Chapter 88 Everything Has Changed: Su Jinmu bids farewell, "From now on, we'll be familiar strangers."

The Li family is powerful, and Song Xunyou has been fighting against them. The Xu family has been helping, but with three children, they haven't been openly contributing, only providing assistance behind the scenes.

Li Xin stayed at the Xu family's house.

Two years later, Song Xunyou suppressed the Li family and rose to a higher position with swift and decisive means.

Song Xunyou arrived at the Xu family's house, bringing a bunch of food and drinks. She knocked on the door and came in with a smile on her face.

"Li Xin? Come here, let Mom take a look."

Su Jinmu had heard a few days earlier that Aunt Song had beaten down that villain surnamed Li, and his parents told him that Li Xin might be taken back.

I didn't expect it to be so fast.

Hearing the commotion, Su Jinmu went to the living room, where Li Xin stood beside him. The adults were exchanging pleasantries, but since they all knew each other, there was no excessive formality.

Song Xunyou brought nothing but food and drinks. Looking at Su Hanxu and Si Bai, her eyes were full of gratitude. "Thank you. Li Xin has caused you trouble these past two years."

"How could that be? Mu Mu is so happy that Li Xin and Mu Mu are together."

Seeing that Song Xunyou was completely relaxed and no longer threatened by Li Cunru, Su Han was genuinely happy for her. "Is the situation stable?"

"Yes." Song Xunyou nodded and smiled. "No matter how capable Li Cunru is, he can't turn the tide. I also want to thank you for your help over the past two years."

"Hey, why are you saying all this?" Su Han waved her hand.

Song Xunyou smiled, her eyes crinkling, and waved to Li Xin, "Come here, let Mom take a closer look. You seem to have grown taller again, you've grown so fast."

Two years have passed, and Su Jinmu and Li Xin have both grown quite a bit taller. Su Han laughed, "Mumu has always wanted to grow taller than Li Xin, but she has never succeeded."

Su Jinmu is still shorter than Li Xin.

Song Xunyou reached out and patted Su Jinmu's head, laughing, "Mumu still has a long way to go. She'll definitely grow taller in the future. Maybe she'll be taller than Li Xin next time we go to Li Xin."

Su Jinmu: "!!"

See you next time?

For the past two years, he has been living with Li Xin, and there has almost never been any talk of seeing him again.

Su Jinmu turned to look at Li Xin, and her eyes met Li Xin's dark gaze. The two stared at each other.

Li Xin reached out and grabbed Su Jinmu's sleeve.

Song Xunyou said, "Thank you, Mumu. I'll take Li Xin back today and won't take up your bed."

Li Xin pulled his sleeve tighter, and Su Jinmu turned her mouth down and also grabbed his sleeve. The two children pulled each other's sleeves tightly.

Xu Sibai saw it and smiled gently, "Children are sentimental and reluctant to part with things."

"Mom," Li Xin said, then paused, unsure how to begin.

He didn't want to leave Su Jinmu, and he didn't want to leave the soft, white little dumpling.

But this was someone else's house, and he couldn't say it out loud. He just tightened his grip on Su Jinmu's sleeve, and then suddenly looked up as if he had thought of something.

"Could my brother stay with us for two years?"

He lived at the young master's house for two years, and the young master lived at his house for two years—it was just right!

Recycle after two years!

Su Jinmu was feeling down and upset when she heard this. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, her beautiful pupils sparkling as she looked at the adult with delight.

"May I?"

Su Jinmu pouted, looking small, soft, and pitiful. "I don't want Li Xin to leave."

The children were reluctant to part, and the adults watched with smiles, quite happy, and didn't take it seriously as just the children's innocent words.

"Where is Li Xin?" Song Xunyou asked Li Xin.

Li Xin tightened her grip on her fingers. "I can't bear to part with my brother."

Song Xunyou smiled, happy that the child had a good friend. "Then we'll still live in this neighborhood. You can go to school and come home together, have classes together during the day, and play together at night, just like before."

Li Xin pursed his lips, his eyes somewhat downcast.

Su Jinmu's face tightened.

There are other classmates in the neighborhood, including him and Li Xin. They often go to and from school together and play together.

