Chapter 117: The Hanging Coffin Tomb

  "Mountain ghost? What mountain ghost?" said Wen Bai Yu in surprise.

  The old man said mysteriously, "No one knows what it is specifically, but every night, at midnight, the dogs in every household will go wild and bark. The dogs we raise are normally quiet and only bark when they encounter strangers, very obedient. But it's so strange, these past few nights, every family's big dog has been barking wildly, making such a huge commotion that we came out to take a look. As soon as I stepped out the door, I heard the chickens' pitiful cries, crying so pitifully that it scared me silly and I didn't dare look again. When dawn broke, several chickens were missing, and there was blood and feathers all over the ground. You guys say it's not strange... There's a mountain next to us, the old folks all say there are mountain ghosts, don't you dare disbelieve."

  Wen Baiyu listened and felt that it was quite strange, but it wasn't necessarily a mountain ghost, maybe it was a wolf or something. This place is very remote, and some wild animals are normal too.

  The old man instructed them and then took his lantern and went out.

  Two people in one room, Mr. Jiang had just booked two rooms for them, Wen Baiyu and Wan Qiuhou entered one, Luo Qifeng took Ye Liuxiang to the other.

  Mr. Jiang set off early to Yunnan, but when they arrived at Xiaozhaizi, there was no sign of Mr. Jiang. Luo Qifeng called Mr. Jiang, who said he had been delayed by something and would not be able to arrive for two days, telling them to stay there calmly for two days, which could also serve as a vacation.

  Wen Baiyu felt that this Manager Jiang was becoming more and more unreliable, but there was nothing they could do about it. They had no choice but to settle in for the night, fortunately, the accommodation fees were not their responsibility.

  There are two single beds in the room, and a table with two chairs is placed aside from the beds. Other than that, there are some daily necessities, which looks a bit simple but very rustic.

  Two beds, one on the left and one on the right, with a passageway in between. The passageway is quite wide, and the beds seem to be nailed to the ground, absolutely immovable. Wan Zongjing expressed extreme dissatisfaction with this arrangement.

  Wen Baiyu was quite satisfied and it seemed that he would be able to sleep well tonight. He sat down and took out all the little ones from his backpack.

  The little ones seem to have grown a lot, absolutely not Wen Baiyu's illusion, especially the small candle dragon, which has grown extremely fast and is now comparable to the small blood marrow flower. The small blood marrow flower grows very rapidly as long as it eats well. The four little ones in the backpack are already crowded.

  Wen Baiyu looked at Xiao Xuemiao and Xiao Chonglong with a bit of helplessness, these two little guys were like they had been injected with hormones.

  Because they arrived too late, there was no food left in the reception room, but Wen Baiyu had brought some of his own and managed to scrape together a bite.

  When they finished eating, they heard the old man's voice outside the window again. This time he wasn't looking for them; it seemed like someone else had moved in.

  The old man is enthusiastically introducing the nearby scenic spots, which are actually wild scenic spots that adventure enthusiasts have explored on their own, and there aren't even any roads.

  The old man still instructed the new resident as before, never to go out at midnight, and it's safer to stay in the house at night.

  Wen Baiyu was a bit curious, so she pushed open the window and took a look. They were on the second floor, just a small two-story building, and the floors weren't very high. Looking down, you could see people talking below the windows.

  The old man was pointing out the direction of the scenic spot to the new resident, Wen Baiyu took a look and it was really a coincidence, it turned out to be that young man wearing headphones again. The young man had walked all the way here on foot, so determined, originally came to this place to play?

  Wen Baiyu was looking down, and the young man below seemed to have found someone staring at him. He suddenly lifted his head up, giving Wen Baiyu a feeling of being caught red-handed. Hurriedly, he withdrew his head back, but just as he did, he was caught by Wan Jingshou.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou closed the window and said in a serious tone, "Bai Yu, you've been staring at others all along. I'm the jealous type."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Bai's face turned red in an instant, and he rubbed his ears, thinking that Wan Jie Jing Hou had gone crazy again. He simply thought it was too coincidental to encounter that young man so many times in one day.

  Wen Baiyu closed the window, looked at the time, it was half past ten. They had been rushing around all day, although they were sitting in the car, but Wen Baiyu got carsick and felt extremely tired, so she was ready to go to sleep.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the two beds, one for herself and one for Wan Jingshou, then spread out the blanket she had brought on the table, which was just big enough to serve as a small bed for the four little ones to sleep.

  Wen Baiyu was about to take the quilt over to make a bed for the little ones, but Wan Qi Jinghou moved faster than him and had already taken all the pillows on the bed to one side, saying: "We'll sleep in this bed, and let our son sleep in the one opposite."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu said although there are more children, they are small and don't need to take up so much space.

  But Wan Xi Jing Hou's attitude was not to be refused, so he put the blanket on the bed opposite again, making the bed a bit softer, and then put the little ones on the bed, covering them with a quilt.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou immediately sat down on his own bed, beckoned warmly to Bai Yu with a wave of his hand, and then patted the spot beside him.

  Wen Baiyu walked over with a stiff neck, then lay down on the bed and pulled the quilt directly over him. Wan Qi Jinghou also lay down, reached out from behind to hug him, and said: "Not taking off your clothes to sleep? You'll catch a cold when you wake up."

  He went to pull Wen Baiyu's clothes and unzipped them, then quickly took off his coat. This place is much warmer than Beijing, Wen Baiyu only wore a coat, inside he was wearing a relatively thin T-shirt.

  Wen Baiyu immediately turned around, stretched out her hand to press against Wan Qi Jinghou's chest, and said: "Wait a minute, I'm still in pain, and there's no hot water here at midnight..."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly chuckled and grabbed Wen Bai Yu's hand, pulling him over to kiss his fingers. "Did I say I was going to do anything? I'm just helping you take off your clothes. You're sleeping in your clothes, you'll catch a cold when you wake up."

  Wen Baiyu's face suddenly turned bright red, her skin a bit unbearable, and she glared at Wan Kuang Jinghou.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou reached out and pulled the person over, kissing Wen Bai Yu's forehead. They had a relatively hard time in the desert, so Wan Qi Jing Hou was somewhat restrained. However, Zhu Long's libido was strong, and after returning to Beijing, he naturally got it all back. Poor Wen Bai Yu had been suffering from waist pain for a long time. Although that place wasn't very painful, it wasn't very comfortable either. Moreover, Wen Bai Yu couldn't resist Wan Qi Jing Hou's "beautiful man plan".

  Wan Xi Jing Hou gently touched Wen Bai Yu's forehead and softly said: "Sleep."

  Wen Baiyu's heart felt a little itchy when he was kissed by Wan Jingshou, but Wan Jingshou really didn't do anything. Wen Baiyu despised himself in his heart and his eyelids were also a bit heavy, soon he fell asleep leaning on Wan Jingshou.

  Little Blood Jade stretched her neck to look at Wan Qi Jing Hou, then blinked and also hugged Little Feather, letting him lean on her body. "Momo!" She kissed Little Feather's forehead twice, and he almost fell asleep, rubbing his own forehead with his hand before continuing to sleep.

