The Abandoned Village

This was a simple house with old furnishings, and even the wooden bed beneath Yu Xing was hard and uncomfortable, which was not very friendly for an injured person.

The girl was short and looked pale and thin. She sat on a small stool, and a man and a woman stood a little distance behind her. They both looked unwell, as if they had just been arguing.

The man was strong and the woman was broad-shouldered and sturdy, looking like someone who did farm work year-round.

Seeing that Yu Xing had woken up, the man's expression softened, and he tried his best not to frighten her as Yu Xing asked, "You're awake? How are you feeling?"

"I... am in so much pain... I'm so hungry..." These were the only two feelings Yu Xing had at that moment. He looked weakly at the man, a longing for food flashing in his eyes.

"Wife, go and get him a bowl of porridge," the man said, turning to the woman.

It's unclear what the two were arguing about, but after Yu Xing woke up, they both tacitly stopped talking and showed some goodwill towards Yu Xing.

The woman glanced at Yu Xing, smiled at him, and turned to leave.

The man walked to Yu Xing's bedside and helped him sit up, carefully avoiding the areas where Yu Xing's bandages were wrapped around his neck.

"Daddy, he's so badly hurt..." The little girl nimbly jumped up to make room for her father, craning her neck to see what was happening. "He can't even move."

Yu Xing: Who says otherwise?

The man patted his daughter's head and asked Yu Xing with concern, "You're probably still a bit confused. Don't worry, you fainted at my doorstep, so we brought you in and bandaged you up."

Yu Xing blinked, looked down, and saw that only his face was unharmed; the rest of his body was bandaged, making him look like half a mummy.

"Thank you..." His throat was so dry that his voice was hoarse and barely audible, making one fear that his vocal cords might break at any moment.

The man picked up a glass from the side. "Have some water first."

Yu Xing's arm ached with every movement, but he still struggled to take the cup himself and drank the water.

The cool sensation soothed his throat, Yu Xing's expression relaxed slightly as he noticed the little girl staring at him.

After a while, the little girl couldn't contain her curiosity any longer. "Big brother, how did you get hurt?"

How did you get injured?

Yu Xing was taken aback.

He frowned and thought for a long time before saying, "I... I don't know."

"You were ambushed?" The man sized him up. "I hunt all the time, I've seen plenty of wild animals in the mountains, I can tell at a glance that these wounds are man-made. Hmm... were you kidnapped and taken to some remote mountain village, and then escaped?"

Yu Xing's eyes widened in surprise. As a man, who would immediately think of being abducted?

"Big brother is handsome. My mom said that some wealthy families with questionable tastes would buy someone like big brother." The little girl blurted out, and the man, caught off guard, could only laugh awkwardly.

Don't mind it.

"I don't mind." Yu Xing shook her head, her eyes filled with even more confusion.

Because he discovered he couldn't remember what he looked like...

No, it's not just about appearance--

The man sat down on the small stool, looking shorter and less intimidating. The little girl stood beside him, clutching his shirt shoulder obediently. The man asked again, "Hey, young man, I'm Old Zhang, this is my daughter, Mai Mai. What's your name?"

"I don't remember," Yu Xing said.

"What?" Old Zhang was taken aback.

"I... I don't remember anything." Yu Xing gripped the cup in her hand tightly and lowered her head helplessly.

He couldn't remember anything about his appearance, name, past, where he came from, or why he was injured.

"How come he's lost his memory? Did he hurt his brain? Maybe his hair was too long and I missed it." Old Zhang reached out to tug at Yu Xing's hair. Yu Xing flinched nervously, but to others, it looked like he hadn't moved at all.

However, he then realized that "too long hair" was not an exaggeration, but rather that his hair was naturally very long; when Old Zhang picked up a strand, it was estimated to reach his belt.

"The porridge is here." Just then, the woman came in carrying a bowl and saw this scene. "What's wrong?"

"Mom, Big Brother has amnesia!" Mai Mai skipped over quickly, while Yu Xing, smelling the aroma of the porridge, couldn't take her eyes off it.

"Drink up." The woman handed him the bowl, then turned to Old Zhang and asked, "What happened? Did you lose your memory?"

Old Zhang shook his head. "I don't know, maybe it was frightened."

He looked at the handsome, long-haired, amnesiac "mummy" who had suddenly appeared in his house, wolfing down his porridge, and he was also troubled.

What should we do?

Yu Xing was not in good spirits. Her body was seriously injured, and she was also uneasy after learning that she had lost her memory. She soon fell into a deep sleep again.

Old Zhang, his wife, and daughter left the room to discuss and weigh their options.

Yu Xing slept very restlessly.

He had so many dreams, and everything in them was fragmented. No matter how hard he tried to remember them, he could only end up with a splitting headache.

All he knew was that he shouldn't be there, and shouldn't have been rescued.

"Ah!" Yu Xing cried out and opened her eyes in surprise, as if some terrifying dream had struck her again.

Sunlight shone on his face; it was already dawn.

The moment he opened his eyes, the dream he had just had vanished, leaving only palpitations and grief that lingered in his heart. He raised his hand to wipe his face, only to find his hand covered in tears.

"I cried?" Yu Xing was taken aback.

He sat up and found that the pain wasn't as bad as when he woke up last time.

He wore no other clothes on his upper body, only layers of white bandages covering his body. He was wearing what appeared to be Old Zhang's old clothes, which were somewhat loose, but the trousers were a bit too short at the ankles.

Yu Xing fell into deep thought.

It appears that he was found unconscious and injured at Old Zhang's doorstep, received basic treatment, and then suffered amnesia.

What did he do before? Where is he from? The strangest thing is that he subconsciously believes that men shouldn't have long hair, but Old Zhang also has short hair, so where did his hair come from?

Who caused him to suffer such severe injuries?

After thinking for a while, he got out of bed.

Perhaps his injury wasn't actually that serious. Yu Xing walked a few steps barefoot, and apart from occasional pain, he could move quite freely.

"Old Zhang?" After not hearing Old Zhang's voice for a while, he called out.

There was no response.

Yu Xing felt a little strange. When he had no memory of anything, it was the Old Zhang family of three who gave him a sense of security. Now that he woke up and didn't see them, he couldn't help but want to go look for them.

"Why is there so much dust here..." Yu Xing frowned as he walked to the door. His feet were dirty after just a few steps on the ground. Upon closer inspection, the door and walls were also covered in dust, as if no one had lived there for a long time.

Yu Xing was stunned when she pushed open the door.

He saw a deserted village.