Chapter 12: Endless Warmth 6

  Meng Xue stared at the fresh blood flowing from his chest, frightened to the point of speechlessness. The bright red blood was too dazzling, making her unable to open her eyes...

  The sky grew darker, heavy and oppressive, making it hard for her to breathe. Those vague clouds wandered around her, the sky seemed about to fall down, any moment now...

  "Mom is leaving, and I won't be able to see you again. From now on, listen to Dad and make him feel at ease. Be obedient. When you miss me, look at my photos, and I'll know..."

  "Mom, don't go! Mom!" Musi Xue shouted in her heart. The surroundings were dark and endless, she stared blankly as someone dragged Guan Xue away by force, but she could only stand stupidly on the opposite bank of the river, her feet stuck there, unable to move at all...

  Ling Shuiyue placed the cooked porridge on the bedside cabinet and looked at Musi Xue: "Why are you sweating so much?" He took a towel to wipe away the sweat from her forehead and neck, but was caught by Musi Xue who was having a nightmare.

  It must be a nightmare! Musui Snow's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, muttering soundless words, and her hand trembled as she grasped Ling Shuiyue's hand.

  Her every heartbeat tugs at his heartstrings. She's so frail, so helpless, and it's all so heartbreaking...

  Ling Shuiyue took a towel with one hand and gently wiped away Musi Xue's sweat, whispering softly: "If you really dreamed of something scary, don't be afraid! I'm here for you, I'm your guardian angel, this life and the next..."

  He lightly kissed the pale back of her hand, gazing at her with infinite tenderness: "In this life and in this world, believe me."

  It was either the warmth and thickness of the palm that was transmitted, or the gentle voice like water that soothed the anxious thoughts in the dream, but the restless twilight gradually calmed down, and the eyebrows slowly relaxed.

  Ling Shui gazed at Musi Xue with a dazed expression: "I must have fallen in love with you, I must have fallen in love with you...... Every time I see you, my heart accelerates and goes wild for no reason. I try to suppress it, but can't stop it."

  You're a bad woman, you made the love I've been waiting for nine years completely collapse... But I don't dislike it, and even enjoy this collapse... How about you? Have you ever had one?

  "I believe, I imagine, you love me, is that right?"

  Another layer of sweat, Ling Shui gently wiped away the sweat on Muxi's forehead and neck, placing his hand on her forehead, still hot. He reluctantly put down her hand, picked up water, soaked a towel, wrung it out, and lightly wiped his palms and forehead.

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  The next morning, the sunlight shone through the thin gauze window onto the bed, accompanied by the fresh air filled with the fragrance of flowers, and the pleasant bird calls outside the window awakened the sleeping child.

  Muxi Xue opened her eyes, sleeping very sweetly. How long had it been since she last slept so beautifully? She wanted to push away the quilt, but... Ling Shuiyao was asleep on the edge of the bed, one hand tightly grasping Muxi Xue's hand.

  It seemed he had slept like that for a whole night. Mu Si Xue gently pulled out her hand, but her light movement still startled Ling Shui Yue awake.

  "Awake? How are you feeling?" Ling Shuiyue said as he placed his hand on Musi Xue's forehead: "Everything is normal."

  "Thank you!"

  "You owe me another favor, and it's a big one."

  Not yet given a smiling face, but turned back into that icy face: Human feelings are just human feelings, already owed so much, what's the difference with one more?

  "Can we be friends?" Ling Shuiyue stood up and stomped her numb feet.

  "I've already... considered you as a friend, don't you?" Musui Xue said softly.

  Ling Shui couldn't hide the joy surging from her heart.

  Muxi Xue looked at Ling Shuiyue with some embarrassment, her perfect mouth having a captivating arc.

  "Does looking at me make you happy?"

  The fleeting glance of the snowy hiding and dodging made her pretty face blush, she hastily lowered her head.

  Ling Shuiyue spilled water and put the cup on the bedside table. Musi Xue saw this and sat up.

  Ling Shuiyue took a pillow and covered it behind Muxi Xue's back, then pulled the quilt up: "What do you want to eat?"

  "I want to eat everything."

