Escape from the world [Cthulhu]

Chu Lishu suddenly realized: "No wonder, you have worked hard."

He Ying didn't want to explain what happened to him, and tried hard to think about whether there was any other topic.

He Ying's [Inspiration] check/exit: 70/65 success

Chu Lishu [Inspiration] Check/Exit: 65/9 success

The two of them walked straight along the path that suddenly appeared under their feet as if they were being drawn.

Their bodies were uncontrollable, and they finally stopped in front of a hut before they woke up.

The two looked at each other, and finally Chu Lishu knocked on the door: "Hello? Is anyone there?"

The door was opened from the inside, and an old woman with white hair stood behind the door: "Who are you? Why are you here?"

"Hello, ma'am," Chu Lishu said with a smile, "My friend and I were invited to the Paradise Island Resort. We accidentally lost our way in the forest. We hope to get your help."

The old woman didn't look at Chu Lishu, but looked at the forest: "It's foggy." She sighed, turned and walked into the house, "Although I don't know how you got here, but the fog outside is so heavy, It's too dangerous... come in."

The two thanked quickly, and followed the old woman into the house. When He Ying closed the door, she found that the fog in the forest was almost the same as that outside the forest.

The room is not big, but it is very warmly furnished, and its style is somewhat similar to that of a hotel in a resort. There are some decorations hanging on the fireplace, the most conspicuous of which are three dolls placed side by side, and there are black tea and tea on the small round table. dessert.

"You can call me Mrs. Shelley." The old woman sat on the rocking chair by the window, slowly knitting the things in her hand, "When the fog is not so heavy at night, I will ask the young people in the village to take you Take it away... If you are hungry, you can have some snacks."

Chu Lishu tried to talk to her: "Mrs. Shelley, do you live here alone?"

"Yes, I live here by myself." Mrs. Shelley responded flatly.

"What about your family, ma'am?"

"They live in the village."

"Do they trust you to live here by yourself?"

Mrs. Shelley stopped what she was doing: "You can have some biscuits."

Chu Lishu: "..." Eat some biscuits and shut your mouth?

The two looked at each other, and it seemed that physical speaking skills were not enough, and skills were still needed.

He Ying [Persuasion] check/exit: 60/14 difficulty success

Mrs. Shelley is persuaded by He Ying and decides to tell him something about herself and the village.

She is the last village head of the village. She has two sons and three granddaughters. She usually lives here by herself. The two sons will come here to visit her every now and then. The granddaughters come to accompany her almost every day, but I don’t know why. Because of the severe fog in the past two days or some other reason, none of the three children came.

They have lived on the small island for generations. The foreigners brought them more convenient living conditions, but also broke the tranquility of their lives.Originally, she was against the construction of the resort, but Croft stole the relevant documents and forcibly built the resort.She felt very guilty about this, so she resigned as village head and moved here alone.Therefore, people in the village are very repulsive of outsiders, even if they only see their cars, they will be very vigilant.But because the living materials brought by foreigners are more abundant, many young people go to work in the resort despite the opposition of their families.

He Ying and Chu Lishu were listening carefully when Mrs. Shelley was interrupted by a knock on the door.

Mrs. Shelley put down the yarn she was holding, and went to open the door.

I don't know when it started to drizzle outside, quietly.

At the door, a little girl who looked a little familiar stood there. She was wearing clothes similar to Mrs. Shelley's, her hair was messy, and some of it was stuck to her face from the rain, and her shoes were full of mud: "Grandma, My sisters are gone."

Originally, He Ying felt that the girl's figure was a bit familiar, but after she spoke, she immediately realized that this was the little girl she met in the mall before? !

Why is she here?Was she one of Mrs. Shelley's granddaughters?Was that headless figure last night really her?

Mrs. Shelley took a cloth towel to dry the little girl's hair, and then took two ponchos for herself and her granddaughter to wear respectively. After finishing these, she turned around and looked at the two outsiders: "I want to bring Let her go to my other two granddaughters, and she will go to the village, so you can come too. It’s just that I don’t have any extra rain gear at home.”

"It's enough for Madam to take care of herself and the child," Chu Lishu said hastily, "We are two young and strong, we will be fine if we get wet in a little rain."

Mrs. Shelley gave him a deep look and said nothing.

The four started from Mrs. Shelley's house and walked along the forest path.

He Ying asked Chu Lishu in a low voice, "Can you remember the way?"

"Almost, what's wrong?"

"This forest is weird. I'm afraid we will be thrown somewhere if we are not careful. Remember the way. If we can't do it, we will go back to Mrs. Shelley's house."

"Okay, remember that too."

"I can't, I'm a road idiot."

Chu Lishu's expression became extremely strange, as if she had fallen into self-doubt.

After walking along the road for ten minutes, a small village appeared before their eyes.

The houses here are all made of mud walls, and they don’t look very strong. It seems that a bigger storm can turn the place upside down, but the strange thing is that those houses look old. It seems that the common storms on the island take them a little There is no way.

Mrs. Shelley took them to the center of the village, handed them over to the current village chief, and left with her granddaughter.

The village chief looked at Mrs. Shelley's back, sighed, and then invited He Ying and the others into the room with a minimum of politeness.

"I don't care what purpose you came here for," the village chief said with a straight face, "We don't welcome outsiders here, I can tell you the route out, but it's impossible to send someone to take you off. "

"We are very grateful for the help of Mrs. Shelley and Mr. Village Chief," Chu Lishu said with a smile. "It is really noble and kind that you can extend a helping hand to us strangers. Bring more trouble to the kind and honest villagers."

"You're smart." The village chief's expression brightened a bit, "That's why Mrs. Shelley has a good heart..."

"Madame Shelley's character deserves our respect," Chu Lishu showed concern, "but it is also worrying. She blames herself too much. Living outside the village by herself is really dangerous."

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