Mo燚 was very much looking forward to it, but just as he pushed Bai韧 to the entrance, he saw a boy dressed in thin clothes holding up a small donation box, looking full of hope at every passerby.
It was already nearly January, and Jincheng had long since had snow. Most pedestrians were wearing cotton coats and down jackets.
That boy looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, a little younger than Mo燚. He was only wearing a fleece-lined jacket, with a thick turtleneck sweater underneath, one that looked very old and had been washed many times.
His nose was red from the cold, but he still forced a smile onto his face and kept saying while holding the homemade, simple donation box in his hands, “Thank you for your help!”
His voice was somewhat hoarse, as if he had already been calling out for a long time, trying to attract everyone’s attention.
Soon after, another little girl wearing an obviously ill-fitting cotton coat ran over.
She ran to the side of the boy holding the donation box, clutching a still-warm loaf of bread in her hand. She happily held it up to his mouth and said, “Brother, hurry up and eat it, it just came out of the oven, it’s so hot!”
“How did you get money to buy bread?” The boy frowned at this and said to his younger sister somewhat sternly, “Miaomiao, this money is meant to be donated to the orphanage, we can’t spend it.”
Hearing this, the little girl hurriedly shook her head. “No, Brother, this was kindly given to me by that stall owner big sister. I was standing next to her for a while just now, and she gave me one. It didn’t cost any money!”
When the boy heard this, he turned his head and saw the woman not far away frying bread smiling at him. He hurriedly nodded and shouted loudly, “Thank you.” Only then did he look back at the girl.
Seeing that she was still holding the bread up, looking as if she would not give up unless he ate it, the boy could only helplessly take a small bite. As for the rest, he refused no matter what, and would not continue eating it.
“Brother isn’t hungry. I don’t really want to eat. Just tasting a little is enough, you eat the rest.”
“Okay!” Only then did the girl happily nod and start eating the bread with great delight. It was just that the bread was not large, so she finished it in only a few bites.
This scene made Mo燚 feel unusually familiar. This pair of siblings might not be living as miserably as his past self had, but when he saw them, he still felt very uncomfortable.
He frowned, and his whole aura seemed somewhat low.
Bai韧 noticed this and said nothing, letting Mo燚 push his wheelchair into the night market.
There were quite a few food stalls right at the entrance to the night market, and Mo燚 directly went to buy a large pile of food.
Bai韧 sampled a little of everything. They were all fairly ordinary snacks, nothing he particularly liked. However, Mo燚 had never been picky, and most food tasted good to him, especially anything with meat.
But now, the man could clearly feel that Mo燚 was a little absent-minded while eating.
“What’s wrong? Does this food not suit your taste?” Bai韧 asked.
“Hm?”
The boy, distracted and lost in thought, turned his head blankly to look at Bai韧. After realizing what he had said, he immediately nodded firmly and said, “Right, right, it just doesn’t suit my taste very much!
For some reason, none of these things I bought taste good. I don’t like any of them! Sigh, it’d be such a waste to throw them away.”
While muttering to himself, Mo燚 quickly walked back to the entrance of the night market. Then he directly pushed the pile of food in his hands in front of the two children and said stiffly, “Take it!”
Seeing how fierce Mo燚 looked, the little girl timidly accepted the food from his hands.
The smell of the food in the bag was far too tempting. She could not help swallowing and asked again uncertainly, “Big brother, are these foods really all for us?”
“Yes.” Mo燚 nodded, then turned around and left without looking back.
As he walked, he was thinking to himself that he was not at all like the good-hearted fool he had been in the past after suffering so many hurts. He just, just happened to think the food he had bought tasted bad, and he could not simply throw it away and waste food.
After giving the food away, Mo燚 walked back to Bai韧’s side and did not forget to add, as if to cover it up, “I’m just doing this so I don’t waste food.”
“Yes.” Thinking of the awkward way Mo燚 had just walked back, Bai韧 nodded with a smile.
Knowing that his little fool was finding excuses in embarrassment, Bai韧 did not expose him.
Sure enough, Mo燚’s nature was extremely kind. He had not misjudged him.
The night market here was very long. After that, the three of them continued strolling and having a good time. When they passed by stalls selling food and bought things to try, Mo燚 no longer said that they did not taste good.
Bai韧 would sample everything, and the rest almost all went into Mo燚’s stomach.
Zhu Xiuya knew there was no point relying on those two guys. With Mo燚 around, she could not even get the leftovers. She simply refused to be polite whenever she came across something she was interested in, doing it herself and making sure she ate well.
Taking a hard bite of the grilled squid she had just gotten, Zhu Xiuya curled her lips. If she were waiting for those two guys to remember her, she would starve to death.
