The cool autumn breeze bid farewell to the last remaining summer, and the seasons rotate in sequence, as if life will eventually enter the destination of aging.

The sky is blue and clear, the earth is as golden as fire, and the falling dead leaves are like yellow butterflies dancing, and the fruits are bent on the branches to release an attractive mature fragrance; the gurgling streams, the orioles and birds are singing, and it is difficult to see the bleak scenery.

In the plains, the rice ears and wheat seas rise and fall with the wind. The hard-working farmers work in the still scorching sun. The bronze faces are filled with happy smiles on the wrinkles carved by the years. Perhaps for them, nothing is more important than a good harvest.

Hearing that the barbarians in the north broke through the important defense line in the north of the kingdom not long ago, the entire north was immediately in the raging of their iron hooves. The King* team in the south, which resisted the invasion of the undead in Sugro, was even worse. After Commander Salice returned hurriedly after receiving the news of the changes in the king capital, the King* team had retreated without long support.

However--

For people far away from war areas, plausible rumors always make people feel untrue. Besides, things do not matter to themselves and life continues to remain unchanged, so why bother just because it is not enough to cause trouble?

There are many people who are numb and slow, but there are also many people who are afraid and worried.

For example, in the small town of Ayen in Torofi Province, every day, you can see countless fugitives leaving their hometowns. Every day, you can see these people disappearing on the way to the Leraso Mountains leading to the Principal of Sissinia. While winter is still coming, otherwise they will have to wait until the spring of the next year to leave this turbulent kingdom.

They can't wait.

But some people have been waiting with peace of mind.

As usual, Winnie opened the old door of the house. After carefully locking it, she began to look around casually. She only took a long time to leave after discovering that there was no one worthy of attention or afterwards.

Since coming to Ayen Town, Winnie has used the money given to her by Xia Lan for a long time to rent an ordinary house with a basement. Speaking of the basement, it is just a cellar used by people to store food. However, in order to facilitate certain alchemy experiments, Winnie does not care about the so-called experimental environment.

Because, a mere town does not have an Alchemy Association's dispatched agency, and Winnie is unwilling to reveal her identity to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.

Winnie goes out every morning. In addition to the food and clothing problem that must be solved, the more important thing is to inquire about someone’s news.

"Winnie! Good morning"

Walking in the streets and alleys, the neighbors would greet each other in friendly greetings when they saw Winnie. In short, she had lived in Aiyuan Town for a long time, and the neighbors around her were no longer unfamiliar with her, and Winnie's well-behaved and polite appearance was really likable.

"Good morning, Uncle York, you're going to work hard again today."

"Good morning Mrs. Dinah, you are still as beautiful as ever today."

"Cromi, today..."

A smile responded to everyone's greetings. Winnie seemed to enjoy the atmosphere very much, and her petite rosy face showed a cheerful and pleasant expression.

"Winnie—"

After a while, Mrs. Dinah pulled Winnie's little hand and said kindly: "Do you still remember what I told you last time?"

"ah--"

Winnie shrank, subconsciously trying to pull out her hand that was tightly held by Mrs. Dinah, but somehow she couldn't pull it out.

She knew what Mrs. Dinah was talking about, and it was not the first time she said this.

"Mrs. Dinah, sorry, I've been busy with things all the time, so..."

Winnie's face turned red and she lied with embarrassment.

"No matter how busy you are, you can't delay your future happiness. Let me tell you, that boy Yaheng is still good..."

"I understand Madam Dinah, I understand. Please let go of my hand first?" Winnie said with her head down.

After hearing Winnie say it, Mrs. Dinah quickly apologized and let go of Winnie's little hand.

She breathed a sigh of relief. She was about to take the opportunity to escape as before, but was suddenly delayed by a familiar voice that suddenly came into her ears.

"Winnie, Winnie..."

In the distance, a young and handsome man gasped, moved his agile legs and shouted urgently.

"Hehe...Winnie, the next thing depends on you, come on! That boy Yaheng is really good, think about it carefully..."

After seeing the visitor, Mrs. Dinah smiled at Winnie meaningfully and then walked away.

It's coming again! It's so troublesome!