  Xiao Chong Long also saw Wan Qi Jing Hou's movements, looked at the small blood flower with disdain, seemed to be very disgusted, plugged in his arm and closed his eyes ready to sleep. At this time, Dan Dan came over, Rou Rou's small hand grabbed Xiao Chong Long's arm, "Momo!" Two loud kisses, kissed on Xiao Chong Long's forehead.

  Xiao Chui Long was taken aback for a moment, and immediately opened his eyes. His gaze was surprisingly not cold, but rather had a hint of surprise in his fiery red eyes.

  Egg saw the expression of Little Candle Dragon, "heh heh" laughed out loud, seemingly finding it quite amusing. Then, softly called out several times "brother", Little Candle Dragon rolled his eyes, and restored his cool expression, with an attitude that was not very pleased, but still stretched out his hand to hug Egg, pulling him over.

  Dan Dan laughed a few times, biting her own fingers, leaned against Xiao Chong Long's chest and fell asleep, pouting her pursed lips, while sleeping, she was still softly calling "Ge Ge", Xiao Chong Long looked down and saw that Dan Dan's sleeping posture was especially adorable, her cheeks and lips were chubby, making people want to pinch them.

  Xiao Chong Long's eyes couldn't help but soften, as if he too was charmed by Egg Egg. Just as Xiao Chong Long's gaze changed from cold to doting in an instant...

  Drip...

  Dandan didn't disappoint everyone and drooled a drop of saliva on Xiaochenglong's body.

  Xiao Zhu Long: *silence*

  Wen Baiyu slept very well, and at night there was a slight cool breeze, probably because the house she built wasn't sealed tightly, and some wind came in through the window. However, being hugged by Wan Qi Jing Hou was like having a natural heater.

  Wen Baiyu slept until midnight and suddenly heard "Woof woof woof!" which scared him so much that he jumped up.

  Wen Baiyu immediately opened her eyes, still a bit disoriented. Wan Jingshou also woke up.

  Wen Baiyu was still confused and said: "What sound?"

  "Woof woof woof!"

  The sound of the dog's barking was extremely crazy, and the dog tied up downstairs really started barking. The voices of three big dogs rose and fell, and Wen Baiyu looked at the time to find that it was already past one in the middle of the night. With the sound of the dog's barking in her ears, she immediately woke up completely.

  The place where they stayed was the outermost house in Xiao Village. The three big dogs of the old man barked, and soon the big dogs of several other households also barked. The voices were very loud. It is estimated that there are young children in these five households, and the children were frightened by the barking of the dogs and cried loudly.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou sat up and quickly walked to the window, pushing it open with his hand. Wen Bai Yu also hastily got out of bed and went over to look outside.

  The village was very quiet at night, with only the sound of dogs barking and children crying left. The dog's bark was unusually mournful and had a strong attacking tone, echoing through the village.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou looked down along the window for a while, but didn't see anything. Wen Bai Yu also looked out. The house they lived in was a special guest house. Old Master's house had two buildings, which were actually connected together, both of which were two-story small buildings, forming an L shape. The one next to it was where the old master's family members lived.

  They pushed open the window and saw a two-story small building next to it, with one room not turning off the light. The dim kerosene lamp cast a faint shadow of a person.

  The figure in the room walked back and forth, with extremely strange movements. The oil lamp stretched out the figure, casting a twisted shadow on the window. He hunched his back, waving his hands continuously, with a very large amplitude, just like dancing wildly, and his head was also swaying constantly.

  "What is that person doing?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou also discovered that since the dog barked, the figure had been walking back and forth in the room non-stop. The oil lamp was bright and dim, and the figure was blurry, but its movements were too strange, absolutely not a problem with the lamp's illumination.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou didn't say a word, but immediately closed the window with a bang, though not completely shut, leaving a small gap.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou stretched out his hand to hold Wen Bai Yu's waist, put his fingers on his lips, "Shh---" made a sound, Wen Bai Yu immediately nodded, knowing that Wan Jie Jing Hou was signaling him not to make a sound.

  Two people looked out through the window slit, and just as they saw Wan Qi Jing Hou closing the window, the window next to it opened. The strange figure pushed the window open with a "bang!" sound.

  Because they were L-shaped buildings, Wen Baiyu's window and the adjacent window were only separated by a wall, so close that even if Wan Kuang didn't have such agility, Wen Baiyu could still step on the windowsill and swing into the next window.

  The window next to it was pushed open, and the sound was very loud. Wen Baiyu looked out from the gap and saw that the figure suddenly stuck his head out of the window, scaring Wen Baiyu into a soft "ah".

  Wan Xi Jing Hou immediately covered his mouth and shook his head at Wen Bai Yu.

  Wen Baiyu was actually just unprepared and got scared, after all, this kind of thing is too terrifying. The big dog outside the house barked non-stop, while in the room next to them, there was a person dancing wildly "jumping into a trance". This figure suddenly opened the window and then stuck his head out at once.

  The darkness was illuminated by the faint light of the lanterns, and Wen Baiyu couldn't help but be startled. The man's eyes were terrifying, shining brightly in the dark night, making him look like a madman.

  A deathly pale face, with an extremely ferocious expression, the skin seemed to have defied gravity, exuding an inexplicable eeriness. The moment he poked his head out, he was still gesticulating wildly, his back continuously arching up as if something was about to crawl out from behind him.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou covered Wen Bai Yu's mouth, and Wen Bai Yu took two deep breaths, calming down his own breathing. Soon, he saw that pale face move again.

  He looked like he was around twenty years old, a young man wearing clothes with strong ethnic flavor from the village, and should be a family member of the old master.

  That man poked his head out, glaring with a fierce gaze, looked around for about twenty seconds, and then suddenly started running out of the window with all fours.

  Wen Baiyu felt like this feeling was like watching a horror movie with the lights off, and it was even 4D. Strange people crawled out of the window, using their hands and feet, and then suddenly jumped towards their windowsill.

  Wan Qi Jinghou instantly closed the window completely, without leaving any gaps. Wen Baiyu's heart went "thud", what was that person jumping over to do?

  After Wan Kuang closed the window, he held it with both hands. The window was very old and didn't have a latch or lock. This place had simple folk customs, and there were only five households. It was okay to sleep at midnight without closing the door, so it was impossible for theft to occur, and naturally, there was no such thing as a window lock. If it weren't for the recent disturbance of the mountain demon, people in the village wouldn't even lock their doors when sleeping at night.

  "Bang! Bang!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou pulled the window in, and soon heard a "clattering" sound. The person jumping over seemed to be pulling at their window. Wen Bai Yu couldn't see the person outside, but could see the shadow. A figure cast a shadow on their window, moving suspiciously as it pulled at their window, as if trying to jump in through the window.

  Wen Baiyu looked at Wan Jingshou, who was pulling the window with one hand and still making a silencing gesture with the other. Wen Baiyu nodded again.