  "It's really easy to live off of. I cooked it last night, but someone didn't get to enjoy it. In order to let that person 'enjoy their good fortune', should I make this again?"

  The two of them exchanged a smile.

  An hour later, Ling Shuiyue brought porridge in, and Musi Xue put down the notebook in her hand.

  "What's going on?" Ling Shuiyue poured porridge onto the bedside cabinet.

  The company still has two documents that have not been read.

  Ling Shuiyue took the notebook from beside the pillow and placed it on the dresser opposite the bed: "Really treating yourself like a robot."

  "I've just joined the company and I'm not familiar with anything, if I don't work hard, the company will be taken over sooner or later."

  "What can you do when your head is dizzy and swollen? First, take care of your body before talking, look at yourself, you're so thin that you're almost a paper person." Ling Shuiyue picked up the porridge, scooped it into a spoon, blew on it gently, then fed it to Muxi Xue: "Is it delicious?"

  "Hmm. What did you cook?"

  "Uh-huh."

  Ling Shuiyue said again to feed Musi Xuezhou congee: "I have everything there, bring it over and cook it."

  Muxi Xue took the porridge from Ling Shuiyue's hand: "Oh, you can even do this?"

  "When you live alone, you have to learn a lot of things. You're like this, so incapable of taking care of yourself."

  "What's wrong? I'm also someone who has been struggling alone outside for eight or nine years."

  "Why is there nothing in that house?"

  "I just arrived here, and the company is too busy, so... it smells good."

  "Slow down." Ling Shuiyue said these three words... He had once said these three words to someone else, also when he was ill, and also while eating porridge... He gazed blankly at Muxi Xue, his eyes actually welling up with a thin mist.

  "I want more." Musui Xue handed an empty bowl to Ling Shuiyao.

  Ling Shuiyue was stunned for a moment, took the bowl, and hastily left.

  He's acting strange.

  Ling Shui handed the porridge to Musi Xue: "Drink slowly, be careful not to burn yourself."

  "Mm." Musi Xue nodded while drinking porridge. Unexpectedly, his craftsmanship was quite good, even better than her mother's. Musi Xue shook her head, she couldn't think of her mother, couldn't think, if she thought about it, it would be endless.

  "Why are there so many things for men at home... I don't mean anything else, just wondering." Ling Shuiyue found that everything in Muxi Xue's home was in pairs, and all had signs of use. Although he knew she wasn't feeling well, he couldn't help but ask.

  "Mom taught me. When living alone, you should put some men's stuff at home, in case a thief comes, they won't be suspicious of me. I'm more careful than mom, afraid that the thief will notice everything is new, so today I use this, tomorrow I use that."

  Ling Shuiyue couldn't have imagined in his wildest dreams that a woman would still have such thoughts, and he felt as if he had shed several hundred kilograms of burden, his body suddenly becoming light and agile.

  "You... why didn't you ask me how I fell into the sea?" Musk Snow put down her rice bowl and asked in a low voice.

  "It must have been an accident, like a foot cramp or hand cramp...... Or maybe Poseidon was drooling over your beauty..."

  "Do you miss your mom?"

  "Uh-huh."

  "It's gone."

  "My mother was gone when I was a little over one year old. However, no one has ever told me that I used to call out for my mom in my dreams."

  "You're lucky too. My mom was shot and killed by bandits in an alley because of me. That day, the sun was shining brightly, my mom's blood flowing from her chest was so dazzling..."

  "I'm not as lucky as you! My mom was hit by a car and killed while buying milk powder for me. What about them? They all paid with their lives in the hope that we could live better... So, we must make their sacrifices worthwhile!"

  Muxi Xue gazed at Ling Shuiyao, and in those infatuated big eyes, there were no tears or sorrow, but more confidence and relief.

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  After finishing the porridge, Ling Shuiyue took out his laptop from the bedroom and strongly requested that Muxi Xue lie back on the bed for a while. He carried the empty bowl, gently closed the bedroom door, and had just sat down on the living room sofa when his phone rang.

  "Old sir!"

  "Everything will be transmitted in about three minutes, and I'll get the information I need ten days later."

  "Alright."

  "Goodbye!"

  "Goodbye!"

  How could this be?