Chapter 216
Su Cang is a world consciousness that was born only a million years ago. Judging from the year of his birth, among the many world consciousnesses, he is like a cub that was born not long ago.
In order to create his own world, he went to other worlds to gain experience. When passing through a world, he met a child who could see him.
That day, he passed by a rather dilapidated courtyard. A small, puzzled voice came from the narrow window: "Huh?"
Su Cang felt a little curious when he heard the voice. He was curious about the child who could see him, so he leaned out of the window and looked down, and then he saw a very thin child.
With His eyesight, He could certainly tell that the child's soul had been there for three years, but his body was unexpectedly inconsistent with his soul. He looked more like a two-year-old child among the intelligent life forms of this world. He even looked a little malnourished, with a big head and a small body. Only his eyes were exceptionally bright and clear, clearly reflecting His appearance.
Meeting His gaze, the child blinked, supported himself on the ground with his hands and took a step forward, then raised his head and exclaimed "Ah!" with a confused look in his eyes.
This "ah" was just a simple exclamation, without any question or other meaning.
Su Cang, who was interacting with life from another world for the first time, hesitated for a moment. He imitated the communication method of the intelligent life from this world and said awkwardly, "Hello..."
The child tilted his head and suddenly broke into a huge grin: "Ah."
Su Cang was stunned and hesitated for a while. Then, a smile slowly appeared on his little face, which was trying hard to look dignified.
The child's eyes lit up when he saw His smile. This was the first time someone smiled at him. In the child's few memories, people who saw him always looked disgusted and fierce. He looked around happily, then crawled to the side with his hands on the ground. He found a thumb-sized steamed bun crumb from somewhere, stared at the steamed bun crumbs, swallowed his saliva, and held it in his direction: "Ah~"
Su Cang didn't understand the meaning of his action at first. When he realized that he wanted him to eat, he shook his head and said, "I don't need to eat your food."
Not understanding what was said, Jiaojiao tilted her head and passed the steamed bun crumbs in her hand forward: "Ah~"
Seeing that he couldn't understand what he said, Su Cang said very simply: "I don't want to eat it."
The child understood this sentence, but he was a little confused as to why he didn't eat the delicious steamed bun. After thinking about it for a while, he still couldn't figure it out. He put the steamed bun to his mouth, took a bite carefully, sipped his saliva and swallowed the few steamed bun crumbs in his mouth. Then, regardless of his rumbling stomach, he carefully put the remaining steamed bun in the pocket in front of his belly.
Seeing this, Su Cang was a little confused: "Since you are hungry, why don't you eat?"
His words went straight to the sea of consciousness. The children could understand what he said, but most of them could not comprehend it and could only stare at him blankly and blink.
Seeing this, Su Cang didn't ask any more questions and turned to leave. He came to this world with a purpose, which was to absorb useful knowledge from this world and find inspiration for how to create his own world.
After Su Cang left, the child sat on the ground, looking up at the empty window blankly. He cried out "ah ah" a few times, and when he found that there was indeed no one except the moon hanging high in the sky, he lowered his head in disappointment.
After a long while, a woman's cursing voice was heard outside the door. The child blinked, and after a slow reaction, he used his hands and feet to crawl out of the door. After seeing the woman, he stretched out his little hand and let out two "ah ah" sounds.
The woman who walked in from outside the door was described as beautiful. Her long, thick black hair was tied back with a jade clip. Her eyebrows were thin and soft, and her lips were full. If you didn't hear the cursing in her mouth, she looked like a woman with a very gentle temperament.
As he walked, Fang Yu took off his coat. He stopped when he saw the burden crawling out of the storage room. Thinking that it was this burden that prevented him from marrying into a wealthy family, his eyes were filled with disgust. He pushed him aside with his foot without any effort and walked upstairs leisurely.
The child who didn't get a hug today pursed his lips in disappointment, touched his thigh which was a little painful, and silently crawled back to the corner and curled up obediently. He also knew to pull the small blanket beside him to cover his belly, patted his chest with his little hands, and rhythmically coaxed himself to sleep.
Su Cang has been wandering in this world for half a month and has gained a preliminary understanding of the basic elements needed to create a world and the intelligent creatures in this world.
