Chapter 63 Chapter 63 "I don't mind." Abel's face...
"I don't mind." Abel stood in the house with an expressionless face and answered in a calm voice.
If you only hear his voice, you might think that he is not a person, but a piece of straw or wood with a tape recorder hidden in it.
Bai Tianming couldn't help but look at him. He felt Bai Tianming's gaze and smiled at him, looking normal again. Bai Tianming withdrew his gaze, as if thinking about something.
Maybe that strange feeling just now was an illusion?
Maria nodded, closed the door, and walked back inside. She asked Bai Tianming and Abel, "What would you like to drink? I have coffee, milk, tea, orange juice, cola, and water."
"Whatever." Abel glanced around the house and answered casually.
Maria looked at Bai Tianming.
Bai Tianming thought about it and wondered if there was a rule in the temple that forbade eating food from residents' homes while on a mission. But since Abel himself didn't care, it should be allowed, right?
He smiled politely and replied, "Coke, thank you."
Maria nodded, a smile on her face as if encouraged. She walked towards the kitchen, saying happily, "I have some leftover macarons and chocolate cake in the fridge. They'll go bad if we keep them here. Can I take them out and give them to you? If you can eat them, eat them. If you can't, just leave them there. I'll eat them slowly, and put the leftovers back in the fridge."
Maria walked into the kitchen as she spoke, and her figure disappeared at the kitchen door. Bai Tianming could hear the sound of Maria opening the refrigerator in the kitchen. It seemed that Maria was serious.
They searched the room but didn't find the mouse Maria wanted, but they did find a small scarecrow with a gray thumbtack on its chest.
The nail went straight from the chest to the back. When holding the scarecrow, the fingertips could feel the end of the nail on the back of the straw.
"I didn't expect you to find this," Maria said, a little surprised. But then she happily reached out to take the scarecrow. She tossed it around in her hands like a doll, smiling as she said, "I loved it when I was a kid, and I still love it now, but I don't usually look at it. Now that you've found it, I'll put it outside. I'll put it away after you find the mouse. Anyway, thank you very much for finding something for me."
"You're welcome." Abel frowned and prepared to leave. "Since we've already searched the room and found nothing, I think we should go outside and look. What do you think?"
"Of course," Maria nodded with a smile, holding the scarecrow in both hands, agreeing in a very ladylike manner, "I wanted to invite you to dinner, but you look busy, so why don't you go out and find it."
Maria opened the door and casually placed the scarecrow on the shoe cabinet beside the door. She stood at the door and thought for a moment before saying, "There is a field on the hill not far away called the Forgotten Field.
It is said that the forgotten memories of nearby residents are sleeping in the fields. This is not just a legend. Some people have really been there and found things they didn't remember clearly.
Although I have no recollection of where I put the mouse, if you are willing to go to the field, perhaps you can find my memories there, and confirming the location of the item will make it much easier to find it."
"Thank you." Abel nodded, walked out, and looked at Bai Tianming who was following behind him at the door.
Bai Tianming blinked and followed them out. Maria waved to them from behind and closed the door with a smile: "Come back anytime if you find it! I'll rest late tonight!"
Bai Tianming nodded. Abel came over and grabbed Bai Tianming, taking him up the mountain. It seemed that they were going to find the Forgotten Field.
Bai Tianming looked at him as he walked, and he let go of his hand and asked casually, "What's wrong?"
Bai Tianming looked at him and slowly laughed, with a joyful look as if he had won a prize. "A long time ago, I asked you a question. You said that if I still don't know the answer, I can ask again. Then, you will tell me the answer. Do you remember what the question was?"
Of course Abel remembered, but he didn't want to admit it, so he lowered his eyes and walked up, saying in a calm tone, trying his best to pretend he knew nothing, "I don't remember."
Bai Tianming followed him slowly, not intending to rush in front of him to stop him, nor to pull him to prevent him from moving forward. He just said slowly, "This is normal. After all, it's been so long, and the relationship between us is more than just a few words."
Abel's heart skipped a beat and his steps almost stopped, but he quickly pretended nothing had happened and walked forward. He knew that Bai Tianming was following behind him and must have seen his slowness and knew that he still remembered it, but he became timid and dared not ask anything.
