chapter 45 - The Second World (7)
Maybe Lily is too young and has limited ability to express herself. Or maybe her little bear warrior told her so much.
No matter how Chen Xi asked, Lily would only repeat the same few words over and over again. She couldn't explain clearly what "the dead will come back" meant.
After staring at Lily for a few seconds, Chen Xi put the things he took out back in place.
The little girl hugged her teddy bear and whispered fairy tales to it.
The system rubbed the matchstick hands, [Why do I feel that this child is weird. ]
'Me too, and she is still alive, I think it's very novel. '
[? ]
With half an hour left before class, the children left the dormitory one after another.
Little Coal Ball didn't dare to go with Lily. He tried to invite Chen Xi, but the lonely little villain ignored him.
Lily still hugged her beloved teddy bear. It seems that the dormitory in the afternoon can't accommodate living things either.
Before, Yu Tong took advantage of the children's idle chat to run behind the cabinet and look into the hole in the wall.
The other side of the hole should also be behind the cabinet, and only a little light can be seen on the other side.
Yu Tong went into the hole and ran over. Opposite was the dormitory next door.
The dormitory was empty. It seemed that all 12 children were dead.
In the spirit of courage to explore, Yu Tong strolled around the dormitory next door. A diary was found under the pillow of one of the children.
The owner of the book was an illegitimate child of a big family before entering the orphanage.
The diary is a channel for the little boy to vent. Most of the content is about who beat him today, what changes have been made to the rules, and what wishes he wants to realize if he has the opportunity to leave the orphanage in the future.
The content of two of them attracted Yu Tong's attention.
[Year, month, day (I don't know what day it is today, anyway, another day has passed.)]
[My lower bunk found a dog hole on the wall covered with withered vines behind the chicken coop. There was no rule today that we couldn't go to the backyard, so we sneaked out of the dog hole. Outside was a cemetery, and behind the cemetery was a forest near the town.]
[My lower bunk said that his grandfather was an old hunter. Before he was caught and sent to the orphanage, he often followed his grandfather to hunt foxes and rabbits in the forest. He told me that as long as we ran up the stream in the forest, we could get back to the town.]
[He originally planned to run out directly, but it was too late that day and it was too dark. He was worried that he would encounter monsters if he ran out, so he wanted to try again on another day.]
Yu Tong wrote down the route map in the diary and continued to read it.
[Year, month, day (I don’t know the exact date, I just know that another day has passed. Why is there no place to show the date on the pocket watch issued by the orphanage?)]
[My lower bunk wants to run away, I know why. He has a childhood sweetheart, a shepherdess, who is still outside the orphanage. He is always worried that the people in the town will also capture his shepherdess and take her to the orphanage, and he wants to run away with her.]
[What a touching love story, he is only ten years old, the same age as me, and he has a girl he wants to protect. We are best friends, he told me his plan and invited me to run away with him. I won’t go, I asked him not to go, but he didn’t listen.]
[There was a fourteen-year-old girl in the dormitory before, who told us not to try to escape. No matter how we run, we can’t get out, there are people watching us inside and outside the town. If we are caught, our legs will be chopped off and made into decorations to please Balala.]
The system was stunned and asked what Balala was, was it Balala the Fairy?
Yu Tong couldn't understand what it was saying.
The illegitimate child who was locked up in the orphanage was a child who loved art. He hand-painted illustrations under each diary.
It was ugly, but very attentive.
On this page of the diary, he drew a female stick figure herding sheep.
Turning to the back, the content of the diary became much sadder.
The illegitimate child's lower bunk successfully ran out of the orphanage, but when he found the shepherdess's home, he found that the shepherdess's family had died long ago.
The natives in the town died or fled, and the rest were outsiders.
Before the lower bunk had time to escape from the town, he was caught by several outsiders and sent back to the orphanage.
The nun carried the lower bunk like a chicken, and in front of all the children in the dormitory, she broke the boy's leg.
The lower bunk bled too much, and the illegitimate child and several roommates tried to save him, but the blood from the wound could not be stopped.
After the lights were turned off that night, the lower bunk was eaten as a midnight snack by a monster that followed the smell of blood.
The illegitimate child must have been very scared when he recorded these. The paper was full of traces of tears, and the neat and beautiful handwriting became very distorted.
At the end of this page of the diary, it was written, [I don’t know when these days will end. I heard that as long as you get in touch with the nuns and get a place in the pet beauty contest, you will have the opportunity to be adopted by a noble master. ]
[I don’t mind being a nun’s pet, nor do I mind being a male pet of a master. Maybe because I am the young master of a big family, the nuns like me very much. Although Sister Ai is very fierce, she is the leader of the nuns. When I follow her, no one dares to bully me. ]
Since then, the content of the diary has become less and less, often only one or two sentences. Maybe after becoming a pet, the boy has less free time.
