The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 75 Inner Demon
Inside Tai'an City.

Liu Baiyun, Gao Ling and a group of Huashan disciples were searching in the houses around the state government office. When they found a person, they went forward to subdue him and then brought him back to the government office. At this time, the government office was already overcrowded, and there were even several people hanging on the trees.

Fortunately, most of these people have lost consciousness and can be piled up at will without moving around, otherwise this place might not be able to accommodate them.

Wang Hai came running over and handed a bag of herbs to Xiao Si.

"Fourth sister, take a look and see if it is suitable."

Xiao Si's face was pale at this time, he was wrapped in a thick layer of bedding, and cold sweat was running down his face.

In front of her was a wooden basin that was as big as a person could hug. The basin was scarlet and there was a faint trace of living creatures wriggling inside.

Xiao Si stretched out his hand from under the quilt, with a blood-stained bandage wrapped around his wrist, and took the herbs handed to him by Wang Hai.

The scarlet liquid accumulated in the basin was exactly the blood in Xiao Si's body.

How much blood can a skinny teenage girl have? Looking at the liquid in this basin, if Xiao Si's physique was not an ordinary person, she would have fainted.

Xiao Si opened the paper package, grabbed a handful of each item, put them directly into his mouth, closed his eyes and savored them carefully.

After a while, she opened her eyes and smiled at Wang Hai, "It's enough, Brother Hai. The age and quality are all sufficient, and there's still a lot more."

"Brother Hai is really amazing."

However, Wang Hai was not as happy as usual. Instead, he frowned and looked at the wound on Xiao Si's wrist. Finally, he couldn't help it and stepped forward to grab Xiao Si's wrist.

"Fourth sister... why do you have to fight so hard..."

"We should save as many as we can. This is the Ming Cult's plan, not our karma."

"You know Qianhu's character. If you don't want to, he will never force you."

With Wang Hai's personality, facing the lives of people all over the city, he would naturally do his best if he could help, but the lives of thousands of people are not as important to him as Xiao Si.

Xiao Si smiled brightly on his pale face: "Brother Hai, I am willing."

Wang Hai frowned: "Don't lie to me, I know you."

"You can save people, but you will never take it to heart like Qianhu does."

The two have known each other for many years, have a mutual understanding, and understand each other very well.

Neither Wang Hai nor Xiao Si had compassionate personalities. Saving people was more like an instinctive reaction that had been conditioned by Li Miao's years of education.

It's just like walking on the right side when walking, or eating the dish in front of you first when eating. It's just a "habit".

If we really want to say that the two of them care about other people's lives in their hearts, it is not the case.

"Brother Hai, you know me, but there is one thing we have never talked about."

"My life story." Xiao Si said with a smile.

Wang Hai frowned, looked into Xiao Si's eyes, and said nothing.

Xiao Si broke free from Wang Hai's hand, grabbed a handful of herbs and sprinkled them into his blood.

call--

A cloud of smoke rose from the basin, hiding Xiao Si's expression.

"Over the years, you and Qianhu never talked about what happened back then in front of me. You were afraid that my experience was too tragic, and you were afraid that I would be sad if you mentioned it."

"But I'm not that fragile. I remember every incident in my heart and never forget it."

Xiao Si told the story slowly.

"Back then, I was kidnapped by that great witch and imprisoned in a dark room. Every day, poisonous insects burrowed into my body, and I endured severe pain. I couldn't even see a ray of light."

"At that time, I could only talk to other children who were captured to keep from going crazy."

"We call each other brother and sister. I was the fourth one to be captured, so I am the fourth sister."

"The first one to die was my eldest brother. He was the oldest and had the mentality of a teenager, so he was the hardest to bear... After I woke up, I touched his face and felt his eyeballs that had been sucked dry by the poisonous insects..."

"The second one to die was the sixth sister. She was too young and just cried. The witch was upset and fed her to the poisonous insects... The poisonous insects ate the sixth sister and crawled inside our bodies... Brother Hai, do you know how that feels..."

"We were sad at the time, but also felt somewhat comforted... as if our sixth sister was still with us..." "Then it was my second brother, third sister, fourth brother, fifth sister... In the end, I was the only one left."

"Stop talking." Wang Hai spoke up to stop him.

Just by listening to the few words Xiao Si said, Wang Hai felt creepy, and then he felt heartbroken from the bottom of his heart and couldn't bear to listen any longer.

"Brother Hai, listen to me."

Xiao Si smiled and said, “When Qian Hu came to rescue me, I actually didn’t feel happy.”

"I even had a thought: Why couldn't you come earlier? At least... I wouldn't be the only one left alive."

"Or...why couldn't you come later and let me die with my other brothers and sisters?"

"I even felt a little guilty about why I said 'save me' to Qianhu."

Xiao Si chuckled.

"Of course, I know it's wrong to think this way. Qianhu has been very kind to me. He took me home and raised me. It's also because of Qianhu that I was able to meet you, Brother Hai."

"I shouldn't have died, and neither did my brothers and sisters. There's nothing wrong with surviving, and I shouldn't feel guilty about it."

Wang Hai looked at Xiao Si and said, "Is it because of Qian Hu's kindness that you are holding on so hard because you don't want to disappoint Qian Hu?"

"No, Brother Hai, I said, I am willing."

Xiao Si said.

"Being killed by a knife, being stabbed by a sword, being burned to death, being drowned, everyone has their own destiny. As long as it's not my fault, I really don't care."

"But I just can't bear to see the people in Tai'an City being killed by the poisonous insects."

Xiao Si pointed outside the door and drew a circle.

"This Tai'an City has trapped the people, just like that dark room trapped us back then."

“The struggle and wailing outside are just like our struggle and wailing back then.”

"This is not out of kindness, but out of selfishness."

“I didn’t save the people, but myself and my brothers and sisters.”

As Xiao Si spoke, tears began to flow down his face.

"I know that this person is gone and can never be brought back."

"But over the years, I still can't help but keep thinking about whether I could have done something back then... whether I could have allowed one more of my brothers and sisters to survive..."

"Back then, I couldn't do anything. But now, I can finally do something."

"I'm not being kind, nor am I saving people. I'm killing the demon in my heart."

Xiao Si looked at Wang Hai seriously. His thin body was hidden in the quilt, and his fingers were still shaking unconsciously.

There was no trace of blood on his face, as if he was a snowman that was about to melt.

"Brother Hai, you will help me, right?"

Wang Hai looked at Xiao Si's serious eyes, clenched the hook blade in his hand again and again, and finally let out a long sigh.

"Fourth sister, since you said so, what else can I do?"

"But if you insist on risking your life, I will still restrain you and help you escape."

Xiao Si smiled sweetly and said, "Brother Hai is the best."

"Okay, call Sister Mei, Master Liu and the others back."

"My blood, combined with these herbs, will attract all the people in this city. If the Mingjiao disciples have also used Gu, they will naturally come here too."

"From now on, it's up to you to protect me."

(End of this chapter)