Raeleigh stood outside and surveyed her house. "Three or five people will be enough to live in this house. I planned to wait until I'm forty and come here to live the picture perfect life. Who knew the world could be so unpredictable. What a pity!"
The mute looked at her as she expressed her thoughts. Raeleigh then took out the key that Jacky had given her and opened the door into the room
As they walked inside, Raeleigh searched the wall with one hand and flipped the light switch on. Raeleigh raised her head and scanned her surroundings. She saw him staring at her with deep affection in his eyes. After a long while, Raeleigh laughed, "Do I have a pretty and charming face?"
He didn't reply. He simply turned his face away.
Seeing as he had become shy, Raeleigh diverted to another topic about checking the inner parts of the house, which seemed to be relatively clean as well.
"Previously I'd thought that going up and down the stairs was inconvenient, which was why I'd asked Jacky to rebuild the loft for me and make it more practical to use.
There's a spacious area up in the loft with a folding screen in the middle. I initially wanted to live here like this with my brother. He also liked living there very much, and so did I. But what a pity, he might never come here again. Maybe after many years later... and I'm talking many, many years later, he might come back.
As for me, I'll also leave this place after some time. Meeting you now must be fate. If I give this to anyone else it would feel like I'm throwing away my heart but not with you."
Raeleigh went up into the loft until she found a place to sit on the ground.
When the mute came up, Raeleigh was looking outside from a window. She heard the footsteps of the mute and tilted her head towards him.
"Your footsteps are very similar to someone I know, but you're not him." Raeleigh noted, then moved to another area, "Come here and sit. I'll tell you."
The mute walked over after he took off his shoes at the door and sat down in front of Raeleigh.
Raeleigh looked out the loft window and said, "There are a total of two acres of land below. Jacky gave it to me.
You can earn tens of thousands of dollars every year. This year's earnings are good and the price of the apples are also very high. My original intention for keeping this place is for my retirement. Since you're here, you will take care of it. The income will be half for each of us. You can save it for me. When I get old, I'll come here, enjoy my retirement and plant some apples with you, is that okay?"
He shook his head, but he made no other response. Raeleigh tacked on calmly, "I won't stay. There is no place for me here. I can't stay here just because I like it. I can't."
The mute raised his hand and wrote on Raeleigh's palm, "It's safe here. No one can hurt you here."
Raeleigh shook her head. "That's your opinion. This place is the most dangerous place in the world. You don't think it is dangerous because no one wants to hurt you. Therefore, it's heaven for you, but someone wants to hurt me, which makes this place hell on earth for me.
I'm too scared to stay here because a lot of people here want to harm me.
But don't worry, we still have a long while yet for me to hang around. There are some things that need to be solved before I can leave."
He held onto Raeleigh's hand, but she pulled away again. Raeleigh added in a teasing tone, "There are many good girls in the village. You can get married before I leave."
He shook his head and turned his face to look outside the loft. Both of them remained silent for the rest of the night. Raeleigh didn't know when she nodded off. Nothing was prepared in the house and the mute was afraid that she would be cold, hence he cuddled her to sleep. Subconsciously, Raeleigh did feel cold at first, then afterwards she didn't. Soon after, she fell asleep.
When Raeleigh woke up, he had already got up and was downstairs.
By the time she got up, he had finished preparing breakfast. After they ate, she brought him to look for Jacky. When they arrived there, she told Jacky about how she would give the house to the mute in the future. She also said that she would stay temporarily at the house.
Jacky sized up the mute, "Is it convenient for a woman like you to live with him?"
"There's nothing inconvenient about that. I trust him."
"Since you trust him, you can do as you see fit. I will prepare food for you and put it in the house. As for the rest, you can do it yourself. The apples have been harvested this year. Once I have the money, I'll transfer it to your account." "I understand."
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