n a all aun f ney an be e as a resul f he fa ha i is n a all par f he prble
ye a fally learne he girl&039;s abiliybrag, bu ly, sill le ye a ie e
bai yu, pariur, ul n hae been s beien if she ha n ne s
”i yu e sere energy hen yu i i he her ay?” bai yu hae he ierg f ly, ere her lile uh, an lke a ye a
ly&039;s braggg rs an be sai a any ie, bu ye a&039;s jury is n all aer
” yu see ha, ? i n&039; kn if i&039;s ark i e i subnsly hen i reae he hen pg brhers befre a ha ie, he siuan as urn, an i &039; hk uh abu i i e i speial iranes i &039; expe he seeebe s big ” ye a uhe his nse an ile
fa, ye a es n hk ha i is ark srengh, i l be qigng an s n
”i l n be a sere srengh, if i is a sere srengh, ih yur urren physial aliy an n be saibe ablee i, een if i is e, i an n bear, yu hae learne qigng?” hen bai yu hear ha ye a sai, she aske sfly ih a sligh frn
afer kng ha ye a as jure, bai yu heke ye a an ae sure he as all righ befre she as reliee
”h, by he ay, yu&039;e pye eigh piees f brae befre, an i l hae been a lile bi f gas auue a ha ie, an hen yu naurally guie i u ha yu are g is n sere srengh, bu qigng if i is sere srengh, xia jun ill n be s baly hur, an yu ay be re serly hur han he is ”
”if he by es n reah a era leel, if yu aree sere srengh, yu ill kill he eney a hunre an self-har a han as far as he egree f yur aak n xia jun is nerne, if yu e sere srengh an say nhg else, yu ill eraly srap ne f yur hans an leae a ery srng seee” bai yu frne, hkg an yg
afer learng ha ye a as n g ark energy, bai yu als breahe a sigh f relief
”bu yu sill e qigng, an alhugh yu ake up n, i is sill ery harfulyur by i ay een ake he eriians shrk, hih ill be ery isaanafuure spiriual praie ” bai yu lke a ye a, his eyes full f rry
ha bai yu sai ae ye a lk slighly ifferen
a ha ie, he siuan as urn, ye a i n hk s uh, i n hk r brugh harhiself
”ha are e gg abu i?” ye a aske hurriely
alhugh ye a&039;s praie f arial ars is nly fr he sake f physial fess, bu als fr self-efense, here is n uhpursue
bu if he eriians arphy, he aahe by be hu, n een ill lse heir lies
”brher a, are yu supi? yu&039;re he r yurself ” li sai, urng his eyes an errupg
ye a as s ebarrasse ha he als frg ha he as he r
”yu are a r, yu an sae yur life, bu eriian arphy is n a neral isease, parablehe aner f arial ars peple, le&039;s ga pesee if here is any ay”
bai yu frne an as bly ery rrie
hearg her say his, ei , h as rig, urne his hea an lke a he hree f he
”here are yu gg?” li blke an aske urly
hen i eshis, bai yu&039;s fae is a lile akar
”anien en eple” urure fr a en, bai yu hispere
”reeber hen i gae yu a phne nuber befre yu ae?” bai yu lke up a ye a
ye a ne afer liseng an lke a her beileren
”he an is he anien en eple f a iy, an here ay be a ayf hi” bai yu sai firly n her fae
”bu isn&039; he anien en eple he uny isri? an he ense has alreay ihere, ha are yu gg here? ” ei , h as rig, ul n help askg
she is a naie f a iy, naurally failiar ih a iy, bu has n ye hear f he anien en eple here are any all peple
bai yu lke u f he as if he ha sehg n his an i n anser ei &039;s esn
ne an a half hurs, hey aehuai uny uner he juris f a iy, all he ay arun, s f he ayf he anien en eple
as ei sai, his anien en eple has lng been ipiae, ese an lifeless
ei parke his ar n he rugh ra, an ly uln&039; ai u f he ar
”here is j ne persn lig here, q nan, an yu say i&039;s e, yu ehi, r he n&039; neessarily alkyu” ye a as abu u f he ar hen bai yu, h sa he bak, sai slly
ye a ha j pu his han he r slighly sagnan an lke bak a bai yu surprise
”yu&039;re n g ih ?” ye a aske ubfully
i as lear ha she ha aske ee here, an n she ha arrie a he r, bu bai yu i n an ff, hih ae ye a ie pule
”i&039;s n nenien fr e j g by yurself” bai yu sai ih n expressn n his fae
lkg a her lk, ye a hugh ha here igh be sehg iffiulsay, s he &039; ask fr i
bai yu i n g, ei i n fll n, nly ye a an ly en ars he r
he sie, ye a has se helplessness, here sai is he eple, he sie is abu he sae as he eple, alhugh he sie is sill ery lean, bu an see he en a a gne
ye a an li en sie an aehe eple here he ener as sig nrh an suh, here aireya buha as rshippe, ih lile fragrane
”i&039;s a sheep, brher a lk a ha i lks like a ga” ly&039;s eyes, a a gne, sa a grun ere ih ees sang ih a ga eag grass
hen he sa he ga, li jupe an hase afer hi he ga as frighene, bleae, an ran aay
”yu sare y sheep, lile girl” as sn as ye a anesp, he hear a hik ale ie g fr he rner
lkg alng he ie, he sa a eny-seen r eigh-year-l an asual lhes leang he rner, ih a leg his han, an a e p frn f hi, ih his uh full f greasy f
”, here&039;s sene else his isn&039; a eple, is i a buha&039;s ne n? hy are yu sill rkg an eag ea here? hy, his unle is sill hanse ”
ly lke a he sr eyebr sar ar an, re happy
”bu silln a brher hanse, eperaen his piee f pr, his aspe a brher is sill pheeah” li alke he an an lke arefully, an ile ih his h bh hans
as sn as he an hear his, his hle fae lpse
”are yu ask, is i r q?” ye a seppe frar an aske enaiely
bai yu sai he as he nly ne here ye a speue ha he as righ
a firs ye a hugh ha he an h lie i as esiaebe a ile-a an l nk, bu i as als sran ha he ha neer hugh f beg a g an
”h are yu?” hearg ye a all hiself s, q nan suenly lke up an sare a ye a
a ha en, ye a ieiaely pene his pres all er his by, an his bak as expliably l
bu ake a lser lk, he an j lks a hiself ally, an es n sh any aler
”y nae is ye a, an bai yu aske eeyu” ye a alke uphe an an sai ih a ile n his fae
alhugh he persn frn f hi seee ery rary, j gae hi he k f feelg, bu le ye a feel ha his persn is exrarary
as sn as i hear ye a enn bai yu, q nan as a lile ebarrasse an sn siffene n
”h, ell, yu g i an&039; sae yu” q nan lke a ye a, skie his uh, an ieiaely ae
hearg his senene, ye a an ly ere slighly surprise, se surprise ha he an beganbanish peple hen he isagree
”hey, hayu ean? e ae all he ayyu, an here as a big eal is here anyne yu rea s uh? ” ly beepe his uh an ieiaely beae issaisfie
q nan, heer, i n are a all an ile a ly
”if he leaes, yu an say i&039;s brg here hy are yu hg like a agpie? yu an say an ake a nise fr e” q nan sare a ly an sai ih a sligh ile
hen ly hear i, she as een re issaisfie ih he l hug