newbobooks Chapter 140 Appearance
Chapter 140 Appearance
Xu Shu fell to the ground, but laughed out loud.
When he laughed, his chest trembled, which made Mu Jinghua feel itchy, but he didn't want to get up, so he simply lay down on Xu Shu and kissed his cheek gently.
Xu Shu didn't dodge when he kissed him. He had done this so many times that he was almost immune to it.
Although the reaction from somewhere was still intense every time, Xu Shu was now able to completely ignore it.
He even had the mind to think about other things. He thought that Mu Jinghua was still too light, and that he was lying on top of him like a kitten.
Thinking about the wedding invitations again, since they would not be getting married until two years later, when would they be used? Xu Shu felt it was a pity, and suddenly an idea came to him: "On the day of the warm-up, I will tell everyone about our engagement, and use the Geng Tie, okay?"
Mu Jinghua laughed and said, "We use the Engagement Letter for engagement, but what do we use for marriage?"
"It's too early to get married, we'll talk about it later." The more Xu Shu talked, the more he felt that it made sense. After all, it was still too early to talk about the future. Right now, he said, "There are still many people in the village who don't know that we are engaged."
Mu Jinghua certainly had no objection. When he mentioned the Gengtie, he remembered the thing he had just seen, and he didn't know where it had fallen.
He hurriedly got up and went to look for the Geng Tie he had just looked at, but it was pressed under Xu Shu's shoulder.
Mu Jinghua pushed Xu Shu, but Xu Shu didn't move. He just looked at him with a smile.
Mu Jinghua was puzzled at first, but when he followed Xu Shu's gaze, he found that he was actually sitting astride Xu Shu's waist, right... facing that position.
However, because Xu Shu often poked him, he was already used to it, and he was so anxious just now that he didn't react for a while.
Mu Jinghua quickly stood up to hide, but was held down by Xu Shu. He sat up and asked again, "What are you looking for?"
Mu Jinghua picked up the invitation card that had been crumpled and handed it to Xu Shu with a wronged look: "It's broken."
Xu Shu took a look and coaxed him, "It's okay. This isn't a real Gengtie. It's all made of rice paper. If it breaks, I'll write you another one. Which one do you like? This one?"
Mu Jinghua nodded and didn't look at anything else.
Xu Shu couldn't help laughing: "Don't you want to pick again?"
Mu Jinghua shook his head seriously, poked Xu Shu's face again, and said with a smile: "You are so angry."
Xu Shu straightened his back, deliberately shaking him, and seeing him grabbing his arm in panic, he added, "I'm only angry with you."
……
After a good night's sleep, I returned to my normal life the next day.
It’s just that there’s a funeral being held at the village chief’s house today, and Xu Shu helped out a little, so he was invited over.
The custom in Shiqiao Village is water burial, and the elderly are usually buried at dusk.
There was nothing to do during the day, so Xu Shu took Mu Jinghua to Muyi Building again. They waited until the time was almost right before returning to Shiqiao Village.
But when they arrived at the river, many villagers had already gathered there.
Xu Shu took Mu Jinghua to the village chief to greet him. After a few words, the village chief said to Mu Jinghua, "Doctor Qi is over there. Brother Mu, you go first. Let me talk to Xu Shu alone, okay?"
Mu Jinghua had no objection. He glanced at Xu Shu and turned to find Qi Huairen.
Xu Shuze watched him walk away, and after making sure he was okay, he looked at the village chief: "What do you want to say? Go ahead."
The village chief nervously dragged Xu Shu to a remote place before he spoke: "Brother Xu, I am talking to you, please don't be angry."
"What do you want to say?" Xu Shu frowned, feeling that the village chief's attitude was inexplicable.
The village chief looked around again before taking out a cloth bag from his arms and opening it layer by layer. Xu Shu actually smelled a strong smell of blood.
He frowned and interrupted the village chief: "What's in it?"
The village chief was interrupted, but he suddenly fell to his knees and cried: "It belongs to my daughter, my daughter's finger."
"Shen Lin'er has been found?"
The village chief shook his head and said, "No... we haven't found any. We reported it to the authorities last time, but there has been no news. It was not until this morning that an official came and said that when they went up the mountain to catch bandits, they found many bodies..."
"My daughter's mother and I went to claim the body. We saw a person with a scratched face and fingers cut off one by one. He was wearing the same clothes as our Lin'er..."
Xu Shu sighed upon hearing this: "My condolences."
Shen Guang suddenly grabbed Xu Shu's hand and begged, "I know you are engaged to Mu Ge'er now, and I know Lin'er really let you and Mu Ge'er down, but she is dead, and you are the person she loved the most. I only ask that you go see her, please go see her."
This request was not excessive. Xu Shu glanced at the crowd from a distance and saw Mu Jinghua and Qi Huairen together, so he said, "Just a glance."
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Mu Jinghua followed Qi Huairen, looking at everyone who came to the funeral with boredom.
With a quick glance, I saw a man dressed very strangely. The man wrapped himself from head to toe with black linen, leaving only a pair of bloodshot eyes exposed.
Looking into those eyes, Mu Jinghua suddenly thought of someone, Shen Lin'er.
Then, as if to verify his idea, the pair of eyes glanced at him gently, with contempt and disdain clearly visible.
Shen Lin'er is back.
Mu Jinghua's heart was beating fast, and his first thought was to find Xu Shu.
He hurried to the place where Xu Shu was, but Xu Shu was no longer there.
He looked towards where Shen Lin'er was, but she was nowhere to be seen either.
He was standing alone in the crowd, and suddenly felt a cold wind coming from all directions, blowing into his skin and seeping into his bones, making the cold unbearable.
He shuddered violently and subconsciously grasped the knife at his waist, like a drowning man grasping at his only life-saving straw, and he almost broke the knife.
This was the scene Xu Shu saw when he came back.
The young man stood in the crowd, but he looked out of place, like ink mixed in a pile of oil paintings, silent and dull.
No matter how hard he tried to call him, all he got was a look back.
Because he can't speak.
Mu Jinghua could only look back at him and smile at him, like a black and white silent film from the last century, without sound, but able to purely make people deeply immersed in it.
Xu Shu then extended his hand to him and said, "Let's go home."
Xu Shu had no intention of telling Mu Jinghua about the visit to see Shen Lin'er's body. As soon as Mu Jinghua got home, he forgot about having seen Shen Lin'er and only wanted to stick to Xu Shu for kisses and hugs.
Xu Shu hugged him while saying that he was too clingy.
Xu Shu was very strong. When he hung on Xu Shu like a bear, Xu Shu could move freely. He could take him to the woodshed to wash, and could also carry him back to the main house to sleep.
Mu Jinghua hung on him, occasionally looking up at the sky, and suddenly felt that being so clingy was a bit dissolute, but when he lowered his head and saw Xu Shu's profile, he couldn't help but lean over and kiss him.
Xu Shu was holding him, which was not as convenient as his, and he could not kiss him back immediately, so he said every time: "This is the third time today, little rascal, I will teach you a lesson later."
Mu Jinghua didn't even want to look at the moonlight above his head, so how could he care about the future? He only wanted Xu Shu.
So, Mu Jinghua suddenly made up his mind, that the annoying Shen Lin'er must also die.