Mo Chou (13)

None of them was truly a fool, otherwise, they would not have survived until now, growing up into youths with boundless prospects as future graduates of a prestigious university. 

They were also not really acquainted with the villagers to have a never-wavering impression of them. Their identity was merely that of a passerby.

Therefore, when Zhan Rong finally voiced out the guess all of them actually had in mind, they stopped denying the truth to themselves and became cautious of the locals around them. 

They became conscious mainly of the stares they were getting. 

The eyes were not right. Especially the elderly and men.

Why did they look them as if they were prey?

The warmth and kindness the villagers showed... Was it because they were already assuming the students would become part of their community?

Or that these people were already being generous of their warmth because tomorrow they would be their cows and horses?