Chapter 17 The Tragedy of the Little People
The two of them walked out openly from the entrance of the tower in front of the onlookers and fully armed soldiers.
But no one was suspicious of them, because under the control of Yiming's light, he had changed his appearance to a shape that was no different from the soldiers outside, so even when they saw them coming out, no one felt suspicious. And when they walked into the crowded crowd, they immediately returned to their original form and then disappeared into the crowd.
Mayali was playing with the umbrella in her hand uneasy, her face a little gloomy.
(………… Maybe we shouldn’t.)
“We have to do that.”
Yi Ming's answer was very decisive and did not reveal any feelings.
"We cannot break our promises, and you and I know that by our strength alone, we cannot do anything even if we find those people. You also know very well why Mr. Lawrence would say the words of giving up."
(…………Yes.)
Mayale remained silent for a moment and then nodded.
Yes, Lawrence is a small person, just like in the original world, Yiming and Mayalie's team would hire some such small persons to convey information to their companions, inquire about intelligence or buy and sell goods. Then they were silenced for the sake of interests and confidentiality. Yes, Lawrence is such a small person. Although he doesn't know what conspiracy is going on in front of him, his identity is at most just a piece that can be replaced at any time in the entire conspiracy puzzle, and has no value at all. In short, just forget it if you kill it, and you may not even remember your name.
If they disappear, they will be safe forever.
But if they pursue them relentlessly, they will soon put themselves in danger.
If it were just the two of them, they might be somewhat sure. But now, they still have another mission, which is to find Lawrence's daughter and protect her.
And if she continues to pursue her deeply, she will inevitably be involved.
It was precisely because of this that Lawrence gave up revenge.
(Mr. Businessman really loves his daughter very much.)
"Maybe this is family affection."
Yi Ming glanced around and said indifferently. Mei Yali, who noticed that his emotions were a little wrong, immediately stopped talking at the right time, but hid herself in the shadow of the umbrella. Yi Ming has been alone since he can remember, and he can't remember why he was abandoned, perhaps because of his power, or perhaps not. Although Yi Ming himself doesn't care much about this, his friends who join will consciously talk less about family in front of him. After all, no matter what, they all have beautiful childhood memories as their spiritual pillars, but Yi Ming doesn't have these.
"Mayalie."
(What's the matter?)
Mayalie was a little nervous. Maybe she shouldn't have raised this topic?
"I suddenly realized that we forgot something very important..."
Yi Ming scratched the back of his head in a very troubled manner and frowned.
"Where is Mr. Lawrence's home?"
(………………………)
A very important and natural question will be forgotten.
Sometimes things do become very embarrassing, but fortunately, Mayalie is there.
(For everyone, please.)
Yiming looked at Mealley, who was half-squatting and handed out the Rarence ring to the wild dogs in front of him. After stretching out his nose and sniffing for a while, the wild dogs howled and ran around, disappearing deep in the alley.
"Very good, what are they talking about?"
(………………If you can, go buy some fresh meat for them.)
"receive."
Meyali's "ideological communication" can be communicated, but that is not limited to humans. No matter what animal it is, as long as it can make a sound and express its own thoughts, Meyali can understand it. Although it cannot reach the level of being familiar with all things, it is completely enough to communicate with other animals and insects. So Meyali is not lonely. Although she has contacted few humans, there are not many animals she has come into contact with. However, Meyali rarely communicates with animals.
Led by a group of familiar wild dogs, the two came to a house in the commercial district. The house looked very ordinary, but it had a very comfortable atmosphere. It was obvious that Lawrence was a very good person to live. But when they walked here, the two hesitated. After all, according to Lawrence's words, his daughter had always been looking forward to seeing him, but now he was dead. Whether he died of illness or was killed, he was still dead.
Of course, the dead cannot meet.
But it was only a moment, because Yi Ming had already walked forward and knocked on the door in Mayalie's hesitant eyes.
"………Dad? Dad, you are back?! Very good………!”
A brown-haired girl cheered and opened the door. When she saw the stranger in front of her, she stood there in fright, and then quickly retreated. She blinked uneasyly and looked at the stranger in front of her.
"Please... please, are you..."
"It doesn't matter who we are. We can talk about it later, but I think there is something that you have to know."
As he said that, Yi Ming took out the ring. When the girl saw the ring, her face immediately changed.
"This...is my dad's?"
"Your father..."
Yi Ming paused for a moment, perhaps looking for adjectives that could be more gentle and harmonious, but he didn't know if it was because the vocabulary library was too poor or he gave up looking, and finally started to speak.
