"..."
Su Xin wiped the blood, took two deep breaths, then retracted the dagger and patted the shivering Anchorage lightly.
"Anbao, be good and don't look back. I'm going to jump onto your back now. You have to catch me, okay?"
"...Um."
"Hey, wow, great, Anbao is really the most amazing person in the world. Helena and the others are waiting for us at home. Shall we go back now?"
"Okay...thank you, sister..."
"uh-huh."
"Sir... Sir... Ah Biao and the others... what are they doing..."
The skinny man with sweat all over his forehead glanced at the three bodies on the grass beside the road, swallowed his saliva, and then looked at the person next to him tremblingly, "Are you...are you sure it was a woman who did it?"
"You're asking me? How should I know? Lao Li called me and told me. Where is he now? Call him over!"
Soon, the pawnshop owner with a goatee came over tremblingly and looked at the little girl in front of him who was not even as tall as his shoulders. "Sir, you...you are looking for me?"
The girl with rainbow-dyed hair bit a lollipop and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Where is the person you are talking about?"
"He...left. I...my family doesn't have a car so I couldn't keep up with A Biao and the others. Who would have thought...that he would die like this?"
"A woman, tall, good-looking, beautiful, and capable of killing people, right?" The girl called "Sir" snorted and laughed, "Do you have a photo?"
"Uh... yes! Yes."
The Sir took the phone, glanced at it, and threw it away. "Your photo is not as clear as my door lock, you idiot!"
"Uh, yes..."
Seeing the smile on Sir's face, the skinny man asked tentatively, "What do you think about Ah Biao's matter...?"
"What are you looking at? They are just some bitches who broke the rules and were kicked out. They deserve to die. Dig a hole and bury them, or they will stink and scare the big sister away."
"What about... that woman?"
"I heard there's a ship girl... It seems like we can't catch up. Let the shop owners and stall owners keep an eye on her. Next time you see her coming, notify me immediately."
"Yes!"
The lord, who was obviously a young girl but had a proud look on his face, looked at his own soft and short fingers and snorted with laughter.
"Woman, you can't escape from my grasp, hehe... hehehe...
Chapter 653
"Sister Yixian."
Yixian, who had just finished washing and was about to turn off the lights to go to bed, was stunned. He turned his head and looked at the little commander who had just woken up after sleeping for more than half an hour.
It was strange. Normally, even if I woke up, it would be late at night. This time, the time was too short. "Yeah, I'm here. Do you want some water?"
Su Xin covered her head and sat up, shaking her head, "Yes... I have a question, I want to hear your opinion."
Yixian didn't ask too many questions, he just turned off the main light, turned on the warm yellow night light on the bedside table, lifted the quilt and gently sat down next to the little commander, "Well, ask."
"If you're...playing a game without a save file, the background is...um...after a disaster, everything is missing, you have a lot of people to take care of, but then the bad guys stop you."
"They were people who wanted to steal food. They might have gang backgrounds. They also said they had done similar things before."
"In this case...what is the best option?"
Yixian frowned and sorted out the information, then asked her: "Cannot save, someone needs to be taken care of, the enemy has a gang and a criminal record, then... can the protagonist beat him?"
"...Um.
"Is that so?" Yixian lowered his eyes and was silent for a moment, "If there is no way to guarantee that the other party will not cause trouble for the protagonist later, then kill him."
"...
"Since he has a criminal record, it means he is not clean. Assuming he really has someone to rely on, letting him go will only lead to more trouble. Instead of waiting for him to come to us, it is better to get rid of the bad guy before the gang knows about it."
Su Xin still hesitated, "But... they are human..."
"Susu, according to your description, they can no longer be called "humans" when they attack their own compatriots. You said there are many people in the game who need your care... You should think it through."
"...I understand." The little commander was silent for a moment and lay back down, "...Good night, sister."
"OK, good night."
