The North China branch was located near the port of Tianjin City. The staff dormitory was only a few hundred meters away from the company. One could see the surrounding numbered warehouses and docks at a glance.
Although it was night, it was not considered late at night,
The company's employees had gotten off work early and had dinner. At the moment, they were basically gathered in the dormitory to play cards and drink water. Other than some people who happened to be on duty at the dock, no one would come out to experience the so-called sea breeze at night.
At this time, in this season, a person who came out to stand on the dock at night to enjoy the sea breeze was either crazy... or too much of a hipster.
At the back door of the staff dormitory,
Liu Xiaojiang quietly avoided everyone and walked out of the back door like a thief. He stood outside the door and looked at the small forest that connected to the suburbs in the distance. He vaguely saw a graceful figure hidden in it.
Then,
"Phew... isn't it just a little girl! What are you afraid of! If I die, so be it! "
Liu Xiaojiang stood where he was and took a deep breath. As if he had made up his mind, he walked towards the small forest in the distance with a determined gaze. He looked as if he was facing death with a sense of heroism.
..
In the small forest behind the dormitory,
Liu Xiaojiang followed the graceful figure that was faintly discernible in the forest. He saw Liu Yanyan wearing a pink and black jacket, a thin pink short skirt, and a pair of pure white sneakers. She stood gracefully with her back facing him under a small tree.
Thus..,
He pretended to be calm and walked behind the girl. "Yanyan, you've grown up. I..."
However..,
Before he could finish his words..,
"Shut up!"
Liu Yanyan stood under the tree. When she heard Liu Xiaojiang's voice, she immediately turned around like a kitten that had its fur puffed up. Her small face was full of fierceness as she directly rushed towards Liu Xiaojiang.
Seeing this..,
Liu Xiaojiang forcefully swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth. When he saw the girl rushing towards him with a fierce expression, he almost instinctively wanted to attack the other party. However, in the end, he reacted in time and stood where he was with a helpless expression, allowing the girl to vent her emotions.
After all,
Liu Yanyan was his benefactor who had truly saved him from the boundless darkness. He had once personally promised to be friends with the young and lonely girl, but in the blink of an eye, more than ten years had passed … Even after he had escaped from the darkness, he had not been able to find the girl due to his own abnormalities.
He felt extremely guilty for not being able to keep his promise. He was clearly saved by the young girl from the endless darkness, but he was unable to save the young girl from her loneliness … He was completely indebted to the young girl, but he was unable to return the favor like a friend.
However,
The girl's emotional outburst that he had anticipated did not come at all.
Liu Yanyan ran over, stood on her tiptoes, and hugged Liu Xiaojiang's neck. The fierce expression on her face suddenly disappeared, and she even said with a sobbing tone,
"That's … that's great, you're fine … I thought it was because I wasn't skilled enough that I wasted the chance to bring you back to life. That's great … the book is right, the reason why the lost talismans were lost is because you couldn't find the most suitable material to cast them."
"Eh?" Liu Xiaojiang suddenly saw Liu Yanyan's appearance and heard her inexplicable words. For a moment, he couldn't help but be stunned.
"What are you talking about? Why? Are you looking down on me? "
Liu Yanyan noticed the expression on Liu Xiaojiang's face and realized that her posture was indeed too intimate. She immediately let go of her hands that were tightly wrapped around his neck and pretended to be evil as she said,
"Hmph, otherwise, why do you think you can come back to life? It's all because I didn't believe in evil back then. I stole those ancient secret arts that had long been lost in the family and tried to draw talismans to cast spells on you one by one … I didn't want to give up on you, a rare fellow with consciousness?"
"Ancient secret arts?" Liu Xiaojiang had looked up the inheritance of the Xiangxi corpse herders in the company. He only knew that they could usually use talismans to control corpses and Gu to control others. He had no idea what Liu Yanyan was talking about at this moment.
"That's right."
Liu Yanyan nodded and said, "The reason you can come back to life … isn't it because of those lost talismans? Although our Xiangxi lineage can't be compared to Mount Longhu that you went to, if we really want to talk about historical origins, we can trace our lineage back to the ancient Battle of Zhuolu. "
"Battle of Zhuolu?" Liu Xiaojiang didn't know much about history, so he only found it unfamiliar when he heard this.
"Aiya! Why do you care so much? " Liu Yanyan said indifferently, "Anyway, I've already come back to life. I don't know much about those things. I only learned the methods from the ancient books and experimented on you … It's fine as long as I can successfully bring you back to life."
"… That's true." Liu Xiaojiang didn't doubt that it was Liu Yanyan who brought him back to life. This was because when he was in the boundless darkness back then, it was the girl's call that gave him the strength to successfully escape that empty land of nothingness.
"Then … What are you now? Can you still be considered a corpse? "
Liu Yanyan looked at Liu Xiaojiang with a complicated gaze. She couldn't feel that Liu Xiaojiang was similar to a corpse that was chased away. She even felt that Liu Xiaojiang was no different from a living person like herself.
Hearing this,
Liu Xiaojiang looked at the slender and elegant girl in front of him and said with a rare seriousness, "Yanyan, don't tell anyone else about me. Also … Although I'm still different from you, I don't think I'm still a so-called corpse."
"No matter what …"
"I'm standing in front of you now. I can talk to you like a normal person. I'm trying my best to adapt to the rules and order of society. My thoughts and abilities aren't much different from yours. This … Can't I still be considered a person?"
Liu Yanyan listened to everything Liu Xiaojiang said. Her gaze gradually turned from doubt to surprise. Finally, she stuttered and said,
"You … Do you really think so? Although I was able to bring you back to life with the help of the talisman recorded in the ancient book, I don't know what kind of talisman did it. I don't even know what kind of situation you're in right now. "
"And …"
"Even if I'm very willing to help you keep this secret, and I'm very happy that you can adapt to a normal life, but … Your body is abnormal. Stay by my side … I can slowly study your body in the future. Don't think too much. I … I just want to help you solve some problems."
"After all, once the abnormalities of your body are discovered, I don't know what the company … or even the other mutants will do to you. What if … what if they don't want to accept your existence, I'll be very … I don't want to lose such a rare research material like you."
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