In a quiet and peaceful town, the golden afterglow of the setting sun fell on the clock tower. A girl wearing a straw hat stood on the high platform. In front of her sat a handsome young man.
In the light of the setting sun, the bodies of both people were covered with a layer of gold, making them look holy and pure.
The breeze blew by, and the girl clutched her straw hat tightly, but the boy still sat motionless on the steps, quietly looking at the clouds in the distance that turned crimson under the setting sun.
Seeing this, the girl knelt down, reached out and touched the young man's shoulder, and said softly:
"Xiao Fan, although your mother is gone, you still have your cousin here, and she will definitely take care of you."
Today is the seventh day since Mu Fan's mother passed away. Although Mu Fan feels much better now since he stayed behind closed doors three days ago, Mu Ruo can still sense from Mu Fan's behavior that Mu Fan is hiding something. The sadness deep inside.
Mu Fancai was only an eight-year-old child, and even nine-year-old Mu Ruo was not sure what she would become if this happened to her.
Perhaps, her weak character is not as strong as Mu Fanlai...
Mu Fan turned his head melancholy and looked at Mu Ruo, who was one year older than him but ten centimeters shorter than him, and smiled bitterly: "Cousin, I should always be the one protecting you in school, right?"
Mu Fan sighed as he recalled how he was often beaten in doubles and triples by his friends in school in order to protect his cousin.
Although he was bullied many times, Mu Fan never regretted protecting his childhood sweetheart and his cousin.
Hearing this, Mu Ruo's pretty face turned red, she puffed up her arrogant little breasts and said, "That's just the past tense. From today on, your cousin will start to be brave. From now on, I will have a sip of AD calcium milk at school." I’ll give you half!”
I'm afraid that all the milk you didn't buy was beaten out by your friends, and only one mouthful was left in the end... .
Mu Fan was a little helpless, but he was satisfied that his cousin had this intention. After a moment of silence, he said: "Cousin, my father said that he would take me to travel around China first. After we have reached every place, I and I Dad will go to Japan to open a restaurant, and we will leave this town tomorrow..."
"Leave town..."
Mu Ruo, who has lived with Mu Fan for many years, trembled in her heart and said reluctantly: "Then what do you eat and live in? Are you going to have to live in the open? That will be very hard, right? It would be great to go to school together in a small town. !”
Mu Fan shook his head and stretched out his hand towards the sky. The sunlight fell mottledly on his face through the gaps between his fingers. He said in a calm tone: "This town carries too many memories for my father and me. If I stay here, I will only do it." We are unable to get out of this shadow every day. My mother wanted us to live a better life before she passed away, so my father planned to fulfill his wish and take me away from here."
Seeing Mu Fan's resolute attitude, Mu Ruo became a little anxious and said unwillingly: "What about you? Do you plan to leave with dad? If you don't want to, you can live in my house. My room is very big. Dad will leave this year." They specially changed a big bed for me, which can accommodate the two of us..."
"No, cousin, this is my decision."
Mu Fan interrupted Mu Ruo's words, then stood up and saw Mu Ruo holding the pendant hanging around his neck. He pulled hard and the red thread on it broke. Mu Fan took the pendant and handed it to Mu Ruo. .
"This is?"
Mu Ruo's eyes were full of confusion as she looked at the cute kitten pendant in her hand. This is the most popular little white cat pendant and is deeply loved by children.
"This is a gift my mother once gave me."
Mu Fan closed Mu Ruo's hand and said in a serious tone: "Cousin, my mother said that she would use it to protect me when she is gone, but you are the one who is worried when I leave, so I give this to you. I hope that my cousin can become brave under my mother’s protection even if I am no longer there.”
"Auntie gave me the pendant, hoping to protect me?"
Mu Ruo's body trembled slightly as she held the pendant. When she raised her head, she saw that Mu Fan had already walked down the stairs from the tower.
Looking at the fading figure in the sunset, she understood that Mu Fan was really ready to leave. Mu Ruo's beautiful eyes shed tears of reluctance. She bit her lip and tightened the pendant in her hand: "Xiao Fan, no more." You and I will definitely try to be braver.”
... ...
In the mysterious laboratory filled with various instruments, Mu Ruo was in a daze holding the Dabai doll in his hand.
"I gave you a Dabai pendant last time. It should be used as something to protect you, right? After so many years, I have the strength I want. I have become much braver than before..."
"Mu Ruo, what are you thinking about? Are you disappointed because you didn't get the treasure in Mu Fan's hand?"
Just when Mu Ruo was in a daze, a voice suddenly called Mu Ruo back to reality. Mu Ruo turned around and saw a red-haired man wearing an experimenter's white gown and glasses, leaning on the door with his arms folded and watching. Holding her.
Seeing the familiar figure, Mu Ruo stood up hurriedly, walked over, and asked: "Mr. Zuo Yi, what do you mean by a week when you told Mu Fan? You plan to implement that plan in a week and get rid of Mu Fan." Fan? Get his power?"
"Well, it only takes a week at most and everything can be completed."
Shi Yezuo raised his head, looked at Mu Ruo and asked coldly: "Are you still afraid that Mu Fan will be killed by us after joining us for so many years? You should have been prepared for the death of your loved ones. Bar."
Mu Ruo lowered his head and said nervously: "I didn't. I just think it's too sudden and might fail. Let me go. I can get what you want from Mu Fan."
Zuo Yi looked at Mu Ruo with extremely indifferent eyes: "You have failed and there is no chance. If I let you go again, how do you plan to get close to Mu Fan? Cousin, or a person with abilities, was caught by Mu Fan Ask about our purpose and where we are?”
Mu Ruo fell silent. She failed in her only chance last time. At this time, she had no way to contact Mu Fan. If she went directly, I am afraid Mu Fan would not be merciful to her.
Zuo Yi stepped forward and patted Muruo on the shoulder, saying, "I understand your plan. You failed to prevent Mu Fan's father from dying here, so you were afraid that Mu Fan would be killed by us, so you planned to take back the power from him by yourself, so that he could become an ordinary person and live a leisurely life under your protection. Even yesterday, when you attacked Mu Fan, you knew that Mu Fan would not die, and you avoided the vital parts, right? Later, when you threatened Mu Fan to kill Asuna, you were just talking, and you didn't plan to do it, right?"
Mu Ruo's face turned ugly, but she didn't expect Zuoyi to be observing her in the dark.
It is true that she had no intention of harming Mu Fan from the beginning, she only planned to gain Mu Fan's power, but she didn't expect that everything was foreseen by Zuo Yi.
At this time, Zuoyi continued:
"But we seem to have underestimated Mu Fan's growth. In one year, Mu Fan has improved to the point where he can be like me. We can no longer let him continue."
"But... .."
Mu Ruo's face turned pale, but she didn't wait to speak. Zuo Yi had already turned around, walked to the door of the laboratory, opened the door, and sneered gloomily: "Mu Ruo, your heart has betrayed us, but I saved you this time because I don't want you to reveal our position, and the reason why I won’t kill you when I come back is because you are also the strongest level four ability user besides me. After seven days, you can become part of the force, and the effect is still very great, so I will stay here in these few days. Here, wait for seven days to contribute your strength."
"Bang!"
After leaving the door, Zuo closed the door of the laboratory without looking back. The entire empty laboratory was like a prison, leaving only Mu Ruo standing helplessly in the laboratory...