A few years have passed, and after that sudden serious illness, Mutt recovered. Although his body is smaller and weaker than his peers, he is no different from ordinary people. Since the matching heart was the most compatible with him at the beginning, and it was also performed on him by an authoritative doctor in the world, the operation was very successful, and the rejection only lasted for a short time. Up to now, the nine-year-old child has become a twelve-year-old boy. He is like an ordinary healthy person. He can walk, run, play sports normally, and even play intense sports such as basketball and football. No problem.
He is very popular in school because of his cheerful personality, good temperament, smart and good study, plus he has a cute baby face and is gentle with others. Occasionally being a little cute is not annoying. Although people often make fun of it because of this, most of them are made of good-natured teasing by friends. After laughing, they help clean up the aftermath. Among a bunch of friends, the teenager basically plays the role of group favorite.
Although he is loved by most people and has many friends, but because he is cute and popular with girls, it is not uncommon for him to be disliked, and there were senior seniors who wanted to teach him a lesson—however, in the end It was the group of seniors who were taught a lesson, by Mutt's cousin.
Speaking of this cousin, most people will tremble reflexively. This tall girl with a pair of long legs can be called the top bully in the school. It is said that she was the head of a group of little kids when she was young, and she was regarded as a boy for many years. Now that she has grown up, her figure is so good that people can tell her gender at a glance, but her temperament is still as hot as boys, or even better, and her fighting skills are top-notch. There are a large number of younger brothers who admire her—this is the one who shouted, Pulling out almost as many younger brothers as the strengthening company, surrounded those senior seniors who wanted to bully his cousin, and kicked a hole in the wall in front of those people, almost Those people were so scared that they peed their pants.
So after this day, this group of people no longer dared to get within ten meters of Mutt.
"Mute, I have an appointment with Imur and the others to play football tonight, let's go together."
"Hey?"
The boy showed a troubled look.
"I promised Sister Tasha to accompany her to eat dessert tonight..."
"I said, when will your brother-controlled cousin get a boyfriend?"
The friend clicked his tongue.
He knew that although his good friend's cousin was a top school bully and made people fearful, she was young and beautiful, with a good figure, especially a pair of long legs like a model, so many boys were not afraid of death and chased after her. But that little cousin who doesn't seem to be interested in any men, just clings to her every day, almost everyone in the school knows that the big sister of the school is a brother-in-law.
"Or play football with us first, and then go eat with your sister. Food tastes better when you're hungry."
My friend coaxed me like this, trying to drag Mute over.
Although Mute's physical strength is not good, Mute has a good mind and a strong ability to control the overall situation. Every time they play Mute plays in the midfield and directs them how to play.
"There are so many meddling people."
A displeased voice came from the side.
"Wow! Sister Tasha!"
"You still have to worry about whether other people will have boyfriends or not. You seem to be very idle."
"Sister, I was wrong!"
After getting along for so long and knowing Tasha’s straightforward character, the young man decisively admitted his mistake, "I just want Mutt to play football together. After all, you also know that our team is scum without your brother, and it will definitely lose. He is the backbone of our team!"
Mutt twitched at the corner of his mouth.
How can it be so exaggerated, he is actually the same without him, after all, it is just football played by students, how intense can it be.
The young man’s words completely exaggerated the importance of Mutt, but now the young man who just wanted to please the big sister couldn’t care less, and desperately told Tasha how important and powerful Mutt was, they couldn’t do without him, etc. of.
After all, it was absolutely right for the big sister who wanted to please this younger brother to speak well of her younger brother in front of her.
Just like now, Tasha nodded with satisfaction.
"Okay, let Mute accompany you to play football first."
Although I really want to eat dessert, but now I feel that seeing my cute little cousin on the court looks pretty good, the girl thinks so. Anyway, it’s okay to go to eat after kicking. With her here, it’s okay to go home later.
"Huh? Sister, are you going too?"
"certainly."
...
... ... ...
"Sister Tasha, in fact, you don't need to waste time with me..."
Mutt was a little troubled.
Since the serious illness three years ago, both his parents and his cousin have overprotected him, for fear that something will happen to him again. At home, his parents surround him and watch him from time to time at school.
If it were any other boy, he might have become impatient and rebellious, but Mutt had a good temper and was sensible since he was a child. He knew that both his parents and Tasha were worried about him, so he just felt a little helpless.
"I'm free anyway."
Tasha said indifferently.
