The dilapidated boat stopped at an unknown shore. The girl staggered through the water and slowly climbed to the shore. Her tears were replaced by soil stains and blood stains. Her plain undershirt was also dyed red with the blood of her family. , the color of hatred that will never fade.
Yaoyao's nails dug deeply into the grass-scented soil on the river bank. The girl gritted her teeth tightly, and the scene of parting with her parents still lingered in her mind.
"Sooner or later... those guys will pay the price!!!"
With this thought in mind, the girl stood up again and stepped forward. However, her body was too weak and she had used up very little energy due to the trek in the river. She was tripped by the rattan on the ground and fell to the ground before taking a few steps. Fortunately, she fell to the ground. The ground is soft, otherwise you will have to scratch a lot of scratches.
There was a sudden thunder, and the downpour came in an instant. The girl felt that even the raindrops hurt her body. Her consciousness became more and more blurred, but not far away, she saw a thin figure walking towards her holding an umbrella.
No matter who he is, Dongfang Yaoyao no longer wants to have any entanglements with humans——
Because they covet the power of their clan, they can find excuses to start a war, completely uproot the Masked Demon clan, and then squeeze them until there is not even a penny of value left, and finally throw them away.
Even though there are thousands of shapes of people, there is not a single gentle and kind intention beneath them!
Chen Ruo, an orphan who came to the river to collect fishing nets on a routine basis, did not expect that he would not receive any fish today, but he met a lovely girl with a beautiful appearance in the heavy rain.
His face was covered with extremely ugly staggered scars, half of his face was covered, and he looked extremely terrifying.
But the girl now has neither the strength to struggle nor the time to pay attention to his face.
"How could such a heavy rain make her stop here..." Chen Ruo sighed and frowned when he saw the blood on Dongfang Yaoyao's body.
In this era of war and chaos, he had seen many scenes of burning, killing and looting. It was said that someone was performing a ritual to expel monsters in the upper riverside town, and the scene was extremely tragic - I guess this girl was probably implicated and drifted here.
It's strange to say that the demon tribe has actually been living in peace and harmony in the local area for many years, and to some extent, it also plays the role of a mountain god. How could it be wiped out at this time?
Chen Ruo didn't want to pursue many things. It had nothing to do with him anyway. He couldn't let the girl get wet here. Moreover, the river was so fast that even the fishing nets he picked up were washed away. The medicine he collected today had also been washed away. I exchanged it for copper coins, but the bamboo basket behind me was also empty.
The boy possessed himself and touched Dongfang Yaoyao's forehead. The unusual red color on the girl's face confirmed his judgment——
"It seems that I have a fever...if I leave it alone, I will die..."
Chen Ruo was not a kind-hearted person, but it was impossible for him to ignore a living person in such a situation.
The girl's body was very petite, so he took off the bamboo basket, picked up Yaoyao, put her inside, and then carried her again.
"Anyway, take it back first...the water will rise here soon..."
Chen Ruo accidentally saw his fishing net entangled in Dongfang Yaoyao's boat and sighed helplessly——
"It seems that I can only eat some wild fruits and mushrooms tonight..."
Amid the bumps, Dongfang Yaoyao could only see the boy's thin back and the pleasant smell of grass.
His consciousness gradually became immersed in excessive sadness and hatred, and his vision became increasingly blurred. He could only feel that he was being carried away by this mortal, and there were so many things he didn't know.
She was awakened by the aroma of food. A scar-faced boy was sitting on the edge of the cave, stirring a soup with a spoon in an old-looking iron pot. There was some soup made from batter and mushrooms, and the boy
He was holding a wild fruit in his hand and chewing on it.
The scars on Chen Ruo's face looked particularly eye-catching under the firelight, but Dongfang Yaoyao didn't care——
Because no matter how you look, the ugly heart underneath the skin is the same!
"Are you awake?" Without noticing the girl's eyes, Chen Ruo scooped up a bowl of hot soup and brought the bowl to the girl, "Eat something. I'll make some medicine for you later. Now, fill your stomach."
Chen Ruo took off Dongfang Yaoyao's outer clothes and put the other half to dry, then wrapped his only bedding around the girl. He brought the steaming soup to the girl, and Yaoyao could even hear himself
The sound of swallowing saliva.
The girl was hungry, but when she thought of the abominable faces of those who had killed all her own people, she inevitably brought her prejudices to Chen Ruo and turned her head in frustration——
"I don't want to eat what mortals give me!"
Chen Ruo was also so angry that it was funny——
"Don't eat what mortals give you? Are you a fairy? So delicate? If you don't want to eat, I will eat it myself!"
Without thinking of the deeper meaning of the girl's words, the boy drank a piece of soup by himself as he spoke, and deliberately made the sound of eating loud. It was clearly just wild mushrooms and batter, but he ate it with gusto, and the girl's belly
When it rang, smelled the aroma and heard the sound, my mouth watered uncontrollably.