  That man pulled twice, of course, he couldn't pull over the strength of Wan Qi Jing Hou's hand. It seemed like he gave up and stopped in front of their window for a moment, as if he was about to turn around and leave.

  But just at this time, the barking of big dogs and the crying of children, as well as the strange man's pulling window sound, seemed to wake up the little ones. I don't know if it was because Egg was sensitive by nature, or if he felt threatened, but he immediately burst into tears, wailing pitifully, his small voice enough to be heard by the strange person outside.

  "Bang! Bang!"

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  "Bang! ——"

  The strange person heard the voice, was about to leave, at this time turned around, grasped the window sill, and pulled their window with force. Because it couldn't be opened, a frustrated roar was also emitted.

  The egg was frightened and cried even harder. Wen Baiyu hurried over to comfort the egg, while Xiao Zhulong held the egg in his arms, wiping away its tears with one hand and patting its back with the other. The white wings spread out with a "whoosh" sound, enveloping the egg completely.

  Dandan lay in Xiaolong's arms, sobbing and crying so hard that she hiccuped, her eyes swollen like peaches.

  That man clung to the window, stalemate for about five minutes, finally stopped moving, crouched outside the window for a while, and then climbed straight down from their window, fortunately did not go to find Ruo Qifeng and Ye Liu Xiang next door.

  After that man left, Egg quickly stopped crying, with a wronged expression on his face. He grabbed onto Xiaolong's clothes with both hands and wiped all his tears and snot on him. But at this time, Xiaolong didn't have the energy to care about the tears and snot anymore. His little brother was crying so hard that his eyes were swollen, and he could only hurry to comfort him.

  After the strange person climbed down, Wan Qi Jing Hou pushed open the window and looked down with his eyes narrowed. He saw that the person's posture was still very strange, had already climbed down from the building, standing beside a two-story small building. The three big dogs in front of the door barked frantically, pouncing on the person non-stop, but because they were tied up with iron chains, they couldn't reach the person at all.

  That man was dancing with three big dogs, waving his hands and moving forward in a strange posture, then entered the yard where the old man raised chickens and ducks.

  A loud "Cackle! Cackle!" cry immediately rang out, and from their position, they couldn't see what was happening inside the yard. However, judging by the sound, it wasn't hard to know that the person had gone in for about ten or so minutes before the chickens and ducks finally stopped making a fuss.

  The figure immediately began to dance and walk back and forth, and Wan Qi Jing Hou quickly closed the window again and grabbed onto it.

  The little blood vine and the little feather also woke up, the little blood vine "swish" stretched out its tendrils, tying up the window frame and pulling it inward. A human figure quickly climbed up from below, seemingly recognizing their window, and began to pull again. This time, however, it was not just Wan Qi Jing Hou, but also the little blood vine's tendrils. There wasn't even a "creak" sound, and the strange person couldn't budge it at all. After pulling several times, they gave up and climbed along their window to the next window, then entered the second-floor room, closing the window behind them. The oil lamp in the window cast a shadow of frantic hand and foot movements.

  The strange figure had been making a ruckus for half an hour before it finally stopped, the oil lamp went out, the voices disappeared, and the big dog stopped barking. Everything fell silent.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou pushed open the window and took a look, then closed it again tightly.

  Wen Baiyu hovered around Egg, who was crying loudly because the strange person had come back again. Just when Egg had finally stopped crying, she started wailing once more, and the flame on her forehead flickered brightly.

  Wen Baiyu looked at Egg's red and swollen eyes, the eyelashes like a small fan stuck together from crying, blinking non-stop, almost heartbroken. In the end, it was Xiao Chonglong who transformed his tail to comfort Egg and play with him, only then did Egg stop crying.

  Maybe she was too tired from crying, DanDan soon fell asleep, her eyes closed and still hiccuping, one after another, looking very pitiful.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the window beside him again, really didn't know what was going on.

  The old man said the mountain ghost, and it was a dog barking, and eating chicken, obviously that strange person just now, but that person actually lived in the old man's house, must be the old man's family member, how could there be such a strange person existing in the village?

  Wen Baiyu didn't sleep much in the second half of the night, feeling a bit tired and confused. The second half of the night was very quiet, but as soon as dawn broke, the rooster started crowing, indicating that the villagers had woken up. Wen Baiyu heard people talking outside his window, seemingly discussing the strange noise from last night. Old Man Wang also discovered that another one of his chickens had died.

  Wen Baiyu let Wan Kuang Jinghou watch the little ones and ran downstairs to see what was going on.

  Wen Baiyu went downstairs and saw many villagers gathered nearby. She stretched her neck to look into the courtyard, and was suddenly shocked to see that it was covered in blood.

  It's all bloody, those chickens are dead on the ground, a lot of feathers scattered all over the place, as if they had been plucked, and not only that, but also bled. If you didn't know it was chicken or duck blood, you would be scared to death. No wonder the chickens and ducks were crying so miserably last night.

  The old man was also frightened and said: "So many people died today, what can we do?"

  Wen Baiyu looked at those dead chickens and said, "Is this what you call a mountain demon?"

  The old man's face was ashen, and he nodded tremulously, saying: "Yes, yes, it must be the mountain demon again. It started a few days ago, and every day since then, several households have lost livestock, and once, even a dog was bitten... But before, it wasn't so terrifying, not so many livestock died, and there wasn't so much blood."

  The villagers all seemed to be frightened, discussing it together. Wen Baiyu listened for a while and more than half of them were saying that the old master had said it was just a mountain ghost. Several villagers were still discussing whether or not they should go up the mountain to make an offering to the mountain ghost.

  Wen Baiyu quickly returned upstairs and glanced at the window next to her as she went back. The window was closed, and there was no movement inside.

  Luo Qi Feng and Ye Liu Xiang also came over, preparing to find them to have breakfast.

  Luo Qifeng said: "I also heard some noise last night."

  Ye Liu Xiang said: "It must be that your son's taste is too delicious."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  This statement seems to be correct too, all three sons are of a positive and healthy constitution, almost one more delicious than the other.

  Egg didn't sleep well last night and is still sleeping, nestled in Xiao Long's arms. Xiao Long gently pats his back with her wings, as if lulling him to sleep. The crowd is chatting, but it seems their voices are too loud and disturb Egg. Egg frowns slightly, and Xiao Long gives them a disdainful look.

  Everyone had no choice but to huddle together and discuss in a low voice.

  The old man made breakfast, and everyone went downstairs to prepare for breakfast. After what happened last night, Wen Baiyu didn't dare leave the little ones alone in the house, so he prepared to take them all along.

  Because Xiao Chui Long and Xiao Xue Miao Hua's bodies had grown larger, it was very uncomfortable to squeeze together, so Wen Bai Yu prepared to carry one bag on his back, and Wan Qi Jing Hou carried another.

  The little blood marrow flower tightly hugged the small feather and drilled into a backpack, while the little dragon looked at him with disdain and then hugged the egg and drilled into another backpack.

  The smile of the little blood marrow flower was particularly "sly", smiling in a cheap and shameless way, not caring about the contemptuous and threatening gaze of the small candle dragon at all. She proactively stretched out her vines to pull up the zipper on her backpack.

