Licheng Twilight

Chapter 1

About the past, I think, I have lost a lot of things.

Time goes by like this, and sometimes when I think back, I always feel that there is such a blank space in my life.I have always wanted to leave something, for myself and others, so I came up with the idea of ​​writing a story, a story of ten years, a story of friendship and love, a warm and pure story.

Well, without further ado, let's start telling the story.Well, let me tell you first, this is not a short story, I hope everyone can read it patiently.

The first time Mu Mu met Ye Tianche was in the summer of [-].

It was still early summer at that time, and the temperature was not high.In fact, even in midsummer, Licheng is cool.Because in this city, there are many towering trees, easily covering the entire city in a shadow.

Mu Mu stretched out her hand to catch a piece of sunlight shining through the lush leaves. It felt very warm. It had been a long time since the temperature was 25 degrees.

"Xiao Mu, come here quickly, we're here." Aunt Su, who was a few meters ahead, waved to her with a gentle tone and gentle eyes.

A layer of mist slowly formed in Mu Mu's eyes, and she couldn't see clearly. After dawdling for a while, she obediently followed.

Aunt Su took her hand, "Don't worry, Xiao Che is a good boy, you will get along well." She hesitated to speak, "That child Chu Yi——" She sighed softly, her eyes were far away, her face The expression on her face became sad little by little, but soon, she came back to her senses, forced a smile, and patted Mu Mu's head comfortingly, "My child, I have wronged you."

Mu Mu looked at her with focused eyes, as if trying to see her heart through her face, but she couldn't see anything.

Doesn't this woman, she, hate herself?

The two walked to a villa one after the other and stopped.

The milky-white house, with brown railings looming in the blooming tulips, is simple and elegant with a bit of European architecture. The slightly raised eaves of the roof bring an antique flavor to the whole building, beautiful like It is the house where the princess lives in the fairy tale world.

A melodious piano sound came, Mu Mu held her breath, and walked forward following the notes uncontrollably.The very beautiful music, with a bit of sadness and a bit of heaviness, easily took away all the thoughts in Mu Mu's mind, and the world turned into a vast expanse of whiteness, and nothing could be seen clearly.

That young man was sitting in front of the huge French windows, his slender fingers were jumping quickly on the black and white piano keys, and the scattered sunlight was shining on his body in a messy manner.From Mu Mu's point of view, only the boy's side face can be seen, with thin but gentle curves, and the slightly long bangs raised a small arc in the breeze, probably because of the sunlight, his face is very white, The white one even gives a transparent feeling.

So flamboyant, so uninhibited, so ecstatic.

The door was pushed open with a "squeak", and the sound of the piano was abruptly cut off in the air. The young man stood up, raised his head, and a face directly hit Mu Mu's eyes.

At that moment, Mu Mu forgot to breathe, what kind of boy is this.After a long time, Mu Mu still clearly remembered the boy's face at that moment, and clearly remembered the feeling at that moment. I'm afraid, it can only be described as stunning.

Thinking of this, Mu Mu laughed self-deprecatingly, maybe, at that time, she was just a little girl from the countryside, so she was too ignorant.

How to describe him, big eyes, clear and smart, small nose and mouth, looks more delicate than girls, fluffy hair, black and smooth, shining in the sun.

Mu Mu stared at him stupidly, unable to look away for a moment.

Ye Tianche glanced at Mu Mu lightly, and when his eyes moved to Aunt Su's body, he became warm in an instant. He smiled, walked over and gently hugged Aunt Su's somewhat thin body, his tone was gentle, but with a hint of coquettishness , "Auntie, you are Xiao Che's mother, so don't be too sad, because you not only have Chu Yi, but also me, okay?"

Aunt Su smiled, her voice was choked with sobs, "Okay, Auntie knows." She was a little more relieved, "Xiao Che is Auntie's son."

The two calmed down a bit, and Aunt Su pulled Mu Mu to Ye Tianche, "Xiao Che, this is Xiao Mu. Auntie has already told your grandfather, can you help Auntie take care of her for a while?"

Ye Tianche nodded slightly, but his eyes were motionless looking at Aunt Su's tired face and haggardness that could not be concealed, full of distress.

After sending Aunt Su away, Mu Mu stood alone in the living room with a small suitcase, a sense of insecurity arising from straying into a forbidden place, the girl didn't know where to put her embarrassing hands and feet.

The boy sank his body into the soft sofa with a blank expression, but the hand holding the remote control kept switching channels, and said in a very casual tone, "The room on the far right on the second floor is yours, and Zhang Ma cleaned it up yesterday. Alright." His eyes never stayed on her from the beginning to the end.

Mu Mu lowered her head and smiled wryly in her heart, yes, the moment you appeared, you killed your own father and completely destroyed an originally happy and happy family. Everyone here is suffering because of you. How dare you expect to be treated fairly?
Just as she was about to lift her feet upstairs, a middle-aged woman in her 50s came out from the kitchen. There were many wrinkles of different shades on her chubby face, and her ordinary facial features gave off a straightforward and simple feeling.She wiped her water-stained hands on the apron, took Mu Mu's luggage, and said in a polite and unfamiliar tone, "Please follow me."

The room is not big, and the furniture is very simple, a bed, a wardrobe, a desk, simple and even a bit crude, but, compared to the place where Mu Mu lived before, having a room of his own is already good. In paradise, though, this place doesn't really belong.

Mu Mu lowered her head slightly, and thanked Zhang Ma softly. Zhang Ma's eyes softened a little, she sighed softly in her heart, and said nothing.

Mu Mu took off her shoes, and stepped on the floor with bare feet. It felt very cold, passing through the soles of the feet, passing through the blood vessels, and then, the cold reached the heart.She stretched out her hand and opened the curtains. There was no sunlight, and only the shadows of the big trees outside the window could be seen.

