Chapter 35: Raise
There are twelve floors in total, and we have cleared up to nine floors now.
This floor had been cleaned by Yu Mu before, so it was very easy to clean. She stood here for a few minutes and then reached the tenth floor.
Because she was carrying a baby, she attracted some people's attention, and because of her cute image, she attracted women.
"This child is really well-raised? What did he eat to grow up?"
A woman in her thirties asked. Perhaps it was Yu Mu's talent for concealment, so she didn't ask Yu Mu, but talked to the people around her.
"Just eat nutritious milk."
Yu Mu answered. The woman glanced at her when she heard the answer. She had only noticed the baby and vaguely seemed to know that someone was holding the child, but she hadn't noticed the baby's appearance. When she heard Yu Mu's answer, she smiled and said, "Then you really know how to raise the baby. You only feed him nutritious milk and he is so plump. This child looks so happy."
"Look at how bright her eyes are."
"This little arm is so fleshy."
As the woman spoke, she stretched out her hand to squeeze the baby. Yu Mu's sharp eyes saw that her hands were stained with black pollution. It wasn't a lot, but they were dirty. Her nails were long and covered with black stains. He didn't know what they were. He quickly hugged the baby and dodged her touch. He smiled and said, "I have something else to do. I'll leave first. Goodbye."
With that, he walked away.
She was serious about protecting the baby and would not allow any harm to happen. Although she could purify it if it was contaminated, she could not bear to watch the baby come into contact with bad things.
When those people saw that she had left, they stopped gathering and left one after another.
Yu Mu walked all the way to the tenth floor. The pollution on the entire ninth floor was cleared, and the two little ones jumped out again. This time, they looked around and looked around. When they saw the baby, they were stunned for a moment, and then continued to explore.
"What are you looking for?"
Yu Mu couldn't help but ask.
Originally, she had no intention of provoking the two little ones, but seeing the current situation, they seemed to be looking for her. She had such a premonition and couldn't help asking.
"Quack, hiss."
As this question was asked, the two little ones looked at her at the same time and were frightened again. The little green snake rushed forward and the little frog leaped forward, stopping a few meters away from her. They looked at her, then at the baby, and then jumped upstairs together. Because they ran so quickly, the little frog slipped and almost fell. This time, his back looked desperate.
Seeing the two little ones running away, Yu Mu went up to the eleventh floor, cleaned up quickly, and chased the two little ones to the twelfth floor.
"roll!"
As she went upstairs, she heard a shouting noise. Then the door of a nearby house opened, and a little boy of seven or eight was pushed out and fell to the ground. The woman who chased him out was in her fifties, loud-mouthed and stout. She cursed angrily, "It's all because of you, this jinx, that my family lost their jobs and moved into the slums. What are you doing here now? I thought I'd get a generous reward by adopting you, but you turned out to be a discarded pawn. How much do your family hate you? You're bringing bad luck to my family. Get out! Get out!"
"Never again!"
With a bang, the woman closed the door.
Yu Mu frowned as she listened, digesting what the woman said without moving. She watched the boy remain in the falling position for a long time without moving, then he bent his knees and sat on the ground, his back against the wall, his head buried in his arms.
After a while, suppressed crying was heard.
His shoulders shrugged.
Is she crying? Yu Mu felt sad when he saw this, so he walked up to her and asked, "Are you okay?"
As the question was asked, the boy stopped moving, his whole body remained in the same position, stiff in place, and he stopped crying.
"Is there anything you need my help with?"
Yu Mu asked again.
This time the boy raised his head. He first wiped his tears with the back of his hand, then looked at Yu Mu. When he saw her face, he was stunned, and his eyes flashed with brilliance.
"Do you want to wash your face?"
Yu Mu asked. The boy's face was black because he had just cried. The black dust on his face was washed away in streaks, making him look very funny.
"Sister, so you live here too?"
The boy said, with a hint of surprise in his voice.
"Hmm? Have we met before?"
Yu Mu asked in surprise. From the boy's tone, it seemed as if they had met before, but she had no recollection of it.
"..." Hearing her words, the boy did not answer but lowered his head. Yu Mu also remembered that she had saved a boy a few days ago, so she asked: "Are you the one who fainted and ate two of my cucumbers?"
"right!"
The boy nodded repeatedly, grinning with a row of big white teeth, very happy that Yu Mu still remembered him.
"Then why don't you come to my house and clean up? I look like you need to clean up."
Yu Mu really couldn't bear to see him looking so dirty, and from what the lady had just said, he probably had no family and no one to take care of him.
"May I?"
The boy asked unsurely.
"sure."
squeak.
At that moment, the door of the neighboring house opened again. The stout woman leaned out half of her body to take a look at the boy. Seeing that he was still there, her face flushed with anger. Her eyebrows were raised, her eyes were wide open, her nose was blazing, and she roared in a hoarse voice: "You jinx, why don't you leave?"
She walked out the door and pointed at the boy and said, "So, you're sticking to my house, right?"
"You've almost destroyed my family, and you're still not willing to give up!"
"What bad luck have I got to have to do with you? Get out of here!"
Then he pointed to the stairs and said, "Get out! Get out now!"
"Auntie, I'm not..."
The boy wanted to explain.
"You're not what?"
The stout woman howled, "Don't make excuses. Do you think I can't see you sneaking around our door so often? You know those people want you dead, and that anyone you get involved with will have a bad ending, yet you still come to harm our family. I raised you for several years, and this is how you repay me?"
"I'm not!"
A hurt expression flashed across the boy's face, and he lowered his head in grievance.
Pop.
With a crisp sound, the woman's plump paw slapped the boy's face. Yu Mu hadn't expected this and rushed over to stop it, but she was still a step too late. She grabbed the woman's wrist and said angrily: "How can you hit someone so casually? This is too much!"
"Oh, who are you?"
The stout woman hadn't noticed her the whole time, but when she suddenly appeared, she looked her up and down and said sarcastically, "I advise you to mind your own business. You have a lovely child. Don't be unhappy and hurt others. If you do, you might not even be able to keep your family!"
As he said this, he glanced at the baby a few times.
But the baby had been looking at her sternly since he saw her beat the little boy. When he saw her looking at him, he rolled his eyes at her.
"Don't blame your children for all your misfortunes."
Yu Mu couldn't help it.
Although the woman had just revealed that there was a powerful villain behind the boy, she still wanted to scold the woman.
"You're awesome, go raise him!"
The stout woman sneered, "Also, I'm warning you, if you want to keep him, don't keep him in this building. Move out. Otherwise, you're not allowed to keep this jinx! Otherwise, he'll bring trouble to my family."
"Sorry, I still keep it in this building."
Yu Mu looked at the woman indifferently.
(End of this chapter)
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