For the sake of the raise Bai韧 had just given her recently, she endured it!
But once they reached the later game stalls, Mo燚’s mood was no longer so good.
Whether it was guessing riddles, guessing colored balls, or scratch cards, as long as it involved luck at all, neither he nor Bai韧 could win anything.
The two unlucky losers looked at each other helplessly. Seeing Bai韧’s expression as if this was nothing unusual, Mo燚 felt very disappointed.
Usually, it was fine that his own luck was bad. But now even Bai韧 was like this. Although he had long known it, he still worried that the other person would feel sad because of it.
He needed to remember that he had brought Bai韧 out to have fun in order to make him happy.
Mo燚 had already gotten used to his own bad luck, but for some reason, he did not want Bai韧 to be like this too.
Feeling a little uneasy, Mo燚 cautiously asked the system, “005, is there really no way to improve Bai韧’s luck? Can’t the bad luck just be transferred to me? Anyway, I’m already used to it.”
“That, that won’t do!” 005 hurriedly shook its head.
“However, Host, it’s not as though there is no way. As long as you do more good deeds and accumulate merit, your luck can improve. After all, cause and effect are real. If you accumulate good causes, you can naturally receive good results.”
“So, as long as we do more good deeds, Bai韧’s luck will slowly get better?” Mo燚 asked excitedly. Seeing 005 nod in confirmation, he felt happy. This also counted as finding a way.
However, he would need to think more carefully about what to do in order to do good deeds. It was not so easy to suddenly find a large pile of good deeds waiting for them to do, so that they could earn luck. He wanted to make Bai韧 happy right now.
Thinking of this, Mo燚 looked around and finally spotted a dart-throwing stall. His eyes immediately lit up.
He pushed Bai韧 over and said with a smile, “Bai韧, the things we just played with don’t count, they’re not interesting. Look at this, how great is this? Let me tell you, I’m very good at it. I’ll definitely win the best prize for you!”
Bai韧 smiled and nodded. Mo燚 rolled up his sleeves, paid the money, and eagerly received the darts from the stall owner.
As for the luck-based games, he probably could not do them, but darts were entirely a test of accuracy and his fighting ability.
Mo燚’s soul was powerful. To put it plainly, he possessed vast spiritual sense. Even now that it had been suppressed, hitting the darts accurately was far too easy.
He threw the first two to find his rhythm. After both hit, Mo燚 quickly threw all the remaining darts, and every single one burst the balloon on the opposite side.
Seeing how impressive Mo燚 was, the owner was also a little surprised. He followed along and clapped, praising him, “My goodness, young man, you’re really something! You hit all ten, you can choose any one you like from the biggest row of plush toys up there!”
Mo燚 immediately beamed at this, raised his head to choose from the wall full of plush toys, and then he set his eyes on a plush toy in the second row.
Although it was not as big as the top row, that plush toy was shaped like a black puppy, and it was extremely similar to his beast form.
It was just that the tip of his tail split into two, while that plush toy was only a normal little black dog, and there was no flame mark on its forehead. Still, when Mo燚 saw it, he felt very亲切.
“I want the black puppy in the second row.” Mo燚 pointed at that plush toy and said.
“This one?” The stall owner took down the puppy plush toy and felt that this young man was quite honest, not choosing the biggest one. So he specially took two keychains in the same shape as this puppy plush toy and gave them to Mo燚.
“Thank you, uncle!” Mo燚 said happily as he accepted them.
“You’re welcome. Come play again next time, young man.” The stall owner said with a smile.
Mo燚 got the large plush toy so easily that it drew even more people over to play darts, and that made the stall owner grin from ear to ear.
Mo燚 directly stuffed the plush toy and one keychain into Bai韧’s hands, making him hold them, and the pride in his heart was beyond words.
Bai韧 held the plush toy that did not match him at all, looked at the plush toy’s big eyes, then looked at Mo燚, and for some reason felt that the two of them really did look alike, as if the little fool had given himself to him.
An unspeakable stirring quietly rose in his heart. Looking at the bright smile on the person in front of him, Bai韧 suddenly had the impulse to hold him tightly in his arms.
Not only that, it seemed that a simple hug was no longer enough to satisfy him.
He also wanted to kiss him, wanted to hold the back of his head and kiss his mouth fiercely, to taste whether his mouth was as sweet as the person himself.
As soon as this thought arose, Bai韧 froze, and his eyes narrowed.
Looking at Mo燚 happily hanging the remaining stuffed toy pendant on his backpack, the thoughts in his heart seemed to have completely changed from this moment on…!