She was ignorant when she was a child, and she had no gender recognition at all at the time. She thought little Mute was cute and wanted to marry him when she grew up. Later, when she grew up, she realized that it was impossible for her cousin to marry, and she cried and made a fuss.
Now that I think about it, I think it's funny to be a child.
There were rumors in the school that she was the younger brother. In fact, it is impossible to say that she really has any special feelings for Mutt, she is not that perverted yet. Her affection for Mutt is completely doting on her family and her younger brother. After all, Mute was really raised by her, and she felt that she almost regarded Mute as her own child.
Thinking of this casually, she suddenly remembered something.
"Mute."
"Um?"
"Three years."
"..."
"The big brother you talked about every day when you were young has disappeared since you had that serious illness." Tasha said, and what she saw when she was a child came back to her mind. The dreamy scene of the elf boy walking towards her with the child in his arms, "Maybe, he is really an angel, he saved you and then left."
The boy laughed.
"Sister Tasha, when I said he was an angel, you still said it was impossible and that I was lying. Now that I know that there are no angels in the world, you still said that there are."
He was too young and ignorant at the time, and he thought wholeheartedly that the good-looking big brother was an angel. Now that he has grown up, he naturally knows that the so-called angels are just fantasies that do not exist.
"Because thinking about it now, it's impossible for humans to see that well!"
"Yes yes yes~"
"Speaking of which, as you said, he told you that he would come to you again in five years, didn't he?"
"Well, he said."
"Tsk, there's been no news for such a long time, you don't even know who he is, aren't you afraid that he will lie to you?"
"No, we have an appointment."
The boy said with a calm and bright smile.
"So, I have to be good before then, and I have to see him in my best form, so that's it."
"...What a stupid brother who is easy to lie." The girl curled her lips. As she walked, she looked at the sky. The sun was setting and slowly falling towards the horizon. More than a year... more than two more years."
"Um."
...
When they got to the indoor football field, Tasha waved at Mutt, turned around and went to the stands to wait. And Mute naturally went into the locker room next to his friends, changed into the ball uniform, and warmed up before the game.
A group of energetic teenagers began laughing and chatting while warming up and being bored.
"How did you feel about last week's class?"
"what?"
"It's that, that class."
"Tsk, what's that, isn't it just a physiology and fertility class, it's normal, why are you smiling so lewdly?"
"Bah, you just—"
"But if you don't learn, you won't know. It turns out that there is such a big difference between girls and boys."
"Yes, yes, and it turns out that giving birth to a child is so hard. I will never quarrel with my mother again."
"Ah, we're 12 after all, and federal law says 12 is mandatory for this class."
"Speaking of which, the exam is coming next month, right?"
"That's terrible. If you fail this course, you will not be allowed to upgrade."
"If I repeat a grade, I will be beaten to death by my mother..."
The boys were chatting enthusiastically, and when they mentioned the exam, they all lost face, and they no longer had the energy to laugh and laugh when they started talking about this subject. They shook their heads and put this troublesome exam behind them, and ran towards the football field vigorously.
…
With a long whistle, the football that got into the net jumped a few times, fell to the ground, and rolled out of the goal.
The side who scored the goal raised their hands in celebration, the boy who shot the goal was pressed down by a group of people and rolled his eyes, and Mute, who made the assist for the goal, was hugged by two friends and laughed, and the friends rubbed his cheek vigorously He rubbed his hair into a mess and turned it into a bird's nest, and then he continued laughing and ran back.
Mute helplessly stroked his messy hair, pushed aside the forehead hair that blocked his eyes, and looked up to see the cousin sitting on the stage waving at him vigorously, yelling at him with a happy smile on her face , dancing with a crazy look that has completely lost its image. He blinked and couldn't help laughing, waved to Tasha, then turned around and ran towards his own half amidst the greetings of his teammates.
As soon as he took a step, his brain suddenly became dizzy, and Mutt subconsciously stopped.
"Mute? Come back quickly, there's an urgent call!"
His teammates were yelling at him.
"right away!"
After standing still, he felt that there was nothing wrong. Mute felt that he might have gotten up too hastily just now, so he responded casually and continued to run.
As soon as he took a step, there was a sudden whirlwind.
Suddenly, the boy fell headlong on the grass under the eyes of everyone, without any movement.
"Mute?"
"Mute!"
"What happened?!"
"call the ambulance!!!"
...
