Only then did the small white shadow emerge quietly from behind the tree and stand before Chu Jingtian with her head facing the ground. She called out shyly. “Brother Da Niu.”
The girl had attracted Ye Wuchen’s attention from the moment she emerged, his eyes sticking to her like glue. She seemed to be only ten or so, and Ye Wuchen could only describe her as small and exquisite. She wore a long, flowing white dress that was wrinkled but almost impeccably clean. What caught Ye Wuchen’s attention the most though was her long, snow-white hair and the two intersecting scars on her face.
Two scars ran from the corners of her forehead down to her earlobes across her face like a huge letter X, destroying her beauty.
Chu Jingtian hurriedly reached into his basket for more fruit, but his expression stiffened when he pulled out a large fruit that seemed to be an apple. Embarrassed, he rubbed his head and apologized. “Sorry white-haired sister, it seems that I miscounted today. This is the only one left. But, it’s the biggest.”
The girl accepted it carefully and smiled. “That’s ok. Thank you brother Da Niu.”
She nervously glanced over at Ye Wuchen because had been watching her before running out of sight.
After watching her exquisite shadow disappear into the darkness, Ye Wuchen was left thoughtless for a moment.
“Who was she?” He asked.
The old man looked at him and said, ”She showed up a week ago. I guess she just broke in by chance and couldn’t get back out. But…. ah. you saw for yourself, her face is too scary, and her hair is just like that of the cruelest race of back then, the Snow Wolves. So, everyone here rejects her, and drives her away whenever they see her. But, she doesn’t seem to be evil at all. She seems young, she can’t survive on her own. It could be that the fruit she gets here every night is her only form of nourishment.”