Yu Mu was born for a simple reason: to provide umbilical cord blood for his brother who suffered from leukemia. Unfortunately, his brother passed away, and he, as the only child in the Yu family, could not live openly in the sunlight because... he was a black child.
What is a "black child"? A child without a household registration or a legitimate explanation of their existence. Why? Because the Yu couple were both involved in politics, and under the law at the time, they could only have one child. Therefore, their second child, Yu Mu, could only be an unregistered person.
Little Yu Mu had considered that his parents, who were now his only child and whose brother was dead, might treat him better. He lived in the dark basement for nine years with this expectation in mind, until later, his mother became pregnant again. This was a legitimate child because they had lost their first child, and no one knew about the second child. So, the third child could live openly in this world.
But as the Yu family was about to have a new life, more and more guests came and went. Yu Mu was first asked not to leave the basement, and then he was sent to the countryside to be raised by an old man.
In the countryside, Yu Mu could walk freely in the sunshine and play in the fields without any worries, but he was still all alone. He couldn't go to school, and even if there were children his age, he couldn't fit into their circle. So, the only person he could talk to was the old man who took care of him.
Yu Mu's favorite thing was going to the market with the old man. He could see many people and many strange and wonderful things. He could also see the butcher in the market with a big knife. With just a light stroke of his knife, the animals hanging upside down would bleed a lot. Finally, the butcher would break down the pig's meat and bones piece by piece, weigh them, and sell them to different people.
He didn't know when it started, but he began to like the color of blood. When the old man discovered that he had killed and butchered the chickens he raised, Yu Mu was very calm.
The old man patted his head and sighed.
At that time, Yu Mu did not understand why the old man sighed. It was not until not long after that the old man passed away. In the simple funeral hall, he suddenly understood that the old man was worried that he was going to go to other places and be adopted by other people. Would other people... tolerate his strange behavior?
Won't.
They were all terrified, so he returned to the Yu family home and saw his younger brother being held in his mother's arms and carefully cared for.
He heard his parents calling their two-year-old son, Xiao Wen. The two-year-old was fair-skinned and dressed very cutely. Meanwhile, he stood in the living room wearing clothes that were so dirty they couldn't be washed properly. The pants were too short, the sleeves were too long, and the clothes didn't fit him at all. He stood in the living room smiling, but no one noticed his smile.
Later, Yu Mu smiled even more politely and friendly. He moved his room from the basement to the storage room. When he was bored, he would sneak out. A woman moved into the neighborhood. She was unaware that a man was following her. Yu Mu found the development of events quite interesting.
When Yu Wen was four years old, he was asked to return to the basement because the Yu family had a very important guest coming.
Yu Mu stood in the stairwell and saw a young couple. The beautiful woman was holding her two-year-old daughter, who looked as delicate as a porcelain doll.
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