But he only eats with Li Xin, only sleeps with Li Xin, and only hugs Li Xin to cool off in the summer, instead of doing the same with other classmates in the neighborhood.

Will he and Li Xin become classmates like this after Li Xin leaves?

Although we went to school and played together, we were only superficially familiar with each other.

We will never eat or sleep together again.

Is that possible?

.

Li Xin was taken back by Song Xunyou.

Before leaving, Su Han patted Su Jinmu's hair and said, "Little brother, go back and tidy up your room and organize your things. You can play together after dinner."

Li Xin turned around and stared at Su Jinmu, while Su Jinmu looked back at Li Xin.

Two pairs of eyes met, unblinking for a moment.

Until Li Xin left the house, leaving a crack in the door before closing it again, the house returned to silence.

The only thing missing is someone named Li Xin.

Su Jinmu, with Su Han holding her hand beside her, stared at the closed door for a long while. Unable to hold back, the corners of her mouth drooped down, her round eyes and long eyelashes gradually becoming moist.

Before long, large water droplets began to fall down with a series of plops.

When Su Jinmu cried, she didn't make a fuss, she just pouted and kept shedding tears.

Her clear eyes seemed to be filled with water, sparkling and glistening, like pearls falling one after another.

Ugh.

Su Jinmu burst into silent tears.

Xu Yu had been watching the two of them being so affectionate. If she had known it would turn out like this, she would have given him a small cake as a snack. "Eat it, it's sweet."

Su Jinmu stared blankly at the object in her hand, tears still streaming down her face.

"Mumu".

Su Han patted his hair, knowing that the child must be sad after being separated for so long. "It's very close, why don't you go find Li Xin to play now? Help Li Xin tidy up his room?"

Su Jinmu's eyes welled up with tears, the corners of her eyes turned red, and her long eyelashes were wet and stuck together. She shook her head.

No, it won't.

Things are different now.

In the evening, after dinner.

Su Jinmu and Li Xin met in the community square. Li Xin saw the familiar chubby child walking towards the square from afar. Feeling a little anxious, he ran over quickly with his long legs.

"Young Master."

Li Xin grabbed his wrist and pressed it close to her, trying to regain some familiar warmth.

Looking up, I immediately noticed that Su Jinmu's eyes were red.

Li Xin felt a tightness in his chest, gently touched the corner of his eye with his fingertips, and asked in a slow voice, "Did you cry?"

Su Jinmu nodded. He hadn't made a sound while crying, but his voice was still a little hoarse and raspy. "Mmm."

I cried.

It was a short, sharp sound, and it was particularly endearing.

Li Xin's heart skipped a beat. She pulled him tighter, gave him a gentle hug, and touched the soft flesh on his cheeks and wrists, trying to soothe him.

"We live very close, just like before. I can come to see you every day, every minute and every second. We'll still be together, it's all the same."

"Don't cry."

Don't be sad.

"You are still my one and only young master."

Su Jinmu was pulled by Li Xin, almost completely wrapped in his arms. The child was small, and the two of them were pressed tightly together.

Su Jinmu could feel the coolness on his body, which made her even more upset, and she shook her head.

“They are different.”

He was a small, huddled figure, and said sadly, "There are many classmates in the neighborhood, and they live nearby."

"We can't eat together, we can't sleep together, and we'll soon become classmates like this."

Su Jinmu's eyes were red. "It won't be the same as before."

Li Xin: "!!!"

Su Jinmu is a person who is very good at detachment. If he likes something and can get it, he will get it. If he really can't get it, he won't force it.

Because the world is so big and he likes many things, he won't get hung up on one or two things or objects.

It would be best if he could get it, but it doesn't matter if he can't, because he has nothing to lack.

He has parents and a sister, and he receives a lot of love, so he is not extreme or stubborn. His sadness is always short-lived and he is quickly comforted.

Li Xin felt a jolt in his head, like a flash of lightning, and his whole body stiffened and trembled for a moment.

What about him?

What about him?

Will he, too, be forgotten in the river of time after a brief moment of sadness?!

No! No!

Li Xin's breathing quickened, and he became restless. He grabbed Su Jinmu's hand and pulled him into his arms, then lowered his head to nuzzle Su Jinmu's cheek, saying, "Young Master."

