Chapter 20 Seventeen
"Xiaowu! Xiaowu!"
What happened here seemed to have attracted some people's attention.
Gu Jinli didn't lie there for long. When she came to her senses again, she saw a thin woman running towards her from the side with a long stick.
"How are you?!"
Holding the stick tightly, he quickly came to her side. Seeing that there was no one around, the woman bent down and helped Gu Jinli up from the ground.
"Did they beat you again? Are you hurt?!"
Under the woman's anxious questioning, Gu Jinli sat up from the ground and looked towards her.
As a result, she was startled by just one glance.
Isn’t this Nangong Jinyao?
He looked at the woman several times with a suspicious look. Although she was thinner, her familiar facial features allowed Gu Jinli to recognize her identity at a glance and confirm that it was Nangong Jinyao without a doubt.
"Xiaowu?"
Seeing that the mute girl in his arms had not responded, Nangong Jinyao, who came to help, looked down in confusion, only to meet Gu Jinli's extremely astonished eyes.
"What's with that look in your eyes? Don't you recognize my second sister?"
Shaking her head with some amusement, Nangong Jinyao tapped her forehead affectionately and sighed, "Listen to Second Sister, don't go to the village chief's house to fight with Da Huang for food anymore! We can't protect it even if we get it. You've been beaten several times and there's not a single piece of skin left."
"People like us...are different from the children in Lihua Village. No one will protect us."
Looking at this once arrogant young lady, she actually revealed a look of helplessness and compromise.
Gu Jinli finally realized that the person in front of him, like himself, had entered the twelfth-level illusion.
But compared to himself, this person obviously has no memory.
"Nod if you understand."
Xiaowu was a severe stutterer, and Nangong Jinyao didn't expect to hear a quick answer from her.
But after all, they have lived together for such a long time, and she knows how to communicate with her sister.
"Xiao Wu, you must agree this time! Don't be willful!"
“…”
Hmm.
Now that things have come to this, we can only deal with it for now.
Facing a young lady who had lost her memory, Gu Jinli nodded without any psychological burden to show that she understood.
"I'm glad you understand."
Seeing the child in her arms nodded, Nangong Jinyao breathed a sigh of relief.
She knew Xiaowu. Among so many abandoned children, Xiaowu was the most stubborn one.
She still remembered that Xiaowu was found by villagers under a pear tree. In the cold winter weather, no one knew how long the child had been waiting there, and he almost froze to death.
Later, after he recovered, he would always stay under the pear tree alone, as if waiting for someone.
But over the years, no one has come to look for her, and instead, more and more children have been abandoned in Lihua Village.
"Go back with Second Sister!"
After brushing the dust off the two of them, Nangong Jinyao held Gu Jinli with one hand and held a wooden stick with the other, and began walking towards the east of the village.
Following the other person in silence, Gu Jinli had just arrived and knew nothing about the situation here, so it was not appropriate for him to act too special.
She wanted to take this opportunity to find out about the situation in the village. If it was an illusion... then there must be a way to break it.
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Lihua Village is strange. This was Gu Jinli’s first impression.
This small village is obviously very poor, but there are many children.
As we walked along, apart from the half-grown children, there were only some white-haired old people left.
There was not a single young or middle-aged person in the entire village. Apart from the children, there were only old people.
"Second sister is back! Second sister is back!"
"She brought Xiaowu back!"
"Second sister is so awesome~"
…
If you go north from the outside of the village, you will see a dilapidated thatched house.
As the two approached, Gu Jinli arrived at the door of the thatched hut and discovered that there were no less than five children inside.
"I'm back."
Pushing open the straw door, Nangong Jinyao walked in and said, "It's still early, Xiao Si and Xiao Liu, come with me to the mountains to find some food! Anyone who wants to come can come along."
Lihua Village is backed by mountains, and most of its food comes from the mountains.
Not only the people in the village go into the mountains, but these children have also been raised by the mountains.
Even very young children know how to identify fruits to fill their stomachs.
"Okay, second sister!"
"No problem, second sister!"
"I'll go too! Second sister, take me with you..."
The children who were called responded without hesitation. Those who were not called also spontaneously found tattered bamboo baskets in the room and happily gathered around them.
"Xiaowu, just stay home and have a good rest."
After touching Gu Jinli's head, Nangong Jinyao quickly left with the children.
“…”
Looking at the backs of the people leaving, Gu Jinli, who was standing at the door, hesitated for a while, but ultimately did not follow them.
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The dilapidated thatched hut was windy and full of wind.
Fortunately, the temperature is suitable now, it is summer.
Otherwise, people will really die in such a house.
I don't know how these kids survived the cold winter...
Thinking silently in his heart, Gu Jinli simply walked to the innermost part and found a place to sit.
She didn't know what she should do now, but she was very hungry and had no strength in her body, so she decided to sit down and conserve her energy for the time being!
"Xiao Qi~ Stop sleeping!"
Everything that was said in the small thatched hut could be heard, and Gu Jinli's attention was quickly attracted.
Not far to her left, a child was pushing the girl on the ground and whispered, "The second sister is gone, are you still going today?"
"Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi?!"
The constant urging voices and pushing arms seemed to annoy the girl who was sleeping on the ground.
She turned over, slapped the hands off her body, and kicked him in annoyance.
"roll."
The girl cursed: "If you want to go, go by yourself. If you keep yelling, I will kill you."
Um?
Such a fierce tone, yet extremely familiar.
Gu Jinli narrowed her eyes and couldn't help but blurt out.
“Yes, yes, yes…” It was Chen Chigui!
Even if that guy turned into ashes, she would never forget him!
It is simply the darkest shadow in her life!
“…”
In order to confirm this, Gu Jinli got up from the ground and walked directly in the direction of "Xiao Qi".
A few seconds later, she successfully walked in front of the girl and looked down at the person on the ground.
The palm-sized face was covered in dirt and dust, and he looked much more childish than he appeared, but it was undoubtedly Chen Chigui.
So why is this guy here? !
Looking at the heroine on the ground, Gu Jinli suddenly felt unwell.
If she remembered correctly, this was the illusion on the twelfth floor, right?
Why is there a female protagonist? !
Didn’t she go to the thirty-third floor? !
Although the thirty-third floor is also an illusion layer, but... isn't this the twelfth floor! ! !
"What are you looking at!"
Noticing that someone else had arrived, the child who had been clinging to Shen Chigui suddenly looked defensive and yelled at Gu Jinli: “Go away, little stutterer! This is not something you can know!”
What shouldn't she know?
It is also related to Shen Chigui.
Gu Jinli suddenly became excited. Instead of leaving, she walked forward.
He didn't stop until his shoes were almost touching the heroine on the ground.
"stammer?"
Compared to the other child's defensiveness, Shen Chigui, who was sitting on the ground, looked much calmer.
She raised her head when she heard that and happened to meet Gu Jinli's gaze.
The two of them looked at each other unexpectedly, one was very nervous, afraid that the other would see something, and the other had a face full of confusion and indifference in his eyes.
A few minutes later.
Gu Jinli was the first to breathe a sigh of relief.
very good.
It seems that the heroine, like Nangong Jinyao, has no memories of reality, otherwise her eyes would not be so clear.
She felt relieved.
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