letter of commitment

"Sir, my lord, Miss is awake!"

Xiao He seemed a little excited and ran to the front hall to speak to the two who were still discussing matters.

After hearing the news, Ling and Chen arrived at Mu Chu's resting room very quickly. Seeing Mu Chu struggling to get off the bed, Sun Qingling stopped her.Seeing this, Ling Luoqian stepped forward and pressed her back on the bed, but Mu Chu still struggled fiercely: "Let go of me, I want to see my father and mother, I want to see them, Ling Luoqian, let me go!"

"Sister! Calm down! Uncle and the others have passed away..."

Even though he couldn't bear it, Ling Luoqian still spoke out, and the strength in his hand was loosened a little.

Mu Chu pushed Ling Luoqian away and got up: "You lied, you lied! Mom and Dad are fine, Xiao He, clean up quickly, we have to go back, or it will be too late, and Mom and Dad will blame me, hurry up ..."

But Xiao He didn't move, just looked at her with tears in her eyes.

"Xiaohe, what are you doing? If you don't clean up quickly, I will only take Changchun out from now on and not you."

"Miss... woo... Yuanwai and Madam have already left..."

Mu Chu's words and actions made Xiao He unable to contain her emotions, sobbing.Mu Chu only felt something explode in his mind, looked at the people in the room a little blankly, and shook his head, "Impossible... What's wrong with you all? Why do you have to make such jokes...", "Sir, sir, tell me and tell them that father and mother are fine!"

Mu Chu stumbled to Shen Qingshu, expecting his response, but there was nothing else except seeing the new sadness on his cold face.

"What's the matter, sir, talk, talk!" Mu Chu grabbed Shen Qingshu's robe and screamed.

"Mu Chu, calm down first, and listen to me..." Shen Qingshu tried to comfort her, but the person in front of him had already lost his mind.

"No, you're all in the same group. Let's work together to lie to me... You all get out, get out!" As he spoke, he started to shout at people. In order not to irritate her, Ling Luoqian and the others had no choice but to leave, but Shen Qingshu still Standing at the same place, she didn't intend to leave. For a moment, there were only Shen Mu and Mu in the room. Seeing that he was still there, Mu Chu went over and pushed him, "They are all gone, you go too! You go..." But Shen Qingshu into the arms.

"Muchu, listen to me, you are right. Yuanwai and his wife are indeed fine, but they went to live in another place. But they confessed that they want you to grow up and learn to live without them, so , don’t let them down, okay?”.Shen Qingshu spoke softly, and only let go of the person in his arms when he stabilized.

"They won't leave me..." Mu Chu, who had stabilized, had long lost the flashing eyes of the past, replaced by dullness and emptiness, as well as that unconcealable sadness, these words seemed to be muttering to himself , sitting on the edge of the bed, but kept repeating this sentence in his mouth.

In the next few days, Mu Chu no longer mentioned leaving the Ling Mansion. On the contrary, he became very well-behaved. The only bad thing was that he would often sit outside the door by himself, staring at the sky in a daze and then giggling.

On this day, Mu Chu didn't do what he did in previous days. Instead, he leaned against the wall of the courtyard and listened to the sounds from outside.

"What's the matter?" Shen Qingshu, who was passing by, happened to see this scene and asked, but saw Mu Chu make a "shh" gesture.After a while, he frowned and said to Shen Qingshu, "Why is it so noisy outside..."

Shen Qingshu's expression changed. He couldn't tell her that today was the day for the burial of the 27 members of Mu's family, and Ling Luoqian would handle it. However, he was worried that Mu Chu would be abnormal again when he found out, so he didn't let her participate. Come down and look after her.

"Maybe it's the family that held the wedding." But Mu Chu shook his head.

"No, I know, it's my mother who left the mountain..."

Shen Qingshu's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at the person in front of him in surprise, only to hear her say "I know, I know..." Yes, I know everything, but it's so sudden, how should I accept it?

"Sir, do you have any plans for the future?" Mu Chu suddenly changed the subject.

"Arrangement? Probably go back to my hometown to continue preparing for the exam, and then get the honor to serve the court."

"...Sir, are you leaving Fengdu..."

"Well, I haven't visited Huan County for a long time." Shen Qingshu replied as if he didn't notice the loneliness in Mu Chu's words.

"Then, when is it?"

"In a few days."

"Um……"

After the two were silent for a while, Shen Qingshu seemed to remember something and looked at Mu Chu, "By the way, is the injury on your shoulder better?"

"Well, it is said that there is no need to take medicine anymore."

"Thank you."

Mu Chu looked at Shen Qingshu, saw him looking at him with a smile in his eyes, and heard him continue, "But you are not allowed to put yourself in danger again, if something happens to you just because you saved me, it's not worth it." .”

"Sir." Mu Chu said.

"what happened?"

"If it's the day you want to leave, can you take me with you?" Mu Chu's face was calm, but his eyes were firm, and he met the other party's dilated pupils.

"No." Shen Qingshu even wondered if he heard it wrong.

