【Ghost White】Floating Lantern on the Other Shore

A few firewood came back. "

After Ding finished speaking, he was about to rush back to the forest just now, before the little figure melted into the dark bushes, Bai Ze hurriedly grabbed him, pointed to the direction of the cave and said, "Look carefully, didn't you just grow up? "

Looking in the direction of the fingertips, there was a warm fire shining in the cave, as if it was just an illusion that the lack of firewood could not be produced just now.But he obviously still remembers the slightly damp feel of the wood, and he couldn't grow it after a long time.

too weird.

Bai Ze followed Ding who hurried into the cave to confirm, entered the narrow cave, and looked around by the firelight. Although it was not to the point of binding his hands and feet, it was still a bit embarrassing to accommodate an adult and a child. At 6-foot-1, he couldn't even stand up straight in this cave.

It seems that I have to hold the child to sleep tonight.Bai Ze himself doesn't care, but Dante doesn't seem to like being in contact with others.

Ding was not aware of such a predicament, but concentrated on studying how the damp pile of firewood ignited spontaneously, as if he was so close to the fire that he would reach into the pile of firewood to check the next second.

Bai Ze helplessly pulled Ding by the back of the collar, letting him fall into his arms.

Some regretted that just for the sake of convenience, he secretly used a little magic to make the fire burn smoothly.Unexpectedly, the child's curiosity is not inferior to his own. If something is wrong and he really puts his hand into the fire, or accidentally lets the scorching flames kiss his cheek, it is not something that can be solved by applying some herbs.

The expression on Ding's face was that he wanted to struggle, but his body didn't move at all, letting Bai Ze hold him in his arms.Both the flame and the temperature surrounding him were very warm, Ding hadn't been this warm for a long time.

Perhaps in a distant memory, he once enjoyed such a soft temperature when he was still wrapped in amniotic fluid, but he no longer remembered.Ever since I became conscious, I have always been alone, picking wild fruits and tree roots to eat when I am hungry, climbing to the trees to rest to avoid the sight of beasts, and still trembling and not daring to sleep deeply.

After an unknown amount of time, Ding suddenly moved his arms into his arms, took out the leaves that wrapped the rice balls this morning, turned around and held the rice balls in front of Bai Ze.

"There is still a rice ball in it, do you want to eat it?"

Human beings like this are overwhelmed with self-care, some people will choose to kill each other, and consolidate their own survival by robbing others' interests, while some people will choose to sacrifice their own interests to distribute to other individuals.I have seen a lot along the way, whether it is war or famine caused by natural disasters.

But there are very few people who are willing to divide themselves to others in such adversity.

A term like "compassion" may be more appropriate for a person who understands all kinds of emotions but still maintains a sense of self-goodness than a god on a whim.

Compared to this, he is more interested in what basis humans use to decide whether to kill each other or sacrifice themselves.

If we continue to search, can we find what is called "love" by human beings but "love" in the eyes of gods?

"Didn't tell me this afternoon, you don't need to leave it for me." Bai Ze took the rice ball, wrapped the leaf back, and stuffed it back into Ding's arms: "You can save it for tomorrow. Tomorrow I will stay in the village for a while All day, I help the villagers to see a doctor. I have to rely on you to gather more firewood to light the fire at night.”

Ding hesitated to speak, but finally nodded and did not continue to refuse.

"Go to sleep first, I'll sleep later." Bai Ze laid Ding down on the sparse dry grass on the ground: "Don't worry, I'm here, so sleep well tonight. Good night."

Ding curled up on the straw mat, sleeping like a baby.Unbelievably, he had an unprecedented sense of peace of mind, allowing sleepiness to completely capture his consciousness.

Before falling asleep, he lifted his lips and whispered back, "Good night."

After making sure that he was asleep, Bai Ze took out the Fuxi gossip disk to deduce it.What kind of result will the causal line entangled between him and that child lead to? The causal line should not, for no reason, connect the auspicious omen with himself in a distant foreign country with only one month left to live. The children who can't reach are involved together.

But no matter what, it can only be predicted to Ding's inevitable death.

