Robot K

23. Warming

Mu Sheng turned around, walked out of the ancestral hall, sat down on the steps in front of the door, and waved to the two of them. Hailey pulled Kristen to follow, and the three of them sat on the steps, quietly watching the moonlight and the swaying shadows of flowers in the courtyard, and Mu Sheng told their stories.

She is very beautiful, but very deserted and withdrawn.He is afraid of interacting with people, he loves small animals, all flowers and trees.But he was still very lonely, so one day, he made himself a playmate, a puppet.

Carved out the shape one by one, polished it carefully, and found a pair of the most beautiful stones to make the eyes of the doll.After the doll was made, he called him Mu Sheng.

He takes the doll for a walk every day, basks in the sun together, and waters the flowers and plants together. He can talk to the doll, read to him, bathe him, and sleep with him in his arms.

Gradually, the doll can understand his words, understand his expressions, walk over to help him when he falls, and hum softly to lull him to sleep when he is scared.

Rong likes red, so Mu Sheng secretly helped him collect a lot of red stones from various sources.Rong will polish the stones to the size of eyes, and then often change them to the dolls.Different moods, he will use different shades of red.Later, the doll will change the stones by itself, to amuse him and occasionally surprise him.This is like the first small game between them, expressing each other's mood every day.

None of them felt anything unusual, and naturally accepted Mu Sheng's changes.But the people around didn't know this, they only saw the young master's strange behavior, they thought the young master was crazy, even Rong's parents began to be afraid of this weird child.

They sealed him up and wanted to take Mu Sheng away, but every time Mu Sheng would return to Rong's side.They were afraid, and finally one day, they took Rong away while he was taking a nap, and then set fire to the house, trying to burn Mu Sheng to death inside.But Rong woke up halfway and ran back, he rushed in to look for Mu Sheng, and then never came out again.

As for Mu Sheng, he was still on his way back, and today he collected another beautiful red stone, so red, like the color of blood.

Rong was underage, unmarried, and died unexpectedly, so they just buried him hastily, without a stele or a spiritual tablet.Mu Sheng found a piece of wood and carved a sign himself, engraving the shape of the face, stroke by stroke, just like he was carving his former self.Then, put it in the ancestral hall, hoping that the incense in the world will make him well in another world, and I will always be here with him.

After Mu Sheng finished speaking, the surroundings were quiet, so quiet, so the sound of Hailey's tears falling on the stone steps was so obvious.

Kristen held her shoulders lightly, reaching out to wipe away the tears on her face.She had a feeling, as if she also felt that kind of sadness, not a calculation, not a simulation, but like a string of garbled characters, an impulse.

Mu Sheng looked at them, and then said: "Do you understand? No stone is really magical. It is that person who gave me my soul." He stared into the distance, as if looking through layers of darkness. Seeing that handsome face, she smiled at him gently and called his name, Mu Sheng.

Hailey wiped her face vigorously, then raised her head and said, "You mean, Rong has this special ability?"

Mu Sheng smiled, looked at her and said, "Not only him, but you too."

Hailey didn't understand, she still looked at Mu Sheng with puzzled eyes.

Kristen asked suddenly: "You mean everyone has this ability?"

Mu Sheng nodded, looked at Kristen and said, "We all have containers for our souls, but we just need to open them and warm them up. Just like human growth, we grow up little by little. However, there are very few people who can knock down and open them. Few, but he is willing to use his soul to nourish you, it will take a long time, a lot of care and love. Have you heard the story of grass and trees being able to become spirits a long time ago? That is not a legend."

Hailey looked surprised, she was born and raised in the era of robots, those ancient stories are so far away in her concept, so illusory.

And Kristen looked deep in thought, she vaguely understood what Mu Sheng was talking about.

Seeing the different reactions of the two, Mu Sheng smiled slightly.He knew that the robot on the opposite side already understood, and that curly-haired girl would understand sooner or later.

"The red stones, why do they have energy? Why does Alex seem to become emotional after using these stones?" Hailey still did not give up.

"In this world, many things have energy, but these red stones are particularly obvious. Maybe this is also the reason why they are attractive. He has a natural ability to feel nature. As for why it affects that little guy, it is probably Because they are all used by me, they must have absorbed some nurturing soul fragments."

Hailey pondered, in fact, she had already believed what Mu Sheng said, the world is inherently wonderful, if she never thought about it or encountered it, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

Hailey looked at Kristen next to her. No matter what, K was still by her side. As for the soul, they could take their time, and they would have a lot of time in the future.She thought of Mu Sheng and Rong's separation, after so long, Mu Sheng must be very lonely.

"What are your plans for the future? Do you want to stay here forever?" Hailey already regarded Mu Sheng as a friend, so she couldn't help worrying about him.

"Yes, I can only be with him here." Mu Sheng said softly.

Hailey was silent, she thought of herself and Kristen, if she was gone, she hoped that Kristen could live well and happily do what she wanted to do, including her share.

She glanced at Kristen with a pleading look in her eyes. Kristen understood what she meant, and even though she disagreed, she still said to Mu Sheng: "If you want to go out for a walk, I have biological materials here, which can replace your skin with human skin, making it easier for you to walk."

Mu Sheng was stunned for a moment, he hadn't gone out of this big mansion for a long time, he used to go outside occasionally, now he almost forgot what the world was like.He glanced at the small wooden sign in the ancestral hall, smiled and shook his head.

"No, thank you, I'll stay here."

Hailey looked at him and suddenly had an idea: "Mu Sheng, have you thought about it? Maybe Rong will be reincarnated, don't you want to look for it?"

For the first time, Mu Sheng's calm face showed shock. He raised his head to look at Hailey, and his voice was turbulent: "What do you mean?"

"I want to say that there are still many things in this world that we don't realize. Just like you, before I saw you, I never thought that it would be like this. Then the legendary reincarnation of the soul may not be groundless, maybe it is true. What about the existence of Rong? If Rong is really reincarnated, no matter what he becomes, you will be able to recognize his soul, because that soul has nourished you, and you all come from the same source. "

Mu Sheng fell silent. Hailey didn't continue, she didn't say this on purpose to let Mu Sheng get out of here, but she also hoped that such legends really existed, and hoped that the two of them, even if there was a slim hope, were better than waiting in despair like this .

After a long time, when the moon was quietly hiding, Mu Sheng finally said, "Teach me how to dress up as a human, I'm going to find him."