Chapter 49
After being held by his brother for a long time without hearing him speak again, Xiao Fusheng asked worriedly, "Brother Xiaoshu, did something happen?"
"It's okay." Xi Shu let go of her and took her hand as they walked towards the hotel. "I suddenly missed you."
Little Fusheng lowered his head and stepped on his shadow, mumbling, "Fusheng misses his brother too, but when he misses his brother, he won't be unhappy."
Hey, my brother has grown up. Kids of this age start to have worries.
As a qualified parent, you cannot pry too much into your child's thoughts. Xiao Fusheng understands this.
When he brought his brother back to the hotel, Xiao Fusheng realized that his brother looked very bad, no different from the first time they met, as if he hadn't eaten for many days.
She opened her brother's schoolbag and ate only a little of the snacks she had prepared for him.
"Brother, didn't you eat well when you went home?" She was a little angry.
"I ate it." Xi Shu said naturally, "It wasn't very tasty. I ate very little."
"Brother can go out to eat."
Xi Shu smiled: "I forgot."
He really forgot. So many things piled up together that he forgot what he should do.
He came out of the shower and saw the child had warmed a cup of milk and placed it on the bedside. She had already finished hers and was looking at him with burning eyes: "Let's drink together, and grow together!"
He walked over and took out a tissue to wipe the milk stains on the child's lips. Xi Shu hummed softly, "Will you sleep with your brother tonight?"
Little Fusheng could sleep anywhere, and lately, he'd been carried to Xu Su's room by her mother. Now that his brother was back, he should treat him equally, so he nodded and said, "Okay, Fusheng, go talk to Mom and bring the baby over."
As the child's back disappeared and the doorway of the room became quiet, the smile on Xi Shu's face faded.
He picked up the cup of milk. The temperature was well controlled. Even in the summer, it would not feel hot in his hand. The light milky aroma made people feel at ease.
He drank the milk in the cup slowly, patiently and carefully, and gradually his limbs regained some strength, as if he were alive again.
I don’t know yet what to do in the future.
His power is too weak, and he has no way to really bring those bad guys to justice. How many people in this world can believe him?
At this moment, I can only hide in this corner like a coward, trying to escape reality.
If only, if all he had in front of him were those sixth-grade textbooks.
The hand holding the cup trembled slightly. Xi Shu swallowed and barely suppressed the bitterness in his eyes and did not let himself cry.
"Brother?" Xiao Fusheng, holding the doll, came back quickly. She carefully closed the door and put the doll on the bed before slowly walking to her brother. "Brother, you're awesome! You've finished your drink!"
The force on his fingertips relaxed a little, and Xi Shu concealed his emotions before raising his head and putting the cup down: "What time do you get up tomorrow?"
"Six o'clock."
"Well, let's go to bed early."
Xiao Fusheng stared at his brother for several seconds, then nodded slightly.
She climbed onto the bed, opened the quilt, and placed the doll on her brother's side. She patted the doll's head and said, "The doll is with your brother today. Your brother is unhappy."
Xi Shu came up from the other end and was stunned when he saw this.
As if he was looking at something strange, his eyes fell on the doll and he didn't look away for a long time.
"Brother, don't you like it?" Xiao Fusheng asked.
"I like it." Xi Shu came up and covered her with the quilt, then covered himself with the quilt. Suddenly, he asked, "Fusheng, can you give me this doll?"
"What?"
This doll has been with her since little Fusheng came into this world.
In the past, when she slept alone, she treated it as her good friend.
"Do you like it, brother?"
Xi Shu turned off the lights, leaving even the bedside nightlight on. He looked at the dark ceiling and said, "I don't want to sleep alone."
Xiao Fusheng nodded in sympathy. She didn't want to sleep alone before, but now she has her brother and her parents to accompany her.
"My brother would be scared too."
Xi Shu hummed softly: "Hmm."
Although he was reluctant to give it up, when he thought that his brother would also face the same fear he had before, Xiao Fusheng reluctantly said: "Then I will give it to my brother."
She can still buy new ones.
"Thanks."
"Brother and Fusheng, you don't need to say thank you." Little Fusheng turned over and looked in his brother's direction in the darkness. "Brother, Fusheng heard that children your age have a lot of worries. If you can tell, tell Fusheng. Fusheng won't tell anyone else."
Noticing the movements of the people around him, Xi Shu tilted his head slightly and looked at her faint outline, but said nothing.
"Children can act like spoiled brats. Mom and Dad said so." Little Fusheng said, "Brother can act like spoiled brats to Fusheng too."
