It was very dark at the time, and someone suddenly appeared behind him, scaring Gu Qingsheng half to death.
She had been crying quietly at first, but now she burst into tears. She shrank into a corner, waving her hands frantically.
"Don't come over here! Don't come over here! Monster! You monster! Don't eat me!"
"I want Daddy to come! I want Daddy to come!"
He kept waving his hands to prevent the boy from getting closer.
Cautiously approaching Gu Qingsheng, the boy's face was suddenly slapped by her struggling hand with a loud snap. Then he turned his face to the side, and the bandage fell off a little, revealing the red and swollen skin underneath.
Feeling that the person he had just hit was human, Gu Qingsheng sobbed a few times, slowly opened one eye and looked at the boy.
The boy still pushed the handkerchief forward, with fear and nervousness in his eyes, and his hand holding the handkerchief was shaking.
There are not many such clean handkerchiefs in a village like this. Gu Qingsheng took it slowly. After handing the handkerchief to Gu Qingsheng, the other party quickly took his hand back.
Holding the not-so-soft handkerchief in her hand, which was a little torn at the edges, she felt that the night was not that cold anymore.
He wiped his face roughly and looked down. In the moonlight, he saw blood and tears mixed on the handkerchief, which looked extremely terrifying.
Gu Qingsheng curled his lips and was about to burst into tears.
"You...don't cry..."
The boy was caught off guard by the comfort, but he didn't dare to get close to Gu Qingsheng. The sound coming out of his throat was very hoarse, like the sound of a rough iron saw that had been burned by something.
"Why are you crying...? Is it because you're hungry...? I... I..."
He anxiously searched his entire body, and finally found only a piece of black dried sweet potato, which he gently placed on the ground next to Gu Qingsheng.
"you!"
For a moment, Gu Qingsheng couldn't tell whether to cry or laugh, and immediately wiped it away.
"I'm bleeding, can't you see? I'm bleeding!"
She was usually a bit arrogant in the mansion, but whenever she got hurt or bruised, there were always many maids around to comfort her, so she had no chance of encountering such a thing.
"bleed……"
The boy's eyes were a little stiff, and he slowly stretched out his hand, revealing bloodstains and scars from the bandage, all wrapped under the white cloth.
"This kind..."
Seeing such a serious scar for the first time, Gu Qingsheng's eyes froze. He turned his head and wiped his nose vigorously, then threw the dried sweet potato at the boy's feet.
"I won't eat it!"
Her nose was red. She took a quick look at the dried sweet potatoes, silently took them out, blew off the dirt on them, and then stuffed them back into her sleeve.
After a long silence, Gu Qingsheng moved closer to the boy. Only then did she see clearly that the boy was covered in simple bandages made of white cloth strips. Even his face was tied up, leaving only a pair of bright eyes drooping.
He was very thin, and the joints of his arms were clearly visible through the bandages.
The dried sweet potatoes must have been stored for a long time to create the black marks. Gu Qingsheng had heard the nanny in the mansion talk about this before, and then he threw away all the blackened dried sweet potatoes.
There is no food in these villages, and this piece of food should be all the food the boy has.
After thinking about many messy things, she said dully
"May I have your name……"
"I don't have a name."
The boy answered him
"I was an abandoned child, so no one gave me a name."
"Everyone in the village likes to call me a fool, and you can too..."
"How ugly it sounds like a fool!"
Gu Qingsheng waved his hand.
The child was immature and became familiar with the situation in a short time. She picked up a branch from the side and drew the word "Yue" on the ground.
"How about I give you a name, Ayue?"
"Ayue?"
The boy tilted his head
"What does that mean?"
"My mother said that Yue means joy in one's heart."
"Look, since I saw you just now, you seem to be unhappy all the time. How can I not be happy?"
“Although I am also very unhappy now.”
Thinking about his current situation, Gu Qingsheng felt a little discouraged. He touched his still swollen cheek and lowered his head again.
"It's okay. When my dad comes, I'll have him beat them all down. Then I can rescue you earlier."
"After we get out, I'll give you the best chestnut cake in the capital. I know the shopkeeper, so he'll definitely put the most sugar in it!"
I thought that after saying these words, the boy whom I just named Ayue would be happy, but he tilted his head in confusion.
"What is chestnut cake? What does sugar taste like?"
These two questions caught Gu Qingsheng off guard, but he still thought about it seriously.
"Chestnut cake is a cake made of chestnuts, and the sugar is very sweet!"
She said so.
Although she still didn't quite understand, Ayue nodded slightly, then curled up her legs and looked at the ground with her eyes flashing.
Ah Yue...
He has a name.
It's a name that makes people happy just reading it.
Ayue.
…
The next day, someone came to deliver food.
This was probably the first time that Gu Qingsheng was imprisoned. He was so exhausted from making such a fuss yesterday that he couldn't even open his eyelids. He lay on the ground feeling a little weak.
I only heard Ah San's surprised words from outside.
"You gave her something so good to eat? Old Li, are you crazy?"
With a sneer, Aunt Li seemed a little embarrassed. Through the crack in the door, it could be seen that she hid the thing in her hand behind her back.
"Feed the little girl better, and she'll grow fatter."
"If God is pleased, the rewards might be even greater."
Aunt Li's words were not confident, but Ah San did not expose her. He just listened to her with a sneer and walked away slowly.
His steps were so light that they didn't stir up a speck of dust on the ground.
After Ah San walked away, Aunt Li came in with food.
A light fragrance came, she squatted in front of Gu Qingsheng, touched her forehead, and then said with great concern
"Why does this child still have a fever..."
After checking the temperature, he looked down and saw that the red and swollen area where Gu Qingsheng had slapped him yesterday was now bluish purple, and the swelling was even more terrifying.
He immediately sighed, helped her up, and took out a green pancake from the bowl.
There was no wheat in this era, let alone flour, so it was very strange that Aunt Li had this thing in her hands.
The grass leaves on top of the pancake gave off a delicate fragrance. A Yue, who was standing by, stared at it with her eyes wide open, but she just moved her fingers and lowered her eyes again.
Gu Qingsheng opened his eyes in a daze and looked at Aunt Li. He put something soft next to his mouth and bit it immediately. A sour taste came over him immediately.
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