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"What do you mean?" Si Yu clasped Ruan Ruan's shoulders tightly.

"Blood-sucking monster..." Ruan Ruan's chest heaved violently, she seemed to be trapped in a terrible memory, cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and said tremblingly, "The blood-sucking blood...every one who finds Gutang Anyone who keeps secrets will die, and I will be the next, next one! Teacher Si, please help me...I am desperate..."

"Ruan Ruan," Si Yu gritted his teeth and said almost word for word, "Do you know what you're talking about?"

His voice was unexpectedly calm, and Ruan Ruan calmed down after weeping for a while. She raised her head, looked directly at Si Yu with tears in her eyes, and said with sobs: "Xinyang, there is a monster that sucks human blood." monster."

"Sorry," Si Yu got up and took a step back, "I don't believe a word you said."

Ruan Ruan lowered her head, Si Yu didn't know her expression at the moment, only her messy hair and overly thin shoulders could be seen.

Neither of them spoke, and there was a deathly silence in the midday air.

After a while, Ruan Ruan took a deep breath and stood up with one hand on the ground. She raised her hand to wipe her face, her eye circles and nose were all wet and red.

"You don't have to believe me, but I really saw it!"

Si Yu's heart was beating like a drum, and his hands in his trouser pockets were clenched into fists, but he remained calm on the surface, and asked calmly, "You said you saw it, then tell me, what clothes Li Bo wore that day?" , Where did he happen, did he struggle before he died? Did he yell? How long does it take to suck the blood of a grown man?"

Ruan Ruan was stunned for a moment, her expression was in a daze, and she took a step back unconsciously: "I, I..."

Si Yu pressed on step by step: "What is the size of the murderer? Have you seen his face? Do you remember his appearance?"

"Don't ask me..." Ruan Ruan widened her eyes and shook her head in horror.

"Or you don't know anything," Si Yu kicked a stone at his feet away, "I just want to hint to me that this murderer is Qi Lu."

Ruan Ruan's face turned pale, and he swallowed nervously: "Li Bo is dead, it's a fact."

Si Yu smiled, and said lightly: "What you should do is to call the police immediately, instead of coming to me."

"Call the police?" Ruan Ruan snorted sarcastically as if she had heard some big joke, a mean and even resentful expression appeared on her usually weak and harmless face, "What's the use? To monsters like them , Teacher Si, if it were you, what would you do?"

The word "monster" is too harsh, and Si Yu couldn't help being a little angry, and said coldly, "Monster? Is that how you think of them? Every child here respects you and likes you, they..."

"But I'm afraid!" Ruan Ruan interrupted him, "I'm really afraid, don't I have the right to be afraid? Before I came, did anyone tell me that they were all monsters? I was deceived and used but what? I can't even do it, Teacher Si, don't I even have the right to be afraid?"

The words that Si Yu hadn't finished speaking were stuck in his throat.

He judged others by himself, and even Si Yu's first reaction after learning the truth was to run away, so what right did he have to criticize Ruan Ruan?

Si Yu closed his eyes, nodded and said: "I was impulsive, I'm sorry."

"They are monsters!" Ruan Ruan shouted suddenly, hatred and hatred were like erupting magma, which had been accumulated for too long and finally found a vent, and rushed out, "Why didn't they all be killed 100 years ago! Why did they Without all—all dead, why are you still alive?"

"what are you saying?"

"Are you in love with Qi Lu?" Ruan Ruan's eyes were red, she rushed forward and pushed Si Yu hard, and shouted with all her strength, "Qi Lu is the one who deserves to be damned, as long as he dies, everything will be settled You go kill him, kill him, kill him!"

"enough!"

Si Yu sternly stopped.

This sound was like pouring a basin of ice water, Ruan Ruan's whole body shook, and the erupted magma gradually subsided.

She clenched her collar tightly, bent over and coughed violently, tears streaming down her face.

Si Yu couldn't bear it all the time, and stepped forward to help her, but she raised her hand to stop her: "It's okay."

"Give me that sword." Si Yu stopped and said concisely.

Ruan Ruan took out a tissue from her pocket and wiped her face, then shook her head and said, "I'm sorry."

She didn't bring a bag today, and there was no room for a sword in her shirt and slim jeans. Si Yu guessed that Ruan Ruan didn't bring a sword, so he asked, "At least tell me, how did you get that sword."

Ruan Ruan was silent for a moment, then lowered her head and said, "Mr. Si, I don't want to lie to you."

Si Yu understood that Ruan Ruan meant that he didn't want to tell him the truth. Regarding this mahogany sword, no matter how much he questioned it, there would be no result.

"You just said that you want me to save you, explain clearly how I will save you." Si Yu changed the subject.

Ruan Ruan raised her head slowly, a drop of water dangled on her slender jaw.She looked at the dense mist behind Si Yu, her eyes filled with water, and said in a low voice, "Kill him."

"Go back," Si Yu took a step forward, blocking Ruan Ruan's sight, his voice was calmer than usual, "I will never hurt him."

Ruan Ruan smiled faintly: "Mr. Si, sometimes I really envy you."

"One day you are willing to tell me the truth, come to me anytime," Si Yu pressed her shoulder, "At that time, as long as I can help you, I will do my best."

The two stood closer, and Si Yu discovered that there was a red string tied around Ruan Ruan's neck, and a small porcelain-white pendant was hanging on it. The shape was very strange, and the end was very sharp.