Xi Shu smiled: "Isn't this what I told you?"
"If my brother were a little older, he could be Fusheng's father."
Children do not have such a clear distinction between family ties.
This reminded Xi Shu of the first time he heard the system voice. He was furious for a long time because of the name "Dad", wondering why he had to become a father at such a young age.
He even felt that if the child really called him dad, he would get angry with the child.
After listening to my brother for so long, I still find it difficult to accept the title of father, but it is not the same feeling as before.
"I won't be your father," he said.
"Fusheng knows." Little Fusheng nodded seriously, "Now it's Fusheng who takes care of his brother."
After a long silence, Xi Shu asked again: "If I could be like your parents, would I be able to take care of you?"
Xiao Fusheng shook his head: "People are different, brother, don't worry about these details."
How could he not care? Xi Shu now felt that he was useless. He enjoyed the kindness of others by relying on some tricks, but he had no way to give back.
He can't do anything.
"Floating life." He called out softly.
"Um?"
Xi Shu blinked, but couldn't control his tears, which fell onto the pillow.
"I'm so useless," he said.
Hearing something wrong in his brother's voice, Xiao Fusheng immediately sat up, but his brother stopped him from turning on the light.
"Don't turn on the light."
He didn't want the child to see him in such a state.
It's so funny. When we first met, he was squatting in front of someone else's store like a beggar. At that time, he didn't have any inferiority complex or sensitivity, but now he can't accept himself like this at all.
Little Fusheng pursed her lips in the dark and lay down again, but this time she moved forward and tried to hug her brother like her mother used to hug her.
Take the doll to the other side first, otherwise she won’t be able to hold it all.
"Fusheng will also tell a story to my brother today," she said.
Xi Shu's nasal tone became more pronounced: "Hmm."
Little Fusheng recalled: "After Fusheng grew up and could walk, he went to many places."
She went around every corner of the castle and walked to the castle gate. Seeing the vast fog outside, she tried to open the castle gate, but every time she would return to the starting point.
The servants around her ignored her actions, and she gradually got used to this state of no communication.
So if her parents were busy and didn't talk to her, and her brother was not around, she would sit by the window and stare blankly. At that time, she didn't know the full meaning of the word sad, let alone the feeling of loneliness. She even imitated her brother's crying and cried a lot of strange sounds, which she herself found unbearable.
Later, when everyone disappeared overnight, even the servants were nowhere to be seen, she was finally overwhelmed by overwhelming despair.
Although she had never experienced pain, she felt pain all over her body because she was in great pain.
She still tried to break out of the castle again and again, wanted to fall down, even if it meant that a servant would come and carry her back, at least she could see someone who could make her feel safe.
But no one came. Day after day, month after month, year after year, she had lost count of the time.
Later, she was still sitting by the window. Now she had learned not to be sad. Every day, she listened to the voice messages and pictures left by her parents, and she also understood the taste of missing them.
Many of her emotions were learned little by little during that period.
She also learned to cry. The first time she cried, she didn't even react. She just felt something falling down her cheek. She raised her hand and touched it and found it was wet. It turned out to be tears.
It turns out that when I cry, I feel like I can't breathe, and my throat can't make any sound.
For a long time after that, she would cry unconsciously every day without any warning, until she couldn't speak.
She is such a good girl, but why do her parents not want her anymore? Is it because she is trying to leave the castle?
She could never find the answer and gradually became numb. Only when she cried every day could she feel that she was still alive and could she relax for a while.
"I've studied many different ways to cry," Xiao Fusheng said, hugging his brother. "Crying loudly is the best way to relieve stress. Do you want to give it a try?"
Xi Shu asked, "Why?"
Why do I feel so uncomfortable and desperate, but still endure it until now?
Even now, there is still no trace of the past, and he can still be so brave.
Xiao Fusheng didn't understand: "Huh?"
"If you can't wait for us," Xi Shu asked, "what will you do?"
Xiao Fusheng was silent for a while, then shook his head gently: "I don't know."
After a pause, he added: "If you work harder, maybe Fusheng can get out and go find his parents."
She never gave up hope.
Xi Shu wiped his face and buried his head in the crook of her neck: "I understand."
"What did my brother know?"
Xi Shu didn't say anything.
I know that he should work harder like the child. Time passes every day, and he will eventually grow up and be able to solve all problems.
"Life is fleeting." He couldn't suppress the sob in his throat and just let it go. "I will try my best to grow up."
