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Chapter 42: The Footsteps of the God of Death

I was immediately energetic. Who came out in the middle of the night?

Through the small window on the wall, I could see clearly that the figure who quietly walked out of the west room was Xin Ya.

My heart moved. Did she come to see Chen Hanyang? Or, come to see me?

But she looked somber and looked down, and she did not walk towards us, but pushed open the door and walked out.

Strange, where is she going in the middle of the night?

For Xin Ya, she always gives people a bit mysterious, especially at this moment, it was already midnight. What did she go out to do in this strange mountain village?

I decided to follow.

I looked back at Chen Hanyang. This guy seemed to have nothing to do. I looked at Wang Yu and he was sleeping soundly. Well, I wouldn't wake up Wang Yu anymore to avoid causing trouble.

I gently pushed open the door and walked out. The courtyard was filled with stars. At the gate, a black shadow disappeared in a flash.

I knew that was Xin Ya, so I followed her quickly. Today I want to see what secret she has.

The whole village had already fallen into a deep sleep, and there was not even a single household with lights on it. It was pitch black everywhere, and there were waning moons in the sky. I have to say that in such a scene, Xin Ya walked out alone, which was really creepy to think about.

I followed Xin Ya and walked forward along the dirt road in the village, but looking at the direction she was walking, it was the direction of the mountains.

That is also the direction we went down the mountain. What is she going to do?

Xin Ya's figure was floating, but she didn't walk fast. I was afraid that she would find it, so I was stuck behind it from afar. Anyway, the terrain here is wide, as long as I stared at her figure, I would never lose it.

Soon, she walked to the village head, and the road to the mountain was ahead, but she suddenly turned around and did not go up the mountain, but walked to the right side of the village.

This is even more strange. We are all the first time we have come to this village. How can we see her look, but we seem to be very familiar with the path?

I quickly chased after me and bypassed the entrance of the village. Xin Ya's figure appeared in front of me again, still in the same shape, lowering her head, walking slowly, as if she was thinking about something.

After following for about a hundred meters, the sound of running water suddenly came from the front. It was not loud, but it was enough to make people distinguish it in this quiet night.

I suddenly remembered that this should be the small river surrounding the village. Is Xin Ya going to the riverside?

While thinking, the small river appeared in front of him, with gurgling water and starry lights. Xin Ya stopped, stood by the river, staring blankly in the distance.

Is she waiting for someone? Or is she just coming out to relax?

I stood dozens of meters behind her, next to a big tree, but I didn't even dare to breathe. I stared at her back in wonder, wondering what would happen next.

Perhaps, her secret will be unconsciously untied tonight by me.

After a long time, Xin Ya didn't move, she stood there alone. The wind by the river swept her long hair and fluttered in the darkness, like an eternal statue.

It took me a long time to think I could hardly help but rush out. About half an hour had passed, but she was standing there, not moving or talking. For a moment, I had an illusion that it was just a willow tree on the bank of the river.

I thought to myself, you are too patient, at least you can talk to yourself, let me hear some secrets, okay?

At this moment, Xin Ya suddenly spoke quietly, "You said, am I really an ominous person?"

I was shocked, who are you talking to?

I didn't dare to say anything, but my body hid behind the tree, but she paused for a moment and said, "Han Qingtian, can you really help me?"

I was a little confused. She was talking to herself, or had she discovered me?

I still didn't move, so I figured out the situation first, and after hearing what she said, it seemed that I had begun to believe me.

Xin Ya was speaking again: "I know that everyone thinks I am an ominous person, are you just curious about me? Although no one said anything about what happened today, I know that everyone thinks that it was because of me. But if you listened to me at that time and didn't come from this mountain, there would be nothing wrong. But no one would believe me, you would just think that I was a crow's mouth, and all this is because of my vicious curse. I know, I know, you all think so..."

Her voice became more and more excited, and I couldn't help but be stunned. I didn't expect that under her quiet surface, she also had such intense thoughts. But what she said was wrong, I never thought so. I thought, if she was a vicious curse, why would she have to remind and warn us? I always thought that this was just her special ability to predict, but most people in this world do not believe in it, so this result would be caused.

