In the dark confinement room, the haggard Qin Xingyan hugged her knees and curled up on a pile of slightly damp and moldy straw.
The small windowless room was filled with the smell of moldy straw. Coupled with the dry and hot temperature, it was unbearable.
Because there was nothing to refer to time, except for the first two days when her phone still had power, Qin Xingyan had lost the concept of time.
How long had he been in this gloomy house? A week? Ten days? Or more than a month?
Not far from the straw pile was the iron door of the confinement room. Under the iron door, there was a small hole in the iron door that had not been touched.
The person taking care of her had changed the food several times, but she had not eaten for a long time.
Although it was not to the extent that she could not eat, if it was just a few days, she could still endure it.
Qin Xingyan felt like her brain was filled with lead, and she was dizzy and could not get up.
The meridians in her body were in a state of near paralysis at the moment, and she could not draw out even a little bit of spiritual power.
She was able to command the world of cultivation in this era, but now she was no different from an ordinary mortal woman.
How long had it been since she felt powerless?
Qin Xingyan leaned against the wall. More than half of the lime used to paint the wall had peeled off, exposing the red brick wall inside. She stared at the egg-sized light leak on the roof in a daze. Although it was troublesome when it leaked on rainy days, it was usually the only light source in the room.
"This feeling of weakness … It's just like that time …"
She whispered softly, and her thoughts gradually sank into the memories.
Qin Xingyan was an orphan.
As for whether her parents abandoned her, or both of them had passed away, because it was too long ago, even Qin Xingyan herself could not remember.
For as long as she could remember, she had been living in the hospital.
At that time, her body was very weak, and she had to lie in the hospital bed all day long. She could not walk for more than half an hour every day.
Whenever she saw other healthy children, she could not help but think that the world was really unfair.
Why was it that other people could have a healthy body, but she had to drag this sickly body and lie on the hospital bed all the time?
Qin Xingyan was much more mature than his peers, probably because he had no parents.
She knew very well that she was a useless person. Although she could no longer remember the name of the illness, it was undoubtedly something similar to a terminal illness for mortals. No matter how much money was invested, it would not be able to cure it. It would only be like a bottomless pit, constantly devouring large amounts of money.
Qin Xingyan was raised by a charity with a decent reputation, but they wouldn't invest a lot of money into a terminally ill child. A million dollars couldn't cure Qin Xingyan, but it could save more unfortunate children.
The disease would devour her life bit by bit, causing her to die of organ failure at the age of six or seven.
If that was the case, then this could only be considered the life of an unfortunate child at most. However, Qin Xingyan had a decisive difference from others.
She could see supernatural creatures that ordinary people could not see with their naked eyes.
In this big hospital where life and death were very common, this ability brought her a lot of trouble.
"Doctor Chen, this little girl is spouting nonsense again."
"What's wrong?"
"She said that there was a woman at the door with hair down to her feet. I went to the surveillance camera to check the video, but there was no such person at all! "
"Children like to lie like this. Give her some sleeping pills and let her fall asleep early."
This kind of conversation had happened more than once at the door of Qin Xingyan's ward. At first, Qin Xingyan didn't understand why. There was clearly a woman in a white dress, with coarse hair that reached her feet, and no pupils. She was smiling strangely into the room, but no one could see her. They even accused her of lying.
It was not until later that she vaguely understood that she was the only one who could see those things.
However, by that time, whether it was the nurse or the doctor, they had already felt that she was a strange and talkative child. Subconsciously, they had already alienated Qin Xingyan.
Why was I born? Is it really a good thing for me to live in this world? Why am I the only unlucky one?
The lonely little girl would always sit alone in the hospital bed and stare blankly at the light between the gaps of the curtains.
Because her illness was sensitive to sunlight, the curtains in the ward were closed all year round. Even if she wanted to see the scenery outside, she could only do so on rainy days or at night.
Until one night, when the little girl was half-awake, she heard someone knocking on the window.
"Who is it?" Because her hand was still on the drip, the girl could not open the curtains. At the same time, she did not want to press the bell to call the nurse … Even if she did, they would not believe her anyway.
Because her ward was on the fifth floor.
"Hello, my name is Qing Meng." A boy's or a girl's voice came from outside the window. "My friend and I came here to play, but we accidentally got separated."
"I don't know your friend." Qin Xingyan curiously turned to look at the window. Unfortunately, the window was covered by the heavy canvas curtains as usual.
"Yes, I know." The voice outside sounded a bit depressed. "But they will definitely come for me."
"Then what are you doing here?" Qin Xingyan asked curiously.
"I'm sorry, actually I haven't eaten for a few days." The voice outside sounded a little embarrassed. "This world is too dangerous … There are metal boxes running around everywhere. I was almost hit by them a few times. I didn't even have the chance to look for food."
After a pause, it continued, "I heard from some other guys that there is a little human girl here who can see us, so I came here to try my luck."
Sure enough, it was also that kind of thing …
"What do you want to eat?" Although the little girl was a bit resistant to the supernatural creatures that made her life more difficult, she hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively, "Let's make it clear first, eating people is absolutely not allowed."
"Don't worry, I'm not a monster that eats people. I eat fruits or nuts. If that doesn't work, rice is fine too. "
The other party answered readily.
After a long illness, Qin Xingyan looked up at his drip bottle and found that there was not much left in it. He pulled out the needle himself, then rummaged in the drawer of the bedside table and took out a small bag of sunflower seeds.
It was the sunflower seeds that the charity sent to visit her last time (and also to shoot a promotional video for the charity). However, not only did that person not eat it, but he also left it here.
The little girl herself was not interested in sunflower seeds, so she threw it in the drawer and forgot about it. It was not until today that she saw it again …
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