You...a bad woman who abandoned her husband and children
When Leng Can woke up, Cong Mo was not beside him. He yawned and stretched. When he thought of the sweet kiss last night, his heart began to itch, and he subconsciously looked for Cong Mo.
"Don't look for him anymore." Yin Yi sat at the entrance of the cave and meditated. The sky behind him was already bright. "Amo is not here."
Leng Can blushed for a moment, "Where is Xiaomo?"
Yin Yi shook his head, "I don't know. She asked me to keep an eye on you guys last night and left."
Leng Can felt a little guilty when he heard this, as if he was afraid that he would find out about their relationship. "You, when did you wake up last night?"
Yin Yi glanced at him, the meaning in his eyes difficult to discern, "Amo woke me up, I don't know when."
"Okay then..." Leng Can said a little disappointedly, "When are we going out?"
"Amo said to wait a little longer until she comes back."
"Okay..." Leng Can had no objection. He came here just to make up the numbers. He had no martial arts or magic skills. He would just do whatever he was assigned to do without any objection.
But Cong Mo always left him alone and refused to tell him anything, which made him dissatisfied and even resentful.
When will I be able to succeed in seducing Cong Mo?
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"I promised you an hour, so now it's time to tell me what happened, right?"
"You're so sweet." Bai Ying was still savoring the kiss just now, and looked at Cong Mo with a bit of annoyance. Why was it that this idiot who knew nothing could always stay by Leng Can's side?
"How sweet?" Cong Mo had their memories, but his feelings at that time were very superficial, and he couldn't fully understand Bai Ying's feelings. "It was just lips touching lips and tongue licking, but you've already crossed the line."
"It's not you, it's us." The white shadow floated to her side and raised his hand to touch her delicate cheek. "Yu Wuqingshan, your face has been nourished and moisturized. It's not as dry as before."
"Do you know my past?"
"We are one." Bai Ying sighed. "Not only do I know, but I also experienced the pain of being beaten and scolded. Your pain will be passed on to us, but you have no way of knowing the disasters we have suffered. It is truly unfair."
"We?" Cong Mo keenly caught the key words.
"Yes." The white shadow was active and restless, floating around her. "I am just the remnant of the roots of love that have not been completely purged. The greater root of love is reflected in the fact that I don't know whether I am dead or alive, and where I am."
"You don't have any empathy?"
"Yes." Bai Ying asked doubtfully, "But she unilaterally cut off contact with me. She can't find me, and I can't find her."
"It's really strange. Your self-awareness was aroused by resentment, but why did she do that?" Cong Mo rubbed his chin.
"In short, you should have your own plan." Bai Ying was very happy. Just one hour of human time made her very happy.
It was daybreak, and the orange light of the fire illuminated the area, allowing one to clearly see the thin white bones piled up under the cliff.
Bai Ying showed a look of pity. "I'm so smart, and my brain hasn't been taken away. I should have guessed the whole story. Those rumors are probably half true and half false."
"Not only are there children, but there are women as well, right?"
Tears and blood flowed from Bai Ying's eyes. "The young girls cried miserably, but they were still strong enough to comfort the children."
"What can they get in exchange?"
"Food, banknotes, or jewelry."
"You, no, why didn't I stop it?"
"I'm just the remnant of love. How can I be so powerful? Besides, this is the tradition of the village and it cannot be changed, otherwise it will go against the will of heaven." Bai Ying threw himself into her arms, crying breathlessly.
Cong Mo pushed her head away to prevent her tears from getting on him. "Your tears are red, and the color will be too obvious if they get on him."
"You... actually despise me so much!"
Cong Mo thought for two seconds and nodded, "Yeah, a little."
Bai Ying instantly lost interest and got up from her. "Forget it, forget it. I won't talk to you about this useless stuff anymore."
"What about the old people?"
"They were raised after I became king here. However, because the resentment here is so thick, their bodies have been affected, causing them to age faster." Bai Ying sighed. "I originally didn't want them to do anything bad, but the village has become too peaceful, and the resentment has diminished. Without the resentment, I would be able to do less, and even struggle to survive. That's why I had no choice but to seek out humans to absorb their essence and blood."
"When did it start?"
"Um... more than ten years ago, when we were still children." Bai Ying acted aggrieved. "You can't blame me for this. The demonic energy here is too weak. I just used a little of the resentment in my body and absorbed some other resentment, and I crushed them. They were no match for me at all. They were a bunch of trash. How can you blame me?"
"I really can't blame you." Cong Mo agreed, "They are just too incompetent."
She looked at the sky and said, "It's daytime now. I should go back now. Get ready and fulfill your dream. I will kill you when I come back."
"?" Bai Ying blocked her way out. "Why do you want to kill me? Aren't we one? You, you are too unreasonable. Even if I am not a human, I don't want to die."
