"Sister Nuan Nuan, are you going out to pick mushrooms today?" The mushroom mentioned here is a kind of mutated mushroom, although the mutation, the appearance is more than larger, and the color has become more gorgeous, but after everyone's confirmation, it is determined that it is edible, and during this time, the main food of the village is these large mushrooms.

Qin Nuannuan put down the basket in her hand, turned around and opened her arm to catch the little boy who rushed over, touched his head, hooked the corners of her mouth and smiled easily, "Yes, Xiaoli, what's wrong?" ”

"Sister Nuan Nuan, I want to go with you." Li Li's black and thin hand grabbed the hem of Qin Nuannuan's clothes, and his dark eyes were full of the look of expectation.

Qin Nuannuan didn't speak, Li Li tugged at the hem of her clothes, "Sister Nuan Nuan, the mushroom soup you made is so delicious, I want to help pick mushrooms and continue to make it today." ”

Qin Nuannuan felt inexplicably weak, where did she do it, it was completely the credit of the space. "Then I'll do it for you today."

Li Li's parents were both "sacrificed", and his sister was swept away and strangled to death when the demon tree went crazy for the first time, and now he is the only one in their family. And Qin Nuannuan, an airborne soldier, has been living in a house like Li Li for the past few days, and he always has an inexplicable sense of intimacy with Qin Nuannuan, who is good-looking, has a good personality, and has good "cooking skills".

Seeing that he had been holding on to the hem of his clothes, Qin Nuannuan held his stomach and bent over, "Cheng, then let's go together, you follow me, don't lose it." ”

Li Li's black and thin hand loosened the hem of Qin Nuannuan's clothes, attached Qin Nuannuan's hand, and grabbed her tightly, with a happy look on his face, "Okay." ”

This is Qin Nuannuan's sixth day in the village, if it weren't for the constant threat of death, Qin Nuannuan felt that this place was simply a paradise, a fairyland on earth, with gorgeous flowers, lush trees, and abundant resources. There are no zombies, no hustle and bustle, and when you shine into the village through the cracks in the leaves, you will rise, and you will sleep when the light is dim.

It'd been a few days since she had been here, and although she had been trying to figure out what to do, she had no clue how to get out.

When Qin Nuannuan came back with Li Li and the big girl who led the way to pick up good things, there was a commotion in the village.

Qin Nuannuan glanced at the crowd gathered at the entrance of the village and patted the big girl's head, "Big girl, go and see, what's going on in the village?" ”

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"What's wrong?"

The eldest girl wiped the tears on her face, and turned her head to look at Qin Nuannuan and Li Li who were approaching, "Grandpa the village chief said that one more person must be sent tomorrow." ”

Qin Nuannuan frowned, "So fast?" ”

"Well, once every seven days."

Qin Nuannuan stepped forward, and before he could speak, the village chief smiled a little panickedly and interrupted everyone's conversation.

"Miss Qin, you're back, auntie, come on, why don't you hurry up and take something over and make something to eat." Qin Nuannuan looked at the aunt with dodging eyes, and the doubts in her heart became deeper and deeper, but she still happily handed over the basket hanging on her wrist.

The village chief smiled at Qin Nuannuan, "It's hard work Miss Qin, go back and rest and rest, let's come out to eat in a while." ”

There are not many adults left in the village, mainly children, children don't hide their thoughts, they want to show everything directly on their faces, Qin Nuannuan swept over, except for Li Lihe, who was crying dazedly and looked dying, the expressions on the faces of most of the other children were full of sympathy and unbearable.

Sympathize!?

Qin Nuannuan led Li Li back, and as he walked, his eyes began to slowly become cold.

Yes, she forgot that the end of the world is not only about this world, but also about people's hearts.

Qin Nuannuan scooped out a scoop of water from the water tank and helped Li Li wipe his dirty face, while inadvertently mentioning, "Xiaoli, just now the village chief was arguing at the entrance of the village, I'm a little worried, you go and help my sister ask, what are they arguing about?" ”

Xiaoli squinted her eyes and enjoyed Qin Nuannuan's intimacy, and her tone was brisk, "Okay, Sister Nuan Nuan, I'll go out to inquire, you wait for me." ”

Looking at Li Li's back bouncing and running away, the smile on the corner of Qin Nuannuan's mouth slowly retracted, her eyes were frozen, she grinned, her pink tongue gently licked on her upper teeth, with a sharp feeling like bloodthirsty, and looked at the direction where Li Li left without saying a word.

