Chapter 1372 Hallucination?

The girl ran until she could no longer see the forest and then slowly stopped.

He was bent over and breathing heavily.

The brother and sister caught up.

"what happened?"

The siblings looked at each other and asked bluntly.

He was fine on the way here.

"what."

My brother suddenly looked as if he understood something. "Were you frightened by the dead rabbit?"

……

The girl turned pale.

She nodded.

"It's fine."

The brother comforted the girl,

"Yeah, but it's just..."

The brother glared at his sister, who swallowed the words "dead rabbit" and smiled awkwardly.

"You thought it was you."

The brother whispered something to his sister.

They have seen many animal carcasses since they were young, so naturally it’s nothing to them.

But girls from the city have never seen the dead bodies of animals.

It must be a bit uncomfortable to see it for the first time.

……

The girl lowered her head and after a long while she responded softly, "...Yeah."

She felt relieved.

The siblings did not blame her...

In fact, the reason why she was so scared just now was that on the one hand, she was indeed a little frightened by the rabbit's corpse, but on the other hand, it was the guilt that arose in her heart.

If she had not forgotten about the rabbit, would the rabbit not have died?

It was her negligence...

She moved her fingers slightly, and the feeling of cold and stiff fingertips was still there. She couldn't help but rub her fingers vigorously.

She even regretted coming here for a moment.

I also told my siblings.

When her grandmother asked her what happened, she didn't mention the rabbit or even the trap. Her grandmother never agreed with her doing anything dangerous.

For example, hunting.

Even if it's just setting a trap.

She just said that she tripped over a tree root and was in pain, and then she sat there crying.

……

"Let's go back."

The girl doesn't want to stay here anymore.

Even though she had left the forest, her mind couldn't help but replay the previous scene.

Deep in the dark forest, there was a lifeless rabbit.

The dried blood and the almost visible bones of the hind legs made the sharp trap look even more hideous and terrifying.

The girl shuddered.

……

There was a rustling sound coming from the woods behind.

It seemed to be the sound of the wind, but also like the sound of footsteps.

The girl's heart skipped a beat.

She wanted to look back, but she felt inexplicably scared.

Whole body stiffness.

I couldn't even put my hands over my chest.

Her heart beat faster and faster.

There was a roaring sound in my ears.

Suddenly, "Bang-"

"elder sister?"

The girl's pupils shrank sharply and her heart almost stopped for a moment.

She seemed to see the rabbit that should have died but opened its eyes and looked at her...

"Ah!"

The girl gasped, her fingers dug into her palms, and she opened her mouth but no sound came out.

"Sister, what's wrong with you?"

"elder sister?"

The girl blinked her eyes hard. Where was the rabbit in front of her?
Lush green grass filled her entire field of vision.

She listened unconsciously, but found that the strange voice was gone.

Is this all... an illusion?

The girl looked pale.

"elder sister!"

My sister yelled, "What's wrong with you?!"

His face became more anxious and worried.

The girl subconsciously looked at her sister, her eyes still a little dazed.

The younger sister reached out and held the girl's hand.

The unexpected coldness and dampness startled my sister. Is this... a cold sweat?
She held the girl's hand tightly, wanting to warm her cold hand with her own temperature, and a playful smile appeared on her face. "I won't take you hunting next time."

"So cowardly."

My sister wrinkled her nose and made a face.

The cute and funny look made the girl smile.

The girl suppressed her fear and managed to pull the corner of her mouth, "Sorry, I'm fine."

Neither the brother nor the sister believed what the girl said.

The brother clenched his hands tightly together, looking nervous and confused, and the girl's face looked obviously ugly.

It's ugly and pale.

It was like getting a huge shock.

Was it because you were scared by the rabbit's corpse?
But, the girl's complexion had clearly improved before, so how come it suddenly became even uglier than at the beginning?

……

"Why is everything okay?"

"Look at your face, it's so white that you can pretend to be a ghost and scare people."

The younger sister pouted and frowned at first, but after a few seconds she smiled too. She reached out and hugged the girl, "It's okay, it's okay."

"Hunting means the animals will die."

"It's fine."

The girl was a little dazed.

Yes, hunting means the animals will die, why is she so uneasy...

"A rabbit scared you like this, wouldn't you be scared to death if you saw the corpse of a wild boar?"

"..."

The girl pursed her lips.

"you……"

"what?"

The girl's voice was too soft and the sister couldn't hear it clearly.

"Did you hear any sound just now?"

"what sound?"

The brother and sister looked at each other, both with a look of confusion.

"What sound do you mean?"

"Just... bang?"

The girl tried to imitate the voice just now, "A deeper voice, something like this."

"Bang?"

The brother and sister looked at each other, then shook their heads together, "No."

“We didn’t hear that.”

"What's wrong with this sound?"

"There's none?"

The girl murmured.

So, that voice, and that... rabbit that opened its eyes and looked at her, were all her hallucinations?
"Sister, do you care about that sound?"

The younger sister shook the girl's hand and said, "Then we'll help you find it."

"no need!"

The girl's loud voice startled the brother and sister.

"elder sister?"

"Xiao Xiao?"

"Sorry, no thanks."

The girl shook her head. "Maybe I heard it wrong."

"Ah, oh."

The brother and sister nodded, their smiles somewhat stiff.

The girl's strangeness made them a little cautious.

They somewhat regretted taking the girl hunting.

They had never expected that the girl would be so frightened that she became a little... neurotic.

……

"Let's go back quickly."

The brother spoke up, breaking the silence that suddenly spread between them.

"Ah."

The younger sister nodded and pulled the girl forward, "It will be terrible if Grandma Zhang finds out that Xiaoxiao is gone."

"I'm going to be scolded for at least three hours this time, right?"

The girl's words made both the brother and sister laugh.

The strange feeling in my heart disappeared.

……

"Sorry, Master Xiao, am I being too long-winded?"

The curly-haired girl stopped talking and suddenly said with some embarrassment.

There wasn't a trace of impatience on Xiao Xiao's face.

He shook his head slightly.

The curly-haired girl smiled and said, "I've been holding this in my heart for a long time."

"I couldn't help but talk more."

Then a hint of melancholy appeared between her brows.

Xiao Xiao knew that the highlight was about to begin.

(End of this chapter)