Mu Shen had never met his parents.
In his memory, he has been living with his grandmother.
As children, they lived in a yard.
The yard is not big, but there are many people living there.
In order to make a living, grandma went out early and returned late every day, and Mu Shen could only be alone in the yard.
There were also many children in the yard, but none of them played with him.
"You are a child without parents, we won't play with you."
"Your mother is a broken shoe, disgusting."
"You don't even know who your dad is. Stay away from us and don't play with us."
These were the words he heard the most.
When he was a child, Mu Shen didn't really understand the words that these children said.
Of course, those children also seem to understand, and they all hear it from adults.
Mu Shen didn't feel anything when he heard what they said, because he had never met his parents.
until one day.
There was a little girl in a princess dress who walked pitifully to the corner where he usually sat, and sat down without regard to the dirt on the ground.
The little girl held her round face and asked him softly, "Why are you sitting here all the time?"
Mu Shen was somewhat impressed by this little girl.
Although living in such an environment, she always seems to be cleaner than the children here.
Every now and then, he changed into new skirts and new clothes.
Her father is also very outgoing. Every time he comes back, he will take her to teach those children who have bullied her.
That is the fatherly love that Mu Shen has never had...
Xiao Mu hugged herself tightly, huddled in the corner, unwilling to talk to her.
The little girl was talking to herself, and seeing him ignoring herself, be quiet for a while.
It was getting dark outside, and she was probably tired and fell asleep on her lap.
boom—
The sky exploded with thunder.
The little girl woke up, first glanced at the sky, and then patted her chest.
The heavy rain poured down, the little girl sat outside, and the rain that floated in would wet her clothes.
She looked at him, a little cautiously: "Brother, can I come in a little?"
Xiao Mushen didn't say a word, just moved inside.
The little girl sat down happily, took out a candy from her pocket and gave it to him: "Brother, please have some candy."
Her hands were also white and tender, with baby fat on them.
He looked at the candy lying in his clean palm.
Other kids always have candy, but he doesn't.
Because grandma is having a hard time keeping them alive and has no extra money to buy these for him.
Xiao Mu hesitated for a long time before carefully taking the candy away.
Before the rain had stopped that day, the little girl's grandmother came back. She stood in the rain and waved at him.
Xiao Mu looked at it indifferently.
That was the first time he had spoken to her.
The second time I talked to her, someone bullied him, and he was pushed, beaten and scolded by those children.
She suddenly stood up and confronted the children.
She had a super fierce father, and the children in the yard knew that they didn't dare to mess with her, so they all dispersed.
"Does it hurt?" The little girl pulled him up and looked at the scratches on his body with distress.
Xiao Mu shook her head deeply.
"It must be painful."
The little girl groped on her body and found another piece of candy.
"Eat sugar, sugar is sweet."
The little girl smiled softly, and that smile seemed to be frozen in the afterglow of the setting sun.
On that day, Xiao Mu knew her name deeply.
later…
Many times later.
She was always by his side, and occasionally invited him to eat candy. Her candy was always strange, many brands, it was said that her father brought it back.
Xiao Mushen sometimes can't figure it out.
The situation at her house should be very good, why should she live in such a place and not move away
"Because grandma has lived here all her life." The little girl said crisply: "My father has to work, so I can only live with grandma."
"where is your mom?"
"..." The little girl pouted and breathed softly, "I don't know."
Then she smiled again.
"look."
Xiao Mushen followed her hand and looked at the beautiful candy wrappers in the sunlight, the colors were as beautiful as stars falling into the river.
Xiao Chuzheng has a very thick notebook full of beautiful candy wrappers.
Xiao Chuzheng showed him it, it was really beautiful.
"Dad said that sugar is sweet and can dispel all bad moods."
-
After they met, nothing particularly important happened, just like other people's lives.
Later, her father died.
She lives with her grandmother, but she is still not short of money. Her grandmother also pets her. She is still an enviable little princess.
Just a few years have passed.
It was raining that day. When Mu Shen came back from school, he found that the atmosphere in the yard was not right.
Mu Shen saw her sitting alone under the withered tree in the yard.
The weather was hot, her skin was reddened from the sun, and her tears flowed silently.
"What... what's wrong?"
Mu Shen walked up to her and asked her.
She raised her head, and the little girl choked: "Grandma is gone."
Mu Shen didn't know what to say, so he could only silently accompany her to stand under the blazing sun.
When grandma left, she left a sum of money, and the people in the yard contacted her and organized the funeral.
Her whereabouts became another question.
However, just when everyone was worried, a woman appeared, claiming to be her mother, and came to take her away.
On the day she left, she came to him.
"We may not be able to meet in the future. I'll leave this to you." She left him the notebook and gave him a few candies.
"Goodbye brother."
Mu Shen watched as she got into the car parked outside the yard. It was a car that no one had ever seen before. It was different from the ones driving on the road and looked more upscale and luxurious.
Mu Shen squeezed the notebook in his hand.
No matter when, she is the bright moon in the sky.
-
Mu Shen probably only had feelings for her as a playmate. After she left, Mu Shen gradually forgot about her.
However, he didn't know why he kept the habit of eating candy and saving candy wrappers.
Maybe it's because of what she said - sugar is sweet and can dispel all bad moods.
Life is hard.
Candy can be solved.
-
Mu Shen did not expect that they would meet again.
Still in that situation, with so many people, she handled it all by herself.
He didn't know why, but when someone came after him, he would drag her to run.
Then heard her name.
He gradually overlapped the person in front of him with the soft and waxy little girl in his memory.
resemblance…
but not similar.
We met again, in that alley.
He wasn't doing well at the time...
Mu Shen couldn't tell what state he was in, as if he was being controlled by someone, he could only watch, but couldn't stop it.
Anger made him lose his mind.
Then she appeared.
She said - killing is not good for you, you don't kill.
Mu Shen wondered if she remembered that playmate.
He wanted to ask several times, but he didn't ask.
until she asked.
From her reaction, Mu Shen knew that she was not interested in the past, or even reluctant to mention it.
Loving her is beyond Mu Shen's control.
He always felt that she was different from when she was a child...
Until that night, she said she wanted to like her now.
Although Mu Shen felt that the events of his childhood had some influence on him, but he liked her since he met her again.
What he likes is... Chuzheng when he grows up.