Chapter 723: Destruction Before Construction

The days that followed were no different from hell.

No, I was already in hell and became the most ridiculous existence in this hell. I am a hero who was pinched by the neck and captured the swallow.

Zhou Zhenglong, a man who ascended the throne, is even crazier than Wancai.

As long as I didn't do what he said, he would punch and kick Sister Sisi, but he would never move a hair on my head. The family thought that he had not violated the "family rules", so they began to obey his words.

He didn't give us any food for a long time and locked us both in a dark little room. It was a prison converted from a storage room and belonged to Sister Si Si and me.

There is no sunshine here all day long, and even the smell is terrible.

Zhou Zhenglong's rule has more "force" than Wan Cai. He is too confident in his own strength. He even dropped a dagger in the prison of Sister Si Si and me, telling us that we can do it when we can't hold on. suicide.

Every morning, everyone in the family lines up and passes in front of me, and I just nod or shake my head numbly.

I really wanted to give up on these people, but they caught the swallow, so I could only cooperate numbly.

But this perfunctory attitude soon aroused Zhou Zhenglong's dissatisfaction. He threatened me with my sister, telling me that in the future I could only say "I smell the "fragrance" of so-and-so". If I missed one word, he would punch Sisi's sister.

During those long dark days, I would always hear Sister Sisi hugging her body late at night, choking and whispering, "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, it'll be fine in a moment." She was trying to think of ways to treat the pain on her body, but she couldn't. Whenever her treatment is completed, she will be greeted by new pain.

She started to smell strange, almost like she was a different person.

Is there any good news in these hellish days?

Yes, the only good news is that Sister Si Si is always by my side.

I can feel that during the long period of torture, even Sister Si Si, who likes me the most, is going crazy. Sometimes the smell on her body becomes like Wancai, sometimes like Zhou Zhenglong, and sometimes like Brother Gu Yu, after all, doesn't look like herself.

I am really afraid that my sister will go crazy. She is my only support here, and she is the swallow beside the "Happy Prince". But fairy tales never tell me that swallows will go crazy before they die.

My hesitation and helplessness lingered in my heart, and no one could point me to a clear path. My sister would often sit quietly in a daze, and sometimes she would not respond even if I called her several times.

Maybe I'm a little too selfish. Why has it never occurred to me that not only I need care, but my sister also needs care?

How much better off is she than me?

After Brother Gu Yu left, she and I were the only ones left in the entire eerie family. We were surrounded by many family members with dull eyes. There was no sword in the "Happy Prince"'s hand, only one holding his head and one walking. The crown will fall off, and the swallow will be covered in bruises.

Swallow and I are walking on a tall building that may be destroyed at any time. Once we fail to say a word correctly or do a thing well, we will be executed immediately.

Even in this dark cell, my sister will always comfort me and enlighten me, but who will enlighten her?

She was only twenty years old when she came here, and now she is even close to my age. Why didn't I think that she was also a person who needed protection?

She once said that she loved everyone in the world, and she also tried to enlighten those family members in her own way, but to no avail.

There seemed to be a sharp knife above both of our heads. 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.

My mind is filled with a lot of questions every day, such as, are the other teams collecting "Jade" going to collect them all?

For example, now that these people no longer seem human, will my sister still love them?

For example, as the number of us increases, food becomes scarce. Can those few "Fresh Fragrancers" provide food for so many people?

Now I know that fairy tales are all lies. The hero has thousands of subjects, but it is impossible for the hero to feed them.

"Hero"

Sister Si Si, who was in a daze, suddenly turned around and called me, which shocked me.

"What, what's wrong?" I replied with a smile, "Sister, how are you feeling today? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"

"No." Sister Sisi shook her head, "It suddenly occurred to me that 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's not possible." She froze for a moment, then forced out a smile, "How can you do it if you don't eat? It's the time when you're growing. If you don't eat, you'll be starving."

I feel that Sister Si Si is hungry. Even if I don’t eat, I have 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 medium-sized muffled sound.

I was a little dazed, and slowly turned around, only to find Sister Si Si holding the knife given by Zhou Zhenglong. Her arms and palms were all bloody. I couldn't figure out 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, just take a moment and it will be fine."

"Sister?" I blinked, feeling like my brain was going blank.

She kept mumbling for a long time before letting go of her hand. I saw that there was no wound on her arm, but it was covered with blood.

What happened?

My sister trembled and held her hands together, then held them in front of me. I thought it was a pool of blood, but there was clearly a piece of meat in it.

"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, hero, I am "healing"" my sister said to me with a smile, "I can even provide food for 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?

"The Happy Prince" said that the swallow took the gold foil from the prince's body piece by piece and distributed it to the poor people in the city until his skin was peeled off.

But why is the swallow cutting off his own meat now?

This is wrong. Everything is wrong now.

I don't know what to do, I can only walk up and hug my sister gently.

"It's okay, sister. Leave it to me. I'm a "hero" and I will protect you."

I think I know what Brother Gu Yu meant by "no destruction, no construction".

If I want to protect my sister, I can only kill her with my own hands.