The reason why Xiaojing and her mother were caught up in the fog of the mirage property market is because the latter took Xiaojing to the mirage property market for some reason.

I've always been curious about Xiaojing's mother's motivation for doing this, so I'll put aside the details of the inside of the shelter for later, and let's talk about her mental journey first. After entering the shelter, Xiaojing couldn't help but ask questions about his mother, who showed a bitter smile characteristic of a self-reliant person, and then explained to us the ins and outs of the matter.

The matter can be traced back to the middleman incident, when Joan's senior involved all the students of the private interest group in the ruins due to his own selfish desires, and in the end, the only students who survived were Joan and Xiaojing, and the other students all died in the mouth of the devil. Although I have not paid much attention to the aftermath of this incident, in the eyes of the secular society, this is a major case of the mysterious disappearance of many students, not to mention that the school must pay attention to it, and the local government must also pay full attention to it.

But as a result, this case of a heinous nature was not taken seriously by anyone. Maybe it was paid attention to at first, and there were even related news reports published in the corners of the city newspapers, and then no one paid attention to them. This is the nature of covert events. Don't say that it is the death of "a few students", even if it is the destruction of Bairi Town, and the destruction of the current mirage market, the outside world will only make noise for a while at most, and finally it will be over.

However, others can not pay attention to it, but Xiaojing's mother can't ignore it, who calls her the parent of the person concerned. At that time, Xiaojing had to go to the Security Bureau regularly for medical examinations because he ate food from another space, and Xiaojing's mother also learned about the incident under the voluntary explanation of the Security Bureau.

She is deeply frightened by her daughter's unbelievably cruel experience, and thinks of her ex-husband, who she hasn't seen for years, that is, Naruyoshi.

More than ten years ago, she married Mingyi and became husband and wife. At that time, Mingyi was not a law enforcement warlock, but a young man from a family of secular law enforcers, with a handsome face and a strong physique, as well as a kind and enthusiastic heart. She falls in love with Naruto and is determined to stay with each other.

And although Mingyi is proud in love, he is frustrated in the workplace. His temperament is too straightforward, and whenever he sees injustice, he insists on going up and taking care of it. To put it nicely, this is called rather bending than bending, and it is stubborn in an unpleasant direction. This is true for colleagues, and it is also true for superiors, who can't rub sand in their eyes.

And this kind of character did not show the slightest sign of change even after he was thirty years old, but intensified. It stands to reason that after a man has a wife and children, he should also know how to be sophisticated and tactful, but his nerves are probably more sluggish than others, that is, there is no sign of "changing the evil and returning to the right", and I don't know whether it should be said that he has not changed his original intention. Although he relied on the relationship accumulated by his parents in the circle to prevent a lot of disasters from this, this method will not last long after all.

A few years ago, he was finally kicked out of the unit by some people.

"When I was a child, I longed for my parents, I thought they were heroes, and I wanted to be like them when I grew up. But the heroes I imagined didn't seem to be the same as the heroes in reality. At this time, Mingyi said self-deprecatingly, "I think there must be something wrong, but I don't want to admit that the problem is my own, and I don't want to admit that I lack the ability to deal with the world and the heart to empathize with the difficulties of others." ”

"I heard Xiaojing say that the relationship between you and your wife was very ...... Not harmonious. And you're not just drinking, you're gambling outside? Joe Licorice asked.

"I was such a bastard during that time." Naruto was full of self-reproach and some doubts, "But, gambling? Even then, I didn't gamble. ”

"That's what I explained to Xiaojing." Xiaojing's mother sighed and continued. Mingyi, on the other hand, pressed his doubts and inserted a few words next to him from time to time to supplement them.

After a period of turbulent time, Naruyoshi is accidentally involved in a dangerous hidden incident and is rescued by Lieku, who then recommends him to the Security Bureau. He saw the world that he had never seen before, and he rekindled his ambition, and his whole person was cheered up.

But in the eyes of Xiaojing's mother, it was not the case, she only felt that Mingyi was doing some kind of incomprehensible and extremely dangerous job. There is no way for ordinary people to look at the hidden world in this way, even if Mingyi explains the content and nature of his work to her countless times, it is as useless as pouring fine sand into a funnel, which only aggravates the indescribable horror impression of the hidden world in Xiaojing's mother's eyes.

Later, the warlock criminals that Naruto was chasing attacked their mother and daughter out of revenge, and although this attempt was stopped by Naruto in time, Xiaojing's mother made up her mind and left Naruyi with her daughter.

At the same time, in order to explain the reason for her divorce to her daughter, she also vividly fabricated the lie that Mingyi was actually a gambler. Why not tell the truth? Because she was really worried that her daughter would be too naïve and fearless to be interested in those bizarre things, so she would take the initiative to approach her dangerous father. Instead of that, it is better to make up a story that will make the daughter take the initiative to stay away from her father.

And after the middleman incident, she realizes that even if she leaves Mingyi, her daughter and herself may not be completely away from those unspeakable horrors. Although from the warlock's point of view, Xiao Jing was just unlucky and happened to bump into it, but Xiao Jing's mother was in a mess, and even wondered if her mother and daughter would be contaminated with "unclean things" under cranky thoughts, and wanted to turn to her ex-husband for help.

"It turns out that Dad hasn't gambled outside......" Xiaojing said stunned.

"Huh?" Hearing this, Qiao Licao sensitively captured the suspicion of time, "The middleman incident was in October, and now it's late December, why did you delay for two months to come to the mirage property market to find Mingyi?" ”

"Because I forgot." Xiaojing's mother said complicatedly.

Yes, she just forgot.

