Chapter 2: Woe to the Cause
Based on real events.
According to Mingxin's agreement, Chu Wan still came out to meet with the other party the next day. She originally thought that Mingxin would not come again, but Mingxin still came as promised.
She thought that Mingxin would not last long after all, but on the third day, the fourth day, the fifth day...... On the twenty-third day, Mingxin will still come, and every day she will share some of what she has seen and heard with Chu Wang.
Chu Wan's mind was slowly filled with these things, but she knew that if she continued like this, she might not only harm Mingxin, but also harm herself.
So on the twenty-fourth day, when Mingxin still came to the woods, Chu Wan decided to tell her what had happened to her. She was adamant that Mingxin would leave her like everyone else who heard these things.
The night breeze was cool, and the moonlight passed through the branches, illuminating Chu Wan's solemn cheeks.
"Mingxin, I'm going to tell you something." Chu Wan's eyes were fixed on Mingxin's face, and her serious expression made Mingxin feel that the matter was also important.
Chu Wan beckoned Mingxin to sit next to her, and paused for a long time before speaking again, "Something about the past." ”
Her mind followed her words back to the beginning of February this year, and she still remembers that it had snowed very heavily.
At that time, the snow on the ground had already reached the soles of my feet, and the temperature was still frighteningly cold. Chu Wan stood in front of a wooden house, looking around anxiously.
"Chu Wang!" A familiar bright male voice came from afar, Chu Wan looked carefully, and vaguely saw a familiar figure dressed like a macaw in the snow, he was waving his arms and running over, followed by a small group of people, those were his friends, but Chu Wan didn't know most of them.
With a look of joy on her face, she trotted up to the crowd and braved the snow to make her way to a cabin.
Although the room looks small on the outside, it is not small on the inside, it can accommodate thousands of people, and several long conference tables are neatly arranged inside. In the innermost part there was a high platform with three chairs on which the caretaker sit.
It was warm in the house. Chu rubbed his frozen hands, said a short goodbye to the people around him, and sat down in front of the seat with his name written on it.
Sitting next to her is a blonde and blue-eyed, graceful woman, although Chu Wan doesn't know her name, but he has a lot of intersections with her, Chu Wan has always felt that she is not only strong but also has a good temper, which is the best one to contact.
Therefore, Chu Wan likes to joke with her, and the first thing he did when he sat next to her was to laugh at her with a hippie smile: "How can I see you anywhere, isn't there no occasion for you not to go to the witcher's event?" ”
Although the woman was smiling, she was angry in her heart, and it was only now that Chu Wan remembered that she had a trace of unpleasant anger in her eyes.
But at that time, Chu Wan didn't realize it, and wanted to communicate more, when she suddenly felt that her shoulder was pressed by a strong hand, and her sharp nails pinched the flesh, and she gasped in pain.
Looking back, I saw a woman wearing a slightly grayish red cloak, a blue-black jacket inside, a simple phoenix crown logo around her waist, leggings underneath, and two gold rings with straps on the end of the cloak strangely strung underneath.
She was looking at her with a look that looked like she was going to kill. "If you don't know anyone well, please don't joke casually."
Chu Wan retracted his idea of talking to Jiang Lingxing, swallowed his saliva, and nodded.
It's scary!!
The man glared at her as he left, her shoulder still aching, and she knew in her heart that the person just now must not be messed with.
Among the people around, Chu Wan only knew the graceful woman next to him, but he didn't dare to talk to her casually because of what had just happened. With no one to talk to, she began to look boredly at the model of the monster on the table.
Most of these monster models are in the form of normal animals, but they all have a pit with a depression on their body. These models have been seen for the first time, and their actual size is much larger, several heads taller than ordinary people, and the technical term is called "monsters", and witchers are born to hunt them.
And recently, for some reason, the frequency of demonic beasts has increased a lot, which makes demon hunters very distressed.
"Okay, everyone, let's first commend the outstanding demon hunters who are in the top ten in terms of the number of monsters they hunt this month." On the sumptuous chair, a man wearing a crown and dressed like an ancient empress stood up, took out a scroll, and read some unfamiliar names from Chu Wang.
Chu Wan was not interested in this commendation ceremony, after all, she was the one who hunted the least every time, so she just listened to the unfamiliar name and boredly thought: When will my name appear here?
It wasn't until the administrator pronounced the name of the goose that she came to her senses a little, and there seemed to be a lot of joy in her eyes.
Goose is her partner, and although he always dresses like a macaw, his skills are among the best among witchers. In comparison, although the clothes of Chuwan are high-end and high-grade, the technology cannot catch up with anyone. Thinking of this, she sighed a little sadly.
"Okay, the commendation is over, let's start discussing the problem of the recent frequent appearance of Warcraft, do you have any ideas?" The administrator sat down in his chair and crossed his legs, with no worried look on his face.
People discussed it fiercely, and Chu Wan just looked at it and didn't speak, because a person like her with poor skills basically had no say in the witcher rally.
"I think it, demon hunters with poor skills shouldn't let them participate in the hunting mission of Warcraft, this group of people just fall to the ground and get injured at every turn, and we still have to make sure that they don't die there when dealing with Warcraft, isn't this inefficient!" A piercing voice pierced Chu Wan's ears, and the sudden appearance of such remarks made her a little stunned.
