Little Cotton

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    Yu Ling remembers that it was written in "The Fairy Rules" that human beings have a special agency for catching monsters. They are kept in the dark and live ordinary lives like ordinary people. Tricky events to handle.

Zhong Chuyun said that there are many things that the public does not want to know, especially the existence of the monster race, and they have to find a reasonable way to cover it up. After all, it would make ordinary humans panic.

This incident is obviously a supernatural event for human beings. Many people on the Internet are making strange guesses, but the final definition is a vicious case of killing, hiding, and killing people.

The most obvious point is that more than half a month has passed since the disappearance of the person, the discovery of the body, and the report of the whole incident.

This incident has happened for some time, but there was not much news on the Internet. It was not until recently that the victim's family members jointly asked for help online, and public opinion could no longer be suppressed, so it was officially reported.

The short on-site video was covered in a large part by the mosaic, which allowed people to vaguely see the number of corpses, but not any injuries on the body.

But the video shows a big tree that can only be hugged by two people. The Fufang vines on it climb several meters high, like a lurking snake, quietly entrenched in the dark corner of the video that no one cares about.

Thousands of miles away, unable to see the spiritual breath, but Yu Ling still recognized the difference between it and ordinary vine branches at a glance.

Once a demon is enlightened, no matter how much it mixes into the group, it will reveal unusual places. These unusual things may not be discernible to the naked eye of untrained humans, but they can be easily detected by fairies of the same race.

"What kind of place is this?" Yu Ling couldn't help asking.

"It's far away from us, don't worry about it." Zhong Chuyun said, putting down the phone.

"Did fairies attack humans in the past?" Yu Ling asked curiously.

"En." Zhong Chuyun nodded slightly, and picked up the chopsticks on the bowl again.

She said she didn't care, but Yu Ling could tell that there was deep concern in her eyes.

That night, the murder of seventeen members of the tour group caused a lot of noise on the Internet. Yu Ling sat cross-legged on the bed, and followed the disputes and speculations to follow the wind direction of various platforms.

Many people think that there is too much information missing in the official reports, and it is difficult not to make people suspect that this matter is not artificial.

After all, all seventeen people were buried alive, and none of them escaped. If a group of people did it, it is impossible that there were no traces left around the crime. If it was done by three or two people, there should be drug residues in the body of the deceased. Shouldn't this information be reported? Is it possible that the officials themselves cannot understand this incident?

Under this sound, some unknown gods and psychics jumped out and began to analyze in a strange direction. After a set of analysis, let alone really have such a momentum.

If Yu Ling herself was not a monster, she would have believed that this incident was done by a ghost.

However, most people still feel that they cannot use the theory of gods and ghosts to divert their attention. While paying attention to the theory of supernatural beings, it is good to emphasize this kind of theory. Don't get caught up in it. The cruel murderer is still at large. must be strictly investigated.

Speaking of it, the scenic spot where the accident happened and the place where Yu Ling is now, at least four provinces apart, are indeed so far away that you don't need to care about it, but Yu Ling just feels that something is not particularly right.

She searched for "Xiquan Mountain" subconsciously, but found that on the maps drawn by humans, there was no such place at all, and there was no such place name.

She asked Zhong Chuyun, is the incident near Xiquan Mountain?

Zhong Chuyun in the lower berth was silent for a long time, and when he spoke again, he just asked back: "Do you still care about that place?"

Such a long silence and such an abrupt question undoubtedly confirmed Yu Ling's guess.

She hugged the quilt, lowered her eyebrows and pondered for a while, and said, "So, that place is really near Xiquan Mountain?"

Zhong Chuyun didn't answer this time.

Yu Ling pursed her lips, and said in a low voice: "I shouldn't care about it, but I don't really believe that if it is really a goblin from Xiquan Mountain, it will be so malicious to human beings... If something like this happens, it will Will it affect Xiquan Mountain?"

