"Okay." The little boy smiled.
The smile is standard, with eight teeth, all neatly aligned, and it looks pleasant at first glance.
"Little friend, where are your parents?"
"Mother is asleep." The boy glanced at the room, and through the crack in the half-open door, he saw that there seemed to be someone lying on the bed. "I just dealt with two Xuan Masters and need to rest for a while."
"Those two Xuan Masters must be really annoying!"
"It was really annoying. The people our family hates the most in this life are Xuan Shi. Thank goodness they're gone." The boy patted his chest. In their eyes, Xuan Shi was more like a taboo subject that couldn't be mentioned.
"I'd like to buy some fruit from your yard. Could you sell me some? My owner said it looks delicious and wants me to buy some."
"Sister," the boy called to her, "those fruits don't taste good."
"Why isn't it delicious!" Chicken Essence casually picked an orange and slowly peeled it. "I think it's delicious."
The boy looked at her with a hint of helplessness, then glanced out the gate and asked, "Sister, is your master around here?"
"They've already gone far ahead; I'll catch up with them in a bit."
"Oh, then come inside with me, sister! There's meat inside, and I'll give it to you for free."
Squeak!
The door was wide open, but Chicken Essence dared not take another step forward.
The room was gloomy, with rows of cured meat hanging from the beams. At first, Chicken Essence was a little tempted, but soon she discovered that the blackened cured meat had moved—it was the corpse of an adult man.
"Oh my god!" Chicken Essence exclaimed, throwing the orange in his hand away.
That wasn't an orange at all; it was a peeled head.
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