"Brother, you've worked really hard," Xiao Fusheng comforted him. "You even got first place in the final exam. That's great! You couldn't even use the simple verb 'be' before."
"..." Xi Shu suppressed the tears in his eyes, and couldn't help wanting to laugh.
How adorable, his little kid.
"Go to sleep." He patted the child's back gently.
The next day, Xi Shu got up very early and filled the child's small bag with various small things, just like Xiao Fusheng had prepared things for him before, including the snacks that she liked but was not allowed to eat by her mother, her water cup, her small notebook, and new pens.
I also gave her a lot of sticky notes.
Although the child knows all these things, he is willing to do them.
After doing all this, he pulled the child's quilt, gently touched her forehead, passed his hand over the child's head, took the doll next to her pillow, and left the room silently.
When Xiao Fusheng woke up, she found that the first sticky note her brother left for her read - Call me every day.
Um?
Isn't my brother here? Why are you calling?
But she searched for her brother for a long time and didn't see him. After asking her mother, she found out that her brother had left again.
My brother has been very busy recently.
When she opened the small bag and saw the little things neatly prepared for her inside, Xiao Fusheng felt very satisfied again.
Her brother has grown up and can take care of her. He even secretly hides snacks for her.
Xu Su saw her jumping around as she walked, and asked with a smile, "Are you happy today?"
"Uh-huh."
Xu Su asked: "He came and left last night, what did you two talk about in private?"
After telling his brother a story and sharing a little secret in the dark, Xiao Fusheng put his finger to his mouth and shushed: "Don't tell Mom."
Xu Su rubbed her head.
On the other hand, after Xi Shu came back from the film and television city, he did not go directly back to the Xi family, but went to Sheng Ning's place.
Sheng Ning was a little surprised to see him coming over. She could see that this little Shu was quite cunning. If his own children were not there, he would not have stayed here for long. He said that he had paid some "food expenses", but her family did not need it, and neither did he.
"Aunt Sheng, can I talk to you?" Xi Shu asked.
It seemed that he came prepared. Sheng Ning took him to the study and said, "Go ahead."
Xi Shu said simply and directly: "What you have, I also have."
Sheng Ning paused: "What is it?"
According to Kan Qi, Xi Shu is the child of one of Fusheng's mothers, so it is reasonable for Fusheng to be nice to him, but from this point of view, it shouldn't be the case?
"The person who designed Fu Sheng was my mother," Xi Shu said.
Sheng Ning's expression changed: "What did you say?"
"Fusheng is an AI my mother was planning to create before she conceived me. It launched its public beta on the day I was born. Her goal was to give me a friend who would always be with me." Xi Shu spoke clearly. "You probably know what happened next, but five years ago, my mother passed away. My father appropriated her estate, and my mother's company declared bankruptcy. That's why the game stopped updating and ended up like this."
"So Fusheng is not my mother's child, but belongs to me, my friends. What you can hear, I can hear too."
Hearing this, Sheng Ning's expression became solemn.
She has always respected children and listened to what they said, so she would not doubt the credibility of this statement.
The Xi family's status in the country is indeed not low, and it can be found out with a little research. However, because this family has nothing to do with the children, she did not care about it. It's just that her brothers and sisters are a little repulsive to them.
"Then what?"
"Does Aunt Sheng know Qiao Ge?"
Hearing this, Sheng Ning's eyes flashed: "Do you know him?"
"One night a long time ago, Fusheng woke up and suddenly called me, saying she would take good care of me." Xi Shu said, "So I thought, maybe she also dreamed that I died like you. Now I think I know why."
These were words exchanged between the adults. The reason they didn't tell Xi Shu was because they thought he had no system and wouldn't understand these things.
In the past, they indeed only regarded Xi Shu as a playmate in their lives.
"For so long, starting with Tian Zijin and the inexplicable Qiao Ge, they have all been targeting you." Xi Shu sat on the sofa. Maybe because he was growing, he had grown taller, but he was still very thin.
However, this couldn't hide the coldness in his expression, which made him look mature beyond his years.
"But they all probably failed," Xi Shu analyzed. "That forced him to turn his attention to me."
Sheng Ning was surprised: "He came to you?"
Even if Xi Shu is really the heir of a wealthy family, no matter how lucky he is, he is still just a child now.
"He..." Xi Shu was silent for a few seconds, "He knows the cause of my mother's death. I want to know why."
No matter how smart Xiao Fusheng is, she is incompatible with these conspiracies and intrigues. There is no such thing in her world.
The only person Xi Shu could think of was Sheng Ning.