About half an hour later, with the sound of panicked footsteps, Li Li appeared in front of Qin Nuannuan with tears on his face.

Qin Nuannuan put down the front line in his hand and looked at Li Li, "Are you back?" ”

Li Li pursed his lips and nodded.

"What did everyone say?"

Li Li twisted his head and said, "I didn't say anything."

Qin Nuannuan looked at the top of Li Li's head, the coldness in his eyes was even worse, and he pretended not to know anything and said, "Is it?"

Li Li suddenly spoke, "Sister Nuan Nuan." ”

"What's wrong?"

Li Li grabbed the hem of his clothes, "Sister Nuan Nuan, I still want to go out to pick mushrooms, shall we go out again?" ”

Li Li's eyes were filled with tears, like a poor elk, Qin Nuannuan looked at his eyes, suddenly stunned for a moment, and then his heart seemed to have collapsed, soft and warm overflowing in his heart.

She touched Li Li's head, "Why don't you just sue me, they want me to go to the 'sacrifice'." ”

Li Li's tears flowed down his cheeks, he shrugged his shoulders, and wiped his hands on his face, "I just like my sister, I don't want to do that, Sister Nuan Nuan, how do you know what the village chief wants"

"Just guess, okay, don't cry, it's okay."

"Sister Nuan Nuan, don't blame the village chief, the village chief didn't mean to do this."

Qin Nuannuan didn't speak, just kept patting his back to comfort him who couldn't stop crying.

"Sister Nuan Nuan, the village chief's daughter Aunt Wang was the first to be sacrificed, and the village chief's only son was sacrificed not long ago, and now the village chief only has Wang Hui's brother, the village chief wants our village to be good, so I have to do it, Sister Nuan Nuan, don't you dislike the village chief, okay?"

If people do not do it for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed. What's more, the village chief is for the sake of righteousness.

"Don't worry, I don't hate him, the village chief is already worthy of me if he can take me in as a foreigner for so long."

"Hmm, Sister Nuan Nuan, you really don't like the village chief, do you?"

"Yes, don't worry, no, you can go to sleep."

After finally comforting Li Li, who had been crying, to sleep, Qin Nuannuan walked out of the room, took Dabai, and walked towards the village chief's room with Dabai.

"Knock knock."

"Who?" The village chief was probably older, and he woke up when Qin Nuannuan knocked for the first time, and the old voice came from the room.

"Village chief, it's me."

"Miss Qin."

"Village Chief, can I go in?"

The sound of Suo Suo's getting dressed came from the room, and after a while, the voice came from the room again, "Come in." ”

The village chief sat on the edge of the bed, Qin Nuannuan pushed open the door and walked in, straight to the point, "Village chief, don't send 'sacrifices' over for the time being in the early hours of tonight, I will go to the meeting to try the Dryad." ”

"You got it?" An embarrassed look appeared on the village chief's face.

Qin Nuannuan nodded as a matter of course, "The village chief doesn't need to be embarrassed, it's just human nature." ”

"But if you get angry"

Qin Nuannuan frowned, "Village Chief, if you don't fight, the people in the village will be sent away one after another sooner or later, why don't you fight?"

The expression on the village chief's face became contradictory, Qin Nuannuan didn't speak, touching his stomach and looking at the village chief quietly.

"Miss Qin, you are a pregnant woman."

Qin Nuannuan spread her hands, her tone calm and confident, "The village chief doesn't know me at all, does he?" ”

"I don't know how sure Miss Qin is?"

"Are you sure you have to give it a try? Besides, the village is full of children now, who else can go but me? ”

"Then please girl." , "And"

Qin Nuannuan turned around, "Is there anything else, village chief?" ”

"I'm really sorry to apologize to you for my bad thoughts today."

Qin Nuan's eyes softened, "It's just human nature." ”