This is also a campsite, but the order here is much better than Xiao Chen's campsite. There are no large carts lying around, and the tents are set up neatly.
Ji Yijun put his hands behind his back and walked slowly to a corner of the camp. It wasn't that he wanted to act like an old scholar, but he was thinking about what attitude he should use to persuade Ye Zi.
Walking around the corner of a tent, he found Cao Lu and Wu Qi peeking in from behind. He said jokingly, "Go, go, go play somewhere else. I'm in charge of your deputy platoon leader now, so I won't see any visitors."
He thought Cao Lu would not be offended by this and would at least refute it. Unexpectedly, Cao Lu said, "Then Ye Zi is left to you. We don't know how to persuade her."
Wu Qi also said: "Aren't you the best at making girls happy? Go and cheer her up."
Ji Yijun's face fell: "What can I do? She hasn't said a word since this afternoon."
"She has encountered a difficult situation. Just like I did back then. Sometimes it's hard for people to get out of it on their own. You have to help her, just like you helped me back then," said Wu Qi.
"Hey, I'm not really helping you, I just don't like people trying to die."
After the two men left, Ji Yijun lowered his head and pondered for a while before continuing to move forward, unlike his usual fearless look.
Ye Zi sat outside the tent with her arms around her knees, her head buried between her knees and her hair spread over her arms. If it weren't for the silence around her, Ji Yijun would have thought she was crying.
Ji Yijun walked around the leaves twice with his hands behind his back. Seeing that the other party didn't move, he coughed and asked, "Are you hungry?"
No answer.
Ji Yijun sighed, frowned and said, "We have to eat!"
Ye Zi still didn't react. Ji Yijun stretched out her hands from behind her back, holding a large chicken leg wrapped in leaves, and shook it vigorously in front of her. "Beggar's Chicken! Huang Zheng made it right away. I didn't expect that he, a Cantonese, could cook Su cuisine. Try it, it's delicious."
Ye Zi finally looked at him, but her expression was as cold as ice: "Go away."
"Ha!" Ji Yijun grinned, fearless. If he wanted to make a beautiful woman smile, how could he not be thick-skinned? Although he didn't want to seduce Ye Zi, the principle was the same. If you do whatever the girl says, you are not a good man, you are a spare tire. He sat next to Ye Zi carelessly, squeezed her intentionally or unintentionally, then leaned back, lifted his legs, and ate the chicken leg.
As this guy was chewing the chicken, a squeaking sound came from his mouth. He managed to make the chicken leg taste like a full banquet.
Seeing this guy eating with his mouth full of oil, Ye Zi finally couldn't hold it anymore. She shouted, "I just want to be alone for a while, is that not okay? Why are you all so annoying? I don't want to see anyone now! I don't want to eat anything!"
Ji Yijun wiped her oily hands on the tree trunk beside her, turned her head and looked carefully into Ye Zi's eyes. His head was so close to her that she could see him a little blurry.
Ye Zi didn't hold his gaze for more than two seconds before she gave up. She stood up, took two steps back, and said angrily, "You, are you sick?"
His tone was still fierce, but his momentum had faded.
Ji Yijun smiled, knowing that her defenses had been loosened, and he also stood up, his tall figure was more than half a head taller than Ye Zi, "You don't know, right? Although you have been pushed to the bottom by Lao Wang this time and have become a soldier under my command, many people still think you are this." He raised a thumbs up, "To be honest, even I don't dare to go against Lao Wang like that."
"Just because I dare to explode?" Ye Zi asked back.
"That's right! We are convinced..."
"Then tell me, am I right? Is what I did right?" Ye Zi pressed. "Tell me!"
"This..." Ji Yijun was a little confused. To be honest, he also had something stuck in his heart, but before this, he had convinced himself that everything he did was to protect the school, the residents of the town, and to ensure that no one would die like his father. However, if he admitted that what Ye Zi did was right, then what about what he insisted on
Ji Yijun crossed his arms and lowered his head for a moment. Then he raised his head again, his face no longer playful, and said, "I think the school's decision is correct. Wang Jiyuan did nothing wrong."
"Then we have nothing to talk about." Ye Zi said with his back turned.
Ji Yijun was getting anxious. He turned to her and said, "Ye Zi! You are just worrying about other people's business. Why don't you think about how the pig was killed before eating it? Does it hurt when you cut its neck? Does it hurt when you cut its stomach? You are just thinking about useless things! Instead of thinking about whether the goblins should die, you might as well think about how we can survive!"
