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Linkage: Staggered Fate(2/3)

He is as disastrous as he is.

"You...are you okay with your speech...are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Let me show you!"

Qin Yugu is now two years old, and she is really not good at dealing with children, especially those who cry.

Naughty children are easy to talk to, and they can be beaten and locked up, but Nan Shu is very obedient.

He didn't cry, but it was more difficult for Qin Yugu than if he cried directly!

The girl didn't care whether Nan Shu would later doubt where her pulse diagnosis and medical skills came from. She reached out to grab his wrist, but he dodged it.

"I'm fine...you...just go away...just wait...just wait!"

He was stammering when he spoke, but he still refused to let go of his last bit of self-respect and face.

He is the son of a lowly slave girl, he doesn't need charity from others!

After his mother died, he was alone, and he will only be alone in this life!

Qin Yugu was angered by Nan Shu's sudden awkwardness and refused to listen to advice. He put his arms around his neck on tiptoes and bumped into him.

The boy's pupils suddenly shrank, and the distance between the two was extremely close.

"Shut up! Just look at me now! Just look at me!"

The girl's forehead was pressed against the boy's forehead, and her delicate facial features and pink lips were also close at hand. The image was so impactful that Nan Shu even forgot the pain of Qin Yugu hitting his forehead.

"I don't care why you're crying! If it's because of me, I'll apologize to you right now!"

Qin Yugu grabbed his head and refused to let go, but he stood on tiptoes and leaned forward again, forcing Nan Shu to protect her with his hands to avoid falling.

The girl at this moment was terribly stubborn. She frowned with impatience, worry, and self-blame for being so resistant.

"I don't know where I offended you. It may have brought back bad memories for you. If that's true, then I won't say another word in the future! If that's not the case, I won't force you to make it clear, but don't

Cry! Don’t reject me either!”

She spoke very quietly, fearing to disturb the government servants who were resting nearby, but she spoke so firmly that every word reached his ears.

"You don't have to trust anyone. Not trusting doesn't mean you don't rely on others. No one in this world can live alone! People must rely on each other! Don't act like everyone in the world is not worthy of trust.

!”

The young man's face was flushed one after another. Qin Yugu said it very seriously. It was not because he was too close that he would blush.

He never thought that she would comfort him so randomly and head-butt others... just like when he and her first met...

"You... why are you always so wanton and reckless..."

He suddenly hugged the girl into his arms, buried his face in the crook of her neck, and sobbed slowly, not caring about the sweat and dirt on Qin Yugu's body.

"I'm a child~ You are three years older than me, so you should know more truth, right? Big brother?"

She smiled and patted Nan Shu's trembling back gently, telling jokes with a relieved smile on her face.

Qin Yu's silver-gray eyes stared at the bright moon that was gradually setting, and his thoughts returned to the distant past——

She was not a liberal arts student to begin with, nor was she a woman who liked romance. She was adopted by a retired soldier and later worked as a military doctor. What she said was very straightforward and simple.

But she understands, she can see... the boy in front of her is exactly the same as her past self in the orphanage!

He is also a person who has nothing, and has been disappointed with many people around him and many things...

Qin Yugu didn't need to know the reason for his crying. He just looked at him as if he saw his past self.

She is not considered to have come out. In the end, until she leaves the world where she still cares, and until she is unable to complete her shortcomings, she has not completely come out.

PTSD, social phobia... the causes and effects after growing up, even though they are now healed due to physical and age regression, all of these are the subsequent effects of her failure to be cared for when she was a child.

She would treat a boy she didn't really know well like this, just hoping that Nan Shu wouldn't follow her own old path...

"Do you feel better now?"

Qin Yugu looked at Nan Shu, whose eyes were swollen, with a sincere and kind smile that made it difficult to tell who was older.

Nan Shu nodded blankly, not knowing whether it was because he was still immersed in the emotion just now, or because his mind was too complicated.

She really surprised him, whether it was her ability...or...her person...

"Then let's start working!"

Qin Yugu changed the topic and slapped Nan Shu on the shoulder. After tying the white cloth, he walked towards the corpses that had completed rigor mortis and removed the branches and ropes used to fix them.

Nan Shu also immediately stepped forward, fixed the mask, and helped her deal with it until dawn.

"Why don't you come with me now...it's still too dangerous..."

The girl asked Nan Shu for a sandbag that had been prepared in advance. The fist-sized sandbag was weighed in her small palm, and she looked very confident.

