Licheng Twilight

Chapter 54

In the first year when Mu Mu went to France, she rented a house in a small street not far from the school.The house is small, but fortunately the surrounding environment is good, and the landlady is a warm old French lady, so I didn't hesitate to rent Mu Mu at that time.

The homework of medical students is very heavy. Mu Mu gets up early every day and walks through a bustling street, and then goes to school some time in advance to preview the day's homework. Every day, she will see a boy who looks like twelve or thirteen years old, blue eyes, brown hair entangled with each other because it has not been washed for a long time, sitting against the wall at the corner of the street and begging.

Every day, new scars would appear on that boy's body. The scars were exposed on the outside of the tattered clothes. Sometimes they were the marks of whips, and sometimes they were marks of sticks. One after another, it was shocking.

Passengers who came and went would give him a coin or two from time to time when they saw him like this, but most of them covered their noses and avoided him far away, taking a detour.He has always just sat there quietly for a whole day, without speaking or expressing any unnecessary expressions. He just looks up when someone drops a coin. Those beautiful blue eyes are dull and lifeless, but Does not contain a trace of impurities, pure as if there is nothing.

Mu Mu walked by that road every day, specially prepared a coin every day, bent down and put it gently in his broken hat, and then showed a smile the moment he looked up, at this time he would always be very puzzled He looked like he didn't understand why Mu Mu smiled at him.

One day, he suddenly didn't show up.Throughout the day, those eyes always appeared in Mu Mu's mind, and he felt faintly uneasy.

The next day, he showed up again.He just leaned against the wall and closed his eyes and seemed to be asleep. When Mu Mu gently put down the coin and was about to leave, he found that his usually pale face was a little unnaturally rosy. He reached out to touch his forehead, and he really had a fever.

Feeling the touch of a foreign object, he opened his eyes and stepped back a little before realizing that there was a wall behind him. There was no way to retreat. He opened his eyes wide and looked at her, full of guard and anxiety.

Mu Mu went into the pharmacy, bought antipyretics and a few cold medicines, and after thinking about it, bought a bottle of water. Her French was very stiff, "Fever, you," she put the medicine and water in his hands In front of him, "Take the medicine." After finishing speaking, he left without caring about his reaction.

When I came back in the evening, he was gone, but the medicine and water were still there, and no one had touched them at all.

A trace of sadness crept into his heart, and Mu Mu took a look at the place where he had sat. What an insecure child he must be, who dared not even give the most basic trust.

One morning, there was a heavy fog.It was still very early, and there were almost no pedestrians on the road except for a few elderly people doing morning exercises.Mu Mu memorized a few newly learned French words while walking. Although she has been here for several months, her French has always been a bit blunt. Fortunately, many French people can speak English. If it is not enough, they can still communicate in English.

Suddenly there was a shrill whistle on the road beside him, accompanied by the friction sound of tires sliding across the ground when braking, Mu Mu looked sideways, and saw a young boy rushing to the middle of the road with agility to pick up a small pet dog, and then walked along the road. The momentum fell to the ground and quickly rolled to the side of the road.Almost at the same time, a small truck ran over the road and narrowly stopped at his feet.

Mu Mu was so frightened that he walked over to see if he was injured.

The driver opened the window, poked his head out, cursed at him, started the car and drove away.

The puppy was wearing exquisite pet clothes, looked clean, and seemed to be well taken care of by the owner.The little guy seemed to know that he had saved him, so he stuck out his tongue and licked his face very intimately. The boy was ticklish, so he laughed because of it.

"Hey, stop making trouble." He grabbed its paw to stop it from crawling and scratching on his body.

Mu Mu watched from the side, her jaw almost dropped in surprise.It turns out that he can not only laugh, but also talk, just like a normal child.

"What are you doing?!" A girl's scream came from behind, and Mu Mu recognized her as a girl who lived downstairs. No wonder she always thought this little pet dog looked familiar. The puppy snatched it from the young man, with undisguised disgust showing from his eyes, "You dirty beggar, don't let your dirty hands touch my baby!"

Mu Mu was stunned. Did this girl understand the matter?
The boy raised his head, returned to his usual expressionless face, stood up and patted the dust off his body, turned and left without saying a word.

Mu Mu quickly walked up to hold his hand, glanced at his other hand where a long slit had just been cut, and reminded, "Hand, it's injured and bleeding." She was afraid that he didn't understand, and then Speak it again in English.

The young man lowered his head, but he didn't look at his wound. He was watching Mu Mu holding his hand.

Mu Mu understood, let him go, and insisted, "Let me help you stop the bleeding first, it won't delay you for a long time, just a few minutes."

He stood still and didn't move.

Mu Mu hurriedly took out something like iodine tincture swabs and gauze from her backpack, lowered her head and lightly helped him treat the wound, she did what she said, and it only took less than 3 minutes, "It's done."

The boy lowered his head, glanced at the gauze-wrapped arm, and walked away without saying thank you.

