Nuonuo's voice was very soft. With the distance between the bonfire and her, her mother should not have heard anything. But at this moment, her mother suddenly raised her head and looked over. What she saw was nothing but the railings.
nothing.
The woman immediately showed doubts in her eyes, but she didn't go into details and just assumed that she heard wrongly.
There are no dangerous beasts that travel at night on this island, so there is no need for too much precaution.
Behind the huge tree trunk, even though his whole body was shrouded in dark light, Nono couldn't help but hide.
It wasn't until her mother looked away that her pounding heart gradually calmed down. The mother she was thinking about so much was right in front of her, but she felt a little timid for a moment.
But she was a red-haired witch after all, and she was not a coward. After patting her cheek hard to make it rosy, she finally mustered up the courage to withdraw from the Dark Light Realm and walked towards her mother by the bonfire.
Resisting the idea of rushing forward, Nono deliberately stepped on the branches and leaves to make a sound.
Her mother also heard the sound and immediately looked up to see the red-haired girl who had arrived late at night.
"Hello--!"
Nono was about to say hello and decided to find out more about her mother's life over the years before getting to know each other.
However, she saw that her mother, who was repairing clothes by the campfire, immediately showed a panic expression when she saw her, and knelt on the ground on the spot.
"Greetings, sir. Sir, you came to us so late. Do you need anything?"
Judging from the other party's attitude, there is no doubt that she is nervous and defensive. It seems that she, who is wearing outsider-style clothes, regards her as the so-called "adult" mentioned by the two women just now.
Nono felt a little disappointed because her mother didn't recognize her at first sight.
But thinking about it, she soon woke up. After all, her mother was caught in this place ten years ago. In her mother's mind, her image is probably still that of a child, and there is no way she can match her grown-up self.
The passage of time in Avalon is obviously so abnormal that my mother has not aged at all in the past ten years and is still in her twenties and thirties. This is probably why the trees here can grow so tall. If there is no timekeeping tool, staying in
I'm afraid you really can't feel the passage of time on this island.
"Don't be nervous. I'm not an adult. I'm just passing by. Can you let me warm up by the fire?"
Nono showed off his soaked coat.
Only then did Alush notice that the young girl in front of her looked like her whole body had been wetted by the sea water. Seeing that Nono's attitude was sincere and not domineering, and the other person's face looked inexplicably close to her, she didn't think much about it.
, nodded immediately.
"Please feel free to use it! However, wet clothes cannot be dried by wearing them. I have clean clothes here that I haven't worn yet. Do you need them?"
Her innate kindness made her embarrassed to watch Nono suffer from the cold, and she immediately got up and wanted to go home to get some clean and warm clothes.
They say they are clothes, but in fact their clothes are made of heavy blankets. When spread out, they look like just a huge piece of cloth.
"No, this is quick-drying material."
Nono shook her head and just put her coat next to the fire. The combat uniform inside her body had actually dried out during the previous few hours of tracking, but the coat needed to be dried.
Although Alush didn't understand what quick-drying material was, he understood that the girl meant that there was no need to change clothes.
After looking at Nono's thin clothes, she thought about it and brought a thin blanket over.
"The wind is very cold at night, so be careful to protect yourself from the cold."
"……Thanks!"
Faced with her mother's insistence, Nono found it difficult to refuse, so she immediately took it and put the red checkered blanket on her shoulders.
She didn't feel cold, but after putting on her mother's blanket, she felt warm and even a little dizzy.
It wasn't until a few minutes later when she heard her stomach growling that she remembered, took out emergency food such as compressed biscuits and canned beef from her backpack, and handed it to her mother.
"Mom, cough! Sorry to trouble you, this is a gift to thank you for your help!"
"This is too precious, adults don't have to be like this!"
Alush naturally refused forcefully, but her hand strength was not as strong as that of Nonuo.
"If you don't accept it, you won't give me face. Take it and eat it!"
Nono had a very strong attitude and gave half of the food to his mother, and for the first time, he felt the effect of this sentence that should have been classified as a waste of questioning.
Although she followed the two women around for several hours, she was not actually very hungry. Her mother's stomach was growling just now, and it seemed that she had not eaten dinner.
He lent the only two fruits to others even though he didn't even eat them. This kind of gentle character was too good-natured.
With this thought in her mind, she felt a little distressed when she saw her mother carefully opening the compressed biscuits under her force.
After a few minutes of silence, Nono finally opened the topic.
"Do you have very little food here?"
She stared at her mother's face in front of the bonfire. Although she was asking questions, her eyes were entirely on Alush.
"It was fine before, but after the adults came, it wasn't enough... I, I'm not saying that the adults are not good, it's just that it's hard to find fruit recently!"