Dongfang Yaoyao also had backbone, so he held back his impulse and turned his head away from looking at Chen Ruo.
"Sure enough, the freshest wild mushrooms make the most delicious soup!" Chen Ruo finished the last bowl of soup and as expected saw the girl's angry and pitiful eyes.
During this period, her stomach had rang five times, so she must have been quite hungry, not to mention that his appetite had been aroused again?
Dongfang Yaoyao was also very angry - this guy! He said he would let himself eat it, but in the end he really didn’t leave any of it!
Chen Ruo looked at the girl with reproachful and aggrieved eyes, sighed softly, and finally took out a small paper bag from his arms and threw it to Dongfang Yaoyao.
"You can tell by your clothes that you are from a wealthy family. The most I can afford is this! Please forgive me for refusing to accompany you if you ask too harshly!"
Tears welled up in Dongfang Yaoyao's eyes. Inside the warm paper bag was a round bun. Chen Ruo originally planned to keep it for himself, but he didn't expect to pick up a little troublemaker on the way back.
The girl didn't say anything else. She opened the paper bag and took a big bite. The hot bean paste and the soft white noodles soothed her wounded heart.
“Delicious! So delicious!”
Chen Ruo looked at the girl's satisfied expression after eating the red bean paste buns, and the way she chewed the food quickly was very endearing, which made the boy have the urge to rub the bulging cheeks hard.
But his reason told him that he could not behave in such a bullying manner towards a little girl who looked much younger than him. He coughed twice, picked out a small bottle of ointment from the bottles piled in the corner of the cave, and put it in
He walked up to the girl and grabbed her ankle without any explanation.
"You, you, you - what are you doing?!"
The girl struggled, but she frowned in pain because the many bruises on her ankles and legs were involved. Chen Ruo just calmly took out some sticky white ointment from the ointment bottle and applied it to Dongfang Yaoyao's wounds.
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"This is a ointment I made myself. It is very useful for sprains. Don't move any more. If it gets worse, I won't have the money to take you to see a doctor."
As he spoke, he skillfully began to massage the girl's fair ankles. His calloused hands gently moved over the ankles over and over again, relieving the pain and allowing the ointment to fully integrate into the skin.
Looking at Dongfang Yaoyao's overly delicate body, even the young ladies in the landlord's house in the town who had no fingers in the spring water could not compare to her. Chen Ruo, who met her for the first time, also said it bluntly -
"Your family background must be quite old, right? Where are your family members? Are they separated?"
It stands to reason that it is human nature to ask these questions, but this matter is a minefield in Dongfang Yaoyao's heart. When she mentions her family, the girl's nose can't help but feel sour, and her tears begin to fall again——
"Dead... everyone is dead... Wuwuwuwu..."
Chen Ruo obviously didn't expect the matter to be so serious. When he saw the girl crying, he didn't know how to deal with himself for a moment, so he rushed to her side in a panic——
"You... don't cry! I... I just didn't mention it! It's my fault!"
The girl cried for a long time, until she fell asleep with her sobs gradually subsided due to lack of physical strength, and fell into Chen Ruo's arms.
Chen Ruo hugged Dongfang Yaoyao and pulled the only quilt on her body to cover her body. The two cuddled up, each other's body temperature warming each other. The boy looked down at Dongfang Yaoyao's overly handsome side face, and then
Staring at the fire, my mind goes back to a long, long time ago.
Before his face turned into this, his family lived a happy life even though they were poor. His father was capable, his mother took care of the house, and he had a lovely sister.
It was originally the simplest and most unpretentious life in the world, but it was completely torn apart by the arrival of a group of bandits. The bastards not only killed his parents when he went out to sell medicinal herbs, but even prepared to sell his sister to another family to be a child bride -
—
Chen Ruo tried his best to stop him, but his face was slashed and thrown into the ravine. He was very lucky. When he woke up, he rushed home immediately, but his sister who resisted to death was wiped on the neck by the bandits who took the trouble. He still remembers the girl.
Those empty and helpless eyes, filled with despair and pain before death.
If he had been more resolute, if he had taken his sister out with him... wouldn't he have been able to save at least one?
Perhaps it was such a thought and such guilt that made him choose to help Dongfang Yaoyao when she was at her lowest, as if this could slightly offset his inner guilt——
But no matter what the reason, Chen Ruo followed his heart.
I don't know if it was because the pain in his body had calmed down a little, but Dongfang Yaoyao slept peacefully and smacked his lips in his dream, as if he had dreamed of something delicious.
He was like this to Dongfang Yaoyao until the last moment. In the endless years that followed, the deeper the misunderstanding and incomprehension became, the deeper the regret and guilt he felt after he woke up.