Before the rainstorm, the seaside adjacent to the Purple Pupil Field will become unusually furious, and the huge waves will tear the sea water into foam and slap mercilessly on the beach, as if there is some deep hatred with the beach, and the sand and gravel cannot compete with it, so it can only come and go with the waves.

The word "no quarrel with the world" has existed in Shen Fangli's "dictionary" for a long time, and since she was a child, she has been accustomed to seeing those adult fights, quarrels due to unfair sales, criminal cases caused by discord in neighborhoods, and power struggles caused by high and low positions...... Even her father had told her that she had offended a lot of people by being able to sit in the position of the patriarch today, and those people were always looking forward to ousting her father from power and trying to be above all else.

The outcome of the battle is bound to be a defeat for both sides, and Shen Fangli is afraid of that future, so she decides to become a bard in the future, bringing beautiful songs to the world that touch their hearts, and let the world realize how beautiful peace is.

Bard is the most freelance profession in Middle-earth, as long as you have a natural singing voice, you can win a large number of fans, you can hold bard concerts all over the world, you can write your own singles, the income is also quite rich, and more importantly, you have the right to terminate the contract with your agent at any time.

The description of this profession was learned by Shen Fangli from a girl about her age, who later went to study at the Holrenz Conservatory in the city, which made her envious. Originally, she begged her father to enter the academy as well, but his father thought that the level of music education in Qidao was limited and it was not as fast as self-study, so he gave her a large number of books on music knowledge for her reference.

It is not difficult for Shen Fangli to calm down and read the book, but the difficulty is to thoroughly implement every theory in the book, for example, there is a method of practicing the voice introduced in a book called "Sound Express": if you live near the sea, you might as well make an "ah" bel sound to the waves on the seaside when the rainstorm is coming, and try to drown out the sound of the waves with your high pitch.

After trying it today, Shen Fangli found that this was a paradox at all, she finally looked forward to the rainstormy weather, and even put on the clothes to cover the rain, but she couldn't cover the sound of the waves. Seeing that it was not too late, she gave up her practice and walked in the direction of the city, and if she returned too late, she would definitely be scolded again.

Just halfway to the road, the rainstorm fell from the sky, accompanied by the sound of a bang, Shen Fangli's clothes between the gaps into a series of waterways, as she ran, the water droplets splashed her clothes inside, the rain was too big, the effect of the clothes to keep out the rain was not good, and if it continued like this, it was estimated that when she returned home, her clothes had long been gone. After much thought, she decided to turn in the direction of the woods, where the dense foliage would help to mitigate the rain, and she could stay there and wait for the rain to stop before leaving.

Not long after she walked into the woods, Shen Fangli noticed that there was a gaze staring at her in the forest, she turned around and saw a figure standing motionless in the distance, and when she walked in, she recognized this person.

She is Shen Fangli's personal maid Xiangxiang, at this time, the soaked blue and white maid dress is close to her skin, the rain is sliding down her cheeks, she lowered her head with a sad expression, and turned to Shen Fangli after hearing the footsteps.

"Miss, it turns out that you are here, I have been looking for you for a long time, hurry up and go back with me, don't let the master worry. ”

Xiangxiang seemed to come back to her senses from her hesitation, and her expression made Shen Fangli very puzzled, so she asked: "Anyway, why did you come out without wearing a robe?

"I forgot, but since it's the master's order, of course you have to follow it as a subordinate. Okay, without further ado, let's go!"

At first glance, Xiang Xiang smiled very reluctantly, after getting along with her for so many years, Shen Fangli saw her show such an expression for the first time, obviously she was hiding the sadness in her heart with a smile, and her intuition told Shen Fangli that something must have happened to make Xiang so sad.

On the way back with Xiangxiang holding her hand, Shen Fangli was thinking about how to get out of Xiangxiang's words. But today's weather is really strange, just halfway through, the rain actually became lighter, when the sun re-emerged from the clouds, the warm light shone on her body, she suddenly thought of an idea, so she smiled at Xiangxiang.

"Anyway, your dress is soaked, and now that the rain has stopped, how about I accompany you to the East Block to buy one? ”

"Thank you Miss for your concern, no need, as a maid, you must be thrifty. ”

"What are you afraid of? As long as I tell my father, he will fulfill any request. You have served me for so many years, and it is also appropriate to give you a gift, so you should not refuse. ”

"Still don't need to, I'm a subordinate after all. ”

Shen Xiang still behaved very coldly, Shen Fangli lowered her head and thought for a moment, then turned to her with a smile and said, "Anyway, Sister Xiang is the same age as her brother, how about it? Do you have a favorite object? There are a lot of handsome guys in the city." ”

When her eyes met with Xiangxiang, Shen Fangli was really startled, and her expression was clearly telling herself that she was not interested.

Damn, what is it that Sister Xiang is interested in? Shen Fangli thought about it, so she asked recklessly: "Sister Xiangxiang, I have never heard you tell me about your family, I want to know who introduced you to our house? I heard my father say that you used to live on the other side of West Street." ”

Hearing the word "West Street", Xiang Xiang was shocked, and the expression on her face frightened Shen Fangli, and Shen Fangli asked what she shouldn't ask.

