As Chen An's heart gradually became more desperate, the world in front of him twisted again. In the psychedelic colors and dreamlike entanglement, the appearance of the world changed again.
This time, Chen An saw that his body bones were stronger and Xue Yuer'er had grown up a little.
He stiffly put the bucket in his hand into the room and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hard and torn sleeve.
The rough sleeves caused pain to the delicate skin on Xue Yue'er's forehead.
"Grandma, Yue'er is done, can we eat now?"
Xue Yuer walked to the small yard with small steps. The old lady was wearing floral clothes and was lying on a rocking chair to bask in the sun.
Seeing Xue Yuer coming over, she glanced at her and said in a hoarse voice: "Go and play with Er Zhuang, the meal is not ready yet."
Xue Yuer'er couldn't help but tremble when she heard the name Er Zhuang.
She forced a smile and said, "Okay."
Chen An's heart was filled with despair and fear, but it was also strangely wrapped in an inexplicable sense of hope...
Here, he is Xue Yuer, and Xue Yuer is him. Xue Yuer's every move, mood, and words will also deeply affect him!
He could feel that the play between Er Zhuang and Xue Yuer was definitely not the play of ordinary children.
and...
[Xue Yue'er must smile. If she doesn't smile, the old lady won't even give her food. 】
[This is the third month since she came to the village. 】
Chen An sighed inwardly. He felt more and more sympathy for Xue Yuer. How much pain did this seven-year-old girl go through to achieve her current maturity...
No, now I am sure that Xue Yue'er must be Yin Qiaoxian.
This little girl, Yin Qiaoxian, is also incredibly mature.
But...the age gap between them is at least seven years!
Chen An was still confused, and at the same time he felt increasingly powerless.
As powerless as Xue Yuer...
Xue Yue'er came to Erzhuang's house, which was the best house in the village with red brick and tile walls.
The second strong man is nine years old this year. He is a thin man with a somewhat twisted figure. His left leg was congenitally disabled and half of his face is paralyzed.
As soon as he saw Xue Yuer, he wiped his nose and, with a dirty face, stretched out his hand to grab Xue Yuer.
Xue Yuer (Chen An) felt nausea and fear in her heart, and her legs were shaking, as if she had gone through many psychological struggles...
Xue Yuer took a step back.
"What are you doing!" Erzhuang said sharply: "If you don't let me touch you, I'll tell my dad to go! Let my dad beat you!"
When Xue Yue'er heard this, her delicate body trembled again. She quickly said: "Brother Erzhuang, didn't Yue'er say that this is a secret between us?"
"When you grow up a little bit, Yue'er will listen to you."
Xue Yuer's voice trembled.
"Oh..." Er Zhuang scratched his messy hair, his eyes seemed to understand, he stretched out a finger, pointed at Xue Yuer, and said: "Remember, you are my wife, you can't run away."
"Yueer, don't run, don't run...Brother Erzhuang, let's go play by the stream." Xue Yuer endured the discomfort and grabbed the corners of Erzhuang's dirty cotton-padded clothes.
"Okay! Erzhuang likes to catch fish!" Erzhuang showed a happy expression. When he saw Xue Yuer approaching, he was about to pounce on her and kiss her.
Xue Yuer quickly dodged and stretched out a hand to block him, saying: "Brother Erzhuang, we agreed to wait until you grow up a little bit."
Erzhuang said: "No, I can't bear it anymore. You are so beautiful. I have never seen a girl as beautiful as you."
Xue Yuer said: "Then, wait another three months, just three months."
Er Zhuang shook his head, his ugly and dirty face showing stupidity: "If you don't let me touch you for three days, I will tell my dad that you will keep letting me touch you if I don't help you lie to my dad."
Hearing Er Zhuang's words, Xue Yuer's delicate body trembled again, and Chen An could feel the deep fear... Er Zhuang's father, probably their village chief, must have done something to Xue Yuer...
"Okay, it's up to you." Xue Yuer's voice was like a silk thread.
...
The scene turned again, and the scenery in front of Chen An changed into a stream, and Erzhuang and Xue Yuer were stepping on the stream and playing in the water.
"There's only one day left..." Xue Yue'er looked at Er Zhuang's back and said to herself.
Chen An suddenly felt moistness in his eyes and agitation in his mood. Xue Yuer's chest kept beating and her heart kept beating, indicating her mood.
"Yue'er doesn't want to...I'm sorry..."
Xue Yue'er seemed to have suddenly made up her mind. He grabbed Er Zhuang's clothes and said, "Brother Er Zhuang, there are a lot of fish over there at the waterfall. Let's go there to play."
Er Zhuang scratched his head and said, "But I don't want to play with fish anymore, I want to sleep with you."
Xue Yuer said: "Oh, don't worry, there is still one day, we agreed."
"Oh well."
"Let's go to the waterfall."
"No, my dad won't let me, saying it's dangerous over there."
Xue Yuer pretended to be angry and said: "I am already your wife. What happened to you accompanying your wife once? If you don't tell your father, your father doesn't know either."
"Daughter-in-law!" Er Zhuang's eyes lit up, but he still hesitated and said, "But..."
