Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

Chapter 2
who I am?Where do I come from?what am i doing here
When Li Xing, who was wandering around the street corner for a long time, was stopped by the middle-aged man in a black and white checkered uniform and a soft hat with a badge, he subconsciously felt panic. It wasn't until he asked Li Xing these questions that daze became Li Xing's mind subject.

I also want to know these answers.

Li Xing scratched his head, hugged his arm uneasily: "I'm sorry, I... I don't know either."

The man's face is very square, because he has a beard and looks like he is in his fifties. His light blue eyes are looking at Li Xing's unfit clothes, and her facial features are soft and angular, which is not at all like a Loenian's appearance, but more like Those half-breeds with elven blood in the legends at sea made the man wonder if they were slaves who escaped from some dark bar.

On the surface it is a bar or a hotel, but many people are still doing illegal business in private, sending those beautiful girls to the inland from a long distance.

But normally, these slaves would have marks on their bodies, which were signs of abuse and punishment, and they would not be as "calm and calm" like Li Xing.But the girl's bewilderment didn't seem like a fake, the man sighed with a headache, he didn't want to get involved in such a troublesome thing: "You don't know?"

Li Xing nodded quickly, she guessed that this man was probably some kind of inspector, if she could ask him for help——

"Pandy! Why are you dawdling here? There are two inspectors from above asking us to help investigate the disappearance of the dilapidated tavern on Iron Cross Street. Hurry up and lead the way!"

Another man ran over, he was still swearing, he kept cursing the damn rats on Iron Cross Street, his eyes swept over Li Xing and he paused: "What are you doing?"

Li Xing became nervous and shook his head again and again: "I, I'm lost! I'll go ask someone else, don't bother this gentleman!"

Then she hurried to the side road, not caring where she was going.

The two police officers glanced at Li Xing's back, and then hurried back to the direction of the police station. They didn't have time to take care of an unknown person. In front of the more important supervision, Li Xing's matter was instantly thrown out of their minds. back.

Li Xing walked on the street for a long time, and from time to time, her eyes fell on her. After all, she looked so strange, whether it was the extremely ill-fitting and dirty men's suit, or her unique facial features and small hair. age.Li Xing saw her face clearly through the window of a coffee shop. Her facial features and memory did not change much, but except for her hair becoming pale gold, her eyes also turned gray. She looked like a mixed-race person. The original appearance is much more beautiful.

Li Xing straightened his slightly curly shawl hair, and sighed towards the window: "Oh, Landing comes with a beauty face and thieves specialization? It's not bad luck."

Then she ran away from the waiter looking at the fool in his eyes.

The buildings on the street are not in the style Li Xing is familiar with, but closer to the Western-style Victorian style she has seen on the Internet. She has seen small streets with a similar style when traveling in a certain Australia before, but they are far less spacious than the streets here.There are simple street lights here, but there are no cars or bicycles, but Li Xing saw a public carriage, pulled by two horses that can flick their tails, and she followed in surprise for a long time.

She didn't see anyone holding a mobile phone, which convinced Li Xing that the technology here hadn't developed to that level.

It wasn't until the sun was high that Li Xing's ankles were a little sore. She had a better understanding of her physical fitness. At least in the world she remembered, she would have been exhausted long ago.

Li Xing rubbed the remaining red fruit, and whispered to his sleeve: "Little bug, do you want to eat it? It's not good for me to eat it alone."

Then she received a disgusting response that was close to "fuck".

Li Xing let out a "tss", and bit the red fruit hard to vent his dissatisfaction.

At the end of the long street is a Gothic black church, which occupies a small area but is very elegant and solemn. The stained glass windows are hung outside the walls, making the tall pointed towers look like eyes watching the street.

From time to time, people would come in and out of the church door. A young pastor in a black robe stood by the door, saying hello to people passing by, and chatting with people he knew well.

Li Xing looked at the situation there from a distance, and finally gave up the urge to ask a few words. She has no habit of religious belief, and she felt awkward asking the church staff for help just because she was in trouble.