What exactly is going on?Forget about the Mi Gua, Niao Gua, and Shell Gua, but even the Fuxi Bagua disk failed.Could it be that there are some terrible monsters hidden in this barren mountain and village that will interfere with the hexagram?Or is his divination skills really so three-legged that he can't get further results?

Bai Ze resentfully put Fuxi's gossip back into his sleeve, planning to fall asleep early.With a wave of his sleeves, a camouflage barrier was placed at the door to prevent wild beasts from disturbing people's dreams.

He lay down on the ground and stretched out his hand to pull Ding back to his chest, so that his own body temperature could be close to him.If it weren't for this narrow cave that couldn't accommodate him who turned into a beast, otherwise it would be even warmer with fur.

Although I really want to think about what kind of thing has been flowing warmly in my chest since not long ago, but if I don't sleep anymore, I may not be able to wake up tomorrow.

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The next morning, when Bai Ze was forced to wake up by the sun shining into the cave, the child who had left in his arms without knowing when had already stepped into the cave, carefully holding a somewhat rough, self-made small wooden basin in his hand. into the hole.

"You're awake."

"what."

Bai Ze leaned on the dry grass with his chin in his hands, his brows half covered, and he looked lazy.Her jet-black hair slept in an extremely messy state, which was quite different from yesterday's unrestrained appearance. The open front of her clothes exposed her snow-white skin, which radiated milky white brilliance under the sunlight.

Ding swallowed a mouthful of saliva and looked away.

"Just woke up."

Bai Ze didn't notice Ding's reaction, he was just a casual god who didn't care much about his clothes.He reached out to take the wooden basin that Ding handed over, and took a little water for simple grooming.

"It's been a long way, right? Thank you for your hard work."

"what."

"Don't lie to me, the nearest water is quite a distance away." Bai Ze glanced at the muddy water in the basin: "It seems that the water source is about to dry up."

"It's okay, I'm fast." Ding looked at the bright sun outside, frowned and replied, "Yeah, it hasn't rained recently, and the fields in the village are about to wither."

Although whether the fields withered or not had nothing to do with Ding, even if the fields were able to grow food smoothly, the villagers would not give it to him.

"Is that so... Didn't Ding think about living somewhere else?"

Ding wanted to nod, but finally shook his head.

"Since I became conscious, I have been near this village. Although the villagers are unfair to me, it is the place where I grew up. If possible, I hope this land can be well."

With his current ability, even if he leaves here, he may not be able to find a better way to survive.But last night, this idea began to change. If I have the ability, I still hope that I can walk freely in the world like this man.

Instead of resenting God, it is better to use your own hands to change the unfair fate.

"Ding is really a child of 'kindness'." Bai Ze thought for a while, and said with some doubts: "Is it better to say 'compassion' at this time?"

"I'm not as good as you said. Rather than worrying about the villagers, I'm more worried about the land I grew up in." Ding said with a little regret: "There used to be many cute little animals living here, and the fluffy ones are very cute. I I often play with them, but I seldom see them recently. I don’t know if it’s because it doesn’t rain all the time here, so I ran to another place. This is something I can’t help, I hope they can live well there. "

"Does Ding like animals?"

"I like it very much, at least they don't throw stones at me, and they don't say vicious words. Sometimes they even take me to find delicious fruits."

When Ding mentioned animals, his eyes sparkled.

"I used to like sitting with them under the tallest tree in this forest, they would all jump on my lap to play with me, or let me stroke their fur. However, that tree has been cut down , because the village wants to build a place where villagers can gather.”

Ding looked regretful, after all, it was full of memories of him having fun with the animals.

"I still remember the few days when I cut it down, there was a sudden strong wind, and the tree fell and disappeared." Ding punched his palm with his fist as if remembering what he looked like: "Hey, speaking of this, since then After that, there was no impression of rain, and the small animals were no longer visible.”

"If humans want to get along well with nature, it's better to be in awe. Even if it's a tree, it will still hurt."

Sure enough, it was because of angering the mountain owner. The towering giant trees that have lived for thousands of years are usually the mountain owner's residence.

Ding nodded in agreement, and then said: "When the tree was to be cut down, some old people in the village objected and said the same thing."

