You are my wife, don't doubt it!

It turned out that I was just playing with him;

I was about to leave him.

He held flowers.

I can't say anything irrelevant.

Make the whole situation even more embarrassing.

Incredible, isn't it?

The dream collapsed in an instant.

Why were you so stupid back then?

I still want to marry him..."

"Stop singing..." Xiao Yao couldn't stand it any longer and said, "Can't you sing something positive?"

"Why are you so mean to me, big brother?" Little Shen Jie pursed her lips and said, "Is it because Xiao Jie's singing is not good?"

"You sing out of tune and you're out of breath," Xiao Yao blurted out, "Didn't anyone tell you before?"

It’s over, this is the straight male cancer coming back again.

Sure enough, little Shen Jie's eyes turned red instantly, and two clear tears burst out instantly.

Oh my goodness, this has stirred up a hornet's nest.

How can you cry just like that without even thinking it through?

“Eh————————Eh————————Ah——————” Little Shen Jie let out a ghost-like howling sound.

Getting into trouble!

All the Shen Jies who passed by looked at them.

Xiao Yao didn't really care about the looks of passers-by, but he still squatted down, picked up little Shen Jie, let her sit in his arms, and coaxed her.

Little Shen Jie sobbed, tears rolling down her chest. She looked up at Xiao Yao, her big watery eyes full of tears, which made Xiao Yao's heart melt.

"Oh, Xiao Jie, don't cry..." Xiao Yao tried hard to recall the way adults coax children. He held her buttocks and shook her upside down. "It's okay if you can't sing well. When you go to the church summer camp, there will be teachers to teach you well."

"Really?" Shen Jie's crying became quieter. "I know about summer camps, but what are church summer camps?"

"It's hard to explain in a few words," Xiao Yao said, "In short, it's a place where you can have fun and learn a lot. Shen Jie will sing very well in the future, and she will soon go on stage with me to participate in the campus top ten singers competition!"

"Really? The Top Ten Campus Singer Competition?" Little Shen Jie sniffed and wiped the tears from her face with her sleeve, but she couldn't stop the tears from pouring out of her eyes: "Big brother, you are trying to hurt me on purpose, aren't you?"

She asked in a tearful voice, her tone full of hurt and confusion.

Xiao Yao's heart seemed to be stabbed by her words. He blamed himself: "No, little princess, I really love you. How could I intentionally hurt you?"

"You...you love me?" Little Shen Jie didn't seem to understand what this sentence meant, but her tears finally stopped.

"Love," Xiao Yao said, "I promise I won't say that again. Will you forgive me?"

Little Shen Jie was still a little angry. She turned her head away in a huff and no longer looked at Xiao Yao.

After a while, she whispered, "Keep going, aren't you still looking for the sister in the blue dress?"

Xiao Yao breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to put her down on the ground, but little Shen Jie said that she was tired and couldn't walk, and continued to hang on him. Xiao Yao had no choice but to continue walking on the road holding the heavy baby (which weighed at least several dozen pounds).

Although the boy felt tired in his arms, his hands holding little Shen Jie were very warm.

Little Shen Jie's body was soft and snuggled in his arms, like a warm baby.

Xiao Yao could feel every inch of her body.

Somehow, Xiao Yao suddenly felt a heavy sense of satisfaction in his heart, as heavy as the weight in his arms.

He suddenly thought of the day when Shen Jie picked up the "dog" from school and brought it home. On the way home, she held her schoolbag in both hands, looking happy and satisfied.

Although there was no mirror in front of him, Xiao Yao knew that his expression at this moment must be the same as hers at that time.

The mood is the same.

"You are the cat I want." Xiao Yao reached out and touched the back of little Shen Jie's head (Shen Jie's chin was resting on his shoulder at this time), and sang softly in the tune of Jolin Tsai.

Xiao Shen Jie didn't respond.

"Meow meow meow meow." Xiao Yao continued to sing.

Still no response.

"Little princess, are you feeling comfortable in my arms?" Xiao Yao asked, raising his voice.

"Yeah, comfortable." Little Shen Jie's voice was muffled, like a little kitten.

"Then let's go a little further - how long will it take to find that sister?"

"It's almost there, just keep walking, keep moving forward." Little Shen Jie continued to say gloomily.

"How do you know?" Xiao Yao couldn't help but ask this question.

"I don't know how I knew that." Little Shen Jie's voice sounded a little dazed.

Xiao Yao took steps carefully, constantly adjusting the position of his hands, trying his best to support the girl above her knees, for fear of accidentally touching Xiao Shen Jie's sensitive parts.

The two people moved forward slowly.

Gradually, little Shen Jie fell asleep, snoring softly.

It turns out that you have had this problem since childhood, Xiao Yao thought.

The road became more and more remote, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians. Xiao Yao felt that he was slowly leaving the urban area and walking towards the edge of the city.

About half an hour later, the two came to a relatively quiet alley.

This place is sparsely populated and surrounded by tall buildings that block out most of the night light.

Little Shen Jie woke up at some point, curled up in Xiao Yao's arms, and said uneasily: "Big brother, it's so scary here."

"I think so," Xiao Yao said, "but didn't you tell me that if I wanted to find that sister, I should just keep walking straight ahead?"

Little Shen Jie looked around and sniffed: "Put me down."

Xiao Yao's arms were almost numb, so he quickly obeyed the order and put Xiao Shen Jie down.