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"It's the same symptoms as before. The internal organs of the body are failing, and the cause cannot be found."
"Although it can be barely controlled, if the cause cannot be found, there will be no cure."
"Transplanted organs don't work, and likewise continue to fail."
Peaceful and ordinary days are like friable bubbles, which can be broken at the touch of a button.
But in an instant, he lost his healthy body and his future. The doctor told his parents that he only had more than one year to live at most. With the current medical knowledge, there was no way to prevent his body from failing. life is extended for a while.
On that day, his cousin who was stronger than anyone since childhood held his hand and cried uncontrollably. He was still hesitant at first, but he calmed down seeing Tasha crying.
He thought, maybe this is destined, his life is destined to be so short.
Although he knew that angels did not exist, he always had a feeling that three years ago, that big brother saved his life.
At that time three years ago, maybe he should have left. It was the big brother who gave him three years more, so that he could study like a normal child, play with his friends, and his parents were always by his side.
In the past three years, he has no regrets.
…
No, there are still regrets.
[Five years later, I will pick you up.]
… He's about to miss his appointment.
...
The boy held his cousin's crying face, smiled and laughed at her for being ugly. Then, he looked at his parents, his expression was calm. It's not that he is uncomfortable, but he knows that if he shows a painful expression, his parents who love him will only suffer more.
It is unfilial for him to leave early, and he does not want to make his relatives more sad.
"Mom, Dad."
He reached out and took the hand of his dearest relative.
"I don't want to be in a hospital," he said.
The doctor has already said that his disease cannot be cured, even if he lives in the hospital every day, it is just delaying time.
He didn't want to spend his last days lying in a hospital bed like a rotting corpse.
"Take me to see everything I haven't seen."
He smiles at his loved ones.
His mother cried bitterly while hugging him, and his father clenched his hands tightly, his eyes blushing.
…
It didn't take long for him to leave the hospital and go through the formalities of suspending his studies. His parents put down all their jobs and took him to every place on the earth. Regardless of everyone's objections, Tasha took a year off from school and followed her.
For more than a year, they have traveled to every corner of the earth like an ordinary little family.
He saw the gorgeous aurora on the horizon of ice and snow, he saw the mysterious ancient ruins in the depths of the huge and dense Amazon rainforest, he saw the blue ocean of the Aegean Sea, and Angel Falls is like a ghost of nature. Chiseled, so majestic that people can't take their eyes off, the vigorous black panther is running on the endless grassland, and the golden sunset on the golden desert is as magnificent as fire...
gorgeous.
he thinks.
The land he was standing on, the planet he was on, had so many beautiful places, it seemed to be alive, no matter where it was, it was full of vitality.
Because he said when he was a child that he wanted to go to the moon, his parents asked him if he wanted to go to the moon, to Mars, or to a planet beyond.
He shook his head.
He wants to go to the moon, not to stand on the moon, but to see this blue planet in the starry sky with his own eyes—he has seen it with his own eyes, and he has no regrets.
And now, in the last days of his life, he didn't want to leave this planet.
Born here, grown up here, and finally here.
This is the boy's last wish.
He was born on this beautiful blue planet, and one day, he will return to this planet that gave him life.
…
"Mute, where do you want to go next?"
After a year of exposure to the sun and rain, the girl with a healthy tanned skin got out of the yellowed tent with a few fruits in her arms. Not far away, a huge black and yellow off-road vehicle parked on the grass of the oasis.
In the golden desert, the fine grains of sand reflected the golden-red light in the evening sunset. The fiery red sunset shone from the endless golden horizon and fell on the face of the boy sitting by the lake in the oasis. His face was glowing red.
In the past year or so, he has been tanned a lot, and he has lost a lot of weight than before, but he is in good spirits. Apart from occasionally sleeping for a long time and his body is weaker than ordinary people, he seems to be no different from normal people .
"Eat more fruit, these are the only ones left."
Handing the shriveled fruit to Mutt, Tasha looked at the burning clouds in the distance.
"I don't know if I don't go out for a walk. There are so many beautiful places."
She sighed, and asked Mute expectantly.
"Where is the next stop?"
"Well... I haven't figured it out yet..."
"Think slowly, don't rush."
Tasha said that she was in a good mood looking at Mutt who was in good spirits.
The quack doctor said that Mutt only had more than a year to live, and now it has been a year and three months. Although Mutt is a little weak and has a fever every now and then, he still looks good now, that The doctor must be alarmist.