"Sure enough, the older you live, the wiser you will be. Although the amount of wisdom depends on whether you study hard enough, perhaps the accumulation of life experience itself can be called wisdom."

Bai Ze seems to be talking to himself, but also seems to be replying to what Ding said.

"Looking from a high place on the way to this village, I saw that the forest was barren in the east and the west. I'm afraid I didn't take the advice of those old people. When was it cut down, that big tree?"

"More than half a year ago. In fact, not only the big tree, all kinds of daily necessities in the village are made of wood, so many people can be seen cutting trees in the woods every day. Many of my animal friends lost their lives because of this. The home where I used to live.”

"Is that so... No wonder I saw so many fallen trees when I walked into the woods yesterday. I wanted to look for you yesterday but didn't look closely. I thought it was caused by some disaster."

Is the result a man-made disaster?

The corner of Bai Ze's raised lips seemed to be sarcasm, and the slightly closed eyes made the red makeup on the end of the eyes very vivid. Combined with the black silk hanging down the side face, it looked like a budding red cherry on the branch .

He sat up straight, fastened the buttons one by one with his slender fingers, completely covering the milky white color.Then pick up the pink flowers on the side and pin them on both sides of the head for the final decoration. It seemed that the earrings were shaking and obstructing the eyes when the flower ornaments were parted, so she held the red string in her mouth.

In Ding's impression, flowers have always been adorned with girls, but Bai Ze's beautiful flower decorations do not give off a feminine impression, but are very chic.

After taking care of himself up and down, he was ready to go to the village to fulfill yesterday's agreement.

"Ding's face is red, are you sick?"

It was only then that Bai Ze noticed that Ding hadn't looked in his direction.He put his palm on the child's cheek and turned Ding's face around, only to find that his complexion was as rosy as a ringo's (Note 1).He brushed the hair on Ding's forehead with his lukewarm fingertips, and leaned against his forehead to feel the heat of his body.

"Hmm...it seems to be fine, it should have been exposed to the sun just now."

Bai Ze patted Ding's head, but the other party didn't respond at all, as if he was still at a loss for the overly intimate gesture.

"It's almost time. I should go to the village to help the villagers see a doctor. I'll finish it later. If there are rice balls, I'll bring them to you. Don't save the one from yesterday. Eat more to grow faster."

No matter how long the child's life is left, anyone has the right to be treated well at any time.Ding's breathing time in this world is not even a fraction of Bai Ze's, it is as short as the blink of an eye to him.

What would this feeling be?

But in the past days, he also encountered humans countless times like this, and then watched them die.Listening to their words before they died, there are curses, resentment, regret, and reluctance... All kinds of emotions overflow from their dying bodies.

As time goes by, it gradually calms down, and finally there is only a decayed corpse, which enters the cycle of all things, becomes the bait of nature, and becomes a part of the world.

I don't know what kind of form and what kind of thoughts Ding will hold when he welcomes the end of his life?Bai Ze was very curious about the child's reaction.

As soon as he arrived at the village, the village head ran over to greet Bai Ze from a short distance away, with a relieved expression on his face, he squeezed out a friendly smile and said, "Oh, I thought you weren't coming."

"No, there were a lot of cute girls waiting in line to see a doctor yesterday, how could I just leave them and leave like this."

"Mr. Shirasawa, is there any girl you are particularly interested in?"

"Huh? I'm interested in every girl."

"Then what do you think of the little girl?"

"Ah? You mean the one holding the baby?"

"Exactly."

"But doesn't she have a husband? I'm not interested in married women."

"Her husband went hunting in the forest three months ago, and accidentally slipped and fell off a cliff and died. Their child was not yet a month old at the time, so it was really troublesome."

"I see."

Bai Ze complied with this topic, imitating the emotional expression of human beings in memory and putting on a "regret" expression.Although he has no interest in this topic at all in his heart, nor does he have much touch, but based on his observations after contact with humans, it is true that he should put on this expression at this time.

"Mr. Bai Ze, what do you think of our village?"

