Chapter 1 Mother, finish talking!

Chapter 1 Mother, finish talking!

Demacia.

A border town.

The bright moon is high, the weather is mild, and the cicadas are chirping constantly.

The surrounding scenery is not pretty, but there are grass and trees, and the green color makes it full of summer atmosphere.

At the edge of the fence outside a remote hut, Lu Qi was leaning against the edge, wearing linen clothes, with two bare arms, looking ahead, and sighed sadly.

"well"

The hut behind me had been built for an unknown number of years and looked a bit old. The weak candle light flickered in and out accompanied by bouts of slight coughing.

Soon, the coughing began to intensify, as if the five internal organs were being vomited out. Just listening to it, one could feel that the owner of the sound was suffering. She was already seriously ill.

Hearing the cough, Lu Qi sighed again. At this moment, he wanted to light a cigarette and ask.

Why is it so miserable?

The coughing woman in the room was his mother, named Mellie, this was the information he got through some memory fragments in his mind.

This was the situation when Lu Qi traveled through time three days ago.

The original owner seemed to want to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff, and then he was taken advantage of by Lu Qi who crossed over. However, Lu Qi did not expect that he would have an old mother who was seriously ill in bed to take care of just after crossing over.

The most outrageous thing is that the family has been unable to open the pot a long time ago, and the two pieces of bread under his body are still exchanged by Lu Qi for today's temporary work.

But now, he not only has to feed his own belly, but also take care of the sick inside.

"Why don't you just retreat?"

Hearing the sound of coughing coming from behind him again, Lu Qi couldn't help but have this idea pop up in his mind, and he shook his head and quickly dismissed it.

There are some things you will regret for the rest of your life.

Even if he actually had no feelings for the woman in the room, the same blood as hers was flowing in this body.

"Are you really going to betray your sex appeal? The grocer's daughter almost told me this."

Lu Qi grabbed the dog's tail grass that he got from nowhere and held it in his mouth with a troubled look. This may also be a choice that he will regret for the rest of his life.

When I think of the grocer's daughter, who is almost 200 to 300 years old, with her plump smiling face, and thighs so greasy that they reflect light.

Lu Qi swallowed hard.

"No, let's think of another way."

After all, he couldn't break through this psychological defense line, so Lu Qi decided to take it one step at a time.

He spent two days making two simple hunting traps and placed them in the mountains. He should be able to catch something today, so he would go and check it out later.

As for the rest, let’s think about it when we are really about to starve to death.

"Cough cough cough Lu Qi cough cough cough. Come in."

The coughing sound accompanied by his mother's call attracted Lu Qi's attention. He turned his head and called back: "I'm here, mother."

Then he walked towards the house.

She was not far away, so she had already reached the door after she responded. When she opened the door, she saw the small space inside. Her mother, who had a head full of white hair mixed with a little black hair, was lying on a bed board. Her face was pale and thin, and her eyes were wide. Powerless.

She was only in her forties, but she was tortured by illness as if she were a seventy-year-old man. She looked extremely pitiful.

Lu Qi walked closer and squatted down: "Are you hungry?"

Mellie turned sideways forcefully, looked at Lu Qi tenderly with her weak eyes, and said hoarsely: "No, I just want to talk to you."

"You tell me, I'll listen."

Lu Qi responded that he had nothing to do now, and maybe he would hear some shocking stories from this unfamiliar mother.

"Thank you for taking care of me all these years."

Mellie looked at Lu Qi with some distress.

Lu Qi immediately replied: "It's not hard."

It's true that he didn't have to work hard at all, but if he had to say it was hard, his stomach felt really hard and he often woke up easily from hunger.

"Have you ever regretted becoming my son?"

Mellie's eyes suddenly changed meaning, making Lu Qi confused.

But he still told the truth: "I don't regret it."

The person who can answer this question has died, so he must have something nice to say. After all, it is not a problem for him to say something to make the dying person comfortable.

"I regret a little bit, I regret becoming your mother."

However, Melly's next words left Lu Qi a little confused.

She seemed to have become many years younger all of a sudden. Her eyes no longer looked at Lu Qi, but at her past: "I am an extremely selfish and stupid woman. The decision I regret most is giving birth to you. It has made you wander around since you were a child, and you have never lived a good life for a few days.

It's all because of a decision I made, and only now do I realize how stupid I was for not even considering your opinion.

I originally wanted to take this secret into the coffin and guard it for the rest of my life, but in the past few days, I gradually figured it out.

I have no right to do this because this is your life. "

The long self-narration stopped, and Mellie looked at Lu Qi again. Saying so many words at once made her look even weaker. She reached out her hand, grabbed Lu Qi's hand and held it, and then spoke with difficulty: " There is a secret compartment on the wall behind the cabinet behind you. There are two things in it. Keep the necklace and use the other one as travel expenses. In fact, you are... when you go to the royal capital."

At this time, Mellie's hand dropped weakly, and the light in her eyes disappeared, becoming lifeless.

Lu Qi was immediately confused and tried to push: "Mother, finish what you said, what am I?"

Damn it, you had the energy to say so many words before, why can’t you just say the important information first?

He looked and saw that Mersha was probably gone, probably for the rest of his life.

But it's okay to leave. Although she is only forty years old, this disease has been tormenting her for many years, and she will no longer have this kind of pain in the future.

According to what she said before, Lu Qi pushed the cabinet open, fumbled for a while, and finally found a hidden compartment with difficulty. He reached in and quickly grabbed a black sandalwood box.

This box looks a bit expensive.

"Is it possible that my mother used to be a noble lady and eloped with a commoner? Now you want me to return to the family and take back everything that belongs to me?"

Lu Qi began to have ideas in his mind. He opened the sandalwood box, and there was indeed a delicate necklace inside. There was a round and crystal clear gemstone on the necklace, which was as beautiful as the eyes of an angel. Inside the gemstone was There is a three-pointed star that looks like a trident.

This necklace is definitely worth a lot of money. Why not sell it early so that the family can live a better life?

Lu Qi muttered to himself, but just like Mellie said, this is her choice.

There are two objects in the sandalwood box. The other is a gold bracelet. It looks very well made and should be sold for a lot of money.

Lu Qi planned to sell the gold bracelet directly as Mellie said, and then take the necklace to the royal capital.

He is very interested in the story behind the necklace and the world he lives in now.