Yu Yuan may have exhausted all the energy in his body. After he murmured "That's enough," he lost consciousness, tilted his head, and passed out completely.
Lin Sanjiu was stunned for two seconds and looked around.
Do those people who have disappeared hiding in the shadows, corners, and alleys now have "hearts" on their wrists?
She lowered her head and glanced. Among the tattoos on Yu Yuan's wrist, there were still two clear words "straw" printed on it. No matter what happened to her plot line next, this young man's plot line was definitely not over yet.
Lin Sanjiu tried to carry him on her back, but now he was like a piece of dead meat, always sliding down softly. She tried several times without success, and broke into a sweat. At that moment, she heard something coming from above her head.
There was a "click" sound. She looked up and caught a window that had just opened and a fleeting head.
"Hey!" she shouted, staring at the top of her hair that was not completely hidden. "Can you come over here?"
The dark top of her head moved, and after she shouted again, she finally slowly lifted it up, revealing a childish face behind the window lattice. She looked to be no more than sixteen years old, with a pair of
The eyes sparkled brightly in the distance.
The girl looked at her without saying a word for a while, and then quickly disappeared from the window.
Lin Sanjiu was stunned for a moment, and then she heard a series of footsteps coming from far and near on the corridor inside the building. She watched the door of the residential building being pushed open, and the girl leaned out half of her body and asked, "Do you want to
What do you want from me?"
Not all boys and girls in the world are good-looking, and this girl is obviously one of the less lucky ones. As she got closer, Lin Sanjiu discovered that after she experienced extreme weight gain and weight loss, her skin hung loosely at the corners of her mouth.
There were two figure-of-eight lines, and he looked listless, with a gray air under his skin.
"Can you show me your right wrist?" she asked as gently as possible.
She stood blankly for a while, then slowly stretched out a wrist from behind the door. Lin Sanjiu squinted his eyes, and sure enough he saw a small "heart" on her skin.
I don’t know how much effort Yu Yuan spent to print this word on everyone’s hand in the town.
But...since they already have "hearts", why isn't her plot line over yet?
The girl also glanced at the word "heart", but she didn't seem to feel anything strange at all, as if she was born with this word, and she silently retracted her hand.
"Do you have water at home?" Lin Sanjiu asked softly, "My partner is injured and needs water."
"No," the girl finally spoke. A layer of dry skin appeared on her lips, which were full of torn blood: "There is no one in the water supply plant, and the pipes have been damaged. If you want to drink water, you can only go there."
Fight in the small river behind the town."
This was troublesome. She couldn't drag Yu Yuan all the way to the river. He was seriously injured and shouldn't have been moved casually in the first place.
"Do you have anything to eat?" the girl asked, "I am willing to fetch water for you, can you give me a bite to eat?"
"sorry, we do not have that."
The girl was silent for a while, unable to hide the disappointment on her face. After a few seconds, she still walked out from behind the door, her head lowered and her feet bare. In her other hand, she was holding an empty
plastic bottle.
"I should have gone to fetch water," her voice was low and muffled: "I haven't drunk water for two days. Just wait for me to come back, and I will bring you some by the way."
Lin Sanjiu was surprised and happy: apart from Yu Yuan, this was the first time anyone was willing to lend a helping hand to her. Even before the appearance of Black Mountain, the citizens of Peanut Town had never shown any intention to help her. Not only that
A door almost pinched her nose, and someone even stole her car. This girl was actually willing to help. Is it because they finally have a "heart" now?
She thanked her hurriedly and asked, "Why haven't you drank water for two days? Is the river far away?"
"Oh, it's actually not far. It only takes thirty or forty minutes to walk normally." The girl replied with an almost numb expression, "It's just too dangerous."
"too dangerous?"
"There are many men on the road," she said, still looking unmoved, as if what she said was all matter of fact: "They wander in groups on the road leading to the river."
"He...what will they do?"
"Catch something to eat."
"You mean...river fish?"
"No, nothing is left in the river. They usually patrol the river from time to time. If someone wants to drink water, they must have good eyesight and run fast. If you don't have it when you go to fetch water,
If you find a good way out, or if you hide too slowly, if they find you... you won't be able to come back."
Lin Sanjiu was speechless and couldn't utter a word for a while.
"Look, I still have a scar here," she said, showing a deep red scar on the back of her neck. "It was cut by them. It was a close call that time and I almost got caught."
"You...why don't you go outside the town to find something to eat?"
"Peanut Town has been sealed for a long time, and you can't get out." The girl looked at her numbly, her eyes still clear: "When Lingshan was still there, it was sealed by Mayor Aoye more than half a year ago, because he said
To protect us from outsiders."
It's that bullshit guy again.
"What have you been eating to survive during this time?"
"Going through trash cans and catching rats in sewers... I ate two beetles yesterday."
"Your parents..." As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Lin Sanjiu remembered them.