It's still not clear why the village chief suddenly changed the topic here. After looking around, Bai Ze replied conservatively: "Well... very good, a wooden house should be much more comfortable to live in than a cave."

"Then do you want to settle in our village?"

"what?"

"Marry my daughter and live here."

"So does the village need a physician, or does your daughter need a husband?"

Bai Ze couldn't help laughing, this is ridiculous, after living for nearly [-] million years, this is the first time someone wants to marry his daughter to him.The village chief didn't know him well, and he didn't even know his identity, but because the village needed a doctor and his daughter needed someone to rely on, he made such an absurd request.

I really don't know why the human brain is so delicate. After all, most people don't use their brains to think and live, they only follow their instincts and their own desires, and don't think about the consequences of their actions at all.

It seems that the village head did not expect to be asked such sharp questions. After all, Bai Ze always smiled and gave gentle replies to their questions.

After being stunned for a few seconds, the village chief replied: "The village needs someone who can heal them when they are sick, and my daughter also needs someone who can take care of her and the child."

"At a time like this, wouldn't it be a burden for your village to have one more population?"

Bai Ze tilted his head, pulled one corner of his mouth, and outlined a wild smile.

"During a drought like this, if you don't find a way to find water to irrigate the fields, or find out the cause of the drought, even if I stay and marry your daughter, more people in your village will only die due to drought and food shortages."

Seeing the stunned expression of the village chief, he laughed and added: "No matter how powerful a doctor is, he can't save the dry land, and there are people who are about to starve to death due to food shortages."

Then he left the village chief who was stunned in place, and said, "That's all I can say. There are still patients waiting for treatment. Let's go first." After that, he took a big step and walked into the village to start today's medical journey.

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"Man."

Ding was picking up firewood on the ground when he heard a voice calling from a tree. When he looked up, he saw something fall, and he quickly reached out to catch it.

"Today's rice balls are for you."

Sitting on the tree, Bai Ze is facing the sun with his back, and the soft light beams of the sunset are reflected all over his body, giving people a feeling that he does not belong to the world.

Ding was about to interrupt this unsettling feeling, and when he wanted to ask him to come down, he heard "excuse me." After reflexively moving away, he saw that figure falling from the tree, the wavy cuffs made him The fluttering robes are like a blooming white flower.

The flower carried the aroma of peach wine, and his blushing face revealed his drunkenness.

"Has Ding finished eating yesterday's rice balls?" Bai Ze sat down on the root of the tree, squinted his eyes and said with a smirk on his face, "If you don't finish eating, you won't be able to grow taller."

Ding did not respond positively and asked a sensitive question instead.

"Are you in a bad mood?"

"Huh? Why does Ding think so?" Bai Ze still smiled, showing a somewhat confused expression: "We won't have such a thing as 'bad mood', because we will soon forget it. It takes a few sips to wake up and feel good."

He took out the gourd and took another sip.

"Would you like to try it?"

Before Ding could reply, he felt a soft touch on his lips, and then poured the wine with rich aroma into his mouth, accompanied by the soft tongue.Because it was too shocking, Ding couldn't turn his head around, and Ding completely forgot that he should push away this drunk who was so drunk that he didn't even know what he was doing.

"Hey, is it good to drink?"

From a very close distance, one can clearly see the watery light shining in Bai Ze's eyes, moist and gentle, reflecting his dazed self.Then he noticed that the pair of bright red lips, which were full of wine and saliva, were breathing tightly with each other just now.

Ding opened his eyes to avoid him looking directly into his own eyes, hesitating and hesitating, not knowing whether it is better to answer "delicious" or "comfortable".It was indeed so comfortable that my head was about to melt. It was a feeling I had never experienced before. It was like something called sugar that I tasted by chance a long, long time ago. It was sweet and gentle.

Regardless of whether the drunk man knew what he was doing or not, Ding was also confused about it, only knowing that this action seemed to be done by people with very close relationships.He once accidentally spied a man and a woman in the village kissing each other in the dense woods at that time, seemingly intimate.

It turns out that human lips are so soft.

Still thinking, Ding saw the enlarged face with a disappointed expression and said, "Huh? Is it not good? Ding clearly said it was delicious before."