"Oh, no but, let's go, Brother Erzhuang."
Xue Yue'er quickly struck while the iron was hot, took Er Zhuang's hand, and ran towards the waterfall.
...
The picture in front of Chen An changed again, this time it turned into a forest at night.
Xue Yue'er was huddled in the bushes, with a dirty quilt underneath her body, but the temperature at night still made her tremble, her hands and feet were cold, and she was a little unconscious.
"Yueyue."
A gentle male voice sounded, and Xue Yuer (Chen An) quickly sat up, with a smile on her face when she saw the person coming.
"Brother Gangzi."
The person who came was a little boy with ordinary appearance, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a big black mole on his face. He looked about ten years old.
The boy squatted on the ground, took out the cold bag from his arms, handed it to Xue Yuer, and said: "Yueyue, I knocked Er Zhuang unconscious from behind. He just thought it was you and ran away. Don't worry."
Xue Yuer nodded, pursed her lips, took the cold sac, melted the sac with saliva in small sips, and then ate it in small bites.
"Wait until tomorrow, and I'll bring you something delicious." Gangzi saw Xue Yuer munching on the bag. His face was red, and he didn't know whether it was from the cold or something.
"Yes." Xue Yuer whispered: "Brother Gangzi, come to me, don't let your father find out."
"No, he is sleeping soundly." Brother Gangzi smiled, stretched out his hand to rub Xue Yue'er's head, and said: "When I was a child, I heard a book from Mr. Lost in the Mountains. I don't know where you are from. Yes, but my dad and the others must be wrong to treat you this way."
"Sir, he said that I have wisdom and want to do good deeds. When I grow up, I will take you away! Get out of here!"
"Okay!" Xue Yuer nodded, her eyes showing her expectations for the future.
...
...
The scene in front of him changed again, and Chen An found that he had less and less time to think.
There was a little panic in his heart, and a confusion that was "difficult to think about."
He tried his best to find the "rules" of his current situation, but he couldn't find the time to think about it.
As the world in front of Xue Yuer's eyes changed faster, he seemed to have completely transformed into Xue Yuer'er. At this moment, the two of them were indistinguishable from each other. Everything Xue Yuer'er thought and felt was what Chen An felt.
Chen An's own feelings seem to be slowly being eroded...
The scene in front of her turned into a hazy dream. Chen An knew that she (Xue Yuer) dreamed about a flash flood, and she dreamed about it from the perspective of a complete bystander. She dreamed about a kind old grandfather who told her what was going to happen and let her Escape quickly.
The old man said that he was a mountain god, and it was Xue Yuer's kindness that moved him.
A week, a flash flood is coming in a week. This village and its surroundings are all within the scope of the flash flood!
Waking up from the dream, Xue Yuer'er woke up from her dream in the middle of the night. She looked around confusedly.
Gritting his teeth, hesitating and hesitating in his heart.
Finally, at noon the next day, when Gangzi, the boy came, she said: "Brother Gangzi, I...had a dream..."
Xue Yuer told Gangzi truthfully, and the boy was stunned for a moment. His expression changed drastically, he put down the food and said, "Yueyue, I believe you."
"Brother Gangzi, come with me." Xue Yuer said.
Gangzi shook his head and said: "My father, my mother, although the folks are not nice to you, they have been very good to me since I was a child. My husband said that you should repay your kindness."
"Yueyue, wait for me. I'll leave a letter home. Let's leave here tonight!"
"Outside the mountain, sir, you left me the address. We will definitely find him."
"At that time, it will be the beginning of our new life!"
Gangzi's eyes were piercing.
Listening to this, Yue'er also felt hope for the future. She nodded vigorously and said, "Okay!"
...
The scenery changes again.
This time, what Chen An (Xue Yuer) saw was a village washed away by a flash flood. It seemed like people were dead and it was in a mess. The villagers had red eyes like crazy, crying and wailing!
It was night now, they were holding torches and making noise.
Xue Yue'er hid in a tree near the village, not daring to move.
[Why...she didn't leave? 】 Chen An felt that even if he thought a little, he had exhausted all his energy. The thoughts in his mind were like thick paste, and it was difficult to move at all.
"He's here!" A villager came to Xue Yuer's tree and raised a torch. The firelight reflected Xue Yuer's frightened face.
"Witch!"
"She's a devil!"
"She is unknown!"
Screams and roars one after another, filled with grief and anger, enveloped Xue Yue'er like a tide!
Xue Yue'er's cheeks shed tears, washing away her body that was gradually losing weight due to severe malnutrition, and washing away her dim eyes.
"Brother Gangzi...this is different from what you said..."
Xue Yue'er saw the villagers hitting the tree and someone going to get a ladder. It was such a chaos that she couldn't think about what she was going to go through...
She didn't dare to think, and couldn't think anymore. Her eyes filled with tears searched the crowd, trying to find the boy.
She didn't find it.
As the world in front of Chen An changed, there was only the pain of being roughly pulled down from the tree by a man, and only the beatings that followed like a tide!
These villagers blamed themselves for the disaster caused by the flash flood!
They vented all the sorrow in their hearts!
On the body of seven-year-old Xue Yuer.