She remembered that everyone just wanted to keep that land safe and sound, and keep the sacred tree that has protected everyone for thousands of years.

Occasionally, some goblins have the ability to leave the mountains. For the sake of peace in the mountains, they will follow the teachings and never easily conflict with humans.

She couldn't figure out such a question, and Zhong Chuyun in the lower berth only said indifferently: "It's just an accident, there are wicked people, there are evil monsters, not everyone will follow the rules, otherwise there would be no need for the existence of monster catching agencies in this world."

At the end, Zhong Chuyun was silent for a long time, as if comforting, he added: "Don't take it to heart, many things will be forgotten after a while." "

Is that true..." " Yes

."

Shrinking, holding the phone and continuing to watch the heated discussions on the Internet, there is always a lingering sense of weirdness in my heart.

She was in a mess, but she couldn't hold back the drowsiness that surged up inch by inch.

...

She opened her eyes, only to see a scene of hell in front of her.

The sun was overcast, and the vegetation was withered and yellow.

The sacred tree that had guarded the Mu clan for thousands of years in the distance was completely withered at this moment, and the thick black fog shrouded the sacred tree, faintly revealing a bit of blood.

Countless shattered spirit sticks swayed in the bloody wind, like the bones of countless skeletons who had lost their souls, filled with terrifying resentment.

The raging fire burned the mountains and forests that had been indifferent to the world.

Billowing thick smoke filled the sky and the earth.

For some reason, it started to rain in an instant, and the stratus clouds penetrated the thick smoke, dropping gray-black water droplets.

She couldn't open her eyes suddenly, and an indescribable pain hit her mind.

The rain was so heavy, the clouds were so heavy, and the despair in my heart spread, as if it was going to swallow the whole world.

She seemed to be dying.

It's not painful, it's just growing numb.

The body seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and the blood seemed to flow out, melting into the dust and mud under the body.

The fox pinned her to the ground, pressed her slashed wrist, and yelled something at her.

The rain drenched them, and they were so cold that they almost lost consciousness.

She only felt that her eyes were full of blood, and the blood was gradually replaced bit by bit by the darkness coming from all directions.

However, the soft white aura almost stubbornly dispelled the darkness, carrying warmth as before, wishing to warm her increasingly cold body.

In a daze, she heard the fox chanting an unfamiliar spell.

Someone tapped her forehead, a wave of spiritual power poured into her three souls and seven souls, and the pain hit again, but it was a new life.

"Wake up, wake up... It's agreed, no matter where we go, we will stay together..."

She slowly opened her extremely heavy eyes.

"Didn't you keep saying...if, if it wasn't me...all this...wouldn't have been over long ago?" She didn't know what she was talking about, but she asked like this when she opened her mouth, "In that case, What are you doing?"

"I regret it, Little Cotton..."

Regret? What is the fox regretting?

She heard the fox whimper, and she felt herself being held tightly in his arms.

"It's fine if this doesn't end, I know now, I don't have that ability, I can't save anyone... I just want to protect you, let's escape together." "You..." "From now on

,

I I will live or die with you, I will lead you to escape, we..."

"Where can we escape to?"

"Anywhere, go to a place where it can't be affected, there is always a place like this." "

I don't care about anything else?"

"I don't care anymore." Lin Shuang held her hand and wiped it gently with his thumb Get the blood off her face.

The bruised and bruised fox tried his best to raise a smile, trying his best to tell the little demon in front of him that he really could let go of anything.

But the fox is not a cunning fox after all, the tears flowing in his eyes betrayed the unwillingness in his heart completely in just a moment, the pain in his heart was so heavy, it was so heavy that he almost crushed himself, and even the smile was bitter , Even a little cotton flower who has never seen anything in the world can't be fooled.

"Foxes... aren't very good at deceiving people... Why are you... different..." You

clearly care, why do you want to do it for me...

for me...

for me?

What exactly did that fox pay...

why can't I remember?