[Sister Ai likes me very much and always gives me small cakes. ]
[She hit me so hard, but I got candy. ]
[Sister Ai doesn't like to have too many pets, she only wants one pet. She always calls me over, I think she likes me. ]
[I think I'm the best looking, I'll be Sister Ai's only pet. ]
One day, the diary stopped abruptly.
The boy died on that day.
Judging from the dust on the bed, the boy didn't have an accident this morning, he should have died a long time ago.
For some reason, the nun didn't take his belongings away.
Putting the diary back in place, Yu Tong thought for a moment, took out the small book with the beautiful women's portraits, and scanned it back and forth at the boy's bed.
The system asked him what he was doing.
Yu Tong explained while scanning, 'Just now when Brother Xiaochen was looking through the belongings, didn't Lily say that they would come back, and they had to wait until they were completely dead before they could look through it. '
[Oh. ]
‘I used this notebook to scan the dormitory before, and when I scanned Lily's teddy bear, there was an extra portrait of a skinny woman in the notebook. This is it, you saw it too. ’
‘So the portraits of beauties that can be included in this notebook should not only be living people, but also beautiful ghosts. The dead can return to the dormitory, which is nothing more than resurrection, corpses made into puppets, zombies or ghosts. ’
The system clapped its hands, [Yes! ]
‘But I don’t know if this illegitimate child can be considered a beauty. Even if the notebook doesn’t include it, it can’t rule out ghosts...’
Yu Tong’s voice suddenly stopped.
At the same time, a thin figure slowly emerged on the notebook in his hand.
The boy had bright golden short hair, delicate features and fair skin, like a little prince who walked out of a fairy tale book.
His eyes were closed as if he was sleeping, and there were several wounds of varying depths on his thin chest.
Yu Tong looked at the empty foot of the bed, and then at the portrait on the notebook.
He thought for a moment, and said, 'He was stabbed to death by a child with a dagger. '
The system thought for a moment, [Has he also attended a stupid class similar to the stupid class this morning? ]
'No, the depth of the wounds of children who died in class are almost the same, and there will be no such messy scratches. Because in the classroom, there are nuns to assist, and children who are used as teaching tools have no chance to struggle. '
'This child was secretly killed by other children in private. '
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Yu Tong ran out from the corner after Lily and Xiao Meiqiu left the dormitory one after another.
He looked at Chen Xi who was packing his schoolbag, and couldn't help but hesitantly asked: "Why do you think Lily is still alive?"
Chen Xi paused.
Yu Tong jumped to his side, "She answered the questions, why is she fine? After answering the questions, others were beaten. Only Lily was not beaten, but her hair was burned."
The little villain was silent for a while, and said softly: "She has special treatment. Many times, even if she violates the rules, the nuns and priests will not punish her severely. Although she has injuries, most of them appear inexplicably."
"Inexplicably?"
"Sometimes she acts alone to do something that the little bear warrior asks her to do. This is what she said."
Yu Tong nodded Nodding, he pondered for a moment: "Chenxi, why do you think the nuns didn't beat her?"
Chenxi quickly put on his backpack, turned his head and looked at the chicken at hand, "Maybe it's because her little bear warrior is really alive, and it can hurt people. I haven't seen the little bear move or talk, but Lily is indeed abnormal."
"I told you before that Lily often said that a child has a demon hidden in his body, and that child will die tragically in a few days. Gold Coin, stay away from Lily and her bear."
Yu Tong was about to nod in response, and the dormitory door that had been closed was suddenly pushed open.
Little Mushroom, who was taken to the confessional by Sister Ai after lunch, hurried into the room to pack up his textbooks.
He looked at Chenxi who was ready to leave with his backpack on his back, and then looked at his messy desk, and his expression suddenly became ugly.
"Are you leaving just like that?"
Chenxi avoided his sight and hummed coldly.
Little Mushroom frowned, "You clearly know that I have to go to the nuns at noon, and I may not have time to pack my schoolbag. Why don't you help me? If I don't get back in time, how can I go to class in the afternoon?"
Chen Xi's face, which was originally calm, suddenly turned cold, "You didn't wake me up this morning. I asked you about the rules for this morning in the morning, but you didn't tell the truth. You broke the agreement between us first, and you turned around and questioned me?"
Little Mushroom's face suddenly turned red. He stood there, hesitating for a long time without saying a word.
Chen Xi snorted coldly and turned to walk to the door.
Yu Tong's blood ran cold.
It's over, it's useless.
