Chapter 1: Serial Deaths in Rosetown

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When Dong Wusheng woke up after three hundred years of sleep, the first thing she saw was the incomparably gentle dusk of Rose Town.

The tranquil dusk delicately spreads the whole heaven and earth. The world is like a small cradle, and you sleep here, without a trace of panic or fear to disturb you. Grass and trees turn into black silhouettes, dotting this peaceful holy place. Every ebb and fall on the silhouette is intoxicatingly soft.

This is the world-famous scenery of Rose Town, and it is breathtaking.

It took Dong Wusheng a moment to realize that he was being watched.

It was the dim light and the beauty of the scenery that the black figure of the building was completely integrated into the background, stealing all her attention, that made her commit such a faux pas.

This was just a judgment made by Dong Wusheng when he had just woken up and his mind was not very clear.

After a while, she realized that the point of the problem was not here.

The real point is that there is no sound in this world, or rather, she can't hear it.

It was only at this moment, looking at the lips of the people around him that they closed without making any sound, Dong Wusheng suddenly felt that he was out of place in this new world, and was a little flustered about it.

"You ...... What are you talking about? I can't hear you...... I—I can't hear anything!"

This panic intensified over time, to the point that she was startled when someone suddenly touched her shoulder.

Dong Wusheng turned his head to look, and what caught his eye was the delicate face of a brown-haired young man, and a pair of turquoise eyes were staring at her worriedly. His mouth is also moving, what is he talking about?

"Yes, I'm sorry...... I can't hear what you're saying...... I don't know what's going on, I can't hear anything right now......"

Fortunately, the long slumber did not make her forget the instinct to speak. She saw the boy's brow furrow slightly, then smiled at her gently, and patted the hand on her shoulder very softly.

At sunset, the silhouette of the boy is rendered with a very warm golden halo. His delicate features were so beautiful that they looked like sculptures made by the Greeks.

It was probably the strange and silent world in front of him that made Dong Wusheng extremely sensitive to the emotions of others. She felt the boy's kindness and understood the boy's gentle relief, so when the boy held her right hand, she didn't struggle, just watched quietly.

It wasn't until the young man's warm hand held her that Dong Wusheng realized that he had a thin silver chain tied to his right hand.

The silver chain, half the size of her thumb, passed through the five fingers of her right hand through the flesh and bones, then passed through the back of her hand, circled along her wrist, and finally ...... In the end, it sank into the skin of the wrist!

The other end of the silver chain is wound several times around the middle three fingers, and finally hangs down the middle finger, and the top is set with a thumb-sized ruby.

What is this?!

Dong Wusheng looked at this thing that seemed to grow on his right hand in astonishment, but because he was being held by the young man, he didn't act rashly.

After a while, Dong Wusheng felt something cool coming from the young man's palm, running down her arms and through her body, finally stopping at her ears.

Dong Wusheng only felt that the back of his ears was cool, very gentle, very comfortable, and then he began to hear some sounds that were like nothing, and the sound gradually became louder, at first it was a little noisy, like an old radio, with noise, slowly, it became more and more clear.

"How are you feeling now?"

The boy's voice flashed in with the buzz.

Dong Wusheng raised his head and looked at the young man, a little pleased, "What did you just say?" I'm sorry, I didn't hear clearly. ā€

There was a hint of a smile in the young man's eyes, he shook his head, raised the corners of his mouth, and showed a shallow smile, "It's okay." ā€

Like the first gentle breeze of early spring, blowing through the world that has not yet thawed.

Looking at this smile, Dong Wusheng was a little surprised, and she was a little reluctant to take her eyes off, but compared to this, she was more curious about what the circle of people on the side had been surrounding here since just now, and she couldn't wait to hear what they were saying.

Dong Wusheng pricked up his ears and listened carefully to their conversation, only to find that she couldn't understand a word.

Ahh

Dong Wusheng then thought that she didn't know how long she had been sleeping, and if it was long enough, then the world might not be the one she knew for a long time, and the language people spoke was probably not any of the ones she had learned.

She looked around blankly, and finally her gaze fell on the boy.

Only this person seemed to understand her language......

Before she could speak, the boy seemed to understand what she meant, pulled her to her feet, walked up to a bearded uncle who seemed to have the most status, and communicated something to him in a language she did not understand. The uncle nodded, dispersed the crowd of onlookers, and led the two of them in one direction.

"The mayor has agreed to take us in, and we're going to spend the night at their house now. ā€

The young man explained to Dong Wusheng as he walked.

"Ah, thank you......"

Dong Wusheng thanked him gratefully.

If it weren't for this teenager, she really didn't know what to do.