  Wen Baiyu was silent for a moment before saying, "I think it's better to let Xiao Xuehua and our Second Hair stay in the same backpack."

  Wan Xi Jing Hou raised an eyebrow and said: "Are you sure?"

  Wen Baiyu nodded and said, "It's relatively safer."

  Of course, the safest object is his family's big dog.

  Xiaoyu and Egg had no opinion on this, and Egg also liked to play with Xiaoyu. Egg especially loved wings, and Xiaoyu had wings too. Egg immediately hugged Xiaoyu and rubbed against Xiaoyu's wings, laughing "hehe".

  Xiao Xuemu flower strongly protested, vines danced wildly, Xiao Chonglong also extremely despised, resolutely refused to share a backpack with Xiao Xuemu flower. However, Wen Baiyu insisted on letting Xiao Xuemu flower and Xiao Chonglong share a backpack for the safety of his family's Damao, and resolutely pulled up the zipper.

  The egg was nestled in the small feathered arms, and it blinked its big eyes at the other two people, waving its hand. The little dragon had its arm inserted, with a very unpleasant expression on its face.

  Everyone went downstairs to eat, the first floor was a dining area, decorated like a restaurant. When they came down, someone was already eating. Wen Baiyu looked up and saw that it was the young man with earphones who had checked in last night.

  Young people still have earplugs in their ears, and Wen Baiyu doesn't even need to walk over there to hear the sound of music leaking out from the earphones.

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but take a closer look at this young man, who was eating with some distraction. The young man had a tall and lean build, wearing sportswear, with a backpack by his side. His hair was neatly styled, and his complexion was slightly pale. From the way he walked over on foot, it was clear that the young man must have exceptional physical strength, which didn't match his slender appearance.

  The young man held the spoon in his left hand, looking like a left-hander, scooped up the porridge to drink, and slightly pushed up his sleeve, immediately revealing the scar on his wrist, a very hideous wound that extended from his wrist all the way up into his sleeve.

  The young man seemed to feel someone was looking at him, turned around, glanced casually at Wen Baiyu, and then turned back, continuing to eat his own meal.

  Four people sat down at a table next to them and an old man brought out four breakfasts, just like the young people's.

  Wen Baiyu was eating his meal and said casually, "Old sir, there are quite a few people living in this hostel of yours."

  The old man was very talkative and laughed, saying: "Actually, there aren't many people. Every year, the number of tourists who come to our place can be counted on one hand, and this building is not even fully occupied."

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'That other building, is it where your family lives?'"

  The old man nodded and said: "Yes, I have a son and two daughters at home. The elder daughter is married and doesn't live here anymore. The younger daughter still lives with me."

  Wen Baiyu thought to herself, the house next door was inhabited by a young man in his twenties, who should be Old Man Li's son. But how could Old Man Li's son be a lunatic? She had never heard Old Man Li mention it before.

  Just then, a young girl less than twenty years old walked in from outside, with braids tied up with twine, looking very simple and honest, with a pair of curved eyebrows, and after coming in, she called out to the old man, seemingly his little daughter.

  The old man smiled and introduced them, saying: "This is my family's little one, called Caique."

  The magpie was a bit shy, seemingly having never seen so many outsiders. Her big eyes scanned the crowd and immediately turned even redder.

  Wen Baiyu knew that Wan Jie Jing Hou was exceptionally handsome, otherwise how could he always fall for the beauty trap, but she didn't expect that Wan Jie Jing Hou's charm was simply a hundred shots and a hundred hits.

  Cai Que saw Wen Bai Yu, she was first surprised, then her eyes fell on Wan Qi Jing Hou, and immediately turned into astonishment, her face blushed, her lips pursed in a smile, revealing the shyness of a little girl.

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu reached out and pinched a handful of Wan Jingshou's thigh, causing him to pause for a moment before bursting into laughter, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou didn't smile, but it was okay. With a slight raise of the corner of his mouth, he looked extremely gentle. His cold and unsmiling face immediately softened, like melting snow. Cai Que stared blankly, as if she had never seen anyone with such good looks as Wan Xi Jing Hou before, and suddenly became shy.

  Cai Que's face turned red as she said to the old man: "I'll go pick some medicine for big brother first."

  The old man nodded and Cai Que ran away with a red face.

  Although Wen Baiyu was extremely disgusted with Wan Jie's son, he had to focus on the task at hand. With a surprised expression, he asked the old man, "Is your son ill? What is his illness? We also brought some spare medicine, I don't know if it can be of any help?"

  The old man immediately looked worried and shook his head, saying: "Ordinary medicine won't work."

  He said, pointing to the window where the strange figure appeared yesterday: "That's my son's room. For over ten days now, he has been bedridden and so weak that he can't even speak."

  Wen Baiyu suddenly became even stranger, the room was not wrong, it was the room that "made a ghost" last night, a young man ran out and pulled their window again to kill the chicken.

  But it's strange that the old man said his son was ill, so weak that he couldn't even speak, how could he jump out of the window and climb up and down to kill chickens?

  Isn't there someone else in the room?

  The old man continued: "I don't know what's going on either, we have doctors here, but they can't find anything wrong with him after checking. They can only give him some medicine to nourish his qi and blood. Do you see that mountain over there?"

  The old man pointed outside, and it just so happened that a mountain could be seen in the distance. Today was foggy, and the green mountain looked hazy and unreal, as if it were shrouded in a fairyland.

  The old man continued: "My son often goes into the mountains to chop firewood and comes back, every time he leaves in the morning and returns in the afternoon, at the latest before dark. Just over ten days ago, it rained heavily, but he didn't come back, even after dark, so several of us went up the mountain to look for him. We found him in a ditch, covered in injuries, no idea how he fell, fortunately without breaking any bones, but this is even more frightening than if he had broken his bones. He's been bedridden ever since, his face getting paler by the day, unable to speak, increasingly confused, and when you talk to him, he doesn't respond... Alas..."

  The old man said, seemingly feeling particularly bitter, and sighed: "Our family has only him as a boy, I don't know how he's turned out this way, what can we do now?"

  Wen Baiyu furrowed his brow as he listened, unsure what was in that mountain.

  The old man was talking, and the young man next to him who was wearing headphones seemed to be in a daze, as if he had heard what the old man said. However, he was wearing headphones, and the sound from them was really too loud. Wen Baiyu thought that he must not have been able to hear the old man's words clearly, perhaps because he was distracted by something else.

  The young man ate and soon left with his backpack on, he was alone and had no travel companion.

  Wen Bai Yu stretched his neck and looked around, that young man seemed to be walking in the direction of the mountain that Lao Da Ye had mentioned earlier.

  Wen Baiyu was still watching when Wan Jingshou suddenly reached out and covered his eyes. Wen Baiyu was taken aback, then pulled down Wan Jingshou's hand and said, "What are you doing?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said faintly: "You look at others, I'm not happy."

  Ye Liu responded with a laugh and turned to look at Luo Qifeng, saying: "Uncle, uncle, you see how smoothly Wang Qi Jinghou speaks sweet words, why don't you try saying some too?"

