Chapter 28: I Acknowledged Her as My Sister

  Who? My heart skipped a beat as I suddenly looked towards the source of the sound, and a field mouse was licking its paws, staring at me with wide eyes.

  Shh! I looked at him with a pleading face. Don't expose my position, and that mouse seemed to understand what I said, suddenly froze, motionless.

  Is this mouse possessed? It's so obedient. But at this time, who cares about that much, my own life is at stake, and I don't bother with the mouse anymore, carefully observing the outside movement. Squeak squeak squeak, the mouse started calling out. Oh my ancestors, don't get me into trouble! I glared at it fiercely, signaling it not to make such a big noise. This mouse seemed to be relentless, circling around a nearby grapevine twice, oh my goodness, don't act cute now. I thought to myself, I might as well just ignore it and it will calm down.

  Unfortunately, this mouse and I collided, rushed under my feet and bit my shoes.

  It's tugging at my shoe, and I can clearly feel that something is off. This field mouse seems to be really psychic; what is it hinting at me? Is it asking me to follow it? I cleared my head a bit, looked at the field mouse, and made a gesture with my hand as if to say "you and me". Astonishingly, it nodded its head - it's definitely asking me to follow it.

  I looked around and didn't see anything unusual, so I decided to follow this field mouse, it's better than waiting here to die.

  The mouse turned around and drilled into a narrow slit on the side, I had to squeeze through the slit with difficulty, and the grapes scattered all over the ground. Now I couldn't care about making any noise, following the mouse quickly through one grape rack after another. The black-clad person on the other side had already noticed the movement here and was rushing over without stopping. The mouse stopped and gestured for me to follow closely, I kept my full attention focused on its shadow.

  The mouse suddenly stopped in a place and frantically dug into the soil. I quickly went over and started digging at the spot where the mouse was digging, and before long, I hit a hard wooden board. I lifted up the board, and to my surprise, there was a passageway underneath! "There's no dead end for humans!" I exclaimed with joy, calling out to the mouse, "Brother, thank you!" The mouse seemed displeased at first, but then I realized it might be a female... or rather, a mother mouse. "Sister, thank you!" As soon as I said that, the mouse's expression changed and it looked pleased with itself, indeed a mother mouse!

  This place is not suitable for a long stay, I won't waste any more words, and directly entered the tunnel. The tunnel was just big enough for one person to enter, and it was pitch black. I had no choice but to crawl inside along the tunnel, not knowing how long I crawled, the tunnel remained the same size, without any sign of opening up. This mouse sister wouldn't be playing a trick on me, would she? After crawling for so long, I still couldn't see the edge. Forget it, I didn't think much about it in my heart, and continued to crawl forward. Suddenly, a ray of light appeared in front of me. Where there's light, there must be an exit. I excitedly crawled towards the light.

  The light grew brighter and the tunnel larger, and if you listened carefully, you could still hear the sound of dripping water. In this silence, the sound of the water was like a metronome, ticking away: tick, tick, tick, tick. The soil beneath the tunnel began to get damp, dry earth turning into mud that stuck to my entire body. I didn't even bother with my clothes anymore, and continued crawling towards the light. Finally, I crawled out of the exit, exhausted and panting, collapsing onto the edge.

  The field mouse elder sister had been waiting for me at the exit, I was exhausted and opened my eyes with a hum, the scene in front of me stunned me, gurgling water, flowers everywhere, beautiful scenery, it's like a paradise on earth.

  "Where is this?" I suddenly forgot all the fatigue, crawled out of the exit and looked at the beautiful scenery in disbelief.

  "Field mouse sister, you're too amazing, you can even find a place like this." I praised Field Mouse in a burst.

  "Of course," a girl's voice suddenly came out.

  Damn it, the field mouse can talk, I was scared and took two steps back.

  "Are you human or ghost? No, are you mouse or ghost?" I asked timidly.

  "Brother, I'm neither human nor ghost." Tian Shu suddenly transformed into a 7 or 8-year-old little girl, asking with big, round eyes full of innocence.

  I let out a loud cry, how did a field mouse suddenly turn into a little girl? Was I dreaming? I slapped myself twice, but it felt painful.

  "Brother, why are you hitting yourself?" The little girl stared at me with a puzzled expression.

  "Little friend, are you that little field mouse from just now? I asked weakly."

  "It's not that I'm a little mouse or anything! Just now I turned into a little mouse!" The little girl stuck out her tongue and made a face.

  "What exactly are you?"

  "I don't know either, I've been like this since I was little." The little girl said with a pout.

  "What about your parents?"

  "I don't know either, anyway I was just born in this place." The little girl pointed at this paradise on earth.

  Then how did you end up going outside?

  "There are grapes outside, they're sweet." As soon as she finished speaking, the little girl picked a grape and threw it into her mouth.