"You ate people."
"They were the ones who abandoned us and lost our humanity first! What's wrong with me doing this?"
"There's nothing wrong with that, but you're taking revenge on the wrong people. Why are you taking revenge on innocent people? Men and women? Good and evil can't be distinguished by gender. How can you say that all the people you eat have done evil? What if you eat someone who has worked hard their whole life? You're only doing this to survive. Don't give them an overly high moral compass."
"You!" Bai Ying was unconvinced. He made a lively expression on his face, just like Cong Mo, which was quite cute. "Then I raised those children!"
"They raised you to cheat people for food? You instigated them to do anything that could be considered serious?" Cong Mo said calmly, "I don't want to use any too cruel means, so you'd better behave yourself."
"You, I..." Bai Ying couldn't beat him, and was so anxious that he turned around and around, grabbing her sleeve tightly, "Well, since I am your love root, can't you absorb me back?"
"No." Cong Mo shook his head. "You already have your own consciousness. If I forcibly absorb you into my body, it will destroy a complete soul, which will also have an adverse effect on me. So, compared to this, it would be more appropriate to kill you directly."
Bai Ying: “…”
It seemed like she had found someone more suitable to be the scapegoat than herself!
Even Cong Mo was unwilling to regard her as a part of himself and acknowledge her as a unique personality.
But...Cong Mo is such an extremely fair person.
Should she be happy or unhappy?
"Then go find a way. I don't want to die. I want to be a good ghost." Bai Ying said to her, "I, I am your lover anyway. The bad things I do are yours. You have to be responsible for me."
"That's nonsense." Cong Mo pushed her away. "Since we separated, we have no relationship. You can just stop sensing my emotions."
"You!" Bai Ying hurriedly caught up with her, "What about the people here? If I'm gone, the village will lose its protection and they won't be able to survive. You can't stay here forever. They're so old, who will take care of them? And there are children, yes, children, they have never done anything bad, you can't let them die!"
After hearing about the child, Cong Mo really stopped and asked, "Child?"
"Yes," Bai Ying explained immediately, "the children are still alive, but because of the strong resentment here, I have been isolating them in a courtyard with a protective shield. If you don't believe me, I will take you to see it!"
"No need." Cong Mo calmed down and stopped her. "I believe in myself. I will do my best to help you become... a good ghost, but after that, you will still be punished."
"Xiao Mo, you're finally back!"
"Yeah." Cong Mo reached out to stop Leng Can from jumping towards her and looked at everyone, "Don't be impulsive. I have found a way to leave here now."
On the road,
"Xiaocan, what happened last night was not my intention. Just think of it as me taking the wrong medicine and being poisoned. Just treat it as a misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding?" Leng Can followed her in two steps, inevitably a little angry, "Are you talking about that kiss?"
"yes."
"Then, can that be considered a misunderstanding?" Leng Can was extremely anxious. He had been so affectionate with him last night, but in just a few hours, he had become so cold and icy. "Xiao Mo, explain it to me clearly. How can you explain it all with the word misunderstanding when you've already stuck out your tongue!"
"What other words would you like to use?" Cong Mo didn't understand the meaning of his insistence. "You stuck out your tongue too. It's fair. We don't owe each other anything."
"No." Leng Can grabbed her and said helplessly, "You have to be responsible for me!"
Cong Mo blinked. "You're the second person today who's held me accountable. Is the word 'responsibility' so easy to say, so frivolous and meaningless?"
Leng Can's eyes widened, as if struck by lightning, "What? You, you kissed someone else? You... a bad woman who abandoned her husband and children!"
"No, I..."
"Why are you here?"
An old and hoarse voice interrupted the two of them. They briefly broke away from the quarrel, turned around, and found that it was the grandmother from yesterday.
"Why can't we be here?" Cong Mo stopped Leng Can. "Didn't you take us to a safe place yesterday? We should be here."
"Haha..." The old lady's face showed a trace of panic. "Indeed, indeed, it's just you two. Where are they?"
"They left the village."
"?"
Cong Mo then said, "Grandma, you lied to us."
"I..." The old lady hugged the bamboo basket tightly in her hand and took a few steps back. "I have something else to do. I'll leave first."
As soon as she turned around, Cong Mo appeared behind her. When she looked back again, Leng Can was guarding her. She was attacked from both sides and there was no way she could escape.
"Grandma, this isn't the direction you want to go," Cong Mo said.
The old lady glanced around, "What do you want to say?"
"You are the children who were thrown here. You didn't die, but were raised by the vengeful ghosts."
"Abandoned Village, you made a deal with the vengeful ghosts. They needed fresh human blood, so you tricked young people into coming here for them. Our appearance was completely unexpected."
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