Rebirth: Dark Princess

Soong Shiyan looked in the direction of the voice and saw a figure hurrying towards the pile of reefs where she was. Soong Shiyan was extremely excited to see someone coming. She held onto her wound as she walked slowly towards the figure.    

    

After a long while, that person ran over while gasping for breath. It turned out to be an old man with swarthy skin. Although he was very old, his complexion was rosy. His bones were still as tough as before, and his tendons and bones were sturdy.    

    

"Lao …" Soong Shiyan was about to call out to him. However, this spry old man directly rushed past her to the foolish man, snatched the wooden stick from his hand, and spanked him on the butt like a child.    

    

He kept hitting her, and he kept saying, "You disobedient little bastard, you haven't even recovered from the cold and you're already blowing cold again. Tell me how many times I've told you. Don't come here without permission, don't come here without permission! But you won't listen! Today, I must give you a good beating before you are enlightened! " The voice was loud and imposing, and even Soong Shiyan was stunned.    

    

The man didn't say anything for a long time, but then he broke away from the old man and ran around clutching his hip. The bamboo basket in his hand fell off, and the crab happily crawled around. After a while, it hid itself in the crevices of the reef and disappeared without a trace.    

    

"Uncle —" Seeing this, Soong Shiyan hesitated as she opened her mouth to call out to him.    

    

Hearing that, the old man turned around. He looked at Soong Shiyan in surprise and asked, "You?" You are not a man of the island. Who are you? "How did you get to this island?"    

    

Soong Shiyan was stumped by his question, because she really didn't know who she was.    

    

Hearing this, Soong Shiyan uneasily smiled and said truthfully, "Uncle, I also don't know who I am. When I woke up, I found myself on top of the rocks. My mind was blank, and I had no memory of the past. At first I thought I was a resident of the island. Now it seems that I am not a man of this place--so where am I from? Why are you here? " Soong Shiyan frowned as she tried to think of an answer, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not come up with an answer.    

    

The old man carefully sized up Soong Shiyan and muttered to himself, "It seems that you lost your memory because you were injured and fell into the sea for a long time. Since you know nothing about your background and are homeless, if you don't mind, you can stay at my place first! When you recover your memories and remember where your home is, it will not be too late for you to leave! "    

    

Soong Shiyan looked at her uncle with a trace of righteousness in his eyes. When he thought of his homelessness and the urgent need to deal with his wounds, he felt extremely embarrassed and agreed to follow his uncle home.    

    

The uncle reached out to pick up the empty bamboo basket from the reef and held it in his hand. Then, he turned his head towards the foolish man who was standing in the distance and shouted, "Lentinus edodes, what are you still standing there for? "Hurry up and come home with me!"    

    

When Lentinus edodes heard this, they ran over, all smiles.    

    

"She's injured. Mushroom, you go over and help her. Be careful not to let her fall." The uncle pointed at Soong Shiyan, who was standing at the side, and instructed the lentinus edodes.    

    

When Lentinus edodes heard this, it looked at Soong Shiyan, a slight blush rising on its face. He lowered his head and reached out his hand to support Soong Shiyan.    

    

"You are called Lentinus edodes? What an interesting name! " Soong Shiyan looked at the lentinus edodes and said with a light smile.    

    

When Lentinus edodes heard this, its face became even redder.    

    

"Why aren't you talking?" Soong Shiyan asked, puzzled. The man in front of him couldn't be a mute, right? He already had a problem with his brain, but he was actually mute. That was truly a pity.    

    

The boy has been with me for half a month, and I have not seen him speak a word, and I wonder if he is a mute. Alas — — There was a trace of helplessness and regret in the old man's voice.    

    

"He … is not your son?" Soong Shiyan was slightly surprised when she heard this.    

    

When the old man heard this, his smile grew on his face and he said, "How could I, a rustic man with rough skin and thick skin, give birth to such a beautiful son? He — I picked him up when I was fishing at the seaside not long ago, and he lives with me, and now he's half a son to me. "    

    

Along the way, Soong Shiyan also got a general idea about the situation from her uncle.    

    

This was an island close to City B, called "Gaoshun Island". There were nearly ten thousand inhabitants on the island, which was roughly equivalent to a small town. Gaoshun Island was about twenty miles away from the dock in B City, and their daily flight back and forth was only once in a while. Thus, when Old Uncle first saw her, he was a little surprised. And this uncle, Liu Changping, was a fisherman. His wife had long since died, and his only son, Liu Changping, had also died from a storm five years ago when he was out fishing. Half a month ago, when the old man was fishing on the sea, he saw a man floating on the sea, so he rescued him. And the man who was saved was the mushroom, the dried son of his uncle.    

    

"Why would you think of calling him 'Mushroom'? This is really very interesting! " Soong Shiyan asked with a smile.    

    

"At that time, I brought him home from his coma. When he woke up, I asked him his name and he didn't say anything. He just looked at the dried mushrooms in my yard. I saw that he also liked to eat mushrooms, so I just called him 'mushrooms', "explained the old man to Soong Shiyan with a smile." I was going to take him to the city to report this, find his parents, and send him home. But when he heard I was going to take him to his parents, he clung to my door and refused to go out with me. I guessed that perhaps he had been abused by his parents at home and would rather stay on this strange island than go home. I thought that leaving him in my home would just be adding a pair of chopsticks to his bowl, so I let him stay and take care of him as if he were my son. "    

    

Soong Shiyan turned her head to look at the lentinus edodes that supported her, patting his hand and sighing softly. She felt some sympathy for him, but also some envy. Even if his memories were cruel, it was still better than her forgetting everything. She couldn't even remember her own name.    

    

Unbeknownst to them, the lentinus edodes was frightened by her sudden action. Suddenly, it shook off her hand and jumped to the side.    

    

Soong Shiyan, who had lost her center of gravity, fell to the ground. The pain from the wound on her abdomen caused her face to turn even paler.    

    

Hearing the noise, the uncle turned around and saw Soong Shiyan sitting on the ground with a pained face. He hurried over to help her up and explained, "Don't be angry with the mushrooms! I forgot to tell you, Lentinus edodes has some communication problems, if other people suddenly made similar physical contact with him, he would subconsciously avoid it. Apart from me, you are the only one on this island! "    

    

"The first one?" Soong Shiyan said, puzzled.    

    

"Yes!" Apart from me, you are the first person on this island to have contact with Lentinus edodes. " The uncle smiled and said.    

    

Upon hearing his words, Soong Shiyan looked at the Mushroom at the side and gave him a comforting smile, indicating that she didn't mind his previous actions.    

    

When the lentinus saw this, it turned its head to the side, seemingly lost in thought.