Chapter 723: No destruction, no establishment
The days that followed were no different from hell.
No, I was already in hell, and I became the most ridiculous existence in this hell. I was a hero who was strangled by the neck and had Yan Zi captured.
Zhou Zhenglong, this man, ascended the throne. He was even crazier than Wancai. Perhaps his fate was not over yet. When he ascended the throne, I smelled the fragrance with a foul odor.
In the days that followed, as long as I didn't do what he said, he would punch and kick Sister Siwei, but he never touched a hair of mine. The family thought that he didn't violate the "house rules", so they began to obey him.
He didn't give us any food for a long time and locked us in a dark little room, which was a prison converted from a storage room and belonged to Sister Siwei and me.
There was no sunlight here all day long, and even the smell was bad.
Zhou Zhenglong's rule was more "forceful" than Wancai's. He was too confident in his own strength. He even dropped a dagger in the prison of Sister Siwei and me, telling us that we could commit suicide when we couldn't hold on.
Every morning, everyone in the family lined up and walked past me. I just nodded or shook my head woodenly.
I really wanted to give up these people, but they caught Yan Zi, so I could only cooperate woodenly.
But this perfunctory attitude soon caused Zhou Zhenglong's dissatisfaction. He threatened me with his sister and told me that I could only say "I smelled the "fragrance" of someone" in the future. If I missed one word, he would punch Sister Siwei.
In that long dark time, I would always hear Sister Siwei hugging her body in the middle of the night, choking and whispering "It doesn't hurt, it will be fine in a moment." She was trying to treat the pain in her body, but every time she finished the treatment, she would be greeted by a new pain.
The smell on her body began to become strange, and Jian Shou seemed to have changed.
Is there any good news in this hellish day?
Yes, the only good news is that Sister Siwei is always by my side.
I can feel that in the long-term torture, even Sister Siwei, who likes me the most, is going crazy. The smell on her body sometimes becomes like Wancai, sometimes like Zhou Zhenglong, and at some moments like Brother Gu Yu, in short, not like herself.
I was really afraid that my sister would go crazy. She was my only support here, the swallow beside the "Happy Prince", but fairy tales never told me that swallows would go crazy before they died.
My hesitation and helplessness lingered in my heart, and no one could show me a clear way out. My sister would often sit there quietly in a daze, and sometimes she would not respond even if I called her several times.
I might be a little too selfish. Why have I never thought about it... not only do I need to be taken care of, but my sister also needs someone to take care of her?
How much better is her situation than mine?
After Brother Gu Yu left, only me and her were left in the whole gloomy and terrifying family. We were surrounded by many family members with dull eyes. The "Happy Prince" had no sword in his hand, only a crown that would fall off when he walked, and a swallow covered with wounds.
Swallow and I were walking on a towering building that could be doomed at any time. Once we said something wrong or did something wrong, we would be executed immediately.
Even in this dark cell, my sister would always comfort and enlighten me, but who would enlighten her...?
When she came here, she was only about 20 years old. Now even my age is close to hers. Why didn't I think...she was also someone who needed protection?
She once said that she loved everyone in this world. She also tried to enlighten those family members in her own way, but it never worked.
It seemed that there was a sharp knife above our heads, and this sharp knife was slowly approaching me, but I was a statue and couldn't move a step. I couldn't even interfere with what happened outside the cell.
I was filled with a lot of questions every day, such as whether other teams that were collecting "jade" would collect them all?
For example, now these people don't look like humans anymore, will my sister still love them?
For example, as our number increased, food became scarce. Can those few "Qingxiang" supply food for so many people?
Now I know that fairy tales are all lies. The hero has thousands of subjects under his command, but the hero can't feed them.
"Hero..."
My sister, who was thinking in a daze, suddenly turned her head and called me, which scared me.
"What, what's wrong?" I agreed with a smile, "Sister, how do you feel today? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
"No." Sister Siwei shook her head, "I suddenly thought... You haven't eaten for a long time... Are you hungry?"
"I'm fine..." I smiled, "Sister, don't worry about me, I'm used to being hungry."
"That won't work..." She was stunned for a moment, then forced a smile, "How can you not eat... You are in the period of growth, you will be hungry if you don't eat..."
I felt that Sister Siwei should be hungry, even if I didn't eat, I had to ask Zhou Zhenglong for something to eat.
But as soon as I turned around, I heard a strange sound coming from behind, followed by a muffled groan.
I was a little dazed, and slowly turned my head, but found that Sister Siwei was holding the knife given by Zhou Zhenglong, her arms and palms were all bloody, and I didn't understand what happened for a while.
"Uh..." Sister Sisi sighed and dropped the knife, then touched her arm and said almost with a cry, "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt...it'll be fine in a moment..."
"Sister...sister?" I blinked, feeling like my brain was going blank.
She muttered for a long time before letting go of her hand. I saw that there were no wounds on her arms, but they were covered in blood.
What happened?
My sister tremblingly held her hands together, and then held a handful in front of me. I thought it was a pool of blood, but there was clearly a piece of meat inside.
"Hero...Hero..." My sister said to me with a smile, "I found something to eat..."
"Eat...your...meat?"
My voice was trembling when I said this.
"Yes... a hero... I am "healed"..." My sister smiled and said to me, "I can even provide food to everyone... Just eat me... I just need to keep "healing" myself "..."
Looking at the piece of meat in her hand, I suddenly felt a little dazed.
Is there something wrong with my memory?
In "The Happy Prince", it is said that the swallow picked up the gold leaves from the prince's body piece by piece and distributed them to the poor people in the city, until all his skin was peeled off.
But why did the swallow cut off its own flesh now?
This is wrong... everything is wrong now...
I didn't know what to do, so I could only step forward and hug my sister gently.
"It's okay...Sister, leave it to me, I am a "hero"...I will protect you..."
I think I know what brother Gu Yu means when he says "nothing can be broken but nothing can be established".
If you want to protect your sister, you have to kill her with your own hands.