The nervous chattering of the squirrel made Yu Sheng subconsciously listen to the movement outside the hut, but he only heard some distant and weak wind sounds.
The fire in the fireplace was crackling, and the sound of wind outside the door and window was too weak to be heard. These soft sounds made everything seem extra quiet, and a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere filled the candlelight of the cabin.
The layout of the room is clear at a glance. When you enter the door, you can see a simple square table covered with a blue plaid tablecloth, and two chairs placed next to the table. Oppositely, against the wall, you can see a square table with a lot of miscellaneous items.
There are wooden shelves and a wooden wardrobe that is one person high. In the corner is a single bed with a thick mattress, which looks very comfortable.
On the wall to the left of the entrance, there is a window, which reflects the firelight of the fireplace and candlesticks, as well as the figure of the squirrel jumping around.
Yu Sheng walked towards the window and looked outside cautiously. The old wooden floor creaked under his feet. He saw only the dense and boundless night view of the forest outside the window. The time at this moment should be just after dusk.
For a brief moment, there was actually a little bit of skylight left in the sky, but the dense canopy of trees blocked the limited light, and there were all night-like shadows under the canopy.
I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but Yu Sheng always felt that there were countless pairs of cold eyes hidden in those shadows, and countless predators seemed to be hiding in the night, surrounding the cabin, waiting for some opportunity.
"Don't look, don't look. The more you look, the more scared you will be. The things you imagine will always come out of the darkness, and all you can think of here is the wolf." The squirrel held his paws on his back and sat on the wooden table.
Walking around going, "Oh, nuts!"
It suddenly saw a plate of acorns on the table, and immediately jumped over happily, picked up one with its paws, and looked back at Yu Sheng: "Would you like one? Good stuff!"
"No, thank you." Yu Sheng waved his hand. He was now focusing more on observing the small house - he found that there were also red rags and strings in the house, like some kind of shelter decoration.
Red ropes and strips of cloth were tied to the doors and windows and hung under the roof, and some broken pieces of cloth and threads were piled messily in the corners.
The squirrel suddenly jumped down from the table, ran to the corner and rummaged around. It found a long red strip of cloth, and then wrapped it around itself randomly.
"Good sign, good sign!" it screamed.
Yu Sheng was a little curious: "What are you doing?"
"Do something lucky." The squirrel was wrapped in red cloth, looking funny but proud. "Red is a lucky color, and a squirrel needs its own lucky color - especially one as cute as me."
Squirrel. Damn it, there’s no wine in this room... I’m a little thirsty.”
It ran back to the table, picked up an acorn, knocked it on the table, and gnawed it.
Yu Sheng thought for a moment and walked to the table. He sat down on the chair and looked at the squirrel that was eating acorns: "Can you tell me about Little Red Riding Hood?"
"Which one? Which one are you talking about?" The squirrel raised his head, with the candlelight reflecting in his eyes, "Oh, I guess you are talking about the recent one, the one that is still alive... But why should I tell you? You broke in for no reason.
grown ups."
"...I am her friend, and I want to know about her." Yu Sheng knew that this squirrel was a little nervous and difficult to deal with, but he was also quite patient, "You helped me just now, I think you should be a good squirrel.
, you might be willing to continue helping me and my friends."
"Good squirrel - you hit the point. I'm a good squirrel." The squirrel looked very satisfied and took two steps on the table. "But I don't know where to tell you...what's there to say?"
What about her? I don’t know how she lives outside, and I don’t quite understand what she is thinking. Anyway, I just remember that when she first came here, she only had..."
The squirrel said, looking around the room quickly, then raised his paw and pointed at the chair next to him: "It's about this high, a little higher than the back of the chair. I don't know if I'm crying in the dark forest.
She was looking for a way and didn't know how to hide. When I came out to talk to her, she just kept saying that she would never run around again - and then? And then she was quickly eaten by a wolf. With a twist of her face,
Wolves are fast, and the more scared you are, the bigger they get."
The squirrel waved its paw, seemingly dissatisfied with what happened at that time, but soon changed its tone.
"Her performance was very bad at first, but she gradually got better. She was caught by wolves many times and cried more often, but soon she was able to follow me to a place with light while crying.
, and later, she learned not to make a sound when crying, and then, she learned not to cry again. Then, she said that she had found the 'organization', and I didn't remember what she said specifically.
Anyway...she seems to have learned a lot."
The squirrel slowly stopped, as if lost in thought.
Yu Sheng waited patiently for a while, and after a few seconds he gently urged: "Then what?"
