Chapter 35: Cher's Gratitude (Part II)
"Don't you like me?" Xue'er's puzzled expression made Dong Jieyu's heart ache. Looking at her appearance under heavy makeup, I realized that she was still so young, and she looked less than twenty. And such a girl was misled by the wrong world view, drunk and dreaming of death, drunk and gold, back and forth between the arms of various men.
"I feel your gratitude, put the clothes on......" Dong Jieyu smiled and picked up the clothes for Xue'er and handed them to her.
"Then turn your head away......"
"Good. ”
Cher took care of her clothes, sat next to Jie Yu, sat on the grass together, and quietly told him about her past......
She was born in Blackwood City, a slum north of Qingyu City. Cher is a prostitute and a prodigal son's lustful remnant, and she is an existence that has not been blessed since birth. In this world, she has no support, no special talent, and there is only one thing that God has given her - that is beauty.
She grew up alone, and the more she grew up, the darker and more complicated the world she faced. Every day in unsupervised old neighborhoods, adolescent girls fall into a dark alley and lose their lives, and poor people fight for their own interests and sow the fruits of their own desires.
In order to survive, her mother taught her to use her beauty to gain money and dependence.
So, from the age of fourteen, when her body and mind were not yet out of immaturity, the main line of her life was to shuttle around various men, to appear in beautiful romances, in exchange for money and jewelry.
Gradually, the wrong way of life led her to the wrong outlook on life, and it became her pursuit to constantly look for a richer and more powerful partner and obtain more benefits. Whether it is a nobleman or a dark elf of a superior race, a blood clan, or even an orc, as long as she can give her money and protection, she will be willing to become a small pet by the other party's side.
Her life is so confused, forgetting what she wants, heartless and like a walking corpse. Until yesterday, when the war suddenly took away everything in daily life, until she met this man who risked his life to save her without expecting anything in return......
"That's my life so far. Cher whispered to end the monologue about herself, thinking of her past life, it was so unbearable and laughable.
At this time, a warm body temperature covered all the remorse in her heart.
Dong Jieyu quietly pulled Xue'er into his arms, and under the physical contact, Xue'er could feel that his body was full of strength, but the feeling of holding her was so gentle......
Yi Meng once said that when a girl is sad, she doesn't need words to comfort her, what she needs is a warm hug and a shoulder to rely on. Jie Yu stroked Xue'er's soft hair, as if to soothe the little beast that had been injured.
Xue'er pushed Dong Jieyu away, this was to control a certain throbbing in her heart and maintain her last reserve.
"I'm fine, and I don't need you to be pitiful. Xue'er raised her voice and pretended to be sharp, her face red.
Another gust of wind blew, Dong Jieyu raised his face to enjoy the soft breeze, and then asked Xue'er, "Where is your family now?"
“......”
"I don't have a family anymore, my only family, it's my mom. She was beaten to death in the street when I was eighteen years old because of a petty verbal altercation with an orc...... I don't have any siblings, and as for other relatives, uncles, aunts, grandparents, etc., I haven't seen them since I was born......"
Cher exhaled and smiled bitterly self-deprecatingly: "To be honest, I really didn't feel anything when my mother died. It's supposed to be sad, but there's just no sadness...... I've been living with her, but for a while, I feel like I've been living alone. She raised me, but educated me as a tool to make money for her. I don't know if I should love her or hate her......" Cher said, her voice deepening in depth.
"Don't think about it. Dong Jieyu touched Xue'er's hair again and wanted to comfort her. Cher did protest unhappily: "Don't keep touching my head! I'm not a puppy......"
"What about you, what about your family?" Xue'er turned to Dong Jieyu and asked, her eyes flashed, she looked younger than her actual age twenty without heavy makeup, she was really innocent and good-looking.
Hearing Xue'er ask, Dong Jieyu was a little lonely, and said: "My family is in the distant Eastern Shenzhou Continent, and I really haven't seen each other for several years because of my study. Although they sometimes use the magic communicator to talk, I really want to sit at the same table with them and have a meal, a normal homely meal. ”
"It's nice to have family, I don't have any family to eat around a table with me. ”
"Yes, you will be with me and Yimeng in the future, we are your family. Dong Jieyu said gently.
But Xue'er was not moved immediately, she imagined that she was with Dong Jieyu and Yimeng, and the picture of herself being together really seemed to be a family of three. She is a mother who cooks in an apron, Dong Jieyu is an office worker in a suit, and Yimeng has shrunk several times under her brain and has become a baby, this picture feels a little strange and a little funny.
Thinking about it, Cher smiled dumbly.
"Okay, we'll be a family in the future. Cher smiled brightly and responded in a brisk voice.
Then she stretched out her little finger to Dong Jieyu's eyes.
"Pull hook, you are my family, you can never betray me, never, okay?" Cher said softly, a little shy, and the starlight in her beautiful eyes revealed a sense of longing.
"Promise you!"
The little fingers of the two clasped together, looked at each other, and made a pact with each other.
Suddenly, Dong Jieyu seemed to notice something, looked into the distance and said, "It seems that someone is coming." ”
When Xue'er heard someone coming, she quickly withdrew her little hand that was hooked with Jie Yu, and her face was flushed. If others see the two of them sitting together with their little fingers hooked on their little fingers, it is too easy for people to misunderstand.
After a while, the person Dong Jieyu said gradually entered the field of vision of the two.
It was a tall, slender young man, his complexion was not very good, and his hair was long, and he looked a little haggard. is not very old, but his expression shows the vicissitudes of life that do not match his age.
He wears a white vest over his rebel uniform, and is supposed to be a logistic medic.
The haggard man saw Jie Yu and Xue'er sitting on the grass, and walked straight over, obviously looking for them, but it was not clear who was looking for them.
Xue'er looked at the medical soldier coming, sighed helplessly, stood up with her back straight and her chest straight, her upright posture revealed a noble atmosphere of high society, and said, "Look for me, okay, I'll go back to rest immediately." ”
But...... Very embarrassed, the medic just glanced at Cher and ignored her......
This made Cher's face ugly.
"Are you Dong Jieyu?" the young man said to Jieyu.
Seeing Dong Jieyu nodding, the haggard young man continued, "It was Mr. Cain who sent me to do some restorative treatment for you, my name is Guan Xingjian. ”
The young man named Guan Xingjian said with a smile, Dong Jieyu looked at the young man's weak eyes, and there was a deep nothingness in it.