She thought so happily, watching Mute finished eating the fruit, and touched his forehead.
Well, it's not hot today, but it's a little cold.
"It's cold at night, Mutt, come into the tent."
Mute looked up at her, looked at her smiling face, and smiled.
"Sister Tasha." He said with a smile, "It must have been hard to take care of me for more than a year?"
"What can you say, you are my younger brother! It's not hard work, and I also had a lot of fun together."
"... Really, that's good."
Mutt said, stood up, raised his head and looked into the distance.
The dry wind blew over from the golden desert, brushing the boy's soft hair.
Tasha looked at the standing young man, the fiery red sunset made the young man's cheeks flush, as if a cluster of fire was burning on his face, for some reason, Tasha was a little startled.
"Miss Tasha."
"what?"
"I am also very happy."
Looking at the fiery red on the golden horizon, the young man blushed said softly.
...
The illness was threatening. He had just returned to the city from the desert, and the young man who had looked healthy just a second ago suddenly collapsed and was sent to the emergency ward again.
Tasha stood outside the emergency room, thinking of the words Mutt said the night before, and the smile she gave her, and her heart skipped a beat.
That child... Did he realize that his time was approaching, so he said that
"Sorry, we did our best."
The boy was lying on a sickly white hospital bed with his eyes closed, and the waves on the screen of the instrument monitoring vital signs by the bed had disappeared.
He lay quietly, his serene expression seemed to be just sleeping.
"...don't go."
While staring blankly at the peaceful sleeping face, she suddenly heard a mournful cry in her ear.
"Please!...don't go, don't leave me!"
She saw Mute's mother leaning over the bed, crying and calling her child's name.
"Don't leave me, please..."
The woman's cries were full of despair.
"Don't go...don't leave us behind!"
Tasha's eyes widened suddenly, and she saw the ripples on the screen of the instrument next to the bed beating again.
She saw the eyes of the boy on the bed open a very slight gap.
It seemed like a miracle, the boy who had been pronounced dead by the doctor opened his eyes and smiled at them.
Don't cry, mother.
Don't be sad, Papa, Tasha.
I'm not going anywhere, I'm not leaving you guys.
She saw the young man telling them this with his eyes, and she slowly knelt on the ground, her weak feet could no longer support her body.
He is back.
Suddenly, she burst into tears, and she couldn't control the soreness at the tip of her nose.
...
If this is a fairy tale, if this is a story, then getting here may be a perfect ending, a happy ending that makes people feel emotional.
But the reality is cruel, surviving the death at that moment does not mean the body has recovered.
Mute's body was weakening at a speed visible to the naked eye. She watched the child who was once able to run and laugh heartily on the grass weakened. She watched the once healthy complexion turn pale, and she watched the child's limbs change. So slender that it would break if touched lightly.
For two years, the doctor said every time that he couldn't survive this month, but Mutt survived for two years.
She knew what kept Mute going.
The kid loved his parents more than anyone else.
[Don't cry, Mom and Dad, I won't go, I won't go anywhere.]
Just for this sentence.
Mute is sensible, he never showed a painful expression in front of his parents, even if his face was terribly pale, he always greeted his relatives and friends with a bright smile.
... But she had seen him curled up in a ball, sweating in pain and trembling all over.
She thought that she would never understand what kind of pain this child was enduring.
That night, she hugged the boy who was trembling with pain in her arms, and her heart ached to death, but she couldn't do anything.
The doctor said that the boy's body had deteriorated to the extreme, and it was a miracle that he was still alive.
Maybe every breath, maybe every swallow, was a torment for him.
Sometimes, she would sit by the bed and look at the child's terribly thin arm. The skin on that arm was not intact, and it was blue and purple everywhere, and the large and small pinholes were almost all over his arm.
She thought she would never love this person as much as she does now.
"enough."
Finally one day, she couldn't help saying this, and she heard her voice trembling.
"Enough, Mutt, you've done a good job, if not... if not..."
That was the only way, the way to free this child from his pain and his illness.
Although that method is more cruel than anything else.
The pale and thin Mute looked up at her lying on the hospital bed, his face was covered by a respirator, and now his body was so exhausted that he couldn't breathe on his own.
But even at this point, the boy can still give others a smile. He looked at her and smiled slightly.
She glanced at those eyes that were slightly bent towards her, and she couldn't control the tears. She was not a person who loved to cry, but when she was facing Mutt, she couldn't control her tears.
