Chapter 208 No Regrets, But Regrets
Look around.
The world is full of corpses and blood, and is filled with wailing. The world has long been eroded by evil and disasters and is riddled with holes and is on the verge of collapse.
This is the final battle between light and darkness.
At the moment when the Dawn Sword pierced into his heart with a wail, Yun Qingqing's eyes remained firm and without regret.
But also regrettable.
If she could be stronger, stronger... could she have stopped all this earlier and not have it come to this?
Unfortunately, when I made the decision, I already knew that there would be no second chance.
A heart-wrenching call came from afar.
Who is it?
She slowly turned her head, but she still couldn't see the man's face clearly before her soul flew away...
Yun Qingqing suddenly opened her eyes and found herself still sitting upright on the small couch.
The dream just now...
I still only remember dreaming about my past life, but when I think about it again, it disappears like smoke and mist, leaving no trace.
At her current level, she was unable to use any magic to spy on her past life, even her dream self.
She rubbed her forehead and stopped thinking about it.
When she came to her senses, her ears suddenly moved and she looked at the bed where Xiao Changheng was sleeping.
Through the gauze curtains, one could vaguely see that the person inside had sat up, and could hear suppressed gasps.
She could feel the gaze of the people inside on her.
Yun Qingqing stood up and walked over.
As her hand touched the edge of the curtain, a big hand suddenly reached out from inside, grabbed her wrist, pulled her in, and fell into a hot embrace.
Yun Qingqing supported his chest, raised her head quickly and was about to speak, but stopped when she saw his expression.
The man's forehead was covered with sweat, the corners of his eyes were red, and his eyes were filled with grief and panic mixed with a bit of confusion.
When he met her gaze, the emotion in his eyes gradually faded, returning to the deep and unfathomable depth she was accustomed to seeing.
She could even hear his chest beating like a drum, gradually calming down from rapid beats.
Yun Qingqing frowned and said:
"Having a nightmare?"
Xiao Changheng was startled when he heard this, then he lowered his eyes and let go after a moment:
“…I can’t remember.”
Yun Qingqing stared at him for a moment, nodded, stood up, drew open the curtains, and opened the window to let the sunlight into the room.
"The carriage to pick us up should be arriving soon. I'll go take a look."
Xiao Changheng watched her leave quietly, then withdrew his gaze, slowly pressed his big hand against his chest, and clenched his fist.
It was that dream again. Every time I woke up, my mind was blank and I couldn't remember anything, but I could always clearly realize that it was the same dream.
But this time was different from the past. The heart-wrenching pain in the dream was real, and I was still frightened when I woke up.
Until she came into sight, the empty heart was suddenly filled again, and the inexplicable panic suddenly dissipated.
Xiao Changheng spread out his palms, stared at them for a long time, then slowly clenched them. A voice in his heart kept clamoring, becoming more and more determined.
…
When this mountain stronghold was raided, most of the money and supplies were looted. However, Nan Zheng and others found some food stored by some human traffickers and cooked a simple meal.
While waiting for dinner, Yun Qingqing discovered that the guards of the palace had brought out many boxes from somewhere. When they opened one of the boxes, they found it was full of gold, silver and jewelry.
She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows:
"Where did this come from?"
There are only a few human traffickers, and it doesn't seem like they can save up so much treasure. If they really have so much money, they wouldn't engage in such activities as trafficking girls.
Yan Haochu sighed behind her:
"This was all found by Tongtong."
Yun Qingqing heard from Yan Haochu about the heroic deeds of her new disciple.
Of course, he also heard it from the rescued girls—
The old woman took Tongtong away because she was so pretty and wanted to sell her for more money.
However, when the child got to the mountain, he didn't cry or make a fuss, but kept smiling at the human trafficker.
He ran to a corner under the table and somehow picked up a large silver ingot, which was the one that the traffickers had dropped when they were counting the money.
The human traffickers were so excited about this that they said the baby was a lucky star and could not be sold but had to be raised well.
Baby was not afraid of strangers, so she sat in his arms and ate the fruit on the table. During the meal, she also liked to touch the porridge and soup prepared specially for her, and kept reaching out for the meat and vegetables.
The leader of the human traffickers was even happier and said that the child followed him and he might as well adopt her as his goddaughter and let her call him daddy.
The baby giggled and clapped its hands, but it seemed as if it didn't understand what he said. It just laughed and didn't call for help no matter how he tried to coax it.
The human trafficker leader didn't think much about it. He just thought that the child was too young to call him dad, so he would teach him slowly in the future.
As a result, when the human trafficker boss went out to do other things, Wawa suddenly shouted "Daddy" to the second-in-command of the human traffickers!
The second child was startled, but also a little proud. He said that the kid just refused to call the eldest child whatever he said, but now he takes the initiative to call him. Does this mean that the lucky doll has a stronger connection with him?
Later, the little kid said something to the second-in-command's ear. He suddenly became mysterious and left with the kid in his arms.
The second human trafficker appeared again, only to be brought back by the eldest brother at knifepoint.
The two men became enemies and had a big quarrel. It turned out that Wawa led the second-in-command to find a cellar behind the mountain, which was full of treasures saved by the bandits.
The second-in-command was so jealous that he immediately decided to keep the matter secret. After his accomplices moved their hideout, he would find an excuse to go their separate ways and quietly come back to move the treasure.
There were so many good things in the cellar that he couldn't help but put a handful of pearls and jade in his arms before leaving.
But just after returning to the village, the baby "accidentally" exposed his secrets. The boss immediately became suspicious of him, snatched the baby away, drew his knife and took him back.
The second in command kept shouting that it was a misunderstanding, but the little kid clapped his hands and giggled, saying that daddy said all the treasures were his and he would buy the baby enough chicken legs to eat.
The boss was furious at the time, and the second-in-command also had murderous intentions when he saw the situation was not good. His face immediately changed and he pointed at Miss Guan's door and said:
"She ran away! Catch her!"
The boss subconsciously turned around to check, and the second-in-command looked fierce, drew his knife and stabbed the boss in the heart.
The boss realized something was wrong and tried to dodge immediately, but it was too late. At the last moment, he slashed the second-in-command's neck with a knife, and both of them died.
The other human traffickers were dumbfounded and didn't know what to do. Then the little kid clapped his hands and laughed again. He wasn't afraid at all and even put his little hands into his mouth and whistled.
Immediately afterwards, bursts of wolf howling were heard all around. The wolves, which never approached the village, suddenly rushed in regardless.
Those wolves were very strange. At first, someone ran into the house and closed the door tightly, but the wolves knew how to break through the window and jump in directly. Soon, screams were heard from the house.
The girls hid in the house and shivered. Fortunately, the wolves were only busy chasing the human traffickers fleeing outside and did not seem to notice that there were still people inside.
Later, the howling of wolves and human voices outside gradually disappeared, and they did not dare to move until Yun Qingqing and others appeared.
After Yan Haochu finished speaking, a questioning look appeared on his face, and he lowered his voice and asked Yun Qingqing:
"Hey, Master, are you saying that the wolves really didn't find the room where those women were imprisoned? Or... were they only targeting the human traffickers?"
"Those wolves...seem to listen to Tongtong a lot?"
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