"The blue one is a pencil?" The younger brother looked confused. "Aren't pencils black? Colored pencils?"
"If the lead is not completely removed, it will turn into blue scars."
"Ah-ba ah-ba!" The mute man nodded repeatedly.
"How come I didn't know he was injured by a pencil and left with a blue scar? How did you all know?" The younger brother wondered if he had amnesia, wondering how there could be so many things he didn't know.
You were sleeping at that time.
"I... I'm sleeping again."
"That's why I said I suspect you have narcolepsy."
"Maybe I should see a doctor, but I... don't like seeing doctors."
The older brother sighed, "We'll just take a look while we're at it."
Because they had been to many hospitals since they were young, the two brothers ended up having a bit of a phobia of hospitals.
As a result, nowadays, if they get a minor illness, the two of them basically just buy some medicine and tough it out.
"Ah, ah!" The mute man covered his face, his eyes filled with sorrow.
"Don't worry, Brother Mute. If we can cure our illnesses, then yours will be even better. Your inability to speak is a psychological issue. Once your face recovers, your illness should be cured without any medicine."
"Ah ba ah ba..." the mute man gestured.
"Brother Mute, things are different now. Most diseases that couldn't be cured before can now be cured. By the way, remember those TV dramas we used to watch? The female lead either got leukemia or stomach cancer and died in the end. But now, leukemia and stomach cancer can be treated, and the recovery rate is very high!"
"Ah! Ah! Ah!!!" The mute man's eyes gleamed with excitement.
"Don't worry, we won't abandon you! The three of us will date together, go on trips, visit cities we've never been to, and countries we've never been to before! We haven't stayed home for too long... far too long..."
The next morning.
The mute man knocked on the door of the Wang couple's room.
The mute was fully armed, wearing a long fake hair covering both sides, a black fisherman's hat, sunglasses, and a mask, leaving no skin exposed.
Hearing the noise, Wang's wife went out to open the door: "Who are you?"
Seeing the fully armed man, she wasn't afraid, because she vaguely felt a sense of familiarity.
"Ah-ba."
The other person spoke in a hoarse voice.
"It's you! Quick, quick, come in!"
The woman invited the man inside, looked around, and seeing that no one was coming out to see, quickly closed the door.
"Who is it?" the man who was cooking porridge asked.
"It's a calf."
"Little Niu!" The man turned off the stove and rushed out. "Little Niu, you're finally willing to go out!"
Ten years ago, a fire broke out in this area. It was late at night, and everyone was asleep.
Xiao Niu is still a high school student. He studied for his exams all night, so he didn't sleep.
He spotted the fire and went door to door, which resulted in him being burned and disfigured.
Everyone was very grateful to him, but he refused to leave his room.
No one wanted to make things difficult for him, so they all tacitly agreed not to disturb Xiao Niu's house. Sometimes, when the courier didn't deliver the packages there and just left them at the courier station at the alley entrance, everyone would help him bring them to his door.
"Ah-ba ah-ba!" The little mute gestured something, then, remembering that the other person didn't know sign language, he took out the cut-out photo from his pocket, as well as the paper that his conjoined brother had written beforehand.
He gave two things to the couple.
"What's this?"
"The person in the photo is..."
"It looks just like it! It looks just like it!"
"Honey, look here!"
"Magnifying glass! My magnifying glass is over there!"
"Here it is, honey, look! It's that scar!"
"It's our son, our son!"
"He's grown up, he's gotten taller, and he's so strong now, like one of those fitness instructors, all muscle!"
The couple, tears streaming down their faces, embraced each other and wept bitterly: "Our son is alive...our son...is alive..."
Countless nights, they were awakened by nightmares, always dreaming that their son had an accident and died on a foreign street, and that no one even came to collect his body.
They imagined meeting again, their son might be thinner or darker...
I never expected the child to be so good...tall and strong, like an overseas Chinese raised abroad.
"If I were walking down the street, I wouldn't even recognize myself."
“Husband, he…he’s doing well, why doesn’t he contact us…” The woman’s voice was tense and trembling.
She couldn't understand why the children she had raised had suddenly disappeared. They were doing well, yet they weren't contacting their family. Could it be... that they didn't want to acknowledge them anymore?
Meeting his wife's anxious gaze, the man guessed that she was overthinking things. "Don't overthink it. There must be a reason. We...we'll wait and wait for the child to contact us. We won't bother him."
He told his wife not to overthink it, but his mind was already racing: Why wasn't their son contacting home? Was he on some secret mission? Their son was so outstanding, could he have been selected by the government to be an undercover agent abroad?
The mute man wrote: Now that the message has been delivered, I'll head back first.
"Little Niu, wait a minute, Uncle has something here..."
The mute man waved his hand forcefully, turned around and left, not giving the other person a chance to continue speaking.
"Hey, why is the calf running so fast!" The two chased after him, but the mute had already disappeared.
“We were sleeping soundly back then. The fire was fierce and our house was burned down. I don’t even want to think what would have happened if we hadn’t escaped.”
"Yes, in this kind of old house, the fire was caused by the aging wiring. If it weren't for Xiao Niu discovering it quickly and us running fast, we would definitely have been burned."
"The family that the calf rescued despite the danger... they're really scum."
"Shh, don't say anymore, it's all in the past."
"The calf was burned so badly, and they didn't even care. The calf was adopted, and after they had their own children, they didn't treat the calf well anymore. During the fire, the calf was severely burned while trying to save their children. How could they do this to us!"
“Every family has its own troubles. At least they left the house to Xiao Niu and raised him to adulthood. They owe him a debt of gratitude. Consider this Xiao Niu's trip as a way of repaying that debt and severing ties. Actually, this is a good thing. Otherwise, when their children get married in the future, Xiao Niu might have to work himself to the bone to earn money.”
“You’re right, it’s good to distance ourselves from that family.”
"Honey, why doesn't our son contact us? Do you think he might be disgusted by having poor parents like us?"
"How could this be! Our son isn't that kind of person! I suspect..."
"What do you suspect?"
The man leaned close to her ear and whispered, "I suspect my son is an undercover agent."
"Honey, have you been watching too many police dramas?"
Chen Meilan arranged a helicopter to take the conjoined twins and the mute man directly to a hospital abroad. Billy and Anthony were in charge of contacting the hospital.
"You've thought of everything." The conjoined twin brother had originally planned to hire a plane to go to the airport and catch a flight, but given his and his brother's appearance and their muteness, it would definitely cause quite a bit of trouble.
Chen Meilan smiled and said, "This is all my responsibility to arrange. My daily job is to be the boss's personal assistant. I pay attention to details and think things through. It's all within my job scope."
"You are excellent," the conjoined twin brother praised sincerely.
"Thanks."
How much is your monthly salary?
"I'm sorry, this is confidential and I can't tell you. I have signed a confidentiality agreement."
"I can offer you a higher price. Would you be willing to be my and my brother's personal assistant?"
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