Gu Qingxia lay on the sofa on her back, opened her eyes half-open, and looked at the man sitting beside her.

Eight years have passed, and his eyebrows and eyes have completely faded from the youthfulness of a teenager. His shoulders and forehead were wider than she remembered. The jaw was also longer than she remembered, and the shape and lines were tougher.

Nan Siwen has completely grown from a teenager to a man.

It's like Gu Qingxia has completely grown from a girl to a woman.

Gu Qingxia seemed indifferent, but his heart was not calm.

Guy, between her and him...... It's hard to put into words.

The boy bought her, took possession of her body, imprisoned her in a room, and led her to become pregnant twice. Of course she hated him.

But she also knew that, with her experience, it was indeed a great blessing for her to meet him in that situation.

She got rid of her own child for the second time, and her young body was overwhelmed by the lack of medical treatment. Even though the young man ignored the old woman's curses and cries, he had already burned her, and she was still chilling as she lay on the kang.

In those few days, she finally had the will to die.

She regretted that she didn't die in the first place, and as soon as she stepped into this mountain, she fell into a place of death, and there was no possibility of seeing the light at all. But she always held out unrealistic hopes, always delusional that she could still be saved.

She should have learned from the chaste martyrs of ancient times from the beginning, so that she would die a clear will. In that case, all the pain and humiliation that followed could have been avoided.

But she was weak from the beginning, and she didn't have the courage to die at that time. The old woman was also afraid that she would seek death at first, so she specially took her to see the mass grave outside the village, and the women she bought died and were buried there.

It was a shady place where the sun couldn't shine. A few lonely grave bags, scattered there. No monument, no name.

No one knows what their real names are.

Their parents may still be looking for them in the vast sea of people, but those flower-like girls have turned into dry bones and died in the mountains.

Died silently.

Gu Qingxia was scared. She was afraid that she would die like this, and her parents were still running around, looking for her everywhere. In that case, they will never find her, or even know where she is buried.

In the midst of this fear, she endured and survived. Being strong. Violence, insults, beatings, she endured them all.

But now she felt that she no longer even had the strength to endure, or that she had completely lost the faith to live. She opened her eyes and looked at the kang. That coarse porcelain teacup with a missing mouth, if it is broken, can also be used as a sharp weapon, right?

She struggled to sit up. As soon as he moved, a hot liquid flowed out from under his body. The first time she shed the child, there was also a small amount of blood, but this time it was different, and her body felt as if the floodgates had been opened......

Perhaps, she doesn't really need any sharp weapons, she can just keep bleeding until she dies, right?

After all, she was still a young girl, and even though she had some physiological knowledge that she should have mastered, she didn't know anything about childbirth, lochia, and so on. She thought it was all blood.

But she still reached out to the broken porcelain cup......

At this time, Nan Siwen broke in.

He had only gone out a quarter of an hour earlier, and when he left, he said he was going to fetch firewood. Gu Qingxia thought that he had discovered her attempt, and her outstretched hand froze there, looking at him silently with big eyes. But Nan Siwen didn't find out what she wanted to do at all, he broke in in a hurry, pulled her up and put a padded jacket on her.

"Get dressed!" He said, "My mother is going to sell you to the Southern Leper!" ”

Who is the Southern Leper? The old bachelor at the head of the village, who grew up with a leper when he was young, lost all his hair. Everyone called him "leper" and "leper", but forgot his real name. He had bought a woman before, but then he beat it so hard that the woman committed suicide.

Gu Qingxia would know about him because there were a few times when she was released from the house to let out the wind in the courtyard, Nan Leper peeked at her on the wall of the courtyard. Later, when Nan Siwen took her around the village, she also met her a few times.

The way he looked at her made her sick and frightened. When Nan Siwen was there, he didn't dare to make a mistake. But one time, Nan Siwen went out. In the house she heard the sounds outside, and the old woman's yelling. Later, the old woman rushed into the house and screwed her a few times. She scolded and didn't know what to say, Gu Qingxia only knew that it was definitely not a good thing.

After Nan Siwen came back, he was pulled by the old woman and said something, and his face was also very ugly. Later, he told her that when he was away, Nan Leper wanted to come in over the wall.

"Don't be afraid." He took her in his arms, gently stroked her back and said, "I'm here." ”

He was the strongest offspring in the village, and no one dared to mess with him. He's already taught the southern leper a lesson.

But Gu Qingxia was still so scared that he trembled in his arms.

At this moment, she already had the will to live and die, but when she heard that the old woman was going to sell her to the southern leper, she suddenly fell into an ice cave, and she really realized that there are some things in this world, some situations, it is really better to live than to die.

She got rid of her child for the second time, and she didn't hide it from the old woman after all. The old woman was furious! She bought Gu Qingxia so that she could pass on the lineage to his son, but this dead woman not only seduced her only son, but also refused to give birth to a baby from her Lao Nan family.