Yixian looked at Su Xin who fell asleep quickly, and always felt that something she didn't know was going on in secret, similar to the half-asleep speech of the little commander before.
It feels bad to be kept in the dark, and even though my little commander said it was a [game], Yixian always feels that things are not that simple, and perhaps it has something to do with the [dream] from last time.
She waited for another half an hour, and seeing that Su Xin was still sleeping soundly, she took out her phone, opened a chat box, and sent a message: "Are you asleep?"
The other party quickly replied with a [Hmm?]
Yixian turned off the phone and put it away, then gently lifted the quilt and stood up, glanced at the two little ones who were sleeping soundly, turned around, put on his shoes, opened the door and went out.
She stepped on the porch light in her pajamas and knocked on the door close to midnight. She entered the room after receiving a response, "Excuse me."
Tiancheng timed it perfectly. When the other party walked over to sit down across the coffee table, he pushed a cup of steaming hot water over and said, "It's not good to drink tea at night. Just make do with it."
Yixian shook his head and moved the teacup. He had no intention of drinking it. Instead, he looked at Tiancheng and got straight to the point.
"Have you ever felt that...something is wrong with SuSu recently?"
"Besides being able to see her during mealtimes, I only met her once a few hours ago, as you said."
The implication was that she didn't know. Yixian tapped the desktop and said, "...I think she...seems to be hiding something from me."
"She is not a child anymore. It's normal for her to have her own secrets." Tiancheng stopped talking and gave the other party room to add more information.
Yixian did have more details to share, "At about 3 . today, she suddenly woke up and said groggily that she had a beautiful dream."
"I said I hoped I could appear in her dream, but she seemed... not very willing. She fell asleep before I could even explain why."
"I thought I was overthinking it, but she woke up again and asked me what I should do if I was playing a game that couldn't be saved, and there was a shortage of food and I was threatened."
"She described it in great detail, saying that she had someone to take care of, that the other party had killed someone, and that the bad guy might have someone backing him. I..."
"Just kill him." Tiancheng lowered his eyes and took a sip of hot water, without any psychological fluctuations, "The most important thing is to protect yourself."
Yixian flexed his fingers and said, "That's what I said too."
"That's good. There's nothing to be stressed about. Relax. Susu is more mature than you think." Tiancheng smiled comfortingly. "Besides, she already took action last time. She should know that extra kindness is useless."
“…Yeah, but it’s strange. She didn’t have sleep deprivation or sudden awakening before, and she seems to be in a bad mental state recently.
The preface was over, Tiancheng straightened his face, "How is it specifically manifested?"
"It seems... there is something wrong with your sense of time?" Yixian thought for a moment. "I heard from Sheffield that he has been using 'long time no see' more frequently recently. He just saw me yesterday, but he still said that today."
If this happened to someone else, Tiancheng might just think it was a coincidence, but when it happened to a self-disciplined and somewhat serious young commander, it had to be taken seriously.
She was silent for a while, then asked, "You said she had a [beautiful dream]? Any specific description?"
"...No, but when I asked if it was a nightmare, she seemed to hesitate for a moment before rejecting my guess."
There are relatively few clues, and Tiancheng cannot actually give any accurate conclusions. He can only make guesses based on the information.
"If Susu has been dreaming recently, and assuming that the dream is about the [game] she mentioned, then according to general circumstances, waking up suddenly may be because she encountered something terrible."
"But Susu no longer feels afraid since she was sent back by [Enterprise]."
"She said [Unable to save], so excluding the possibility of game failure, the only possible reason for being awakened is that the time has come, or that she encountered difficulties and wanted to look up a guide."
Tiancheng paused and glanced at Yixian, "Just like just now."
"But why do we dream? This kind of thing cannot be controlled, right?" Yixian asked with a frown.
Tiancheng shook his head to indicate that he didn't understand either. "This is just a guess. As for the real situation... let's wait until Susu wakes up before asking."
Yixian sighed, picked up the cup of warm water and drank it all, then stood up and prepared to leave.