  Luo Qi's face was thinner than a leaf, and he immediately turned red with embarrassment, saying "Honestly, let's just eat."

  Ye Liu Xiang was rubbing against the stool, shaking his head and saying: "I'm out of energy, my hands are trembling, it's all because you used too much force last night, feed me instead."

  Luo Qifeng's face turned bright red, he coughed and handed the spoon to Ye Liuxiang, saying: "Eat quickly."

  Wen Baiyu glanced at Ye Liuxiang and found out that the two of them didn't do a good job last night.

  Everyone ate and packed some back to their rooms, letting the four little ones out to have breakfast too.

  The little Blood Orchid finally managed to squeeze out of the backpack and immediately ran over to hug Little Feather, who still wanted to play with Egg. The little Blood Orchid used vines to create flowers and started swinging on a swing, opening flowers and playing tricks, quickly attracting Little Feather's attention.

  Wen Baiyu was busy feeding the little ones, after eating, everyone cleaned up and prepared to go up the mountain to take a look. After all, Old Jiang, this unreliable person, had not arrived yet, and they were idle anyway.

  After what happened last night, Wen Baiyu's heart was like a rabbit in her chest, wanting to figure out who was in the next room and what had happened.

  Everyone brought some simple luggage and put on their backpacks, ready to take a look around.

  Four people strolled along, unhurried, as they had gotten up early and finished breakfast with plenty of time to spare. They planned to take a walk around the area before heading into the mountains.

  The scenery around is very good, Beijing has already become a snowy scene, but here is full of green grass and flowers everywhere. Wen Baiyu wore short sleeves and a thin coat outside, walked for a while, and actually felt a bit hot and sweated.

  The air is extremely fresh, which can't be compared to the city. The surrounding area is a bit foggy, making the air slightly humid. Four people are walking slowly on the small path, and it's hard to believe that this place, which seems like a paradise, would be "haunted".

  Wen Baiyu walked, feeling someone hooking his fingers. He turned his head to see that Wan Jingshou was using his hand to hook his fingers, occasionally hooking two more times in the palm of Wen Baiyu's hand.

  There was no one in this place at all, Wen Baiyu didn't move either, and let Wan Kuang Jinghou hold his hand, the feeling was quite good.

  Four people walked forward, and soon they climbed up the mountain. The scenery in the mountain was not bad either. They walked until noon, but didn't find anything, nor did they meet anyone, let alone something scary, and there were no eerie places at all.

  Suddenly, the sound of footsteps "rustling" came over, and Wen Baiyu soon saw a little girl with a basket slung over her shoulder, humming a tune as she walked from afar. It was Lao Dage's little daughter, Cai Que.

  Cai Que saw them, seemingly a little surprised, her eyes locked onto Wan Kuang Jing Hou's body, blushing and smiling, saying: "Are you guests? You've also come into the mountains? This mountain is very difficult to walk, be careful not to go too deep."

  The magpie spoke with a lively spirit, looking like an innocent little girl, asking if they wanted to continue walking, and if they wanted to go back, they could walk together.

  Four people also entered the mountain for the first time, with many trees and stones, it's indeed easy to get lost. After checking the time, it was already lunchtime, so they prepared to head back. Cai Juan led the way cheerfully, but didn't dare speak to Wan Qi Jing Hou.

  The colorful magpie jumped and walked in front, Wan Qi Jinghou stretched out his hand to hook Wen Baiyu's fingers, Wen Baiyu shook it twice, but Wan Qi Jinghou seemed more reluctant to let go of his fingers, still pinching his fingertips, gently scratching, scratching a tingling sensation from the fingertips.

  While walking, Cai Que enthusiastically introduced the local scenery to everyone.

  Just then, a sudden "huff-huff" sound was heard, and a figure rushed out from the slope, Caixia was unprepared and thought it was a wild beast, letting out an "ah-" cry.

  That figure suddenly fell in front of Cai Que, seemingly very weak, but quickly got up.

  Wen Baiyu fixed her eyes on him and found it was the young man wearing headphones. The young man still wore his headphones, as if they were inseparable from his ears. The music coming out of the headphones was deafening, still that same tune, but louder this time.

  The peacock was startled and saw that it was a guest staying at his house, and immediately said: "Guest, are you okay?"

  The young man's face was extremely panicked, with a frightened expression, and he didn't care about the colorful magpie at all. He suddenly turned his head to look deep into the forest, as if something terrifying would run out from there at any moment.

  The young man panted heavily, immediately scrambled to his feet from the ground, covered in dirt and sweat on his forehead, ignoring them, hastily got up and continued running forward.

  Wen Baiyu looked strangely at the depths of the forest, but there was nothing.

  The young man's movements were quick, running forward while looking back over his shoulder, his expression always somewhat terrified.

  Cai Que didn't know what had happened, and she looked deeper into the forest, suddenly getting a little scared. "Could it be that wild beasts have come? This forest occasionally has wild beasts, I've heard there are even bears."

  Wen Bai Yu looked at the young man who was running away with a suspicious gaze, his body was dirty and messy, as if he had been rolling in the mud.

  Cai Que was afraid that there really were ferocious beasts in the forest, and after what happened to her brother, almost no one dared to enter the mountain. If it weren't for picking medicine for her brother, Cai Que wouldn't have entered the mountain either.

  Cai Qu brought everyone to hurry down the mountain, and soon they descended. She was very familiar with this road. Cai Qu smiled and said: "As long as you don't go too deep, I know all around here. If a few guests want to play nearby, I can be your guide. There are many legends around here."

  Wen Baiyu saw Cai Que's enthusiasm and couldn't help but ask: "Why are you making a fuss about the mountain ghost here? How did you confirm it was a mountain ghost?"

  Cai Que was taken aback by his question and whispered: "Shh... we can't talk about the mountain ghosts in the mountains."

  Until they came down the mountain, Cai Que continued to speak in a low voice, "I don't know why it's a mountain ghost either, but I've heard older people say that there are many graves in this mountain, and the graves have been here for a very long time, so they became mountain ghosts. When we were young, if someone didn't listen, adults would say they'd send them to the mountain ghost, and the child wouldn't make trouble anymore. It's just what our ancestors have always said. This mountain is not often walked deep into, the fog in the mountains is very thick, it's easy to get lost."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Has anyone ever gone in?"

  The colorful magpie shook its head and said, "Anyway, our people don't dare to go in, nor have we seen any tombs. However, a group of adventurers came before, they all went deep into the mountains. I'm telling you, it's too scary, after entering the deep mountains, no one has ever come out."

  Wen Baiyu was shocked and said: "None of them have come out?"

  Cai Que said: "Yes, a group of people, also more than ten, both men and women, went in but never came out... But..."

  Cai Que said, lowering her voice and whispering: "But... that night I couldn't sleep, so I pushed open the window to take a look outside. You guys guess what I saw? I saw a person, covered in blood, really scary, walking from this side towards the outside of the village, don't know if it was someone who survived from the mountain or not, it was too scary, I... I didn't dare go out and take a look."