"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm just a squirrel, I have to think about it... The previous Little Red Riding Hood seemed to be the same, almost the same, ah, yes, she learned a lot of things, such as making traps when avoiding, such as
How to restore humanity as quickly as possible after being eaten by a wolf, such as lurking to observe the patterns of wolf activity. Then one day, she successfully caught a wolf, then the second, and the third...
"The wolf caught her, and she caught the wolf. Sometimes she succeeded, sometimes she was eaten. She gradually became a part of this forest. Later, she was able to spend most nights here safely, but she was also tied to this place.
Deeper and deeper, sometimes, she will even become a bit like a wolf, growing claws and tails, running in the darkness outside - now hunters will occasionally appear by the path outside, waking her up with the sound of gunshots,
And with more hunters appearing, she sometimes feels that she is also a hunter..."
The squirrel spoke slower and slower, and a gloomy atmosphere enveloped the little animal. Then it suddenly tugged on the red cloth strips randomly wrapped around its body, raised its head and stared directly into Yu Sheng's eyes.
Those eyes that reflected the candlelight actually shone with the light of humanity.
"You have to help her, she...she is actually starting to get bad. The other Little Red Riding Hoods are like this too. They gradually get used to this forest and gradually transform into them. The more times she turns into a wolf, the harder it will be for her to go back.
, the most ferocious and evil wolf is getting closer and closer to her, but for her, the most dangerous thing is never the moment when the wolf opens its mouth, but when she herself grows fangs...
…You’re her friend, right, you’re her friend—you gotta help her!”
Yu Sheng quickly understood every word the squirrel said to him. He vaguely guessed a lot of things, and then suddenly asked: "What should I do specifically? How can I help her?"
However, the squirrel suddenly became frustrated. It took two steps back and struggled to tangle its two paws together: "I don't know, I... I'm just a fucking squirrel..."
Yu Sheng did not give up: "Will killing that 'bad wolf' work?"
"It's useless, it's useless, it will always come back." The squirrel shook his head sadly, "When Little Red Riding Hood comes, the wolf also comes. Everything in this forest is like this. As long as there is Little Red Riding Hood, it will always come back."
There will definitely be wolves, there will be grandmothers, there will be hunters, there will be a long path, and at the end of the road is a cabin that may be safe or may not be safe. Everything is determined like this. It doesn't matter how many times you kill them.
...Only when Little Red Riding Hood disappears, the forest will be temporarily quiet...
"It'll be quiet for a while until...a new Little Red Riding Hood appears."
"There were many Little Red Riding Hoods before, right?" Yu Sheng finally asked the question he wanted to ask just now, "When a Little Red Riding Hood dies, a new 'victim' will come in, right? Which number is this now?
One? When was the first one?"
"There are always new ones, there are always new ones, because the forest needs Little Red Riding Hood," the squirrel said, suddenly trembling, "I, I can't remember the specific number, don't ask me, don't ask, I
It's just a squirrel...talking too much will attract wolves."
Yu Sheng felt that the squirrel's reaction was a bit strange. It seemed that it was not only afraid of the "wolf", but also something else. However, this nervous little animal had begun to refuse to answer his other questions - it just kept talking.
He was moving around on the table as if he was in some kind of stress state.
But at this moment, Yu Sheng suddenly felt a movement in his heart.
Then, he heard a faint cry.
The voice was vague and far away, but when he concentrated his attention, the voice suddenly became clear - Irene was shouting in his heart.
"Yusheng! Yusheng, where have you been sleeping? I heard the reply!"
"Irene?" Yu Sheng was startled and immediately responded in his heart, "I went and finally heard your voice... I called you just now, but you didn't respond."
"Hey, I heard it! I found it!" The little doll's voice suddenly sounded surprised, and it crackled in a string, "I heard it just now, and then I immediately looked for you but couldn't find you. In your dream
I didn't find it either. It clearly feels like you are dreaming but I can't connect with your consciousness. It's just like getting lost in a dream.
It seems... Hey, Huli, stop dangling, you have found your 'benefactor' - Huli is beside you, she has been shaking her hair for a long time, it makes me dizzy, what kind of spiritualism is she going to do for you...
...We are next to your bed. Don't tell me that it looks like you are paying homage to the body. You are lying so peacefully... Ouch, Ouch, the stupid fox bit me!"
The corner of Yu Sheng's mouth trembled twice, and he had mixed feelings in his heart when he listened to the beeping of the little doll.
Chapter completed!