While Xia Jingxiang smiled in surprise, he felt something deeply.

That is, I have never found myself a peaceful person who is too selfish to do anything.

And the brain seems to be quite stubborn.

The time to wait for Lan Yang was an hour, which was longer than expected.

Although the chat felt like a long conversation, it didn't even consume half an hour.

Just when Xia Jing was thinking about what to do next, she took the initiative to propose to go outside.

"It's almost time."

"Hey, there's more than forty minutes left."

"No, I mean another time."

Seeing the ghostly appearance of smiling, Xia Jingyou felt a bad premonition that he might be tricked again, but he couldn't find a reason to object, so he had to silently agree.

You can't just read a book in the ward without saying a word just because you have nothing to do.

It's too boring and the atmosphere is too awkward to pass the time.

"Can your body hold it?"

"Oh, are you worried about me? Thank you for your concern. ”

Good boy, good boy, Xiao said as he stretched out his hand to touch Keisuke's head.

“…… Uh, could you please stop touching my head like that? We're only two years apart. ”

Xia Jing, who was very embarrassed by such behavior, had to euphemistically express his troubles.

"Hehe, it's not advisable to inquire about a woman's age."

As a result, specious reasoning was used to obscure the focus.

- It's useless. Sure enough, I still didn't take her.

When Xia Jing gave up struggling and let her touch her head, the door of the ward was suddenly opened.

"Sorry. Are you there? ”

Xia Jing was so frightened that he looked back.

A pretentious tone, a childish voice that seems incongruous in comparison. The owner of that familiar voice is—

“…… Yaya? ”

"Summer view...... Why are you here? ”

Ye Ya stood in front of the door with a cold arrow expression.

Behind her was Ana, who was carrying a white wooden coffin.

“…… Seriously, carrying that thing on your back in the hospital is too appropriate, and it's really hairy to watch. ”

"I'm helpless. The enemy could attack at any time. I also tried every possible means to successfully leave Lin Yu alone. If she acts together, she will be noticeable. ”

Anyway, it's so exaggerated, it's not too much of a child in white - Xia Jing, who thought about it so much, also admired it very much, and it was really thanks to the two of them that they had a way not to be called by passers-by and arrived at the hospital all the way unimpeded. Is it because it's darker after the evening, so it doesn't look so conspicuous?

Anai bowed slightly along with the tomb on his back.

"Good night."

Ye Ya stared at this place with a suspicious gaze.

Yao was still touching Xia Jing's head.

"Oh, no...... It's ......"

When Xia Jing and Ye Ya looked at each other with an awkward gaze in this state, giggles rang out from behind.

Xia Jing suddenly remembered.

The phrase "almost in time" she mentioned earlier was referring to this very thing.

"Did you know Ye Ya was coming?"

Xia Jing gently brushed her hand away and sighed.

"Hey, I don't understand what you mean?"

The other party is very clear.

Her original plan should have been to go outside to meet Ye Ya, and then try to surprise Xia Jing and Ye Ya at the same time. Leaving the former aside, the latter's reaction was exactly what she wanted.

“…… Xia Jing, look at your shy look, what good things did you do with Yao? ”

In particular, Ye Ya chose to enter the house at this time, although it was purely accidental, but it played a higher effect than she expected.

Ye Ya glared at Xia Jing with a convulsive half-smile.

Xia Jing reflexively recalled the tragic end of the worship service.

"I am not ashamed to answer, I am not."

"No, you just have. I can see that. ”

Ye Ya rubbed his fists as he walked towards here with a menacing attitude.

It wasn't until recently that Xia Jing knew that this guy was unexpectedly jealous.

"Wait! This is a misunderstanding! ”

"It's a shame it's the fourth floor."

"It's not funny at all!"

Is Ye Ya's natural personality like this? Or, is it - Fang Yuan's?

No, how is that possible.

"Oops."

Tian raised his voice as if he was joking with Ya.

"A woman's jealousy is very cute, yes, but if you don't take it well, it will only attract the opposite effect, Yaya."

"Death...... Don't tease Xia Jing too much."

"Welcome. Thank you for coming to see me."

Although Ye Yaban made a stinky face, he still obediently sat down on the chair provided by Yao.

"Do you want to eat?"

Then, Yao took out the candy from the scaffolding and invited Ye Ya to eat.