"I spent the whole afternoon thinking about this question: How should we survive? If we want to survive, should we let others die? Should we wipe out everyone because of a 'possible' threat? Should we slaughter all the goblins because some of them killed villagers?" Ye Zi shouted back, "If that's the case, then our arrival is truly a disaster for this world!"
"Actually..."
"Stop! Please stop! I've heard enough of this, what's in history, what's in the books, what's in reality! There, these "whats" are just some numbers, a sentence, as pale as a math word problem. Even for those old men sitting in the school building and holding a meeting, "what" is just a report, there won't even be any photos! But for us, all these things were done by our own hands. Mothers were stabbed to death by our own hands, children were strangled by our own hands. How can you bear it? How can you bear it?" Ye Zi was already in tears at this time.
"Ye Zi, I think you should switch to liberal arts."
"Ji Yijun, you bastard!" Ye Zi raised his foot and kicked Ji Yijun with a whip.
"Slow down, slow down!" Ji Yijun dodged the attack and stretched out a finger, "Don't hit me, I have something important to say. Very important!"
Ye Zi covered her head, wiped her tears and ignored him.
"In this village, apart from the goblins that were killed or escaped, there are still some that are still alive and have been locked up by us!"
"What did you say?!" Ye Zi suddenly raised his head.
"Really? Our team captured a goblin shaman who could speak magic words, which is Chinese... The leader thought he was useful, so he put him under guard. In addition, you were not the only one who couldn't bear to kill them. Many people just drove away the goblins, women and children who didn't resist. Some goblins were so scared that they were captured and handed over to Lao Wang. Lao Wang was also very troubled. He hadn't figured out how to deal with them, so he was also locked up with them."
"You mean, many people didn't kill me? Then why was I the only one fired..."
Ji Yijun slapped his forehead and said, "That's why you are so awesome, sister. Not only did you challenge Lao Wang directly, but you also made him look bad and embarrassed. If he didn't deal with you, would he still be able to lead the team? The point of this matter is not that you secretly released the goblins, but that you disobeyed orders. If you had handled it yourself at the time, this wouldn't have happened."
"Huh, you sound like you obey orders very well."
"Then am I not your squad leader now?"
Ye Zi looked depressed, so he could only ask, "How did you catch that goblin shaman?"
"In the innermost part of the village, there is a stone altar. Our class rushed in the fastest at that time. When we blocked him, he was performing a blood sacrifice ceremony. In this world, blood sacrifice is not a superstitious activity. It can actually summon the souls of the ancestors of the goblins and make their warriors stronger. When he was halfway through the dance, I threw a stone and broke his head. At that time, there were more than a dozen strong goblin warriors kneeling beside the altar. If he had succeeded in the blood sacrifice, we would have been in big trouble." Ji Yijun asked, "Also, guess what kind of blood is used in the blood sacrifice?"
"… Human blood?"
"Yes, there was a villager lying next to the altar. He had disappeared a few days ago. Unfortunately, he was already dead when we arrived. The guide told me that he was a lumberjack and had a five-year-old daughter and a three-year-old son..."
Ye Zi lowered his head. "I didn't say that goblins who kill people shouldn't die. They should be punished."
Ji Yijun didn't want to argue and continued, "When they saw the shaman being knocked down, the goblin warriors rushed towards us like crazy, but we killed them all. I tied up the unconscious shaman and handed him back to Lao Wang."
"What did the goblin shaman say later?" Ye Zi asked.
"After he cursed us, he refused to speak. Lao Wang interrogated him for an hour before, but he didn't get anything out of him."
"That's normal... After all, so many goblins died in our hands. If it were me, I wouldn't cooperate with our enemies."
"Enemy?" Ji Yijun felt uncomfortable after hearing this. He waved his hand and said, "That's what I want to say. Don't you want to solve the problem in a different way? Why don't you go talk to the goblin shaman? Maybe there will be a better solution?" Ji Yijun said this, but he didn't believe that Ye Zi would be any different. However, in order to change her mind, she must see with her own eyes how hopeless the goblins are.
"He ignored you, what can I ask?"
"You want to solve the problem, don't you? Then at least give it a try. Most of those imprisoned are goblin women and children."
Ye Zi's face lit up at this time, and she nodded and said, "Let's go."
"Follow me. They found a cave next to the camp, which is perfect for locking up the goblins." Ji Yijun said.
"Ji Yijun."
"how?"
"I...want to ask you..."
"What do you want to ask?"
"Have you ever killed... a young goblin?"
"Killed." Ji Yijun walked in front without looking back.