Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?
Chapter 349: The Cruel Truth

Chapter 349: Chapter 349: The Cruel Truth

Xu Shilong withdrew his gaze from the sky and looked at the huge Ferris wheel in front of him.

Then he turned to look at the two people sitting on the seesaw, Dou Dou and Duoduo.

Dou Dou was being lifted into the air by Duoduo, her little legs flailing wildly.

"What place is this?" Xu Shilong curiously asked.

"This is an amusement park," Dou Dou said.

Xu Shilong thought, I know this is an amusement park, but is that what he meant to ask?

"What I meant is, outside the amusement park, what is this vast world?"

"This is Gulu City," Duoduo said.

"What?" Xu Shilong doubted his ears, what a strange name.

"Gulu City," Duoduo emphasized again.

"Why is it named that?" Xu Shilong asked in surprise.

"Hey hey hey~, because it was me who named it," Duoduo said cheerfully.

Xu Shilong: ...

"This place was built by Potato, we can live just like when we were alive," Dou Dou cheerfully explained on the side.

"It doesn’t have a name, you can call it whatever you want," Duoduo said.

At the beginning, Xu Shilong didn’t understand what Dou Dou meant by Potato, but now he understood, it was actually referring to Banner Master.

He looked down at his palm, flesh and blood, seemingly so real.

"Am I alive again?"

"Of course not, do you want to be alive?" Dou Dou curiously asked.

"Don’t you want to?" Xu Shilong countered.

Dou Dou thought for a moment and said, "I used to, but not anymore, playing with Potato is so much fun, hehehe..."

Dou Dou laughed slyly.

Sitting opposite her, Duoduo was also joyfully playing on the seesaw.

"Brother is a great guy, I like him the most."

Xu Shilong fell silent upon hearing this.

"You haven’t answered my question yet," Dou Dou pressed on.

That’s how children are, always persistent to the end.

But Xu Shilong still didn’t answer, instead, he asked another question.

"Do your parents love you?"

"Of course," Dou Dou answered without hesitation, and Duoduo nodded.

"How much do they love you?" Xu Shilong asked.

"After I died, mom was so sad, crying all day at home, sick with grief..."

Dou Dou had a particularly deep memory of this.

"Mom said that after I disappeared, dad lost the heart to be a policeman and catch bad guys, he quit his job and left Bin Hai with mom, saying otherwise he’d be reminded of me every day and feel heartbroken..."

Duoduo learned this later from her parents and brother.

"Do your parents not love you?" Dou Dou suddenly asked.

This little guy usually seems carefree, but actually, he has an unexpected sharpness.

"Of course not, my parents love me very much," Xu Shilong immediately responded loudly.

Dou Dou: →_→

Even Duoduo sensed something was off.

"Okay, actually... actually I know, they don’t love me that much," Xu Shilong said with some sadness.

Kids’ intuition can be very sharp; they know who is good to them, who is not, who is sincere, and who is insincere, and he can’t completely feel it.

However, he did not even tell Shen Siyuan about this, perhaps because he was embarrassed, or perhaps he thought it was all his fault, and that’s why he did not explain it to Shen Siyuan.

Even when Shen Siyuan asked, he still emphasized that his parents loved him a lot.

But in front of Dou Dou and Duoduo, he let his guard down completely.

"Why not?" Dou Dou was somewhat puzzled.

"Are you not their sweet baby?" Duoduo also expressed her surprise.

To them, it was a matter of course and perfectly natural for parents to love their own children.

"I don’t want to talk about them anymore," Xu Shilong said.

In fact, it was more than not loving...

Xu Shilong knew everything; even though he was a child, he was already eight years old, and he indeed knew everything...

That was actually the most cruel part, he would rather know nothing.

Maybe the Banner Master also knew, otherwise he wouldn’t have asked him that day.

Dou Dou scratched her head and responded with some empathy, "Then let’s not talk about it. Sometimes I don’t want to talk either. Mom says, kids, they also have secrets they don’t want to share."

Duoduo: →_→

"What are you doing?"

"I want to know what secret you have."

"Hmph, I won’t tell you. If I tell you, then it’s not a secret anymore," Dou Dou said, lifting her head proudly.

"Is it just us here, or are there others?" Xu Shilong asked.

"Of course, there are, including uncles and aunts, but not many people," Dou Dou replied.

"Then... can we go outside to have a look?" Xu Shilong didn’t want to stay in the amusement park forever.

"Of course, we can," Dou Dou immediately got off the seesaw.

Duoduo, who had just been lifted up, went "Duang" and dropped to the ground.

"Wow~" she screamed disapprovingly as she glared at Dou Dou.

"I... I didn’t mean to," Dou Dou said, somewhat guiltily.

Then she turned around and ran off.

"Don’t run, wait for me..." Duoduo chased after her while shouting.

"Not running would be foolish, I’m not foolish, I’m clever, bright, a big winter melon, hehehe..."

Watching the two running off into the distance, Xu Shilong hurriedly followed them.

But seeing their cheerful figures, Xu Shilong suddenly felt that if things could always stay this way, it would actually be quite nice.

When they left the amusement park, Xu Shilong suddenly realized he had lost sight of the two little sisters. Standing alone on an empty street made him start to feel a bit panicked.

"Duoduo, Dou Dou..." he called out softly.

His voice echoed down the empty street. He looked towards the stores on the roadside, but it was void of people, making him feel even more panicked.

He turned to look back at the amusement park, hesitating about whether to go back.

Just then, he heard footsteps coming from nearby.

He jerked around to see a smiling, attractive aunt.

"Are you new here?" the aunt asked with a smile.

Xu Shilong nodded.

The aunt glanced behind him at the amusement park and then asked, "Did you come here with Dou Dou and the others?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Shilong, surprised and relieved, quickly asked, "You know them?"

"Of course, there aren’t many people around here; everyone knows each other," the aunt said with a smile.

"Then... could you take me to find them?" Xu Shilong asked nervously.

"Of course, although this place isn’t big, it’s also not small. It won’t be easy to find them, but since you’re their friend, I’m sure they will come back to look for you..."

"Thank you, Aunt," Xu Shilong said.

"You’re welcome, come with me," the aunt led the way forward, and Xu Shilong hurried after her.

"What’s your name?"

"Xu Shilong."

"That’s a nice name. I’m Chen Haiyan, you can call me Aunt Chen. I have a son about your age. Seeing you makes me think of my son..."

"So, Aunt Chen, do you love him?" Xu Shilong asked.

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