「…… Alas, you are always ...... Treat me like a child."

Such a response seems to be commonplace.

"It's your favorite grape flavor."

"It's not about the taste that I care about......

Ye Ya frowned, but then accepted the candy as if giving up resistance.

She opened the package and put the candy in her mouth.

"Well, what is this?"

"Carbonic acid is added to the candy."

"Oh. This is ......."

「…… Look, you've been bought, haven't you?"

It's just a candy with carbonic acid added to be happy like that, and I'm embarrassed to ask people not to treat her like a child. Then again, it's a clever one.

In the blink of an eye, the difficult Ye Ya was tamed obediently, and Xia Jing was amazed by this technique.

"That, Sister Yao."

"What's the matter?"

"Can you teach me later?" Follow Yaya's approach."

"Hey, Natsujing...... You kid, you still want to ask me for a few tricks, don't you?"

Xia Jing pretended to shrug his shoulders to Ye Ya, who had reverted to a murderous gaze.

"Anyway, it's right to give her something to eat first."

"When I'm a dog!"

"Eating candy and protesting is not convincing at all, little one."

"You kid, you've been really ...... since before I'm not a little bit small!"

"Miss, she also likes the orange flavor."

"Anai, I don't need you to talk too much!"

Ye Ya turned around and stabbed Leng Buguan from behind.

It's just that she doesn't deny the fact that she likes candy.

Xia Jing couldn't help but chuckle.

There seems to be a relieved self in my heart. It is inevitable that the two of them are a little restrained and uncomfortable alone, but as soon as Ye Ya comes, there is a feeling of unloading the burden on his shoulders. I'm really still nervous, Xia Jing thought to himself.

"Straight down to business, Xia Jing, why are you here?"

Probably re-energized, Ye Ya repeated the initial question.

"I probably haven't told you about geniuses yet...... Is it Anno? It can't be Lin Yu."

"yes, how to explain it, that's a long way to say."

Xia Jing squinted at Yao, and it was not only Ye Ya who needed to be explained.

When Xiang Yao explained the process of coming here, Xia Jing was still wary of her, so he hid the part about his sister. Perhaps it would be better to re-explain that part to her.

In short, Xia Jing started from the beginning.

First of all, on the way home from school, I happened to meet Lan Yang.

She sang about the song that Xia Jing's sister often sang.

Lan Yang and his sister seem to be confidants.

and was brought to this hospital by Lan Yang, and happened by mistake and by accident-

After a rough explanation, Xia Jing asked Ye Ya, "She said, my sister appeared in your village. also said that she stayed in the mansion and did not come out...... What's going on here? What is a mansion? Aren't you from your own family? Have you heard of anything?"

Then don't forget to ask Yao.

"My sister's name is Xia Ning, and if she were still alive, she would be twenty-six years old. Do you have any clue?"

The two fell silent for a moment.

The one who is the first to speak is the first to speak.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know there was such a person. And if you are twenty-six years old...... There are no girls of a similar age."

"Of course, as long as you reach a certain age...... Well, there is no difficulty in performing the ritual."

Ye Ya, with a contemplative face, said as if he was considering the words.

"I'm sorry. You don't need to worry about my feelings. To put it bluntly, the person who took my sister's body was at least a few years older than you in the previous generation, right? So...... At what age is it more likely to be?"

"The oldest person around me was twenty. If you want to be older......

"Sister Yao, you're twenty years old?"

It's no wonder it feels so mature.

She only graduated from high school this year, which means that she should be delayed to the age of enrollment or graduation because of illness.

"Hate, Yaya, you...... Obviously, people dress up the atmosphere of the mysterious girl very well. All my hard work has been in vain."

Xiao half-joked as if he was a little angry, but immediately put on a serious face again.

"The closest older person to me is Sister Sasha. She is twenty-seven...... It's still twenty-eight. However, since the previous generation of the saint married later, only Sister Sasha is different from others."

"Then it's my mother's generation. The youngest were thirty-four and five. It's possible that this is the neighborhood."

The person named Sasha seems to be the same generation as her sister.

"Needless to say, Lady Sasha would never be a murderer. The identity of the object of the ritual is clear. I remember that it was her husband, Mr. Xuan, who knew him old. She will be back at the equinox, and I can ask her for confirmation then."

