Chapter 38: Reunion

Several of our people were all humiliated, and their clothes were in tatters. It's much worse than when I saw them yesterday.

Li Wanxue was dragged to the front by a woman and I hadn't seen her for ten days. She was much thinner and her complexion was very poor.

She looked at me, tears almost coming down. I was also very excited, and we finally met again.

But we didn't have a chance to speak, Li Wanxue was brought to the front of the chief. Unexpectedly, the chief would talk to her.

When the chief speaks, Li Wanxue will listen very seriously, and when answering, she will also be cautious and speak very slowly.

This scene of great sadness and joy made me a little overwhelmed. Seeing Zhang Yutong burst into laughter, I quickly stopped and said, "Don't laugh."

When she heard the words, she hurriedly stopped her voice. I finally figured out what was going on. The skulls of several people should be their tribes killed by us and the mysterious man. The chief came to inquire about the crime, but they were puzzled by the sad reaction of Zhang Yutong and I.

Several of our people were all humiliated, and their clothes were in tatters. It's much worse than when I saw them yesterday.

Li Wanxue was dragged to the front by a woman and I hadn't seen her for ten days. She was much thinner and her complexion was very poor.

She looked at me, tears almost coming down. I was also very excited, and we finally met again.

But we didn't have a chance to speak, Li Wanxue was brought to the front of the chief. Unexpectedly, the chief would talk to her.

When the chief speaks, Li Wanxue will listen very seriously, and when answering, she will also be cautious and speak very slowly.She held back her tears and squeezed a smile. Then she told us that the chief of the aboriginal people asked her to help ask if we killed the few people who died recently in their tribe.

Right now, all of us have fallen into their hands. This guilt must be prevaricated.

I pretended to have a blank look and said that we had never killed a person. On the contrary, I was chased and killed by mysterious people several times at night, and only survived by luck. But I admit that we came to the tribe to save our man last night.

After Li Wanxue struggled to convey my words to the chief, the chief was embarrassed. As the aborigines with backward civilization, they believe in ghosts and gods very much. I can pass on the sins of their dead people.

Seeing that he had no response for a while, I hurriedly said to Li Wanxue: "Quickly tell him that we came with gifts today. I want to change you back."

Li Wanxue frowned: "Are you stupid? They won't agree."

I emphatically said: "Just leave you alone, you should ask, what else they can ask for, and I will try my best to do it."

Li Wanxue was embarrassed, but under my urging, she still conveyed it.

The chief only noticed the suitcase we brought. People brought it up. After opening it, they dismissed the clothes, but were very interested in the tableware and utensils. They picked them up and checked them carefully.

I felt that there was a chance. I looked at Li Wanxue and said, "You can tell him that I can help them make pottery. If he is willing to let you go, I can also help them make pottery."

The chief did not take this seriously, saying that they could make pottery themselves. Unless the pottery I fired can be more exquisite than theirs.

After I gave an affirmative answer, the chief stood up with a tableware, held it up and said, "Is that the case?"

I was dumbfounded. I said to make pottery, but he wanted me to make plastic products.

I tried to tell him the difference between pottery and plastic products, but it was a pity that Li Wanxue translated it for a long time, and failed to achieve the desired effect.

The chief probably felt that I was suspected of fooling him. After being untied by them, we were sent to the barn with others. The barn is very wide and oval, which was divided into several large rooms, housing a lot of livestock, including domesticated wild boars, goats and rabbits.

In the center of the barn, there is an open space covered with hay, and a half-meter wide passage connects to the outside. After retiring our hands and feet, we were pushed by them all in. The wooden door outside was locked, and four people were sent to guard it outside.

Only ten centimeters apart between the two feet makes it difficult to walk. The muscular men were already familiar with this kind of living environment. They threw themselves directly on the ground, and a few tumbling to find a place to sleep.

I took a look at Li Wanxue and Zhang Yutong, who were standing on my left and right sides.

Li Wanxue moved slowly: "You come with me."

After struggling to get to the gap, Li Wanxue squatted down and sat directly on the ground. Zhang Yutong and I also sat on the gourd.

Li Wanxue stared at me with a smile, blinked her eyes wide, her eye sockets were moist.

I don't want her to cry, so I quickly said, "Isn't it good for me? So don't cry."

She hummed, leaned on my shoulder, and asked softly: "I know you jumped off the cliff later, but how did you survive?"

I talked briefly about the process. Li Wanxue sobbed twice and said: "I thought we were really separated forever. Yesterday Li Ding and the man in glasses told me that you were still alive, I was almost happy to cry." She paused, and then said, "I was caught last night before I could run. You shouldn't just take things to replace people. These aborigines are not good people."

I sighed softly: "Then what can be done? You have been arrested, I can't help but come to rescue you. Don't worry too much. Although we are all in the hands of the aborigines now, as long as they don't kill us, we will definitely be able to escape from here."

"Did you really kill those people who died?" Li Wanxue asked.

I looked at the four muscular men warily, and they all sat up without reasons, all staring at the three of us.

I leaned into Li Wanxue's ear and said, "Some are, some are not."

She nodded and told me that these aborigines are cruel, and they cooked and ate them after they had retrieved their bodies. And everyone in the tribe ate it. The remains except the skull will be buried, and the skull will be placed in a room.

"Have you eaten them?" This surprised me.

Li Wanxue shook her head: "No, I was worried about this before. Only after learning their language did I know that they used this method to preserve their memories of the dead people. After eating their meat, they merged with themselves. Do you think it's disgusting?"

I nodded: "It's just ignorant. I thought that the cannibals among the aboriginal people all eat the meat of other tribes. By the way, how can you know their language?"

Li Wanxue stepped away from my shoulder, sat upright, and said triumphantly: "You don't look at who I am. The day after I was arrested, I started to take the initiative to learn their language. If I didn't know what they are thinking about, how can we protect ourselves? Fortunately, their language is very simple. Now I have no problems in basic communication with them."

"This is a good thing. As long as we can communicate with them, we will have a way to negotiate with them."

Li Wanxue's talent in language can be regarded as helping us solve a great problem.

"Ke ke ke..."

I looked over and saw that it was a muscular man coughing.

The person I hate the most is him, and deliberately provocatively said: "I have fallen to this point, and do you still want to put me to death?"

The muscular man suddenly smiled and said: "Lu Fei, I really didn't expect you to survive. But we have to separate things. It was before, and now is now. We have to find a way to escape together. It’s just a league. As for what to do after going out, I’ll talk about it at that time."

I sneered and looked away. They couldn't grasp such a good opportunity last night. Now that we are all arrested, I will count on them to help do something. Instead of everyone trying to escape together, it would be easier for me to escape with Li Wanxue and Zhang Yutong alone.

Upon seeing this, the muscular man said: "You think about it, don't worry about giving me an answer immediately. After a day's work, I have to go to sleep first."