"Don't care about her?"

"Why?"

Su Xun asked his doubts, and then a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind.

"Prefer boys over girls?"

...

"This is also a reason."

The villagers smacked their lips.

Is it also a reason?

That is to say, there is more than one reason?

“What else is the reason?”

Su Xun asked directly.

I noticed that the girl's body, which had just relaxed, became tense again because of the villagers' opening.

The little body shrank into a ball, so pitiful.

He subconsciously wanted to reach out and pat the little girl's head, and wanted to comfort the child who was like a frightened little beast.

But thinking of the girl's reaction to his touch just now, he put down his hand slightly raised again.

He can no longer scare this little girl.

...

"She originally had a twin sister."

The villagers' inexplicable words instantly pulled Su Xun's sight on the little girl.

He looked at the villagers, with some confusion and some vague guesses.

Originally? Twin sisters?

...

The little girl's body suddenly stiffened and then shook more and more violently.

Her hands hugged her head tightly.

The face buried deep in his knees again did not show a trace of it.

...

"Just half a year ago, her sister disappeared."

Su Xun was shocked by the villagers' words.

"Absent?"

He asked subconsciously.

Then he sorted out his thoughts, "How come it disappeared?"

"Did you call the police?"

"Who knows why I didn't see you?"

The villagers shrugged.

"At the beginning, the child ran back with a pale face and said that her sister was eaten by Niu Niu."

"Is it eaten by Niu Niu?"

Su Xun was surprised.

Can cows eat people?

"Young man, do you find it strange, too?"

The villagers smiled, "We didn't believe it when we heard this child say it."

"I have lived for most of my life and have never heard of a cow that can eat people."

"But, the child's expression at that time was too real and didn't look like a lie at all."

The villagers' eyes were a little dazed, as if they were reminding of the scene at that time, "The face was full of tears, and they kept saying that my sister was eaten by Niu Niu."

"She was trembling all over, looking extremely scared."

"We'll believe it a little."

"We thought the child was wrong, maybe some beast like a cow."

"After all, this child was obviously scared and couldn't even speak clearly, so it was normal to read it wrong."

...

"We immediately gathered a large group of people, holding weapons like sticks and other things in our hands, and followed the child to the place where she saw the beast."

"but-"

The villagers looked at the little girl squatting on the ground with a strange look, "We saw nothing."

"Of course, this is not a strange thing."

"Beasts are alive and not stupid. How can they stay in the same place all the time?"

...

"But we searched everything around and found nothing."

"Stop talking about the shadow of the beast, there is no trace of the beast appearing."

"This child said the beast ate her sister."

"Then, there should be some clues, such as bloodstains."

"But, nothing."

...

"The child cried very sadly."

“We didn’t give up either.”

"Because this child's sister really didn't come back."

...

"We called the police."

"The police searched for three months."

"No clue was found."

...

"There are some bad gossips in the village."

The villagers sighed, "Someone thinks it was this child who accidentally killed her sister, and because he was too scared, he made up a lie to deceive us?"

Seeing Su Xun's incredible look, the villagers waved their hands, "Young man, we are not incompetent to this child."

"But, you know?"

"There have not been many years since we found large beasts near our village."

"The police have expanded the search scope and found no wild animals that can eat humans."

"This child said her sister was eaten by a wild beast..."

"Where is that beast?"

"The beast appears here, and its nest must be nearby."

"We have searched for it like this, and we have been searching for so long, but we haven't found it."

"Did you say it's possible?"

...

"The police later considered other possibilities of the child being lost."

"For example, was it abducted?"

"But after a period of searching, they made no progress."

"Ask this kid where her sister went? She would only say that her sister was eaten by Niu Niu."

"We all know that this kid was a little scared."

"In the end, this matter was left unresolved."

......

It was three months since the search ended, and the intense emotions at that time gradually calmed down.
To be continued...