Tu Gou looked at his sister's corpse and realized she was surprisingly small. Confused, he murmured, "There's been a mistake. This isn't my senior sister. My senior sister... was fat."
Everyone around them lowered their heads. Little Xu Yi had no choice but to go over to Tu Gou and pat him twice on the waist in consolation. "I'm sorry for your loss."
Tu Gou actually laughed. The smile came and went in an instant, leaving no trace. His expression grew even more solemn. "Impossible. My senior sister had no enemies. Who would treat her like this...?"
Tu Pianpian was covered in wounds. The people who had killed her seemed to have borne a deep grudge against her.
Little Xu Yi regretted getting involved. He was only responsible for bringing back a few bodies from North City. He hadn't expected to have to answer so many questions. He coughed several times, hoping to mumble his way out of it.
Hong Fu walked over and muttered reproachfully to Little Xu Yi, "Couldn't you have covered up the body?"
"It wasn't my fault." Little Xu Yi scratched his head in a panic. "There was so much to do and so little time, and the Dragon King was hurrying us..."
A guard hurried over with a cloak. Hong Fu took it and covered Tu Pianpian herself, then said to Tu Gou, "That's what happened. You should also..."
Tu Gou seemed not to notice that someone had come up beside him. He stared at the little body now covered by the cloak, then suddenly turned and strode toward the rear courtyard.
The guards hurriedly stepped aside. No one dared stop him.
After Tu Gou had gone, Little Xu Yi murmured, "People from the Central Plains... aren't used to dealing with the dead."
Hong Fu