Red dust kills beauty

Chapter Hermit IV

When eating at noon, his teacher suddenly said: "I passed a forest near the lake yesterday."

so……?

Xiaobai put down his job and waited for further explanation from the other party.But the woman just tilted her head, and said to him in her usual fluttering voice: "It's beautiful there. If the war didn't cause so much pollution, maybe there would be fireflies—do you know fireflies?"

Xiaobai took up his job again, and he already understood that she just started a conversation on a whim that didn't require a response.

It might be impolite to think so, but during the two years that Xiaobai was behind the woman, he spent about a year and a half wondering what the other person was thinking.She always has a trance look, as if she is alone in another world, and she will say some inexplicable words and do some inexplicable things.

He remembered that once a woman suddenly took him to a small island in the Pacific Ocean, and it took them about two months for this, and the last part of the journey was even survived by rafts and swimming.At the time, he thought it was some kind of special training, but he found out later that the other party had heard on the way that there was a special kind of seabird inhabiting this small island, so he came to have a look.

Xiao Bai was a little speechless at the time, and wanted to be angry, but the woman just looked at him and said softly, "Maybe next year or this year, they will become extinct"—he had nothing to say.

So when he saw the kid named Wu Shang, it was really hard not to feel a sense of intimacy.

It's not about appearance or personality, but something deeper, the feeling of being out of the world, it's so similar.

Don't think that we would never meet again back then, but now we meet again. Seeing that the other party has healthy limbs and no diseases or disasters is like a surprise gift.

Perhaps the experimental accident back then had created some kind of secret connection between them—Xiaobai could sometimes feel something that tied him, the witch merchant, and his teacher together, but he didn't know it was What.

For this kindness, he doesn't mind sharing his teachers.A woman is like a sister to him, or a mother, maybe there are other things that are more intimate - he doesn't know, but if the witch merchant needs it, he can share a little love, it won't feel any better than that The little wolf named Xiao Xiaobai is even worse.

Xiaobai always thought this way until the woman told him "choose one".

He suddenly realized that he was not as kind as he thought.He also feels a pinprick of jealousy.

Even without her protection, the child named Wu Shang might die.

After leaving Wuzhou, they did not stay in the eighth district, but went directly south to the islands near the equator.It was a sea supply point, a paradise for pirates and smuggling ships, called Paradise Island (Paradise Island).

The climate of Paradise Island is humid and hot, the rainforest is overgrown, and there are poisonous animals everywhere. The local residents are also very tough. They live in a tavern. In addition to basic training, Xiaobai's daily task is to deal with those who are taught The mad bees, waves and butterflies attracted by those who came here.

--Yes.Crazy bees and butterflies.

Even though a woman can hit ten, but before deciding to leave Wuzhou, they made a condition: Except for the necessary teaching, she will hardly fight with others. If Xiaobai fails to protect her, then if something happens, Just let it happen.

At that time, Xiaobai really wanted to leave. When the woman said that they could interrupt the treatment, Xiaobai almost couldn't wait to leave—he could finally not be forced to make a choice—so he agreed casually.

At this time, Xiaobai still didn't understand what a heavy condition he agreed to.

When they hitch a ride and were about to go to the border, someone molested his instructor in front of him, and put his arms around her shoulders, ready to take her away. Xiaobai just watched with a stiff body. He knew what would happen next. What.

The woman would shake a dagger from her cuff, chop off his wrist without blinking, and threaten to slit his carotid artery if she continued.

But this time she didn't, like a real, weak Beta or Omega woman, she was submissively and powerlessly dragged by the shoulders of the man, staggered and dragged into the compartment behind the truck.

Xiaobai's whole body was cold, his teeth chattered, he didn't understand how all this happened, until their eyes met.A woman's gaze—a gaze of understanding and pity.

He suddenly remembered their agreement, and remembered that after he agreed, the woman rubbed his hair with a smile and said, "Take good care of me."

——It turns out that the price of this protection is so heavy.

On their first tour, the woman never let him kill anyone.At that time, he only needed to be a small follower, helping with housework, at most just equipping weapons, or handing over a dagger.He doesn't want to hurt anyone at all.

His father's instructions, his mother's arms, the shopkeeper who greeted him with a smile, the old man doing Tai Chi in the square... Whenever he wanted to hurt someone, their figures would appear and disturb his mind.

