Not Spare the Years

Early the next morning.

It's still raining.

Mu Xueyi was still having the nightmare she had had every night since her rebirth, starting with leaving Zhou Zhenyue and ending with her being killed on Zhou Zhenyue's tombstone.

With a dull thunder outside the window, she woke up in extreme fear. The moment he opened his eyes, he blurted out:

"Ayue!"

Zhou Zhenyue, who was sitting at the table drinking water, made a move and glanced at Mu Xueyi on the bed.

She was silent for a moment, then said softly:

"...I didn't leave."

Mu Xueyi looked at Zhou Zhenyue who was close at hand. The heart that was still falling rapidly in the dream just now seemed to be suddenly supported by a pair of gentle hands, and all the uneasiness disappeared in an instant.

She quickly found that she was not where she was when she fell asleep last night, hesitated for a while, and muttered vaguely:

"Thank you."

Zhou Zhenyue knew what Mu Xueyi was thanking, she didn't say that, she just drank water.

Guo Hongxia came up from the stairs, holding her six-year-old daughter Tuantuan. In his hands, Tuantuan was holding two little yellow ducks that had just been rescued from the water, two **** of pale yellow fur, and his whole body was covered with cute down that didn't harden.

Mu Xueyi was a little dazed at first, but after the two little ducks entered the door, her eyes focused.

Like when she sees the toy she wants.

Zhou Zhenyue knew at a glance that she liked them.

Perhaps it was because she was not properly cared for by adults in her childhood, and Mu Xueyi never knew how to ask for things she liked. When she sees something she likes, she will only stare silently for a while, and the nostalgic light in her eyes will soon be suppressed.

Children who have never been cared for by their parents are like this, and there is no self-esteem everywhere in life.

Mu Xueyi's parents...

Zhou Zhenyue was slightly ecstatic.

In fact, when Mu Xueyi approached her for the first time, Zhou Zhenyue checked her bottom.

Mu Xueyi's father is the famous entrepreneur Mu Guocheng, which is not difficult to find out. What is difficult to find is her biological mother, Zhu Hong.

Zhu Hong is an innocent lady in the clubhouse. She came from a poor family. She only knows how to enjoy herself, but she doesn't have enough money. So she secretly pierced the condom when she arrested Mu Guocheng to seek pleasure. She wanted to give birth to a rich man's child. Life. In this way, there is Mu Xueyi.

But Mu Guocheng was not a fool either, so naturally he couldn't be willing to suffer this suffocating loss. Zhu Hong threw Xiaoxueyi at the door of Mu's house, and he asked the driver to throw Xiaoxueyi back to the dilapidated house that Zhu Hong rented. Such a scene would be staged every three or five days.

As a result, the young Mu Xueyi has always acted as a ball that was kicked around by his parents. Her mother only thought about how to use her to make money, and her father rejected her from the bottom of her heart. She was like a **** with dirty hands, and no one wanted to take her in.

Later, Mu Guocheng received some threats from Zhu Hong, so he reluctantly took Mu Xueyi into the Mu family.

Of course, Mu Xueyi's life in the Mu family was not good. Her father had no love for her, her sister regarded her as an outsider, and even the servants of the Mu family never treated her as a real second lady. She seems to live in the most luxurious house and eat the same exquisite food as her father and sister, but she herself has nothing.

No pocket money other than food and clothes, no birthday present like my sister who never misses.

There is no fatherly love.

There is no motherly love.

Perhaps for such Mu Xueyi, it was the most important thing to stick to the Mu family to survive.

Zhou Zhenyue actually understood Mu Xueyi's decision three years ago. After all, in her more than 20 years of life, the Mu family was the only life-saving straw she could hold.

She was just sad, she tried her best to make up for all the care and protection that Mu Xueyi lacked, but Mu Xueyi refused to tell her about her vulnerability and hardships from beginning to end.

She was sad that Mu Xueyi had always regarded her as an outsider.

Guo Hongxia spoke suddenly, interrupting Zhou Zhenyue's thoughts:

"The rain is much lighter, and there is no thunder. If you are in a hurry, you can leave in the afternoon. If you are not in a hurry, you can stay for two more days."

Zhou Zhenyue thought for a while and said, "I still have something to do in my company, so I'll leave in the afternoon."

Guo Hongxia: "Okay. The car at the entrance of the village is yours, right? Would you like to take a look at the car with me first? If there is any problem, I will quickly ask the next door to help you repair it, so as not to delay your departure."

Zhou Zhenyue: "Alright, thank you."

Guo Hongxia took Zhou Zhenyue downstairs. Zhou Zhenyue glanced at the direction of the bed as she walked down the five steps.

Mu Xueyi was bending over and lying on the edge of the bed to tease the two little ducks.

When we came to the entrance of the village, the water here was already very shallow.

Zhou Zhenyue tried the car, and everything was fine. Guo Hongxia took her back.

As she passed the farming fields, Guo Hongxia couldn't help sighing and muttering to herself, "Oh, this rain...the cornfields are all soaked up, this winter...it's hard to do..."

Zhou Zhenyue asked, "Does your family live on this cornfield?"

Guo Hongxia rubbed her dark fingers and smiled embarrassedly: "Tan Tuan took over carpentry work when her father was still there two years ago. After her father is gone, I will grow some corn, we have no culture, and we can't speak Mandarin. Said, no way."

Zhou Zhenyue frowned when she thought of the rudimentary furniture and furnishings in Guo Hongxia's house.

Guo Hongxia added: "It's nothing, girl. Last year's harvest was not good. Now everyone has greenhouses, and the vegetables are worthless. I help people wash a few more clothes, so I won't be hungry."

