Chapter 20: No private disadvantages
Jun Aoyan came back to his senses, and his eyes focused again, which could somewhat reflect a little firelight. She turned her head blankly, with dried blood on her face, and looked at Bai Ya a little helplessly. She seemed to be innocent, innocent like a child who had been pushed into a mud puddle and got up confused. This is similar to her previous posture.
"What's the matter with you?"
Bai Ya's tone seemed to be torturing the prisoner, and Qi Huan was a little flustered when he heard it, but Ao Yan didn't say anything. She just looked at the two of them blankly, remained silent, and then lowered her head, like a lord who refused to confess her sins.
"You're in a bad shape." Qi Huan explained Bai Ya's questioning, "You are like this now, very depressed, very ...... It's kind of like when I just pulled you out of the wreck. But we know that that's not you, it's not who you are. But it wasn't just now - the person who was fighting with knives and guns on the fire just now wasn't you. β
"That's me." Jun Aoyan raised his head and repeated, "That's me." β
She suddenly smiled dryly, like the marks of a piece of originally wet earth that had been exposed to the sun and cracked after being dehydrated. It was a harsh, dry smile that showed no signs of life.
Qi Huan was speechless for a while, but Bai Ya nodded lightly.
"I think that's what you should be, too."
"What do you mean?" Qi Huan didn't understand.
"About your father, what happened that day? It's not a gentleman who is drinking, I said your biological parents. You have to tell us, or we'll part ways at dawn, and no one will get in anyone's way. β
Bai Ya's words didn't sound like a threat, after all, according to Ao Yan's logic, she didn't have to follow him. But Jun Aoyan was silent for a long time, but he still took a breath and was about to speak. It was she who wanted to say it, not who forced it.
"Nothing special."
Jun Aoyan stretched out his hand, as if he was about to gesture to something, but in the end he didn't. Maybe she didn't think it was necessary, or maybe it was because body language wasn't enough to express the feelings in her heart. Her eyes gradually lit up, but there was no god, as if she had drawn herself into some kind of memory, a vision released from her eyes in the depths of her mind.
"I didn't like to think about it."
As if trying to pull himself out of the tide of memories, Jun Aoyan reminded himself so. Bai Ya said:
"But it's like you've never come out of it."
"Possibly." Jun Aoyan lifted the hair of his sideburns, and the dried blood stuck to his face, "Actually, there is really nothing worth caring about...... At night, the whole village slept. We weren't very wealthy, we didn't know how to light the lights, so we all did it at sunrise and sunset, and the whole village was. We always go to bed early...... It was winter, and it got dark very early. At that time, I don't remember which prince the court was going to crusade against, but it hit here. I want to see ......"
Jun Aoyan's sentences are a bit cumbersome, not deliberately organized, and broken, and he can say whatever he wants. But no one interrupted her, they just sat there with their knees crossed, listening to her quietly.
"I didn't know that at that time, I was still young, and I slept in the corner of the kang...... It's so cold that I always wake up. I was so cold that I couldn't sleep, and those two people occupied the hottest spot on the kang. I don't like the kang, it burns underneath and hurts back, and the quilt is cold like an iron plate - forget it, it doesn't matter. It was really cold at the time, so I got up and secretly lit a fire and burned charcoals. I was really afraid that my father and mother would wake up and find that there was less charcoal, and then beat me up, or wake up before dawn. I only planned to burn it for a short while, then put out the fire and go to bed while it was hot. But that day, for some reason, I had a stomach upset at night, and I was happy to eat wild vegetables during the day. The fire was still burning, so I went to the hut, it was even colder outside, and my legs were almost freezing. When I came back, it was lucky that they were both asleep. I crept into the covers...... And then, well, it burned. β
"You didn't extinguish the brazier, so the fire set the house on fire?" Qi Huan asked.
"No, it's the war that has hit our village. First someone was woken up, and then everyone woke up. But I didn't have time to escape, and the fire burned faster. It was cold, but suddenly it was so hot. I was woken up by the noise before I could fully fall asleep, but I was sleepy and dizzy, and I couldn't escape. I shook my father and mother, but there was no response, so I had to run for my life. But just as he was approaching the door, the roof collapsed - he was hit by a fiery projectile. I was stuck around the corner, and a beam stood in front of me, stuck on either side of the wall, and I couldn't push it away. β
This description sounded familiar to the two of them. Bai Ya and Qi Huan glanced at each other, remembering when she was trapped on the boat - by her own Mo knife. But as qualified listeners, they didn't interrupt her narration.
"Another stone smashed my water tank. The water spread, but the fire stopped burning this way. I kept crouching there with my head in my hands, my eyes still red, and I could still hear the crackling burning when I blocked my ears. The strange smell got into my nose, it smelled so fragrant and smelly that I didn't know how to describe it...... Later I learned that it was the smell of people being burned by fire. β
Jun Aoyan is lucky. The original fire-filled rocks burned almost everything that could be burned in this area, so the fire outside did not spread. This, combined with large, damp water stains, provided her with brief shelter. The sheltered wooden beams kept her movement low, safe, and a sturdy triangle. No one found her, and she hid there until the sound of the fight died down completely.
