"Who are you? Who are these people? Do you know them? Who was the town leader they just called? Was it you?"
As Hong'er questioned her, her stomach started to ache. However, she ignored it. At this time, she didn't have the energy to care about her stomach.
She felt like her home was going to be lost.
But no one paid any attention to her. The man ignored her and just kept looking at the old man. The old man also ignored her, sighed and kept his head down.
After a long time, he raised his head, looked at the man, and said something pleadingly.
"Hong'er doesn't know anything, and her mother is just an ordinary citizen. Let them go, and I will go with you."
The man sneered at the conditions proposed by the old man, with his hands behind his back, full of majesty.
"You think you are still qualified to make conditions."
"I don't."
The old man answered quickly. He didn't have much time left, so he had to do his best for his family.
"But Hong'er is still pregnant with your child."
The old man's words shattered the man's indifference. He still didn't look at Hong'er, but his body stiffened for a moment.
"Dad, Brother Lin?"
Although Hong'er still didn't know what had happened, she knew in her heart that it must be something very bad.
She turned to look at her father, then at the man, but neither of them looked at her.
What is going on? Can anyone tell her?
Angry and anxious, Hong'er's eyes suddenly turned red and tears rushed out of her eyes. Her stomach hurt even more at this moment, but no one, whether her father or the man, noticed that there was anything wrong with her.
"What...what happened? Huh? Dad, Brother Lin? Dad, tell me."
The pain in her stomach came in waves, and Hong'er felt something running down her legs. She felt dizzy from the pain, but she didn't care about her stomach. She just kept pulling at her father's sleeve and asked anxiously.
Even without looking closely, one could easily see Hong'er's face was as pale as paper and covered in cold sweat. But her father thought she was frightened by the scene before her.
He raised his hand and patted the back of Hong'er's hand comfortingly, then gave a very unnatural smile.
"It's okay, it's okay."
"Okay, take it away."
The man seemed extremely impatient, frowned, and waved his hand to have a few people come forward and take the old man away.
"father!"
Hong'er's shrill voice froze the man again.
He waved away everyone with his hand, and when only the two of them were left in the yard, the man turned around and faced Hong'er, but his eyes still didn't meet hers.
"Brother Lin?"
Hong'er's tears flowed like beads from a broken string. How could her happiness collapse like this in an instant?
"Hong'er, your father is a traitor to the Spirit Tribe. I came here to capture him."
"Eldar? Traitor?"
Hong'er looked at her beloved man with tearful eyes. She was just a village girl who had never seen much of the world. She didn't understand the spirit race, let alone the concepts of righteousness and betrayal.
She just wanted to know what this man in front of her had done to her from the beginning to the end.
"Brother Lin, what about me? What am I to you? A traitor's daughter, or a pawn to be used?"
"Hong'er, where's your father? Where's your father?"
The man was about to speak when suddenly a loud bang came from inside the house. It was Hong'er's mother.
She heard the noise in the room and became anxious, but her legs were too inconvenient for her to move and she fell off the bed.
"Mother. Mother."
Hong'er hurried over, bending down with difficulty to help her mother up from the ground. She then helped her mother sit down on the bed, said a few words of comfort, and then hurried out to stand in front of the man.
The man, from beginning to end, just stood there indifferently, no matter whether it was the elder who fell off the bed or Hong'er who had difficulty bending over with her big belly.
In the past, the man was reluctant to part with Hong'er. But now...
Hong'er couldn't help but shed tears again. Now she only wanted to figure out one thing, that is, what the man had treated her like from the beginning to the end.
"Brother Lin, for the sake of me giving birth to your child, don't lie to me."
Hong'er looked at the man pleadingly with tears in her eyes, her voice full of humility.
The man's lips moved, but no sound came out for a long time.
At that moment, Hong'er suddenly felt a connection with him, realizing that he was also struggling with his own contradictions. She smiled at the man and asked for nothing more than a sincere word.
Are you using me or do you really like me? You tell me, and I will believe it!
"sorry."
This one sentence almost made Hong'er faint.
sorry?
Oh, sorry?
"Brother Lin, you..."
Hong'er's tears welled up again as she stared at the man, a self-deprecating smile playing on the corner of her lips.
Even though her tears blurred her vision and she couldn't see the man's expression clearly, she still stared at him stubbornly.
"I was just your pawn from the beginning, wasn't I? You were just using me to catch my dad. Right?"
Her stomach started aching again, and unlike before, this time the pain was intense. Hong'er's breathing paused, and a layer of cold sweat covered her pale face.
"But why didn't you lie to me longer? Why couldn't you lie to me forever? Why?"
"I don't have to be a fool to see that it would be easy for you to catch my father. I don't understand why you stayed here for so long."
"Is it to get something more, or..." Or maybe in your heart, you also want to be with me a little bit.
Hong'er's tears flowed faster and more fiercely as each question became louder and louder. From beginning to end, the man didn't even look at Hong'er. Turning abruptly, the man said in a low voice, "Take care," and left without hesitation.
Hong'er fainted on the ground amidst the words "Take care!" The man, who had already left the courtyard, was completely unaware of what had happened.
Hong'er did not die and was rescued by a neighbor who happened to be visiting.
But when she woke up again, Hong'er had saved her life, but the child's life could not be saved.
In just one day, the father was gone, the man was gone, and the child was gone. A good family was suddenly broken up.
Since then, the man and her father have never appeared again. She has tried to find them, but the world is so big, where can she find them? How can she find them?
The sadness continued. Not long after, her mother learned that Hong'er's father had been arrested because she had failed to deceive him. She was so worried and sad that she soon died of depression.
Hong'er was the only one left in the whole house.
Hong Er was heartbroken and tried to commit suicide several times, but for some reason, she was always rescued by someone by chance.
Later, Hong'er figured it out. Since God didn't let her die, perhaps there was still a use for her to live.
Although her suicide attempt had failed, Hong'er was completely despairing and no longer held onto any hope. She wanted to change this face that caused her heart to ache whenever she saw it.
It is said that there is a mysterious person living in seclusion in the mountains. He has a poisonous potion in his hand. If you drink it, the beautiful face will turn into a horrible sight in an instant.
Hong'er thought the search would take a long time, but unexpectedly, she found the mysterious person without much effort. However, Hong'er did not destroy her appearance, but chose to grow old and fade away.
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