"Are you a worker in a placer gold mine?" Ye Yuxi looked at Maro.
Marlowe sat on the ground with his head lowered and said nothing.
Bai Jinyi looked at Marlowe's back and suddenly stood up: "Have you finished eating? Let's go to the oasis to the west and have a look. We should find something there."
Ye Yuxi and Bai Jinyi looked at each other, with an enigmatic smile on the latter's face.
There was a strange look in Marlow's lowered eyes, and he wanted to speak, but finally swallowed his words back.
After walking for half a day, the group stopped to rest again.
During this period, Ye Yuxi did not tie up Ma Luo, so Ma Luo followed the others obediently and did not escape without permission.
"Here." The fat man handed a piece of barbecue to Marlowe and sat down next to Marlowe.
"Brother, you don't look like a bad person. Why did you end up being a robber?" The fat man got close to Marlowe.
"Forced." Marlowe spat out three words at random, lowered his head and ate the barbecue in his hand.
"Eat slowly, there's plenty of meat." The fat man looked at Marlowe devouring the food. It took him many days of starvation to eat like this.
"Brother, are you in trouble? You can talk to us. Although we are not good people, we can still help." The fat man patted Marlowe on the shoulder.
"No need." Marlowe rejected the fat man's kindness.
"Fat man, let's go." Ye Yuxi's faint voice sounded.
…
Near desert oasis.
"Brother, what should we do if Marlowe doesn't come back?" A Chinese character sat on the ground with a decadent look in his eyes.
"Wait and see, Marlowe is a good boy..." The man called the eldest brother also looked a little sluggish.
Sitting around... were a dozen or so big men, all of them sallow and thin, looking like they hadn't had a full meal in a long time.
"Brother, everyone in the village is waiting for us, we..."
"Everyone, hurry up and eat. While it's still early, let's go do it again." The eldest brother took out his lunch from his arms.
Some other big men were sitting and doing the same thing.
Everyone was holding steamed buns, some of which were already covered with sand, and some of which were moldy and hairy. These big men seemed to be unable to see these, and they bit into them one bite at a time.
…
The desert is still monotonous and lonely.
In the words of a fat man, it is a place where birds don’t poop.
Night is approaching.
Fatty and Hei Fengtian set up a bonfire and boiled water for cooking.
"Are you... planning to go to the oasis in the west?" Marlowe, who had been silent for a day, finally spoke.
"Well, I haven't had a good rest for many days. Let's go over there and refresh." Ye Yuxi raised her head and said.
"Don't go, there's no one there, there's nothing." Marlowe said expressionlessly.
Everyone was silent, looking at Marlowe who was a little confused.
The corners of Ye Yuxi's mouth curled up in an elegant arc, and her beautiful eyes stared into Maro's eyes: "How do you know, have you been there?"
"No, listen to what others say, anyway, don't go." Maruo's eyes were a little dim. After warning Ye Yuxi, he sat aside and stopped talking.
"Hey, brother, you don't understand my boss. If you say that, she will definitely not be able to fly away." The fat man chuckled.
Although Fatty had slashed Marlowe before, at that time both sides were at odds and couldn't tell the difference between right and wrong. What's more, Fatty had already healed Marlowe's injury with elixirs.
"You will regret it if you go." Marlowe's voice was low and he was silent for two seconds. "You are good people, go do your own thing."
"Listen to your tone, something happened over there in the oasis?" Ye Yuxi smiled.