Chapter 170 You can call me Ah Xin too...

Upon hearing the noise, Xiao Mo immediately sat up from the bed.

He picked up the shovel from the bedside table, carefully opened the door, and walked out into the yard.

If it's a thief, I'll secretly chop him down with a shovel!
It was already late at night, and the moonlight spilled into the courtyard, casting a soft glow over everything.

The noise was coming from the kitchen.

Using the moonlight, Xiao Mo tiptoed and carefully made his way to the kitchen.

The "thief" did not close the door, but left the wooden door half-open.

Leaning against the door frame, Xiao Mo cautiously peered inside.

"Ok?"

Looking at everything in the kitchen, Xiao Mo was momentarily stunned.

In the kitchen, Xiao Mo only saw a "boy" who looked no more than nine or ten years old.

This "young man" had short hair, wore tattered and dirty clothes, and was covered in mud and dust, as if he had crawled down from the mountains.

The "boy's" face was also covered in black charcoal, and even his hair had some clumps of mud.

The little girl has appeared before the host.

Suddenly, the voice of Bai Shi Shu appeared in Xiao Mo's mind.

"She's that little girl."

Xiao Mo was somewhat surprised.

to be frank.

If it weren't for Bai Shi Shu's reminder, Xiao Mo really wouldn't have realized that she was a woman.

After all, which homeless child isn't thin? Besides, most of her face was painted black, making it impossible to see her features.

However, her eyes left a very deep impression.

This reminded Xiao Mo of his first life, when he first met Qingyi.

Qingyi looked just like that back then, and her eyes were also incredibly beautiful.

The only difference was that Qingyi's eyes were filled with vigilance at that time.

Her eyes were crystal clear, as clear as an ice spring on a snow-capped mountain.

It seemed that nothing could taint her pure eyes in the slightest.

She kept swallowing as she looked at the leftover food preserved in cold water in the pot.

The little girl looked very hungry; her throat was constantly moving, and she reached into the pot several times.

But every time the little girl was about to touch the food, she would immediately pull her hand back, repeating this several times, as if she were struggling internally.

She struggled with whether or not she should steal other people's food.

Finally, the little girl grasped her left wrist with her right hand and shook her head vigorously.

After taking a deep breath, the little girl jumped off the wooden chair and prepared to leave the kitchen.

But when she turned around and looked up, she was startled.

A person is looking at themselves through the crack in the wooden door.

Now that he'd been discovered, Xiao Mo was no longer going to hide it.

He opened the kitchen door completely and walked towards the little girl step by step.

The little girl kept backing away, and in her panic, she picked up a branch from the kitchen and pointed it at Xiao Mo with both hands.

At this moment, Xiao Mo could read fear in her eyes, but even more so, confusion.

Xiao Mo guessed that she was originally able to read other people's thoughts and know their joys and sorrows, so she would have a general idea.

After all, most fears arise from the unknown. But she encountered herself, and because of the Book of a Hundred Lifetimes, she couldn't see any of her own inner thoughts.

This unprecedented unknown made her truly afraid and doubtful.

Every time Xiao Mo took a step forward, the little girl took a step back.

Finally, Xiao Mo took out the bowl of rice that he hadn't finished eating from the big pot on the stove, and handed a pair of chopsticks to the little girl: "Do you want to eat? If you do, you can have it."

The little girl glanced at the rice in Xiao Mo's hand, then looked at Xiao Mo again, and couldn't help but swallow.

"Cuckoo"

The little girl's stomach made a sound.

But the little girl still didn't move forward; she remained hesitant.

Xiao Mo placed the rice bowl and chopsticks on the stove and stepped back a few paces.

After a short while, as if confirming that the boy really meant no harm, the little girl stepped forward, carefully picked up her chopsticks, and began to eat, bite by bite.

She ate very quickly, but her mouth was small, and she stuffed her cheeks full with every bite.

"Eat slowly, don't choke." Xiao Mo scooped a bowl of water from the water vat and placed it next to her.

Before long, the little girl finished the whole bowl of rice and water, and her little belly swelled up.

"Are you full?" Xiao Mo asked with a smile, trying to make the little girl feel more at ease and let her know that he had no ill intentions.

"I'm full." The little girl nodded. "Thank you, you're a good person."

"In the Western Regions, being a good person isn't necessarily a good thing, is it?"

Xiao Mo shook his head and muttered to himself, as if speaking to himself.

"Why didn't you sneak a bite just now?" Xiao Mo looked up and asked curiously, "Anyway, you don't know I found out about you."

"Sister Zi said that stealing is wrong. Although I was very hungry at the time, it was your food. If I ate it, then you would have nothing to eat," the little girl said earnestly.

"Sister Zi?" Xiao Mo was taken aback, not expecting that there would be such a reasonable and kind person in the Western Regions. "Then where is your Sister Zi?"

Hearing Xiao Mo's question, the little girl lowered her head:
"I don't know either. We lived in a cave, but when I went back two days ago, I found that Sister Zi and the other friends were gone. I searched and searched, walking on the mountain for a long time, but I couldn't find them anywhere..."

"So you found this place? You haven't eaten for two days?" Xiao Mo asked.

The little girl shook her head: "I ate some fruit."

Xiao Mo: "."

"How about this? I'm alone anyway, so you can stay here for a few days and we can try to find out about your sister Zi together, okay?"

Xiao Mo advised, his tone full of sincerity.

"Otherwise, you'll wander around alone and won't find anything, and you might even starve to death. Besides, what if your sister Zi comes looking for you too?"

"No, no, no." The little girl shook her head: "Sister Zi said that we can't accept charity from others for nothing. I can't eat your rice for nothing."

“You’re not just eating my rice for nothing.” Xiao Mo thought for a moment. “You usually help me with laundry, cooking, and other chores, and in return, I’ll give you food. How about that?”

Wang Xin lowered her head, thought about it seriously, and looked somewhat conflicted.

Xiao Mo wasn't in a hurry; he simply waited patiently for her answer.

Finally, Wangxin clasped her hands to her heart and nervously raised her head: "Okay, I...I promise you...but you...you can't bully me..."

"Don't worry, I won't bully you..." Xiao Mo said with a smile, "My name is Xiao Mo, what's yours?"

“Ah Xin.”

The little girl blinked her eyes.

My name is Jiang Xin.

Sister Zi calls me A Xin.
You can call me Ah Xin too.

(End of this chapter)

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