To be honest, I had never seen the person in the basement before. She should have been a woman, her whole body was dirty, and her long hair looked messy like a bird's nest. Overall, she looked no different from a beggar. However, upon closer inspection, I found that she looked about the same age as me.

  After seeing us come in, this woman was still smiling foolishly at us, I don't know what she's so happy about.

  Seeing me staring at her in a daze, Han Feiyan said to me: "Her name is Li Xin, and everyone in the village calls her 'foolish girl'."

  "Stupid girl? You're saying she's an idiot?" I looked at her with a face of incredulity.

  "That's right, she is a fool, but she used to be a pretty and well-behaved girl. When she got married at the age of 18, she came into contact with a man who was somewhat vicious in his behavior, which led to her mental collapse, and eventually became this foolish and crazy appearance."

  "Oh! Then what did you bring me to see her for?" I asked after hearing Han Feiyan's introduction.

  "She's the idiot I brought to the basement two days ago. Because she's an idiot, few people in the village pay attention to her. Even if she walks up to the witch, the witch keeps a distance from her, afraid of being tainted and not wanting to touch her. This makes her the most conspicuous but also the least targeted existence in the village. Because the idiot is crazy, no one finds it strange when she does anything in the village. And few people pay attention to her, even if she dies or disappears for half a month, no one will find it strange."

  "No, I somehow feel... forget it! You just say what you mean!"

  I seem to have understood something after listening to Han Feiyan's words.

  "My point is, you need to have a disguise when you're in the village, an identity that can cover your true purpose. You can't just be yourself, but if I dress you up as a foolish girl, make you look silly and dirty, and then add some makeup, not only will you be able to move around easily, but you'll also arouse less suspicion from others."

  "What the...? You want me to pretend to be an idiot? Bullshit! Are you kidding me? You want someone as smart as me to pretend to be an idiot? Isn't that ridiculous? And on top of that, it's a female idiot, damn it! I'm not doing it!"

  When I heard Han Feiyan telling me to pretend to be this fool, I suddenly got furious.

  "This is the best way I can think of, you pretend to be stupid outside, and I'll keep the stupid girl locked up here, taking care of her food and drink. It's a win-win situation. If not, do you have any better ideas that would make things easier for you? Speak up, I'm listening."

  "I have... What can I possibly do? But even if I don't have a way, you can't make me look like a fool, right? This is too humiliating!" I said indignantly.

  "What's gotten into you? Are you still thinking of yourself? You've been through the gates of hell several times, can't you let go of this trivial matter? Are you going to act or not?" Han Feiyan rarely showed urgency in front of me.

  "Look at you, what's the hurry? I'm just not feeling it in my heart! It's just playing a silly girl role anyway! Fine, I'll act!"

  Listen to me, Han Feiyan smiled at me and followed her, saying: "You're acting well, so let's not waste time. From now on, you'll stay here with Sha Gu for three days. After three days, I'll first let Sha Gu wander around the village for two days, and then bring her back to this underground room to raise her. And you will completely replace Sha Gu in the village, acting as this identity."

  "What? I have to stay in this basement with her for three more days? Why?! And you know I'm still injured too!"

  "Your injuries, I'll come to apply medicine for you every day, they're just flesh wounds, nothing serious. I let you stay here, of course, it's to let you learn from Xiaoyu's every move! You have to know, if you want to portray someone, you have to mimic their every move, staying together and observing her is the most effective way!"

  Hearing what Han Feiyan said, I think it's also reasonable. Although I'm very reluctant, but at this point, I can only grit my teeth and agree.

  After I fully agreed, Han Feiyan found a set of dirty and tattered clothes that looked exactly like those of Sha Gu from who-knows-where and threw them at me, telling me to change into them.

  I picked up this set of clothes and put it in front of my nose for a sniff. Ah-choo!

  This is too smelly! It's even smellier than that radish-smelling fart that Tingting let out.

  "Can I wear this? Damn it!" I asked, pinching my nose.

