"Huh? What did you say?" Aunt Xu seemed to have misheard, unable to believe what she had just heard.

Shen Sanruo could also see that Aunt Xu truly pitied this boy who was as thin as a chick.

Not only was Aunt Xu stunned, but the other villagers around were also dumbfounded.

"How could it be him? He's just a little kid..."

No one could have imagined that a child of just a few years old could be this bad.

“You tell me yourself.” Shen Sanru shook the “little chick” in her hand and warned in a low voice, “Don’t force me to slap you.”

The boy sneered, his face now displaying a viciousness completely different from his former obedient and pitiful demeanor.

It's hard to describe the feeling of seeing such an expression on a child who should be at the age when they should be most innocent and carefree.

Aunt Xu immediately stopped in her tracks as she was about to step forward to ask questions. Now that she was here, what was there that she didn't understand?

"you……"

"Yes, I did it. What do you want? Kill me!" The boy's tone was extremely provocative and arrogant.

He seemed certain they wouldn't kill him, or perhaps he wasn't afraid of death at all, displaying an air of complete confidence.

"A kind-hearted fairy like you, who claims to save all living beings, would actually kill someone? Do you dare kill me? Someone like you values ​​your reputation so much; if you kill me, your reputation will be ruined!"

The boy was being held by her. Although Shen Sanruo couldn't see his expression at that moment, she could imagine it from his mocking tone.

Saving all sentient beings? Or is it just wishful thinking?

Shen Sanruo raised an eyebrow, not expecting those two words to appear on her.

The boy was probably referring to her desperate battle with the monster to protect the villagers.

A perfectly good cultivator, doing this for a group of mortals—in the boy's eyes, isn't that just foolish kindness?

One sentence was "I'm afraid my reputation will be ruined," which was also a roundabout way of calling her hypocritical.

"You were so angry just now, weren't you trying to kill me? What, now in front of so many people, you're scared? Are you going to pretend to be some compassionate fairy again?"

It seemed that the boy had been holding back his good behavior for the past few days, and now he was like a warrior of pure hatred, attacking her frantically.

Compared to the boy's hysterical roar, Chen Sanruo smiled and her tone became calmer, "I can only say that you have a deep misunderstanding of me."

"You're such a child, I don't know where all this hatred comes from. Do you have a story to tell?"

"You yourself said I'm a compassionate fairy, so maybe I can guide you out of your predicament and dispel the resentment in you. What do you think?"

The boy knew, of course, that she wasn't that kind of person; he could tell from the solid slap she gave him.

The warmth of that slap is still vividly imprinted in his mind, as if it passed through his body and was branded onto his soul.

But he couldn't understand why she had suddenly changed her attitude now, when her eyes were filled with such murderous intent before she left.

Judging from her tone, she didn't seem to want to kill him as much anymore.

The boy couldn't figure out what she was thinking.

But he knew that the villagers would not let him off the hook for what he had done.

"Oh dear, this child, how much suffering must he have endured in the past to have his heart twisted to such an extent? Poor thing, so very pitiful."

“I know that people who feel unbalanced will want to take revenge on others when they are provoked. He must have seen that the people in our village are too happy, which is why he can’t accept it.”

"Such a good child, but he turned out like this. He was ruined by his parents. It's so pitiful."

The villagers' voices were full of pity, and they all shook their heads and sighed in a smooth, rhythmic manner when they looked at him.

boy:……?

It's reasonable to suspect that he set the fire and damaged the brains of these people.

He wanted to kill them, but they only felt sorry for him?

Are you sick in the head?

The boy was in a mental whirlwind; he simply couldn't comprehend the villagers' actions.

The villagers are still expressing their opinions on the matter.

"Spare the rod and spoil the child. No matter how bad his temper is, if you put him in my hands, I guarantee I can straighten him out within a year!"

"Fortunately, no one was killed in the fire today, and those who were injured only suffered minor injuries. Otherwise, I really wouldn't have been able to protect you. You should be disciplined properly."

"Sigh, maybe his parents never taught him right from wrong. Sigh, he's so pitiful."

boy:……

"Hey, are you just going to let him get away with this? He burned down the houses of so many of our families!" A voice with an unfriendly tone rang out, quite different from the other villagers.

For some reason, the boy felt a mix of anticipation and nervousness. Finally, there was a normal person among them!

The others fell silent, leaving only that one man to speak: "If you ask me, we should have someone fix all our houses! The one whose face is healed should get it fixed immediately; no one else is allowed to help him!"

A group of villagers chimed in, "Yes, yes, that's how it should be."

boy:……

He was wrong. The female cultivator wasn't being overly kind; the people in this village were the ones who were truly overly kind!

“There’s always a reason why someone is pitiful. We can’t spoil him. We should do as I say and throw him into the cesspool for three days and three nights so he can learn his lesson.”

"Let's wait until he recovers before sending him to the authorities."

The villagers were still talking, but the boy's face was already deathly still; he had no expectations of them and no desire to listen anymore.

Shen Sangruo could clearly feel the "little chick" she was carrying suddenly droop and look worn out.

"What, you're not happy that they're not killing you?" she said with a smile.

She chose to save the people in this village because of their simple and honest character.

And it's just a child. They are more tolerant of children. His life has just begun, and they are even less willing to ruin his life.

Sigh, who doesn't have a mischievous kid in their family?

His violent remarks were taken as childish ramblings; he was punished, and that was the end of it.

"It would be best if they didn't kill me. If they kill me, how can I kill the others?"

He was still just a child after all. No matter how much he tried to disguise it, Shen Sanru could still detect a hint of gritted teeth in his words.

"Really? I get the feeling you really want to die."

"What do you know? You don't understand anything, so what does it have to do with you?"

"Those fools actually tried to defend me. They have no idea that I simply wanted to kill them!"

He only feels pleasure when he kills.

"Really? Then why would Aunt Xu come back from outside in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"

They narrowly escaped the fire.

"She's lucky, she's got a good life, who knows what she's thinking."

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