"What parents? Do you mean the educator?" The girl finally showed some expression and raised her eyebrows: "She went out to find food, but I don't think she gained anything. Do you have anything else to ask?
?I have to go. If I don’t go, it will get dark soon. I have to exchange water and the trainer for food.”
Only then did Lin Sanjiu realize that the morning in her dream was gradually approaching dusk. She bit her lower lip and found herself in a dilemma.
She couldn't do it while sitting by herself and letting the girl risk her life to fetch water for her, but she didn't feel comfortable giving her the gun or asking her to guard Yu Yuan. She struggled and hesitated for a long time, and finally stood up.
: "You stay here and I'll fetch water. I'll leave him to you."
She is fast and can use a gun, so she is obviously a more suitable candidate for fetching water than a girl.
However, dozens of seconds after Lin Sanjiu walked out towards the river, she couldn't help but recall that as soon as she rushed out, the people of Peanut Town fled like flies. The scene kept lingering in her mind.
The replay in her mind made her more and more worried about Yu Yuan. She stopped and felt that she had never been so confused and hesitant before. Finally, she stamped her feet, turned around and walked back.
Her movements were very light, following the shadows along the way, and the girl did not notice her return at all. The girl still kept the same appearance as when she left: the girl hugged her knees and sat motionless next to Yu Yuan, as if
Just two dead people lying down and sitting down.
Lin Sanjiu quietly observed for a while and saw that the girl never did anything strange, and her heart finally fell back into her stomach.
After Yu Yuan gave the "heart" to the people of Peanut Town, it was also the first time that she received help from the people of Peanut Town. Thinking about it, maybe they all changed their faces because of this... There may be no people hunting residents by the river anymore, that culture
The teacher doesn't have to meet the water before he is willing to give the girl something to eat... After all, in many stories, "heart" means conscience, and maybe the same is true in her plot line.
When she was lost in thought, she noticed that another Peanut Town resident was walking from the opposite side of the road. The breath she had just relieved was tightly packed in her chest. She was a short, middle-aged woman with a dyed yellow hair.
Her curly hair was as rough as a pile of hay. Before she could get closer, the girl stood up and took a few steps to meet her, as if she knew her.
Could it be that he is a teacher?
Lin Sanjiu thought for a while but did not step out of the shadows.
The middle-aged woman kept turning her head to look at Yu Yuan, whispering something to the girl while looking at her. They were too far away, and only their lips were moving. After a while, the middle-aged woman nodded, as if to encourage her.
He patted the girl on the shoulder. Even from such a distance, her unconcealed joy could be seen clearly.
Immediately, she bent down and squatted beside Yu Yuan, and took out an aluminum plate from a small bag that she carried with her. The edge of the aluminum plate was sharpened, and a cold light shone above the young man's throat.
You really can't trust these people!
Lin Sanjiu's heart tightened, and when she was about to rush to save them, she didn't expect that the girl standing behind the two people made a move first. She didn't know when she had a brick in her hand, and hit the middle-aged woman hard on the back of the head.
Above. She obviously exerted all her strength. Not even her yellow hair could block the splashing blood drops. Before the middle-aged woman could get up, the girl hit her head and face with bricks again and again, almost in the blink of an eye.
In an instant, the middle-aged woman's facial features turned into a collapsed mess of flesh and blood.
The girl gasped and stared at the middle-aged woman throwing away the brick. She tremblingly stretched out her hand and wiped a little flesh and blood from the other person's face, or rather, the place where the face used to be, and then put it into her mouth.
Lin Sanjiu stared at her, confused and nauseated.
The girl sucked her finger and took it out, looked up and looked around, as if she was thinking about something. Then, she suddenly screamed: "Come back quickly! Come back quickly! Someone wants to hurt your friend!"
Lin Sanjiu's nerves jumped. Even though he couldn't figure out what kind of medicine she was selling in the gourd, he still rushed back. Seeing that she ran back as soon as he finished speaking, the girl seemed to be surprised and hurriedly
He shouted: "My trainer wanted to eat your friend, I just beat her to death!"
As he got closer, he realized that the middle-aged woman was not completely dead yet. Lin Sanjiu lowered his face, looked closely into her eyes, and asked hoarsely: "What's going on?"
"You don't have to fetch water," the girl said eagerly, with a bit of pride in her expression. "The correctional teacher died, and our food and water are all available. Blood is a very nourishing thing for the body... just like
As I just said, if she wants to eat your friend, that's not okay. If you have to choose one to die between my trainer and your friend, it must be the trainer."
"You hate her?"
The girl tilted her head, stared at Lin Sanjiu and smiled: "Hate? No, I don't hate her at all."
"Then why..."
"You have a gun." She said matter-of-factly.
Lin Sanjiu was stunned for a while, then she continued: "You shouldn't waste this gun. You should set up a temporary management committee or something... I will be the first to support you. In Peanut Town, no one is in charge.
Can not be done."
She talked eloquently, as if she had already thought about it.