Although the little apprentice sister is weak, she can fight

"Our mother fell into the water and was rescued. Later, she lost her memory and forgot her origins, so she stayed in the village and married our father." Lu He said slowly.

"She knew a lot and taught me a lot. But unfortunately, the village was poor when my brother was born... so we couldn't save her. Not long after, my father had an accident at sea and never returned."

After saying these two sentences, Lu He smiled embarrassedly and said, "Sorry, I haven't talked about this with anyone for a long time. I subconsciously kept talking about myself."

"I went out to sea over half a month ago. It was around that time when the story of the sea monster spread, and outsiders often came to the village to ask for help in treasure hunting. The boat was chartered by a wealthy businessman named Zhang, and he asked for fifty high-grade spirit stones right away. My brother has a weak constitution, and I wanted to save up some money to take him to the capital to look for someone. Seeing that his offer was high, I agreed."

"Then they chose a good day based on the weather. Perhaps the wealthy businessman was lucky, and everything happened as planned."

Shen Qiao looked at her eyes that had always been resistant to these things and was stunned for a moment, and actually felt a little... "yearning" for them.

She took in the change, but didn't interrupt, letting Lu continue talking.

"That night, the wind was very strong at sea, with waves crashing down one after another, thunder and lightning, and heavy rain. The cabin was flooded, and I and several other friends from the village worked hard to prevent the boat from capsizing."

"After about... half an hour, the wind and waves died down, and the boat drifted to an area of ​​the sea we had never seen before. The water was fluorescent, and many indistinct objects were floating on the surface. They suddenly screamed like crazy, saying that the sea was covered with huge pearls."

Hearing such a wonderful description did not make Lu He relax as she did just now. Shen Qiao only saw that her expression began to tense, her brows were furrowed, as if she was afraid, and her eyes were empty and full of powerlessness.

"They were stunned, then couldn't wait to use the prepared fishing nets to fish, pulling up the jewels one by one. More than a dozen people worked together, and soon the jewels were piled up on the deck."

The more she spoke, the more frightened she became, and she couldn't help but pause for a moment.

Shen Qiao was not in a hurry. He let her calm down for a moment before speaking slowly, "Didn't you go fishing with them?"

Lu He shook his head in pain, his eyes red and his voice hoarse, "After they fished it out... I saw clearly... It wasn't a pearl at all..."

"It's... a human head..."

Shen Qiao was silent for a moment, looking at her eyes which were red due to depression.

"I told them they weren't pearls! They didn't believe me... they kept fishing with their nets... and finally... the entire deck was covered with heads. They started cramming them into the cabin, but the boat simply couldn't hold all that stuff."

Lu He hugged his arms tightly in despair, "The whole boat is full of heads. I know if I don't stop them, the boat will sink sooner or later, and then I will die here."

At this point, she raised her head with tear-stained face, and gave Shen Qiao a stiff and sad smile, "I can't persuade them... but I can't die there... Yuanyuan is still waiting for me at home."

Shen Qiao frowned at the look of collapse, but Lu He continued mechanically, "So... I pushed the one who was most absorbed in fishing... down."

"They reacted and started pulling out people to catch me. I was scared... But luckily... there was a knife prepared in the cabin... I took the machete and chopped it down again and again..."

"Lu He." Shen Qiao looked at her increasingly uneasy expression and opened his mouth to ask her to stop.

"I saw someone," Lu He said madly, unable to stop, "a woman as pale as a statue... white hair... white eyes..."

"She was standing among the corpses, looking at me... and suddenly she smiled."

Shen Qiao: “…”

"Later... I survived..." Lu He rubbed his eyes, his expression relaxed again, and his voice was not as hoarse as before.

"I don't know how I left that sea area. I slumped on the deck, thinking I'd killed someone and that was the end of it. If it weren't for Yuan Yuan, I really wanted to... just dive into the sea and die."

"But you know what?" Lu He burst into laughter, "Those are all fake."

"Everyone is alive, not a single one is missing. There aren't any scattered heads on the boat at all. I asked them if they remembered anything, but they said they were knocked unconscious by the waves last night and didn't remember anything."

She gathered herself and reached out to grab Shen Qiao's sleeve. "I... I don't know whether this incident is true or not... I really, really don't want to go there again. When we went back and said we didn't see the jewels, the villagers actually thought it was because we weren't pious enough!"

"They started preparing for the sacrificial ceremony, saying they wanted to reinstate the previously abolished sea sacrifice. After selecting the young boys and girls from the village, they unexpectedly chose my brother!"

"I can't let them harm my brother... I don't have any relatives anymore, he's the only one I can talk to." Lu He's tears fell, "I beg you... help me... save my brother... He hasn't done anything bad... He doesn't deserve to be tortured like that..."

Shen Qiao looked at her for a moment, frowning slightly at the tear-filled eyes, but the emotion in her eyes was only fleeting. She quickly returned to normal and gave a comforting smile, "Don't worry, we will figure it out."

Seeing her affirmative answer, Lu He slowly loosened his grip on her sleeve and said, "Thank you... Thank you so much."

"elder sister!"

Lu Yuan ran over from the corridor. The child seemed to be very active, and his usually pale face was now red.

Shen Qiao remembered that when the little guy came yesterday, he looked sick and listless. Now he no longer coughs and his mental state is much better.

that is......

"Run slower, why are you sweating so much?"

"That little brother just now was really good at playing! I couldn't find him when he was playing hide-and-seek!"

Little brother?

Shen Qiao was confused, but after thinking about it carefully, it was not difficult to guess.

The brother and sister were talking, and Shen Qiao didn't want to ask those questions in front of the children, so he came downstairs.

Wang You was standing downstairs talking to the shopkeeper. When he saw Shen Qiao coming, he scratched his head and smiled at her embarrassedly. He bowed to Wang You and then turned and left.

Shen Qiao looked at the shop owner's calm expression and couldn't help asking, "What is he doing..."

"More than half a month ago, a group of bandits claiming to be heading to Yujia Village came here disguised as merchants and stayed at the inn. Before leaving, they took a fancy to his shop, killed him and his son, and buried their bodies in the backyard."

Wang You finished his speech briefly, then continued, "He couldn't swallow this anger, thinking that the group of people would pass by here again, so he kept waiting."