"Actually... except mom... dad..."
She heard the boy's faint voice.
"...an appointment with brother Mier...at least...want to know him..."
At least, want to see him again.
At least, wondering if he's okay.
...
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Tasha sat sullenly in the classroom, everyone knew she was in a bad mood, and no one dared to mess with her.
After Mute was hospitalized, his parents, that is, her aunt and uncle, advised her to stop suspending school and go back to school, and Mute also advised her. In order not to worry her relatives, she could only honestly go back to school and start a normal life. After all, with her aunt and the others by her side, it was impossible for her to be by Mutt's hospital bed all the time.
Knowing that Tasha was worried about her younger brother's illness, when it was time for lunch break, a few friends who were a grade higher than Tasha came to eat with her and comforted her for a long time by the way.
She listened absent-mindedly, stuffing something into her mouth without wanting to eat. There are not many people in the cafeteria, and it is relatively quiet. One of the walls is a screen, and the latest and most important current news are played at noon every day.
"I heard that the expedition army sent five years ago has returned and received awards. Today, those who have done meritorious service will be promoted and awarded."
Now there is only one unified alliance on the earth, and there is no more war, so the only way to advance in the army is to go to outer space to open up the universe for mankind. However, the risk is not small, and the loss rate of the troops who went out to open up is almost as high as one-third.
At this moment, what these students are discussing is a group of troops sent out five years ago to explore outer space. It is said that this army not only successfully returned, but also continued to open up a lot of space regions currently known to mankind, and made great contributions. .
"I heard that the general of this fleet is the son of our current Supreme Chairman of the Confederate States, isn't it?"
"It doesn't matter what his background is, he has done something that others can't, and he deserves the corresponding honor."
"But even so, it's too exaggerated to become a major general in less than twenty years."
"Tsk, I have the ability, why, are you jealous?"
"You—you just want to see how well-behaved people are—"
"Tasha, look, the major general who was just awarded an honor is so young and super handsome."
"Not interested in."
"Come on, take a look. He's really handsome. I've never seen anyone prettier than him."
Tasha snorted.
How pretty can it be? No matter how good-looking it can be compared to the mysterious guy she saw before...
She thought so, and looked up angrily.
At this glance, she was completely dumbfounded.
...
Like burning her butt, Tasha almost rushed all the way to the hospital, into Mutt's intensive care unit. Mute's mother was staying here, but now she just went out to talk to the doctor about her condition.
"Mute!"
"..."
Mute, who closed his eyes for a nap, opened them and looked at her anxiously in confusion.
"Found it! I found it! That—it's that—your one—not! I mean—your one—"
Stuttering and unable to speak clearly, Tasha simply turned on the TV in the ward.
As soon as they tuned to the message channel, the side cheek of the new young major general that took up half of the screen appeared in front of their eyes.
Fine black hair, sharp narrow and long phoenix eyes, light-colored thin lips slightly pursed, and that handsome face that makes people unable to take their eyes off.
The dark pupils of the boy lying on the bed dilated slightly.
The close-up of the young major general's side cheek was zoomed in on the screen, and the boy saw those familiar eyes, dark blue pupils, like the depth and beauty of the boundless sea of stars.
"Under the leadership of Rear Admiral Alexander Michel Frederick, the entire ship has opened up a new space area..."
The voice of the reporter reporting the news came from the screen, Tasha was taken aback for a moment, and then showed anger.
"He's lying to you, Mute! This guy even lied to you with his name! He's not a good guy!"
She said unhappily, and turned to look at Mutt, afraid that he would be sad, but who knew that when she turned her head, she saw Mutt smiled.
"Mute?"
"Um."
"... He lied to you, aren't you angry?"
"He didn't."
"But he obviously..."
"very nice."
"Ugh?"
Looking at the beautiful blue eyes on the screen, Mutt tilted his head slightly and said with a light smile.
"Just like a star, isn't it?"
That person wouldn't lie to him, he knew it, he couldn't tell the reason, he just knew it.
The name is just an indifferent code name, what is the difference
He remembered the seriousness of those blue eyes staring at him that day five years ago, that person would remember the promise, he believed.
"...the one who lied, probably me..."
The boy murmured in a daze.
He won't meet him.
He can no longer fulfill the agreement with him at the beginning.
[Five years later, I will pick you up.]
sorry.
... ... ...
"Dad, Mom, I am willing to undergo cryonics."