Winnie thought distressedly, and Yinya bit her lip lightly, looking very upset.

"Winnie, were you not at home when I went to find you yesterday?"

The young man came to Winnie and was stunned when he saw the other person's "shy" look. His whole mood immediately became excited and said.

"Ya Heng, I still have things to complete now. Can I come back later and explain to you?"

Winnie stared at the other side with her round and bright eyes.

"this--"

The young man named Yaheng was stunned again, and then hurriedly said, "Are you going to the city gate again? Anyway, I have nothing to do today, so why don't I go with you?"

"Ah?" Winnie said in a daze: "Aren't you going to help your family harvest wheat grain today?"

"What you said? Don't be afraid or not, my father said, let me take a day off today."

Yaheng said happily, but in fact, he was secretly grateful for his father's encouragement before leaving.

"Aren't you here to help today? Why? What? You want to find that little girl Winnie! Very good! It's worthy of being my son. Don't worry and boldly pursue it. Dad will always support you!"

In this way, Yaheng was able to be liberated from his tired farmland work.

"Since that's the case, come with me today."

Seeing that it was difficult to refuse the kind request from the party, Winnie had no choice but to say helplessly.

On the way to the city gate, Yaheng kept talking about interesting things that happened recently by her side. While Winnie responded absent-mindedly. But Yaheng, who was slow, didn't notice the other party's mood at all. She was still talking about the world.

Winnie was very upset, really upset.

And the source of this trouble comes from Yaheng in front of him.

Because he was pursuing her, and he was pursuing her unremittingly.

Sometimes, she really wants to clearly reject the other party's intentions, but whenever she sees the other party's admiration, her heart becomes soft and difficult to speak out.

love?

This kind of thing is too far from her.

love?

Will this happen to her?

No!

A voice in Winnie told herself firmly that she would not have love.

Because her body got up early and was dirty, and her soul was already dirty.

The girl's heart that symbolized sacred love may have completely moved away from her world since that day.

...

At the gate of Aiyuan Town, several young beggars in ragged clothes stretched out their dirty hands and kept begging for the travelers. Most of the time, people would choose to ignore them and wave to drive them away. If they meet someone in a bad mood, they will inevitably suffer a fist and kick.

Although there are good people, they are not common, but for these beggars, as long as they can satisfy their daily food and clothing, they will be enough.

When Winnie and Yaheng appeared beside the city gate, one of the young beggars' eyes suddenly shone in their eyes, as if they had discovered something extraordinary, immediately put down the begging at hand and ran to the two of them.

"Hello Sister Winnie!"

The young beggar stopped. The dirty little face raised with his head could not cover his bright eyes with love.

"Yeah, it's Xiao An. Are there any bad guys bullying you today?"

Winnie squatted down and reached out to pat the other person's little head, smiling without caring about the dirt and filthy mixed between the other person's hair.

Yaheng stood beside him, of course he would not be unfamiliar with the beggars by the city gate. In other words, the villagers living in Aiyuan Town knew them, and occasionally, they would kindly help each other.

However, seeing the dirty beggar in front of you who could be treated like this by the girl she admired, a hint of jealousy would arise in my heart.

"No, because Xiao An didn't meet a bad person today."

"So Xiao An, have you discovered anything about what my sister told you?"

"Sister Winnie, I'm sorry, we still haven't noticed the person you mentioned." The beggar named "Xiao An" twisted his thin body in shame.

"So that's the case. Actually, Xiao An doesn't need to apologize. You have done a good job. Go and call others. My sister treats you to dinner today."

Winnie shook her head, not seemingly minding at all.

When Xiao An heard the word "eating", he immediately became energetic again. He turned around and jumped towards his beggar friends.

"Winnie, what are you asking them to do?"

When Yaheng heard the content of the conversation between the two sides, he couldn't help but wonder.

"I'm asking them to find someone." Winnie said.

"Looking for someone?" Yaheng was even more confused.

"Yes." Winnie nodded. "A person I've been waiting for."

"Who is he?" Ya Heng's heart beat up and suddenly felt nervous.

"He?"

Winnie tilted her cute little face and thought about it and suddenly burst into laughter.

"Just a very bad guy."
To be continued...