This guy is always capricious whenever he's drunk.No, it's self-willed not to be drunk, but it's even more unreasonable when drunk.The biggest victim of this point is probably the drinking buddies and bad friends of Kunlun Mountain, No. [-] Qilin, No. [-] Phoenix, No. [-] Yinglong... The following is abbreviated.

Ding didn't expect that as a child, he would have a day of coaxing others. He was afraid that the other party would misunderstand him, so he hurriedly replied: "Uh...it's delicious."

"Hehe, let me tell you, I encountered something that I have never encountered before this morning." Bai Ze pecked Ding's face again, and then told him what happened this morning: "The village chief asked me How about marrying his daughter and staying in this village forever. It's interesting."

"Then you promised him?"

"Does Ding think I will agree to him?"

"Won't."

"Does Nadin want me to promise him?"

Ding didn't answer this question right away, he hesitated for a long time, but decided to reply honestly: "I hope, but I don't."

Can't lie to him.

Because Ding was on his way to fetch water this morning, he really thought that it would be great if he could stay by his side forever, and he longed from the bottom of his heart to keep the only person who was gentle to him in memory.

"This answer is very interesting." Bai Ze asked with an interested smile on his blushing cheeks stained by alcohol, "Then why does Ding hope, and why doesn't he hope?"

"Because you were the first person to be so kind to me, so I want you to stay here forever. But this is not right, because you are not the person who originally lived here. You just pass by here, and you have other thoughts Wherever you go, there might be someone waiting for you. That’s why you don’t want to.”

"Those who think too much will have a harder time." Bai Ze let out a terrible belch: "From the time I started to observe human beings to the present, people like you who think about others usually carry more weight than you. Others are heavy. Is it okay? Ding."

Already accustomed to the strange questions this man often asks, Ding thought for a while before replying directly to his own opinion.

"People in the village can only think about their own affairs, and don't care about what others think. For example, cutting down too many trees will leave little animals with no place to live. They have never considered it. My attitude towards me Whether it's unfair, whether it hurts to hit someone with a stone, they never thought about it. I just don't want to be like them, so I try to empathize with other people's feelings."

"Since Ding has already made up his mind, there's nothing wrong with going on like this."

"Um."

"Go back, it's getting late."

"it is good."

After returning to the cave, Bai Ze fell asleep on the haystack that Ding had just piled up this morning. He slept for a long time, and only woke up when the alcohol passed.

Not long after waking up, he asked Ding for the rice balls he had given him in the evening, roasted them on the fire, and put them on the small wooden bowl that Ding held in his hand after roasting.

"Eat, eat and see, it tastes better this way."

"Um."

Take a bite, and the grilled rice exudes a tempting aroma in your mouth.

"Delicious……."

"Right."

Ding chewed in small mouthfuls, savoring the feeling of each bite delicately.

"Are you leaving here tomorrow?"

"Um."

"Can I go to you when I grow up?"

"No way." Bai Ze shook his head, "Where I am, Ding can't get there."

"Is there no other way?"

Ding put down the small wooden bowl in his hand, stared at Bai Ze seriously, and sat upright.

"Even if it's difficult, I want to see you."

Looking at Ding's face illuminated so clearly by the flames, Bai Ze felt for the first time how difficult it is to reject others.

"If... I still say no, will Ding be sad?"

"meeting."

Ding Mingming had tears in his eyes, but still had a serious look on his face.

"special."

"Ding didn't ask my name."

Only then did Ding realize that he forgot to ask his name.Because I don't often need to call other people's names, I forget about it unintentionally.

"Please tell me your name."

"White Pond."

Bai Ze originally wanted to tell him that after he left the village, neither he nor the villagers would naturally forget about him.You may remember talking to "someone" once, but your appearance and voice will naturally fade away.

Become an object that exists but does not exist in memory.

"Mr. Bai Ze."

He clearly knew that after tomorrow, this name would also disappear from Ding's memory.But Bai Ze just wanted to hear the voice of the child calling him.

"Will Ding be afraid of death?"

"meeting."

