A Yuan left without saying a few words. Although Duan Qingxi felt that she came to him suddenly probably to speak for Ye Xiu, the words she said were not necessarily meant to scare her.
So after A Yuan left the room, Duan Qingxi ate some cakes, washed up, changed into the new clothes that Ye Xiu had given her before, and took Xiao Dai out.
She still felt a little unwell, but it didn't stop her from taking a walk.
Maybe because they had known of her existence for a long time, even when she went out, people here would politely nod and greet her when they saw her. Few people spoke, but their attitudes were all very friendly.
Duan Qingxi walked for a long time, wanting to find someone to talk to, but found that the people here didn't seem to like to talk much, and everyone was busy with their own things.
"Are you... the girl Xiu brought back?"
Duan Qingxi turned around and saw a little girl wearing a blue dress with narrow sleeves, pigtails on both sides, and a blue jade pendant on her forehead. She looked to be about fifteen years old, very smart and cute, like an elf.
The girl ran up to Duan Qingxi with a smile and looked at her curiously, as if she was very interested in her.
Realizing that the other party had no ill intentions, Duan Qingxi smiled and said, "Hello, my name is Eleven."
"eleven?"
The little girl's eyes widened in surprise. "I thought we Butterfly Valley people were pretty casual about naming things, but I didn't expect you outsiders to be even more casual than us!"
Duan Qingxi smiled but said nothing more.
The little girl smiled again and said, "My name is Ai."
Duan Qingxi was quite surprised that she was Ai.
Just now, Ye Xiu's mother A Yuan said that Ai was supposed to marry Ye Xiu, but she didn't expect Ye Xiu to save her outside and wanted to marry her. Unexpectedly, Ai was not angry, but took the initiative to come and talk to her.
It seems that the people in Butterfly Valley are quite pure.
Of course, the girl who delivered medicine to her all day was an exception.
Ai seemed to like Duan Qingxi very much, so she took Duan Qingxi to stroll around the valley, saying that she wanted to familiarize her with the environment here because she was worried that she would not know the place.
Duan Qingxi probed for a while and found that this little girl was really simple. It might be because she was protected too well, or it might be because there was no dispute in this valley.
From her, Duan Qingxi learned that everything Ayuan said to her was true, and not a single word was exaggerated.
On the contrary, these words sounded even more exaggerated when spoken by Ai.
Ai pulled Duan Qingxi to sit on a patch of grass, waving a blade of grass in her hand. She said, "Xiu's mother came from outside. She was brought back by the clan leader. At first, she didn't want to marry the clan leader, saying that he was a good man, but she already had someone in her heart and couldn't marry anyone else..."
Duan Qingxi asked curiously, "Then why did you decide to get married later?"
Speaking of this, Ai's expression turned frightened. She leaned close to Duan Qingxi and whispered, "Because something terrible happened later. I heard... the two maids that Xiu's mother brought in from outside didn't want to get married either. In the end, they became wrinkled and gray-haired in front of her, and then scared themselves to death! Xiu's mother was also frightened and became seriously ill. In the end, the clan leader felt sorry for her and forced her to marry him while she was ill. That's why she didn't become like that..."
Duan Qingxi was still quite skeptical and asked, "Will it really be possible... to suddenly turn gray?"
Ai nodded seriously, "This is true, not a lie! This is a curse!"
"curse?"
Ai nodded seriously again, and then continued: "My mother told me, my mother also told me that the people in Butterfly Valley are actually descendants of a butterfly fairy. She met a man in the mortal world. She loved him very much and was even willing to give up her fairy roots for him. But the man did not love her and only wanted to get the method of immortality from her. Later, he was discovered by a fairy, but she couldn't bear to see him die like this, so she created a Butterfly Valley here and trapped the man here, telling him that if he wanted to achieve immortality, he had to marry her and live here with her forever. If he tried to leave by force, he would immediately turn white-haired and die without a burial place within ten days..."
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