allonlinenovel What exactly does Chapter 344 mean?
What exactly does Chapter 344 mean?
What exactly does Chapter 344 mean?
"Actually, it doesn't matter to me whether I celebrate the New Year or not, but Xiaoyu, you came here today, so this isn't what you wanted to say, right? Just tell your mother what you want to say. We're blood relatives, why do you need to hide things from your mother and keep talking like this?"
Having been through so much more, she was far more experienced than Mu Xiaoyu. Mu Xiaoyu tried to change the subject to put her mother at ease, and the woman immediately noticed.
Mu Xiaoyu was surprised that her mother had exposed her so quickly, and for a moment she didn't know what to say. The ward fell silent.
"November 1128th, Mom, this is your birthday, do you remember?"
"You silly child, of course I remember my own birthday, what's wrong?"
Mu Xiaoyu felt as if a stone was pressing on her heart, heavy and unbearably painful. She couldn't help but look up at her mother. Nearly ten years had passed, but her mother's face seemed to have hardly changed. The only thing that had changed was the timidity she once possessed, which had disappeared after all the events that had transpired, replaced by an even more resolute demeanor.
Mu Xiaoyu stared at her mother for a long time before finally saying in a hoarse voice, "This is the evidence that Mu Pengzheng gave to Mr. Bai and the others a couple of days ago. He only said this string of numbers and refused to say anything else, so I wanted to come and ask you if you know what this string of numbers means."
"1128, that's all he said, and nothing else?"
At this moment, Mu Xiaoyu's mother's expression changed slightly. She murmured the number 1128 several times, and then suddenly laughed.
Seeing her smile, Mu Xiaoyu's heart immediately jumped. She quickly grasped her mother's hand and tried to speak calmly, "Mu Pengzheng must have been worried about something, so he only said this."
"Really?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Xiaoyu froze, and after several seconds, she forced a stiff smile and asked, "Mom, what do you mean by that? Do you think I would lie to you?"
“Xiaoyu, I am your mother. I should be the person who knows you best in this world. No matter how much you pretend in front of me, I can see through it. Besides, I made an agreement with Mu Pengzheng before. He promised me that he would not harm you again and would help you within his power. But now, you tell me that he only left behind a string of numbers and said nothing else. I really don’t believe it.”
"If... it's really as you say, and he really only left behind a string of numbers, then something must have happened to him, right?"
To protect her health, Mu Xiaoyu's mother usually speaks very carefully, rarely saying so many words at once.
Moreover, every word she uttered hit the nail on the head. No matter how much Mu Xiaoyu wanted to hide it, she couldn't say anything in the face of her mother's words.
She stared blankly at her mother, remaining silent. At that moment, everything she did had already given her mother the answer.
For a moment, both of them were silent.
Even though Mu Xiaoyu didn't specify what happened to Mu Pengzheng at this point, considering Mu Pengzheng's previous situation, Mu Xiaoyu's mother wasn't stupid and could probably guess what had happened.
"Is he dead? These numbers he left behind before he died?"
After an unknown amount of time, Mu Xiaoyu's mother suddenly asked. This time, Mu Xiaoyu didn't hesitate. She could tell that her mother was no longer as fragile as she used to be. She had originally thought that Mu Pengzheng's death would be too much for her mother to bear, and that she would suffer greatly.
But now it seems she saw her mother too clearly.
"This string of numbers is not only my birthday, but also the day I married Mu Pengzheng. My family wasn't well-off back then, but Mu Pengzheng still did everything he could to give me the best wedding possible. When we got married..."
This time, Mu Xiaoyu talked a lot with her mother. When she came out of the ward, the already gloomy sky outside became even more overcast. It looked like it was going to rain, accompanied by booming thunder, and lightning could even be vaguely seen on the other side of the sky.
Li Chenxu had been outside the ward the whole time. When he saw Mu Xiaoyu come out, he immediately went up and took Mu Xiaoyu's hand.
The sanatorium had central air conditioning running 24 hours a day, and despite the temperature being in the mid-twenties, Mu Xiaoyu's hands were ice cold.
Li Chenxu frowned immediately. He held Mu Xiaoyu's hand and blew on it, then rubbed it repeatedly in his palm until it warmed up a little before asking, "Why is this happening? What did Auntie say to you?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Xiaoyu was startled, as if she had just come to her senses. She immediately grabbed Li Chenxu's hand tightly and said through gritted teeth, "I know what that string of numbers means! Brother Chenxu, I have to go back to my hometown!"
Mu Xiaoyu looked tense, as if something terrible was about to happen. Li Chenxu wanted to ask Mu Xiaoyu what had happened, but seeing Mu Xiaoyu's current state, he knew she wouldn't say much at this time. So he could only suppress his questions and nodded, saying, "Okay, I'll make the arrangements right away, but we can't go today. The weather is like this; something could easily happen."
Mu Xiaoyu was very anxious, but she also knew that if the weather continued like this, it would be fine, but if a heavy rainstorm came halfway through, there could easily be an accident in her hometown, a remote mountain village.
"Okay, don't you have things to do at the company? I can go by myself tomorrow. You go and take care of your work first."
"No, even if we're going, it has to be the two of us. I'm not comfortable with you going alone."
How could Li Chenxu let Mu Xiaoyu go alone? He would only feel at ease if he was by her side.
Mu Xiaoyu didn't see this in the first place; she knew Li Chenxu was worried about her. Besides, she didn't know what would happen this time. Although it was a bit selfish, if Li Chenxu was by her side, Mu Xiaoyu wouldn't be afraid even if she died.
The two hurriedly left the sanatorium. Li Chenxu went straight to the company, while Mu Xiaoyu originally planned to go back, but a heavy rainstorm started on the way.
The rainstorm was sudden, and there had been almost no such heavy rainstorms in the past year. Within an hour, the roadside was flooded. If this continued, let alone tomorrow, even if they retreated, Mu Xiaoyu and the others might not be able to get back.