Chapter 1126 The Returnee's Notes 200
Xie Ning sat to the side, observing the people who were supposedly refugees. She didn't hide her gaze, but the other person seemed oblivious and kept talking to the old man.
They were only asking about the surrounding area.
The old man remained cheerful. He was old and experienced in life and work, but he was too ignorant to understand why this person was asking such questions.
I assumed that the person was simply asking for directions and making small talk.
The man's tone was strange, different from the old man's. That's why the old man concluded that he was a stranger, and since he was dressed in tattered clothes, he must be either a refugee from famine or war.
Unlike Xie Ning and her granddaughter, who were both women, this was a man. Although the old man brought him back to the village, he did not let him stay at his own home. Instead, under the arrangement of the village chief, he arranged for him to stay at the home of an old bachelor in the village.
Despite being called an old bachelor, this villager named Tian Wu was actually only in his early twenties. He was just not very reliable and was a notorious lazybones who didn't manage his fields much and instead frequently went to town.
Everyone knew he went to gamble, and ended up having his hand chopped off by the casino staff. Tian Wu's older brother helped him pay off part of his gambling debts, and only then did he settle down.
But he was still lazy, and in the end, his two brothers above him had to help with some farm work, otherwise they wouldn't have anything to eat.
Many villagers looked down on him, thinking he was hopeless and advised Tian Dalang and Tian Erlang not to spoil him so much, lest they end up making enemies.
But the two Tian brothers wouldn't listen, feeling that they were all family and should help each other however they could.
They just have to make do with what they have, otherwise the two brothers wouldn't have the face to face their parents.
Xie Ning watched the man enter Tian Wulang's house, then turned around and returned to her own courtyard, where she told Xie Li about what had happened that day.
"Grandma, do you think I should tell Uncle that the man is suspicious?" Xie Ning had already made up her mind, but she just wanted to hear Xie Li's thoughts.
If this place were real, neither she nor Xie Li would need to consider it. But this is a "realm," so she doesn't know if her words and actions will trigger any red flags.
Another question is, she told the old man that the person had a problem, but was it effective?
Is it possible to change a predetermined outcome?
Xie Li glanced at the sky outside the door; it was dark and gloomy, as if a storm was brewing.
"Haven't you already made up your mind? Why ask such a redundant question?"
Their eyes met, and Xie Li twitched the corners of her mouth, as if she wanted to laugh, but the smile looked a little strange on her solemn face. "Xiao Ning, whether this place is real or fake, you will tell him, won't you?"
Because you know the ending, perhaps that person was one of the enemy's spies, or perhaps not, the people of this village wouldn't survive either. They would eventually disappear in that war, perhaps with an extremely tragic end.
If this is true, then averting a tragedy would be a good thing.
Even if this is all a lie, if your reminder helps us avoid tragedy, or even the war, wouldn't that... be considered giving them a false but better ending?
Looking at Xie Li's gentle features, Xie Ning couldn't help but smile. "I didn't expect that in such a short time, Grandma would understand me so well."
He could read her mind perfectly.
"Guessing is part of it, and calculation is part of it." Xie Li opened the upside-down plate on the table, revealing the result of her deduction.
Xie Ning glanced at the few copper coins, but she couldn't figure out what they were, after all, she was still a novice.
However, she realized that her actions had been constrained in the past few days.
"...If I'm not mistaken, the old man probably thinks I've become so immersed in this false world that I've confused reality with illusion."
Whether it's helping with chores or interacting with other villagers, they treat them as real people, seemingly intending to settle down and live a good life here.
That's why you encounter such a fake scene after arriving in Qing Shi Town. It's eerie and terrifying, raising people's vigilance to the highest level. After all, no one could truly believe that such a scene is real.
The old man wanted her to remember the falsehood of this place.
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