"Don't worry. No matter what, I won't see one and doubt the other."

Xia Jing shook his hand gently.

"But why did my sister appear in the village?"

It's also the most puzzling puzzle.

But it stands to reason that the two who grew up in that village couldn't answer Xia Jing's question.

"I don't understand. Basically, the village of the Deer Tribes is strictly forbidden to human women. It is impossible for a human female to be present in the village. As for the so-called mansion...... Which family will it be?"

Yao then supplemented Ya's statement.

"We're marrying human men, so for men, they have to live in a narrow, closed place like a village—and at the same time a very strange otherworld, right? So ......."

"I see."

To put it in the vernacular, it is to prevent an affair.

Living in a village with the deer tribe cannot be compared to living in human society. Of course, it's another thing for a man to return to the human environment for an affair. If a human woman appears in a group of inhuman women, it may lead to feelings of wanting to be close to humans, and the temptation to value things for scarce.

Although it is a reason to make people feel uncomfortable, but since he is a man, Xia Jing can actually understand it.

"Could it be that this is why she was locked up in the mansion? Wrong...... I can't think of a reason why my sister should stay in the village even if she was locked up in the house."

The thought of her sister possibly being imprisoned alone in a strange place made Xia Jing's heart ache.

"By the way, Senior Sister Lanyang...... Wonderful things have been said."

I remember asking her why my sister stayed in the village mansion when she asked her—

"What's the 'I forbid the ritual so I don't know' or something. What does the forbidden ritual mean?"

Xia Jing thought that everyone in the clan should know, so he asked without thinking too much.

However, when they heard the question, they both responded with surprised expressions.

"I've never heard of it...... What about you, Ya?"

"Me too. What's that?"

「…… Huh?"

The unexpected reaction made Xia Jing look surprised.

"But I think she said it naturally. I thought it was your people's language."

"Is it literally a writing ban, an eradication ritual? So to speak...... Wouldn't it be impossible to have children?"

"We haven't used that term before, but it seems to be the way it is."

"Ahh

After listening to Ye Yaliang's prediction, the memory reappeared in Xia Jing's mind.

- It's a deer, but it's not a deer either.

- Forbidden to circulate blood.

That's right. And she did.

However, Ye Ya and Yao still had expressions that could not be relieved.

"She said it was forbidden? By whom?"

"Isn't it the family?"

"Don't be stupid. How could this family deliberately do such a thing that would bring down the family!"

Xia Jing was suddenly confused.

Just a lot of information related to my sister is enough to make me anxious, and now there is one more Lan Yang, could it be that Lan Yang lied to himself? Although it doesn't look like it, it is possible that this is actually a trap set by the prosperity faction in order to make Xia Jingzhong.

"Blue Sun...... What kind of person is he?"

Ye Ya muttered with a somewhat solemn face, "Frankly, we don't know very well."

"She's from the same family, isn't she? Isn't that like your childhood playmate?"

"We did grow up together in the village since childhood. But...... We hardly talk to each other."

"Is that so?"

Hearing Ye Ya's words, he was stunned at first.

"Ahh Because of my poor health, I rarely go outside to play. I often come to the house to play with me all night, and Li Qi has a good relationship...... But it's ...... with Lan Yang."

Then explain his situation to Xia Jing, who doesn't know why.

Ye Ya shook his head.

"She has no friends. I still remember my childhood...... She always sat far away, looking at us who were playing with Li Qi and Anye with a look of envy."

"Then wouldn't it be better if you asked her to play with her?"

Xia Jing asked rhetorically.

"Of course I invited her to join at first, but Lan Yang always shook her head and stayed away. Although I am not discouraged to invite again and again...... However, in the end, I also thought that Lan Yang was withdrawn by nature. I thought maybe she just hated me."

Ye Ya lowered her voice, and her expression seemed lonely.

She has always had a strong sense of responsibility. I often say things like "as the heir of my family". If she had been in this kind of personality since she was a child, it would not be surprising that she would feel obligated to live in harmony with everyone. However, if it backfires and is hated by others, it is inevitable that there will be a feeling of resentment.

"So, when I heard that she had joined the Prosperity Faction, I wasn't surprised at all...... If she hates the whole family, it's not surprising that she'll join the Prosperity faction."