The woman explained the situation clumsily. Although she thought Nono was kind, she was also afraid of offending these so-called adults.
"Don't worry! I'm not in the same group as those guys. Don't be afraid of me."
After realizing that her mother had a bad impression of those people, Nono immediately gave up the disguise route and cut them at the speed of light.
Hearing this, the woman smiled tenderly and had no doubts.
"I also feel that you and those people are not the same group. They are not willing to come to our place and sit and chat with us."
Hearing this, Nono was a little curious.
"Who are the adults you are talking about? Are they from the Gattuso family or... I mean, do they have any distinguishing characteristics?"
Considering that her mother might not know anything about the Gattuso family, Nono changed her questioning method.
"Distinctive feature? Apart from the fact that the clothes are completely different from ours, I don't know anything else, but what Gattuso family you are talking about, I really want to hear someone say it... Not long ago, a new adult said that this is that What is the territory of the Gattuso family?"
To Nono's expectation, Alush had actually heard of the Gattuso family, but he had no idea what the name represented.
Could it be that the Gattuso family, which has been exterminated, still has residual power here and can dominate the Holy Palace Medical Association?
and--
"New master?"
Nono asked with interest.
"Well, some new adults came over some time ago and even met us specially."
Alush nodded and recalled what she had seen. It didn't seem to be a friendly memory for her, so the expression on her face was not relaxed.
Nono asked a few questions, but did not get the specific time. The concept of time is very vague on this island, and no one deliberately remembers the so-called day and night.
However, based on the changes in the external situation, Nono can still roughly guess that some time ago it should be the time when the Gattuso family was destroyed and the Dragon King Odin appeared.
It seems that after the main body of the Gattuso family was destroyed, a small number of forces survived and were placed in this Nibelung by Dragon King Odin.
"You just said there wasn't enough food during this period. Did those guys take away your food?"
Nono continued to ask, looking a little confused.
Logically speaking, with the influence of the Holy Palace Medical Association and the level of agricultural production in modern society, they should not be short of food no matter what!
No matter how many trucks you bring, there are dozens of tons of rice, which is enough to feed a thousand people for at least ten years. Dragon King Odin can't just send people in without preparing food for them, right?
"No, they didn't rob. They just collected a lot of fruits and the rest were not enough for us."
Alush shook his head.
The fruits were ownerless, so they couldn't be said to be robbing them, but they were almost forced into a desperate situation because they couldn't find anything to eat because of the newcomers who were collecting the fruits.
Hearing this, Nono was immediately angry. Although it was not a robbery, how different was this sweeping gangster style from a robbery?
After further questioning, Nono learned that although this island could not be said to be rich in products, they had never worried about insufficient fruits before. It was only some time ago that a large number of tree fruits were collected, and they began to gradually starve.
If they don't want to go hungry, they must find adults to donate blood and sell blood in exchange for food that originally belongs to them, or even food from the outside world.
According to her mother, a few days ago a woman named Samarra fell into a coma because she sold too much blood at once, and the food she got was too late to eat. Fortunately, the fruits here are very effective in sustaining life. He finally regained consciousness with help.
After listening, Nono instinctively realized the problem and frowned deeply.
"Deliberately sweeping the fruit away, forcing you to donate blood to obtain food?"
From her perspective, this looks like a conspiracy.
But, what is the use of the blood of these ordinary people?
"Those adults shouldn't be like this, right?"
Alush showed a bitter smile, lowered his head and prayed.
Obviously, she also realized that something was wrong, but she had no ability to change it and could only take a chance.
Seeing such a helpless mother, Nono quickly comforted her with a few words, then thought about it, recalled the classic jokes she had heard before, and told her to please her mother.
As someone who has always been flattered since childhood, her methods to please her mother are just as clumsy as when she tried to please Su Mo, and her feelings towards her mother are as sincere as when she was towards Su Mo.
With her efforts, the atmosphere finally relaxed, and the distance between the two became closer and closer.
Looking at her mother's face, who was patiently mending a small blanket under the light of the bonfire and smiling happily at her own words, Nono couldn't help but recall yesterday, when she held her mother's hand and made peace one-sidedly in front of the hospital bed.
The scene of her conversation.
At that time, she had been looking forward to the time when she would have the opportunity to have a fireside chat with her conscious mother, but she did not expect that happiness would come so suddenly and so easily.
Without any effort on his part, Senior Su Mo helped him solve all the difficulties and sent him to his mother.
By now, the debt she owed to Su Mo had long been repaid, so she didn't think about it. Her dark red eyes were unknowingly focused on her mother's hands mending clothes.
