Chapter 19

The sunset that bound the horizon faded little by little, and the night swept away the heat of the day. The spring water in the backyard was tinkling, and there was a faint chirping of cicadas. Under the dim light, Mu Renzai looked at Mu Yu carefully, as if he could never see enough.

"You have grown so big in the blink of an eye. I remember that when you were born, you were very weak due to premature birth. You were smaller than a cat. When you were a child, you fell on the plum blossom pile and got a bruise on your face. I don't know where you heard it. You only cared about yourself. My face was afraid of being disfigured at a young age..."

He picked up a chopstick for Mu Yu's favorite dish: "Okay, okay, Xiaoyu, don't cry,"

Mu Ren babbled like an ordinary old man. Mu Yu listened carefully to what he said about the past. Muren let out a long sigh and finally came to the unavoidable topic.

"The thing I regret most in my life is sending you to Xianghai Elementary School."

As if a bloody scar was uncovered, Mu Yu felt a pain in his heart: "Grandpa..."

Muren waved his hand: "Xiaoyu, The more sensible you are, the more uncomfortable I feel. I regret not knowing that you were being made trouble for immediately, and I should have made a decision for you immediately. Even then, I punished you because of your revenge. Xiaoyu, it was Grandpa who was sorry for you. Wrong."

His next words seemed to reveal all of Mu Yu's thoughts.

"I've been wondering if the way you were handled at that time pushed you to the other extreme, prompting you to understand that the power to control people's hearts is more hidden and more fascinating than violence."

She wanted to speak, to defend herself. However, she always felt that any words were powerless in front of her grandfather.

Fortunately, Muren didn't dwell too much on this topic.

"I want to tell you something very important, about your parents." When he said this, he kept staring at Mu Yu, and sighed silently when he found that she did not show any curiosity that ordinary children should have, "You Both his father and mother graduated from Hogwarts."

Mu Yu was not surprised by this at all.

"The Mu family's population is declining, and your grandma is weak. In order to preserve the only bloodline of the Mu family, your Grandpa Xu and I discussed sending your father to Hogwarts. There he met Olivia, yours. Mother." The name

"Olivia"

was no longer unfamiliar to her. Whether it was Gemma Foley's hint when she first entered school or the vague hint from the Ravenclaw ghost, it all reflected Olivia. Probably has something to do with her.

Now it's just confirmed the previous speculation.

If what Gemma said is true, then they are still cousins ​​in name only.

When mentioning Olivia, grandpa finally felt a sense of regret: "She is a very good girl, but it is a pity that the natural blood curse is difficult to break. Your father...rebelled from the family back then, and Olivia because of this There was a dispute with him. She left your father and gave birth to you alone in London. After giving birth to you, she was exhausted. "

For a while, the only thing left was the chirping of cicadas outside the window.

"Olivia is one of the few people who can resist the charm of the magic mirror." Helena's words still ring in her ears.

Muren looked at Mu Yu guiltily. Mu Yu felt like her mind had turned into a pile of mush. Grandpa is still vague about what happened after Mu Yi betrayed the family.

They all wanted to protect her, but they never asked her if she needed such protection.

"Xiaoyu, I hid this from you before just because you were too young. Accepting this rashly is not good for your character. I am also sorry for Olivia's last wish."

He closed his eyes, as if he couldn't bear to touch some memories from the past: "She wanted you to live a safe and happy life, but I didn't do it."

Mu Yu originally wanted to say that there was no need to hide anything from her about Mu Yi's betrayal and the various involvements within Kunlun College. She even wanted to say that the Mu family could stir up trouble, create conflicts, and sit back and watch the fight between tigers and tigers until all the previous accounts were settled.

But when she saw the scrawny old man in front of her, struggling with painful memories, she couldn't say anything.

Even she knew how much of what she wanted to say was truly for the sake of her family.

Muren's hands on the dining table were shaking.

"Hogwarts is a very excellent school. Your grades are also very good. The Mu family is not short of money, Xiaoyu, you can choose the life you want. The so-called Tao is actually just an ordinary life. Graduation You can then settle in Godric's Hollow, or return to Mingyuan Mountain. Your life will be rich and peaceful. "

A life of wealth and peace is like a pool of stagnant water, which is not only devoid of any fun, but also devoid of beauty.

"I've never been to Godric's Hollow. I heard it's beautiful there," she said softly, as if she really yearned for it. This was different from the pretense she had at school. She was sincerely wrapping up lies, "But if it's true, If I have to choose a place to live, I still want to stay in Mingyuan Mountain."