She lay down and closed her eyes.

The face of the mother, the faces of the children in the orphanage, the face of the father who never even called "Dad", the scene of the car accident, the sad face of Aunt Su, and the furious face of Ding Chuyi, all scenes are like a slide show. Flashed before her eyes, all of this was like a nightmare from which she could never wake up.

Mu Mu opened her eyes abruptly, staring at the ceiling without focus, her slightly trembling eyelashes were stained with tears.

Ye Tianche was woken up by the vibrating sound of his mobile phone. With his eyes closed, he fumbled around the bedside table for a while with one hand irritably before he found the mobile phone and pressed the call button. His voice was low and hoarse, with sleepy Confused, "If it's grandpa, please finish speaking within 1 minute; if it's sister, I can give you 30 seconds; if it's Ah Chen, you can finish speaking in five seconds; if it's no one, I advise you to hang up immediately. "

"I'm Ah Chen, come to Chu's family immediately!" The other party obviously got used to his way of hospitality, and hung up neatly.

Ye Tianche woke up quite a bit, turned on the light, looked at the alarm clock pointing to three o'clock in the morning, "Ding Yiyi, you damn child, you won't let anyone sleep!" He cursed in a low voice, and quickly got out of bed.

Ye's house is very close to Ding's, and Ye Tianche appeared in front of Ding Chuyi's bedroom with such a dignified appearance, his hair was scratched and messed up, and the buttons of his brown pajamas were ripped off several times. Garbage was pulling a pair of slippers, his eyes were burning, and his teeth were clenching.

Lin Xichen swallowed his saliva, and greeted Xiao Qiang with an air that could not kill him, "Ah Che, calm down, you must calm down."

Ye Tianche closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "Say it."

Lin Xichen looked at him for a while, making sure that he wouldn't jump up and beat him up before explaining, "Chu Yi has locked himself in the room for two days. He was always quiet, but just now Auntie suddenly heard something smashed." He said, and glanced at the door. Aunt Su was squatting at the door, knocking on the door weakly with one hand, begging Ding Chu to open the door with tears, "Auntie is afraid that he will do something to hurt her. about it, so—"

Ye Tianche clenched his fists, bit his lower lip, walked over and gently helped Aunt Su aside to sit down, "Auntie, don't worry, I have a way to get Chu Yi out, you can rest here first."

"Ah Chen, go get an ax and open the door." Ye Tianche's eyes turned colder, "I must fix him up today!"

Lin Xichen's eyes widened, she was so savage.

There was a chopping mess, and within a few minutes, the best spruce was cut to pieces, which was horrible.

Lin Xichen lamented in her heart, this was Chu Yi's favorite thing, and it was over.At the same time, he thought secretly that if he wanted to hide from A Che, he would have to hide in a safe.

The bedroom was in a mess, with broken vases and glass, torn pillows and quilts, clothes and books scattered all over the floor.Also, the expressionless boy huddled in the corner of the room.

Ye Tianche felt his heart shrink into a ball, and even his breathing was not smooth.Standing a few meters away from the boy, he called softly, "Chu Yi."

The boy didn't respond at all, with a pale face, empty eyes, and slightly trembling lips, he was like a puppet whose soul had been taken out.

Ye Tianche closed his eyes, and his fisted fingers and nails pinched his palms fiercely. The pain made him slowly regain his senses.Then, he rushed up, grabbed Ding Chuyi's collar fiercely, lifted the boy up with great strength, and punched the boy hard on the left side of the face with all his strength.

The boy lost his center of gravity in an instant, and before he had time to react, he fell straight on the bed, the blood slowly oozing from the corner of his mouth stained the sheets red, dazzlingly bright.

Ye Tianche walked over, pinched his chin tightly with one hand, and forced him to face himself, his tone was cold and without any warmth, "Who will show you how you look like you're going to die! I told you You, no one will sympathize with you! The earth will continue to rotate without anyone else! If you have the ability, jump off the building! Don’t pretend to be pitiful here, I will be annoyed when I look at it!!!” He said at the end, almost It was already roaring at the top of its lungs.

"Ache, calm down, don't provoke him like this!" Lin Xichen became anxious, grabbed Ye Tianche's arm, and looked at Ding Chuyi with a little anxiety.

Ding Chuyi looked at Ye Tianche, at the self in his eyes, that him, his whole body was full of despair and corruption, raised his arm, and he wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth.

Ye Tianche shook off Lin Xichen, and mercilessly pushed Ding Chuyi down on the bed. The hard board hit his back and hurt him, "Ding Chuyi, don't fucking make me look down on you. There are more poor people in this world than you." It's over," his voice was full of forbearance, and his tone became a little heavy, "I have never had a father or a mother since I was a child, and I still live well. You still have a mother anyway, if your mother is a man," he rubbed Rubbing between her brows, she softened her tone, "Don't hurt Auntie anymore."

After he finished speaking, he left without a trace of nostalgia.

"Chu Yi, are you alright?" Lin Xichen helped him up, a little worried.

Ding Chu didn't answer, but his pupils slowly narrowed, and finally fixed his eyes on his hands.Yes, there is still mother, there is still mother.

Auntie Su walked up to Ding Chuyi with somewhat frivolous steps and sat down gently, "Chuyi," she held his hand, forcing a smile on her tear-stained face, the days of blows and excessive sadness , making this beautiful and elegant woman look ten years older, but her eyes are still gentle.

As soon as Ding Chu raised his head, his eyes glanced over his mother's hair on the sideburns. There, at some point, a few silver threads had quietly climbed up there, making his eyes hurt.

(End of this chapter)