They sat alone until dawn, having spent a difficult day like this. No one knew what they were thinking.
The next day, the village bell rang again.
Wen Xi gathered her emotions. Since she had decided to live, to protect her brother, she couldn't allow herself to wallow in sorrow. She wasn't alone.
Wen Xi led everyone to the gathering place, where they saw a group of officials standing there, along with a few villagers, less than ten in total, three of whom were children.
It's easy to guess that those seven are the people who went to get water recently, and those three... might be the surviving children, or the hope that was protected with their lives.
When an official saw that no one else was coming, he realized that this was probably all that was left:
"I'm very sorry for what happened to you. We didn't know those desperadoes would suddenly appear. But the living will live. The superiors asked me to verify it. By the way, let me tell you that if you want to settle down in the county, the superiors have graciously given you documents, and you can live here permanently. As for children, the county also has an asylum. As long as you agree, you can gather here at sunset. When we return from other villages, we will take you to settle down in the county."
Is the county safe? Didn't they just go through a disaster? But everyone knew that gathering in the county was better than staying in a village with only a dozen people left.
After the officers left, everyone left in sorrow.
"Brother Jian, Brother Jian."
Gu Shengjian turned around and saw that it was one of his followers:
"Dog? You survived too?"
Gu Shengjian's words were still sharp and pointed, or perhaps unpleasant to the ear. Fortunately, the child was still young and didn't feel hurt.
The dog sniffed his nose and choked with tears:
"When the bandits came, I was sleeping in the haystack at Gu Wenchan's house. When I returned, my parents were already dead."
Gu Shengjian wondered:
"Why do you always go into her haystack?"
Children in the village usually have nothing to play with. Older children like to go into the mountains, while children as young as Gouzi can only play in the village. In the summer, children like to play and fight in the haystacks, and some even like to build nests in them and sleep.
But Gu Shengjian didn’t understand why Gou Zi particularly liked to go to the haystack of the Miao family.
Gouzi blushed and said embarrassedly:
"I just wanted to take a look at Gu Wenchan!"
Such a young child actually knew that he liked girls. Wen Xi, who was standing aside, was a little shocked.
Gu Shengjian said disdainfully:
"There's no good person in her family. You're the only one who's stupid. You always like to stick to her."
"No! The other members of her family are bad, but Wen Chan is not. Yesterday, when I was sleeping in the haystack, I heard bandits coming in. Then I leaned over to see them rushing towards Wen Chan's mother and tearing her clothes. I don't know why, but the bad guy kept hitting her body, and finally killed her and sucked her blood. I almost scared me to death. When I was about to cry, I saw Wen Chan and her sister being taken out. I didn't expect that when those people let go, Wen Chan's sister actually threw Wen Chan into the arms of the two bad guys and ran away. But in the end, they were caught. And then, like her mother, she was hit for a long time and died."
Gu Shengjian was furious:
"I knew there was no good in that family."
The dog said angrily:
"No way! Wen Chan's sister is bad, but Wen Chan is not bad! She didn't get angry or cry when her sister pushed her into the bad guy's arms, she just looked at her sister quietly. I don't know why Wen Chan wasn't angry with her sister. If it were me, I would definitely be angry."
Gu Shengjian was tired of listening to his useless chatter and asked again:
"So what happened to Gu Wenchan in the end? Did she survive?"
When Gouzi heard this, he sobbed even more:
"Wen Chan was also killed by them. I even heard that person say it was a pity that they didn't have enough time, otherwise it would be even more delicious if they roasted it. It was so tender. Brother Jian, do you know what they were going to roast? Why did they suddenly think of eating when they were killing people?"
What were they roasting? Wen Xi and the others knew the answer immediately. Roasting people! Children's flesh is tender!
It was unbelievable. Wen Xi knew Gu Wenyue was difficult to get along with during their brief time together, but she had never imagined that, for her own sake, she would actually abandon the sister she had always held in her arms to the bandits. What karma!
In reality, Gu Wenyue had always been like this. It was impossible to say she loved Gu Wenchan. It was simply that Gu Wenchan's presence made her feel she wasn't the only one suffering. So, normally, as long as it didn't harm her own interests, she would help her sister. But in life-or-death situations, she could only think for herself. Even when she met her sister's calm and innocent gaze,
She didn't know why her sister was so calm at that time, and she would never know.
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