  Wen Baiyu touched his chin, thinking that those people were probably not adventurers, but tomb robbers. They weren't going to the deep mountains for adventure, but to find the tombs that Cai Que had mentioned, which was very likely the same batch of tombs discovered by Old Jiang, numbering in the hundreds or thousands...

  Everyone returned to the reception hall and saw a young man wearing headphones sitting alone at a table on the first floor, biting gauze to bandage his arm. The old man stood beside him, asking anxiously what had happened to him.

  The young man, still wearing his earphones, was sweating profusely and looked somewhat exhausted. He was panting heavily, "huffing and puffing", with a rather distracted expression on his face. Shaking his head, he said, "I just encountered a wolf in the mountains and got scared out of my wits."

  Cai Que rushed over to help as soon as she saw the guest was injured. It was Cai Que who had helped treat her big brother's wound when he got hurt before. Cai Que bandaged the young man's wound and warned him not to touch water at all costs.

  The young man thanked him and never took off his earphones, carrying his backpack and went upstairs.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the young man with curiosity, the young man's earphones were so loud, yet he could still hear others speaking.

  And his expression had already gathered up the terror, with a completely carefree face, bandaging wounds and eating breakfast with the same expression, where was there any feeling of encountering a wild beast?

  Everyone went upstairs to put down their luggage and would come down in a while to have lunch.

  Wen Baiyu pushed open the door and said, "I think there's something wrong with this young man."

  He nodded and said: "There's mud under his fingernails, and the way he looked just now, unless he went to roll in a pit, how could he get so dirty?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "Could he also be a rustic Confucian scholar who has come after hearing the rumors?"

  Wan Xi Jinghou shook his head and said: "I don't know about this either, I'll have to ask Old Jiang, who knows if he's the one who leaked the news."

  Wen Baiyu said with a mouthful of food: "This Old Jiang is really unreliable, he left first and still hasn't arrived yet."

  At more than twelve o'clock, everyone came downstairs to eat. At the dinner table, Luo Qifeng received a call.

  Luo Qifeng took a look at the incoming call display and showed it to everyone.

  It reads: Boss Jiang.

  Luo Qifeng picked up the phone, and Old Jiang's voice was loud, coming out of the mobile phone in a stuttering tone: "Oh no, this terrible weather... haze, pm2.5 exceeded, it's going to kill people... I've inhaled so much toxic air, now my head is spinning... can't take it, I just arrived at the airport, but I'm feeling a bit panicked and dizzy, I called an ambulance, you guys wait for a while on your side, I'll be there in a few days..."

  Mr. Jiang said something else, but Wen Baiyu didn't want to listen anymore and couldn't help but roll her eyes, Mr. Jiang indeed should call an ambulance, but he should see a psychiatrist...

  Luo Qifeng also felt a bit helpless, cut off the phone and put it back in his pocket, saying: "Forget it, let's just consider it a holiday, I don't know what kind of trick this Old Jiang is playing."

  The four were having dinner when the young man with earphones came down from upstairs again, changed his clothes and tidied up, looking much neater than before.

  A young man walked down carelessly, carrying a new backpack, and sat at another table. The old man brought the dishes quickly with the help of a waitress.

  "Are you all right, sir?" asked Cai Que.

  The young man nodded, indicating he was fine now.

  The young man seemed reluctant to talk, and Cai Que couldn't get a conversation going with him. After serving the dishes, he walked away to one side.

  Cai Que actually wanted to chat with Wan Kuang Jing Hou, but Wan Kuang Jing Hou always wore a very cold face and rarely spoke, even more aloof than the young man. Cai Que could only exchange a couple of sentences with Wen Bai Yu at most.

  Wen Baiyu asked around again, and indeed there were mountains and rivers, but he couldn't find out where Old Jiang said the place was. There were so many tombs, and the villagers nearby didn't know at all. It's really unknown where these tombs are hidden.

  Four people ate and then went out for a walk around the area.

  Before entering the mountain, there is a pool of water. The lake water is very clear and greenish-blue in color. The shape of the lake resembles a large funnel, with shallower areas on the sides and a sudden depression in the middle, making it impossible to see the bottom.

  Tourists who come here occasionally rent a small bamboo raft and drift to the middle of the lake for fun. On the lakeside, there is also a small bamboo raft, which belongs to Lao Da Ye's family.

  This lake is closest to the village, and although there are many other lakes nearby, they are all quite far away, requiring a walk, so villagers from the village come here to fetch water or wash clothes.

  They came over just after lunchtime and saw several women squatting by the lake washing clothes, chatting and laughing while they worked, talking about whose daughter should get married, whose son had made a name for himself in the city and come back with a car.

  The young man wearing headphones was just by the lake. Perhaps because the village is relatively small, he could be met wherever he went.

  A young man crouched by the lake, wearing a thin windbreaker that was neither long nor short, with no buttons fastened, and the corners of his clothes were dangling down, already wet from the lake water. He clutched several small stones in his hand, throwing them one by one into the lake. Four or five middle-aged women chatted beside him.

  Young people are lost in the crowd, can't find out at all, look very ordinary, but take a closer look, his facial features are extremely outstanding, refreshing with a touch of delicacy, with a feeling of spring breeze on the face, but also don't know why, such facial features combined together, became a common face.

  Ordinary young people did not attract the attention of those women and continued to talk while throwing stones.

  As Wen Baihe and the others walked over, those women were chatting happily, seemingly talking about Lao Da Ye's son at home, saying it was a pity that he had fallen ill like this. He was originally quite promising, knew many people in the city, and could earn a lot of money.

  Those women were talking, when the young man wearing earphones suddenly stared blankly for a moment, then as if he had thought of something, his eyes widened, and his slightly dark pupils reflected the lake water, feeling clear and bottomless.

  His expression was extremely surprised, then suddenly stood up, threw his backpack to the ground with a "bang", there were many things in the backpack, seemingly quite heavy, and the women next to him were startled.

  Wen Baiyu clearly heard the sound of metal coming from his backpack, which seemed to be a shovel. It appeared that their guesses were mostly correct, and this young man was not here for tourism.

  What surprised the women even more was that after the young man threw his luggage on the ground, he started taking off his outerwear and directly threw his windbreaker on the ground. He only had a thin long-sleeved shirt underneath, which he took off immediately, exposing his upper body.

  "Oh no!"

  The women next to him were all shocked. This place is relatively small and conservative, where can you find a big man exposing his chest in broad daylight, and still in front of so many women?

  Those women were all startled, and saw the young man not idle, taking off his own pants, just when the women wanted to shout "pervert", the young man suddenly plunged into the lake with a "splash".

  Water splashed out, splashing those women in the face. The women were all stunned, looking at that young man and thinking he must have a problem with his brain.

  Wen Baiyu was stunned, wondering what the young man had suddenly thought of, and actually took off his clothes and jumped into the water. Looking at his expression, he didn't seem to want to swim at all, and what surprised Wen Baiyu the most was that the young man's earphones were still on when he jumped into the water.