After this incident, Mu Mu became more curious about him, so he took an opportunity to ask the landlady for news.

When the landlady heard her asking about the child, she showed sympathy and sighed, "That's a poor child."

The child was called Roy, and he was actually 15 years old, but due to long-term malnutrition, his body shape was similar to that of a twelve or thirteen-year-old child.When he was very young, his mother abandoned the family and left with other men, so his father was so depressed that he drank all day long, beat him when he was drunk, and asked him to beg for a living, in order to win more people Sympathy, the strike is getting heavier every day.At first he would cry because of the pain, but later on, he didn't even cry, he just looked at him with wide eyes, quietly bearing without saying a word.

When he grew up, his so-called father found that it was not enough to rely on other people's charity, so he began to force him to steal and rob. Almost all the residents in the vicinity were stolen by him, and because of this, no one Willing to help them, Roy has also become a bad boy who is known far and wide to be hopeless.

This child has almost never been loved.

The more Mu Mu listened, the more sad she felt, bid farewell to the landlady and went back to the room to lie down, but couldn't sleep all night.

The next day, she decided to visit Roy's house.I asked the landlady about his residence, and searched along the address. He lived not far away, and Mu Mu found it in less than half an hour.

In the dirty alley, there was a smell of corruption everywhere, black water overflowed from the blocked sewer, and from time to time a mouse or two ran out of the garbage dump, and Mu Mu's family counted the house numbers, Finally, they stopped in front of a dilapidated small house.

There were a lot of people gathered in front of the house, Mu Mu was a little worried, separated from the crowd and squeezed in, and saw the boy kneeling on the ground expressionlessly, and a middle-aged man was saying something to him.

The house was empty, and the panoramic view could be seen at a glance. There was a bed, a table, and a chair, and there was no other furniture.

The crowd was chattering, Mu Mu listened to it for a long time before she realized that Roy's father was drunk outside yesterday and was accidentally hit by a car on the side of the road, and the perpetrator was still escaping. Go to the funeral home to see his father one last time.

He nodded and followed the middle-aged man away.

Mu Mu thought for a moment and followed.

By the time his father's body was processed, it was already afternoon.He didn't have any relatives or friends, and the neighbors in the neighborhood were unwilling to have anything to do with him, so he was alone from the beginning to the end, lonely and helpless.

Mu Mu stood by and watched him all the time, and when everything was over, she walked over and said to him softly, "If you want, you can treat me as your sister and live with me in the future, and I will take care of you."

He raised his head and glanced at her, was silent for a while, and finally shook his head.

Mu Mu watched his thin body disappear from sight, feeling powerless.

I saw him again three months later. At that time, Mu Mu was an intern in a hospital near the school. The French girl in the same dormitory hurried to her and said that a patient wanted to see her. Mu Mu followed suspiciously. past.

It turned out to be him, lying on the white sheet covered in blood, the exposed skin oozes blood, and in some places even faint bones can be seen, he was lying weakly on the bed, seeing her coming, bleak There was finally some light in his blue eyes.

Mu Mu turned her head, unable to bear to look any further, but he raised his hand and gently tugged at her sleeve.She turned around, tears still falling down.

Confusion was clearly written in the blue eyes, he reached out to touch her face, his fingertips stained her tears, and murmured, "Why are you crying?" He didn't understand why she was crying.

Mu Mu wiped away her tears, knelt down and leaned against his bed with a smile, "I cry because I feel uncomfortable, because my heart hurts."

"Are you feeling sorry for me?" He reasoned.

Mu Mu stroked his hair and nodded.

He suddenly held her hand, his voice was still weak but very clear, "Don't be my sister, let's be friends, and I'll follow you, okay?"

Mu Mu wondered, "Why? I became your elder sister and I became your family member. Isn't it good to have relatives?"

He shook his head, "I don't want any more relatives. My mother said she was my relative, but she abandoned me and left; my father also said that he was my only relative, but he didn't do anything other than beat me and force me .I don’t want to have family members anymore, family love makes me feel scared and disgusted.”

Mu Mu didn't expect a 15-year-old child to have such an idea, but she didn't want to force him, so she nodded in agreement.

He was very happy, and for the first time showed her a smile without hesitation.

Although Roy's injuries were not serious, but fortunately they were all skin traumas, so after staying in the hospital for more than a month, he was almost healed.On the day he was discharged from the hospital, Mu Mu also moved. She wanted to change him to a new environment, as far away from the original place as possible. He needed a chance to grow up again.

In three years, the scrawny young man who knew nothing about the world had grown into a tall, handsome, and polite boy. His relationship with Mu Mu also changed from being at a loss to deliberately flattering him, then gradually getting used to it, and finally turned into a deep love. rely.

The deadline is coming, and Mu Mu has to go back to China. She asked him solemnly, "Roy, are you willing to go back to China with me?" .But it doesn't matter, whether he chooses to stay or leave, she will help him arrange it.

The boy, standing in front of the window, took one last look at this familiar place, turned his head and nodded with a smile.

(End of this chapter)