Chapter 2 (1/2)
Chapter 2: An Encounter Returning Home
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The Fang Hua Beast is a primarily male animal with a peaceful disposition It prefers to live alone and its figure is notunusual, treasured ave rise to Hua (or splendid), and the ancient na Hua Beast— 《Discussions of Yi Zhi》
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“If you agree to coive you three meals a day and promise you’ll eat until you’re full” Thewords of the s of a kidnapper His hand was very warar, but no one had ever ledlike this
Thus, the young and clueless me fell into ene mantou, I shyly nodded my head and obediently allowed hi like a river inside
The main streets were rather chilly and occasionally, two or three shabbily-clothed people would breathe, eyes half-open, as they leaned against soown raised a hand to block the way ahead of him
Geez… what for?
He’s not thinking to stop and rob hi my eyes to take a look at the beautiful person He see
Although this other child had a filthy face, he looked intelligent and strong A pair of dark, swarthy eyes stared at our hands as he half-jogged to follow along, trying to hold the beautiful person’s hand But the latter waved his sleeve and pushed hiood temper, but it seems that wasn’t so…
“Re in contact with people”
The leaves on thebranches fleildly, while a gentle breeze ruffled his sleeves Beneath the sunlight, his face was so beautiful that it was hard for people to see clearly, as if a pale glow of ht shrouded him He used this sort of soft
There was a delicate expression on his face
I grew silent He did as well, and without uttering a sound, led rant lane towards the depths of a forest bordering the edge of civilization I started to feel dread and tuggedto run away But the beautiful person only gripped it tighter
Rumors went around that there were people who intentionally preyed on little urchins and used them as catamites in remote, out of the way places I also heard that while the poor people had nothing to eat, so and stea five or six-year-old children in a clear soup Of course, this was also done in remote, out of the way places
The whole ti, my entire body weak
I wasn’t sure how long alked But by the tiht me up and carriedfavor that made me blank out
“Don’t move around”
The beautiful person emanated an unusually sweet scent that calmed the heart and made me drowsy His warm, soft words continually echoed in my ear, “We’re almost home”
There was so else he said afterward, as if it was very important But I didn’t hear as exhaustion poured over ainst his warm embrace, I fell into a deep sleep
I dreamed
During the bitterest, coldest days of starvation, the old beggar had held me and said, Child born under an unlucky star, you should have been fortunate and wealthy Endure and grit your teeth to pass through this… your mother will come to pick you up
I dreah I wasn’t sure of all the details When I openedon a carved wooden bed, staring up at the roof bea, with its warly sweet scent appeared, and a sense of carefreeness swept overfelt familiar…
I thought and thought…
A warm breath stroked my neck, at times slow or quick, but persistent It felt unbearably ticklish As soon as I turned over, I ran into a person’s chest whose face was right beforeme a severe shock
The beautiful person was like jade parted by the clouds as he looked at ht, that curved up slightly in the corners Beneath the left eye, there was an exquisite cinnabaras a plum blossom in now
My heart started to beat rapidly, and I starting staring at him for no reason In all the time I had lived, I’d never seen a beautiful person who could dazzle with every look