There were thin bloodstains on Ruan Ruan's neck, probably scratched by this little pendant, but she didn't seem to notice it.

"Hmm." She nodded.

"By the way, classes have resumed in the village. I'm teaching everyone how to read. Lu Wei and the others are learning very quickly, and they haven't forgotten what you taught them."

"Thank you." Ruan Ruan finally showed a smile.

"And Li Mao, he also learned very well, he can write many characters, but the best one is his own name," Si Yu asked with a smile, "I guess you taught him."

"...Well," Ruan Ruan raised his hand to hold the small pendant on his chest, "He used to think that names were too difficult, and he always refused to write them properly."

The gentle, indulgent expression on her face was too vivid to be fake.Si Yu felt somewhat comforted in his heart, at least Li Mao's feelings were not lost forever.

Maybe sometimes you can't hear it, but love always has an echo.

"Go back and be safe." Si Yu said.

"Let's go back."

Uncle Rong stroked his white beard, sighed and waved his hands.

"Thank you." Qi Lu stood up from the rattan chair, turned and left the dim hut.

"Ah Lu," Uncle Rong looked at the young man's tall and straight back, but still couldn't help but call out to him, "Uncle Rong, I have lived for thousands of years, and since your great-grandfather's generation, I have never missed a single time. Gua The elephant foresaw that you would die by the sword."

"Uncle Rong, it's just a few stones." The wooden door opened a crack, and the sunlight pulled Qi Lu's shadow into a long and narrow shadow, "Maybe you are wrong this time."

"The barrier is loose, your strength is getting weaker day by day," Uncle Rong's furrowed face showed a bit of anxiety, "Ah Lu, you have already sensed it."

Qi Lu lowered his eyes and remained silent.

"That's all," Uncle Rong shook his head, "You are just like your parents, stubborn, stubborn."

Qi Lu turned around and bowed deeply to Uncle Rong: "The younger generation is incompetent."

Uncle Rong wiped his eyes with the back of his thin hand, a few stones were scattered on the small table in front of him, and in front of the table was the young leader he had watched grow up.He remembered that when Qi Lu was a baby, he had been mischievous and reckless, but this child had experienced massacre and parting prematurely. At an age when others were still immature, he walked alone on a road full of blood.That day when he struggled to spread his immature wings, his scarlet eyes seemed to be bleeding—that scene is still vivid in Uncle Rong's memory.

The old elders shattered a table of stones, and the old voice pleaded: "Ah Lu, find a hiding place, hide your breath, and come back after your strength recovers."

Qi Lu pushed open the wooden door hard, and after a "squeak", the dazzling sunlight poured into the room. Uncle Rong squinted his eyes, and saw the young leader of the Yaozu standing with his backlight in the glaring white light.

"The blood race has only two paths in life," Qi Lu said, "One is to protect the monster clansmen, and the other is to die in battle."

The creaking wooden door was closed again, and the cabin fell into darkness again.

Uncle Rong sat at the table for a long time, finally got up, walked tremblingly to the window on crutches, clasped his hands together, and muttered to himself towards the distant mountains.

The hexagram also told him that the new king of the mainland is like the sun rising from the east, but the sun is covered by dark clouds and heavy rain is approaching.

"Huh? Is it going to rain?"

Watching Ruan Ruan leave, Si Yu suddenly felt a chill, he looked up, and at some point a dark cloud floated over his head, but fortunately, it wobbled away after a short while.

He remembered that there was still class in the afternoon, so he turned around and entered the village through the thick fog.Beside the bulletin board, Qi Lu stood tall, with the cuffs of his dark black shirt folded in two, revealing a section of his wrist bone with clear bones.

Si Yu first smiled, trotted up, and hurriedly helped him put on the hood: "Why don't you wear a hat in such a bright sun! Quickly put it on!"

Qi Lu grabbed his hand and said helplessly, "At my age, I'm not afraid of the sun anymore."

Si Yu pursed his lips, led him back, and muttered in his mouth: "Okay, it's really hard to manage an old man in his 200s, whether you love him or not. If he is exposed to the sun all the time, he will become like Lin Mubai Black, oh, ugly!"

Qi Lu thought about the village chief's skin as dark as the bottom of a pot, and silently put on the hood.

"Are you coming to pick me up?" Si Yu asked knowingly.

"Passing by." Qi Lu didn't squint.

"Passing by?" Si Yu gave a "cut" and asked, grabbing Qi Lu's arm, "You can't leave the village, where can I pass by the entrance of the village?"

"..." Qi Lu patted the back of his hand, "Walk and watch the road, don't talk."

"I want to say it!"

Si Yu tiptoed to his ear with a smile, talking about interesting things in class a few days ago, chattering non-stop.

Qi Lu sent Si Yu to the school building and went home first. Si Yu stood under the eaves, quietly watching Qi Lu's back as he gradually walked away.

Just when the black cloak was about to disappear from sight, Si Yu put his hands around his mouth and shouted: "Mr. Qi!"

Qi Lu turned around.

"You are the Eastern Continent," Si Yu asked, "the only blood race, right?"

Qi Lu nodded arrogantly.

Because the distance was too far, Qi Lu did not capture the momentary stiffness between his human brows.

Si Yu waved his hands and said with his eyes bent: "Okay, I understand! Honorable Mr. Blood, wait for me at home!"