She is no longer familiar with every plant and tree here.

"This is my home, my only home."

It is also her only bond.

As soon as she finished speaking, Muren coughed heavily again, as if he wanted to cough out all his internal organs. Mu Yu stood up worriedly and tried to support him, but he avoided him.

He waved his hand and just looked at Mu Yu seriously, as if this could engraved her in this moment forever. His voice was so weak: "I'm glad you found friends you can talk to at school."

But...

he swallowed the second half of the sentence alive.

Mu Yu felt her heart beat uncontrollably for the first time when she heard about her friend. She vaguely understood that the friend her grandfather was talking about was definitely not Daphne.

But how could he know,

"Just like what I said in the letter, Daphne and I get along very happily."

The night was very dark, even the cicadas stopped chirping, and only fireflies were flying outside the window under the clear night sky.

"You just came back, go and rest early," Muren wanted to stand up, but such a simple movement seemed so difficult for him. He once again refused Mu Yu's support, and asked casually as if something suddenly occurred to him, "Xiao Yu, do you want to go out to play during the summer vacation?"

Facing this old man with a thin back, Mu Yu found that no matter what, he couldn't make up even an extremely lame one. lie.

She nodded slightly, and the tears that had stopped falling again fell when she saw her grandfather's figure being stretched more elongated by the light. She choked and whispered: "Grandpa..."

She couldn't say any more.

Muren patted her hand, his eyes were surprisingly tolerant and kind, but what he said was enough to make people tremble: "Albania has dense forests, many poisonous insects, snakes, ants, thorns, and overgrown paths. It is really not suitable for mountain tourism." Water."

"I won't go," Mu Yu said softly, "I won't go there this summer."

Muren still held her hand tightly: "Xiao Yu, even life will not last forever, let alone others. Something. Power is like a powerful fire, but few people can control it. Once it is formed, it can only destroy the world."

He turned his head and stopped looking at her, instead looking at the crowds spinning outside the window. Each firefly said: "When I named you Yu, I also hoped that you would grow your wings as soon as possible and escape from the cage."

After all, Mu Yu didn't go anywhere during this summer vacation. She even left for the UK a few days before the start of school. Grandpa, uncharacteristically, insisted on sending her to the airport.

For more than two months, his physical condition did not improve at all. Instead, he continued to lose weight day by day, as if something in his body was frantically sucking his life force.

Shen Qitong came here several times, and every time he came full of sorrow and left even more sorrowfully.

Even the bright sunshine is exactly the same as the day I returned home.

"You don't have to come to see me off," Mu Yu tilted her head and watched the sunlight pouring on the glass inch by inch. She was unwilling to look back, because then she would have to face the destined ending, "I have grown up and can do many things by myself. "

Her voice was extremely low when she said the last sentence.

"Yes, you have grown up, and you are old enough to make your own choices." Muren patted her shoulder and felt her trembling, "Do you still remember the litter of rabbits you raised when you were three years old?"

He Suddenly a seemingly unrelated topic came up.

Mu Yu stared at the beam of light dancing on the glass, unwilling to look at the shadow reflected in it: "Grandpa, stop talking." She no longer trembled, and there was no pleading in the words she spat out. Every word was as cold as Freshly dug out of an ancient tomb.

Muren did not respond to her and continued: "We picked up this nest of rabbits when we were walking in the mountains. There is only one female rabbit that has just given birth and five cubs. They are about to die. You are begging to take them back. I agreed. I think the process of raising rabbits can teach you a lot."

He stopped here and couldn't continue for a long time. If Mu Yu could turn his head slightly at this moment, or even just glance at the reflection in the glass, he would find that Mu Ren also turned his head and stopped looking at her. Grandpa's whole body was immersed in light, as if he could disappear with the light in the next second. She was the only one looking at the dancing light spots on the glass, completely unaware that she was huddled in the shadow where the sun could not reach her.

"What did you think raising rabbits could teach me?" She dug out more words buried with her from the ancient tomb.

"No matter how many and tiring you have to do every day, you never forget to feed the rabbits and take good care of their daily lives. The rabbits are getting fatter and fatter, and they are becoming less and less active. At first, I thought it was because they were raised in captivity, and I planned to advise you that it was time to They are released into nature, even if they have to starve and sleep in the open air, that is where they should be." Muren ignored her question, "Until I found traces of magic on every rabbit, Xiaoyu, you. You should know that the traces left by spells are the hardest to hide."

