The Only You in the World

005 Beggar

Bai Shaoqing clearly felt that the cold river quickly covered her. The river seemed to be so deep that she had been falling, but she couldn't fall to the end... Did she go directly to the underworld? She thought in a daze, but she really didn't want to die! She has a lot of wishes, and she also promised Hao Jie. How can she die like this?

I don't want to die!

That teenager, he will save himself. He promised that he would definitely do it.

Her mind was always surrounded by these two words. In the deep silence, I don't know how long it took, she finally felt pain. Her body seemed to be roasted by fire and watered by ice water. It was cold and hot, and her whole body was in sharp pain. But at the same time, she could finally feel the hazy light and voice, although her body was too heavy. I can't move at once. Sometimes something is poured into her mouth, sometimes bitter and light, and she doesn't know what it is, but she can feel that she is alive. From passive eating to swallowing hard, she gradually has consciousness and is still alive! It's more important than anything else!

"When will she wake up?"

"Is it dead?"

"My mother is so hot that she died in a few days..."

"Shut up, she won't die. If you talk nonsense about me, I will beat you to death first."

"I haven't had enough to eat these days... Brother, do I still want to share something for her?"

"Of course. Each of you will give her a little score."

"How long will it take? When will she wake up?"

"...When you wake up, you will naturally wake up."

"When is that?"

"...How do I know..."

The whispered quarrel was close to her, but Bai Shaoqing couldn't open her eyes no matter how hard she tried. It seemed that this body was not her own. Obviously, she could hear and feel it, but she couldn't respond.

Someone picked up her head and poured something into her mouth. It was fluid and could not tell the smell. It slowly slid down from her throat. Although she didn't feel hungry, she also knew that it was these things that were maintaining her life. It was a little food given to her by these people with different voices around her. How could she rely on this? Relying on the care of others, she was anxious and tried to gather her scattered thoughts and force herself to do so. Finally, at a certain moment, she woke up.

The first thing you see is the moon.

The moon, cut in half by something, hung very close to her, as if reaching out. The dizzy moonlight sprinkled faintly on her, but it was quiet. After listening to it, there was a small sound. Far and near places, it seemed that many people were sleeping.

She tried her best to move her head and smelled a little firewood. There was still a little warmth left on the ground not far from her. She tried to reach out, but it was as if she had touched a branch and made a little soft noise.

She quickly withdrew her hand, but suddenly put a face in front of her and blocked the moonlight. She only felt that her nose was close, and her voice seemed to be familiar with each other, "Are you awake?"

With this sound, there was a bigger movement around her, and many people rushed to her at the same time, "Wake up?" She's awake!" He said the same words in a happy tone, but it felt a little scary, because it was all dark and could not see clearly, like a small beast.

Bai Shaoqing had to smile at his nearest black face: "I'm awake. Thank you for saving me."

"What I said must count." Sure enough, it was the voice of the teenager. He paused and shouted, "Why are you all around?" Light the fire, then who... gold, bring the porridge."

Hearing the sound of fire in my ear, a faint light flashed in the dark, gradually expanded, fell on a small pile of broken leaves, and suddenly lit up.

Only then did Bai Shaoqing see the several small faces around him. They were old and big, but their faces were all black with a lot of dirt. At this time, they all smiled and looked up and down at themselves. Recognizing one of the faces, she tried to turn over and looked at the man in front of her, "Thank you for saving my life. I will definitely repay you."

The young man grinned and said, "You're welcome. That... You saved me first. If you don't pull me, I will fall to death."

"You saved me." Bai Shaoqing stressed again.

"It's you..."

"Oh, save one person once, it's even." Someone on the side is laughing.

"If only you were awake. If it hadn't been for our eldest brother's knowledge of herbs, you would have gone to the king of the night." A little fat man, with a dark face and bright eyes, leaned over his head and said.

"Didn't I ask you to get porridge? Where's the porridge?"

The little fat man suddenly retreated, "I'm hungry... I ate..."

"You..." He was so angry that he reached out and picked up a piece of wood as if he was going to fight.

Bai Shaoqing said hurriedly, "I'm not hungry, really."

The teenager looked back at her and patted her chest. "I'll make you delicious food tomorrow. You just woke up. You have to eat something good." He stretched out his hand and said, "These are all my brothers. That's gold. This is Xiaohu. This is bean sprouts. This is Xiao Liu. What's your name?"

Bai Shaoqing was stunned and replied, "My name is Shao Qing."

"Oh, I know how to write this word." The teenager was so excited that he immediately picked up a charred firewood and wrote the word "green" on the dusty ground.

Seeing that she stared at the word and didn't say anything, he was immediately uneasy. He grabbed his scalp and asked, "Did I... write it wrong?"

Bai Shaoqing came to his senses, looked at his face at a loss, and shook his head quickly: "That's right. Call me Qingqing in the future."

Then he grinned, and the children next to him also smiled. What about you? What's your name?" Bai Shaoqing asked.

The teenager looked at her, but scratched his head with embarrassment. "I can't write my name too much, but I can only read it. My name is Mu Yao. It's not the wood, it's the one... the one with a lot of strokes..."

Bai Shaoqing tied up a branch beside him and wrote down the two words on the ground. Mu Yao stared at these words for a long time, as if he had been shocked and couldn't speak. She quickly said, "Isn't these two words? Then I wrote it again," he was stunned and raised his head. There seemed to be tears in his bright eyes, and then he resisted, "Yes, it's the two words... Why did you write it all at once?"

"Is that so? That's good," Bai Shaoqing looked at the three words on the ground with a smile.

Xiao Wu clapped his hands and smiled and said, "It turns out that Qingqing can write, and it's so beautiful. It's great. In the future, Qingqing can help people write letters like Father Lin and make a lot of money."

Mu Yao stretched out his foot and kicked him: "What are you talking about?" With that, he glanced at her. This white-skinned girl has such eyes. She doesn't belong here. Suddenly, he didn't dare to look directly at her.

A room of children seemed to be infected by his feelings. They stared at Bai Shaoqing for a moment, but saw her eyes flashing slightly under the firelight, as if they could smile. Looking from them, her voice was very gentle but firm. "I want to be with everyone. Can you take me in?"

The room was quiet for a moment, and there was a burst of cheers, "Of course, Qingqing, Qingqing, hahaha."