"I grew up in a slum kiln, and my family was poor when I was a child, and my parents had to send me to the patriarch's mansion to make me your maid in order to make a living. I only get home once a year to visit my parents, but when I go back to my parents' house on West Street again this year, guess what happened?"

"What's wrong with your father and mother?" asked Shen Fangli in a low voice.

"When I opened the dilapidated wooden door, a foul smell hit me, and my parents lay motionless on the ground, their bodies almost rotting, and a large number of maggots wriggling on the dark patchy skin. ”

Shen Fangli's description made Shen Fangli almost vomit, she didn't dare to ask, so she had to listen to Xiang Xiang continue.

"My parents died of black spot disease, and there are many people like them who have died in West Street. ”

"Wait, is there another outbreak of black spot disease on the island?

"Because the patriarch has blocked the news, but as the spread trend continues to worsen, more and more people know about it, and you are still in the dark, it's incredible?"

After learning the truth of the facts, Shen Fangli was very shocked, it turned out that everyone around her was hiding from herself, including her father, he knew about the crisis in Qidao early on, but he would rather bear it alone than let her stay out of the matter, for what? Is it just because he is still just a child?

"How is the situation on West Street now?, can you tell me?" asked Shen Fangli nervously.

"It's very miserable, the death toll is rising, the army will cordon off the whole West Street tomorrow, no one can come and go, and they don't know what they're going to do next. ”

"Then I have to tell my father about this quickly, as far as I know, the army can't act without his order, who gave the order?" Shen Fangli realized the strangeness of the matter, and urged Xianxiang to quickly return to the city with her, but Xuanxiang didn't move a single step, and shook off her hand, her face almost distorted with anger.

"It's all your fault, it's you...... You caused me to lose all my relatives. Yan Xiang suddenly took out a dagger from her waist and pointed it at Shen Fangli, "You are an ominous person, if you die, everyone will not have to die, and Qidao will be saved." ”

"Sister Xiangxiang, calm down, put the knife down, and listen to me. Shen Fangli took a step back, and Xiang Xiang took a step, and this time she used both hands to hold the knife to control her trembling hands.

"Huh...... Calm down, why should I be calm, I'm going to kill you to eliminate the harm to the island?"

After saying that, Xiangxiang stabbed Shen Fangli, fortunately she dodged in time, and Xiangxiang's knife did not hurt the vital point, but the blade slashed her waist, accompanied by a sharp pain, and the corner of the cloth was stained red with blood, Shen Fangli ran away, so that Xiangxiang's second knife stabbed in the air, she took off her heavy coat and ran loudly for help, but there was still a long distance from the city, and no one could hear her cry for help, not to mention that she was a girl, and she couldn't run an adult woman at all.

Xiangxiang caught up with her and pressed her to the ground, at the moment when she raised the dagger, a white bird with the size of an eagle fell from the sky and attacked Xiangxiang with its claws, although Xiangxiang drove the white bird with a dagger, but the white bird was not reluctantly entangled with her, taking this opportunity Shen Fangli got up and quickly stood aside, she was going to escape, but she was afraid that Xiangxiang would hurt the white bird, after all, this bird saved her life.

Unexpectedly, Shiratori overcame the dagger and left multiple scratches on her face, neck, and hands, and the dagger fell to the ground in shock, and she grew her mouth, and saw the white bird that made a victory cry resting on Shen Fangli's shoulder.

"White Bird! Oh my God! It's a White Bird!" "Aka recognized the white bird that attacked her, and the look of fear on her face was as if she had seen a demon, and then she turned around and ran away screaming.

Looking at the contrast between before and after the incense, Shen Fangli was very puzzled, she turned to the white bird and tried to communicate with the white bird. "Thank you! You saved my life!"

"Chirp...... Tweet ......"

The white bird made a crisp chirping sound, which made Shen Fangli think that the bird was spiritual, so she continued, "Let's make friends." ”

"Chirp?"

"You mean to agree?" Shen Fangli was very helpless, because she didn't understand Shiratori's consciousness.

"Chirp!"

"I'm convinced of you, the endless 'chirp', then I'll call you a little tweet, really!"

The white bird seemed to be very happy that Shen Fangli chose this name for her, and flew around her several times.

"Come on, you're going to make me dizzy, Xiao Jiu, I'll call you that from now on, let's stop for a while. Shen Fangli gave the order to the white bird, and she carefully stretched out her right hand.

Amazingly, Shiratori seemed to understand what she meant, and quietly stopped on her hand.

Shen Fangli smiled like a white bird and said: "First time we met, Xiao Jiu, my name is Shen Fangli, next time I come to play with you, the situation is very urgent, I must rush back to the city as soon as possible." ”

The white bird let out a crisp chirp, flapped its wings and flew into the sky, disappearing into a red cloud.

After sending the white bird away, Shen Fangli tore off a strip of cloth from her clothes, gritted her teeth and bandaged the wound on her waist for herself, she was not skilled, but it would be good to stop the bleeding. Today she can be regarded as picking up a life, but after returning to the city, she will inevitably see Xiangxiang, how should she face her at that time?