Chapter 35: Waiting for me at Harvard

  "Grandpa, were you surprised and delighted to hear my phone call? Did you want to run a few laps on the streets of New York?" The voice from the other end was infectious, and Mu You couldn't help but joke along.

  "Really? I didn't expect Yutou to call me? No, wait, how did you get my number? Your dad doesn't even know it!" The person on the other end was initially delighted, but soon followed by many questions. The last time Mu En saw Mu You, she was only two or three years old. Who would have thought that after so many years, his own granddaughter would call him? This couldn't help but make him suspicious.

  "Uh... Grandpa's name is Mu En, his favorite tea to drink is Bi Luo Chun, his favorite color is peach red, his favorite thing is a handkerchief given by a girl when he was young, and..."

  "That's enough! I know you're Mu Yu Tou! No need to say any more!" Mu En felt more and more indignant as he listened, immediately interrupting. His thoughts were racing quickly, thinking that a three-year-old child could actually remember these things?

  "Grandpa! I know you have a lot of questions to ask, but I really need your help with something very important." Just then, a sudden noise came from the hospital room, and Mu You's joking mood was gone, her tone urgent.

  "What's wrong? Mù Yāo Tóu, you tell me, Grandpa will help as much as he can." Mù ēn put away his old naughty attitude, and the caring tone brought a strong warmth to Mù Yōu's heart.

  As soon as the phone hung up, Mu You pushed open the door of the ward and saw Bu Qi lying on the bed with his eyebrows tightly furrowed, his head shaking constantly, and a faint layer of sweat on his forehead, as if he was trapped in some kind of nightmare.

  As he drew closer, Mu You lowered his head, and only then did he faintly hear a few disjointed words: "Brother... don't force her... she'll regret it... won't abandon you... Mu sister... I'm holding you back... but... there's danger..."

  "Don't give up..." Mu You's heart ached as she gently wiped away the sweat from her forehead, her eyes overflowing with deep sadness. She then slightly shook her body, helping her escape from the nightmare.

  She slowly opened her eyes to see the snow-white ceiling, looking a bit dazed. After a long time, she turned her head to see Mu Yu sitting by the window with a worried expression, staring at her.

  "Mu sister... Qiao Qing... Qiao Qing she..." All memories before fainting came back, wanting to tell Mu Yu everything I knew.

  "I know, I know, you want to tell me to be careful of Qiao Qing, she's not a good person, right?" Mu You pressed down on Bu Qi's shoulder, which was about to get up, and said with a mix of concern and blame in the midst of Bu Qi's surprised gaze, "Bu Qi, yes, I've known all this for a long time. But what makes me angry is that you kept everything bottled up inside, what makes me angry is that you didn't put your own safety first, what makes me angry... is that you always treated yourself as an outsider!"

  "But... I'm just an outsider..." After hearing Mu Yu's words, Bu Qi's emotions surged and she couldn't help but burst into tears, finally revealing the words she had been hiding in her heart. "Mu sister, I know you're good to me, and I also know that you truly want me to have a better life. But if I continue staying at your house, I'll definitely become a burden to you. I don't want to cause trouble between you and Mu uncle because of me, even if it hasn't happened yet. As long as Qiao Qing is around, that day will come eventually!"

  "Don't give up!" In this moment, Mu You felt a strong sense of despair. She didn't know why, until today, Bu Qi still had such thoughts. "Bu Qi, you may not consider me as your own sister, but I consider you as my own little sister! Your current state makes me so heartbroken?"

  "Don't be reckless, have you ever thought that if you really die at Qiao Qing's hands today, what will happen to your brother?"

  "Don't leave, have you ever thought that if you really disappear from this world today, how would I face the separation, and how would I accept this fact?"

  "Don't give up... Have you ever thought that if you die like this today, how will you make that person regret it?!"

  Three rhetorical questions, Mu You shouted out her inner panic with force, and also uncovered the secret hidden in Nangong's heart. Suddenly, he stared at her with a look of astonishment.

  "It's what you said when you were sleeping." Mu Yu said, and then didn't say another word, leaving the room in an oppressive silence.

  She gave up on Not Abandoning Time, but Not Abandoning needs time to think.

  The moon gradually moved westward and disappeared, a faint fish belly white appeared in the east, and the sky was about to brighten.

  "Mei sister, how can I help you all?" Buqi suddenly spoke up, like a calm lake that had been still for a long time, stirring up ripples of intoxicating waves. "I don't want to be a useless person staying at home, I don't want to see everyone working hard while I'm enjoying myself with peace of mind. I want to work together with you all, I want to make myself feel like I have a purpose in life, I want to have the day when I can live happily and freely in this world with my own strength!"

  Muyou's mouth finally curved into a smile, she stood up from the chair, pulled open the curtains of the ward, looked at the sun that was about to rise outside, and said to Buxie, "So, Buxie, go out, leave here, go to a place where you can truly set your dreams free."

  "Where is that?" Bu Qi looked at Mu You's smile, and inexplicably felt a sense of relief in her heart, yet she couldn't shake off the confusion. Even she herself didn't know where the value of her life lay.

  A plane flew over the hospital in a timely manner, Mu Yu pointed to the plane with deep meaning in his eyes, turned his head and whispered two words, "Harvard..."

  "Mei sister, you... can I go..." Nu Fei's words were already stuttering, that place was so difficult to enter, and she was still a cripple! But the person in front of her smiled with ease, his tone calm without any difficulty.

  "Go ahead, don't give up, get your body better soon, leave this place and meet me at Harvard."

  Outside the window, the sun finally rose, shining its first rays of sunlight onto the earth, illuminating the room and making both people's eyes sparkle. That was the future, a very beautiful future... "Muyou, you still know how to come back! Are the injuries on Qingqing's face from your beating? Apologize to Qingqing immediately!" As soon as he entered the house, Mu Cheng's thunderous roar pierced the air, causing the entire room to shake.

  Muyou was already frightened and hadn't slept all night, she was already very tired. Coming back to be scolded like this, she suddenly got angry too, and shouted back at Muzheng, "What do you know? Are you heartbroken that she was beaten? Do you know the truth? Do you understand what's going on? What makes you yell at me for an outsider? Just because you're my father? Then I'd rather not have one!"

  Digression

  Only now I realized that Shinigami no Yuuwaku sent flowers, so here's a belated thank you...