  After the young people jumped in, it took about a minute, and surprisingly, none of them came out.

  The women beside him looked at the water in surprise, the lake surface was a little rippled at first, and then gradually calmed down. The young man plunged in and didn't move again, don't know what he's doing, because he dove too deep, the lake water is deep, even if it's clear, you can't see anything.

  Ye Liu looked at the lake and said in surprise: "He's not going to commit suicide, is he?"

  An ordinary person's underwater breath-holding time can reach one minute, and one minute is already not bad. Two minutes are for gods, but it also depends on the amount of exercise after entering the water, and the oxygen consumption will not be too high.

  Wen Baiyu glanced at her watch and saw that a minute and a half had passed, and it was almost two minutes. She really didn't know what the young man was doing, and she couldn't help but wonder if he was actually trying to commit suicide.

  "Ah, it's moving!"

  Ye Liu Xiang suddenly pointed at the lake surface, and the water suddenly bubbled up with many bubbles "gurgling" rapidly emerging. A figure quickly dove upwards, and because the water was very clear, the young man quickly came up and clearly saw it.

  But just as the young man was about to dive in, the figure suddenly sank again, and the bubbles on the lake surface "gurgled" out even faster.

  "Wen Baiyu immediately said: 'Not good, he choked on water, right?'"

  Luo Qifeng didn't have time to take off his clothes, and directly lay down in the water. He immediately dove underwater, grabbed hold of the young man's neck from behind, and pulled him backwards with force. Then he quickly broke through the surface of the water and swam towards the shore.

  Everyone scrambled to pull Ruo Qi Feng and the young man ashore, while the women nearby gathered around, chattering and gossiping.

  Luó Qī Fēng was good at swimming and didn't dive too deep, nothing happened to him. However, when he pulled the young man out of the water, his face was covered in blood, which frightened the women nearby into screams.

  The blood on the young man's face was washed away by water, but soon flowed down again. Wen Baiyu squatted down to check his wound and found that the young man had quickly swum upstream due to the water pressure, which caused the capillaries to burst, resulting in a lot of nosebleed. His eyes were also slightly congested, but fortunately, his eyes were fine, just a lot of nosebleed. The nosebleed smeared on his face was quite frightening.

  The young man lay on the ground, his abdomen slightly bulging, and he must have swallowed water. His chest didn't move at all.

  Wen Baiyu immediately helped him up, and the young man was bleeding from his nose. He lay on his back, which made it easy for him to choke on the blood.

  He slightly moved the young man, and the young man coughed out a lot of water, but his breathing was still very weak.

  Ye Liu Xiang pressed his nose to stop the bleeding, and Wen Bai Yu pressed on his chest to make him spit out the water. The young man had inhaled a lot of water, and it was unclear what he had done at the bottom of the water. He had actually inhaled so much water, and even though he knew that oxygen was running out, he still didn't come up from the bottom of the water.

  The nosebleed stopped quickly, but the young man didn't wake up even after vomiting water. Wen Baiyu saw that he had earphones wrapped around his neck and hurriedly reached out to pull down the earphone cord.

  "Is he still not awake? Is he dead? Should we give him artificial respiration?"

  Ye Liu Xiang blinked her eyes and looked at Xiao Feng, saying: "I'm coming, I'm coming, I haven't done it yet!"

  Luo Qi Feng: "......"

  After all, it's a human life, doing CPR and things like that, Ruo Qifeng doesn't actually object to it, but Ye Liuxiang has no experience at all.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the young man's pale face and said, "I'll go."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou's face was not happy, but he didn't stop Wen Bai Yu. Just as Wen Bai Yu was about to bow his head, someone said: "Ah, the weather is still pretty good here..."

  It was actually Old Jiang's voice, and everyone turned around in surprise, staring at Old Jiang as if they had seen a ghost. At noon, he said he needed an ambulance to go to the hospital, but just a few hours later, he appeared behind them. How could people not be shocked?

  Only to see Mr. Jiang still wearing a earth-yellow suit, with earth-yellow pants below, carrying luggage, looking like he just arrived, his face was waxen and yellow, very tall, if you don't look at his face, it's really a clothes rack, but his face is thin and yellow, with wrinkles, a sly and dry appearance.

  Mr. Jiang dragged his suitcase, still flipping his pinky finger, and his hands were long and flexible, I guess the person being controlled would definitely scream, but on one condition, he shouldn't flip his pinky finger, and it's so exaggerated!

  Boss Jiang walked over and immediately saw the young man lying on the ground, shouting in surprise: "Ah, what's going on? Is he dead?"

  Mr. Jiang threw down his luggage and quickly squatted down, reached out to press the young man's chest, saying: "So you choked on water."

  He said, suddenly lowering his head, and before everyone could react, they saw Old Jiang's yellowish face with deep wrinkles pressed down, his lips stuck to the young man's lips, his hands pinching the young man's nose and chin, forcing him to open his mouth, and then he blew air in fiercely.

  "Cough!"

  The young man suddenly coughed several times, violently coughing, with water gushing out of his mouth. He abruptly opened his eyes to see a lewd and sallow face, and was so startled that he coughed several more times, pushing Old Man Jiang away with one hand.

  Boss Jiang retreated five or six steps, let out a loud "Ah yo!" and sat down on the ground, saying: "Ahh, you little brat, how can you be so unreasonable? I'm your lifesaver, how can you be so impolite?"

  Everyone was still in shock, and couldn't help but frown, their eyelids twitching. Wen Baiyu, however, seemed to understand the young man a bit. With one glance at his face, he pointed at him with his index finger, asking why he was being so rude.

  But the young man's reaction was also a bit too much, after all, he did CPR and saved his life...

  The young man covered his mouth, staring at Old Jiang in shock, his eyes wide with surprise. He then used the back of his hand to vigorously wipe his mouth, as if he had eaten something bitter, his face twisted in a mixture of confusion and astonishment.

  The young man scrambled up from the ground, quickly picked up his clothes and took off with his backpack.

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Luo Qifeng saw Old Jiang still lying on the ground and kindly helped him up.

  Luo Qifeng said: "Boss Jiang, didn't you say you'd come in two days?"

  Mr. Jiang took out his handkerchief to wipe his suit, then pulled out a new toothbrush and toothpaste from his luggage, "Brushing his teeth with a 'swish swish' sound, he muttered: "Yeah, I called the ambulance and said I inhaled toxic gas, great! The rescue center thought I was kidding them and told me if I call again they'll report it to the police. I'm going to complain about them!"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Bai's eyelids twitched rapidly as she turned her head to look, and Wan Qi Jing Hou also had a twitching expression on his face. It seemed that it wasn't just herself who couldn't stand this Old Jiang.

  Luo Qifeng's clothes got wet, so everyone had to return to the reception room, just in time to settle down Old Jiang and put down their luggage.

  They entered the reception hall, and seeing Ruo Xi's condition, the old man asked Cai Hong to boil some hot water, then led Jiang Zhenning to a room on the second floor that had been prepared in advance.

