The Heartless Mage Chapter 78: Letters

Sawei and Shengyi knelt side by side on the floor, holding their faces in their hands and sobbing. Both of them were dressed in shirts, showing similar thin shoulders and thin necks. The thin necks carried a round head, and they trembled as if they couldn't move them.

Wuxin sat cross-legged across from him, not knowing how to comfort him, and there was no handkerchief on his body, only two slaps, but it was inappropriate to wipe anyone's face. When the siblings sniffed their noses and raised their heads, he seized the opportunity and asked, "Where are the towels?"

Sawei and Shengyi stretched their fingers in a direction together. Wuxin walked over and opened the door, and saw that there were white tiles on the inner four walls, which was a modern bathroom. Walking in and tore off two soft towels, Xiaojian suddenly stuck his head out from the crack of the door and tilted his head at Wuxin. He exposed the **** half of his neck: "What happened to them?"

Wuxin waved at him and lowered his voice to the lowest level: "Don't make trouble tonight, they just died mother."

Xiaojian nodded clearly and retracted his head to the crack of the door.

Sai Wei and Sheng Yi didn't speak, they leaned against the wall holding the towel, their four thin legs stretched out in a mess, making Wuxin feel that there were legs all over the place.

They cried for a while, rested for a while, and then snuggled up and took a nap. When I really woke up, it was already early morning. Sai Weiqiang stood up and went to the kitchen, and found a bottle of thick orange juice from the refrigerator. Suddenly looking back, she saw Wuxin vaguely.

Wuxin kicked the door and asked her seriously: "What do you want to do? I'll help you."

All aspects of Saiwei are high and low, and he has been studying in a girls' school, and he has almost no friends of the opposite sex. Wuxin had a little kindness towards her, and she immediately felt it. Putting the cold glass bottle on the kitchen table, she tried her best to open her red and swollen eyes, and replied in a nasal voice: "I want to drink some hot orange water."

Inadvertently turned the kitchen upside down and finally found the kettle. After mixing three glasses of steaming orange water, he carried it into the living room with a tray. Saiwei choked up and followed him, suddenly forgetting the issue of class, and only felt that he was fine.

The three still sat around the ground, each holding a cup of hot orange water. Shengyi took a few sips silently, and his vitality recovered slightly. Looking at the white fish maw that appeared in the sky outside the window, he asked in a hoarse voice, "Sister, is the eldest brother still in Tianjin?"

Savi nodded: "He said he would go back to Beijing soon. Dad went to Japan last month, and there was no one in charge at home."

Sheng Yi blinked her dry eyes: "Let's go straight to the train station when it's dawn!"

Then he turned to Wuxin: "Thank you for staying with us all night."

Wuxin shook his head and smiled, knowing that his way of making money was cut off, but he had nothing to complain about. Compared with the other party's loss of his mother, although his hunger and cold were urgent, it was not a big problem.

Savi suddenly said, "Master Wuxin, if you want, we can bring you one when we buy a ticket."

Shengyi turned her head to look at her in surprise, and she continued to say to herself: "Anyway, you are a wanderer in Shanghai. If you come to Beijing, you may find a better way to survive."

She then turned to Shengyi: "Now it's the same in the north and south. Even if Shanghai is more fun, isn't it useless without money?"

Shengyi has never seen a man that Saiwei is particularly concerned about, but now this is the first time in history. But after thinking about it, he felt that it was impossible. Although their sister and brother looked down on each other, he thought that no matter how no one wanted Saiwei, he wouldn't fall in love with a poor monk and a supervillain.

Wuxin just smiled, a little hesitant in her heart. It's easy to say, of course, it's at most a waste of two months' rent; but do you really go to the north? It’s probably not bad to really go to the north. The last time I went to Beijing and Tianjin was ten years ago. Later, I went all the way to the south and wanted to go back again.

The big world outside is gradually awakening, and the street downstairs begins to have food burdens passing by. After Saiwei drank the orange water, he planned to pack up and head north. Unexpectedly, just as she stood up against the wall, she heard a knock on the door.

The maid who comes once a day has a key, so of course you don't have to knock on the door. Saiwei and Shengyi looked at each other again, then walked to open the door. It turned out that the knocker was a handyman in the building, and he sent an expedited letter that had just arrived. Saiwei closed the door after receiving the letter, and turned around while looking down at the envelope. After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped.

She raised her head with a pale face, her eyes scattered and whispered: "Strange."

Sheng Yi looked up at her: "What's the matter? Who is the letter?"

Sai Wei stood on the spot, his hands shaking a little: "Yes...it's mother."

She was stunned when she heard this. It turns out that the second aunt of the Ma family has very limited knowledge. She can't recognize a lot of big characters, and she can't even read the songbook. She has never mentioned a pen in her life. . Therefore, without mentioning the content of the letter, the act of writing the letter itself is extremely rare. Looking at the handwriting on the envelope, it was crooked and lacking arms and legs. It is definitely not the work of the old gentleman, but the handwriting of the second concubine. The sisters and brothers of the Ma family have also seen their mother's account book by chance, and there are messy accounts written one by one. , just like the handwriting on the envelope, ridiculously clumsy.