......

The alarm clock in the morning wakes up the person in the nightmare.

The dreams have been getting weirder lately.

Yu Ling let out a long sigh of relief, got out of the bed, ate a simple breakfast as usual, and then rushed to work.

As soon as they entered the restaurant, the colleagues were chatting about last night's news. It was not until the store manager came and hung up the business sign outside the door that they silently interrupted their group chat.

Yu Ling was always worried that this matter would become a big issue, and human beings would notice the demon spirits of all races on Xiquan Mountain.

But in the end, everything was the same as what Zhong Chuyun said, and many things would be forgotten after a while. And the "how long" in the near future is about three to five days.

In this world, there are all kinds of news every day, and people's attention to one thing is limited.

Most of the people who squatted to follow up dispersed, and those who did not disperse could not cause any more disturbances. Even the family members who had cried and made a lot of noise were silent one by one.

"Have they been disposed of?" Yu Ling asked Zhong Chuyun curiously.

"I don't know." Zhong Chuyun shook his head, there was really no hesitation or perfunctory in his eyes, and he really didn't know.

After much deliberation, Yu Ling threw the same question to Zhong Chutian.

[Witty Cotton: Have all the family members of the victims been disposed of? ]

[What do you do every day: how can you, even the most powerful demon catcher, dare not deal with the victim's family like this. This is going to be found out, and he will be the one to be dealt with. ]

[ Witty Cotton: Then why didn't they continue to speak out? 】

【What do you do every day: Either pay a lot of money to appease, or tamper with memory. If the former can be done, the latter is unnecessary. 】

【Witty Cotton: Tampering with memory? Humans will also do this kind of magic? ]

[What do you do every day: There are few people who know it, but there are still some, and there is no big problem in coping with ordinary situations. When they really can't handle it, the human race will also ask for help from the Demon Management Bureau. Among the elves registered in human cities and towns, there are not a few who have practiced charm and illusion. This kind of mental manipulation and memory tampering are not difficult. 】

【Witty Cotton: But those people lost part of their memory, isn't it incomplete? ]

[What do you do every day: what should you do? Let them continue to make trouble, or just kill them all? 】

【What do you do every day: You little Mianmian is still too young. If the two races want to coexist peacefully, some things are doomed not to come to the fore. 】

【What do you do every day: As for whether a person's memory is complete or not, no one cares except himself. And after the memory changed, he wanted to care about it, but he couldn't remember what to care about. 】

【Witty Cotton: That's too cruel...】

[What do you do every day: How cruel can it be? Forget it, it's cruel to remember matters between life and death. ]

[What do you do every day: forget how comfortable you are. 】

The words seem to be so reasonable, but Yu Ling just feels that if she is one of those people, she must not be forced to choose to forget.

It would be too pitiful for a person who couldn't even keep his extremely important memories.

[What do you do every day: By the way, Little Cotton. ]

[What do you do every day: Is Qingming holiday? We are going to the Mu clan, did my sister tell you? ]

[ Witty Cotton: Huh? ]

[What do you do every day: Oh, it seems that I don't plan to take you there. 】

【Witty Cotton: ...】

If you don't take it, don't take it.

She doesn't want to go back yet!

Besides, those who work in restaurants will only be busier during holidays, okay?

She wants to make money, so she has no time to go back to that unlucky mountain!

Yu Ling was thinking like this, but couldn't help raising her eyebrows and glanced at Zhong Chuyun who was sitting beside him watching TV, and asked tentatively: "Qingming...do you all have a holiday?" "Yes." "

I

won't It's a holiday, and it's going to be busier than usual." Yu Ling added, "The store manager said, during the Qingming Festival, I guess I have to work overtime at night, but there will be overtime pay..." "

Then you're busy."

"You... have Any arrangements?" Yu Ling couldn't help but asked directly.

"Go to Xiquan Mountain." Zhong Chuyun directly stated his plan without going around the bush.

