after buying the food, pretended to have a headache and said to Shen Jue, "Ah Jue, it seems that some of your former partners have confessed to you."

Looking at the child's clear eyes, he couldn't help feeling a little guilty, but he didn't show the slightest bit on his face: "I saw your reward offer on the street."

Shen Jue slightly widened his eyes: "Then, can I not go out?"

"...Yes." Lu Shi's heart was hardened, and he simply said, "Can you stay here from now on?"

Shen Jue thought for a while: "Will you accompany me?"

Lu Shi took his hand: "Yes, I will always be with you."

Shen Jue smiled immediately: "Then it doesn't matter if I don't go out, as long as Brother Lu Shi is here, everything will be fine."

The child's answer was both unexpected and reasonable.

Looking at Shen Jue who trusted him wholeheartedly, Lu Shi inevitably felt a little guilty in his heart, but also had a secret and unknown joy.

But maybe some things are just meant to be.

The communicator left behind by Shen Jue's "big brother" unexpectedly lights up after a long period of silence.

Shen Jue's eyes lit up when he found out. At that time, Lu Shi was teaching him some history of the Talos Empire. He watched the child's sleepy brows and eyes suddenly recover from the boring lessons, but it was not because of him. , Lu Shi felt as if a thorn had suddenly been pricked in his heart.

It wasn't supposed to be like this.

He was a little dazed, not understanding why he had such feelings.

He clearly knows that the child cares about the eldest brother very much, which is different from his care, and he also clearly knows that if the "big brother" can come back, the child will be equivalent to having a family, but...

Lu Shi's thought at that moment was something he couldn't ignore.

He wanted to destroy that communicator and completely cut off the child's connection with the outside world.

Lu Shi felt that he was really crazy.

Shen Jue touched the communicator, opened it clumsily as his elder brother taught him back then, and saw a message sent to the communicator by the person with the note "Mom" on it: [Son, I've heard everything from Xiaowan, don't worry about it. Worry, Xiaowan is fine, he has awakened his abilities and became a nobleman, it took me a while to locate your place, I'm here to find you.Wait for Auntie to pick you up. 】

Shen Jue: "!"

He looked at Lu Shi in surprise: "Brother Lu Shi! It's the mother of the elder brother! The elder brother is fine! The elder brother has awakened his powers! He is a noble! These people dare not bully him anymore! The elder brother's mother even said that she would pick me up Home! Is she going to adopt me?!"

He looked over happily, and saw Lu Shi sitting in the darkness, with half of his body hidden in it, making it hard to see his expression clearly.

Shen Jue was slightly startled, blinking his eyes and holding the communicator subconsciously wanted to find him: "Brother Lu Shi?"

"...Well." Lu Shi lowered his eyes, covering the gloom that surged up at that moment: "I heard, did she say when she will come?"

Shen Jue felt a little uncomfortable, so he stopped in his tracks: "No...Brother Lu Shi, will you go with me?"

Lu Shi didn't say a word.

Maybe the other party doesn't know the unique sapphire eyes of the Talos family. After all, there are very few people who know about it, but if they come here, they will definitely meet the group of people outside...

and then?

Then his A Jue will automatically know that he is from the Talos family, knowing that he is not homeless like him, and he will know that his favorite brother Lu Shi...is a murderer.

He didn't speak, but Shen Jue became anxious. The child ran up to him, threw away the communicator that made him happy, and grabbed Lu Shi's hand: "Brother Lu Shi, you have to go with me!" .”

He said anxiously: "If you don't come with me, then I won't go either."

Lu Shi was slightly startled, and then he heard the child say seriously: "I just want to be with you."

"..."

Lu Shi moved his lips. He wanted to say yes, but he inevitably thought more.

He is not an immature child like Shen Jue, he is surrounded by wolves since he was a child, he is more mature than many adults.

He knows that his current escape is only temporary, he has no way to live here forever, he still wants to go back to Taal, to that cold palace.

Because his surname is not Lu, but Talos.

and……

Shen Jue is a treasure that others have not yet discovered.

But someone will always find that he must have the power to monopolize it, so that he and he can never be separated.

"Ajue." So Lu Shi said softly, "You have to go with them first."

Shen Jue was slightly stunned, and then he heard Lu Shi continue: "Don't be afraid, I will follow behind you, and I will see you soon."

But Shen Jue held him quietly, as if if he didn't use his strength, Lu Shi would pull away and leave now: "No! No wait! Brother Lu Shi, you promised me!"

"...I have something to do." Lu Shi tried to comfort him: "Really, I promise I won't lie to you."

Shen Jue pursed his lips tightly, and said nothing more, while holding Lu Shi's hand so hard, as if he had made up his mind, no matter what Lu Shi said, he would not let go.

Lu Shi sighed softly, and could only change the subject first: "Can you ask Auntie when she will come first? If I can make it in time, I will go with you."

How could a child have so much thought, and when he heard that there was still a possibility, he immediately let go of Lu Shi to reply to the other party's message.

Lu Shi quietly looked at Shen Jue, who was still shining even in the dark, and his inner thoughts became more firm.