Ever since she was a child, she had been looking forward to the time when her mother, instead of her, would hold her hand, hug her, and chat with her.
Now, the opportunity to realize this dream is right in front of her, and she will not escape it no matter what.
"Well, Ms. Alush, I have something to tell you."
Nono spoke with an unprecedented serious tone, and the eyes he looked at his mother were also more intense than ever.
"What's up?"
Alush also instinctively noticed that this young girl seemed to have something important to say, and her hands in knitting clothes slowed down.
"Gudong!"
Nuonuo swallowed her saliva nervously, clenched her fists, and the emotions that had been brewing in her chest for a long time almost burst out in one breath.
"Do you remember-"
Do you still remember the daughter in the Chen family villa?
Nuonuo opened her mouth, intending to confess her identity in one breath and recognize her mother on the spot, without giving the other party any chance of misunderstanding.
However, at this moment, light footsteps approached quickly. Before Nono could say these words, a slender figure rushed over and fell into the arms of the woman in front of him.
"Mom, I'm back!"
Compared with this familiar figure of a slender and thin girl, Nono was even more shocked, and even forgot what he was about to say for a moment. It was the words from this girl's mouth.
"mom, Mom, Mom?"
Nono was in a trance, and his vision was a little dazed.
Why, why does this little girl call her mother mom?
The same question was asked directly by the girl.
"Who are you and why do you call my mother 'Mom'?"
The girl has long black hair. If you look closely, you can see a deep red color inside the hair. She looks to be less than ten years old. She carries a bulging bag on her waist and has a very dissatisfied expression on her face.
"Naina, don't be rude to me! This man just doesn't know you."
Seeing the girl's uncourteous attitude, Alush immediately educated her and then turned around to apologize to Nono.
"Sorry, this child is so wild that I can't control her. But she is indeed my daughter."
Although she didn't know why Nono was so shocked by her daughter's name, she still introduced her again.
I thought this expression was clear enough, but I didn't expect that after hearing this, the red-haired girl showed an expression as if she was struck by lightning, took a step back stiffly, and became completely silent.
Mother's daughter...not herself?
On the other side, although she was surprised by this guest's behavior, she didn't look aggressive. The little girl lowered her guard and talked back to her mother dissatisfied.
"What's so strange, sir? I also know an adult, and Patsy is still the manager here!"
"Master Patsy? Did you go to see him again today? Didn't I tell you to stay away from him?"
Hearing this, Alush rarely showed a sullen expression, and his eyes changed from gentle to stern.
Seeing her mother like this, the girl was slightly frightened, and then she held up the bulging pockets at her waist like a treasure.
"It's okay, that guy is a good old man. I got a lot of food from him for free this time. With this food, we won't be hungry in the next few days!"
Hearing what her daughter said, Alush looked a little guilty. After all, her daughter was also planning for them. But when she saw the jelly, toffee, instant noodles and other luxury foods in her daughter's small bag, she couldn't help but feel a layer of deep worry on her face.
.
In her mind, there was no difference between Patsy and others, they were all characters they could not afford to offend.
The last time Samaira donated blood, she almost lost her life, and the food she got in exchange was less than one-tenth of what her daughter got this time. How could her daughter get so much food without doing anything?
If those people were coveting blood on Samarra, then what were they coveting on their daughter? Life?
Although she didn't know what those people wanted, Alush knew very well that it was definitely a price she was not willing to bear.
So, she buttoned up her daughter's bag again and spoke in an extremely gentle and firm tone.
"You are not allowed to eat a bite of the food inside. It will be returned to Mr. Patsy tomorrow. Even if you starve to death, don't go to those people for food again!"
"……oh!"
The girl wanted to refute, but she couldn't resist her mother's firm eyes, so she could only nod her head.
After the conversation between mother and daughter was over, the girl named Naina turned her curiosity towards Nono, wondering why this "adult" was here chatting with her mother.
Alush then remembered the question that Nono had just asked halfway, so he spoke.
"Miss, what did you want to ask just now?"
At this time, Nono finally recovered from the shock.
She was extremely sure that the woman in front of her was her mother, but she could not deny that she now had another daughter. After forcibly suppressing the ominous premonition in her heart, she held on to the last bit of luck, forced a smile, and used a begging tone.
asked.
"Ms. Alush, I would like to ask, do you only have this one daughter?"
If this girl was his sister, it would still be acceptable.
However--
"Yes! I only have this daughter. Although she is disobedient, I love her very much!"
Alush had a gentle, motherly smile on his face.
"Her Indian name is Naina. By the way, she used to have a Chinese name of 'Chen Mo Tong', but it became useless a long time ago."
boom!
Hearing this, a thunderstorm suddenly exploded in Nono's mind.
