It seems everyone has forgotten about Jiang Yu's existence.
People started searching on their own.
"This looks like my family's shovel."
"These are my eldest child's clothes. I was wondering where they went. Turns out you stole them, you little rascal."
They were all rummaging through things that caught their eye, even though they didn't belong to them, but what did it matter?
Jiang Yu simply watched their actions quietly from the sidelines, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Aunt Wang, who was standing nearby, couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Those are clothes that my Junzi can't wear anymore, I gave them to this child."
"Really? I must have misremembered." The woman holding the clothes looked a little embarrassed and put them down with an awkward laugh.
They quickly searched the entire house.
Not a single coin was found.
"Consider yourself lucky today. Don't let me see you again."
Wang Fen's husband threatened her. He was the village's butcher, a tall and strong man. Even though some people disapproved of him treating a child this way, no one spoke up for him.
After all, the villagers didn't even know his name; they just called him a bastard or a mixed-race.
Soon everyone had left, leaving only the village chief. He held up a piece of cloth and asked, "Child, where did you get this?"
Jiang Yu looked up and saw the cloth that was wrapped around Qi Nuan's body.
He looked at the man with a face full of righteous indignation, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes.
"Oh, who knows? It seems like we found it in the weeds by the river today. I wonder who lost their child."
"What about the child?"
"He's dead. I threw him into the river."
The village chief didn't say anything more, just stared blankly at the piece of paper for a while before dragging his heavy body away.
Jiang Yu sat at the door, looking at the sky, lost in thought. Had he taken that woman's money?
Of course not, she gave the money to her younger brother from her maternal family, and he saw it.
A woman who fears being scolded by her husband can only shift the blame onto him. Why doesn't he say anything? Because no one will believe him.
Who would believe a child without parents?
This isn't the first time. In the past, he would explain and refute, but all he got in return was insults.
Therefore, he could only remain silent.
Gradually, he discovered that people didn't want to know the truth; they just wanted someone to take the blame.
After a long while, he got up and went to the back of the house to remove the weeds that were blocking Qi Nuan.
Seeing that he was alright, Qi Nuan finally broke into a big smile.
"You are mine." Jiang Yu looked at her smile, and after a long while, he only said this one sentence.
There was also some food and a box of jewelry inside the cave.
The jewelry was left to him by his mother. Jiang Yu thought of his mother; she was also a pitiful woman.
She wasn't always crazy; she would occasionally regain her senses, but each time she did, she would become even more insane.
Jiang Yu was also the name she gave him. Perhaps she wanted to name him Yu, but in the end she changed it to Yu.
Two years ago, she finally threw herself into the calm river at the entrance of the village while she was still lucid.
He always remembered her smile when she jumped into the river; it was so beautiful in the moonlight.
Yes, this place does not belong to him, nor is it his home.
"Little Mudball, shall I take you away from here?"
His gaze was calm as he looked at her, as if his decision was insignificant.
Qi Nuan couldn't speak, so she could only give him a big smile.
She was willing to follow him wherever he went, after all, he had saved her life.
Jiang Yu placed her on the bed, then placed the food he had saved and the box of jewelry on the bed. He took two pieces of clothing, found some cloth to wrap them up, and then wrapped everything together with a bed sheet.
After thinking for a moment, he took out the jewelry again.
Qi Nuan looked at his worried expression and knew what he meant. If others found out that he had this, it would be like a child carrying gold in the middle of the city.
She tugged at his clothes.
She gestured for him to look at her.
Qi Nuan touched the package Jiang Yu had wrapped, and the package disappeared.
Jiang Yu opened her eyes wide, looking here and there, unable to figure out where the thing had gone.
Looking at him, Qi Nuan couldn't help but laugh. This was the first time she had seen Jiang Yu act like a child.
She tugged at his hand again, and instantly the thing reappeared.
He looked at Qi Nuan with disbelief in his eyes, but he quickly realized what was happening and laughed.
He took some more things and placed them next to Qi Nuan, then asked her to put them away before carrying her to the table and letting her place the things on it.
Looking at what was in front of him, Jiang Yu couldn't help but exclaim, "Little Mud is really amazing!"
Qi Nuan never expected that she would have a space. Although the space was only a little over thirty cubic meters and was empty, without the spiritual springs and martial arts manuals mentioned in novels, she was already very happy.
Space is especially useful to them at this time.
Perhaps children are more receptive; Jiang Yu had no doubts about her abilities and readily accepted them.
Now he didn't need to worry about what to bring; he placed all the useful items beside Qi Nuan and had her put them away.
As night deepened, Jiang Yu, imitating the way the village women carried their children, used a bed sheet to carry Qi Nuan on her back and walked out of the village.
The village was eerily quiet at night, with only the chirping of insects and the barking of dogs.
Where are you going?
Jiang Yu was walking cautiously when she was suddenly startled by a sound behind her.
He turned around and saw a little girl standing about four or five meters away from him, holding firewood, like a ghost.
"Leave here."
Jiang Yu ignored her, only replied with one sentence, and then left.
Ye Sheng recognized the little boy in front of her and knew what kind of life he lived in the village. She had also heard about what happened today, so she wasn't surprised that he wanted to leave.
but……
"Wait, have you seen my sister?"
Qi Nuan recognized the voice as that of the female lead...
Jiang Yu paused in her steps.
"No." He then strode away.
Qi Nuan knew that the female lead had come out to find her. In the book, she had also come out to find her abandoned sister and met the male lead, who was also a descendant of a disgraced official exiled here.
The difference is that the male protagonist's family has considerable influence, so he lives quite comfortably here.
However, Jiang Yu did not take him away from the village in the book.
Perhaps she was the butterfly that set Jiang Yu's destiny in motion, and she sincerely wanted to be that butterfly.
Whether it's for Jiang Yu, who once saved the female lead's sister, or for Jiang Yu, who is saving her now.
There was only a slight breeze tonight, and Jiang Yu wrapped Qi Nuan up very tightly.
Under the moonlight, Ye Sheng watched the boy walk further and further away.
After a brief encounter, the two souls from different worlds went their separate ways to distant places.
What will it be like when they meet again?
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