She began to turn the ring on her hand: "Grandpa."

"Every night, you pin the female rabbit to the wall with thumbtacks and force her children to watch it. The magic he learned cured the female rabbit, and the cycle started again."

He coughed violently again, this time it was so long, but Mu Yu was not anxious anymore. She turned the ring faster and faster, staring at the increasingly faint light spots. She couldn't see her expression clearly at this time: "I was young at that time and didn't know how to respect life. It was you who taught me to be kind and sympathetic to everyone in the world. An existing life, face their joys, their sorrows, and their difficulties."

"You said at the time, 'I just want to see if they have their own thoughts like us.'" Muren finally recovered, but still not. Pay attention to her response, "Children's cruelty is due to ignorance and fear, and real evil is lack of mercy and lack of respect."

He couldn't say any more.

Mu Yu waited for a long time, and then stopped playing with the ring on his hand until it was confirmed that he really seemed to have nothing to say. A dark cloud just covered the sun, and the light spots dancing on the glass were no longer visible, but her voice gradually began to gain warmth: "You said ignorance is not terrible. From ignorance to knowledge is a process, like sailing with the wind. , things will come naturally, but going from no compassion to compassion is a practice, like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. Grandpa, I have been practicing compassion. I learn your way to be kind to everyone. I smile to everyone. Everyone is gentle and tolerant. I will let you tell stories to the orphans in the left-behind area and teach them how to survive, but who will take pity on me?"

Closing your eyes seems to make it easier for tears to flow down. As long as the first drop occurs, everything will happen. Likewise, sail with the wind and everything will fall into place. She sobbed softly: "I thought I should tolerate their bullying, but I don't know how. I have never raised a rabbit again."

A warm hand touched her head, but she still refused to look and continued to bury herself in the shadows. middle.

"Actually, I have always been proud of you, Xiaoyu. You have never raised a rabbit again."

The sunshine diluted part of the dark clouds again.

The departure time was about to come, and Mu Yu turned his head at this moment, his red eyes were like an illusion under the sun: "Is it true?"

Grandpa was looking at her, the tolerance and firmness in his eyes had not changed for thousands of days and nights: "You can't do it anymore." I won’t raise it anymore.”

He used an affirmative sentence.

"I will never raise her again." Mu Yu accepted this affirmation, but lowered his head and missed the look in his eyes that had not changed in thousands of days and nights and never blamed her.

Something cold was stuffed into the palm of her hand. It was a jade pendant. Under the refraction of the sun, the jade loses its hardness and becomes more like a glass of mellow wine.

This piece of jade is priceless at first glance.

Mu Yu only noticed the person who gave her the jade.

He seems to be still the old man who led her to the top of Mingyuan Mountain, and the grandfather who told her time and time again that she should go home, but now his smile is a bit more bitter and inexplicable: "Mingyuan Mountain will always be there." It is your destination, your home, and this jade will also be your key to going home. When the time comes, it will take you home."

Mu Yu looked at the jade pendant carefully and discovered. He discovered an astonishing fact: "This is a soul jade."

As the name suggests, the soul jade can warm and nourish the soul through special means.

"Olivia hopes you are safe and happy. Maybe I shouldn't impose what I think is safe and happy on you," he said, a tear falling down his wrinkled cheek as if he couldn't help it. " I'm really happy that after so many years, I finally have someone with whom I can talk to you, otherwise you would be too lonely, Xiaoyu. "

It's a pity that this person appears at this time, when he has no idea what will happen next. When there is nothing you can do.

"Europe has a lot of scenery. Albania is rugged and steep, and the roads are difficult to travel..."

"Grandpa..."

He mentioned the rabbit, and then mentioned Albania again. Mu Yu finally understood that this farewell was not a reproach and warning for the past, but a euphemism for the future. land admonishment.

However, there was no room for delay at this time, otherwise she would really be late.

"Go, Xiaoyu," Mu Ren sent her all the way to the place where she can no longer be sent, "You have to learn to fly, no matter where the wings will take you."

Mu Yu turned back and walked forward step by step, After turning the corner, the thin figure could no longer be seen.

He actually had many ways to keep her in Mingyuan Mountain, or with just one letter, Dumbledore would know everything, including the afternoon when she knelt in the courtyard, including Albania, including the rabbit. But Mu Yu knew that he had done nothing.

"I'm sorry."

She whispered to the warm jade pendant in her ha