The Silent Concubine [Mute Slave]

Chapter 116 - Mother

    Shen Yu walked hurriedly, his sweat wetting his inked hair and staining his scarlet cheeks, the prison was suddenly quiet and silent, leaving only his anxious breathing.

    Unfortunately, he was still too late and saw the corpse of his bleeding mother, as well as the weapon drinking blood of Jun Xuanxiao.

    ".......Yu'er.

    Jun Xuan Xiao has a slight panic, subconsciously received the spear behind his back, but it is this action that is more easily misunderstood. Jun Xuan Xiao secretly thought that he has seen all the big storms and waves, but now he is somehow a bit timid, he is afraid of Shen Yu to see this scene.

    The color of Shen Yu's body faded for a moment, and Jun Xuanxiao clearly saw a layer of death on his face, as pale as paper, even his lips were gray, Shen Yu opened his eyes wide in fear, almost dripping blood.

    "I, too, have just arrived...

    Jun Xuan Xiao didn't know what he was guilty of, proud as he was, the first time he took the initiative to explain, even when Shen Yu misunderstood that it was him who had taken Shen Yu's mother, he didn't even bother to make a defense.

    Shen Yu didn't pay any attention to him. At this moment, he seemed to have blocked out the sounds of the outside world. He hobbled to the corpse one step at a time, knelt on the ground, and held his mother's body in his arms with all his might.

    But no matter how hard he tried, his mother would never come back to life, to speak to him, to hush him up.

    Shen Yu's face was pressed against his mother's skin, and he hoped to absorb the remnants of her warmth, imagining that she was still alive.

    Every winter in the Shen residence was long, and when Shen Yu's hands were so red and purple from the cold when he was a child, his mother would gather his hands into her sleeves to keep him warm, even though she herself had to do hard work and her hands were already cracked and bleeding from the cold.

    His mother was everything to him, like an umbrella to protect him, and she was the one who took the punishment for him when he got into trouble, Shen Yu always felt that she would protect him for the rest of his life.

    Shen Yu caressed his mother's hand, because she was doing the hardest and most tiring work in the Shen residence, her hand was full of thick callouses.

    The mother I remember was young and beautiful, with bright eyes, hard times in the Shen residence, she aged quickly, not more than forty, her long hair turned white, her skin yellow from the sun and rain.

    Mother, when I grow up, I'll try my best to earn money to redeem ourselves, we won't be slaves anymore, no one here likes us.

    This is what Shen Yu had said in sign language, and his mother also praised him for being sensible and said, "Good, then you eat the eggs quickly, so you will grow faster."

    Shen Yu took the eggs his mother stole from the kitchen, and even though his mouth was watering, he gave it to her.

    Mother doesn't want it. She says she doesn't like it.

    When Shen Yu was young, he thought his mother really didn't like eggs, but when he was half asleep in the afternoon, he saw his mother tasting the leftover eggshells with some white skin on them.

    The more he grows up, the more he cause trouble. There are some people in the Shen Mansion who see Shen Yu, and always tease him and let him undress, and his mother will become very tough and beat those people away. She was obviously a weak woman who was always protecting Shen Yu, but she had amazing strength and was not afraid of anything.

    Until later when Shen Zhifu let him marry on the palanquin on his behalf, his mother shed tears all night.

(TN: Shen Zhifu - The governor/magistrate )

    "My son, when you go to the palace, you must obey your master's wishes. You can only agree to whatever he wants, even if he beats you and scolds you, don't be discouraged, mother just hopes you come back alive...

    The King may be vicious, but he didn't kill himself. Shen Yu is obedient, he'll do whatever the King tells him to do. It doesn't matter if his arm is broken or hurt.

    Because his mother was waiting for him to return...

    Mother, I'm back...Why didn't you wait for me...

    Two lines of tears rolled down Shen Yu's face as he pressed close to his mother's face.

    Then he fled from her arms and took out a coarse bag with a heavy amount of official silver, which he had shamelessly asked for from the King of Zhenbei when he left the palace.

    Mother, look, I've saved enough money to redeem, we don't have to be slaves anymore, we can live in our own house. When I grow up, I can share a lot of work. I can also go outside to work as a laborer to earn wages. I should be able to feed the two of us.

    Mother, you take it...Why don't you take it....

    Shen Yu put the official silver that he had hidden for a long time into her mother's hands, but she couldn't close her hand, and she couldn't stroke Shen Yu's head and say, "My son is so sensible."

    Never to be seen again in the future....

    Shen Yu suddenly felt so afraid, his eyes were blank, if there is no mother in the future, he is alone in this world, where will he go?

    Jun Xuan Xiao saw the official silver in Shen Yu's hand, remembered something, and suddenly understood why Shen Yu even disregarded his self-respect and crawled to him to beg for the silver money.

    This ingot of silver became very dazzling.

    Jun Xuan Xiao thought Shen Yu was weak and could be manipulated at will, and that he was always so obedient, but it turned out he lived with more backbone than normal people.

    "Yu'er...

    Jun Xuan Xiao's throat tightened, Shen Yu kept this action for a long time, he was a little worried, and stretched out his hand to touch his shoulder.

    Shen Yu suddenly turned his head, and opened his teeth and claws at Jun Xuanxiao. His facial features were tugged violently and his eyes bloodshot, like a little beast that has gone mad protecting his mother's body.

    He didn't feel safe anymore, and was nervously wary of everything outside.

    "Oooh-uh-ah,

    This is the second time Shen Yu cried, his voice hoarse, this is the loudest sound he can make.

Even a mute can pierce his heart out, except that most of the time they keep it hidden, swallowing their own pain in silence until it completely drains, and his heart is riddled with holes.