Saiwei tore the seal, took out a letter from the inside and unfolded it, and saw that the strokes on it were dark, not written with a brush, nor with a pen. I rubbed it with my fingertips and rubbed out a smear of black, which turned out to be an eyebrow pencil for thrush. The second concubine had never written a handwritten letter, it was the first time in her life that she wrote it, and it was full of vernacular words that did not match the foreword. The two siblings got together to read it together, and at the end looked at each other and raised their heads, staring at each other.

The second concubine made two complaints in the letter. One is that the eldest young master and the master quarreled so fiercely that he almost fired a gun again; the other was that she recently had a strange heart disease, and she had nightmares when she closed her eyes at night. Ask someone who understands to understand the dream, and the result is a very bad omen. In the end, she instructed her children not to go home in a hurry, because her heart was always pounding and she wanted to rest, but the house was too quiet. If possible, she would like to go to Shanghai with her children. It's autumn.

Three things made the second aunt write upside down; at the end she emphasized again: "Don't go home, the money is not enough, the mother will subsidize you."

Sitting back on the floor with the letter, the Ma siblings were all dumbfounded—first, the second aunt actually wrote to them personally; second, the second aunt had trouble sleeping; third, the second aunt actually had trouble sleeping The wife did not urge them to go home; fourth, the second wife actually offered to give them money.

At the end, it was Shengyi who spoke first: "Big brother is back home again?"

Savi looked at the letter, and the letter did not even have a date. He could only guess the date of the letter from the postmark on the envelope: "Probably went back before Dad went abroad."

Sheng Yi gritted her teeth and scolded: "Damn lame, no matter where you go, you will be restless!"

Sai Wei immediately reached out and patted him, seemingly blaming him for being unintentional. When she slapped Shengyi dumb, she thought for a while, but couldn't help but explain: "Our eldest brother, my legs and feet are a little inconvenient. When my father was young, he had a bad temper. One day, he got drunk and went crazy, and shot and injured him. him."

Unintentionally nodded, but said nothing.

Sai Wei added: "Our mother... has always been very healthy."

This statement is true. The second concubine can basically be regarded as having a big heart and a fat body. The only career in life is to please Mr. Ma. The highest achievement is to give birth to a pair of lively twins in one fell swoop. After giving birth to a pair of children, she felt that her status was guaranteed, and she would never be expelled or treated coldly. Master Hengshu Ma had no intention of coming to her again. She simply finished eating and sleeping. Because she was fat, she kept her mouth open and was in a hurry. Her children and private money are her talismans. She disapproves of the two children traveling together. If she keeps her word and her children are obedient, she will definitely keep Saiwei and Shengyi at home. The two children can't be locked up, but the body in their hands can be locked up. The second concubine has a little savings and will never move, because there is no sense of security in the big family. Once Master Ma is finished and the Ma family is separated, she can still buy a small house and continue to live her good life as a fat lady.

Shengyi took the letter and read it again. After reading it, she mumbled: "Is it true that people are good at dying? Why does my mother seem to have changed her sex?"

Sai Wei immediately glared at him: "Don't talk nonsense! Did my mother already know she was leaving? My mother was worried about us—"

Shengyi stopped the second half of her sentence: "When I said change of sex, I meant that my mother wrote a letter to us. You can see what happened in the letter. Besides, you don't know the temperament of your mother? Even Tianjin feels that she is far away from the ends of the earth, so she will come to Shanghai for no reason? Is she willing to have a small card table in her small house and small courtyard?"

Sai Wei blinked her eyes and listened to Seung Yi's words. For some reason, her spine suddenly felt cold. The little ghost is mysterious and unknowable, very scary; there are many doubts in the letter, and it also reveals a bit of horror. Turning his head to look at the letterhead in Shengyi's hand, the strokes on the snow-white paper were dazzlingly black. Although the second concubine is semi-literate, she is proficient in makeup and should never use an eyebrow pencil to write letters. unless...

Saiwei glanced at Wuxin and saw him sitting quietly beside him, like a rock, and his heart settled a little, as if he was the protector of his siblings. After drinking the remaining orange water in the glass, she lowered her head to think for a long time, and finally raised her head and said, "Shengyi, mother has something in her heart, but she doesn't know how to say or write it. So..."

Sheng Yi looked at her with two swollen eyes: "What?"

Sai Wei lowered his eyes and replied slowly: "Is there something unusual about my mother, but she has no evidence, so she can only write the facts that happened at that time in the letter? She won't let us go back, Is it because she found out that something was going on at home? She secretly wrote to us, was it because someone was staring at her and she was not allowed to write? The eyebrow pencil is very soft. It can only be used if it is sharpened. Even if you can't find a good pen for a while, it is better to use a pencil with a flower-like tip. Mom is not stupid, why do you have to wear an eyebrow pencil to write a letter?"

Sheng Yi nodded slowly: "Sister, you think better than me."

Sawei and Shengyi originally planned to leave early in the morning, but after receiving the letter, the more they thought about it, the more confused they became, so they stayed in the room. As for Wuxin, because he was not expelled, he had the cheek to stay beside the two siblings, basking in the sun and listening to others. After lunch, Shengyi thought it was useless to just think about it, so he cheered up and wanted to buy a train ticket to go home. However, before they could set off, the postman delivered the second letter of the day.

The handwriting on the letter is ugly, and it is still the handwriting of the second concubine. Saiwei tore open the seal and took out the letterhead, and found that there were only three black words on the letterhead: Don't go home!