What's more, the current situation is not too bad, Li Xing tried to cheer herself up, as long as she can find a job first and figure out the currency value here, at worst she can go back to that empty tavern for a few nights.

Li Xing didn't plan to go any further, she reckoned that her memory wasn't enough for her to remember more roads, so she followed the direction she came from and the iconic shops to the vegetable market street that she came out of this morning go.

According to what Li Xing saw, that block should be the local slum area, which she could easily deduce based on the street environment and the clothes of the residents.This kind of place is very dangerous, but it is also easy to hide. Before learning more about this world, Li Xing dare not get too involved with others.

Since there will be bugs who can understand human language, there may be more strange things in this world, Li Xing reminded himself to "keep vigilant at all times".

Thinking of this, Li Xing couldn't help laughing, adjusted his mentality, and then plucked up the courage to walk into a street cafe.

A few minutes later, she came out disappointed again.

This situation was repeated all afternoon, until the sun was setting in the west, Li Xing walked towards the street corner of the slum area with his arms folded.

Suddenly, a strange sense of staring appeared in Li Xing's heart, she dodged instinctively into the alley, huddled behind a few trash cans, and crazily muttered "don't find me" in her heart.

The feeling of being attached to a barrier reappeared in her body, which made Li Xing heave a sigh of relief, squatting quietly, she heard footsteps stop at the entrance of the alley.

"...it doesn't seem to be... further forward?"

"Psychic...it has to be you...it's very convenient."

"Not necessarily...keep searching and let the captain..."

Li Xing couldn't hear the detailed conversation, but the people at the alley left quickly, which made Li Xing heave a sigh of relief. She squatted on the spot for a long time before carefully touching the alley.

There was no one around, and the setting sun was dim, reflecting the tiredness on her face.

Beside the vegetable market street, Li Xing went to many shops again. Even though Li Xing's requirements were low enough that she only needed to eat and sleep in the shop, but seeing her appearance, clothing and age, no one was willing to do so. let her stay.When Li Xing came out of the house with an angry face, the sky was almost completely dark. Thinking of the men dressed as sailors molesting and even expressing that she could get money when she slept, Li Xing had no idea. An urge to tear their mouths apart.

To be honest, Li Xing believes that with the "skill" she showed before, it is absolutely no problem if she wants to steal for a living, but out of dignity, she resents doing so.

Li Xing rubbed the center of his right eyebrow irritably, she can't be that kind of grand robber who robs the rich and gives to the poor, can she?
"Little guy, why are you standing here alone?"

An old voice came from behind, and Li Xing, who was in a daze, immediately turned around, and saw an old woman with gray and curly hair, wrapped in an apron, standing at the door of a bakery, looking at Li curiously but without malice. star.

"Grandma, I'm sorry, I'm leaving now."

But the old woman waved at Li Xing: "Don't worry, I think someone mentioned you to me... Fiona! Come out and have a look!"

Li Xing hesitated and walked closer to the old woman. He didn't understand why the old man said that someone mentioned her. Could it be that she knew anyone with this body?Will there be conflicts if they are worn out?

But seeing the gentle attitude of the old lady, Li Xing still didn't run away directly, but stood quietly at the door, waiting for that "Fiona" to come out.

"What, Wendy, what did you want me to see? I have to wash those trays... Ah, it's you!"

The middle-aged woman who came out was quite familiar, and Li Xing remembered in a few seconds that it was the lady she helped snatch back the wallet in the morning.

The woman took two steps forward, gratefully holding Li Xing's hand, her hand was covered with rough calluses: "This morning is really thanks to you, thank you so much, those shit thieves really deserve to die!"

"No, you're welcome! Really..." Li Xing blushed, she didn't need to imagine how silly the smile on her face could be, and what made her even more embarrassed was that her stomach actively let out a "goo~" the sound of.

The old man laughed: "If you don't dislike it, there are still some breadsticks left. Come on, I will thank you for Fiona."