She had made the decision to go, but she forgot about it the next day. Just as a person doesn't care what lunch she had last Wednesday, she "naturally" forgets that she wants to turn to her ex-husband because of her daughter's experience. The Liucheng Security Bureau estimated that it was only because of the atmosphere of attaching importance to the rules that it told her what happened to Xiaojing in the ruins, and probably didn't think she had the ability to keep it in mind. In the final analysis, even the mother of the person concerned is just an ordinary person who has nothing to do with the hidden world.

It wasn't until the end of November that she finally remembered.

At the end of November, there was a mass sleepy incident in Liucheng, with more than 5,000 victims. Although it was also in Liucheng's newspapers, it was still incredibly not taken seriously by society. When she saw the news at night, she couldn't help but have the thought of "why is it not taken seriously by society like her daughter at that time, when it is such a serious incident", and then suddenly remembered the decision that was swept into the corner of her consciousness by herself.

She was immediately captured by an indescribable horror, and then made up her mind fiercely that she would take her daughter to her ex-husband early the next morning.

And the next morning, she forgot about it again.

It's been almost a month, and when she browsed the web on her mobile phone in the morning, she found that her input method was typing the word "lethargy", and for some reason a "lethargy event" appeared in the candidate. She suddenly felt excited, and finally remembered last month's decision. Then she didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, she directly called her daughter to get up, and immediately set off for the mirage market.

In order to prevent herself from forgetting again, she also set more than ten alarms on her mobile phone in a row, and wrote down the information she had to keep in mind in the notes of the alarm clock.

Her original intention was good, but the timing was not good. Because the day she set off with her daughter was the day when the mirage was destroyed by the fog.

It's rare for ordinary people to have bad luck to this extent, and it's usually only warlocks like me and Qiao Licorice who are so unlucky to go to the mirage at such a time. However, perhaps this is the inevitable consequence of her approaching the hidden world of her own will. The mother and daughter were swept into the fog.

After that, the demon attacked the mother and daughter, and the two were separated. Xiaojing's mother desperately searched for her daughter in the foggy woods, but she couldn't find her, and she ran out of the woods in a daze, and then witnessed the ruined mirage.

There are far more demons in the city than in the woods, and soon, demons attack her.

According to normal development, she was going to die there like this. But for some reason, her eyes suddenly went dark and she passed out. By the time she woke up, she had collapsed at the entrance of the vault. Naruyoshi was returning to the shelter when he was shocked to suspect that he was dreaming when his wife, who had been separated from him for many years, suddenly appeared there.

"That was three months ago." Mingyi sighed and said, "After that, I learned from my wife that Xiaojing was still outcast, so I went to the woods many times to look for it, but it was never fruitful. I thought that Xiaojing would probably not be able to come back, but I didn't expect Li Duoling to save her and save my daughter...... I've said it many times, but I want to say it again, thank you. ”

"Three months ago? Isn't that today's thing? Xiao Jing seemed to ask subconsciously.

"The fog in the woods is very thick, so the timing is very out of order. Just the order of departure is not the same, which can cause a big deviation. Qiao Licorice briefly explained to Xiaojing, and then said to Mingyi, "The reason why you can avoid this phenomenon is because you entered the woods from the city, as long as you use the time in the city to prevent the time from feeling confused, you won't be unable to return to the right time when you return to the city." ”

"Yes." Naruto nodded.

I looked at Xiaojing's mother, "You said that you were in a coma for some reason, did any strange phenomena happen before you fell unconscious?" ”

"No, there isn't." She shook her head.

"Anything is fine, even the smallest can be." I say.

"What must be said...... It was as if a black and white shadow had swept away. She said unconfidently, "But it's possible that I'm just mistaken......"

"I've asked it many times, but I can't figure out what it is." Naruyoshi sighed.

"Anyway, our family of three is finally reunited." Xiaojing's mother showed an optimistic expression, and gently grabbed Narugi's hand, her gaze resting on his face, "And this is a real reunion." It wasn't until now that I finally woke up to the fact that I hadn't really known you for so long, and I had never really been with you. Sorry ......"

"I should say I'm sorry, I have been very bad to you during the time I was expelled." Naruyoshi also shook his wife's hand.

The couple seems to have finally crossed the gap of the past and reconciled with each other. Xiaojing was also impressed by her father, and as a daughter, she watched this warm scene and couldn't help but smile.

Qiao Licorice and I slowly waited for the family of three to warm up, and after a while, Ming Yi asked about me, "Li Duo, you made such a big noise at the radio tower before, are you fighting with the fanatics?" ”

"Yes." I explained my experience after entering the mirage market, and the current situation.

After listening to this, he said regretfully, "I'm sorry, I may not be able to help you much. Whether it's a way to cross the barrier of the moat, or a way to defeat the blood-biting that may still be in the fog...... At most, I can only help you find the bite blood, but ......"

"I understand. I also have no interest in suicide. I said.

Joe Licorice teased, "Really? ”

"At least not yet." I changed my tone and continued, "Anyway, we may need to rely on your strength and intelligence in the future, and I hope you can help within the scope of your ability." In exchange, if you have any trouble with your shelter, I can help you out of it within my ability. Is that okay? ”

"Yes." Naruto nodded.

Even though I knew that I was "Majin Li Duo", he always had a friendly attitude towards me. It occurred to me that although he used to be a man who couldn't rub sand in his eyes, it doesn't seem to be to that point now. It must be the twists and turns of the past that have changed him.

Or did Lie Que say something in his handwritten letter? I curiously asked Mingyi about the contents of the handwritten letter, and he smiled when he heard the words and handed me the handwritten letter directly. I took it and unfolded it, and the letter was full of compliments that made me restless. Qiao Licorice also leaned her head curiously, and after reading it, she actually laughed out loud, and couldn't help but pat me on the back.

"I'll get you a room first." Naruyoshi smiled and stood up and showed us the way.

(End of chapter)