Ding didn't know why Bai Ze asked this, but if it was his question, no matter how confused he was, he would definitely answer it.

"To be honest, I'm not that scared, because I haven't really experienced it, so I don't know what it feels like, and I don't know what to be afraid of."

That's right, Bai Ze suddenly remembered the hexagram that he couldn't get it out last night no matter what.That hexagram is almost like saying "it's up to you to decide."

"If Ding feels scared, call my name." Bai Ze took off a few strands of his own hair, tied them with a thin red thread and handed them to Ding: "At that time, I will be with you."

"it is good."

Since the hexagram is unwilling to tell him the answer, then he can decide for himself.

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The next day, Ding waited until Bai Ze didn't come back at night, and he would come to say goodbye to him when he made an appointment to leave before going out in the morning.

So Ding secretly ran to the vicinity of the village to see if there was any delay.

But as soon as I got close to the village, I felt as if something happened, and I felt an unusual atmosphere, and the surrounding area was much quieter than usual.With good night vision, he looked around and found that not far away, some adults were sneakily dragging a heavy object into the meeting place in the village.

Fortunately, it was late now, and it was almost dark outside the village, except for the lights inside the house.Most of the people went back to their houses to enjoy the warm fire, and those who did sneaky things entered the assembly hall, so no one noticed that Ding had sneaked into the village.

Leaning against the wall, Ding heard the voices of the villagers coming from inside, which seemed to be arguing.

"What should we do now?"

"You knocked people unconscious on impulse, now ask me what should I do?"

"You can't say that. The village chief said he was going to be arrested, so that someone in the village can treat us in the future."

"So who told you to use such a heavy hand and use such a thick wooden stick? A pile of blood flowed from the back of your head! What if you die?"

"If you die, you will die. This place is so remote, and he is an outsider. What are you worrying about for him?"

"Even if someone wants to track it down, they won't track us down."

"Yeah, even if you find out, just say you don't know."

"No matter what, he healed the illness in the village for three days. My son was healed after a year of illness. He is the savior of our family."

"It's so noisy. The old man in my family was cured by his meddling. I wanted to say that he is dying of illness, and the family can lose a ration."

"Why are you talking like that!"

"Shut up, can you settle the matter by making a lot of noise?"

Ah, this voice belongs to the village chief.Ding only recognized this voice because he was not often close to the village to communicate with the villagers.

"Tie him to the stake over there and we'll talk about it tomorrow morning."

There was another sound of heavy dragging, and then the creak of the rope being taut.

It seems that Mr. Bai Ze was caught by them and tied to the pillar.I don't know if it's okay to be hit on the head?Ding thought worriedly.

The villagers who had just talked were confident that no one would secretly let this outsider go, and the rope was tied so tightly that they couldn't get out of the thick rope only by their own words.So no one was left to guard the place, but the door was closed so that no one could see inside.

After finally waiting for the villagers to leave one by one, Ding couldn't wait to push the door open.It was dark inside the assembly hall, but he still saw Bai Ze who was tied to the innermost pillar.

"Mr. Bai Ze...Mr. Bai Ze! Wake up!" Ding stretched out his small hand to caress Bai Ze's face, and called him eagerly, fearing that he would not wake up like this: "It's me, I'm Ding."

"Hmm...Ding...?"

In fact, Bai Ze's wound has healed up long ago, but he was slightly concussed after being hit from the back of the head.Now he woke up after being shaken a few times and heard Ding's voice. He opened his eyes and saw Ding looking at him nervously.

"Are you okay? Does your head still hurt?" Ding didn't dare to touch the back of Bai Ze's head, fearing that touching his wound would make him feel pain: "I heard they said they hit the back of your head, do you feel anything? uncomfortable?"

"No, don't worry. This small injury will heal soon."

At this moment, there was a sudden thud at the door.They all looked towards the door and found that the village head's daughter was coming here with a basin of water and didn't know what to do.

After seeing Ding, the village head's daughter turned her head to the moonlight and screamed, "Ding...Ding has come running into the village. I don't know what to do! Come on, come on!"

Soon a lot of people gathered here, and the men from the village quickly gathered in the meeting place, including those who had just left and the village chief, and the originally dark space was suddenly brightly lit.

