Chapter 69: Traveling Together (2)
Looking at the ornaments piled up in her hands with joy, Yinyin felt satisfied. Usually, these were just ornaments and she didn't pay much attention to them. But it was different now. She had to walk the rest of the way alone and needed money. She didn't have silver, but with these, she didn't have to worry. After all, these were gifts from Zhou Yan and they were very valuable...
"You don't have to worry about these--"
Yin Yin contentedly wrapped the piled up ornaments with the strips of cloth torn from her skirt and put them in her arms. Now thinking back, Yin Yin's clothes were also the focus of attention. Not to mention that they were top-grade silk and satin, they were torn into pieces like a rag, and when she touched them, she felt like she had been robbed. Yin Yin didn't care about her image anymore. After taking off all the things she was wearing, Yin Yin continued to stare at her reflection in the water, as if her face would also cause unnecessary trouble. What should she do?
Suddenly, an unknown object was thrown into the water in front of Yin Yin. Yin Yin was startled and quickly turned to look in the direction of the unknown object, only to see...
"you--"
"Eat it, it's fresh from the tree."
Guisha was squatting by the river washing peaches. After hearing his words, Yinyin turned around and saw the fresh and delicious peaches floating on the water. Yinyin didn't say anything, but picked up the peach in front of her, washed it with water, put it to her mouth and took a bite. The moment she took a bite, Yinyin felt as if she was very thirsty and ate it in big mouthfuls. Fortunately, the peach was big enough, otherwise it would not be enough to eat.
Seeing Yinyin eating so deliciously, the ghost demon didn't know what was going on. He didn't know when he had finished eating and was staring at Yinyin. When Yinyin was eating peaches, the ghost demon sat down, as if he was taking a rest? Or was he waiting?
After eating the peach, Yinyin washed her hands and wiped her face. Suddenly she thought whether the way she ate it just now was impolite, so she turned to Guisha...
"Why...why would you——"
Perhaps hearing Yin Yin's voice, the ghost under the mask opened his eyes.
"Since I have promised someone else, I must fulfill my promise. I will stay with you until you decide to go with me."
Guisha’s words made Yinyin stunned. How should she understand his words?
"Now that we have rested enough, let's get going."
"well!?"
Before Yin Yin could come to her senses, Guisha had already stood up and walked away, and Yin Yin hurriedly followed.
"where are you going?"
"Just follow me, you'll know when you get there."
In fact, since Yin Yin started to go down the mountain, Guisha has been following her. He was amazed at Yin Yin's behavior. He didn't expect a woman, and a woman of extremely noble status, to do that. Not only was her action careless, but from her steps down the mountain, she didn't look like a noble daughter at all. Was she really just a pampered and weak woman? No matter how you look at her, she is different from ordinary ladies. She has an incomparable noble temperament and a strong will. At first glance, she is a woman, but sometimes she seems to have more perseverance than a man. Which one is she? Guisha really wants to know...
Even for Yinyin, the ghost demon walking in front seemed to have no sympathy. He walked at a normal pace for a man. It was difficult for Yinyin, a woman, to keep up with his pace. But it was not as difficult as imagined. Did the ghost demon slow down unconsciously? Yinyin, who didn't know the ghost demon's purpose, could only follow him. She didn't know what the ghost demon was thinking at all. Why did she have to follow the ghost demon? She obviously had somewhere to go.
After a short journey, Yinyin and Guisha arrived at a small town. It was not big and there were few people. It was more appropriate to say that it was desolate. After the plague broke out, most people chose to leave their homes and stay away from this place. That’s why there were only a few people, such as the elderly, women, children, the sick and the injured. Yinyin and Guisha were not so conspicuous walking on the street...
"What on earth is this?"
"Didn't I tell you? It's because of the plague."
"...So it has been spread here, but where exactly is this place ?"
"This is a small town that is almost forgotten not far from the border of Guanzhou. There were not many people living here originally. And with the plague approaching, those who could have escaped had already fled, so these old, weak, women and children were left behind."
People are always very realistic. They will take advantage of anything that is beneficial and easily discard anything that is a burden, even leaving their families behind just to protect themselves.
"ah--"
I don't know why, but looking at this desolate scene, Yinyin felt very depressed and uncomfortable, as if she couldn't breathe, as if she had seen the consequences of war, which must be even more miserable than this? Life and death, separation, blood flowing like a river...
“Ugh!!”
"Eh? What happened??"
Yinyin didn't know why she suddenly felt like vomiting. She just felt like she was put in invisible shackles when she thought about the suffering of the people. Why did a plague that had nothing to do with her make her think about whether she would cause the same situation in the future? The scene in front of her seemed to be a concentration of the situation brought about by war. Plague was indeed terrible, but what about war? It was more like a living hell... Seeing that Yinyin was a little strange, the ghost turned around to look at her. Yinyin covered her mouth with one hand and her chest with the other hand. She squatted down and seemed to be breathing very quickly...
