In the darkness, the girl hugged her mother's body tightly and asked timidly: "Mom. I forgot to take Xiaoni with me. Can I go out?"
The girl couldn't see her mother's expression, but she could feel her mother's violent trembling.
Mom, mom is scared too.
The mother didn't answer, so the girl asked tentatively again.
Only then did the mother realize that her daughter was asking her something, and she couldn't help hugging the child tightly in her arms. Rather than comforting her, it was more to encourage herself: "We will be fine, Xin'er, we will be fine."
Xin'er nodded vigorously, and then asked: "We must be fine, but Xiaoni is outside, and dad is also outside."
"Leave them alone!" The mother spoke crazily as if she was stimulated, causing the daughter in her arms to shrink back and forth in fear. Then the mother realized what she was doing and buried her head deeply in her daughter's arms. Then he said hoarsely: "Everything will be fine. Everything will be fine."
"But Xiaoni..." Xin'er still couldn't let go, so she insisted and asked again.
The mother bit her lip tightly, tears running down her face. How she wished she knew nothing like the daughter in her arms. At this time, she was still thinking about the snow fox she had raised.
But she can't do it.
Xiao Ni must be dead.
Her husband must be dead too.
If she and her daughter were discovered, they would definitely die here.
No one will come to save them, she knows, she knows everything.
But she couldn't say anything.
Only her daughter would think that this was another game, so no matter how scared and frightened she was, she did not want to tell her daughter the cruel truth.
At least until the thick partition overhead is lifted.
"Now." Xin'er spoke in a low voice in silence: "Mom, didn't you tell me that we finally have a lord? The lord brother of the Shi family will protect us, right?"
"So." Xin'er asked with hope: "So, he will come to save us, right?"
Just as her mother was about to speak, she felt cold dust fall on her face.
Something touched the upper partition.
The mother's whole body tensed up. She hugged her daughter tightly and listened carefully to the sounds above.
It was the deep and powerful snoring of beasts, and the rustling sound of sharp claws rubbing against the ground.
It was the rough sound of the pink tongue licking the wooden partitions.
That was - the mother heard a sharp fox cry.
Xin'er heard the source of the cry at that moment. She stood up excitedly, but was pressed hard by her mother in her arms.
A second fox cry followed, but this time it was a cry of pain.
Xin'er wanted to speak and let Xiaoni escape here, but she couldn't say a word. Her mother tightly covered her mouth and nose, using suffocating force to prevent her from making any sound. She tried her best He struggled hard, but was strangled by his mother until his bones were almost broken.
The pain all over her body was unbearable, but the pain in her heart was even worse.
In the darkness, the girl's tears fell slowly, hitting the dust and moistening the lines.
This may be the darkest and most desperate moment in Xin'er's life, but she never thought that dawn would come so quickly.
The low whimpers of injured beasts, the wails of severe pain, the dull sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, and so many noisy sounds came one after another. Xin'er couldn't even tell how many sounds there were.
But in the next moment, the silence above was as quiet as the morning after snow.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!"
Someone tapped their knuckles on the wooden partition, and a clear, soft and pleasant sound sounded softly on it.
The girl's voice was the most pleasant voice Xin'er had ever heard in her life.
"Come out, it's okay."
No monster will knock on the door, and no monster will imitate human voices. If there is such a monster, then any resistance will be in vain.
Xin'er felt her mother hugging her and crying loudly. Only then did she clearly feel how scared her mother was.
But the mother who was so scared only wanted to protect herself.
The wooden board was removed and the cellar under the partition was revealed. Xin'er was the first to crawl out and saw a beautiful sister whom she had only seen in paintings before.
She put her hands behind her back and looked at herself like a little adult, but obviously not very big, but really beautiful.
Her long aqua hair is like the blue water flowing slowly under the glacier, and even her eyes are as deep and blue as pool water, with slender eyebrows and big eyes, and a faint smile on her plain white lips.
"What's your name?" the sister asked.
"Shi, Shi Xin." She replied timidly, while her big eyes kept peeking around.
"My name is Ge Qing, the overgrown Ge Qing." Ge Qing introduced himself with a smile, then lifted his thick cloak towards the girl: "You are looking for it, right?"
Shi Xin's eyes widened in surprise. A small white fox was curled up in Ge Qing's arms. There was an obvious gap in its long tail, with some blood stains on it.
When the white fox saw Shi Xin, it immediately let out an excited cry. White lightning flashed in Ge Qing's arms, and it slipped into Shi Xin's sleeves. Obviously, that was where it was accustomed to stay.
"Thanks to this little guy." Ge Qing explained to Shi Xin with a smile: "Otherwise I might not be able to find this place."
Shi Xin comforted the little white fox that was still trembling in his sleeves, raised his head and begged: "Sister, please save the others."
Ge Qing smiled and shook his head, looking at the disappointed look on Shi Xin's face, and then continued: "I can't save so many, but there are people who can."
Shi Xin couldn't help but lie down at the window to see the scene outside from the glass sill. Then she bit her lower lip and took a low breath of cold air.
The bluestone streets were covered with white thorns, which covered every space in sight. Countless white beasts were dying in the thorns.
"Your lord is here." Ge Qing said with a smile: "It is his duty to save you."
At this time, the mother crawled out. Her legs and feet were trembling. It was obvious that the great sadness and joy just now made her body somewhat uncontrollable.
She heard Ge Qing's last words and couldn't help but kneel down and kowtow to the girl: "You were the one who brought the lord back, right? You and he came to save us, right?"
Ge Qing accepted her mother's kneeling worship. She had been worshiped by countless people since she was born. Among those people were the most noble nobles and the richest businessmen. No one had received more kneeling worship and service than her, and she had never You won't feel cramped or uneasy about it.
Only this time, Ge Qing felt trembling all over.
She didn't come here to save these people, she just wanted to know why the people she thought were friends betrayed her.
She just wants to find her own members.
She just saw them and casually rescued them.
For the nobles and businessmen she was familiar with, there was no comparison between her strength and her status.
But for them, there is no comparison between the disaster that she raised her hand to solve for them and her identity.
Ge Qing sighed, then lowered his head and laughed softly.
"Only at this time do I really feel like a princess."
When she raised her head, she felt even calmer.
"Yes, I'm here to save you." Ye Qing said calmly, his tone not fluctuating.
"My people."