Then the woman also noticed that they were not like family members. He thought she would despise his cowardice, but the woman just thought about it: "You are very gentle, which is a good thing. I killed people because I got rid of it Nothing else, but you have a choice."

So she only taught him self-defense, control, and never forced him to take the last step, even though he had already destroyed countless people in that explosion, even though they knew he would do it sooner or later.

It might be a little ungrateful to think this way, but sometimes Xiaobai really feels unwilling because a woman treats him excessively tenderly.

He really wanted to prove that he wasn't a coward, that he could kill, he really could.Once he almost succeeded, he had already pinned the troublemaker to the ground, pinched his fingers on the other's neck bone, and with a little more strength, he could crush it.

But the woman stopped him, and only asked: "Do you know that until now, you still cry in your dreams at night? You said sorry, you didn't mean it, you didn't want to kill them—"

Xiao Bai was stunned, he let go of the man in a daze, he didn't know.

"Do you remember what you said when we left Yanbei? You said you wanted to learn from me, and then go back to protect your hometown... I think it's good."

The woman stunned the man casually, pulled him up from the ground, pulled him into her arms, and comforted him in a low voice: "Kindness is a virtue, even if you sacrifice yourself and don't want to hurt others, it is a noble conduct—— Even if it looks stupid, I don't want to break it."

But that "noble conduct" will always be shattered.Sooner or later.

There was one thing he didn't say, and the woman probably didn't know: the reason why he didn't want to stay in Wuzhou was not only the Wu family and his son, but also the woman who suddenly recovered her memory.

Although the other party didn't admit it personally, Xiao Bai has a delicate heart. From the sudden change in the other party's expression, he guessed that she had remembered everything.This made Xiaobai feel panic.

In the past, he had no father and no mother, and was a mute; and she was also a rootless duckweed, crazy.The two of them huddled together to keep warm, talking about everything.In such troubled times, Xiaobai couldn't imagine anything happier than this.

But now everything has changed, when a woman looks at her deeply, Xiaobai always feels fear—not fear of her strength, even though he knows how strong she is—he fears that he is not doing well enough to be able to To satisfy this person with many years of experience, he is afraid that she will be disappointed and then abandon him.

Inferiority has never left him for a moment, it is the shadow under him, it is a gangrene, he can't understand how mediocre, ordinary, and cowardly he is - he doesn't even dare to kill.

Xiaobai was stunned for two seconds beside the carriage. The men around him pointed at him and laughed loudly. One of them patted his cheek with a smile, which was insulting. He didn't respond, and then he smiled again. He slapped him, spoke the native dialect he didn't understand, and probably said he was a coward.

His mentor had been dragged into the carriage, and he didn't know what was going to happen next.He almost retched, could it be that she was really... because of his inaction?

Xiaobai couldn't imagine, he waved away those people who were spitting on him, ran over and opened the door of the carriage, and saw that the woman had been crushed under him, and the man—the pig was— —

He suddenly calmed down, and a voice in his head said to him: This is the moment.

So he walked over and cut the man's neck just like the woman used to do.

He didn't care about the fallen body of the other party, and he didn't care about the blood splashed all over his body. He just pulled the woman up from the ground, took off the coat and covered her body, and then gestured and asked, "Are you okay?" ?”

The woman wrapped his clothes and looked at them with sad eyes. There were many things inside that he couldn't understand, as if she had destroyed something with her own hands.She buried her head in her knees and said very low, "I'm not good."

Xiaobai wanted to pat her on the back, but when he stretched out his hand halfway and found it was covered with blood, he took it back again, but comforted awkwardly: "There will always be such a day. I did it voluntarily, and I don't blame you."

The woman shook her head: "You don't understand. You never had to have this day."

Maybe, but what's the point if the price of maintaining her "high character" is hers?

From that day on, Xiaobai was no longer like a follower, but like a guardian.Although a little unskilled at the beginning, he can always rescue women at the last minute.

Especially after they lived temporarily in Parade Island, this business became more and more proficient.He didn't have nightmares anymore, and sometimes he felt like he was completely free of the shadows of the past, but he still couldn't speak, as his throat remained stuck in a horizontal bone.

He was always worried about this, but his instructor was very relieved: "Don't worry, Xiaobai, you will be able to speak again."

She looks confident like she can see into the future.

The past few days are the peak business season for Paradise. With the change of ocean currents, the recent pirates are obviously rampant, and more and more men and women are staring at his instructor.Xiaobai couldn't rest assured for a moment, wishing to stare at her closely, the kind who was good-looking for 24 hours.