"He is dead."
"…………Why?"
In an instant, a smile appeared on the girl's face, which was a twisted smile, as if she had heard a joke. Or rather, she was trying to treat it as a joke. An untrue lie. Mayale sighed softly, lowered her head and said nothing. Although Yi Ming was kind to her own people, she was very cold to outsiders. Just like this, it was the same that she told the news of her death without any scruples. Although this girl was what Lawrence was going to give them care, for Yi Ming, she was still an outsider at this moment.
"I'm not kidding."
Yiming strengthened his tone, but the girl suddenly took a few steps back and then closed the door with a "slam".
(………You shouldn’t be so direct.)
"Everyone is going to die."
Faced with Mayali's accusations, Yi Ming said without looking back.
“We have to accept that if we can’t, then we will go and be with them.”
(I understand of course, but she is still a child...)
"We're here too, don't forget, Mayalie."
Mayalie was silent, then she walked to Yiming's side and stared at the closed door in front of her.
(So, what should we do next?)
“Only wait.”
Yi Ming sat directly on the steps in front of the door, staring at the sky that had begun to be swallowed by dark clouds.
"If she can't accept it herself, then we'll keep waiting."
(……………Sometimes, I think you are so cruel.)
Mayalie sat next to Yiming and leaned against his shoulder and said sarcastically.
The rain started.
The crystals of nature fall like water elves, dancing cool and beautiful dances. The sound of "ding ding dong dong" sounds particularly wonderful. Perhaps this itself is a miracle of natural beauty. A random rain is a playing field of nature. They form various sounds there, mixed into beautiful music. At this moment, Mealie has stood up and used the umbrella in her hand to block the heavier and heavier rain. At the same time, she looked at the wet figure who was still sitting in front of the steps.
(Yiming, come and hide from the rain, as this will be bad for your health.)
"That's right, your body is not good, so just stay there. As for me... there's nothing wrong with taking a free cold shower occasionally."
(………Are you regretting it?)
“…………………”
Although Yiming said nothing, Meyalie knew that he was blaming himself for not being so careless. Indeed, if he strongly asked, it would be not difficult to let them follow in. However, they blindly believed it and paid a heavy price for it. And they could not blame them for all this, after all, they really knew too little about this world.
Meiyali understood that Yi Ming rarely acts emotionally. Although he usually acts very gentle and is easy to get along with others, only those who really do anything with him and have been with him for a long time will know that although Yi Ming acts very easily on weekdays, he will never be careless when he does what he really should do.
But now, looking at the figure in the rain, Mayalie knew that he was blaming himself.
The door slowly opened, and the girl poked her head timidly out of the middle again. Her eyes were red and swollen, and she obviously cried.
"Two, two...please come in..."
After entering the room, before he even changed his wet clothes on his body, Yi Ming reached out to the girl again and handed out the ring. This time, the girl faced the ring and obviously hesitated for a moment. Then she still trembled and reached out and slowly took the ring from Yi Ming's hand. Then she bit her lips tightly and said thank you. But obviously, Yi Ming did not intend to end here. He reached out to get the scroll from Mealee, and the girl accepted it.
then………
"You guys talk."
After saying that, Yi Ming walked into one of the rooms on his own and closed the door. Leaving Mealee and the girl stared at each other.
(Yiming, how do we talk about it……)
"Talk whatever you should, right?"
While taking off his clothes, Yi Ming smiled and answered Meali's question. It was impossible for him, an intermediary, to introduce him every time, and Meali should have tried to come out by himself.
In fact, Yi Ming's so-called change of clothes was just to wring out the wet clothes. But it was obvious that when he came out, Mealee's eyes had already shown that she had no aesthetic evaluation of the wrinkled clothes on her body.
"I think you should know, too."
Yiming ignored Mayali's protest for the time being, but walked to the girl and looked at her and said.
"Mr. Lawrence is a good businessman...Mr. Mayale and I admire him very much, but now he is gone...I won't say how to understand your mood, because I can't understand. After all, I'm not you, so I won't say that to offend your relationship with Mr. Lawrence. And now, Mayale and I have sworn to Mr. Lawrence that we will protect you. He once said that we hope we will be your guardians. There is only so much I can say. As for these properties, they are all yours. We don't need anything, so..."
"Wait a moment."
The girl suddenly interrupted him, then stared at Yi Ming with wide eyes in surprise, as if he had said something incredible.
"You mean, Father makes you my guardians?"
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Chapter completed!