[Since some readers say it's good, I'll continue writing. This story is not official information, it's purely personal fabrication based on the ability of the Fountain of Youth. The subsequent text will also explain it. Thank you! ]

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Under the moonlight, l stood quietly in front of the two quiet skeletons. His heartbeat seemed to be suppressed by the cold silence, and fear surged into his heart like a tide.

However, he suppressed the trembling in his heart, slowly reached out his hand, and gently covered the two skeletons of the same kind with a piece of cloth.

As the cloth fell, the fear of facing death seemed to be covered up as well, and his mood calmed down a little.

He let out a long breath, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from him.

He couldn't help but feel a little amused at his own cowardice. After all, he was an explorer who was not afraid of even the bears and tigers in the forest.

However, he acted so cowardly when facing these two skeletons of the same kind.

Perhaps this is really an instinctive reaction engraved in our genes? Even the bravest explorers would find it difficult to remain indifferent to the death of their own kind.

It was only then that l had the opportunity to take a closer look at the layout of the house.

Although this house looks like it has been abandoned for a long time, its main structure made of stone bricks and solid wood is as solid as new, without any leaks.

If you ignore the two skeletons on the ground, this would be a perfect shelter.

The owner of the house did not seem to be wealthy during his lifetime, and the entire space appears extremely simple.

A simple table and two narrow single beds took up most of the space.

The straw on the bed had turned black and moldy, and it was obviously impossible to lie on it anymore.

However, even in such an environment, the owner still maintains a simple and tidy lifestyle.

There were a few pots and pans on the dining table, and no other furniture.

I can't help but feel sorry for what happened to the homeowner.

He sighed deeply, took out an exquisite cross from his arms, and prayed silently for the two poor guys in his heart.

Although they were strangers to him, every life in this desolate world deserves respect.

This can be considered as the overnight fee he paid for staying overnight.

After finishing the prayer, l walked to the stove nearby.

He was going to bake some potatoes to satisfy his hunger.

However, when he approached the stove, he unexpectedly found a book on it.

No, to be precise, it was a diary.

There was a glimmer of surprise in l's eyes.

He picked up the long-dusty diary carefully, as if holding a fragile heart.

He gently opened the first page. The corners of the paper had turned yellow. Although the handwriting was a little blurry, he could vaguely recognize it as the traces left by the owner of the house during his lifetime.

He closed his eyes slightly, as if he could smell the faint scent of ink emanating from the pages, mixed with the taste of time.

He silently said "I'm sorry" in his heart, and then began to read carefully with awe and curiosity about the past.

This diary is like a window into the past, allowing him to glimpse every detail of the owner of the house's life.

Based on the name left in the diary, he learned that the original owner was named Anna, a young woman who was only 24 years old.

But what surprised him was that the young woman was actually an orphan and was abandoned by her parents because she got pregnant before marriage.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but feel a complicated emotion in his heart.

Although he loves adventure and traveling, he is a rather traditional person at heart.

Naturally, he was opposed to this behavior of getting pregnant before marriage.

However, that disdain quickly dissipated when he realized that Anna was gone.

It is too disrespectful to talk about moral concepts to a dead person.

He quickly drove the thought out of his mind and continued reading.

In the following diary, Anna began to talk about how she became pregnant before marriage.

It turned out that when she was 17 years old, her father asked her to herd sheep.

This is undoubtedly good news for Anna, who has always longed for freedom.

She didn't like staying at home to learn those boring textile skills, but preferred to be with the sheep under the blue sky and white clouds.

So she gladly accepted her father's arrangement and drove the sheep out of the village.

Outside the village there is a very lush meadow, which suddenly appeared two years ago.

Although no one knew its origin, the adults in the village were happy about it.

Because it means that they can develop animal husbandry on this barren land.

What surprised them even more was that the grassland could maintain its lush growth no matter how many cattle and sheep were raised on it.

So almost every household started raising livestock.

Anna also came to the meadow.

She looked at the sheep grazing leisurely and couldn't help feeling happy.

She sat on the grass, took out a picture book from her arms and began to read.

Although she couldn't read, the pictures on it found it very interesting.

She was so immersed in the vivid pictures that she seemed to forget the passage of time.

However, when she finished reading the picture book and came to her senses, she suddenly realized that the flock of sheep was gone.

She looked around in panic, trying to find any trace of the flock.

But the meadow was so vast, and the sheep had wandered so far away, that she had no way of finding them.

Anna's heart was filled with fear when she thought about how her father would scold and punish her.

She didn't dare go home to face her father's scolding and punishment, so she could only bite the bullet and continue looking for the flock.

Gradually, she ran out of the meadow and approached a forest that no one had ever set foot in.

Although she had always heard that there were ferocious man-eating bears in the forest, when she saw traces of sheep walking on the ground, her fear of her father was immediately overwhelmed by her fear of the bears.

With a nervous mood, she followed the traces left by the sheep on the ground and walked into the forest.

The light in the forest was dim and mysterious, and the trees were so dense that they almost blocked out the sky.

Anna's heart beat faster. She held the stick tightly in her hand and moved forward carefully.

She didn't dare make any noise, for fear of attracting those terrible man-eating bears.

However, the more cautious she was, the more frightened she became.

She felt like a deer lost in the forest, helpless and terrified.

Just when she was about to collapse, she suddenly heard a slight noise.

She immediately stopped, held her breath, and listened carefully.

The sound was getting closer and clearer - it was the cry of sheep!

She ran towards the direction of the sound in ecstasy and finally found the missing sheep.

She hugged one of the sheep tightly, as if she had found a long-lost relative.

There were tears in her eyes, tears of joy and gratitude.

She knew she could finally go home - home with these lost sheep.

Finally, I don’t have to worry about being beaten or scolded by my father!

But at this moment, she heard heavy footsteps behind her!

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