Chapter 6

I no longer go to the cheap and dangerous small hotel in the alley. This time I found a relatively better hotel and stayed in temporarily.

On the first day, I ran outside for a whole day, and while looking for a house, I also asked about work everywhere. In fact, after working for three years, I didn’t save much money. First, my salary was not high, and second, I had to spend a lot of money on my monthly rent and food. When I was with Yi Tian, ​​I didn’t know how much I had, and I thought about it. I didn’t know how much money I had on it, so I just returned the card intact, although it was only exchanged for Yi Tian’s sarcastic sentence, “Don’t show this kind of ugly and rustic man like me.”

The next day, I decided on several houses at prices and locations, and called people to confirm the time for a good view of the house. I ran to several companies and asked them, but I didn't get anything. At night, I returned to the hotel exhausted and went to bed early after dinner. But I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. In my mind, I looked like a mute woman peeling eggs, and in the other hand, I looked like she was holding the bag in front of me with bright eyes.

I suddenly sat up from the bed, threw the quilt away in anger, and if I was worried, I would go and take a look. As long as I looked at her from a distance, I would come back if I made up my mind. After I made up my mind, I would put on my clothes in two or three times, I opened the door and ran out.

When I arrived at Aunt Li and the mute woman's residence, both families closed their doors and windows, and the room was pitch black and there was no light on. I was a little surprised. They must have been at home at this time, and it was impossible for them to rest early now.

I walked in and knocked on the door and window. After waiting for a while, no one came. It turned out that there was no one in both households. I walked back strangely, thinking about where the person was going, but just after the corner in front, I almost bumped into someone. Before I could breathe, I heard a scream of surprise in front: "Xiao Mu?!"

I raised my head and saw that Aunt Li was in front of me.

"Aunt Li? Why aren't you guys..."

"Xiao Mu, Ah Xiu is gone! I'm so anxious!" I was stunned for a second before I realized what Aunt Li said meant.

"What's missing?!What's going on?!"

"I advised her for a long time after you left that day, and saw that she stopped crying and fell asleep before returning to the house. As a result, she didn't see her coming out the next day. When I knocked on the door, no one responded. I had the key to her house. When I opened the door and went in, I found that there was no one in the house. I had been searching for two days, but I still couldn't find it." Aunt Li's face was full of fatigue and anxiety.

"Aunt Li, hurry up and go back to rest, I'll go find it now." After that, he ran out without waiting for Aunt Li to answer.

I don't know where she often goes, so I can only run around the street like a headless fly. The night gets deeper and the pedestrians on the road go from bustling to scattered. I feel more and more anxious. Where will she go if she is so late? She is a mute and stupid. If something happens, I can't even call for help, I dare not think deeper.

After searching for a few hours, my feet started to hurt, but I still had no idea. I stood in front of a hotel and gasped and rested. Something suddenly flashed in my mind. I immediately ran back. When I arrived at the entrance of the Xingyue Hotel, I continued to run along the alley to the place where garbage was piled up at the entrance of the alley. Sure enough, I saw a person sitting by the wall.

I leaned against the wall and gasped, and my throat was filled with a burst of fishy sweetness because of the long-term rapid running. The man raised his head to look at me when he heard the sound, and then his eyes suddenly lit up, revealing some unbelievable joy.

She stood up, took a step forward but stopped, looking at me hesitantly.

My breathing gradually stabilized. I walked towards her, reached out to hold her, and walked back without saying a word.

It was already late at night, and there was no starlight in the night sky. There was not even a figure around, and only a few hotels' dilapidated signs shone slightly.

"Why are you here?" I kept walking forward, knowing that there would be no answers coming from behind.

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"Is it because I picked me up there, so I think I will still show up there?"

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"I am an orphan. I have never been a parent or relative. I have always been alone."

Speaking of this, I suddenly stopped.

"So..." I opened my mouth and found that my voice was shaking. I closed my eyes and calmed down my emotions.

"So, if you don't mind, if you think it's okay...even if you treat me as your son's substitute, I will accept your concern and love for him..."

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"I mean, are you willing to be..." I was trembling all over, took a deep breath before swallowing the choking in my throat, and finished the last words.

“What about becoming my mother?”

It's quiet.

There was not even a sound of the wind blowing.

I lowered my head, knowing in my heart that she actually didn't understand what I was talking about, but her hands were still shaking.

A rough touch on my face, and the tears that fell at some point were gently wiped away. I raised my head, and the mute woman looked at me with a smile, her eyes bent into two crescent moons.

I looked at her silently, letting the warm smile at the corners of her mouth and eyes gradually slapped the anxiety in my heart. After a long time, I laughed out loud and led her back slowly.

"Your son must be not as tall as mine...so you are not at a loss at all..."

"So don't run around next time... Aunt Li is still looking for you everywhere at such an old age..."

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"Mom, let's go home."

When I took my mother home, Aunt Li first turned around her for a while, checked and muttered. After hearing where I found her, she sighed silently.

"Aunt Li, I will treat her as my biological mother from now on and be filial. I will take care of her." Aunt Li was wet with a towel and wanted to wipe her face. When she heard me, she raised her head and looked at me.

"Your home..."

"I'm an orphan." I knew what Aunt Li wanted to ask and interrupted her.

Some tears came from the corner of Aunt Li's eyes and nodded at me desperately: "Hey! From now on... the two of them are a family, live a good life... Although Ah Xiu is like this, she... she is very good..." Aunt Li's voice was choked and a little incoherent.

I walked up to take the towel from Aunt Li's hand, bent down and wiped my mother's face carefully.

"Well. She's fine."

While she was asleep, I ran to the hotel and left the room overnight. Since I had made sure to live with her as a mother and son, I would no longer look for a house outside. Otherwise, I would take her over and no one would look at her when I went out to find something to do. At least Aunt Li could help take care of her here.

The most urgent task is to find a job and slowly save the money. Then I want to decorate her house so that she can not live in such a bad environment anymore. But after running for a few days, there was still no news. There were obviously several companies that showed me the intention of accepting me, but I don’t know why it ended up in the end.

I don't know if Yi Tian was making things difficult for me in the middle, but I have no interaction with him for a long time. I don't really believe that he will spend all this energy on me. However, if he had explained it before and then forgot me, it would be impossible for others to dare not use me.

As the day passed, the money was only spent but not in, I was anxious and had to change directions to find other jobs. There was a large supermarket nearby who wanted to hire some sorting staff, so I went there. However, the male storing staff in the supermarket was actually to carry goods, especially the daily delivery group I was in. There were more than a dozen employees in a group, and there were only three men. The daily goods including frozen speed food, loose grains, and candy were put on and off the shelves. Without the help of machines, I was so tired that I felt sore and painful in my back.

The thing that has bothered me the most these days is how can my mother understand that I have money to support her, so she no longer has to pick up those waste cardboard and plastic bottles outside. Every time she finds her linen bags and small iron hooks that are rumored to throw them away, she looks panicked and holds my hand and shakes her head desperately.

Even if I found a lot of money from my bag to show her that I had enough money, she didn't understand. Instead, she went to look up the yellow cloth bag and gave it to me like a treasure. I talked about this issue with Aunt Li, and Aunt Li just smiled and asked me to follow her. After so many years, she has lived through the money. Perhaps now in her consciousness, she still has to rely on the money to support me.
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