Su Xun asked his doubts, and then an idea flashed in his mind.
"Pricho to boys?"
…
"This is also a reason."
The villagers smacked their lips.
Is that also a reason?
In other words, there is more than just this reason?
"What other reasons?"
Su Xun asked directly.
He noticed that the girl's body, which had been relaxed a moment ago, tensed up again because of the villager's words.
The little body huddled up and looked extremely pitiful.
He subconsciously wanted to reach out and pat the scared little girl on the head, wanting to comfort the child who was like a frightened little beast.
But thinking of the girl's reaction to his touch just now, he lowered his slightly raised hand.
He couldn't scare the little girl anymore.
…
"She originally had a twin sister."
The villagers' incomprehensible words instantly drew Su Xun's attention back to the little girl.
He looked at the villagers with some doubts and some vague guesses.
Originally? Twin sister?
…
The little girl's body suddenly stiffened and she started shaking even more violently.
She held her head tightly with both hands.
His face was buried deep in his knees again without showing a trace of his face.
…
"Just half a year ago, her sister disappeared."
Su Xun was shocked by the villager's words.
"Gone?"
He asked subconsciously.
Then he organized his thoughts and asked, "Why is it missing?"
"Did you call the police?"
"Who knows why he disappeared?"
The villagers shrugged their shoulders.
"At first, this child came back with a pale face and said that her sister was eaten by a cow."
"Been eaten by a cow?"
Su Xun was surprised.
Do cows eat people?
"Young man, do you think it's strange too?"
The villager smiled and said, "We didn't believe it when we heard what the kid said."
"I have lived for most of my life, and I have never heard of cows eating people."
"However, the child's expression at that time was so real that it didn't look like he was lying at all."
The villager's eyes were a little dazed, as if he remembered the scene at that time, "his face was full of tears, and he kept saying that my sister was eaten by a cow."
"She was shaking all over and looked extremely frightened."
"We somewhat believe it."
"We thought the child was mistaken. Maybe it was some kind of bull-like beast."
"After all, the child was obviously so frightened that he couldn't speak clearly, so it's normal for him to be mistaken."
…
"We immediately gathered a large group of people, armed with weapons such as sticks, and followed the child to where she saw the beast."
"but-"
The villagers glanced at the little girl huddled on the ground with a strange look, "We didn't see anything."
"Of course, actually this is not a strange thing."
"The beast is alive and not stupid. How can it stay in one place forever?"
…
"But we searched the area and found nothing."
"Don't talk about the shadow of the beast, not even a trace of the beast's appearance was found."
"The child said the beast ate her sister."
"Then, there should be some clues left, such as blood stains or something."
"But, there is nothing."
…
"The child cried very sadly."
"We haven't given up either."
"Because this child's sister really hasn't come back."
…
"We called the police."
"The police searched for three months."
"No clues were found."
…
"There began to be some bad gossip in the village."
The villager sighed, "Does anyone think that this child accidentally killed her sister and made up a lie to deceive us because she was too scared?"
Seeing Su Xun's incredible look, the villagers waved their hands and said, "Young man, it's not like we have trouble with this kid."
"But, do you know?"
"We haven't seen any large beasts near our village for many years."
"The police expanded the search scope and found no man-eating beasts."
"The child said her sister was eaten by a wild beast..."
"What about the beast?"
"The beast appears here, and its den must be nearby."
"We have been looking for it for so long, but we still can't find it."
"Do you think it's possible?"
…
"The police later considered other possibilities for the missing child."
"For example, were you kidnapped?"
"But after searching for a while, they made no progress."
"Ask this child where her sister went? All she will say is that her sister was eaten by a cow."
"We all know the kid was a little scared."
"In the end, this matter just dropped."
...
It has been three months since the search ended, and the intense emotions at that time have slowly calmed down.
Because of this young man, it was the first time in the past few months that the villagers were so close to the little girl.
Looking at the child's thin body, he couldn't help but sigh, "This child is hated by the whole village."
"We all avoided her."
"We all feel that she... is young but has evil thoughts."
"It's okay to miss a moment, but we all say it so easily, but this kid still refuses to admit it..."
…
"That's not what we want to think."
"But apart from this possibility, we can't think of any other reason for her sister's disappearance."
"I wasn't eaten by wild beasts, and I wasn't abducted by people."
"The most likely thing is that when the two children were playing, the child accidentally pushed her sister off the cliff."
"Because we and the police have never found the body of this child's sister."
...
"We all thought the child's body was at the bottom of the cliff."
"There is a cliff near our village, it is very high."
"You can't even see the bottom at a glance."
"If it had fallen there, there would really be no bones left."
…
The villagers talked coquettishly.
"This child's family is originally somewhat patriarchal."
"But, they are twins after all. Looking at two identical little girls makes people feel happy."
"So Lao Yan and his family were very good to the two children, even though they later had their younger brother."
"It's okay to just be a little biased."
"But after this incident, one of the twins disappeared, probably dead, and the other may be the murderer."
"And this one still looks so scared."
"Lao Yan's family doesn't like this child very much."
"Hitting is not a big deal, scolding is just accidental."
"Just ignore this child."
"They all think this child is unlucky."
"I killed my sister, and I am also very angry..."
…
"This child is always bullied by other children in the village like before, and his body is covered with injuries."
"But Lao Yan's family has never stood up for this child."