My Heart Is Gloomy
"What's it like, having so many people beg you to spare their lives?" Xu Huo asked in return.
This time, the little girl didn't call him heartless and lacking in compassion. She wiped the tears from her face and asked, "No matter what, you're not going to let me go?"
Xu Huo said nothing, but the little girl continued, "If you kill me, will they come back to life?"
"Or will killing me satisfy your need to see justice done?"
"Have you really killed fewer people than I have? Why don't you kill yourself to atone?"
Xu Huo watched her in silence. He neither refuted her words nor wavered because of them. He simply watched her make her final struggle.
"Why aren't you saying anything?" The little girl's voice rose slightly.
Xu Huo held out his hand. "Give it to me, and I'll answer your questions."
The little girl was furious, but she understood that there was no way to stall for time any longer. She looked at her left arm.
Xu Huo had been holding her left arm the whole time. Now, several black droplets welled up on its unblemished skin. A moment later, they gathered together and began flowing toward Xu Huo's hand as if they had a will of their own.
But when the black droplets crawled onto his hand, they didn't seep into his skin. The little girl seemed to realize something and suddenly laughed. "You're brave enough to kill the daughter of a district's Chief Executive, but you're this cowardly!"
Xu Huo lowered his gaze to her, a chill in his eyes.
The little girl pouted and tapped the air with her other hand. A prompt appeared before Xu Huo.
"Leijie Lian is offering you a game item. Would you like