"Really, is it okay? I..." Li Xing gritted his teeth, "Actually, can I work here? I don't need money, as long as I have some food! I can live somewhere else—"

The woman looked at Li Xing in a daze for two seconds, then pulled Li Xing's wrist as if she had come to her senses, and pulled her into the bakery without any explanation: "Don't say anything else, I'm going to hang out on the street at this point. It's too dangerous for a lady. Eat something first."

After swallowing a whole loaf of rye bread with cold water, Li Xing felt full. Although the bread was dry and hard, it was not tasty, but she was only grateful at this moment.

"I'm Fiona Groning, this is Wendy Sling, this 'Sling bakery' is her family business, because her son went to work at the train station, so Mrs. Wendy hired me in the shop Help. What about you? What's your name?"

Li Xing couldn't directly report her original name, it was too different from the name here, so she racked her brains to make up a word that didn't go against her: "Ai, Esther."

"Where's your last name? Do you need us to help you find your family?"

Li Xing subconsciously clenched her fists, and when she hesitated to answer, something twisted in her cuff, Li Xing felt the meaning of the little bug, and immediately understood: "Mon? Esther? Meng, I don't know where my family is..."

That little bug seemed to be getting angry again, disliking Li Xing for being too stupid for not giving his full name.

Wendy shook her head: "Mon? You probably aren't from Tingen, are you? I've been here for so long, and I've never heard of such a surname."

Fiona was thoughtful, and pulled the corner of Li Xing's clothes and rubbed the fabric of her clothes: "Could it be the trafficked people from the port? Why are you wearing such a suit? Anyway, this is a standard suit , it won’t be cheap.”

"I don't know, I was wearing this outfit when I was awake, and passed out in a certain basement, so I quickly crawled out." After opening the head of lying, Li Xing's thinking became much smoother, and she He lowered his head and wrung his hands anxiously, hoping that these two kind women would not refuse her request to stay.

Neither Wendy nor Fiona became suspicious of these words, but instead trusted Li Xing more and more.

Maybe Li Xing looked so pitiful, and her current behavior was shy and harmless. Thinking of the girl's kind act of snatching her wallet back in the morning, Fiona felt compassion and patted Wendy on the shoulder: " Let her live in the warehouse like me first? Anyway, there is no need to pay wages, and it is always good to have more people to help."

Wendy didn't agree immediately, but thought about it for more than ten seconds: "Is there really no trouble?"

Fiona turned to Li Xing: "Esther, we have to agree first, if someone comes looking for you, we won't be able to keep you. You can only go back with your family."

Li Xing nodded quickly: "I don't know how I got here, if anyone knows me, I will definitely go with them! I won't disturb you!"

Wendy smiled gratifiedly, her age and experience were enough for her to see the sincerity of Li Xing's words, she patted the girl on the head: "He is a sensible child. Then help out in the store first, winter It's almost here, it's hard to stay outside."

Li Xing was so happy that she almost burst into tears. The grievances of bumping into walls all day were melted away under Wendy's gentle pat. She nodded desperately with tears in her eyes: "Thank you! Thank you, Ms. Wendy and Ms. Fiona! Really appreciate Thank you all..."

"But I have to prepare some clothes for you. This suit must be changed quickly, otherwise it will be too eye-catching."

Fiona took off the suit jacket for Li Xing, and Li Xing quickly took out the wallet: "Then, I'll just give you the money in it! Just use it as accommodation expenses? Tuition fees? I don't know these coins at all... ..."

Fiona and Wendy looked at each other, confirming the possibility of Li Xing being trafficked. However, her Loen language did not have much accent. Considering that some wealthy families would let their children learn more languages ​​from an early age, the two could not help Women have many associations with Li Xing's life experience.Thinking about it this way, and taking a closer look at Li Xing's posture, it really doesn't look like he has suffered a lot, and he has been thanking them in a very educated way. This makes Wendy sigh secretly, this is also a poor child. Know how worried her family is.

