Chapter 216 : Chapter 216 Brother Mu, I Want to Sleep with You
Little Herta was shy and flustered, not daring to look the youth in the eye, her voice as thin as a mosquito's buzz.
"Brother Mu... I just didn't stand firmly, I really didn't mean to pounce on you..."
On the soft lawn, Mu sat up, his fingertips consciously touching his lips.
There seemed to be a lingering soft warmth belonging only to her.
A faint, imperceptible blush quietly climbed to the tips of his ears and slowly spread to his cheeks, revealing the greenness and embarrassment of a youth.
Trying his best to hide the sudden flutter in his heart, Mu didn't pick up the topic that made his heart race and quickly scanned the girl's body.
"Does it hurt? Did you get bruised anywhere?"
"No, no!"
Little Herta still didn't dare to meet Mu's gaze, and finally performed a simple and unadorned action.
—Fleeing in panic.
"It's time to learn new knowledge, I can't be lazy. Little... Little Ta is leaving now!"
Seeing the girl walking as if on wings and disappearing around the corner of the yard, the youth breathed a sigh of relief.
He couldn't tell if the sigh was because he confirmed she was safe, or because he could be alone for a while to calm his pounding heart.
The girl's words about marrying him when she grew up surged uncontrollably into his mind, lingering.
From this night on, the hearts of the two grew closer.
The days that followed didn't have many waves.
Day after day, the youth would still comb the girl's hair, using different colored hair ties to add a bit of beauty to her.
On Mu's birthday, Little Herta gave him a special gift.
The style was exactly the same as the one her mother had given her, both specially customized.
"A key?" Mu was curious, not understanding the meaning of giving a key for a moment.
"Mama also gave me a key as a birthday gift, wishing me to smoothly open the locked door of knowledge."
Little Herta was all smiles, her eyes narrowing into cute crescent shapes.
"Even though Brother Mu primarily studies medicine, medical knowledge is still knowledge, right? I hope this key can also help you open a larger door and learn more powerful knowledge."
"I really like this gift, thank you, Little Ta." Mu's eyes were full of gentleness.
"I'll accept the 'thank you' for today only~~"
Little Herta winked playfully, took a thin silver hair tie, threaded it through the keyhole, and then stood on tiptoe to tie it around Mu's neck.
"..."
The familiar scene made Herta involuntarily touch her neck.
Her Key Necklace had once been hung around Qi Zhimu's neck in the Memory-Substance World as well.
In exchange, Qi Zhimu had given her his black hair tie, which was still neatly tied to a strand of hair hanging down her temple.
Its purpose was... positioning.
But now, she couldn't feel Qi Zhimu's presence at all.
He had suddenly disappeared, just as he had suddenly appeared on the day they first met, without any warning.
The similar yet different nature of Mu's and Qi Zhimu's experiences made Herta's heart grow increasingly uneasy, and her doubts deepened.
There aren't that many coincidences in the world.
What connection did the past, which for her was less than ten years ago, have with the present?
Why would this unknown world replay her past with Mu?
Even if it was replaying, she surprisingly couldn't remember many details at all if she didn't witness them with her own eyes.
Carefully recalling her experience after falling into the memory substance Labyrinth Zone, she quickly focused on the nightmare she had before waking up.
"...!"
Herta was instantly stunned.
So those two sentences she heard in the dream... weren't a nightmare...
But why did she think it was a nightmare at the time, and why did she forget such a warm past?
Had someone taken many of the Remembrance related to Mu from her mind?
Countless questions swirled in her heart, but she had no time for deep thought.
That day finally arrived...
On a dark, cloudy evening when the sky was about to turn completely black, people from the United Government brought back news like a bolt from the blue.
—Her parents would never return.
During a sudden mission, they remained in the Labyrinth Zone forever.
She had once witnessed Mu, who couldn't bear the loss and had difficulty moving on from it.
Now their roles were reversed, and it was her turn to endure the heart-wrenching loss.
The once cheerful and smiling girl became taciturn, and might not say a word for several days.
She stopped going to school and spent most of her time locked in her parents' room, holding items that still carried their scent and traces, staring blankly for the whole day.
Looking at her past self from a third-person perspective, Herta realized how dejected and rigid she was then.
Her purple pupils were clouded with darkness, devoid of any light.
A full month passed, and she still hadn't moved on from the sudden loss.
During this time, Mu stayed by her side, almost never leaving her except for meals and other matters.
He neither spoke words of comfort nor let her have a good cry.
Mu just accompanied her, sitting by her side for the whole day until she couldn't hold on and fell asleep.
During those days of living like a hollow shell, she couldn't eat every day and could only drink a little porridge.
But how could it go on like this?
At an age when she was growing, her nutritional intake couldn't keep up, and she quickly became thin and frail.
Her soft, fair skin became dull, and her bones could even be faintly seen protruding; her cheeks were deeply sunken, making her look exceptionally weak.
Mu saw it all, and no matter how much heartache was in his eyes, he still said nothing.
Reviewing this past again, the sorrow that Herta once felt quickly occupied her heart.
But this sorrow was soon diluted, replaced by scenes she had never had any impression of.
She saw that every night, Mu would inject nutrient solution into her as she grew thinner.
He would secretly add a mysterious drug to the milk she drank at night.
She didn't know what it was, but it wasn't hard to guess.
It's hard for someone in extreme grief to sleep peacefully, but from a certain point, she could often sleep until dawn.
The effect of the drug was nothing more than that.
After the injection, he would use an external medicine she didn't know about to rub on the needle site to eliminate the marks.
All of the above resulted in her complete ignorance; she had never noticed Mu doing these things for her.
The IV drip often took several hours, and Mu would sit motionless by the bed, holding her hand and monitoring the progress at all times.
The look in his eyes was filled with pity and heartache.
Just like that, another month passed.
Mu finally couldn't bear to see her continue to sink and took her into his arms, his voice gentle.
"Little Ta, do you remember what your aunt and uncle wanted you to do... If you've temporarily lost your direction, just listen to them first, okay?"
"..." After a long, long time, the girl finally gave a low hum of agreement.
That night, she could finally eat normal food.
Before getting ready to sleep, she held her pillow and knocked on Mu's door.
"Brother Mu, I want to sleep with you."
"...Why so suddenly...?"
"I'm afraid, afraid that you'll suddenly disappear too. You've been helping Little Ta bathe and taking care of Little Ta all this time, so it's okay to sleep together, right?"
"..."
The youth hesitated for a moment, but the emotions in the girl's dull purple eyes made his soft heart agree without a second thought.
The small girl crawled into his arms, curled up, and fell into a deep sleep.
Seeing the almost imperceptible, long-lost peace of mind on the girl's face, he couldn't help but sigh silently and tightly hugged her thin body.
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