Raeleigh felt that there was someone in the crowd looking at her, but when she looked carefully at those workers, she found that all of them had turned their backs to her. This made it hard for her to distinguish who had peeked at her among the crowd.
In the evening, Raeleigh mentioned this matter to Xanthus, who was more apprehensive than Raeleigh. The next day, he assembled all the workers to make sure that there were no suspicious people among them. After repeated inquiries, he discovered that there were indeed two new workers in the group.
'Are you guys new here?" Xanthus's eyes landed on the two of them. One of them had a scar on his face. He lowered his head slightly, appearing to be unsociable.
"Raise your head." Xanthus didn't want to overlook any possibility that might cause harm to Raeleigh.
The man opposite to him raised his head slowly and gazed at Xanthus. At a glance, Xanthus was surprised to see that his face had been scalded. The scar on his face made him look menacing.
His eyes seemed familiar to Xanthus, who intended to inquire about something. Meanwhile, the other new worker said, "My brother is mute because he was caught in a great fire during his childhood. Many parts of his body were scalded and his vocal cord was damaged. He had a nice-sounding name originally, but the people in our former village had been calling him 'Callis'. I was too young when the fire happened, hence I couldn't remember what his original name was. My brother was traumatized by the fire, and he has forgotten his past. My parents died early, thus I took my brother out of the village. Some time ago, we passed by this village and heard that there were some job vacancies here, so we came here to work."
Xanthus asked, "You don't have a name?"
"My name is Leander Wyld. As for my brother, everyone calls him Callis."
Leander explained but Xanthus still couldn't put his mind at ease. He asked, "When you applied for the job, did you provide your health certificate? Or something like that?"
"We don't have a health certificate but we do have our ID cards."
Leander had dark skin and a full set of white teeth. So did Callis despite his scarred appearance. Xanthus couldn't perceive anything special with them. All he could tell was that both of them were tall and had the same constitution as the other workers. It was probably because of their strenuous work all year round that they had a tall and rangy figure.
"Show me your ID cards then." When Xanthus was speaking, Raeleigh had come over. She followed him and looked at the two new workers. Unexpectedly, the two of them also eyeballed her.
Callis wanted to crack a grin when he saw Raeleigh but Leander told him, "Don't simply smile at any pretty girl that appears in front of you. It's displeasing."
After hearing Leander's words, Callis lowered his head.
Leander said, "My brother likes to smile whenever he sees beautiful girls. He also likes to follow them. I hope you don't mind that."
Xanthus said coldly, "ID cards, please."
Leander took out their ID cards and handed them over to Xanthus, who then compared them one by one. From the photo, Callis actually looked attractive if there weren't a scar on his face.
Returning the ID cards to Leander, Xanthus asked, "Does your brother have a bad temper, such as engaging in violent behaviors when he is irritated?" "No, he is very cooperative. He just likes to beam at the pretty girls and look at them," Leander explained.
Xanthos took a gander at Raeleigh, who was beside him, and said, "Stop ambling around here. Go back."
Raeleigh wore a smile. "Bye then."
Raeleigh turned around and walked back. Xanthus said, "Show me your hand."
Leander extended his hand to Xanthus, who surveyed it and found that his palm was covered with calluses.
"Your turn," Xanthus said to Callis. Callis stretched out his hand to Xanthus. After checking it, Xanthus said, "You may leave now."
Standing in the distance, Raeleigh observed the workers. As they left to work, she strolled down the street.
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