Ah Jue is still young and doesn't understand anything, but he is aware of the filth among nobles.

A Jue is both a god and an elf, and some disgusting nobles will definitely stare at him.

If he were Lu Shi, he could do nothing, and he couldn't protect him.

But if he is the emperor of Talos, the master of three thousand planets... he can not only give him the best life, but also protect and accompany him forever.

Today the Guards can find him, tomorrow Talos' offshoots can find him, and the day after tomorrow there will be those high-ranking nobles who plot evil.

Their future life is destined not to be peaceful.

Lu Shi closed his eyes, the reluctance in his heart was brewing to the extreme, but he was also calm to a terrifying level.

Shen Jue didn't notice any of this, he just stared at the communicator, and when he saw the reply, he jumped up for joy: "Brother Lu Shi! Auntie said she will be here next week! There are still three days left!"

Lu Shi didn't expect the other party to arrive in Siluo City so soon, he was silent for a while: "Okay."

"I see," he said.

For the next two days, Shen Jue did not attend class.

His elder brother Lu Shi took him to play for two days, but they didn't leave this forgotten land, so the two of them stayed together, which meant "play" and "happy" to Shen Jue.

And the night before the arrival of the eldest brother's mother, the spring rain also fell.

The drizzling, crisp sound was like pearls falling on a jade plate, especially loud in the silent night.

Shen Jue arched into Lu Shi's arms, and whispered: "Brother Lu Shi, it's raining."

His voice was a little fuzzy, obviously in a state of half-dream and half-awake, Lu Shi responded softly: "Well, don't be afraid. I'm here."

Shen Jue is actually not afraid of rain and thunder, he has nothing to be afraid of, if he has to say, he is only afraid that his sapphire will leave him.

Shen Jue didn't speak, and the room became silent again.

After a while, Lu Shi listened to Shen Jue's steady breathing and said, "A Jue."

Shen Jue replied in a daze.

Lu Shi said again: "Listen to me, don't tell anyone what I look like, okay?"

-"……why?"

- "Like the story I told you, if you told someone what I looked like, I'd disappear."

- "...I don't want Brother Lu Shi to disappear."

- "Well, so you can't tell people what I look like. Okay?"

- "Can't you even say big brother and big brother's mother?"

Lu Shi hesitated for a moment, then nodded immediately: "Yes, even they can't say it."

Shen Jue, who was already half asleep, couldn't think about the logic of this sentence, but nodded in Lu Shi's arms: "I know, I won't say it."

Lu Shi stroked his hair: "So cute."

He said again: "There is more, Ah Jue. Do you still remember that I told you not to show your face in front of anyone?"

"I remember," Shen Jue said sullenly: "Brother, you said it was because there are monsters who like to eat children like this."

Seeing that he still remembered, Lu Shi felt relieved: "You must not tell others what I look like, and you must not reveal your own appearance, okay?"

Shen Jue muttered: "I know, brother, you are so wordy today. I'm so sleepy."

Lu Shi smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes: "Go to sleep."

He said softly, "It should be... nothing wrong."

He didn't want to tell Shen Jue who he was, because if he failed to seize the throne and died, then let Shen Jue know that the one who died was just an overreaching second son, a name he had never heard of, and a name he had never seen before. people who have nothing to do with him.

As for his elder brother Lu Shi, he was just a bastard who lied to him.

Lu Shi thought, if it fails, let the ending come to this point.

When Shen Jue fell asleep completely, Lu Shi took his hand away little by little. He got up and tucked the quilt up for Shen Jue. He looked at Shen Jue quietly for a long time, but in the end he couldn't restrain himself, and put his hands on his forehead. kissed.

His demeanor was gentle and pious, and his voice was softer than ever before: "For you."

He said: "Ajue, wait until I bring these three thousand planets to take you home."

On the day when Lu Shi left, the spring rain fell heavily. Shen Jue woke up from his sleep, and sat there for a long time in a daze, but he didn't get an answer from Lu Shi despite countless calls.

So he went out barefoot before he could put on his coat.

The cherry blossoms had already fallen to the ground in the heavy rain, and the broken petals were clean but covered with mud.

There was rain mixed with the smell of grass, and the air was filled with the familiar decay of this broken place.

Only it didn't smell like Lu Shi.

All Shen Jue could find and grab was the quilt that he and Lu Shi had covered for nearly half a year.

But there is more musty smell on it.

A musty smell that once made him sick.

When the woman who came to pick him up arrived, Shen Jue had a high fever due to the rain and various reasons.

The high fever kept coming back and forth for five consecutive days, and after it subsided, it was accompanied by other diseases. It took more than a month of tossing before Shen Jue saw the light of day again.

He didn't mention Lu Shi to the woman who told him to adopt him and asked him to call her mother, nor did he mention Lu Shi to his handsome elder brother who hadn't seen him for a long time.

The little Shen Jue just looks at the beautiful window sill through the clear glass window and thinks——

He didn't say a word as promised, so Brother Lu Shi, don't disappear, okay?

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