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Liu Xiaoyu subconsciously touched that half of her face.

Half of her face was covered with ugly brown fish scales. The fish scales were uneven and bumpy. Some scales even turned over, but there was no blood. With the change of her expression, it changed into a strange shape. A fish scale is from her birth.

Liu Xiaoyu said firmly: "This is a disease."

"Sick?" Sitting opposite Liu Xiaoyu, Chong Gui frowned slightly.

Liu Xiaoyu glanced at him and nodded, "Yes" she said, "Youyu Town...this disease is everywhere."

Speaking of this, Liu Xiaoyu's face was a little sad: "It's just that everyone's scales grow under the clothes, and the places that others can't see are not as ugly as my face."

Ao Feng asked: "Why did you suddenly have this disease?"

Liu Xiaoyu seemed to recall something, and his expression became a little ugly: "Two years ago, a group of wandering doctors came to Youyu Town, wearing snow-white clothes, they looked like immortals who came down from the sky."

"They are extremely skilled in medicine. No matter what kind of horrible disease it is, as long as it is in their hands, it can be cured quickly. The grandmother next door is coughing to death every day. She only takes a pair of herbal medicines from them, and she is cured without coughing. Now, they can get out of bed and walk. Moreover, they don't charge a penny, and everyone in Youyu Town respects them very much."

"But later..." It seemed to have become a habit, Liu Xiaoyu couldn't help touching the scales on his face again as he spoke, his brows and eyes drooped: "Suddenly one day, they took a bag of The bags of sweets were handed out from door to door, saying that Youyu Town is close to the sea, and the humidity is very heavy. The townspeople stay here all year round, so what effect does it have on the body?" Liu Xiaoyu scratched her head, "I forgot what they said That’s right, just tell us that as long as you eat that bag of sugar, you can strengthen your body and prolong your life.”

No wonder, the little girl showed that expression when she saw the pine nut candy in his hand.

"Then you ate it?" Gong Wunian asked her.

Liu Xiaoyu was full of remorse, nodded listlessly, and continued: "Not only I ate it, but many people ate it. That candy is so sweet. After eating one, I can't help but eat it again. I got into a fight with my brother because of that bag of sweets." She paused, as if she felt that she was a little bit off the mark, and then pulled back and said, "The candy disappeared the next day after those traveling doctors distributed it. It's like never coming."

"Not long after, scales grew on my face. Many people also grew scales. Everyone was terrified and sought medical treatment everywhere, but no one could tell what disease they had."

"One day, when I was sleeping at night, I heard my parents talking, saying that all this might be the conspiracy of those wandering doctors."

"Is it just scales? Do you have any other problems?" Ao Feng's face was cold and hard, and his voice was deep when he spoke. Liu Xiaoyu didn't like talking to him very much, so she glanced at Gong Wunian , and found that Gong Wunian was also looking at her, Liu Xiaoyu continued: "Of course it's not just scales growing out, look outside."

She pointed out the door: "There are more dead fish on the street than living people."

"A lot of people have died." As if feeling a chill, Liu Xiaoyu's body trembled slightly: "I can't find out why, people with scales on their bodies may suddenly die one day."

Speaking of this, Liu Xiaoyu has been suppressed in the bottom of her heart, a huge fear mixed with sadness surged up, her eyes turned red, and tears began to fall: "I may also die soon, I haven't died yet." Growing up...with such an ugly scar on my face, I don't have any friends, neither my parents nor my younger brother, and they don't like me either, and no one will care if I die."

Such a pretty, cute, pitiful half-face, half-face covered with ferocious scales, burst into tears in this small room.

When she was at home, she didn't dare to cry.

When she became like this, her younger brother and the children who were still alive in the town called her ugly, and her parents felt annoyed when they saw her. If she cried, she would be beaten and scolded severely. Only when Liu Xiaoyu hid under the blanket and secretly wiped her tears.

It used to be... not like this.

She is so sad.

Liu Xiaoyu cried so hard, as if she wanted to cry out all the anger, bewilderment, and sadness in her heart.

Why?

Why do this to her?

Did she do something wrong?

For some reason, this crying made Chong Gui feel very sad.

It was as if he had heard such complex emotions before.

Such, painful cries.

Why?

Why do you do this to me?

Did i do something wrong?

Before he realized what he was going to do, he had already got up and walked in front of Liu Xiaoyu, squatted on the ground, and hugged her.

The crying suddenly subsided.

Liu Xiaoyu's mouth was still open, his eyes were full of tears, and his body was slightly stiff.

so warm...

It's been a long, long time since she was hugged by anyone.

She was the only one in the room who came to her senses, gasping for breath.

She missed this feeling so much, she couldn't hold back, and hugged Hui Gui's neck.

Liu Xiaoyu obviously didn't want to cry anymore, and her voice became so much quieter, but her tears seemed to become more, and all fell on Zhonggui's shoulders, as if Zhonggui's shoulders could bear her full of grievances.

She didn't understand the conspiracy her parents were talking about, she didn't understand how such a sweet candy would cause her to become like this, how could such a good-looking brother and sister give the poison to others with a kind face? ?

Is she too greedy?If she hadn't eaten candy at the time, wouldn't she have become like this?

For countless nights, Liu Xiaoyu thought this way.

Chong Gui patted Liu Xiaoyu on the back lightly, he would not say anything to comfort her, he could only tell her: "It's not your fault."

Hearing these words, Liu Xiaoyu burst into tears, but she didn't want to cry anymore, she bit her lip and wiped her eyes with the back of one hand.

Tears still fell on Zhong Gui's shoulders.

I don't know how long it took before Liu Xiaoyu slowly recovered.

Maybe it was because she cried too hard, she was weak and her legs were weak.

Maybe it was because the returning embrace was so warm that she couldn't help but want to rely on her, and her eyelids drooped heavily.

With Zhonggui patting her on the back, Liu Xiaoyu slowly closed his eyes.

She felt herself being led to sleep by a gentle hand.

She saw the clear sky, the dazzling sun, and the green branches of the trees in front of her house.

She thought, this must be a good dream.

……

Chonggui patted her until Liu Xiaoyu fell asleep.He gently picked Liu Xiaoyu up, and placed him on the couch that Gong Wunian had cleaned up next to him.

Returning to arrange Liu Xiaoyu properly, he looked back at Gong Wunian who came over: "Master..."

Gong Wunian's eyes were very gentle, he patted and returned: "You did a good job."

He looked at Liu Xiaoyu, who was lying on the couch, sleeping peacefully, and said softly, "Let me see first what is going on with her scales."

"Yeah." Zhong Gui backed away slightly to make room for Gong Wunian.

Ao Feng and Hu Xuan were also on the side.

Hu Xuan saw the little girl's appearance just now, he jumped out of Ao Feng's arms, jumped into the couch, without making a sound, looked at Liu Xiaoyu silently, wagging his tail, and was still cautious Gently brushing the broken hair on Liu Xiaoyu's forehead with his small paws, looked at Gong Wunian, stepped back to make room for him, and pointed at Liu Xiaoyu, as if to say: You must To save her.

The corner of Gong Wunian's mouth curled up, and as soon as he raised his hand, Jin Guang hugged Liu Xiaoyu up.