No matter how beastly he will be in the future, the little villain now is just a ten-year-old child. He may be smarter and more clever than other children, but children are less careful and more impulsive than adults.
Yu Tong's head was buzzing. He knew that Chen Xi noticed that Little Mushroom was ignoring him last night. He treated the wound roughly on purpose, wanting to let him die on his own.
He had been holding back his anger since last night, and Yu Tong could understand all this, but he shouldn't have exploded at this time.
Just as Yu Tong expected, Chen Xi was about to open the door and go out, when the voice of Little Mushroom suddenly came from behind him.
"Since we're done, then you give the chicken back to me."
Yu Tong sighed, coming, coming.
Chen Xi turned his head in surprise, "What do you mean by giving it back to you?"
Little Mushroom still had fresh purple marks on his body, he lowered his head, and his face showed a hideous expression that didn't match a child of this age.
Chen Xi noticed that the atmosphere was wrong and hurriedly wanted to leave the dormitory.
Little Mushroom pounced on him from behind and reached out to touch Chen Xi's pocket.
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Yu Tong hid in the pocket, he was as slippery as a loach, and the little mushroom couldn't catch him.
The boy held Chen Xi's shoulders, his eyes red with anxiety, "I was the first to find the gold coin, and I was the first to pick it up after it was born. First come first served, it is my chicken. I don't want to share it with you, you give it back to me!"
Chen Xi is older than the little mushroom and stronger than him.
He broke free from Little Mushroom's hand and pushed him aside, "Your chick? When we checked the dormitory last night, why didn't you tell me that you hid the chick at your place? You knew Sister Love wouldn't make things difficult for you, but you still wanted me to take the risk alone."
"This morning I told you that the chick was in the dormitory and there might be monsters in the dormitory, why didn't you come back to get the chick yourself? I have a high fever and you are fine. I discussed a solution with you, but you lowered your head and pretended not to hear me, so I had to run back alone."
The little villain was also forced into a corner. He grabbed the boy's collar and asked viciously in a childish voice: "You pushed all the risks to me, and in the end you said that this is your chick, just left it with me. Little Mushroom, do you think I'm a fool!"
The battle between the two children escalated, and Yu Tong poked his head out of Chenxi's pocket and watched them quarrel.
The system was a little anxious, [Why do I feel that they are going to fight, do you want to persuade them? ]
'It's time to persuade them, they both have knives hidden on them. If no one stops them, they will stab each other with knives in a while. Little Mushroom must die, but he cannot die at the hands of Chen Xi, otherwise it will violate the rules. ’
[Ah, not really...]
‘As for, they are fighting for the ownership of the chicken. If Little Mushroom loses, he will tell the nun. That's why I said that Brother Chen shouldn't have a falling out with Mushroom. Being too young means being impulsive. It's also my fault. I subconsciously put him in the shoes of the adult Brother Chen, and didn't consider this point and didn't discuss it with him in advance. ’
System:...
Brother Chen kills people, you hand over the knife. Brother Chen buries the body, you hand over the shovel.
If this can raise the villain into a little sun, it would be really weird.
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Yu Tong originally thought that two quarreling children would not pay attention to a little chicken trying to stop the fight.
But as soon as he stuck his head out and opened his mouth, Chen Xi let go of Little Mushroom and tilted his head slightly, waiting for him to continue.
Feeling the emotions conveyed by the telepathic props, Yu Tong stared at the villain's stern face and suddenly realized that he had made a mistake.
It was not the little mushroom that angered Chen Xi, but Chen Xi that angered the little mushroom.
The villain probably wanted to turn Yu Tong into his own chicken a long time ago. It was just that his conscience, which was still alive and kicking, suppressed his desire.
He felt that he shouldn't do this.
Now that the little mushroom took the initiative to come to the door, he simply took this opportunity to kill the little mushroom.
Yu Tong couldn't help shaking his head.
He underestimated Chen Xi. He thought that the villain didn't help the little mushroom pack his schoolbag because he was angry. He thought that the villain quarreled with the little mushroom because he was angry.
Unexpectedly, this was planned by Chen Xi a long time ago.
It is estimated that since he saw that the little mushroom deliberately concealed the rules and wanted to take the opportunity to kill him, the little villain has been preparing to take revenge on him.
Little Mushroom was already on Chenxi's death list, so his persuasion was useless.
Yu Tong gave them a few symbolic persuasion, telling them that the silver coins he earned from a chicken this big were enough for the two children to use for a long time, and there was no need to fight over such a thing.
At worst, he would try to grow taller and try to sell more silver coins.
After listening to him, Chenxi silently tapped his head with his finger.
Yu Tong glanced at him.