He just lowered his head, his face stern and expressionless as he said, "You're right. You asked me many questions before. I don't know which one you're talking about. It's been too long, and too many."
So it’s normal not to remember, don’t ask anymore.
Bai Tianming noticed that he seemed a little scared, but he didn't know what he was afraid of. After thinking about it, he was still very curious.
Was he afraid Bai Tianming would ask him why he didn't remember, or was he afraid that Bai Tianming would reveal the answer, so he couldn't look Bai Tianming in the face from now on? He probably wasn't afraid of something like that. He was simply nervous.
Or perhaps he was afraid that as time went by, Bai Tianming wanted to ask this question just to get an answer. He didn't care what he had to say or what he was thinking.
He was afraid that he and Bai Tianming would no longer be the same, so he would rather pretend that he knew nothing, because as long as Bai Tianming didn't ask, he wouldn't say anything. Although this matter existed, it seemed as if it didn't exist.
He could use this incident to comfort himself and tell himself that Bai Tianming would always remember him and he must not be a stranger to Bai Tianming.
He could also use this incident to warn himself and tell himself that Bai Tianming would not take him to heart, and then he would calmly do what he should do and no longer think about things he shouldn't think about.
Bai Tianming raised his eyebrows slightly: "Then let me ask you again. Why did you want to follow me in the first place?"
Abel tilted his head to the side, not wanting to answer, but they were the only two people nearby, and the sounds of breathing and footsteps were like shadows following him, so he had no choice but to answer.
So, after a long silence, he frowned slightly and said, "You beat me so easily, I can't help but be impressed. I want to follow you until I am stronger than you, beat you, and then leave you."
After a pause, he slowly laughed: "But then I found that it was impossible, so I gave up."
Bai Tianming didn't believe what he said and shook his head slowly: "But you didn't leave me on your own initiative."
Abel stopped and slowly turned around, staring at Bai Tianming. There was a big tree next to him. The dense branches and leaves cast a shadow on him, covering him. He stood in the shadow, looking at Bai Tianming with a pair of dark eyes, and was silent for a long time.
This time the silence was even longer than the last time, but he still spoke, his expression extremely complicated: "Yes, when I wanted to leave you, you left me first, so I had no room to consider."
Bai Tianming looked at him and judged from the expression on his face that what he said was still false, but he did not refute it immediately. If he insisted on saying so, then so be it.
There's no need to ask him what's going on.
The next second, Abel's expression suddenly became excited. He took a step forward, still in the shadows, but his dark eyes were no longer as complicated and silent as before.
He stared at Bai Tianming and said, "What did you say to me at the beginning?"
Bai Tianming raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling that he seemed to have suddenly become a different person, but not completely changed, because if it were someone else, they might not ask such a question, but Abel might. The problem was that Abel had not been so excited on the way here.
Receiving no answer, Abel took a step forward and stood at the edge of the shadows. A trace of pitiful sorrow crossed his features, his pupils revealing a pleading and extremely focused trance. His voice, beneath its coldness, concealed a mixture of pain and joy. "Swear to accept my allegiance? But you abandoned me and ran away! What a cruel heart..."
His current mood is completely opposite to before. Bai Tianming cannot help but start to doubt whether his mental state is a little abnormal. Although it seems a bit too calm to think about this now, it doesn't look normal either.
Bai Tianming blinked, took two steps forward, stood in front of him, looked at him, and said very gently: "I'm not abandoning you, I just think that even without me, you can live well. What's more, leaving temporarily doesn't mean we will never see each other again. Haven't we met again now?"
Bai Tianming tentatively reached out his hand, took him, and said, "Since I accepted your loyalty and swore an oath, I have never regretted it. I still accept it now, and I can swear it again. Don't be sad."
Abel closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes again, his eye sockets were red and tears were rolling in them, about to fall, like a piece of broken mercury.
He stared at Bai Tianming with his red eyes. After a long time, he forced a smile with great difficulty. It looked like he was crying with joy, but also like he was forcing himself to smile. He was speechless for a moment.
"I thought," Abel lowered his eyes, moved his hands, and hugged Bai Tianming. Tears rolled down his cheeks like beads from a broken string. He said in an extremely calm tone with a trembling voice, "You would never see me again."
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