Lin Mo pulled out a hand, and his long, thick fingers stroked the blisters and calluses on Su Mu's palm.
The voice was solemn: “I asked you before if you would marry me, and you nodded, although we haven’t gotten married yet.
But what I say is sincere. I will treat you well for the rest of my life, pamper you and love you. That’s why I don’t want you to go to the construction site to work. Seeing the blisters and calluses on your hands will make me sad. "
Facing Lin Mo's affectionate eyes, Su Mu's heartbeat became disordered again, and sweat kept oozing from his palms and forehead. An inexplicable heat swept over his body.
He suddenly pulled his hand back and took a few steps back in panic. He tried hard to maintain his composure, his voice trembling and stuttering: "I...I remember, but going to...working at the construction site is not tiring at all. You...you have been very good to me, Lin Mo. I feel very happy with the life I have now."
His life now seemed like a dream. He had three good meals a day, a room of his own, and not endless work to do. He was already satisfied.
After calming down, Su Mu's expression became even more serious. He said almost in a persuasive tone, "Lin Mo, I... I don't know why you like me. I'm ugly, old, and a boy. You're successful now. You can marry a good girl and have many children and grandchildren in the future..."
He is just an old man who can do nothing except farming and chopping wood. Moreover, his red mole is small and light, and he may not be able to have children. Lin Mo will regret marrying him in the future.
He was content to live in the Lin family like this, even if he was just a servant. How could he dare to really hope to marry Lin Mo?
He was not worthy of the Lin Mo before, and he was even less worthy of the Lin Mo now.
"Lin Mo, you deserve better." At the end, Su Mu gave Lin Mo a pious and humble smile.
Lin Mo looked at Su Mu quietly, listening to his voice which was trembling slightly despite his efforts to restrain it, looking at his slowly red eyes and that forced smile, a sour and stabbing pain spread wildly in his heart.
"But I only like you."
Lin Mo understood Su Mu's inferiority and anxiety, and also understood the struggles he had been experiencing in the Lin family during this period.
This is a very contradictory question. When he was poor, no one was willing to marry him. At that time, Su Mu might have really thought about marrying him, but the Su family would never marry Su Mu to him.
But after he became rich, people willing to marry him came one after another. Su Mu, who had always lived with inferiority and caution, naturally thought that he was suitable for someone better.
But to Lin Mo, Su Mu has become the most important person to him in this world.
Lin Mo sniffed and held his nose for a long time before his eyes became a little moist. He deliberately made a sound to attract Su Mu's attention.
As soon as Su Mu raised his eyes, he met Lin Mo's extremely sad eyes. His pupils widened in panic. Thinking of his identity, he silently lowered his eyelashes, turned his head slightly, and did not speak again.
Lin Mo: “…”
Lin Mo's eyes twitched. After spending some time together, he could roughly guess what Su Mu was thinking, so he pretended to be hurt and uncomfortable.
I thought the other party would comfort him, but I didn't expect this little guy to not play by the rules again.
He actually chose the path of silence!
That idiot had told him before that playing the victim could make the other person feel pity for him, and then maybe they would kiss, hug, and lift him up high...
"Forget it, forget it. You won't believe me even if I tell you so much now. I'll wait until you're willing to tell me that you like me. Anyway, the whole village knows that you're my husband, and you can't get away with it."
Lin Mo waved his hands and composed himself in a second. Su Mu had already agreed to marry him, so it was okay if she didn't admit that she liked him now.
As long as the person is by your side, and you gradually dispel the little guy's concerns, he will definitely admit it sooner or later.
Afraid that Su Mu would persuade him to get married again, Lin Mo hurriedly pulled people to the river.
His sexual orientation has always been male, and he has never thought about having children. There is no way to explain these to Su Mu at once, and he can only rely on time to slowly believe him.
Moreover, he could also feel that Su Mu did not have no feelings for him at all, and for him, this was enough.
The late summer breeze was a bit cool, and the two went to the upper reaches of the river.
Few people set foot here. The river flows with a gurgling sound. The rising sun makes the water surface sparkle, and the mountains and forests sway with rustling sounds.
Su Mu skillfully threw the net into the deep river, then quickly tied a slipknot on a rock on the shore. Fearing that it was not tight enough, he pressed it down with a big rock.
The sun poured down on Su Mu, and Lin Mo's deep and majestic love fell unrestrainedly on the busy little figure.
"This is the life I've always dreamed of." Lin Mo said softly.
He sat leisurely on a stone, his soaked cloth shoes swaying back and forth in the river, a breeze blowing on his face, and clear and melodious bird calls coming from the woods from time to time.
Lin Mo looked at Su Mu with burning eyes. There was no roar or growl of zombies. He had long left behind the days of living a miserable life. In this remote mountain village, he had found a unique paradise.
"Lin Mo, here are the shrimps you're looking for."
Su Mu turned over stone after stone in the shallows and trapped all the shrimps that Lin Mo wanted in the small puddle he had dug out.
Lin Mo enjoyed the scenery for a while, and when he heard Su Mu calling, he immediately turned over and jumped down and walked to Su Mu.
"It'll probably take a while to catch any fish with this net, so let's feel around the shore first to see if there are any shrimp or crabs."
Su Mu surrounded them seriously and said, "You can't eat the crabs by the river. They are small and fierce, with little meat on them, and they are hard to catch."
"That's because you don't know how to cook. Although this little crab doesn't have much meat, it tastes good if it's cooked well."
After turning over the stone, Lin Mo saw a tiny crab, only the size of a thumb, and indeed too small to have any meat. He picked it up and threw it into the river.
People here hardly eat shrimps and crabs, firstly because they are too small and secondly because they are hard to catch. They will eat some fish, but because they don't taste good, few people will catch them.
"These shrimps and crabs are too fast to catch, and the sun is too hot. I'm going to the construction site to check. You go find someone in the village, and we'll come back later to collect the nets."
After coming back, Lin Mo hadn't visited the construction site yet, and didn't know the progress of the house.
"We don't cook at home for lunch. I told Aunt Lu to prepare lunch for us when I left. I'll be back to eat with you at noon. If you're done, you can practice the math I taught you in the house."
There were so many people at the big pot dining area on the construction site, and there was no place to sit, so the workers all brought their own bowls and chopsticks, filled them with food, and squatted down somewhere to eat.
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