Little Shen Jie sniffed the air and started running: "Big brother, follow me!"

Damn, are you a dog?

Xiao Yao thought about it as he chased after him.

After walking about five or six hundred meters and passing through this small alley, the view in front of me suddenly opened up.

There is a river before my eyes.

A river that is neither wide nor narrow.

The smell from the river was very unpleasant, and Xiao Yao felt a strong sense of discomfort even from a distance away.

The Suzhou River in Shanghai is often smelly, but the stench of rotting garbage is different from the stench in front of us.

Xiao Yao thought it was the smell of rust common in dilapidated factories.

As a former small town kid and current city kid, Xiao Yao didn't realize at first that this was actually the smell of blood.

He only knew that the smell was extremely pungent, and he couldn't help but frown.

Little Shen Jie didn't seem to notice the smell and continued running forward excitedly.

Xiao Yao followed her until they finally saw the river.

The river water gave off an even stronger smell of blood, and Xiao Yao finally began to realize what the smell was - his heart was in his throat.

In the dark night, he couldn't see the color of the river, he only knew it was pitch black.

Looking carefully with the help of the light from the phone screen, I saw that the river water was a deep red, as if it had been dyed with blood.

What’s even more horrifying is that there are body parts of various animals floating on the river, as well as some unrecognizable organs and tissues.

"Oh my God, is this a river of blood?" Xiao Yao gasped and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Chapter 391

2023-11-26

What is even more horrifying is that the remains of various animals and some unrecognizable organs and tissues are floating on the river.

"Oh my God, is this a river of blood?" Xiao Yao gasped and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Little Shen Jie was still running around the river excitedly, as if she didn't notice anything unusual here at all.

"You big idiot, what are you daydreaming about? Come here!" she urged.

Xiao Yao suppressed his fear, stood up and followed Xiao Shenjie's footsteps.

The two walked three to five hundred meters upstream of the river. Xiao Yao was about to ask a question, but Xiao Shen Jie squatted down and began to carefully check the items on the river.

"These things in the water look so strange, where do they come from?" Little Shen Jie tilted her head and thought.

Xiao Yao did not answer, but just stood aside in silence.

Just then, a crow cawing strangely flew low over the two people's heads.

"Ah, big monster bird!" Little Shen Jie raised her head and pointed her finger above herself and shouted.

Xiao Yao couldn't see the color of the crow clearly, and the light was very dim - in fact, he couldn't see its shape at all. He just wondered in his heart whether it was Earl Nottingham who came again.

Lord Nottingham... is he a friend or an enemy? Why would he help me?

"Big brother, look!" Little Shen Jie suddenly stood on tiptoe, grabbed Xiao Yao's wrist with one hand, and pointed to the upper reaches of the river with the other hand: "There, there is a person floating down!"

Xiao Yao looked carefully and saw, sure enough, a humanoid creature floating down from the upper reaches of the river.

This "humanoid creature" slowly floated in the darkness, like a small boat.

Her long hair was spread out, covering most of her face.

Only the faint moonlight shone through the gaps in the hair, illuminating a pale and bloodless face with unclear facial features.

The female corpse's eyes were closed and her lips were slightly parted, as if she was sleeping.

Her body swayed gently with the flow of the river, her limbs spread out limply like a discarded doll.

However, the most frightening thing was that there was a huge wound on her neck, and bright red blood was constantly flowing out from there and merging into the water.

"Oh my God, this, this is not a living person?" Little Shen Jie took a step back in horror and hugged Xiao Yao's thigh.

Xiao Yao was also shocked by the scene and was speechless.

The female corpse was getting closer and closer. It was clear that she was wearing a... a... knee-length skirt of unknown color. The fabric was soaked with blood and stuck to her body. Her skin was as pale as paper, and blue blood vessels could be vaguely seen all over her body. Her empty eye sockets seemed to be staring at Xiao Yao and Xiao Shenjie, or staring into the distance, looking for an unknown target.

Xiao Yao turned his head and looked around, trying to find a branch or stick long enough to salvage the female corpse.

But the area around here is bare, where can I find such a long stick in such a short time?

Not to mention that Xiao Yao can't swim, even if he can, he doesn't have the courage to go into the water to retrieve the body in this kind of "water quality".

"Big brother, are you going to pull her out of the water?" Little Shen Jie saw through his intention.

"Yes, but all around here..." Xiao Yao said.

The flow of the blood river was not fast, but it was not slow either. It seemed that the female corpse was about to float away right under their noses.

"Big brother, can't you swim?" Little Shen Jie suddenly asked, "Then Xiao Jie will go and fish it out?"

"What——" Xiao Yao said in surprise.

Before he could react, the little girl beside him had already dived into the fetid river of blood with graceful synchronized swimming and diving posture.

"Hey! You!——" Xiao Yao shouted.

She was seen lightly performing a perfect swimming entrance in the air, with her hands pushing away the water surface. Her slender legs wrapped in pure white children's dance socks drew a smooth arc behind her, and finally she plunged into the blood river with a standard entry posture.

Xiao Shen Jie's swimming posture is very graceful, just like a flexible mermaid.

She cut through the water and swam quickly to the female corpse.

Somehow, Xiao Yao remembered that when they were in Zhouzhuang, Shen Jie threatened to "go to the river and perform synchronized swimming for you."

I just didn’t expect that it would be “fulfilled” in such a place and in such a form.

The woman's hair was floating in the water and her body was swaying up and down with the current.