"You're very brave, Ding."

"You don't want to sneak away the doctor we managed to catch, do you?"

"Do you want to cause no one in the village to treat the disease? I know that you are uneasy and kind."

"I usually don't get enough stones, so I want to be hit by a wooden club, don't I?"

The villagers blamed the child one after another. Ding suppressed his fear and tried hard to think. Compared with his own safety, he wanted to think of a way for Bai Ze to escape smoothly.

Looking at Ding's back standing in front of him, Bai Ze lamented that he had fallen to the point where he needed a child to stand in front of him desperately and wholeheartedly want to protect him for a day.From the other side's body clinging to his body, he could feel a slight trembling, revealing Ding's true mood.

"You...you are wrong to do this." Ding managed to suppress the tension in his heart, and he said calmly and forcefully, "Mr. Bai Ze cured the disease in the village, so he shouldn't be treated like this. .”

"Let him go, who will take care of my child when he gets sick?"

"My wife passed away the year before last. If a doctor had been there at that time, she might still be alive and kicking. She only left one child behind. I don't want my child to be ill and not show him."

"I think you can't understand why we want to catch Bai Ze because you don't have a family and can't empathize with you."

"That is to say, how can an orphan who has no father and no mother understand our feelings."

"Shut up."

Bai Ze gave the villagers a good-natured smile, as if the three words that were put together to be quite rude were not spit out from his elegant lips.

"First, a mere rope won't trap me."

Bai Ze wriggled his lips and silently said "", the rope broke completely around the beam.He twisted his wrists to activate the blood there.He was obviously sitting on the ground, but there was a kind of upright and awe-inspiring aura gushing out of his body, making it impossible to look directly at them, so they had to turn their eyes away.

"Secondly, the wound you just beat with a wooden stick has healed."

He turned sideways and flipped the hair on the back of his head to let them see clearly one by one, the upper part was intact.The villagers, especially the ones who saw the wooden stick slamming into Bai Ze's head and spurting out a lot of brain blood, all stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

"Third," Bai Ze snapped his fingers, and the torches that were still brightly lit just now went out instantly: "I can instantly extinguish your lights and leave you in darkness."

Bai Ze turned his head and looked at them from an oblique angle, the corners of his lips were slightly hooked, drawing a furious arc.

"Enough hints, everyone may wish to guess who I am from?"

Can't square things

It can only be gods.

So, in the dark night without the moon shining, the man turned into a puff of smoke amidst the begging for forgiveness and the sound of kneeling and begging, and disappeared.

That's why Bai Ze said "Where I am, Ding can't get there".Didn't belong to the mortal world in the first place, how should a mortal body arrive?

Ding, who was the only one who didn't kneel down, heard a vague murmur in his ears, with a warm and moist wind sweeping across his cheeks.

"Goodbye, Ding."

As if close to the ear, whispered goodbye.

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What he obviously didn't want to forget, after that man completely disappeared from his life, even the outline of his appearance became blurred when he woke up.

The memory faded too quickly, as if some invisible force was erasing the figure that once existed.If it wasn't for that bundle of hair still well tucked away in his arms, maybe even his name would have been taken away.

Ding secretly observed the situation in the village several times, and found that the daily life of the villagers was still operating as usual.

It was as if what had happened in the past few nights had completely evaporated from the body with the sweat, and dissipated in the hard but futile farming day after day.It's as if no matter how hard Ding tries to recall, even if he still remembers the feeling of spring breeze, he can't remember the curved line on Bai Ze's face anymore.

The expressions of the adults were extremely anxious, and the atmosphere in the village was not at all relaxed because they forgot to offend the gods.

Compared with the previous few days, it was even heavier.

Not because of anything else, but the drought that has lasted for half a year and has become more and more sinister.There is very little food left from the previous hard work, and the nearby water sources have dried up, and the water storage of every household is about to bottom out.

"It can't go on like this." Not far away, the villagers leaning against the eaves to enjoy the shade took the lead in attacking: "It's never going to end. No matter how we cultivate, rice will not grow without water."

"At once