The intelligent creatures in this world are called humans. They are extremely smart but fragile. Their lifespan is surprisingly short, only a hundred years. This time is not even enough for them to get a good night's sleep. This is really strange.
While marveling at these things, He thought of the child again.
The child had a pair of exceptionally clean and clear eyes, like a glacial lake falling into starlight at night. He was the only one in the world who could see his existence. Unfortunately, the child looked too unhealthy. He was so thin that his cheeks were sunken. He did not look as lively as the other chubby white children.
Thinking of this, Su Cang strolled back to the place where he had seen the child. This time, the child did not stay in that small place, but sat outside the yard, clinging to the door frame, quietly sticking his little head out to look at the father and son opposite, and did not even notice his arrival.
Su Cang initially thought that the child could not see him again, so he sat aside and watched the child. Unexpectedly, after the father and son left, the child turned his head to look at him, bent his eyes in surprise, and uttered "ah ah" twice incoherently.
Su Cang understood that he was saying hello to him, so he bent his eyes unskillfully and said, "Hello."
It turned out that the child was not unable to see Him, but was so engrossed in watching the father and son that he did not notice His presence for a moment.
The child clapped his hands happily, pointed at the father and son walking away in the distance, mumbled something, and tried to utter the word "Ba Ba".
Su Cang didn't understand at first, but later he realized that he was envious of others for having a father, so he tightened his little face and told him slowly and patiently that every human has a father, so there is no need to be envious.
The child was stunned for a while after he understood, and then his eyes suddenly sparkled with undisguised expectation, and he murmured in baby language that ordinary people could not understand, but as the world consciousness, He easily understood what he said. He said he wanted to go find his father.
He asked him if he knew where his father was so He could take him there.
The child shook his head blankly. He didn't know where his father was.
So in the following days, the child stumbled and learned to say the word "Dad" from him. When he saw his mother, he would tilt his head and say expectantly: "Ah, Dad~"
Looking for dad~
After hearing the child's soft voice read out these two words, the gentle woman's expression suddenly showed a distorted posture, and then she started to curse the short-lived man. As she cursed, she lowered her head to meet the eyes of this burden, and saw her own mad and hideous appearance in them. The cursing in her mouth stopped, and then an even more intense rage surged in her heart.
The eyes of this burden were too clear, so clear that every time she met his gaze, she subconsciously felt that the reflection of herself in these eyes was too ugly to be seen.
She once thought of blinding these eyes out of resentment, but she was afraid that others would find out, which would damage her reputation and make it impossible for her to marry into a wealthy family in the future. So she had to give up this idea several times.
Fang Yu pinched the child's thin arm with his sharp nails, cursing him while pinching, repeating the words "unlucky star", "ungrateful wolf", and "burden" over and over again.
This unlucky girl originally thought that giving birth to him would make her famous as a mother, so she went to great lengths to conceive him. However, she didn't expect that the short-lived boy from the Sheng family died in a plane crash just after he was born.
She had to carry around such a burden. Not only did her figure become out of shape due to giving birth to him, but she was also suppressed by the illegitimate son who took over the Sheng family, making it impossible for her to find a job.
Fang Yu became more and more angry the more he thought about it, so he kicked him hard.
The child was kicked and slid for a distance on the ground. He was stunned for a while before he reacted slowly with red eyes. The child was in so much pain that he could hardly sit up. The burning pain made it difficult for him to breathe. He could only subconsciously stretch out his little hand full of sores, covering the outside of his thigh which was in great pain, and lay on the ground with tears streaming down his face.
His past experiences made him afraid to cry out loud, so he just pursed his lips and kept shedding tears.
As if she was tired of scolding, the woman shook her sore hands and walked to the sofa and sat down.
After a long while, when the pain in his thigh turned into a numb and swollen pain, the child slowly sat up. After another short while, he moved his legs and crawled towards the sofa.
The child crawled to the sofa and pursed his lips to hold back his tears in pain. His little hands pulled at his mother's trouser legs, and he tilted his head back and sobbed, trying to comfort his mother who was in a bad mood.
The woman, who had calmed down, looked down at him with a hint of guilt and pity in her eyes. She squatted down and touched his head with her hand, crying continuously and whispering that he should not blame her. She didn't want to treat him like this, but she couldn't help it when she thought that he was the one who ruined her future life.