So what's the use of her?

Nan Leper has always coveted this fox spirit, she thought about it, she didn't want to lose it in her hands like this, she went to discuss with Na Nan Leper, and planned to sell it to him for 3,000 yuan. It's better to lose 2,000 than a hen that doesn't lay eggs in your hands.

Nan Siwen came to fetch firewood, and he was a descendant who had a good relationship with him, and saw his mother go to Nan Leper, and after listening to the corner, he chased him and sued him.

His heart was also cold. He knew that his mother and Gu Qingxia could not coexist.

Of the two of them, he could only choose one.

It wasn't an easy choice to make.

He quickly wrapped Gu Qingxia in a padded jacket, only to see that her face was so white that there was no blood, and her eyes were full of fear and despair. After a few days, she was thin with sunken cheeks and a pointed chin.

Only then did he realize that he had not made his words clear.

"Don't be afraid!" He gritted his teeth and said to her, "There is me! ”

This sentence is like a straw, for Gu Qingxia, who is about to drown in the ice cave, it is the last hope she can grasp! Her lips trembled, she couldn't say anything, and her hand tightly grasped Nan Siwen's sleeve......

"Can you go on your own?" He asked her.

She struggled to get off the kang, but almost fell to the ground.

"Come, I'll carry you!" He crouched down and gave him his back.

Gu Qingxia glanced at his broad back, gritted his teeth and fell on his stomach.

Before Nan Siwen walked out of the village with Gu Qingxia on his back, someone had already gone to report to his mother. His mother chased after her all the way shouting and scolding, and she was followed by Nan Lezi and a few villagers she called.

Gu Qingxia was extremely frightened.

She knew that once she was caught up by them, what awaited her was a fate that was worse than death.

She hugged Nan Siwen tightly, buried her face in his shoulder, and didn't dare to look back. I was afraid that as soon as I turned around, I would see the old woman's hideous face approaching.

The temperature in the mountains was very low, although it had not yet reached the temperature where the villagers began to burn the kang, it was already cold and shivering for Gu Qingxia, and he had to wrap himself in a cotton jacket.

Nan Siwen was only wearing a thin jacket.

He carried her on his back and ran from mountain path to mountain.

"Don't be afraid." He said, "I'll send you away." ”

The world is big, and at this moment, the whole world can protect her ...... It's just this boy!

She hugged him tightly, leaned on his shoulder, felt the warmth on his back, and the tears finally broke down......

The boy was so strong and so fast. Even with her on his back, he was still too fast to catch up. The shouts and shouts behind him faded away...... Gu Qingxia boldly glanced back, and in the blurred vision, the old woman sat on the ground patting her thighs and crying...... The villagers gradually stopped, bending over and panting......

But the young man's footsteps never stopped.

He walked like a fly, carrying her out of the mountain.

Later, Gu Qingxia finally saw a road that could really be called a "road". She had been in the mountains for a year and had never seen such a road again.

Nan Siwen carried her along the road until they caught a passing tractor. The tractor took them for a while and dropped them down somewhere. Nan Siwen continued to carry her on his back, and after a long time, he took another tractor. This time, the tractor took them all the way to the county seat.

After a year, Gu Qingxia finally saw buildings, roads, cars, and crowds again......

It's like a world away.

"Don't go to the police......" The boy had tears in his eyes, and he tried to hold back. The police will send you back. They are also locals, seven aunts and eight aunts, and they have relatives in each village...... No one can leave ...... behind."

Before taking her out, he went to his mother's house, opened the box, and took out a handful of money. As he spoke, he took out his pocket, took out those bits and pieces of tickets, and stuffed them into Gu Qingxia's pocket.

"If you want to find the police, get out of here and look for ...... in the big city," he choked up, his voice uncontrollably......

Gu Qingxia actually understands Nan Siwen very well. Because she has seen his world and experienced his life.

What he thought was actually very simple, he just wanted to live with her and have children.

Gu Qingxia also understood his grievances and unwillingness, because she knew that he wanted to be kind to her.

But she couldn't explain it to him. Because this boy in the mountains has never seen her world and her life.

Her lips twitched a few times, and finally she didn't say anything, and walked towards the long-distance station he had said.

She heard him call "Xiaoxia" behind her, but she didn't dare to look back. She was afraid that if she turned around, she would make the boy change his mind. She clutched her colic lower abdomen and walked across the street as fast as she could.

Didn't dare to look behind him.

She had barely crossed the street when a long-distance bus came, and she almost jumped on it wherever she went. She deliberately sat on the side away from him, knowing that he would not be able to see her from across the road.

But she could see him.

The car drove off.

She watched him crouch in the dust on the side of the road.

She watched him wipe his eyes.

She watched until she couldn't see it anymore......