"Why? Staying in this city will only cause me pain. What's more, there is no place for me in Fengdu City. Now I only have Xiao He, and you, sir. Does the sir want to ignore me? "Sir, take me away, I only have you left, why don't you understand?

"No, how can I ignore you as a teacher for one day and a parent for the rest of my life? It's just..." "Then take me away." Mu Chu interrupted Shen Qingshu.

"You won't like that place in Huan County." What Shen Qingshu said was from the bottom of his heart. Mu Chu grew up in the imperial capital and was already used to a rich life. Knowing farming has long been rented out to earn some income, but this income is simply a drop in the bucket. If you take her away, you will let her suffer, how can you do it yourself?

"I like wherever Mr. is!" Mu Chu said very simply, but her words made Shen Qingshu dazed, "You said... what?"

"I said I like Mr., I want Mr. to take me away!"

"Nonsense!" Shen Qingshu scolded, turned his sleeves away and stopped looking at her, but his heart was already flustered.He could hear Mu Chu's footsteps walking towards him, but they stopped after a few steps.

"Sir, just treat me as a fool..." Mu Chu's tone weakened, and Shen Qingshu turned around to look at her, "You..."

"I'm a little tired, let's go back to my room first..."

Mu Chu, who returned to his room, actually felt a little regretful, why did he say it, but if he didn't say it, would he still have a chance to say it?he is leaving...

The next day, Shen Qingshu found Ling Luoqian to ask about the progress of the case, and told him that he was going to leave Fengdu by the way.

"Well, there are too few clues that can be found at the scene, and the case has not progressed at all." Ling Luoqian was telling the truth, except for the knife wound on the corpse as a clue, there was nothing else. "However, you shouldn't just come to ask me this, right?"

"Ah, yes, I plan to go back to Huan County."

"Why? But I haven't entertained enough?"

"No, Mr. Shen is very grateful for the hospitality of the adults these days, but the adults also know that at first it was only because the Mu Mansion hired me as a teacher to live in the city. Now the Mu Mansion...and I have to do it for this year's imperial examination. Get ready, I hope you understand." Shen Qingshu really didn't want to say Mu Chu's words yesterday to make him feel scared, and it's not a wise choice to stay any longer, it's better to leave here, maybe it will be a long time, and he will forget to think about it.

Ling Luoqian thought for a while: "Does that sister know? I mean, you were her teacher before, and she should know if you are leaving." I don't know if this girl said it, she is going to run away .

"Yes, I already told her about it yesterday."

"Well, I don't know if I can set a date?"

"Let's go tomorrow."

"Are you in such a hurry? ... Well, if you need anything, just let me know, and I will arrange it for you."

"Then thank you sir." Shen Qingshu got up and bowed.

Afterwards, Ling Luoqian found Mu Chu, and she was still sitting at the door aimlessly looking up at the sky.

"Sister." Ling Luoqian called her, the difference was that the person in front of her finally responded "Why are you here?" But the voice didn't sound very happy.

"Shen Qingshu is leaving."

"I know."

"Then you?" Ling Luoqian knew that he didn't need to ask the complete sentence, seeing Mu Chu got up and sighed, with an inexplicable expression, but the sadness in his eyes was clear at a glance.After a while, he said slowly, "Take me to the graves of my father and mother."

Seeing Ling Luoqian's astonished expression, Mu Chu said again: "You have done your filial piety on my behalf, you are really unkind."

It's just that this sentence actually has some jokes in it.Ling Luoqian doesn't know how to describe this feeling, is it abnormal?There are some discrepancies with the usual, which is confusing.

"Okay, pack up, I'll take you there." The doubts turned into doubts, but they still agreed.

Ling Luoqian buried the 27 members of the Mu family together on a mountain in the outskirts of the city, so when Mu Chu arrived, what caught his eye was the "small hills" that were close together but exceptionally neat.There are many saplings around, which seem to be newly planted, and there are some debris of firecrackers on the ground.

Mu Chu came to Yuanwai Mu and Mrs. Mu's graves, took out the paper money for the incense candles that had been prepared, lit them all up, and looked at the fire light in a daze.But Ling Luoqian didn't intend to disturb her, and stood beside her silently after burning incense.After a while, I heard Mu Chu speak slowly:

"Father, mother, I'm sorry. My daughter is not filial. These days, she only focused on burying her emotions. She failed to be filial for you, and she failed to see you off on the mountain. Today, Chu'er is here to apologize to you." As he spoke, he knocked heavily on the ground three times.

"And Uncle Fu, Changchun, everyone, I've bothered you to take care of it before, and I will take care of myself in the future." He said three more times, Ling Luoqian looked distressed, but couldn't stop her.

"You guys have to do well over there, and I'll do well here too. It's just that I won't be able to visit you often in the future, so don't blame me." After another three times, she got up and said to Ling Luoqian who was beside her, " Go back, if they can't find anyone, they might be in a hurry."

Ling Luoqian originally thought about what Mu Chu said before, what does it mean that he can't come to visit often?But when she heard that she was going back, she interrupted her train of thought.

"Okay." Responded.