Yu Ling took a deep breath, and cautiously asked: "Where are you going to do what? Is it related to... and what happened last time?"

Zhong Chuyun: "It was agreed earlier, this is a deal. "

Yu Ling remembered.

The Fox Clan strengthened the barrier for Xiquan Mountain, and the Mu Clan gave the Fox Clan a branch of the sacred tree.

It turns out that the deal hasn't really been concluded yet? She thought she already got what she needed when she was brought out.

For some reason, Yu Ling originally didn't want to go back to that place at all, but recently she has an urge to go back and have a look.

After all, she was still very concerned about the sudden attack on humans by the Wood Clan in Xiquan Mountain.

"Well, don't I need to go?" Yu Ling said in a low voice, "I remember what you said, I should play a play with you..." "You don't have to force it,

Zhong Chutian said, on the side of the Mu clan, he You can fool me by yourself."

"Oh..."

Yu Ling lowered her eyebrows and bit her lower lip, feeling embarrassed.

That guy Zhong Chutian didn't even need to write a draft when he lied, and he played tricks on people, so there was really no need for her to co-star.

So Zhong Chuyun really doesn't plan to take her there this time?

"I don't think this is good. You raise cotton for a thousand days, don't you just use it for this moment?"

"What for a moment?"

"Acting!" Yu Ling said.

"Aren't you not on vacation?" Zhong Chuyun asked again.

"I can ask for leave!" Yu Ling quickly raised her head and reached out to grab Zhong Chuyun's sleeve, "The goblins in Xiquan Mountain know that I am married to Zhong Chutian, and you are going to help strengthen the barrier. Don't you think too much?"

"Who did you marry?" Zhong Chuyun glanced at Yu Ling slightly, and there seemed to be a chill in his eyes.

Yu Ling shivered subconsciously, and unconsciously blinked her eyes twice.

What happened to this fox, his eyes suddenly became so unfriendly?

Could it be that she has been eating and drinking here for a long time, exposing her shortcomings of being able to eat and beeping, so this fox began to dislike her, and felt more and more that she was not good enough for his brother?

"I, I haven't married anyone, and I don't want to marry anyone." Yu Ling said, shrunk her head as if surrendering, leaned back a little, and raised her own pair of little hands.

"Don't talk nonsense like this in the future, that kid is not worthy of you." Zhong Chu said, seeing Yu Ling nodding his head like a chicken pecking at rice, his tone became a little gentler.

Yu Ling pursed her lips, and whispered from the bottom of her heart: "What you want to say is actually 'that kid, you are not worthy'? Don't worry, I can't ask for it." Of course, if you think this way in your heart, you can't say it with your mouth

.

She sat up straight, her eyes were floating back and forth between her toes and Zhong Chuyun's, the last one couldn't hold back, and muttered in a low voice: "I just want to go back and have a look."

Zhong Chuyun was silent for a few seconds, and said in a low voice: "I I remember you said you didn't want to go back."

"I didn't want to." Yu Ling slightly lowered her head, her voice was low, "But since I heard the news last time, I've always been a little worried." "Actually, you can rest

assured , I promised about the Mu clan, I will definitely do my best."

"I know, it's just..."

"Do you really want to go?" Zhong Chuyun looked at Yu Ling with lowered eyebrows.

"Hmm..." Yu Ling nodded.

The girl sat obediently, looking at Zhong Chuyun with some expectation in her eyes.

Zhong Chuyun opened his mouth, and the words of refusal reached his throat, but he swallowed them back.

"Then let's go together." As

soon as Zhong Chuyun finished speaking, Yu Ling beside her jumped up like a puppy, hugged her and rubbed her hard, but before she could react, the little girl sat down again.

Compared with just now, the only change is probably the corners of Yu Ling's mouth raised wildly.

After leaving Xiquan Mountain for more than half a year, Yu Ling never thought that she would go back.

