"Just stay at home for these three days and don't go anywhere!"
"Didn't you already choose the sacrifice?!"
"Sacrifice?" The old woman wearing a gray headscarf looked a little confused and reminiscing, "No, that was our choice, not its choice."
She earnestly grabbed the girl in front of her and said, "Listen to me! Mandy."
Mandy didn't take it seriously and glanced around, "Lisa!" She took her arm out of the old woman's hand and waved it high, "Where are you going? I'm with you."
The old woman looked at Mandy's cheerful back and stood there alone for a long time, as if remembering the past...
Mandy held Zhou Tang's hand affectionately and pulled her away from here, "Lisa, have all your brothers gone to Stone Town?"
"may be."
Mandy seemed dissatisfied with Zhou Tang's perfunctory words and pulled out her arms to look at her unhappily.
The salty sea breeze filled Zhou Tang's mouth, which was dry. The flying hair made her face blurry. She regretted not bringing an extra piece of cloth to tie up the messy hair.
"What I said is true! I didn't sleep well last night due to heavy rain and thunder. I got up late in the morning. My aunt only said that my brothers had gone out." She looked sincere.
Mandy's lips curved, "Lisa, your brothers must have gone to Stone Town." She glanced around, "Let's go too!"
Zhou Tang was very moved, but she said worriedly, "I heard your conversation with Grandma Mei Mi..."
Mandy curled her lips and said, "Grandma Mei Mi is so confused. The sacrifice has been chosen long ago, why are we still in danger? Besides, the sacrifice ceremony will be held the day after tomorrow."
"But, but what is its choice and not our choice?" She looked puzzled, looking like she was not very smart and was confused by the old woman.
Mandy said contemptuously, "Grandma Mei Mi always talks about it at this time... let's go quickly."
Zhou Tang hesitated, "Auntie said it will be rainy these days..."
"Hey, let's go! Let's go and come back early! Besides, your brothers are in town too!"
Earlier, Zhou Tang walked around the small village. The village was not big, with more than 20 dilapidated stone huts scattered here and there. She didn't meet many people along the way.
The strong young people left the village, leaving only a few hard-working old women.
After finally meeting Grandma Mei Mi and Mandy, they now had the opportunity to go to Stone Town. Zhou Tang was anxious to find Cheng Mu and was looking forward to this opportunity.
All she had to do was show indecision...
Mandy said anxiously, "Lisa, don't you want to see Claire for the last time? Claire was chosen as a sacrifice, maybe she really won't be able to come back?"
Can the sacrifice come back again?
Zhou Tang's thoughts were stagnant, and he pulled it in place, determination revealed on his face, "Let's go!"
"I knew you were good."
On the way to the town, Mandy kept talking, "Claire is an orphan and has no family to protect her. Who should the village choose if they don't choose her?"
"Alas, don't blame everyone, she only needs one person as a sacrifice, and other nearby villages have to choose people, so the final result may not be her!"
"If she fails in the sacrificial ceremony, she will definitely be recognized by everyone when she returns to the village..."
Mandy's eyes moved around. Even though she was surrounded by bare stones, she still chose to whisper, "I know your brother Lorenzo likes Claire! As long as Claire comes back, your aunt, uncle, and parents will no longer object." ”
"What did you say?" This was the information overheard last night, but I didn't expect to hear it from her again today.
Mandy looked proud, "I saw Lorenzo chasing Claire with my own eyes!"
"No wonder!" she murmured.
"What's the wonder?!" Mandy asked curiously.
"No wonder Brother Lorenzo was in a trance when he came back from town yesterday..." Zhou Tang said deliberately, "Why didn't he tell his aunt and them earlier, can they still be together?"
Mandy choked on her words and said after a long time, "Claire has been raised in the village just to make her a sacrifice..."
Reality is far scarier than fantasy...
What's even scarier is that everyone in the village knows it...
After Mandy said this, she remained silent...
After about an hour's journey, the two arrived at Stone Town.
It was almost noon, and there were still people coming and going in the town.
"Let's go! I'll take you to eat something first."
After feeding her internal organs, Mandy took Lisa through the alleyways of the town and came to an independent stone house.
…
Cheng Mu walked to the door, picked up the scones and stuffed them into his mouth. He once again turned into a girl... fair and beautiful, but pitifully locked in a stone cage.
The game system really loves him very much. I wonder if Zhou Tang can find him quickly?
He turned around and asked, "Don't you want to eat something?"
There were a total of six girls in the stone cage. According to his observation, two of them seemed to be the same players as him, but he did not come forward to recognize them.
First of all, it is because he shoulders other tasks, which are different from the system tasks received by ordinary players...
Moreover, according to his observation, the two players were not very smart. They did not find out the reason for being imprisoned, so they came up with a perfect plan and attacked the people guarding here...
The player girl lay dying on the stone slab. The other three girls were extremely sad and ignored him.
"Gugu..."
"Gu Gu Gu Gu..."
Cheng Mu's ears twitched slightly, and he heard a soft and strange sound coming from the back window, "Claire?!"
"Claire!"
The girl who was huddled in the corner with her knees in her arms finally made some movement and turned to look at the back window, but she had no intention of getting up.
Under Claire's gaze, Cheng Mu tiptoed to the back window.
Opposite the four eyes…
Zhou Tang's pupils shrank, then a smile filled her eyes, and she recognized him...
She opened her mouth slightly and called out Cheng Mu's name silently.
Cheng Mu blinked and recognized it.
Mandy asked doubtfully, "Where's Claire?"
Cheng Mu looked back at Claire who lowered her head and replied softly, "She's not coming."
Mandy was very disappointed, "Is she okay?"
Claire lost her father and mother at a young age. Although she had help and support from the villagers, she had been able to read people's faces since she was a child and knew her own way back...
Now he is even more resigned to his fate, his heart is filled with despair, and he does not want to say goodbye to his friend.
"Not so good?" How can being locked up in a cage be good? It's fear, it's torture.
Mandy was sad and sad. She seemed to be comforting Claire, but also seemed to be persuading herself, "It doesn't have to be hers! Just choose one person!"
Cheng Mu absorbed the new information, and Zhou Tang said silently, "Wait until I come to you!" '
Cheng Mu nodded slightly, then left the back window and asked softly, "Claire, have you really never seen them?"
What answered him was Claire's endless silence.
The sound of footsteps came from far away, and Zhou Tang took Mandy's hand away from the stone house.
Mandy came to her senses, "She must hate us."
Suddenly a frightened shout came, "Lisa! Mandy! Why are you here?!"