Wendy spread out the coins on the table, and taught Li Xing one by one to identify copper pennies of different denominations, and then one soli and five soli, but the gold pounds in this wallet were only one gold pound and five gold pounds, according to Wendy There is also a denomination of ten gold pounds, but it is basically not used in the bakery business.One gold pound is equal to twenty soli, and one soli is equal to twelve copper pennies. Li Xing quickly memorized the conversion between them. For her, this kind of mathematical problem can be thought of in the blink of an eye.

Li Xing couldn't help but sigh in his heart, she now memorizes money much more smoothly than memorizing roads, does this also have something to do with her "thief specialization"?
Fiona took the five-pound note from Li Xing's wallet, and after simply gesturing across Li Xing's body with her palm, she said that she would buy some clothes for her tomorrow.And Wendy, under Li Xing's repeated requests, reluctantly accepted the one gold pound, but she also prepared a set of quilts, pillows, and a nightgown for Li Xing, and asked Li Xing to go to the warehouse attic to have a good rest. Crowd with Fiona.

Li Xing counted, and she still has thirteen soli and seventeen pence left in her hand. No matter what, she can go and pay back the money for the two red fruits tomorrow!Let's get used to life here first, at least she won't have to worry about it for the time being.

Following the ladder, Li Xing climbed up to the attic of the warehouse on both hands and feet. Only then did he know why Fiona didn't sleep in the warmer attic. people are generally taller.Even Li Xing had to half-bend to spread the soft blanket on the ground.

When Li Xing took off his white shirt, the little bug jumped out suddenly, she caught it nimbly, and put it by the semicircular skylight, where there was a very narrow platform, suitable for a small It's just right for the little bugs.

It stood upright and stuck to the windowpane quietly, as if meditating.

Li Xing didn't ask what it wanted to do, but changed clothes quickly, then patted the pillow soft with gratitude and joy, and got under the quilt.

Li Xing's head turned to the direction of the skylight. From this angle, she could even see the crimson moon outside. Although there was only one corner hanging on the dark night, it had a poignant beauty that made her heart palpitate.

"Did you know? My hometown... the moon in my hometown is silvery white, with a little yellow when it is bright and full. Legend has it that a goddess who rushed from the world lived on it."

The bug turned its head slowly, but it didn't express anything to Li Xing. Li Xing could feel that it was staring at him, with some kind of "complex thoughts" that she couldn't understand.

"Let me think about how to say it. Some poets describe it as a jade mill dish flying on the white clouds. There are osmanthus trees on it, and white rabbits pounding medicine year after year. The lonely goddess lives in her palace. , bid farewell to the human hero she once admired forever."

Li Xing read the poem that came to mind in Chinese: [Today people do not see the moon in ancient times, but this month once illuminated the ancients. ]
The little bug's head shook at her.

Li Xing couldn't help laughing, of course she knew why she said so much, she wanted to use this to relieve the loneliness in her heart, this little bug has been by her side since the moment she woke up, and even had a very human relationship with her comminicate.Even though this little bug often dislikes him, apart from it, Li Xing doesn't know who to say these words to.

Before she understands the world, she has to pretend to be normal enough so that she will not be threatened with her life because of abnormalities. Even if she is treated as a fool, it is better than sudden death.

Li Xing just wants to live, she must live, and for this reason, she fantasized about many "maybes" about the future and going home.

The ancients and the present are like flowing water.

Li Xing turned his back and buried his face under the quilt, but he still couldn't suppress his sadness, sobbing softly.Her memory is like an old photo, becoming so blurred and distant, only this kind of heart-piercing longing is particularly vivid, tearing Li Xing's heart to pieces.

Is it like this when you look at the bright moon?
However, this is not the moon that Li Xing missed, not the world in her memory.

Seeing the bright moon together should weep.

Li Xing just fell asleep crying, tears were all over the pillow.

The little bug stared at Li Xing's back for a long time before turning out of the window again.

Very strange people, look again.

(End of this chapter)