Why did he feel that Brother Xiaochen meant, 'I won't sell you. '
Little Mushroom didn't care what the chicken said at all.
He stood in front of the door, looking at Chen Xi fiercely, "Give me the chicken."
Chen Xi covered his pocket tightly, "It's almost time for class, let's go to class first. There's still some time before lights out, we can have a good talk then."
He took a deep breath and softened his tone, "Before today, our relationship was very good. The chicken is right, he is enough for the two of us to share, there is no need for us to have a bad relationship. You don't..."
"Why not! Our relationship has never been good!"
Little Mushroom didn't notice Chen Xi touching the knife.
He growled to interrupt Chen Xi, "I know that since I became a pet for Sister Love, you have looked down on me from the bottom of your heart! You don't regard me as a friend at all. In your eyes, I am just a little follower!"
Chen Xi and Yu Tong were stunned at the same time.
Little Mushroom blushed and pulled open his collar to reveal a circle of red marks on his neck.
That was the mark left by being strangled by a collar that was too small.
"I know you, Lily, Little Coal Ball, Big Sugar, everyone in this dormitory looks down on me! You are the same as them! But I am a pet to the nuns, not just to survive."
Chen Xi paused with the knife, "I don't look down on you."
"You do! You were almost beaten to death by Sister Ai last night, but you refused to go to the confessional with her. Don't you think being a nun's pet is more painful than death? If you don't think so, why are you so resistant!"
Little Mushroom lifted his clothes, revealing a body covered with whip marks. He pointed to the wound on his chest that was still bleeding, and his voice was choked with sobs.
"Why can you always understand the danger hidden in the rules? Why can you live so well without being a nun's dog and being beaten every day?"
"I crawled around in the confessional like a puppy, surrounded by a bunch of people. I have tried my best to please them! But Chenxi, why do the nuns like you, and those noble masters like you more! Why did the noble masters clearly say that they would adopt both of us, but now they suddenly regret it and only want you!!!"
Yu Tong remembered that when he was still an egg, he heard Little Mushroom proudly tell the group of provocative children.
The dean said that when God descends, there will [N O V E L I G H T] be noble masters who will adopt them and let them be young masters.
Yu Tong raised his eyebrows in understanding.
From Little Mushroom's words, it is not difficult to see that he is actually very inferior. He resists becoming a pet of a nun, but he does not have the firm determination of Chenxi.
Becoming a nun's pet means having the opportunity to enter the confessional. This means that when you break the rules, you have a certain chance of escaping punishment.
And every time he gets some benefits from the nun. Like the chance to avoid being beaten, being able to freely enjoy candy, and snacks outside of normal meals.
Little Mushroom was reluctant to give up this kind of preferential treatment, and he felt inferior because of this.
Negative emotions had been accumulated in his heart for too long. He didn't dare to get angry with the nun, and he couldn't find a reason to vent his anger on his roommate.
In the end, he directed his spearhead at the only person who treated him well.
The villain obviously didn't know about this.
He frowned, "That nobleman didn't adopt you anymore? When did it happen, and why?"
The tears that had been rolling in Little Mushroom's eyes fell down with a click.
He wiped the tears from his face, "The nuns who beat me this morning told me that they said there was no place for me in the first place. I was just a gift from the orphanage to the noble master. The family wanted you from the beginning to the end."
"They also said that the adopters don't care whether we are alive or dead. Anyway, the master just thought you were good-looking when watching the video, and it's very suitable to keep you as a pet. Even if you die, you can make it into a doll and sell it."
Yu Tong blinked blankly.
Video?
Chen Xi frowned when he heard it.
He didn't want this kind of adoption even if it was given to him for free.
Chen Xi sighed and looked at the boy who was still blocking the door, "If we keep arguing, we will miss the theology class in the afternoon."
Little Mushroom cried for a long time, and seemed to think that this was not right.
He turned around and was about to make way, but there was a sudden knock on the door of the dormitory that had been closed.
The voices of a man and a woman sounded outside the door at the same time.
"Chenxi, Chenxi! Are you still in the dormitory? The door of the dormitory building was locked from the outside. Lily and I shouted at the door for a long time, but no one let us out!"
"The little bear warrior said that the person who locked the door is among us."
Chenxi and Yu Tong looked at each other and looked at the little mushroom beside them.
The boy's face was full of surprise, "I didn't, I just planned to..."
He suddenly closed his mouth halfway through his words. Yu Tong knew what he wanted to say was that he just planned to secretly kill Chenxi and take the chicken away, and there was no need to get himself involved.
The knocking on the door continued, and Chenxi took out his pocket watch and looked at it.
Time passed by, and it was now 4:56, and there were 4 minutes left before class.