  "Let you play the fool, not let you play the boss, some wear is good, what flavor or not, hurry up and change!" Han Feiyan urged me.

  I heard she wanted me to change clothes, so I gritted my teeth and took off my clothes in front of Han Feiyan, ready to put on this set of clothes.

  I originally thought that since I was already like Han Feiyan, changing clothes in front of each other didn't matter. As for that silly girl, she's an idiot and there's no need to avoid her. But who knew, just as I had undressed, that silly girl walked over with a curious face, poked my second brother with her hand, and then laughed foolishly.

  "Damn it!"

  Looking at her like that, I let out a strange cry and quickly found a place to hide from her, then hastily changed into this dirty and smelly set of clothes...

  After I changed my clothes, Han Feiyan nodded and said to me: "You finally look a bit silly, but it's still not quite right."

  "What's the difference?" I asked.

  As soon as I asked, Han Feiyan directly grabbed a handful of mud from the ground and took advantage of my inattention to smear it on my face. By the time I reacted and didn't let her wipe it off, my face had already become dirty.

  After Han Feiyan finished wiping, she said to me: "This is more like it, wait for me, I'll get you and Shaogu something to eat." After that, Han Feiyan walked out.

  After seeing Han Feiyan leave, I wanted to follow her. But I know what I need to do now is to study with Sha Gu, and not follow her.

  Learning with idiots is really frustrating, but there's no other way, I've caught up and can only do it this way.

  After more than ten minutes, Han Feiyan came down. This time she brought some dishes, but the problem was that she brought some leftover food, and they were all cold.

  After the leftover rice and dishes were poured onto the ground, that foolish girl saw them as if they were abalone and lobster, and frantically pounced on them. Without minding the dirt on the ground, she picked up the leftovers and started gobbling them down like a wolf.

  This made me feel a wave of nausea, almost vomiting. After the foolish girl had eaten her fill, she found a corner and leaned against it, falling asleep just like that.

  "It's up to you now." Han Feiyan said to me.

  "I'm coming! Do we have to do it this way? Even if I play the fool later, can't I just run around and be done with it? Do we have to try so hard?" I looked at Han Feiyan with a gloomy face.

  "In theory, it's like that, but in special times, if you need to do so, what can you do? So just bear with it for now, eat when you should eat, drink when you should drink, and treat the food on this earth as a delicious feast!"

  "When did it become a delicious meal? You're talking nonsense! Whatever!" Although I said unwilling words, I still ended up eating the food on the ground. No choice, my heart kept comforting myself, just like I'm receiving special forces training now, just like I'm executing the undercover mission given by the country......

  For the next two days, I stayed with Ah Gu all the time. I saw her catching insects in the basement to eat, and even caught a live mouse, which she crushed with stones and ate while biting it. This made me feel sick! Such behavior, I couldn't imitate, nor would I resolutely not imitate.

  In these two days, I mainly imitated her every move, gesture and even the way she walked with a bent waist. Although it's impossible to learn much in just two or three days, I've already picked up some superficial things, and I think I can handle most situations.

  Three days later, I was released by Han Feiyan, and Dumb Girl was also released. After Dumb Girl came out, she was secretly taken away from home by Han Feiyan, letting her wander freely in the village, while I stayed at Han Feiyan's house.

  After coming out, I originally planned to take a bath and wash off the dirty look on my body, but this was stopped by Han Feiyan, who said that now my body has only accumulated some dust and has a little stench, it's not easy, let me not wash randomly, so as to better conform to the stupid girl's body odor.

  This is infuriating, so I said to Han Feiyan: "With me being like this now, I'm even disgusted with myself. Am I still human? I reckon you're looking at me and thinking of keeping a distance from me?"

  As soon as I said that, Han Feiyan suddenly smiled and followed me with a smile: "Alright, stop complaining, when you rescue my daughter, at worst, let my daughter compensate you well, isn't it?"

  ......