The Flame of All Things Chapter 74—The Iris Girl (2)
"No, you can't. "He's still so cold.
The little hope that was born in the little girl's heart was shattered. This sudden man gave her some hope of escape in just a few words, but in the blink of an eye, he was extinguished.
"Can you kill him for me?" she asked again.
"Yes," he replied crisply, and then he added. "But it's not free. ”
The little girl was suddenly a little worried, she felt that the man in front of her was more terrible than the male lion in the zoo, and she felt that this man could kill the owner with a pistol. But she didn't think about why the other party wanted to help him.
"I ...... I don't have any money. This was her answer, but she thought for a moment, struggled, and added, "After killing him, I can tell you where he hid his money, and maybe there is some ...... in it." ”
The man in the suit did not speak, and a gust of wind blew in the square.
The little girl shuddered, it was already early winter, and her clothes were so thin. The wind swept through the huge cuffs into the clothes.
It's really distressing...... The girl in the distance thought. She suddenly remembered that many years ago, in a square in Chita, there was also a little girl with bare feet leaning lonely against the statue of Lenin. The cold wind there was a few notches colder than it was here, but the little girl wouldn't beg so pitifully.
"I can do things for you. The little girl said again.
Those clear eyes were full of anticipation, and the crystal light almost overflowed. Her eyes were so deep, with a star-like highlight in the middle of her round dark eyes.
The man in the suit suddenly withdrew the faint coercion, and the indescribable thing suddenly disappeared completely.
"Listen! I can help you kill him, but it's a deal, you need to give something, you understand?" he said.
"You need me to take it out...... What?" the little girl's mind flashed through many, many things, but in the end she thought she had only one thing worth it.
Her face suddenly looked painful, her teeth biting at her lower lip, and her unhealthy pallor worsened. She suddenly remembered the woman in the basement of her master's house.
"It's a deal. I will help you kill what haunts you, and in return, you will need to pay for your soul. You may not understand, but I promise that if I don't succeed, I won't charge you anything. ”
"Soul?"
"That's right, soul. His tone suddenly softened a lot, and even a little apologetic?
Just kidding, the little girl was a little incredulous.
The little girl knew what the soul was, but she didn't know what the soul could be used as money to pay for, and who in the world would want it? She thought that the man had taken a fancy to her, and although she was only twelve years old, she understood the fate of many women in the southern country, and felt that she could not escape that link in the end.
She was already twelve years old, and no one would give her any money when she was older. The owner may not look down on her dirty appearance, but what awaits her is the fate of being trafficked.
"How are you going to collect it?"
"You don't have to worry about it, if I do, I'll find you again. ”
"This ...... Will I die? If I do, I still want to live. Can you change the conditions and take me away. She pleaded one last time.
The man in front of him suddenly sighed, and he said, "You won't die, in fact, even if I take your soul, you won't change." Besides, isn't it more painful for you to live like this than to die?"
"But ......" the little girl wanted to say something.
The man in the suit made a surprising move, he took off the leather coat, I don't know if it was mink or what, it looked very warm. He put his coat over the little girl, which was longer than the whole of the little girl's body, and wrapped her around her like a plush quilt.
"I can't take you because the path I took also leads to death. So you can't change the fate of death if you follow me. The only thing I can do is to make such a deal with you, so that maybe no one will die. He continued.
"Aren't you a murder demon?" the little girl was wrapped in the coat, and her face suddenly flushed a little.
The master told her that the 'bosses' were demons who had killed countless people, and they were burdened with the sins of countless souls, so they would redeem themselves through 'good deeds'. Since it is a demon, how can it be killed by someone?
The man asked
"What about the Killer Demon?"
"Shouldn't all demons be murderers, how can they die?
"I'm not a demon, but I kill. So I'm going to die too," he explained.
"You're going to die, too. She sighed, and actually felt a little sympathy for the man in front of her.
Oh my God, the little girl actually felt that he was weak, and now that he was equal, she began to sympathize with herself.
The man suddenly felt a little funny, his body standing in the wind, his shirt swaying slightly.
"Since you're going to die, why don't you take me away. I'll die if I stay here. ”
"That's how you want to go?"
"Just get out of here, anywhere, even hell. ”
"Do you know where hell is?"
"I don't know"
"Hell is not as pleasant as it is here, there will be no black bread and running water, no thatched piles, and no eaves to shelter from the rain. Even your clothes will be stripped away. ”
"Ah...... It's terrible!" The little girl only knew that hell was terrible, but she didn't know that it would make her tremble when she heard it. She hurriedly said, "Then forget it." ”
"I don't have time to make small talk with you. Make a decision. The man in the suit said.
The girl froze.
In just a few minutes, she spoke to someone like this for the first time. This is a rare normal conversation with people in her life, as if she is equal to the other person. What a heartbreaking guy, it's so happy to be able to talk to someone normally.
But the happy time is over, as if today the boss gave not a slightly rusty bill, but a piece of fruit cake for her to eat in person.
"Really...... Won't you die?"
"I promise you. ”
"Well, thank you. This rainbow has been given to you, and I hope it will bring you good luck. She held up the bouquet of irises.
Then the deal began. When this sentence is spoken.
The man was no longer her equal, he had become a lion again, and the mere sight of it would make people feel frightened.
But he took the bunch of irises anyway.
The purple petals trembled slightly in the wind.
The leather coat slipped off the little girl's body at some point, and was then grabbed by the man.
He put on his coat in the wind and walked towards the building in the distance.
The little girl watched him go forward, all the way forward, until the eyes in the far away window hid in fear into the room. She forgot that she was still in the cold wind, and she wanted to find a place to hide from the wind, obviously her body was frozen purple, but there seemed to be a warm current in her body, so that she was no longer afraid of the cold.
The man disappeared into the building before she came back to her senses.
She had a trench coat over her shoulders and a scarf. A tall, blonde girl stood right in front of her, half-crouching, tying her scarf.
The little girl instinctively resisted, she wanted to break free of Yeslanka, and a strange feeling came over her, she just wanted to catch up with the man in the suit just now.
The black sedan was still parked there, and she felt like she would be taken away if she got into it and sneaked away from being detected. At last she pleaded, and the kind man would have agreed.
In any case, she didn't want to miss this opportunity.
"What's wrong with you?" asked YesLanka in English.
But the little girl looked at her in disgust, and she sprang out of the trench coat that covered her shoulders, and threw the scarf around her neck sideways at the blonde girl.
Yeslanga hurriedly grabbed it
This scarf was bought by Gu Xiaobei at the counter in Comet City last time, and she has always had a strange mood towards this scarf.
The little girl sprang out as fast as she could.
Yeslanka tried to follow, but Teacher Yuanyao stopped him.
Yuan Yao saw this scene, he felt that Yeslanka was a little uncommitted, and the child didn't appreciate it, so why bother asking for hardship?
"Don't go. ”
"It's not about you. She replied coldly.
Then rush forward.