When the reinforcements of Jun Chaojiu came, they only rushed to clean up the mess. They found her, along with the two charred bodies on the kang.
It stands to reason that many people died in the war, but very few of them lay peacefully on the kang like this, almost none. People are likely to flee in a panic, looking for cover. The military doctor in the army later dissected the corpse at the behest of General Jun and found that the lungs of the man and woman were clean - they could not breathe before the flames set fire to the room.
Jun Chaojiu didn't think badly. After all, there was a brazier in the center, and when he asked later, he didn't hide anything, and he told him what happened at that time, so he could easily figure it out. The army is full of rough people, and no one pursues this kind of thing, only as a survivor. Both the general and the medic kindly concealed the secret. Later, as she grew up, her memory of that day became more and more blurred, and Jun Chaojiu told a shoddy lie to confuse her.
"I did forget until one time I heard a girl's hoarse wail outside the battlefield...... They wouldn't let me go, and I wouldn't be able to pick up the pieces with the logistics until the fight was over. I didn't find the girl in the end, I don't know if she died too badly, escaped, or captured. But her screams recurred in my dreams, and I remembered that I had indeed uttered the same cry when I saw the bodies of my parents that day after the war was over. β
Jun Aoyan said it very clearly and honestly, just like when she truthfully explained to her adoptive father. By this time, though, she knew exactly what it all meant - she had killed her parents, with a confined space, a burning charcoal brazier, plenty of time. She herself would have suffered the same fate, but many "coincidences" condensed into a big "coincidence", which allowed her to survive. But I don't know if it will be salvation for her, or a longer punishment. She couldn't say it herself.
A long silence followed. It's rare that Qi Huan didn't comment on other people's narratives, and Bai Ya didn't react more. They just thinkβsilentβthink...... and longer silence.
In the distance, there was another strange cry of birds. Their hearing was clearer, perhaps because the effects of the monster screams had faded.
"I'm sorry to hear this story...... Qi Huan whispered, "I don't mean anything else, but, Miss Jun, what do you think all this has to do with your performance on the battlefield?" β
"Nothing." Jun Aoyan shrugged, "It may also have a lot to do with it." I don't like the part about being kind to people...... I may be good at it, but I don't like it in my heart. I likeβ"
"Fight."
"Yes, fight." Jun Aoyan nodded frankly, agreeing with Bai Ya's words, "It's simpler and purer." I just want you to die, nothing else. You don't need to be like my father and mother, count me down since I was a child, respond to me, and change the way to make me uncomfortable. After living with Jun Chaojiu, I realized that the relationship between people is actually quite simple, and I don't need to observe words and emotions day and night, and be afraid. After getting acquainted with everyone, I realized that there is something that can be said directly. That's why I prefer the battlefield...... There is no need to intrigue, there is no need to figure out the other party's mind for a long time, all judgments are completed in an instant, and if you misjudge, you will be injured and you will die. That's good, killing intent is the purest form of malice. There are many expressions of good and evil, but the most hostile and direct way is to want to kill the other person. β
Raising his head, the moon unconsciously moved many steps, and the stars slipped quietly for some distance. Bai Ya suddenly picked up the knife and looked at one of them carefully. After a moment, he put it down, opening his mouth at the same time.
"Later, Jun Chao drank and didn't let you go to the battlefield...... It's the same as today's reason, right? β
"Well, I think so." Jun Aoyan nodded, "When I rushed over with a knife...... I was a little scared. It's not that I'm backing down, but I'm afraid I'm excited about it. I don't feel like I am like myself anymore, I'm not who I am compared to when I used to play hard. But it may ...... That's who I am. Everything that followed proved that I was the real me. β
"Which one?" Qi Huan gestured blankly, "Do you mean wielding a Mo knife across the battlefield?" You weren't yet twenty years old. β
"Not bad. I have done a lot of rough work since I was a child, and I have done all the manure picking. So I have a better physique, a stronger body, and a lot more energy than other women and even men of the same age. In addition, my father was well trained and taught me to read and write - which is rare in the army. I became what I am now. β
Bai Ya blew on the blade of the blade, making a metallic soft sound. He raised his eyes and glanced at Jun Aoyan. From his line of sight, Jun Aoyan's face was half on the blade, and half was hidden.
"He's scared, right? He was scared and raised you like this. β
"He was never afraid of anything but me. Although I had forgotten what had happened at that time, he was sure that the expression on my face when I came at that moment was clearly smiling. β
"Smiling?"
"Laughing."
Qi Huan looked at her in a daze, as if he had known her on the first day. Bai Ya still didn't speak, just put down the knife, and suddenly sneered along with their conversation.
"Snort. Sure enough...... It's funny with a smile. β
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