Personality V: I will save everything

"The lawyer misunderstood. Jake told me himself that he was adopted."

After the Savage had listened to the lawyer's reasoning this morning, he had always felt that something was not right, and the only person in the whole manor whom he could trust was the acrobat.

"Is he adopted?" the Savage asked again with some uncertainty.

"Yes, he told me so himself." Of course, the ball class also told the acrobat other things at that time, but the acrobat always chose not to believe it, or chose to forget it.

[Let me tell you the truth, acrobat. I was still in the Noisy Circus until I was 13 years old. But the reason I left there was not because I was adopted, nor was it because Bernard sent me to a rich family out of kindness. Instead, I was sold by him for 30 gold coins! ]

What Joke said that day still seems to echo in my ears.

"...................Savage, what do you think of the Noisy Circus? You don't have to humor me, just tell the truth." The acrobat stared at the savage, his eyes full of confusion and expectation.

The savage scratched his head in confusion and stammered, "Acrobat, what's wrong with you today? Why... why do you ask me this suddenly?" He really didn't understand why the usually lively and cheerful acrobat would suddenly ask such a serious question.

Faced with such a direct question, the savage didn't know how to answer for a moment.

In fact, there is a secret hidden in the heart of the wild man - if his parents had not passed away, if he had not been adopted by Bernard, perhaps he would be the one standing in the center of the stage and becoming the most dazzling star in the circus. However, fate played a cruel trick on him, making him live a hard life with wild beasts since he was a child.

But despite this, the Savage never transferred his resentment to the acrobat, because he knew very well that it was not the acrobat's fault, and that the acrobat was just an innocent, carefree child who was enjoying a good time.

Moreover, for the savage now, seeing the acrobats spend every day happily is already a great comfort. So why should he break the false lie that seems fragile but is actually extremely precious? Let this peaceful and peaceful day continue!

"It's good, really."

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the other side,

In the eyes of the survivors here, what Mike did was tantamount to seeking his own death, which was simply a crazy act of not caring about his life. You know, he actually went alone to find the clown who was feared and regarded as a madman.

I only heard a loud shout: "Senior!!!" Before the voice fell, I saw the boy rushing forward like a gust of wind, still shouting, as if he was fearless. He seemed to be completely unaware of the blood stains that had long dried on the clown's clothes, and without hesitation, he opened his arms and hugged the clown tightly.

Mike's sudden hug stunned the already nervous Joker. He stared with eyes wide open, his face full of astonishment and confusion, thinking to himself: What on earth does this guy want to do? How could he be so reckless?

However, the fact is that in this weird and twisted world, the relationship between clowns and acrobats has long been broken beyond repair, and it can be said that they are almost incompatible.

During the long life in the manor, the acrobat gradually realized through various clues that it was the seemingly crazy clown in front of him who destroyed the noisy place that was once full of laughter.

The clown also hates the acrobat to his core. In his eyes, the acrobat is the only fool among all the survivors who still has unrealistic fantasies about the past.

Such a guy who is immersed in a fantasy fairy tale all day long is really disgusting. Just thinking of this, the clown couldn't help but feel a wave of nausea rising from the bottom of his heart.

Mike didn't know if it was because the last time he knocked Joke down, it taught him a lesson, so this time he jumped directly in front of the clown, stopped, and then reached out to hug the clown instead of throwing himself on him.

"Senior..." Mike hugged the clown tightly, as if he wanted to convey all his emotions to him.

After a long time, Mike slowly loosened his hands, and his eyes fell on the clown's right leg with a hint of sadness.

"Senior, although you are not from the world I am from, I still want to sincerely apologize to you." Mike's voice trembled slightly, his eyes gradually turned red, and tears were swirling in them, as if they would roll down at any time.

Mike knows that there is a painful past behind the clown Jake's right leg, which has become what it is today. Jake originally suffered from congenital leg deformity, which made his right leg slightly different from that of ordinary people, but at least he could still walk normally.

However, fate played a cruel trick on him. During that terrible performance accident, the hateful unicycle ruthlessly crushed Jack's right leg and broke it.

Since then, Jack has lost his right leg forever and can only move with difficulty relying on prosthetic limbs. Whenever Mike thinks of this, his heart is as painful as being stabbed by needles.

On the day when the incident happened, he just stood there blankly, eyes wide open, watching in disbelief the thrilling scene playing out before his eyes.

In fact, he was fully capable of stopping all this from happening, but at that moment, he was as if under a spell and did not move at all, because he valued the wonderful performance that was taking place, the thunderous applause from the audience and Bernard's generous praise more than anything else.

When the dust had settled on the accident, what on earth was he doing?

At this moment, he was immersed in Bernard's praise of him. After all, it was thanks to his calmness and timely remedy that he successfully avoided a stage accident that could have been extremely serious.

At the same time, his eyes involuntarily turned to the bloodstains left by the clown (Joke) on the stage, and he thought to himself: "It will probably take a lot of effort to clean up these bloodstains!"