The child in her arms was filled with ignorance and bewilderment, with tears in his red eyes. He subconsciously reached out and gently patted his mother's arm, sobbing and humming to comfort her.
The woman felt guilty for a short while before leaving the child alone at home again.
Su Cang, who was witnessing everything outside the window, felt a little confused and a little unhappy.
The first time He entered this room, He squatted beside the child sitting on the ground, pulled up the child's sleeves, and saw bruises and old wounds all over the child's arms, and even scars from cigarette burns. In addition to the arms, the chest, abdomen, back, and thighs were also covered with new and old wounds.
He was silent for a long time before asking, "Does it hurt?"
The child shook his head, his eyes still red, and smiled foolishly at him with his little face tilted up: "Ah~"
It doesn't hurt.
After saying that, the child held His index finger and shook it: "Ah, Daddy~"
Brother, look for dad~
Su Cang was stunned for a moment when he was called brother for the first time, and his fingers curled up subconsciously.
After this incident, Su Cang disappeared for a long time. When he appeared again, it was almost late autumn. The weather inevitably got colder, and the child was still huddled in the dark and narrow storage room. Surprisingly, this time he had a thicker plush blanket as a quilt, which prevented him from frostbite in this late autumn weather.
Su Cang discovered that although the woman was not nice to the child, every time he came, he found that the child's hands and face were always clean except for the worn-out clothes that he never changed.
At first he was surprised, but later he found that the woman had set up a small bathroom for the child in the storage room. The washbasin and toilet were both miniature, just suitable for the child's height, and recently the child could barely stand up and walk by holding on to the wall.
The child who stood up and walked with the help of the wall saw Su Cang outside the window, and immediately waved his little paws happily, then fell to the ground with a thud, and tears came out of his eyes immediately due to the pain.
After a while, he got up and rubbed his knees and elbows. With tears in his eyes, he gave him a silly smile: "Ah, Dad~"
Looking for dad~
Su Cang, who looked only six years old, was a little helpless. Ever since he said he would help find his father, the child would mention the matter of finding his father every time he saw him. However, the child's father died in a plane crash before he was born, and he didn't know where to find his father for him.
He was already used to children asking this question, so he skillfully changed the subject: "My name is Su Cang. This is the name I gave myself when I came to this world. What's your name?"
"Oh?"
name?
The child, who didn't understand the word, tilted his head in confusion.
After Su Cang broke it into pieces and explained it to him, the child raised his hands and said, "Ah, ah."
It has a name, it’s called a burden.
A burden?
Su Cang frowned: "That's not a name."
"Um?"
The child tilted his head in confusion.
Su Cang suddenly said, "Shall I give you a name?"
The child nodded his head: "Ah."
OK.
Facing the child's exceptionally bright and clear eyes, Su Cang was silent for a moment: "Ming Yue Jiao Jie, you should be called Jiao Jiao. I read in a book in this world that this means bright and clear."
The child was very happy to have a name. His pair of dark and bright eyes curved into crescents and he nodded vigorously.
"I'll teach you how to read. Your name is Jiaojiao."
"Oh."
"Bright."
"Oh."
"Bright."
"My feet."
Su Cang: "...It's not a foot, it's Jiaojiao."
"Bright."
Ever since he gave the child a name, Su Cang couldn't help but worry about him more and would go to see him every half a month.
One day when he came to see Jiaojiao, he found that he was extremely hungry and lying outside the yard eating grass. There were bruises on his forehead caused by stones thrown by other children. In the most serious place, there was even a small cut that was bleeding.
The area around Jiaojiao's eyes was still red, obviously from crying before.
The woman named Fang Yu often did not close the door tightly, and she seemed not to be worried at all that the child would run out, or perhaps this was exactly what she expected. If the child was taken away by a human trafficker, she might be even happier, happy that she had gotten rid of such a burden.
Su Cang stepped forward and snatched the grass from Jiaojiao's hand. Looking at the grass covered with dirt and frost in his hand, he frowned.
Jiaojiao looked up at him and blinked, pointing her little finger at the grass in his hand: "Jiaojiao~"
Bright~
Because she had cried before, there was a soft sobbing tone in her voice when she spoke.