  "Why did you save me?"

  "Because I smell that you have a nice scent on your body, I really like smelling that kind of smell." The little girl sniffed me and I also took a sniff, but there was no special smell, except for the stench of sweat, how could she be so blunt?

  Things are bad, I suddenly remembered something important and there's another important thing to tell them, Lin Yu has been locked up. Now if we delay any longer, it could cost him his life. No time to think, leaving here is the top priority.

  "Little sister, do you know how to get out of here? Besides the road we just came from?" I asked in a childish tone, pointing at the exit.

  "There are many more. I also like to eat sugarcane, apples, pears... There are so many exits here." The little girl pointed in all directions.

  It turns out she didn't just dig one hole and steal food everywhere! Someone else's orchard has become her backyard.

  "Now, brother is leaving, take me out, don't go to that place just now." I coaxed her into taking me out.

  "You can take me out, but don't make me follow you." The little girl looked at me with a hopeful face.

  "No way." I said firmly.

  How am I supposed to go back? Picking up a little girl on the way? The thought alone is terrifying.

  Seeing me so resolute, the little girl sadly lowered her head and burst into tears.

  "I don't have a dad, I also don't have a mom, all alone and pitiful, every day still not eating enough, how sad I am." The little girl said with tears in her eyes.

  Yes, I was also raised by my father alone since childhood. Except for my father, there are no other relatives around me. I have a deep understanding of the taste of loneliness.

  "Little sister, how old are you?"

  "I don't know, anyway I was born in an era when you humans still wore such clothes." The little girl transformed suddenly, and to my surprise, she was wearing Qing dynasty attire, which is over a hundred years old. It seems I should call her "ancestress" now. My god, what kind of creature is she? Could she be a monster? I'm getting nervous.

  "Brother, if you don't take me with you, I'll call those black-clothed men upstairs to catch you." The little girl wiped away her tears and said with a mischievous pout.

  "Alright, alright, I'll take you with me. But first, let's make one thing clear: you have to transform into a small animal - a dog, cat, mouse, anything is fine. Without my permission, you're not allowed to transform back into human form." It can only be like this now.

  "Uh-huh, brother, from now on you're my brother." The little girl jumped up excitedly.

  "I have a brother! I have a brother!" The little girl shouted loudly into the valley.

  "What's your name?"

  "I don't know either." The little girl pitifully spread out her hands.

  "From now on, I'll call you Ah Mei, and you can follow my surname and be called Yang Ah Mei." Actually, I've always wanted a little sister since I was young, and in our village, we usually call younger sisters "Ah Mei".

  "Ah Mei! Good, good, I have a name now, and I also have an older brother. My name is Yang Ah Mei." The little girl smiled happily.

  "Sister, brother has something very urgent right now, take brother out." I said anxiously.

  "Alright, brother, follow me." Ah Mei led me to another entrance again.

  This time we didn't walk for long before we came out of an orchard with apple trees. It seems that my sister likes to eat fruit, I don't know if she can afford it in the future.

  "Sister Ah, now turn into a small animal and follow me."

  "Okay, brother." After that, Ah Mei turned back into a field mouse. Her eyes shone brightly as she stared at me.

  I hailed a taxi and headed straight for the police station.

  Nobody? Made a police report? Something happened at the Medical College again! When I arrived at the police station, this was what I heard.

  It turns out they went out on a mission and still didn't save me, I've been gone for a whole day without a trace, and no one even came to look for me, it's really infuriating.

  I rushed to the medical school, and it was that scene again, surrounded by three layers of people inside and out, with no way to get through. The police had set up a cordon, and outside the cordon, there were crowds of people. I squeezed for half a day before squeezing in, and in front of me was the school's thousand-year-old banyan tree, which I directly crossed over the cordon.

  Li Jian Tian saw me coming from afar.

  "Where did you run off to? You can't be found all day and your phone is also turned off."

  "What's going on here?" I asked hastily.

  "There was a female classmate who hanged herself on a banyan tree." Li Jian Tian sighed and said.

  I looked at this thousand-year-old banyan tree, and its branches and leaves are very high. The girl can't climb up at all.

  "This probably isn't suicide, is it?" I asked.

  "Ask Mao 19 about that!" Li Jian Tian said with a pause, pointing at Mao 19 who was examining something under the tree.

  I walked over and patted Mao Shijiu's shoulder. Mao Shijiu was startled.

  "Hey, you little scamp, you're going to scare your master to death!" Mao Shi Jiu said, coming back to his senses.

  He's really shameless, he hasn't even recognized me yet, but he keeps calling out "Master is here, Master has arrived", I gave him a cold face for nineteen seconds.

  "Is it suicide?" I asked solemnly.

  "Yes." A very definite answer.