Not only that, he also happily accepted the praise from other members of the Noisy Circus. Everyone praised Mike's extraordinary quick response and praised his rapid response to unexpected situations.

However, what is chilling is that from beginning to end, no one really cared about the life or death of the Joker (Joke) at that time.

"I'm sorry, I didn't understand anything at the time... I watched everything happen... Senior, Natalie, Muro, Valletta... Why did I turn a blind eye to everything at the time?... Wuu ...

As he spoke, Mike burst into tears in front of the clown.

The clown just stood there quietly, as motionless as a sculpture, his eyes fixed on Mike's shaking body.

Mike covered his face with his hands, tears flowing from between his fingers like a dam bursting, dripping onto the cold and hard ground beneath his feet, splashing tiny but heartbreaking tears.

However, only the clown himself knew that at this moment, a storm had already been set off in his heart. Although his face, which was covered with oil paint, still looked extremely calm, in fact, his heart was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

He desperately wanted to go forward and comfort the heartbroken man in front of him, but every time the words came to his lips, they were stuck in his throat. He didn't know how to say it, let alone what exactly he should do to make the other person feel better.

After all, it had been so long since anyone had confided their pain and sorrow to him, and similarly, no one had ever given him warm comfort and care.

He was totally clueless about how to comfort others' wounded hearts. At this moment, he wished a voice could come down from the sky to give him guidance and tell him what he should do!

Finally, after a fierce ideological struggle, the clown mustered up the courage to open his mouth and shouted out the words that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time with all his strength: "Stop crying!!!"

It's a pity that these words, which should have been full of concern, sounded inexplicably threatening after coming out of his mouth, as if they were an order that could not be disobeyed, rather than a sincere comfort.

Mike: Pause (??)............crying even louder?????(＞д＜;)?????

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"Tell me the truth! How did you bully him?" Jake said seriously, patting Mike in his arms gently, trying to calm him down. Although Mike had stopped crying, his body still twitched from time to time, and he obviously had not fully recovered from his grief.

However, in response to Jack's questioning, the Joker gave a completely irrelevant answer: "He... knows? The noise, everything?" The voice was full of anxiety and fear.

Jake frowned slightly, stared at the Joker, then nodded briefly and replied, "Yes." Just these few simple words were enough for the Joker to understand everything. Because Jake and the Joker had similar pasts, they could always easily see through each other's thoughts.

Because of this, Joke instantly understood why Mike was crying so heartbrokenly.

This cute little guy, even though everyone has clearly stated that they will no longer blame him, he still can't let it go and still blames himself deeply in his heart.

Time flies, and many years have passed, but those past events still seem to follow Mike like a shadow, tightly entangled in his heart, making it difficult for him to break free.

"Don't be sad, Mike. We all know that this is not your fault." Jake gently stroked Mike's head from top to bottom and said, "We all forgive you, except you."

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After sending Mike to Jack, the Joker left.

He stood there blankly, with complicated and indistinguishable emotions surging in his heart, and he didn't know what words to use to describe his mood at this moment. Could this be the joy and excitement that one should feel when finally receiving an apology after many years of absence?

But why did the deep pain that had been hidden deep in his heart for so long surge into his mind again like a tide, making him feel sad and bitter unable to control himself?

The scar has been deeply engraved in the depths of the soul. Even if time passes, no matter how sincere and earnest apologies are made, it is probably difficult to completely erase it.

Even though time can heal the surface wounds, causing them to gradually close and form scabs, the ugly scars will still stubbornly remain, becoming a permanent mark, constantly reminding him of everything he has suffered in the past.

Just like the clown who always shows a funny face, although he forces himself to smile in front of others, deep down in his heart he will never be able to forgive the harm that the noisy world has brought him.

But for Mike, maybe the situation will be different. Perhaps, he will try to let go of the resentment in his heart and choose to give Mike a chance to forgive.

But, I will only forgive Mike because he is different from the acrobat.

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the other side,

Mike held back his tears and silently stuffed the biscuit into his mouth.

I want to continue crying (?д?; ), but I also want cookies (*′﹃｀*)

Mike's crying attracted all the "parties involved" to come over.

Muro patted Mike's shoulder gently and said softly, "Don't be sad, Mike, everything will be fine." As he spoke, he carefully placed a plate of freshly baked, fragrant cookies in front of Mike. The cookies looked golden and crispy, making people salivate.

At this moment, Valletta quietly walked behind Mike, and then took out a soft and comfortable blanket like a magic trick, and gently draped it over Mike. The blanket seemed to bring warmth and care, and instantly made Mike feel endless peace of mind.

Meanwhile, Jake and Natasha were not idle either. They sat on either side of Mike, constantly comforting him in a gentle voice.

Jake looked at Mike with concern and said sincerely: "Mike, believe me, it's all over. We are all here!"

Natasha gently took Mike's hand and encouraged him, "Yes, Mike, everyone is here. Don't be sad. Don't cry."