"Don't worry~ I can even control the rigor mortis time of a corpse. I can definitely handle such trivial matters as fake death~"

Qin Yugu was about to untie his clothes and put on the sandbags when he felt Nan Shu's direct gaze.

"You... turn around..."

"Huh?" He didn't know what the girl was going to do with this sandbag, so he blinked his watery eyes and took two steps forward, "Do you still want my help?"

Qin Yugu shook his head awkwardly——

"No, I want to undress, you turn around..."

This time Nan Shu was so shy that his handsome face turned red. He suddenly dodged to face the wall and rushed to the corner farthest from the girl, even covering his eyes and squatting down.

"Yes, yes... I'm sorry... I don't know... I didn't mean to see... I really didn't!"

Thinking that he had buried his face in the crook of her neck just now, like a domestic wolf dog, Nan Shu felt even more ashamed, and the redness spread to the base of his ears.

Qin Yugu didn't hear his loud apology. After stuffing the sandbag, he held it under his arm and walked to the corner to give Nan Shu a hand in confusion.

"Are you squatting here and thinking about your mistakes? I've done it. You still have time to leave now. Pay attention to safety on the road."

As she spoke, she pointed to the back door that had been reserved in advance and urged Nan Shu to pack up her things quickly and leave.

The sky was also bright, and Nan Shu knew that people from the government office would be here soon to check on the situation, so he didn't stay any longer, packed up all the tools, and walked to the door.

She didn't confirm whether he had left or not, so she lay down on the ground and used her body to press the arm holding the sandbag, trying to make the suspended animation time more appropriate.

He suddenly remembered something and retracted his legs after stepping out of the back door of the house. He rushed to Qin Yugu's side in small steps and whispered softly in her ear -

"I disguised myself as an official to defraud your adoptive parents and got the key evidence. Your brother is safe now. Don't worry about it. After you leave here, remember to go to the inn in the north of the city to find me first!"

Qin Yugu did not answer, but moved his tightly closed eyes slightly, indicating to Nan Shu that he had heard his instructions.

He helped Qin Yugu adjust to a more comfortable position before turning and leaving.

Before going out, Nan Shu took a deep look at the frail girl lying on the cold stone floor and whispered -

"Be careful and be careful in everything."

Immediately, he closed the back door and quickly left the mansion.

On the streets of the county town, Qin Yugu, who had successfully escaped, touched his belly and felt sad for his troubled stomach while walking in the county town.

The government office already deducted a lot from its servants, let alone a female slave like her.

Moreover, in order to appear to be hypothermic while she was pretending to be dead, she hadn't eaten a bite of food since last night. She even applied cold water on her body and wiped it dry several times when the master was scared away and asked people to confirm whether she was alive or dead.

Now, not to mention how hungry she is and how cold she is all over, she is so tormented that her body is going to have a fever!

Her vision was getting blurry, and she could feel that her steps were as scattered as those of a drunk person, but she still used her willpower to move forward.

"There's still...a little..."

There is only about fifty meters away from the door of the inn, but this short fifty meters is so far away in the eyes of today's girls.

My feet felt like they were filled with lead water, every step was extremely heavy, and my head hurt so much it felt like it was about to split!

She has not been sick for many years, at least since becoming a doctor, she has been very strict in her health management and self-discipline, and she has never had a fever.

The last time I had a fever... it was thirteen years ago...

She couldn't remember clearly, but the feeling of reliving it now was obviously not that pleasant!

Finally, when he was still about twenty meters away from the inn, Qin Yugu felt his eyes go dark. After a while, the world was spinning, and he didn't seem to hit the ground.

Two tall men stopped Qin Yugu, and one of them, a soldier who had been appointed by Helianzhong to track Qin Yugu, picked up the girl.

"Huh... I finally caught this girl. She has been hiding in the government office and won't come out. If we act rashly, it won't be easy to explain openly..."

Three hours ago, the dead man knew where he was now, but because she was acting in the government, the disposal of the corpse would involve the owner being in danger, so she had to do it without the owner's permission.

The young soldier holding Qin Yugu also sighed.

"That's right! You said this little girl looks as skinny as a piece of firewood, but why is she so weird? Even dozens of us chasing her can run away right under our noses!"

The old dead man smiled——

"The person who can be searched by the master's name, even a girl, is not an ordinary person. Don't you know this?"

Holding Qin Yugu in his arms, the young dead man believed deeply——

"That's right. I guess the master met her when she was trapped in the cemetery. Maybe he saved her and she also helped him!"

Helian Zhong has always been a person who knows rewards and punishments clearly. If this is true, it would make sense.
To be continued...
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