The woman was covered in blood, her black hair was scattered, stained with leaves and blood, her clothes were tattered, the hem of her skirt was torn in large pieces, revealing a large section of her calf stained with some mud, an embroidered shoe was gone, and only a pair of Luo socks that were so dirty that she could not see the color on her feet...... It was like he had just crawled out of a grave. Her whole body was curled up in a small ball, her face buried in her knees, and her long hair hung down from both sides, forming a shadow. She just cowered under the willow tree, motionless, like a lifeless statue.

The surrounding area was mottled and terrible, the clearing in the middle was devoid of grass, and the bare earth seemed to be dark red, like a large pool of freshly coagulated blood. The surrounding vegetation centered on the bloodstains is sparse, and even the marginal areas of nearly a dozen feet are withered and yellow, and life has been corroded by unknown things.

Obviously, there has just been a fierce battle.

When Cen Biqing arrived, the first thing she saw was such a scene.

He clenched his fists, clenched and loosened, straightened his waist, pursed his slightly thin lips, looked at the figure under the tree from a distance of ten feet, hesitated for a long time, and finally stepped on the red satin soft boots with silver silk, and walked towards the woman under the tree step by step.

His white jade palm gently rested on the shoulder of the woman sitting on her knees under the tree, and he called, "Su Su......" and then could not say any words of comfort.

He knew no more than that she didn't need any comfort at this point.

The substance on her shoulders came to her mind clearly, the woman trembled almost invisibly, her eyelashes buried in her knees trembled slightly, her fingers holding her knees tightened, and her pointed nails slowly dug into the flesh...... After a while, she let go of her hand as if giving up and slowly opened her eyes.

"Su Su," the young man in red took her thin figure into his arms and whispered in his ear, "I'm late......"

Sorry, I'm late.

Xiaoqing...... Is it?

The chapped lips moved, and before they could make a sound, cold tears had already rolled down their cheeks, cold and no temperature, and they became more and more uncontrollable, and soon formed a stream, washing the mud on their faces more and more mottled.

Youkai, is it possible to cry?

Su Su's crying was very loud. From simple tears at the beginning, it slowly turned into crying loudly...... In the end, it became a low roar. The snake girl should have been perfect everywhere, but her bewitching image was once again ruined by her.

She thoughtwardly that she was not a pure youkai in the first place, and she is not a pure person now. Since God has arranged for her to be such a free from the Six Realms, she should naturally live according to what she thinks and thinks, so why bother with this useless set of people and demons......

She cried happily because there happened to be such a person when she wanted to cry but didn't know who to cry to...... Because I want to vent all the anguish, fear, anxiety, and unwillingness that cannot be known since the crossing......

Su Su thought, this is really good.

When she wanted to cry, there happened to be someone who could lend her a shoulder...... Don't dislike her noise.

Originally, she just wanted to sit here quietly for a while and then go back.

In fact, no one comforts and no one cares, and she can live well. However, after having the care of others, I felt that it was so uncomfortable to hide in the corner and lick the wound to heal.

She felt that she was finished......

She cried for a long time, so long that even she hated her cowardice and trouble.

But after crying, I was really relaxed. The burden that had been on the horizon for a long time seemed to flow out with tears. She nestled in his arms, and for the first time felt that she could live so easily.

When her eyes were hazy with tears, she thought in a trance, why did she suddenly feel so aggrieved, so wanted to cry, and was so relieved?

…… It's like...... The lost child has finally found ...... the same~~

Su Su leaned on his chest and gradually stopped sobbing, his dirty face rubbed unceremoniously on the young man's clean red clothes, and he sobbed and choked with half crying and half laughing...... I almost died. I ......, "I thought you weren't coming......

"I'm not going to give them another chance to bully you." It was rare for the boy not to care about her disrespect, and his slender arms hugged her tighter.

“…… Well," Su Su snorted in his arms and sat down on the ground, "you promised...... No repentance......"

"No repentance."

Su Su raised a crying cat-like face, and persistently begged for reassurance, "What you said is true?" ”

This is a very pitiful appearance...... Cen Biqing thought a little distractedly, but it seemed like ...... The puppy who always eats and drinks with a good skin by the side of Xu's house......

The boy laughed at his thoughts, pursed his lips, and gently wiped the mud from her face with his slender and beautiful fingertips, and seriously assured, "Really." ”

"Don't lie to me?"

"I kid you not."

"Really don't lie to me??"

“…… It's true. ”

"Really, really don't lie to me???"

“…… Really ......"

"Listening to your tone, are you annoying me?"