She is one of Xiao Fusheng's "mothers". In addition, her family's power can suppress the Xi family. Born in such a family, she is even more aware of the intrigues between many adults.
That's why he came to me and told me everything without reservation.
He believes in children and also believes in the people chosen by children.
"Is there something else behind your mother's death?"
Sheng Ning quickly understood that wealthy families always have many secrets and are not short of ruthless people.
After thinking for a while, I realized that this child must have been desperate and told the systematic things that he had concealed for so long. It is very smart that he can react to Qiao Ge's sweet words at such a young age.
She nodded and told him that Fu Sheng’s dream must be a prophecy.
"He wanted to use this method to get close to you, and thus get close to Fusheng." Sheng Ning smiled without emotion. "He must have run out of tricks, so he set his sights on a child."
"If he knew the cause of your mother's death, it should have been told to him by the system."
system?
I see.
Sheng Ning added, "But you came to me for more than just this."
Compared with other parents of children, her background is too complicated. Xi Shu is so smart that he must know that he should not provoke her easily.
Xi Shu lowered his head: "I have no evidence."
"You want evidence?" Sheng Ning sat up straight and looked at him for a long moment. "What are you going to do? Bring those people to justice. That way you'll be homeless, but you're probably not even eleven years old yet."
Once Xi Yuankai falls, even if the inheritance belongs to him, he will have no right to own it. His situation will become even more dangerous, and many people will use this as an opportunity to fight for his custody.
Sheng Ning is a person who finds it difficult to empathize with others, which is why he is so clear-headed.
Even though Fusheng now treats Xi Shu as a relative, the law is like this. No matter how smart Fusheng is or how much she knows, she cannot become Xi Shu's guardian.
Xi Shu replied softly, "I only want my mother's things."
Sheng Ning's eyebrows twitched slightly: "What do you mean?"
"If you can help me, I can give you everything except Mom's things." Xi Shu's tone was firm as if he had made plans long ago. "Can I be under your guardianship in the future?"
Sheng Ning, who inexplicably wants to have another son?
No, she doesn't have a son that old.
"I want to learn a lot of things." Xi Shu took out his report cards from the past few years and handed them over. "I will also study hard and become strong enough to protect the people I want to protect."
"The person you want to protect." Sheng Ning nodded, "My child?"
Who else could be by his side now? Except Fusheng.
In fact, Xi Shu's choice was very smart. Once Sheng Ning accepted his suggestion, all the property of the Xi family would be hers. In comparison, the part of cultivating Xi Shu was nothing to worry about.
But the Sheng family actually doesn't lack this part of money. Even if it's a lot, she is not the kind of person who has a strong desire for money.
Sheng Ning thought of her brothers and sisters. In order to inherit the family property, they had been locked in a cage since childhood, growing up with fixed vines. Everyone wanted to escape.
But the child Xi Shu still wanted to crawl in by himself.
But if I had a choice...
She thought of Xi Shu who went to the playground with the children. If he had a choice, he would also want to grow up well.
Everyone has his own responsibilities to bear, and he also has his mother's hatred.
"It's not reasonable for me to be your guardian," Sheng Ning said. "I have no experience in raising children, let alone raising an excellent businessman. I won't let Fu Sheng become like that in the future."
Xi Shu's straight back stiffened for a moment, and he clenched his hands tightly.
"But..." Sheng Ning paused, "There are many people like this in my family."
Xi Shu suddenly raised his eyes.
"My father has retired, but my brothers and sisters are still around." Sheng Ning said slowly, "Some of them don't want to get married, don't want to have children, and don't want their children to follow in their footsteps. But if a child takes the initiative to take on all of this, they should be very willing."
Especially a child like Xi Shu who is smart, decisive and has his own ideas.
Such people can be patient, endure hardships, and achieve great things in the future.
She didn't care about the Xi family's money, but her brothers and sisters were all businessmen, so they naturally knew how considerable the money was.
More importantly, Xi Shu was chosen by the child and he would not be a bad kid.
"It's easy to get clues out of Qiao Ge. He wants to win you over so badly, just ask him to hand over the evidence. He's desperate now, so he can only find a way to get the evidence. By then, you... the Xi family, will be left with nothing."
After Sheng Ning finished speaking, he smiled and said, "Just a little."
"What?"
"My brothers and sisters are all living and developing abroad," Sheng Ning said slowly. "If they become your guardians, you'll have no choice but to go abroad to learn those methods. You also said you have a system. In this case, would you be willing to leave Fu Sheng and go abroad?"
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