"You can call me Jinmu or Su Jinmu from now on."

Su Jinmu's grief intensified, "The Li Xin who used to live in the Xu family and call me Young Master, who belonged only to me, is gone."

Waaah.

"!!!"

"Yes! Yes! Young Master." Li Xin tightened his grip on him, "There must be some!"

A possessive feeling spread through him. He was different from the young master; how could he be reduced to the same level as the other students in the neighborhood?

No, no!

what to do?

Li Xin's mind raced.

Su Jinmu was already giving her farewell speech, pressing her palm against his face, her little face cute and serious, "Goodbye, former Li Xin."

Li Xin: "..."

Li Xin felt like his scalp was about to explode.

He grabbed Su Jinmu's hands and placed them on either side of his body, looking at him intently. "No, you can go home now and wait for me. I'll be right there."

Li Xin spoke quickly, and after finishing, he turned and left, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Su Jinmu: "???"

The sadness in Su Jinmu's eyes deepened; the Li Xin of the past would never have abandoned him.

It happened so fast, less than a day, and the old Li Xin has completely changed.

Su Jinmu returned to the Xu family home with a grumble and wandered around the bedroom alone.

Touch the bed, touch the table, touch the wardrobe.

After living together for two years, suddenly one of us is gone, leaving a huge emptiness.

Su Jinmu lowered her head and sighed softly.

Li Xin told him to wait for him, but Su Jinmu stared at the door and no one came even after dinner. Sadly, she went back to her room, turned off the lights, and prepared to go to sleep.

"Knock knock".

"Knock knock knock".

A strange noise suddenly came from outside the window.

Su Jinmu opened her eyes and looked outside warily.

It was a human figure; it was pitch black outside, and the figure was also pitch black.

Is it haunted?

Su Jinmu became alert, grabbed her phone to make a call, and picked up a metal ornament in her other hand.

……wrong.

Su Jinmu paused.

Would a ghost get hurt if it was hit?

Su Jinmu hesitated, then switched to a desk lamp, turned the light up to the maximum, and wrote "back" by hand.

Retreat, retreat, retreat!

"Knock knock".

The glass rattled again, and the window crack creaked as if something had been pried in, as if the window had been pried open.

Su Jinmu, with a phone in one hand and a lamp in the other, was about to make a call with his left hand and smash something with his right when a voice suddenly rang out from outside, "Young Master."

"Young Master?"

Su Jinmu: "...?"

Can ghosts speak human language?

Su Jinmu was bewildered when the glass was knocked on again. "It's me, Li Xin. Open the window."

Su Jinmu: "??"

Su Jinmu raised the lamp forward, illuminating the figures outside.

He was quite tall, but clearly not an adult; tall and thin, with an all-too-familiar profile.

It was truly arduous!

Su Jinmu was startled and hurriedly went to open the window.

The first floor of the Xu family's house is actually a basement, but it is raised above the ground level. The first floor where the family members live and work is actually much higher than a normal first floor.

How did Li Xin climb up there?

Su Jinmu hurriedly opened the window, reached out to pull him, and looked down in surprise.

The height beneath Li Xin's feet was almost terrifying for a child.

"you……"

"Turn off the alarm first." Li Xin didn't rush in.

Previously, because the Li family was eyeing them covetously, the Xu family installed alarms in the children's windows and rooms to ensure their safety. If anyone entered from the outside, the alarms would be triggered immediately and go off in a frenzy.

Su Jinmu pressed a switch, and when she turned around to pull Li Xin back, Li Xin had already jumped down from the window.

He was still in a daze when Li Xin strode closer, grabbed him, buried his head in the crook of his neck, and rubbed against him forcefully, "...Young Master."

"Nothing will change, nothing will change," Li Xin said sullenly.

The young master is still his.

It will always be his.

It belongs to him alone!

“But…” Su Jinmu hesitated, her mind still reeling.

"Mumu".

"Knock knock".

There was a knock on the bedroom door, and Su Han's voice came in unexpectedly.

"Open the door, Aunt Song is looking for you."

Su Jinmu: "?!!"