A hotel owner who knew him well teased him in broken English: "I know she is beautiful, but only a cowardly man would discipline his woman like this."

Xiao Bai was stunned, he almost fell off the stool, then he got up, gestured hastily: "She is not my woman!"

The boss sympathized: "Not yet? That's no wonder."

Xiaobai was ashamed and embarrassed, he didn't know why the boss would say that.He is a reserved person, and he will never do indecent things to his instructors. Although women are sometimes a little out of tune, they always hold their own. They will get close to each other, but it is just hugging, hugging shoulders, holding arms, etc. Intimacy is not an act of intimacy.

He blushed, and was about to explain again, but he heard a roar of laughter. He looked over and saw the sailors in the tavern tell some joke, and then the woman laughed too.

"..." Xiaobai rubbed the tip of his nose helplessly, trying his best to restrain his urge to laugh too, but he failed.

That afternoon, the woman took Xiao Bai to board the pirate ship by virtue of her penetrating tongue—of course they were not traveling to Paradise.

This is a team of fairly well-equipped pirates, with more than 40 ships, more than 1000 artillery pieces, and more than [-] crew members.

As newcomers, they were placed in the aft wing, and the captain assigned them two adjoining cramped rooms, in the lowest cabin.

After Xiaobai packed his things, he went next door to find his instructor. He didn't understand the purpose of the other party's plan for this trip.

"In addition to all kinds of extreme weather, I also want to teach you how to deal with unpredictable enemies, not only on land, but also at sea, and the combat methods of different arms. They will go ashore within fifteen days, and there will be small-scale battles at that time. Follow You can learn a lot from these pirates."

Xiaobai still wants to try harder: "But what if they burn, kill and loot? Do I want to go with them?"

The woman stopped talking, and the deep pain appeared in her eyes again: "But we are mercenaries. Mercenaries only do what their employers ask them to do, no matter whether it is burning or looting."

Xiao Bai couldn't bear the woman's gaze. He even suspected that the other party had spotted his weakness. He knew that the other party would not feel sad because of these things at all. She was suffering only because he felt pain.

In the end, he could only smile and took a step back: "You're right, all mercenaries are like this."

"I'm sorry, Xiaobai." She was apologizing again, "I'm really sorry... I don't want to be in such a hurry, but I don't have time."

Compared with her apology, Xiao Bai wants to know what the woman is anxious about.Half a year ago, their travels were slow and leisurely, and they could even cross half of the grassland for a perfect sunrise, but now the woman's footsteps are in a hurry, and every foothold has a strong purpose, just to sharpen him .

Xiao Bai couldn't help asking: "Are you going to train me to be your weapon?"

The woman was startled: "Why do you think so?"

Xiaobai looked at her quietly, his black eyes were full of admiration.Xiaobai is a person with very low self-esteem, and he has no big wishes. He just wants to hold this person's hand, and no matter what happens, he will never let go.

"It's okay. If the target is you, I am willing to be your weapon."

"..." The woman didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I didn't! I was just afraid that you would get hurt, so I wanted to entrust all my abilities to you!"

He should be relieved and happy for this answer, but he just feels lost.

He wants to be used by her, any way is fine.He didn't know what she was to him, but it was not a woman and a boy, nor a teacher and a follower.He felt like they were family.

The woman didn't seem to want to get entangled in this topic, she changed the subject and joked: "By the way, I heard your chat with the tavern owner in the afternoon, one woman at a time."

Xiao Bai blushed again, and he wanted to rub the tip of his nose again, he felt itchy and flustered.

The woman just gave him a teasing look, then raised her eyebrows, and smiled like a jerk—he shouldn't have described it that way, but she was smiling like a jerk.

"I'm sorry, Xiaobai, there's something I've been forgetting to say." Hearing the woman's smiling voice say this, he suddenly had a very bad premonition in his heart.

Don't—he didn't know what she wanted to say, but he subconsciously reached out to cover her mouth.

But the woman tore off his arm and insisted on speaking out.

"Actually, I'm a man." She blinked her charming eyes innocently.

"........."

Xiao Bai froze there pitifully, frozen like a frightened chipmunk.

Next chapter: The Hermit V

"Xiaobai." She held his face in her hands, staring at him with surprise and warmth, as if watching a miracle, "You just spoke."