Chapter 375 I can’t stand being a light bulb for even a day
I don’t know what the high priest understood from Zhong Mu’s words, Zhong Mu himself didn’t realize it.
He was anxious because Mu He had come with him! And he had gone to the most dangerous place alone! He had been very nervous these past two days, and his heart would often beat fast. Sometimes he suspected that it was the uneasiness transmitted from Mu He. In addition, he had only contacted him once, so Zhong Mu was quite worried.
Zhong Mu put on an apron and bustled around the house, briefly helping the high priest clean up. Then, remembering there was a bowl of Li Mo's clone in the kitchen, he quickly turned around and went to check.
As soon as I stepped in, I saw the child who was frightened by the clone of Boss Li Mo before was cautiously poking at the black mass in the bowl with a pair of chopsticks.
Just as Zhong Mu was about to stop it, he saw a mouth suddenly open in the darkness and chew the wooden chopsticks into pieces with a crunching sound. The child was giggling, feeling the joy of being fed.
Zhong Mu looked again and saw that there was only one chopstick left in the chopstick basket in the kitchen next door. It was obvious where the rest had gone.
"I hope your mother won't beat you when she finds out there are no chopsticks while preparing to eat." Zhong Mu made a praying gesture, then walked forward, picked up the child, and carried the bowl out of the kitchen.
"I've packed everything. If there's anything missing, we can buy more when we get to Twin City." Zhong Mu put the child on the edge of the table, untied his apron, and prepared to go out with the tentacle dumpling in his hand. "Priest Sister, I'm going to go out of town to talk to Brother Xiu about the itinerary so we can go our separate ways. I'll be back soon."
"Go ahead." The high priest nodded and turned the wheelchair. "I'll go to the kitchen to prepare some food for the journey. I also need some water. You'll need some dry food for your trip to Lifefall City."
"Thank you, Priestess." Zhong Mu tried to keep a smile on his face, glancing at the anxious child sitting at the table. "The child is still young, don't hit him too hard."
Then he hurriedly turned around and left, leaving the child sitting there with a helpless look on his face.
He used his apron to cover the tentacle ball in his hand and walked out of the city, avoiding the residents of the Forgotten City who were packing up their things.
Compared to the first day, the entire Forgotten City is now much quieter. If they are leaving, they will naturally clean up the old place of Forgotten City, especially the polluted blood river during the previous chaos and the large number of corpses that Brother Xiu had just slaughtered today.
Some people were reluctant, some were decisive, and they were all busy with their own things. The whole city had completely lost the riots of the first day. People were communicating and moving around, and the aftermath of the exploded water had gradually subsided.
The evening light fell on the darkened water, reflecting the figures of many people walking around.
Zhong Mu greeted a few people on the way, quickly avoided the most crowded places and prepared to go out to find Brother Xiu.
As he stepped out of the city gate, his vision changed in an instant. He stepped on the floor of a familiar room, and the narrow space around him exuded a strong sense of suffocation.
On the sofa, three people were happily watching TV, laughing and talking all the time, which was out of tune with Zhong Mu who was standing there.
He remembered that it seemed to be dusk, but he hadn't noticed it. He had been staying in the high priest's house for the past two days and everything was normal. He thought he wouldn't trigger this again.
Zhong Mu lowered his head, lifted the bowl covered by his apron, and met the round eyes inside. The little tentacle ball stared at him in confusion, not knowing why he suddenly lifted the cloth to look at him.
"I'm hallucinating again." Zhong Mu covered the bowl and took a deep breath calmly.
You must stay calm this time. If you encounter hallucinations that provoke you, just throw the bowl of tentacle balls in their faces!
Zhong Mu immediately felt much more at ease.
He didn't say anything, but turned quietly and grasped the door handle, intending to leave the house quietly, as if he had never been there.
But there was a creaking sound and a sudden movement on the sofa in the living room behind him. Zhong Mu turned around and saw three people staring at him without saying a word.
There was still silence and stillness, no questions or accusations, just quiet.
"I'm leaving." Zhong Mu spoke first. "Children will become independent when they grow up and leave home. I've found my place and I'm leaving here."
The three men still did not respond, but just looked at him with cold eyes.
"This time it's not you who have forgotten me, it's me who has forgotten you." Zhong Mu calmly grasped the door handle and pushed it out, staring at the darkness outside. "I won't come back here again. You can't be my bondage again."
Zhong Mu has always believed that a person's childhood family will have a huge impact on his or her life, including his or her personality, behavior, choices, and thoughts.
He knew that he had been affected to some extent and that his character had both good and bad sides, but as long as he recognized his shortcomings, worked hard to get rid of them, and kept looking forward, he would be able to walk out of this darkness.
He will habitually cook, but he will definitely cook for the person he likes. He will habitually do housework, but that is to protect his family. He will also wash the other person's clothes and pick up and drop off the other person. If it is inconvenient for the other person, he can bear everything and bear it willingly, provided that he really likes it and he is willing to do it, rather than having to do it.
After thinking it through, Zhong Mu didn't hate this family so much anymore. These would become his strengths, his attractive strengths.
As for some of his character flaws, he has been trying hard to change them, and it will be effective sooner or later.
Ignoring the gazes behind him, Zhong Mu stepped into the darkness outside the door.
Leaving the family, facing the darkness and growing up alone is part of being a human being. He just welcomed this part in an illusion.
He no longer needs to worry about being forgotten or ignored by others. As long as he keeps moving forward, he will meet more and more people to welcome him.
When he opened his eyes, Zhong Mu was standing outside the city gate.
The evening light fell on him, casting a long shadow in front of Zhong Mu. The bustle of the Forgotten City rose again behind him, appearing so peaceful and comfortable in the dim light, in stark contrast to the momentary silence in the illusion just now.
The illusion is one of oppressive silence and narrowness, while the reality is bustling, noisy, vast and distant.
Even though he knew that this was an abnormal world full of dangers, he still felt at ease.
"Let's go find Brother Xiu." Zhong Mu happily touched the little tentacle balls in the bowl and strode out. But before he took a step, the little tentacle balls in the bowl hugged his hand and stammered.
"Right now... I can't go..."
"Why?"
The little tentacle ball had an honest and frank look on its face as it twisted in the bowl, "I'm kissing my boyfriend... I can't go..."
Zhong Mu: ...
"Oh well……"
Zhong Mu put down the bowl, squatted at the city gate, and began to stare at the yellow sky in a daze.
I can't stand being a third wheel for even a day longer.
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