I traveled through time and space and found a mute boy: That’s enough, I feel sorry for him

Mu Jinghua couldn't finish it no matter what.

Although he was young and still growing, he had hardly had a full meal since he was born, and his stomach had become smaller due to hunger. How could he possibly finish two large plates of pastries by himself?

In the end, Xu Shu saw that he was having a hard time chewing, so he rubbed his head and helped him finish the rest.

Mu Jinghua was very embarrassed and fiddled with the thing called tangram with a red face.

Xu Shu didn't have much time to pay much attention to him. As Wu Yong said, the restaurant had received a big order to host the birthday banquet for the county magistrate's youngest son.

This is also thanks to the brown sugar glutinous rice cake. Not only does it taste good, it looks good, and it also has a good meaning.

Although Wu Yong is a rich second-generation, he is not a useless fool. Xu Shuhui sold brown sugar rice cake to Wu Yong because he was impressed by his marketing talent and wanted to make friends with him.

At that time, he just made a suggestion, and Wu Yong asked everyone to write a poem, saying that brown sugar rice cake symbolizes happiness and perfection, and by the way, it also made the restaurant famous.

Although most common people didn't know about it, this thing was widely circulated among wealthy people and made Wu Yong a lot of money at first.

Although it gradually declined in the later period, the reputation of the restaurant is still there. Otherwise, how could it be appreciated by the county magistrate? Even though the court of Jing Dynasty had long been shattered, in the eyes of the people, the official was still the greatest.

Regardless, it's a good thing.

Xu Shu spent the whole morning helping with the budget and had no time to accompany Mu Jinghua.

It was still noon when Wu Yong bought some food and invited Xu Shu to come back to his senses.

Although the restaurant does cook, it does not provide meals. It’s just that Wu Yong is too enthusiastic and always asks Xu Shu to eat together.

In the past, Xu Shu always brought boxed lunches to eat at home, but recently the boy came to their house, and it was difficult to take out his self-heating pots and other things, so he had to buy food.

Wu Yong was rich and had plenty of free time, so he would always volunteer to buy things for him, and he would pay him back when he got back.

Living conditions in this chaotic world are not very good. Although Wu Yong is a rich second-generation, his daily expenses are not exaggerated. In some aspects, he is even more frugal than Xu Shu.

Xu Shu was not familiar with this place, so he was naturally happy to have help.

He forgot about it today, but Wu Yong remembered it clearly and bought Mu Jinghua's portion, which was rice with two stir-fried dishes, and looked very good.

There were no customers to serve, so everyone sat at the restaurant table to eat. But just as Xu Shu picked up a piece of food with chopsticks, he heard a voice behind him: "Mu Jinghua, why are you here?"

As soon as Mu Jinghua heard the voice, he immediately knew who was at the door.

The one who instigated his stepmother to sell him to a brothel, bought him for the first night, and beat and kicked him and cursed him in every way...

Ye Shijing.

He trembled, but did not dare to move closer to Xu Shu.

He just suddenly wanted to laugh. He had been so comfortable these past few days that he had forgotten who he was. A poor boy who had just come out of a cheap brothel actually hoped that Xu Shu would like him.

Now, the dream is about to be shattered.

Ye Shijing walked from the door to the table in just a few steps. He looked at Mu Jinghua with surprise.

This surprise turned into anger when he realized that Mu Jinghua was actually sitting in the restaurant. Then when he saw the table full of delicious food, he became uncontrollably furious.

Ye Shijing slammed the table and cursed: "You little bitch, you actually dare to appear in front of me, I will..."

While cursing, he looked around, but didn't find any suitable weapon, so he decided to slap the little bitch in front of him.

Ye Shijing moved quickly. Mu Jinghua looked at the slap that was in front of him in just a few breaths and closed his eyes resignedly.

But the pain did not come, and instead he was greeted by a familiar breath, a faint fragrance, like lush green bamboo, like light brushstrokes... gently wrapping him up.

It’s Xu Shu.

Mu Jinghua opened his eyes belatedly, but first saw Ye Shijing with a ferocious look on his face, but this time the person Ye Shijing was glaring at was Xu Shu.

"Who are you?" Xu Shu's good mood was interrupted and his face looked very cold.

Ye Shijing also realized that there was someone sitting next to Mu Jinghua. He felt a chill in his heart, but he refused to admit defeat and just asked back, "Who are you?"

Xu Shu frowned. Just now, the man stretched out his hand to hit Mu Jinghua, but he had already caught it. Now he just turned around easily and put the man's arm behind his back.

Ye Shijing was howling in pain, but he still refused to suffer any loss and kept cursing, "Do you know who this little bitch is? You want a slut? And you even hit me?"

Slut? Xu Shu was stunned. Isn't this a word used to describe women? Or is this world so tolerant of homosexuality that even insults can be used interchangeably?

Xu Shu fell silent.

Mu Jinghua's heart sank suddenly. He wanted to argue that he was clean. Although he was sold to a brothel by his stepmother, he was still innocent.

But when he opened his mouth, he realized that he was mute and couldn't even utter a word.

Mu Jinghua felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave. He lowered his head and did not dare to look at the people around him.

He just felt like he was stripped of his clothes in broad daylight, exposing all his nakedness to everyone, including Xu Shu.

I'm going to be hated and abandoned, Mu Jinghua thought blankly.

However, Xu Shu did not let go of his hand. He thought for a moment, and seeing that the man was still cursing, he simply picked up the cloth used by the waiter to wipe the table and blocked his mouth.