Tiancheng hesitated for a moment, and finally called out to Yixian when she turned around, "...Wait."
"Hmm? Any other speculations?"
"...No, when Su Su wakes up, I hope you can take me with you when you ask her..."
Yixian was stunned for a moment, then laughed helplessly, "This is the responsibility you should share. Even if you don't say it, I will call you."
Tiancheng lowered his eyes and replied softly, "...Thank you."
"Be more confident. She has you in her heart. I can hardly recognize her now." Yixian comforted softly.
"...Okay, I understand. Good night."
"Good night.
Chapter 654 Nana
"elder sister…?"
"Um?"
"sad…?"
"No, I'm just... um, I'm afraid of the dark..."
"Shivering..."
"Yeah, so you're afraid of the dark. Look at the road, don't keep looking back at me. What if you fall?"
Anchorage sniffed and looked forward with wide eyes. The temperature dropped a lot after the sun went down, and when the wind blew, it always caused the big sister on her back to tremble.
But it wasn’t necessarily because of the wind, because Anchorage knew that my sister was already shivering in the afternoon when the sun was shining brightly.
But she couldn't guess the reason. She only knew that after her sister taught the bad guy a lesson, she became less talkative. She obviously loved telling her stories when she came.
Anchorage also wanted to tell a story so that her sister would not be so scared, but her head was empty, filled with only what she had heard in the morning, and she had almost forgotten even the names.
After running for another ten minutes, she suddenly slowed down and stopped, letting the man get off amid Su Xin's puzzled voice.
"What's wrong? Do you want to take a break?"
Anchorage shook his head, took off his coat, and put it on Su Xin awkwardly, "Sister...it's cold...put on more...to keep warm."
Su Xin paused, but did not reject the other party's kindness. She jumped up and hugged his neck tightly, and then set off again.
The evening breeze without the sun was a little cool. It blew on her face to remove the dryness, and then went in through her collar, making Su Xin feel uncomfortable and longing for warmth even more.
She was not afraid, or rather, she did not have the emotion of "fear" at all. Trembling seemed to be just a manifestation of her helplessness.
Su Xin understood the truth, but she had not yet adapted to this world and could not make the transition from a law-abiding citizen to an exile who only cared about survival.
While the authorities were busy fighting against an enemy with great destructive power, they also had to worry about whether the main force of their own camp would suddenly become the enemy, and they had no time to take care of other things.
In this environment where people may be attacked by [Black Shadow] at any time, order collapses and people gather together to survive, only those with strength and background can be managers.
The ship girls were kindhearted by nature, and the wandering ones were all mentally handicapped children who didn't want to get involved in such things, so the humans started fighting among themselves.
Su Xin was isolated from the news and didn't know any of this. She just needed time to adapt to everything here.
Children do not need to bear the blood and filth associated with humans. Su Xin claims to be the oldest person in the courtyard, and she feels that she has to take responsibility.
"I... bought some carrots?" Su Xin forced herself to stay calm and spoke gently so as not to worry the child. "Eat a little bit, okay? It's very nutritious."
Anchorage was not happy about it, but since her sister rarely spoke, she didn't want to refuse, so she nodded obediently, "...Okay."
"Don't worry, Santiago and the others need to eat too."
"...Um!"
"Why haven't my sister and Anchorage come back yet..."
Little Helena glanced at the little Santiago who was speaking, "You're just hungry and want to eat, right?"
"Hehe... a little bit, but I just thought that we must eat together, otherwise how can we eat oil that tastes so bad..."
"Where's Wen Yue?"
Little Santiago thought for a moment and said, "Is he boiling water? He said he wanted his sister and Anchorage to have hot water to take a bath as soon as they get back."
"Why don't you watch it carefully?" Little Helena glared at her. "What if you accidentally get scalded or...burned something?"
"Oh yeah... so you'll come with me?"
"No, I want to wait for my sister."
