"Huh? Is this kid new here?"
The child looked at Xie Yang curiously, then turned to ask the manager, "Where did you kidnap this child? He's quite good-looking."
The manager was speechless and said, "Which of the children here wasn't sent here by their families? Do I have the ability to kidnap the young masters of your wealthy families?"
"That's right, the Gong family is really wicked, always helping others do harm to others."
The child pouted and came up to Xie Yang and asked, "My name is Gong Zhuo, Gong as in palace, Zhuo as in the blossoming peach tree. What's your name?"
"Thank you."
Gong Zhuo was curious: "Which Yang?"
Xie Yang knew that the name given to him by his "parents" was Xie Yang, which means scapegoat.
They wanted him to suffer a lifetime of hardship and pain in place of their own son.
He didn't hate the word "sheep". After all, little sheep were fluffy and cute.
But the meaning of this name is disgusting.
They are not his biological parents, but thieves who steal other people's children and destinies.
Xie Yang didn't think they were qualified to give him a name.
He was temporarily unable to get rid of them, but he was unwilling to endure the malice they poured out on him.
But he was also embarrassed to use the name Yun Shifeng again because he had chosen to leave the Yun family at that time.
Xie Yang thought for a moment and said, "Yang means what the wind blows."
Gong Zhuo blinked: "I don't understand."
Xie Yang added, "Yao with the character for wind on the side."
Gong Zhuo blinked again: "Is there such a word?"
Xie Yang didn't want to talk anymore. He felt that Gong Zhuo looked older than him, so how come he didn't know as many words as him?
Seeing that he didn't answer, Gong Zhuo continued to babble.
"Why are you silent? How old are you? Where are you from? Why were you sent here?"
"Is it that if you have a stepmother, you will also have a stepfather, or are your parents dissatisfied with your tongue and prefer smooth talkers? Or is it that after your parents died, the rest of your family wanted to take over the family and kicked you out?"
"Or are your parents idiots? They listened to other people's instigation and thought that if you were disobedient and suffered in the wilderness for a few years, you would become obedient?"
Xie Yang listened to Gong Zhuo's chatter and gradually understood the origin of the population here and the purpose of the Great Wilderness.
Gong Zhuo kept talking, even though Xie Yang rarely responded to him, he kept muttering.
It's so boring here in the wilderness. Many people here look numb, without any energy or desire to communicate with others.
Even the stewards and guards here looked dead, and only showed some life when Gong Zhuo stole something from them.
Gong Zhuo was very afraid of this stagnant environment. Every time the manager had something good, he would go and steal some. Even if he would get beaten in the end, he felt it was better than having no one say anything.
Finally, a new person came, and he looked about the same age as him, so Gong Zhuo felt that they should be able to get along well.
Who would have thought that Xie Yang looked numb at such a young age.
But Xie Yang was good-looking, so Gong Zhuo decided to stay with him for a while longer.
In order to get Xie Yang's attention, he reluctantly took out the chicken leg he had just stolen.
Xie Yang shook his head. He felt that Gong Zhuo had stolen it specifically to celebrate his birthday, and he couldn't eat it.
Gong Zhuo said enthusiastically, "Don't be polite with me. This is our first meeting, so consider this my gift to you."
Xie Yang was puzzled: "But this isn't something you give yourself..."
"Oh, a birthday, huh? My birthday was a few days ago."
"ah?"
Xie Yang was even more confused. Aren't birthdays just one day a year? How could there be so many days?
Gong Zhuo counted on his fingers, "When my mother was still alive, every time I had a birthday, she would prepare longevity noodles, candies, cakes, new clothes, and small toys for me."
“Lunch and dinner are very sumptuous.”
"But there's nothing here. Even the chicken drumstick buns I stole today, plus the braised pork I stole two days ago, wouldn't even make up enough for my lunch back then!"
"I stole a piece of red cloth yesterday, a few cakes the day before yesterday, and a few candies the day before yesterday..."
"I'm not greedy. I plan to steal one more bowl of noodles before stopping."
"As for the small toys, just make one yourself."
"Only when I have all these things together do I feel like my birthday is complete."
Xie Yang was a little surprised. He didn't expect there was such a way to celebrate a birthday.
He combined the information in Gong Zhuo's words and suspected that Gong Zhuo was the one who had a stepmother and a stepfather.
The managers and servants of Dahuang usually don't pay any attention to these "young masters" and don't take care of them, but they don't torture them either. Anyway, the environment here is already bad enough.
As long as the exiles don't escape, they don't care about anything else.
If someone gave them spirit stones and asked them to challenge someone, they would just take the spirit stones and not do anything. Anyway, those people wouldn't keep an eye on them.
Once upon a time, someone took money to do a job, and ended up torturing a young master to death. The young master's parents, who had been missing for many years, suddenly appeared and killed many people in the wilderness to avenge their son.
The managers of Dahuang felt that the big families were too involved and that they would be the first to suffer if something happened, so they tried not to get involved in those matters.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Xie Yang wanted to find a place to stay first.
Gong Zhuo immediately came closer and said, "Why don't you live with me? Since you're pretty, I won't charge you any spirit stones."
Xie Yang felt that Gong Zhuo's words were strange, and he couldn't help but take two steps back cautiously.
Gong Zhuo looked at him puzzledly: "What are you wary of?"
He touched his face and asked doubtfully, "My mother said I'm the most beautiful child in the world. Even if you don't like me, you wouldn't be so wary of me, right?"
Xie Yang replied calmly: "No."
Gong Zhuo was puzzled: "Not what?"
Xie Yang said seriously, "You are not the prettiest child in the world."
He thinks A Miao is the prettiest.
Gong Zhuo exclaimed in shock: "Impossible! My mother said I am, so I am!"
Xie Yang was also very persistent: "You are not."
"Hmph, I don't want to bother with you! You're a big bad guy!"
Gong Zhuo immediately left angrily.
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