âSob sob sobâ¦â
Youyou finally broke down. He threw himself at her and circled his arms around her waist as tears streamed down his face. âIâm Youyou! Mommy, how can you not recognize Youyou?! Mommy, Iâm Youyou!â
âI said you got the wrong person!â
Yun Shishi pushed him away with all her might. Youyou lost his balance and stumbled backwards, and then felt himself falling into the abyss.
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The boy cried in despair. âDonât⦠Donât abandon me! Donât abandon meâ¦â
â¦
When he woke, the sky was gray and overcast with dark clouds. It looked like the end of the world.
Standing on the gloomy grassland, Youyou slowly strode forward and looked at the endless stretch of green. His body fell limply to the ground as he knelt there weakly and dejectedly.
He heard the womanâs voice again, asking him, âWho are you?â
Exhausted, the boy looked up and opened his eyes. The dark clouds overhead was a reflection of his gray inner world.
âWho am I?â He opened his parched lips and muttered, âWho am I?â
He could no longer rememberâ¦
He felt as if he had just had an exhausting dream. When he woke up, he had no idea where he was.
âWhatâs your name?â The woman asked again patiently, âWhatâs your name?â
Youyouâs eyes widened in confusion and despair as he muttered to himself, âWhatâs my name?â
âWhat do you see?â
The boy looked around and shook his head. âI donât know.â
The grass on the grassland continued to wither, and in an instant, heavy rain poured down. In the rain, he struggled to open his eyes, allowing the rain water to run into them, stinging them painfully.
In the rain, an unfamiliar man walked over. He stood in front of Youyou and bowed slightly.
The boy looked at him in confusion but did not react.
âDo you know him?â
âNo.â The boy shook his head. âWho is he?â
âHeâs from the Mu family.â
âThe Mu family?â
âHis name is Mu Yazhe.â
Youyou repeated the name silently, feeling a strange emotion as he did so.
âDo you hate him?â
The boy rubbed his eyes as tears rolled down his cheeks. He wasnât sure why he was crying, but when he heard the womanâs voice, he murmured doubtfully, âShould I hate him?â
The man gradually disappeared.
In an instant, the world around him changed.
Youyou stood up. Everywhere he looked was dark and endless. There was boiling magma below and a pile of bones in the middle. An eerie sense of fear took root in him.
âDo you remember your name?â
âI donât knowâ¦â The boy shook his head.â I donât know anythingâ¦â
âSo what do you know?â
Trembling, the boy hugged himself tightly and replied, âAll I know is that Iâm aloneââ
Alone. He was all alone.
âYouâre not alone.â
The boy looked up in disbelief.
âYou have a name.â
âI have a name?â
He stood up and retorted, âLiar! I donât have a name! I donât have a name!â
âYou have a name.â
The woman spoke unhurriedly, âYour name isâ¦â
â¦
In the darkness, along with a hoarse gasp, a pair of fear-filled eyes snapped open. A ray of moonlight shot into those eyes, causing the pupils to contract violently.
The incandescent light overhead swayed rhythmically, but a pitch black surrounded him. Under the dim light, the lonely shadows tugged at him, it was almost suffocating.
After waking from the nightmare, the fear in the childâs eyes gradually faded and regained focus. In an instant, his expression became cold and calm.