Fortunately, whether it is Xiquan Mountain or Yu Family, those nightmares that once imprisoned her have long since become a distant past.

For her, the distance is not only half a year, but also a hundred years.

She has nothing to hate. If possible, she hopes that the deep mountain will always be the pure land of the Mu clan and other demon spirits in the mountain.

In order to go back to Xiquan Mountain with Zhong Chuyun, Yu Ling had the cheek to ask the store manager for three days' personal leave.

As Qingming was approaching, Zhong Chuyun bought a new set of clothes for Yu Ling.

Yu Ling snatched Zhong Chuyun's cell phone, clicked on Taobao to look at the price, and took a deep breath.

This outfit cost more than nine hundred yuan, which made her heart ache for a long time.

Zhong Chuyun said that since she wanted to go back, she had to dress nicely, so that the people of the Mu clan could not feel that she had been wronged by the Fox clan.

Yu Ling couldn't help arguing: "Whether I've been wronged or not, it's good if I understand it in my heart?

" Then he said, "Let them all see that you are not someone who can bully you or order you around."

"Hmm..." Yu Ling took two steps back, smoothed out the hair that was messed up by Zhong Chuyun with her fingers, and the corners of her mouth Unconsciously rose a little.

The new clothes are so good-looking that she is a little reluctant to wear them.

The seller's page says that the clothes are machine washable, but she is still afraid that the clothes will be damaged by the washing machine, so she rubs them with her hands for the first time.

On the day of departure, she changed into the clothes Zhong Chuyun bought, and for the first time in her life, she went to the airport that she had only seen on TV before.

Now she is also a fairy with an ID card, and she no longer needs to be dizzy on a long-distance bus for a day and a night like when she came here half a year ago.

Yu Ling was both excited and nervous on the first flight.

She followed closely behind Zhong Chuyun, lined up to get the ticket in a daze, and passed the security check nervously.

When the thing in the security inspector's hand was beeping, she thought she had made a big mistake, and didn't dare to move for a long time, until she heard the phrase "you can go" that was repeated twice, and then she felt dispirited. Putting on his coat, he picked up his mobile phone in the plastic frame, and ran over to Zhong Chuyun and Zhong Chutian who were waiting for him with their luggage not far away.

"That thing rang just now, and it scared me!" Yu Ling chased after Zhong Chuyun, muttering in a low voice, "I thought cotton couldn't pass the inspection!

" explain.

"But I don't have anything on me, it just rang!" Yu Ling raised her head and said.

"Is it underwear? It's normal." Zhong Chutian said again, "But I think you're quite unexpected, and I thought you didn't need to wear it." "I..." Yu Ling was speechless for a while and Zhong Chuyun gave Zhong Chutian a look, and Zhong Chutian

quickly

swayed He waved his hands, made a zip movement around his mouth, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and looked to the side.

Yu Ling pursed her lips, and looked down at her own toes.

It's so embarrassing...

It's okay to fuss over a little thing, and a male fox said that she has a poor figure...

Is her poor figure a problem?

She also wanted to be like Zhong Chuyun, with such a proud figure.

But I was malnourished since I was a child, and it is already very good to have the current stature. Some things can't be made up no matter how much I eat the day after tomorrow.

Yu Ling muttered in her heart like this, when Zhong Chuyun suddenly patted her head.

"Don't you want to see the plane?" Zhong Chuyun said, looking out the French windows of the terminal hall.

Yu Ling followed her gaze, a plane was slowly taking off from the orbit, and it flew towards the clouds in the sky after a while.

She watched the plane fly farther and farther, and gradually faded out of her sight.

The clouds in the sky, like huge cotton, covered the white shadow that was getting smaller and smaller.

She couldn't help being stunned, and murmured: "Where will it go?"

Where will those who go far away in one direction end up?

Where is the century that disappeared out of thin air?

I chased the fox in my dream and asked countless times, but I still couldn't get the answer, where is it?