I couldn't help but want to jump out. I wanted to tell her that not everyone is so ignorant, and she shouldn't be so lonely. Her special abilities can help others. It is her pride and should not become a nightmare in her life.

But she was still talking to herself: "I don't know, I don't know what I want to do so that everyone can accept me. Sometimes, I don't want to say it out, but I can't do it. I can't watch something happen to the people around me, but I pretend not to know... I have been trying to change this destined destiny and the upcoming misfortune, but I finally found that I can't change anything. No matter what, what is coming will always come, and what should be gone will eventually go. Could it be that I was wrong..."

Her voice became lower and lower, but her body began to tremble. Suddenly, she turned around suddenly and said quietly to the place where I was hiding, "Han Qingtian, do you think, am I wrong?"

I was shocked again. It turned out that she had really discovered me a long time ago. I had to walk out slowly and look at her and said, "No, you are not wrong. What is wrong is just those stupid people. They could have avoided misfortune, but... can you tell me first, how did you know I was behind, and how did you predict those disasters and deaths? Believe me, I sincerely want to help you, I am not the same as those people."

She looked at me quietly, with a hint of melancholy in her eyes, and she slowly said, "You shouldn't have saved him..."

"What?" I asked in surprise. She said, shouldn't I save Chen Hanyang?

But she didn't answer, her eyes moved to the distance, along the small river with silver light, as if she was recalling the past.

"When I was a child, there was a small river in my hometown, which was winding and beautiful. But when I was born, my mother died of dysfunction. Others said that it was me who killed her mother. When I was eight years old, I took my brother to the river to wash clothes. He played on the stones, and later, he was washed away by the river. The stepmother and father had a big fight, saying that I was the star of the Sangmen, and then left us. At the age of thirteen, I foresaw my father's car accident. That morning, I begged him not to go to work, but my father got angry and beat me. Later... I was only one person left."

Xin Ya's voice was ethereal and distant, and I felt a little heartbroken when I heard it. It turned out that she, like me, has been an unfortunate person since she was a child.

"Later, I started living alone in school. My uncle and his family didn't dare to take me in. My father's pension was only enough to pay my living expenses and tuition. On campus, I was taciturn and dared not say anything. But I was still known about my affairs, and everyone pointed and pointed at me behind my back. I silently endured all this. I told myself in my heart that all this would pass."

"Until last year, I foresaw the death of my two friends again. I couldn't wait to tell them that I thought they were my friends and they should believe me, but their behavior was very angry and disdainful. In their eyes, my abnormality was just out of jealousy for them, because their families were well-off, but I was an orphan that no one cared for and no one wanted, and a wild child."

Xin Ya said this and turned to me again, as if she was talking to herself, and as if she was asking: "But, I just wanted to help them, I wanted to save them, why, why did it become my fault?"

I couldn't help but sigh: "When you were in the car today, you obviously foresee something wrong, but you didn't persist. You should be afraid that you would lose these last few friends."

There were tears flashing in Xin Ya's eyes: "No, this is not the reason, but because, I suddenly felt that the destined thing would not change because someone predicted it. From childhood to adulthood, I tried several times to stop the tragedy, but no success was successful. The final outcome would never change. I don't know whether this is someone else's misfortune or my misfortune. Han Qingtian, what should I do?"

I was silent. To be honest, I don’t know how to deal with this kind of thing, but I have my principles.

"Xin Ya, I understand. You know everything, but you are powerless to stop it. I fully understand the pain and entanglement of watching the people around you move towards death and misfortune, but I think you should not give up hope and give up yourself from now on. Just like today, Chen Hanyang was bound to die, but if we work together, maybe we can save him. Xin Ya, what you did before was right, and what you lack was just someone who could help you."

Xin Ya looked at me, and something called hope seemed to rise in her eyes, but she turned around and sighed: "But I don't know if our efforts will be in vain, and will the final outcome really change because of this..."

I wondered: "What do you mean is that Chen Hanyang is likely to be unable to survive?"

Xin Ya shook her head: "I'm not talking about this. Do you know, why did I come here tonight?"

I was stunned: "Aren't you coming out to relax because you are in a bad mood?"

She suddenly laughed, and the smile seemed so sad in the dark night. She looked at the river water under her feet and said, "I came here just to prove one thing--will I really stop the god of death, or just slow it down..."
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