Legend of Dream God in a Little Dream

Chapter 185: Spoiler

Everything was so warm, the mother and son now talked and laughed about the things worth remembering in the world, and she finally took out the knife.

She took the knife out of the room and Zengjun followed her out.

She used drinking water, which was the cleanest water here, to wash the knife.

Songjun stood beside her, "I actually had a moment when I thought a mother would harm her child. When did I become so suspicious?"

After washing the knife, she walked into the wooden house. Zengjun followed her and wanted to go through the door normally, but he went straight through.

She handed the knife to Yijiu, who placed the apple on the chopping board and cut it, dividing the apple into three parts, one half and two quarters.

Yijiu handed her half of the apple.

She took the quarter of the food that Yijiu left on the chopping board, cut it in half, and put it into her mouth.

Zengjun didn't think there was anything strange about it.

Just when Yijiu was about to eat, she called Yijiu.

"Xiaojiu, you eat later."

Although Yijiu didn't understand the reason, he still listened to it and put the apple back on the chopping board.

Zengjun also understood, "Are you afraid it's poisonous? You're too careful, keeping vigilant to unfamiliar things, but you're also testing for Yijiu to see if it's poisonous."

This is indeed the case, but only she and Zengjun know that this is a test to see if it is poisonous.

It’s not her fault. She is a human being, but she does things beyond what humans can do. Perhaps it’s because of her other identity, that of a mother.

But after a while, fortunately she didn't show any discomfort.

"Hmm, it's very sweet. Xiaojiu, you should try it too." She nodded, with a crispy feeling on her face. This was probably the first time she had eaten such expensive food.

Yijiu could finally eat the fruit of courage. Yijiu slowly put the small piece of apple into his mouth.

The teeth bit by bit, biting on the already scarce piece.

Zengjun looked at this heartwarming scene, his eyes turned to the apple, and suddenly he frowned, "Since Wushi mentioned me, it means that these things happened in recent years."

Looking at the apples on the serving board, Zengjun fell silent, because this tragedy happened recently, and this time, Zengjun also became a participant. Zengjun was also involved in this outcome that killed her.

That apple, the fruit of courage, was supposed to represent peace. It seemed perfect that it appeared here at this moment. However, Zengjun still felt something was wrong. An indescribable feeling made Zengjun not know whether he was helping Yijiu or harming her.

It's like having candles at an important dinner, which is perfect, but it always makes others feel weird.

This strange feeling surged into Zengjun's heart, but he didn't understand why.

Cough~

The wooden door was slowly opened. The sound of the door opening broke the warmth between the two people, and the person that Yijiu disliked the most appeared in front of Yijiu.

The man walked in, looked at the pot of rice that was enough for three days of meals, turned around and asked her, "Do you know that this will shorten our lives by three days?"

"Today is Xiaojiu's birthday, I think~" She was silent, and a contradiction appeared in her heart. On the one hand, this could indeed allow them to live three more days, but today was still Yijiu's birthday for her, her mother.

"It's his birthday, so what? Should we celebrate his birthday?" He then pointed at the porridge in the pot, "He is not sensible, so you shouldn't be as sensible as him, right?"

She picked up the quarter of the apple and handed it to him, "Stop talking, today is Xiaojiu's birthday, and he hasn't celebrated his birthday for more than five years."

Zengjun looked at the apple in her hand. As for why he didn't give her the biggest piece, that is, half of the apple, it was because Yijiu was the protagonist today.

"Is it because Yijiu is the protagonist today or because he doesn't deserve it that he doesn't give the biggest piece?" Zengjun asked himself.

Zengjun turned to look at the man, his face full of anger, which made Zengjun feel more inclined to the view that he was not worthy of it.

He slapped the apple away and said, "Do you still want to poison me?"

Zeng Jun heard this and suddenly understood what caused his strange feeling before. It was like a grand dinner with candles, but someone pushed the candles down, and they went dim in an instant, ruining everyone's fun.

Zeng Jun just felt these things in advance, and the situation that occurred later answered Zeng Jun's doubts.

Zengjun looked at the apple that he had slammed to the ground, which was now covered in dust, and then raised his head to look at the man's face.

It wasn't that dark, but it was afternoon, the sun was still high in the sky, and they didn't have candles to push the birthday until the evening.

"What are you doing?" she asked in confusion.

Yijiu just stood there in a daze, as if they, mother and son, were sinners, being criticized by someone more powerful.

"What am I doing? I'm telling you how valuable food is. That's three days' worth of food for us," the man explained angrily. His anger did not disappear, but he was still feeling aggrieved for the rice.

"They are right there. If you think it's a waste, you can just feed them all at once," she responded angrily. She knew he had a bad temper, but he shouldn't do that in front of Yijiu. He was only twelve or thirteen years old, still just a child.

The man felt that she was insulting him, as if saying that he should not be so stingy, but he ignored the fact that today was Yijiu's birthday.

So he walked up to her, gave her a loud slap in the face, and declared his sovereignty.

"Don't bully my mother." Yijiu quickly pushed the man's feet away and stood in front of her.

Zengjun looked at this scene and thought, "A spoiler is the biggest misfortune for this family, right?"

The man looked down at Yijiu. He first showed an incredible expression. He couldn't believe that his child dared to challenge him.

"Aren't you going to be obedient anymore? I raised you and this is how you repay me?" The man lowered his head and looked at Yijiu in disappointment.

This is like a game of taking sides. It seems wrong to stand anywhere, but Yijiu must choose what he thinks is right. Besides, Yijiu also hates this man, very much.

A silent battle of gunpowder paused at this moment. Who is right and who is wrong?

One wanted to live a few more days, one wanted to make up for some mistakes, and one wanted to protect the most important person in his heart. Who was wrong? Zeng Jun didn't know, but he definitely didn't like the man's behavior.

If you lose food, you can earn more. If you live like this every day, year after year, what is the difference between that and death? We are born to enjoy the world, not to be prisoners.