Quick Transmigration: Saving That Cannon Fodder

A bright red bridal sedan chair passed by the window, and a corner of the curtain was blown up, allowing Akahoshi to see a crying girl inside.

The girl's blood and tears soaked her beautiful red wedding dress. A red silk ribbon tightly strangled her slender neck, her eyes rolled back, and she looked miserable.

The matchmaker beside her continued to smile and say auspicious words, while the suona horn played, creating another lively scene.

[Your Highness...aren't there only demons and angels here? Why are there ghosts?!]

250, who was no longer afraid of ghosts, was caught completely off guard when he encountered a large group of ghosts and was so scared that he trembled with fear.

But at this crucial moment, Bai Er was nowhere to be found. Why wasn't he here? 250 was terrified and mentally deducted one point from Bai Er.

Akahoshi watched the long line walk past unhurriedly, just as it had appeared without warning before. At this moment, the line disappeared into the thick fog without warning as well.

A group of lifeless things, if they are not human, then they are not what Akahoshi is looking for.

It had nothing to do with him. Akahoshi started the car again, and this time it worked. The car continued to move forward.

Unsure if he would be bothered by these things tonight, Akahoshi decided to find a hotel to stay in.

A few hundred meters later, a somewhat retro-style... guesthouse actually appeared.

Two large red lanterns hung at the entrance, the wooden door was wide open, and an old man stood at the front desk. When he saw people come in, the old man nodded slightly.

Akahoshi parked his car behind the other cars and went inside.

The moment he stepped into the guesthouse, the old man immediately asked, "Hello, are you here to stay?"

Chi Xing nodded, and the old man helped him register his check-in information, which was actually handwritten on paper.

Strangely enough, everything here is modern, and Akahoshi has never seen any electronic products, except for the ubiquitous cameras.

Akahoshi's suspicions were confirmed when he saw a somewhat familiar name in the handwritten notebook: Takazawa, the person the original owner was supposed to save.

That person's room happened to be right next to Akahoshi's. Akahoshi made a note of this, took the room key, and went upstairs.

His room was on the second floor, and it was very quiet when he came up; the soundproofing seemed to be quite good.

After washing up, Akahoshi lay in bed thinking about Ayu.

A familiar suona horn sound came from afar.

"You have no choice in this matter. Today, you have to marry him whether you like it or not."

"No, I don't want to marry a dead man, don't sell me, Mother—"

A middle-aged woman screamed and cursed, a young girl cried pitifully, and on the other side came the urging of a matchmaker.

"Hurry, hurry, don't miss Young Master Wang's auspicious time."

Akahoshi got up and went to the window.

The girl was being pulled along when suddenly she looked up at Akahoshi, her tearful expression pleading for his help.

However, Akahoshi leaned comfortably against the window, observing coldly. If he remembered correctly, this was the group he had just encountered on the road.

Seeing that no one cared about her, the girl gradually despaired. A strong wind rose all around, the leaves rustled in the wind, and the windows of the inn made a whistling sound.

The girl's pitiful face changed in the next instant. Her eyes rolled back, almost popping out, and crimson liquid kept flowing down from the corners of her eyes.

The white silk hanging around her neck was stained red with blood, but the people around seemed not to see it as the matchmaker pulled the girl into the bridal sedan chair.

The sound of suona horns rang out, and the group walked away, heading in the same direction that Chi Xing had come from.

After watching the show, Akahoshi returned and lay down again.

250 had long since retreated into its cat bed, operating the small system panel and searching for what His Highness had asked it to look up.

The sound of suona horns came from outside again. Chixing used his divine power to block out the sounds and went to sleep.

In his dream, he returned to that small villa, and this time, he saw the child's face clearly.

"Star, why haven't Mom and Dad come back yet?"

The child stared at him with innocent, big eyes, and Akahoshi heard himself say, "Ayu, be good, wait a little longer, Mom and Dad will be back soon."

It was only when Akahoshi heard that soft, childlike voice that he remembered that he was also a child.

The child in front of them was clearly Ayu when she was a child, but Ayu was not a demon when she was a child. She did not have beast horns on her head, and her dark eyes shone brightly when she looked at people.

Little Red Star led Little Jade into the villa. A family photo of the three of them was hanging on the wall. Red Star knew this was his home.

Xiao Ayu is the neighbor's child. Uncle Mo and Aunt Lan are her parents' colleagues, and they haven't been home for two whole days.

With little Ayu inside, Akahoshi walked to the kitchen, stood on a stool, opened the refrigerator, and looked down to ask the obedient little Ayu.

"Are you hungry, baby? How about your big brother cooks for you?"

Little Ayu nodded: "I want to eat noodles."

Akahoshi recalled that they had eaten instant noodles yesterday. Xiao Ayu was afraid that it would be dangerous for her to cook, so the two of them ate a bowl of instant noodles together.

As more and more things came to mind, Akahoshi quickly realized that he and Ayu were both four-year-old children.

At four years old, he couldn't even reach the stove.

Then Akahoshi watched as he put some rice into the pot, saying, "We can't eat noodles every day, let's have rice porridge."

Little Ayu was very well-behaved. She nodded and even helped carry the bowl. The two children picked vegetables together.

They were a tiny huddle squatting on the ground. Usually, their parents would pick them up and drop them off at kindergarten, but since the day before yesterday, the villa has been surrounded by tall, strange men, and their parents have disappeared.

He stood on a stool and cooked a pot of porridge. Akahoshi threw in some green vegetables, so it was edible.

Little Ayu wasn't a picky eater, and perhaps she was just starving; the two children finished the porridge in the small pot.

As the last ray of sunlight disappeared, the two children lay in bed. Akahoshi held little Ayu in his arms and patted his back to comfort him.

At night, little Ayu would cry and call for her father and mother, and Akahoshi would tell her stories, the story of the Little Mermaid King.

"The Little Mermaid King is very naughty, but he is very powerful and drove away the great sharks in the sea."

Little Ayu was captivated by his story and couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, mermaids are amazing!"

Akahoshi nodded: "Yes, the little mermaid king is very handsome and is the most powerful king in the sea."

"Wow, are you as amazing as Mom and Dad?"

When the topic of her parents came up again, Xiao Ayu pouted and started to sob.

After being confined in the villa for a week, several people dressed in black with terrifying masks suddenly appeared and forcibly took the two children away despite their resistance.

"Stars, sob sob...Stars, Mommy and Daddy..."

Xiao Ayu's broken cries shattered the tranquility of the villa. The autumn wind howled, and Chixing was held down, forced to watch helplessly as Xiao Yu was taken away.

"Ayu! Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I will definitely save you, don't be afraid—"

Taken away by the men in black, Little Red Star was thrown into a small room with four white walls and nothing but a warm light overhead.

"Ayu, Ayu..."