Female lead: No, it's me again??

Unable to swallow it even after a few tries, Feng Siyue simply put down the bowl and patiently struggled with the meat in her mouth.

However, has this meat been sitting for too long? It's lost its flavor.

After finally managing to finish eating, Feng Siyue picked up a piece of green vegetable with her chopsticks. She didn't know what kind of vegetable it was, and apart from its crunchy texture, it had no vegetable flavor at all.

"Hehehe, persimmons... persimmons..."

An aged yet childlike voice approached from afar.

The door was pushed open, and a ragged, unkempt, hunched old man walked in, muttering about persimmons.

Feng Siyue looked at him quietly.

The old man had very long hair, which almost completely covered his face.

When Granny Hua saw him, she said as usual, "Oh dear, you're only arriving now! I've been preparing everything for you!"

The old woman got up and went behind the curtain. After a while, she came out with a few green persimmons and put them in his bowl.

Here, eat first, then come back!

After receiving the persimmons, the old man left with a silly grin, "Hehehe, persimmons...the persimmons you love..."

Lopsided.

Feng Siyue asked, "Grandma Hua, who is...?"

The old woman waved her hand and sat down, letting out a sigh. "Him? He was a very pitiful man in Fanhua Village. When he was young, his wife and children died in an accident, and he went mad after that."

"They are also people with tragic fates."

Grandma Hua didn't say much, and Feng Siyue wisely didn't ask any more questions.

After dinner, Feng Siyue insisted on washing the dishes. Grandma Hua, unable to argue with her, soaked her feet outside and chatted with Xuan Li.

"Young lady, where are you from?"

Xuan Li sat obediently in the chair, his legs crossed.

"Sir, we are from Tianshan in Xuejing Prefecture."

"Snow Crystal Prefecture? Where is that?"

Grandma Hua looked on curiously, as if she knew nothing about those three words.

"Well, Snow Crystal State is a state, quite far from here. It's covered in snow all year round, and the climate is quite cold."

Xuan Li didn't know how to describe Xue Jingzhou, since her limited memories were all spent in the Tianshan Mountains.

The bright moonlight illuminated the open space in front of the tiled house, and Xuan Li could even see the texture of the fence three meters away.

She turned her head and inadvertently noticed the cratered and glaring scars on the old man's ankle.

"Grandpa, what's wrong with your foot...?"

"Oh, you mean this? It's from a fire a few years ago."

"It must hurt a lot, right?"

"Fortunately, it's probably because I'm getting old that my perception of pain has slowed down."

While they were chatting, Feng Siyue was also diligently cleaning up the dishes.

After washing the dishes and chopsticks, Feng Siyue asked, "Grandma Hua, where is the cabinet where you keep your dishes and chopsticks?"

"By the window, there is a black cabinet."

"it is good."

The furnishings behind the curtain resembled a small kitchen, with an earthen stove connected to the window and a black cabinet about half a meter high next to it.

Feng Siyue opened the cabinet with one hand, revealing a three-tiered cabinet crammed with many things.

On top were some bowls and chopsticks, and the second layer was almost completely filled with vegetables, persimmons, and dried meat, so much so that it looked like it might fall off at any moment.

Ok?

There are vegetables here, why not use them?

Is it to entertain guests?

On the third floor, there were more than a dozen earthenware jars.

She glanced at it, ignored it, closed the cabinet door, and walked out.

As night fell, they were also settled in the next room to rest.

Xuan Li had only drunk some rice porridge, so her stomach started growling soon after, and she tossed and turned on the wooden bed, unable to sleep.

She reached out and poked Feng Siyue's back. "Feng Siyue, let's go out and have a snack while we're at it. I'm so hungry."

I should have put some food in my storage ring.

Feng Siyue lay on her side on the bed with her eyes closed. "Let's wait a little longer, until everyone in the village is sound asleep by midnight."

midnight?

She'll starve until then?!

The woman looked aggrieved.

"Ok."

At midnight, the two, now wearing masks, quietly went out.

Xuan Li rubbed his arms, took out a cloak from his storage ring and put it on, then felt a little better.

"The temperature here is so abnormal. Why am I the only one who feels cold?"

Feng Siyue gently shook her head, "I don't know, perhaps this is also the reason why the flowers in the village don't bloom."

"But these villagers don't seem to feel cold at all."

Feng Siyue said softly, "There are many questions we can't explain right now. We can only wait and see if we can find anything later. Now, I'll take you to find something to eat."

Xuan Li rolled her eyes while perched on Feng Siyue's back, complaining, "I'm already starving..."

"The old man said there would be strange crying sounds at night, but I didn't hear any."

"Eeeeeeeahwoowoo~"

As if on cue, a sound that sounded like both crying and the howl of a monster came, making Xuan Li's scalp tingle.

Actually, she felt that she didn't need to listen to her so much.

"Go and see."

Feng Siyue carried Xuan Li on her back and sped off in the direction of the sound, quickly disappearing into the night.

The end of the village.

Light blue icicles bloomed on the ground and quickly spread outwards.

A blue beast with horns on its head and icy barbs on its tail, resembling both a tiger and a cat, was caught in a large golden net, and blood was seeping from many parts of its body.