“…… Nope."

"If you have such a bad temper, you must be annoying me......"

“……”

Su Su got up from his arms and clasped his hands to his chest, "There is no refutation, you really annoy me for me~"

“…… Auntie, you talk too much. "I'm afraid she didn't even notice it herself, and it was only when she was uneasy that she was like this? - He's too late after all.

“……”

You can't say something nice~ She's still hurting, she's still hurting!

Su Su bit her lip, threw herself back into the young man's arms for comfort, hugged his thin waist, buried her face in his clothes, and suddenly said in a sullen voice: "Xiaoqing...... I killed a man. ”

Cen Biqing patted her gently on her back to soothe her and stiffened.

"Just now...... I tortured him to death with my own hands...... Just like when he treated Wen Jiaorui......"

It was the first time she had killed someone...... Originally, I had already done a lot of psychological construction for myself, telling myself that in this era of rampant demons, I would either kill or be killed. If you don't want to die, you have to learn to resist, take someone's life, and change your own life.

She didn't think there was anything wrong with doing so. After all, she didn't kill people for no reason...... If people don't offend me, I don't offend anyone. But if someone has forced her to this role, how can she not do it and let others slaughter her?!

She cherishes life above all else.

If anyone bullies her, she will get it back tenfold and hundredfold.

This monk ...... It's just self-inflicted...... I can't blame her.

But when your hands are so deeply and truly stained with blood...... When her soul seemed to be split into two halves, and the rational half was above the air, she looked indifferently at her, like a cold blade that cut off people's limbs and took people's lives......

There is no undue compassion, no guilt or remorse......

It's just fear.

The body tends to be much more honest than the heart. Her slightly trembling hands told her that she wasn't used to such gore.

And as a youkai, she should have turned a blind eye...... It should have been used to it!

But she's terrified...... In cowardice......

Her hand holding Cen Biqing's sleeve trembled slightly. fell into such a dead end, the moment she saw Cen Biqing's original form, she already had the consciousness of devoting herself to killing and counter-killing for the rest of her life. She has to fight with Xu Xian, fight with the Queen Mother of the West, and fight with Si Ming Xinjun...... Even, fighting with Cen Biqing.

His and her positions are different after all.

Someday, it will go astray. It's only a matter of time before they part ways.

She figured out a lot. A fragile human being, a wandering lonely soul, in the face of a completely strange world, in the face of everything involuntarily, in order to survive, must be strong.

Attachment to others is never a long-term solution. If you don't have enough strength, how can you think of being able to live freely?

It's just that...... She's still not strong enough after all.

"Xiaoqing......" She took a heavy breath, gradually calmed down, and couldn't guess the emotion, "This time, I remember it all......"

Not only remember, but also clearly as if she did it herself~ However, she knows too well that this is not her at all.

It's just that I can't tell whether that is the real Bai Suzhen...... Still is...... Demonized her?

"Don't be afraid." The boy hugged her gently, "It's all over." ”

"Susu, I'm here."

His long, strong arms hugged her tighter, and he repeated as if muttering, "...... I'm here. ”

“…… Is it always there? She was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting him to say such a thing. The hand that grabbed the hem of his shirt tightened, buried his head lower, and asked in a sullen voice, feeling a little depressed and melancholy. How can anyone guard a person for the rest of his life? Especially...... He.

"All the time." The boy looked into her eyes, and he was extremely serious.

Su Su inexplicably had some ear heat, lowered his eyes and stopped talking.

Always, all the time?

Is it true that you won't leave again?

The sky is getting dark, there is a little cold in the forest, and the birds are returning to their nests, which is even more silent.

"Xiaoqing," Su Su raised his head from his arms, wiped his face, and said calmly, "...... Let's go back. ”

In fact, she really didn't want to go back, she was already guarding against Xu Xian Xu Jiaorong, and after that day, the mustard in her heart was not deep. She was running out of patience in the face of them. But she really can't help it...... The world is helpless, and the demon world is ...... It's not necessarily much easier.

"Susu," Cen Biqing looked at her and said in a low voice, "Let's go back to Qiantang Gate first." ”

Su Su was stunned again, but she didn't expect him to indulge her so much, and she was suddenly moved to tears with her hands around her chest. "Xiaoqing, you finally have a little conscience, and you know that you are considerate of the girl's family. That's what I like! ”

Cen Biqing was silent. “…… Auntie, if you go back directly with your ugly appearance, it is difficult to guarantee that you will not be swept away by Xu Hanwen. ”

"......, please when she didn't say anything~."