Although there are not many people in the restaurant, we cannot allow this person to slander Mu Jinghua like this.

Xu Shu blocked his mouth and looked at Wu Yong: "Why not hand this man over to the government?"

Wu Yong agreed with this and nodded repeatedly. He also disliked this man who wanted to bully the young man: "I'll go get a rope and tie this bastard up first. He dares to come to my restaurant to cause trouble. He must be tired of living."

Ye Shijing widened his eyes and struggled violently.

But although Xu Shu only held him with one hand, he was not afraid of his struggle at all. He kicked him in the knee and knocked him to the ground.

"Behave yourself." Xu Shu scolded, then looked at Mu Jinghua.

Mu Jinghua was lowering his head and saying nothing. Xu Shu couldn't see his appearance, but his heart couldn't help but tighten.

He felt again that he had done something inappropriate.

The bastard started cursing as soon as he came in and wanted to hit someone, but he forgot to ask the bastard to apologize to the boy. This was really wrong.

After all, he came from the end of the world, he is hard-hearted and cold-blooded, and he is a sophisticated egoist at heart.

It was his lack of consideration that caused this silly child to suffer injustice, and only now did he realize that if the child cried, he would have to comfort him.

deficit.

It's a huge loss.

Xu Shu thought so in his heart, but he also hurriedly coaxed the boy: "Do you know that person?"

Mu Jinghua was stunned when he heard this, and he came out of his extreme self-loathing. He nodded slightly, but still subconsciously clenched his hands.

Xu Shu asked again: "Did he bully you like this before?"

Mu Jinghua didn't even look at Xu Shu, but just shook his head.

In the past, Ye Shijing treated him very well, and even helped him a lot after his father passed away. But one day in the sorghum field, Ye Shijing wanted to hug him, but he pushed him away.

After that, it became like this.

Mu Jinghua didn't want to think about those things and closed his eyes. He had experienced too much brokenness, emptiness and despair, and had already learned not to think anymore.

Just like now, he would not think about whether Xu Shu would abandon him one day like Ye Shijing.

Seeing that the boy was in a bad mood, Xu Shu sighed and stopped asking: "I'll ask him to apologize to you, don't be sad, okay?"

Ye Shijing, who was standing by, was more excited than being handed over to the government when he heard this. He kicked Wu Yong hard, struggled to break free from the rope that had not yet been tied, took the cloth out of his mouth, and cursed, "I will never apologize to that bitch."

After he finished cursing, he met Xu Shu's cold eyes and became a little cowardly: "You probably don't know, this bitch ran away from Yichun Tower. I don't know what he said to you, but I bought his virginity. I felt sorry for him, but he took advantage of my unpreparedness to beat me up and ran away, and also stole my money."

After listening to Ye Shijing telling him everything, Mu Jinghua felt a darkness before his eyes.

Shut up, shut up, shut up.

He didn't notice that his face was getting paler, nor did he see Xu Shu's worried look. He just took two steps back in panic, avoiding Xu Shu's hand.

Don’t touch me, Mu Jinghua thought sadly, I am indeed dirty.

Mu Jinghua didn't know when the tears rolled down his cheeks, but he was already unconscious. He just wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into, or have someone kill him.

He had lived alone in the world for so long that he had nothing to miss. Why did fate play such a trick on him? He had to expose all the unbearable and rotten things in front of Xu Shu...

Mu Jinghua was so absorbed in his thoughts that it seemed as if all movement around him had stopped. He could no longer hear Ye Shijing's cursing voice, but he seemed to see his father waving at him.

Father still smiled so gently.

He also wanted to smile at his father, and raised the corners of his mouth, but he really felt tired. He was so tired. He was tired of escaping from Ye Shijing, tired of climbing over the wall and running out of Yichun Building, and tired of running barefoot all the way to the mountains...

Life is so tiring, so tiring...

He was in a daze, unaware of anything, and the next second, a hand gently touched his head, as gentle as soothing a kitten.

He was familiar with this temperature, it was Xu Shu.

Mu Jinghua trembled violently, and tears fell even harder, but she mustered up the courage to look up at Xu Shu.

Xu Shuzheng was looking at him worriedly, and behind him, Ye Shijing was tied up again, glaring at him viciously.

Mu Jinghua closed his eyes, but felt a soft handkerchief gently brushing his cheek, wiping away something for him.

He heard Xu Shu say, his voice the same as before: "Don't be afraid, little Mu Jin, I'm here."

"Let's go home, okay?"

Mu Jinghua was in a very bad state at the moment, and Xu Shu didn't want to bother with the bastard who was causing the trouble. He directly handed Ye Shijing over to Wu Yong and asked Wu Yong for half a day off.

Wu Yong waved his hand, thinking that Xu Shu had already calculated the budget details, so he directly approved it for three days.

Xu Shu nodded. Although his monthly salary was calculated on a daily basis, Xu Shu never regarded this as his main job. He simply pulled Mu Jinghua out of the pub.

Mu Jinghua took the handkerchief handed to her by Xu Shu, wiped her tears while crying, and was pulled out by Xu Shu and walked a long way away.

It was not until the warm sun had been shining for a while that he came back to his senses. Looking at Xu Shu, who looked somewhat serious, he opened his mouth slightly, but no sound came out.

He just lowered his eyes and looked at Xu Shu's big hands holding his, and made a little wish in his heart - Father, I don't want to wake up.