Zhou Zhenyue walked silently with an umbrella in her hand, her eyes squinting slightly, looking at Guo Hongxia's rough and cracked hands, full of wounds and frostbite.

After a while, she said, "My branch is missing a cleaner. I'll introduce you back."

Without waiting for Guo Hongxia to speak, she continued: "The company has assigned an apartment, you can take your daughter with you. The salary is 3,000 a month, which is not a lot, but it includes room and board, and there is heating in winter, so you don't need to do laundry."

Guo Hongxia was stunned, and after reacting, she said thank you again and again, her eyes were red.

"Girl, I really don't know how to thank you, thank you, thank you very much..." She looked like she wanted to hold Zhou Zhenyue's hand, but she felt it was inappropriate, so Hei Rough's hand just held it up tremblingly .

Zhou Zhenyue said no thanks, but Guo Hongxia still wanted to repay her.

Guo Hongxia said that if the cornfield hadn't been flooded, she could still bring some corn to Zhou Zhenyue, but now there is nothing at home, and she felt very sorry. It could be seen that she really wanted to give something to express her gratitude.

Zhou Zhenyue: "I really don't lack anything." She suddenly paused, "However, if you must send..."

Guo Hongxia rubbed her hands together to look at her.

After dinner in the afternoon, Zhou Zhenyue began to pack up. Mu Xueyi sat on the side and looked at her silently, because she didn't know if Zhou Zhenyue would take her with her, so she didn't dare to do anything.

Zhou Zhenyue put on her coat, and when she bent over to get the charger beside Mu Xueyi, she said softly, "Don't wait for me to wait for you after I finish packing."

Mu Xueyi's eyes lit up: "Want to take me?"

"..." Zhou Zhenyue didn't look at her, just lowered her head to sort out, "Take you back to the branch first, and come back to Anyang with me in a few days."

Mu Xueyi hurriedly agreed and found shoes to wear.

Her feet were frostbitten and swollen badly. When I put on my shoes and touched the skin there, I couldn't help but "his".

Although the rain is not falling, there is still water in the village that is not as large as the calf.

Walking to the door steps, Mu Xueyi picked up the hem of her clothes, looked at the stagnant water outside and made some mental preparations, her toes curled up subconsciously.

Zhou Zhenyue stepped into the stagnant water first, turned around and stuffed some dried buns given by Guo Hongxia into Mu Xueyi's hands. When Mu Xueyi was stunned, he turned his back and bent over.

"Come up."

Mu Xueyi realized that Zhou Zhenyue wanted to carry her, so she quickly said, "Ayue, I don't need to..."

Zhou Zhenyue didn't interrupt her, but just turned her head back and waited for her to finish speaking.

Mu Xueyi didn't say anything further, she restrained her habitual instinct of not wanting to trouble others, no longer said prevarication, and gently climbed Zhou Zhenyue's back.

It was getting late, and the dark clouds had not yet dissipated, so the road could not be seen clearly.

Mu Xueyi was lying on Zhou Zhenyue's shoulder, holding a mobile phone with a constant flash in her hand to help her illuminate. Neither of them spoke.

This is a rare intimate time, and Mu Xueyi's whole body is tense. She wanted to hug Zhou Zhenyue's shoulders tightly, but she only dared to put her fingers on the outside of her arms, and she didn't dare to squeeze her sleeves into her palms.

Perhaps not willing to waste such time alone, Mu Xueyi searched for a topic, and insisted on talking to Zhou Zhenyue: "Ayue, you... That car is not broken, right?"

Zhou Zhenyue was silent for a moment, then replied, "No."

Mu Xueyi: "Sister Guo gave me a phone number and said that if the car breaks down halfway, she will call her, and she will find a neighbor to help."

Zhou Zhenyue: "Well."

Mu Xueyi: "I still remember that you carried me like this a long time ago. On that day, you took me to a business party. I stood in high heels for too long and my feet hurt, so you carried me home."

Zhou Zhenyue: "…"

Mu Xueyi: "But you were wearing high heels that day. You kept telling me that it didn't hurt, but when you went home and soaked your feet together, you found that your heels were swollen. just fell asleep."

Mu Xueyi lowered his head and buried his face in his arms.

After a long time, she whispered, "Ayue, you are the first person to carry me."

Zhou Zhenyue bent the corners of her lips very lightly from an angle that Mu Xueyi could not see.

Mu Xueyi chuckled again: "Although I only stayed here for two days, but... I will miss these two days very much. The people here are all very nice, Sister Guo is very enthusiastic, and Tuantuan is also very good. Ducks look good too, and they eat broken buns in my hands."

Zhou Zhenyue rarely answered: "Duck?"

Mu Xueyi: "Yes, just round little ducks, one is a little fatter and has a white tail. One is taller and has black tips. They are all very small ducks with fluff all over their bodies. It's very cute."

Zhou Zhenyue hummed and asked, "Do you like it very much?"

Mu Xueyi was silent for a long time before replying in a low voice: "Well, I like it."

While they were talking, they walked to the entrance of the village, where the stagnant water had receded.

Zhou Zhenyue put Mu Xueyi down, opened the car door flatly to check the inside of the car and the front windshield, and Mu Xueyi stood at the rear of the car obediently waiting for her to finish the inspection.

Zhou Zhenyue bent over and suddenly said, "Help me get the glass of water from the trunk."

Mu Xueyi: "Okay."

She went around to the back of the car, the trunk lock had been unlocked. So, she dragged the lid and lifted it gently.

Under the warm yellow headlights in the trunk, before she could find the glass water, she caught sight of a large brown cardboard box that was very inconsistent with this luxury car.

Inside the box, two fluffy ducklings were craned their necks to stare at her.