"That's it! If you want me to say, you shouldn't be a witcher if you have poor skills! If we didn't have this group of people to support us, we would definitely be much more efficient. A voice in the corner chimed in.
What do you mean?
Chu Wan was anxious, anger surged into her heart all of a sudden, she didn't have time to think about it, she slapped the table and stood up, shouting: "What's wrong with poor technology, who of you didn't come from poor technology?" Why can't you participate in hunting missions because of poor technology? ”
Someone snorted coldly, Chu Wan followed the voice and looked over, it was the person in the red cloak before, she was saying in a mocking tone: "In the team of demon hunters, your skills are the worst, and you are the one who lags behind every time, and your skills are poor and you can't make good suggestions, what's the use of keeping people like you?" ”
"That's right, but do you think you're justified by poor technology? Isn't it because I'm the worst I'm the most reasonable? It's really a long experience, it turns out that I'm not worthy. A low male voice came, attracting more people's echo, and everyone pointed the finger at Chu Wan for a moment, which made her a little annoyed and angry.
"What are you doing? Your advice is not reliable in the first place. Chu Wan said with some annoyance, "Can't people with bad skills go further through their own efforts?" ”
"Eh, you're so arrogant, why don't you fight with the most capable witcher? How about we drop the offer if you win? A man coaxed.
"Fight! Fight! For a moment, more people laughed, as if they were waiting to see Chu Wan's ugliness. Chu Wan didn't dare to speak anymore, she could only grit her teeth in resentment, how could she have beaten the most capable person?
The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and at the same time she had some grievances, and finally slapped her staff on the table: "If the witcher bullies the weak like this, then I'd rather not!" ”
With that, she flicked her cloak and walked out angrily.
"Let's go, who loves to keep you."
"What kind of treasure do you really think of? The earth is still running without you! Good to go! ”
Chu Bang closed the door of the hut with a thud of these words, braved the bitter cold wind and walked a few steps forward, stopped under a tree, and sat down on the ground.
How the hell did she dare to quarrel with those people just now? It's over, and she may not have a place among the witchers in the future.
"Chu Bang." Gentle words sounded in his ears, and Chu Wan looked up at the person in front of him, and it turned out to be a goose. "Are you really going to quit the witchers?"
Chu Wan turned his face away with some grievance: "You see, they don't like me again." ”
"Do you remember what the witcher's intentions were?" The goose said softly.
"In order to destroy the monsters and protect the humans." Chu Wan looked up at him and sighed, "But I can't protect anyone, my skills are too poor, and sometimes I have to be protected by others." ”
"Chuwan, it doesn't matter what others think of you, because what we need is not the love of our peers, but the welfare of mankind." The goose smiled warmly and gently rubbed her head. "If you don't think there's room for you here, I'll take my friends and go with you somewhere else, okay?"
As he spoke, Yanzi handed her the staff that Chu Wan had just slapped on the table, and the staff seemed to have been broken by someone, and it must have been unusable for a while.
"I'm sorry." Chu Wan felt a little more guilty in his eyes. The goose patted her on the shoulder like her big brother at the moment.
"You don't have to apologize, it's not your fault, you're right. The community of witchers was not supposed to exclude anyone in the first place. When we go to the new city, we will find a place to help you fix your staff, and I can help you guide you in your technique, and when we come back, they will not bully you anymore. He said.
Yanzi pulled Chu Wan up from the ground and continued: "I'll take a few friends with you to pack up your things later, and we'll leave tomorrow." It's cold, you should go back quickly. After he finished speaking, he took away the hand that was on Chu Wan's body and walked towards the distance
Chu Wan wanted to say thank you, but she didn't know why she couldn't say a word, she nodded slightly, her lips trembled slightly, as if she was frozen, standing in place, looking at the figure of the goose slowly leaving.
"Your name is Chu Wang, right?" Before the goose had completely gone far, another voice sounded beside him, Chu Wan turned his head, and saw that it was the man in the red cloak, Chu Wan frowned.
"Hello, my name is Qin Yufeng." The man stretched out his hand, showing a polite appearance, which was completely different from her appearance at the rally, and Chu Wan was stunned for a long time before politely reaching out his hand.
After letting go, Koto Yufeng continued, "I want to know what you think, your behavior makes others feel as if I kicked you out. ”
“……?” Chu Wan is a little inexplicable, how did she kick herself out? But it seems that she was the one who spoke to herself at the beginning, but in order not to cause contradictions, Chu Wan said relatively calmly: "There is nothing wrong with you, it is my expression that has a problem." ”
Qin Yufeng also looked very calm, nodded lightly and said: "It should be right for me to say I'm sorry, I really don't like you, but I shouldn't elevate personal grievances to that kind of occasion." ”
"It's okay, I'm getting out of here anyway, and there's no need to worry about these things anymore." Chu Wan's brows furrowed slightly, and he always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with this special apology, so he turned his back to her and said, "I'm a little cold, goodbye." ”
She was actually a little angry, but she thought that maybe this contradiction would be resolved, and she wouldn't have to face those people in the future, so she felt a little more comfortable.