Hearing Dong Wusheng's words, the young man just smiled, "Don't worry, it's nothing, you've been sleeping for more than three hundred years, it's just a little out of touch with the times, and it's okay to be familiar with it for a while." ā€

Unexpectedly, the young man saw through the uneasiness in Dong Wusheng's heart at a glance, which made her feel very embarrassed. Dong Wusheng carefully recalled the young man's face, she thought that she had just slept for too long, and her memory was a little chaotic, but who knew that this time she thought about it, her mind was almost blank, and she didn't remember anything.

I don't even remember who my surname was, what I should do, what I would do.

It's not like I've just woken up today, it's like I've just been born today.

Dong Wusheng began to feel more confused than ever.

"What's wrong with you, you don't look good?"

The boy seemed to notice her strangeness, and gently, squeezed her hand.

Dong Wusheng raised his head and looked at him, "Are you calling me?"

The boy frowned slightly, a look of worry and concern written on his face.

"What's wrong with you?"

Dong Wusheng saw the reflection of the only one in those pure turquoise eyes, and felt the hand holding her involuntarily tighten a little.

The person in front of her, can she really be trusted?

Dong Wusheng hesitated for a moment before he spoke, "Did you know me before?"

If this boy had known her before, wouldn't he have lived for more than three hundred years?

Can humans live that long?

Having lost all her previous knowledge and memories, Dong Wusheng couldn't make a definitive judgment about what was in front of her, she only vaguely knew that something was not right, but she couldn't say what was wrong.

After all, she herself slept for three hundred years.

The boy seemed to have guessed something, and asked cautiously, "You...... Don't remember any of the past?"

Seeing Dong Wusheng nodding, the young man's constricted brows slowly loosened, and he comforted Dong Wusheng with a smile, "It's okay, since you don't remember anymore, then don't care about the past." ā€

The young man's smiling face was like a thawing glacier, with an unassuming tenderness, but Dong Wusheng sank his face, "Why aren't you sad to hear that I have amnesia? If you really know me and am my friend, shouldn't you feel sad and lost, and even a little dissatisfied with me? I have completely forgotten about you." ā€

Indifferently watching the young man open his mouth as if to say something, Dong Wusheng added, "Don't tell me you don't mind at all, I won't believe it." ā€

The boy was silent for a moment, and the atmosphere seemed a little embarrassed. This made Dong Wusheng regret it a little.

Just as she was about to apologize, the young man sighed again, reached out and rubbed the top of Dong Wusheng's head, "Then how do you want me to prove that you are willing to believe me?"

I'm still not angry at all......

Dong Wusheng glanced at him, knocked off his hand, lowered his head and spit out two words in a low voice, "Forget it." ā€

It's too bad to treat the people who helped me like this, and I don't have any sheng.

Dong Wusheng lowered his head in some frustration.

The young man seemed to be very annoyed, Dong Wusheng's dejected appearance seemed to make him helpless, he thought for a while, and then took out a round ball wrapped in gold leaf from his pocket and handed it to her, "You used to like to drink the most, but now you can't find wine for a while, do you want to try this?" I heard that it is called wine heart chocolate, and it smells of wine, but it is actually sugar ......."

Wine?

Dong Wusheng's mind had a mellow taste, which made her salivate.

Dong Wusheng took the chocolate, peeled it open and put it in his mouth. A rich, bitter fragrance spread through her mouth. She spat it out almost immediately.

"What is this!

Dong Wusheng shouted with his tongue out.

The young man hurriedly took out a fruit candy and handed it to her, watching her expression soothe after eating it, then he touched the back of his head and said embarrassedly: "It's quite bitter, but I see that you used to like bitter things, so ......"

Dong Wusheng was in a better mood with fruit candy in her mouth, and when she heard the young man's words, she frowned suspiciously, "I really liked bitter things before? Have you ever tasted them? Maybe it's not bitter?"

The young man thought about it and didn't speak, Dong Wusheng only took him as a default.

Dong Wusheng didn't know that in the years when she was sleeping, the boy had tasted all the things she had liked before, trying to understand her mood at that time, but he didn't fall in love with the taste in the end, he just fell in love with collecting such things.

Wine, coffee, chocolate, ...... Every time he collected, he looked forward to her awakening.

He looked forward to her surprise when she saw them.

Although it was a little different from what he expected, he was not disappointed, on the contrary, he was a little happy.

The current Dong Wusheng will be uneasy, angry, and selfish, although it looks much more ordinary than before, but compared to the Dong Wusheng who disappeared while smiling three hundred years ago, this one is much more vivid now.

If he could, he hoped she would be so ordinary forever.

Uncle Town, who was leading the way, inadvertently looked back and saw the interaction between the two, feeling that it was good to be young, but also reminded him of his daughter Jenny, who was having an awkward relationship with her family over emotional problems.

Who hasn't had a vigorous love affair when he was young, thinking about him and his wife back then, that's really ......

Alas, perhaps it was really because he and his wife were too demanding of Jenny, and perhaps it would be better for the young people to deal with their own emotional problems.

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