Su Cang looked at him and said, "This is grass. Aside from herbivores like cows, sheep, and rabbits, humans won't eat it. Besides, there's dirt on it. Not only will it not fill your stomach, it's also very dirty."
Jiaojiao tilted his head with confused eyes. He didn't understand the long sentence and thought that He wanted to eat, so he lowered his head and took out the grass hidden in the pocket in front of his belly and handed it to him, "Ah~"
Brother eats~
Su Cang was a little confused, then shook his head seriously: "If I don't want to eat it, you can't eat it either. I'll go find you something else to eat."
After saying this, Su Cang got up and left.
The world consciousness of this world has a bad temper. It is not easy for him to come to this world. Before coming, he promised the consciousness of this world that he would not use any unreasonable means to gain benefits in his world. So in order to find food, Su Cang had to find a way to make money by himself.
After thinking about it, he finally came up with the most suitable way to make money for his current age, which was to pick up bottles, sell them, and then use the money to buy food for Jiaojiao.
After figuring out the order, Su Cang began his career of picking up bottles.
Picking up bottles was a novel experience for Su Cang. He was very awkward doing it for the first time. He picked up the bottles one by one and piled them in a corner. After he had finally picked up a certain number, he looked back and found that the bottles were gone.
"?!!" Su Cang stood in the corner where bottles were piled with a confused look on his face. It took him a while to realize that the bottle he picked up was picked up by someone else.
Su Cang frowned. How could these intelligent creatures do this? They took the bottle he had picked up without his consent?
If He didn't still need to continue searching for the inspiration to create His own world in this world, He would definitely teach them a lesson.
After getting angry, Su Cang continued to pick up bottles. This time he was smarter. He found a bag and put the bottles into it as he picked them up. However, with the body of a six-year-old child, he could not compete with other old ladies. Some old ladies would even snatch the bottles he picked up from his hands.
Su Cang was a little dazed after having his bottle snatched away and being scolded. He decided that when he left this world, he would report this situation to the world consciousness of this world and tell Him that there was something wrong with His creation.
It snowed heavily in the afternoon of the first day that Su Cang picked up bottles, and large flakes of snow covered the sky and the earth with a layer of white.
The snow fell for three days in a row, greatly obscuring people's vision. When Su Cang saw the evil old woman who tried to snatch his bottle accidentally fall, he couldn't help but laugh while standing aside, and then, as expected, he was scolded by others.
Su Cang had become accustomed to being scolded. He did not intend to bother with these strange creatures. He took the bag full of bottles that he had picked up over three days and went to sell them.
Su Cang took the money he earned from selling bottles and bought a string of bright red candied haws and two soft buns to go find Jiaojiao.
When passing the entrance of the alley, I saw a child curled up under a big tree at the entrance of the alley. The child was very small, looking only about two years old. His fair skin, which had not been exposed to the sun for many years, was very blue and purple. His hands, which were wrapped around his knees, were covered with sores and various old scars.
The child was very well behaved, and remained in a posture as if waiting for something, without moving at all until he froze to death.
The snow that had fallen for three days had stopped long ago. The sky in the east was just beginning to turn pale, and the winter sun had not yet risen. Soon, the sounds of police cars, ambulances, a woman's wailing, and the noise of people who had gathered to watch the excitement came into the ears.
Su Cang stopped and looked at the familiar dead child in a daze, feeling a little overwhelmed.
He stood there in a daze for a long time and hesitated for a long time. When the child's body was about to be taken away, he put away the candied haws and buns in his hands, then quietly hid the child's soul in his sleeve and left this world with it.
Su Cang didn't know why he did this. It was a taboo to take away the soul of an intelligent creature from a world without the consent of the world consciousness. It was common to be killed or devoured by the world consciousness after being discovered, but he did it anyway.
Perhaps he was too bold, or perhaps the child was too well-behaved and thin, or perhaps the child's body full of scars and those exceptionally clear and bright eyes made him feel an inappropriate compassion, so he gave up the opportunity to continue exploring the world, postponed the time to create his own world, quietly picked up the child's tiny, seemingly broken soul, took it back, and pieced it together bit by bit.
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