  They went upstairs when Mr. Jiang was still brushing his teeth, as if he had a cleanliness obsession, and brushed his teeth so hard that they were about to fall out, having already brushed them for the fourth time on the way over.

  The old man pushed open the door, and Mr. Jiang was just putting down his luggage, preparing to go downstairs with them. Everyone was waiting outside, and as soon as Mr. Jiang put down his luggage and came out, the door of the next room opened, and coincidentally, it was a young man.

  The young man has changed his clothes, and his hair is still a bit wet. He put on earphones again, which seem to be new ones. I don't know why the young man loves listening to music so much, as if he had prepared many earphones.

  The young man's eyes widened as soon as he saw Old Jiang, and then his face showed disgust. Subconsciously, he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, as if to wipe off a layer of skin from his lips.

  The young man saw Old Jiang brushing his teeth, and his face immediately turned red, but not from shyness, rather from anger-induced congestion. He was biting his lip, as if he might punch someone at any moment.

  "Ah, it's you young fellow! You still haven't thanked me yet. If it weren't for me, you'd have drowned to death by now. I'm your benefactor, and you push me away like that? It's really not right!"

  Mr. Jiang was still talking non-stop, brushing his teeth with his index finger while speaking, the young man's face turned redder and redder, then started to turn blue, as black as a pot bottom.

  The old man was still beside her, and Cai Que happened to bring hot water over just then.

  The young man seemed to have finally lost his patience and stared at Old Jiang, saying: "You lick my tongue!"

  The young man finished speaking, and everyone had an expression of shock and astonishment on their faces. They looked at Old Man Jiang and then back at the young man.

  The young man couldn't help but say it out loud, and his dark face turned red again. He glared at Old Jiang fiercely, as if he wasn't satisfied, walked over and bumped into Old Jiang's shoulder, causing him to stumble. The toothbrush in his mouth even fell out, then quickly went downstairs.

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu was shocked, no wonder the young man was so angry. It turned out that Old Jiang had taken advantage of the young man by using artificial respiration earlier and then framed him as a bad person first...

  Mr. Jiang picked up the toothbrush from the ground, with toothpaste foam in his mouth, and said: "Oh my, young people these days..."

  Shaking his head with a still somewhat helpless expression.

  Mr. Jiang put away his luggage and went to rinse off the toothpaste, Luo Qifeng changed out of his wet clothes, everyone arrived at the first floor, sat in the hall, the old man poured them a pot of honey wine, saying it was a local specialty, everyone sat together discussing official business.

  The young people had gone out, so the old master and Cai Yun withdrew to discuss serious matters, leaving only five people.

  Boss Jiang sat down and said calmly, "Well, this time we're here to make a fortune. However, I've heard that things haven't been peaceful around here lately, and some people on the road have also set their sights on this place."

  "Who is that young man?"

  Boss Jiang said, "Of course it is! Oh my, I was just testing him out earlier. Don't look at that kid's thin and weak appearance, he actually has some strength to his foundation. He pushed me hard enough to hurt, oh my, it hurts so much! I need to call an ambulance!"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu really wanted to get up and knock on Old Jiang's head to see if it was stuffed with cotton!

  Wan Qi Jing Hou looked at Old Jiang with a cold expression and said, "When are we departing?"

  Mr. Jiang said: "On my way here, I saw several cars heading in this direction, of course the earlier we leave the better."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "What about the route?"

  Boss Jiang smiled, the wrinkles on his face all flew up, and said: "Ah, the route is naturally in my hands. Do you see that mountain? We'll go in from there, then there's a water cave inside, we'll pass through it, and then..."

  He said, pulling out a black notebook from his pocket and flipping through it, seemingly looking at the route, "Then... we'll talk about it when we get there, then we'll talk about it again."

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but rub his temples, and Old Jiang stood up after finishing speaking, going upstairs to fetch his luggage.

  Wen Baiyu rubbed his temples and said, "This Old Jiang, isn't he a bit of a problem? He's already arrived here, but he's still not saying where the place is, and he's with another group of people?"

  "He looks a bit suspicious, but actually he's quite cautious. Anyway, he's leading the way, so we just follow him."

  Everyone also went upstairs, took their luggage and quickly came downstairs to gather, just met Cai Que at the door.

  Cai Que smiled and looked at Wan Xi Jing Hou, saying: "Wan Xi big brother, where are you going? I'm free today, I can be your guide."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou didn't say a word, and Old Man Jiang smiled with a face full of wrinkles, saying: "Oh dear little girl, we're going to take a casual stroll, we're all big masters, it's not good to bring you, such a delicate and lovely young lady."

  The peacock was teased by him and its face turned red, then it ran away shyly.

  Boss Jiang settled the matter with Cai Que, and led everyone to walk towards the mountain. He looked up at the sky and said, "Oh dear, the weather is not good today, it's very foggy and looks like it's going to rain, let's hurry."

  Everyone walked into the mountains, passing by the lake. Wen Baiyu looked at the lake with a dazed expression, and it was really impossible to see what was in the lake that would make young people suddenly jump in and not come out even if they were oxygen-deprived.

  The crowd quickly walked across the lake and into the mountains.

  The fog in the mountains is even thicker than this morning, and the ground is all damp, it really looks like rain.

  Everyone followed Boss Jiang up the road, Boss Jiang holding his small black notebook, walking and muttering to himself as he looked at it, but never letting anyone else see his map, with a mysterious look on his face.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Cai Que said that there are wild beasts in the mountain, and also bears. Did Old Jiang see them when he came before?"

  Mr. Jiang said: "Oh dear, I've never seen a wild beast."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is the tomb far from here? Can we get there before sunset?"

  "Alas, it's still far, when can we arrive? Alas, I don't know either."

  Wen Baiyu: “......”

  If it weren't for Boss Jiang's temperament being like this, Wen Baiyu would have definitely thought that Boss Jiang was intentionally toying with her!

  The crowd followed Old Jiang for three hours, a full three hours, circling around the mountain. Nobody recognized the road, and the scenery on the mountain was almost the same, all trees, grass, soil, and stones. Wen Baiyu had already lost her sense of direction and felt dizzy.

  Ye Liu Xiang was tired from walking, and shouted for Uncle to carry him. Rong Qifeng had good physical strength, so he carried Ye Liu Xiang on his back. Ye Liu Xiang was not being honest behind his back, rubbing against his ears. Rong Qifeng's ear roots were very sensitive, every time they did that kind of thing, Ye Liu Xiang only needed to kiss his ear roots, and Rong Qifeng would become as fierce as a wild beast, making Ye Liu Xiang cry out loud, but most of the time it was Ye Liu Xiang who asked for it...

  Luo Qifeng reached out and patted Ye Liuxiang's butt, turning his head to say: "Cut it out, or I'll toss you down."

  Ye Liu Xiang burst out laughing, was honest for a while, then started to viciously bite Luo Qi Feng's earlobe with his teeth, while licking with the tip of his tongue. Luo Qi Feng turned his head and glared at him with deep, grey-green eyes that seemed bottomless.

  Ye Liu Xiang's body immediately went numb, and he laughed as he whispered into Luo Qi Feng's ear: "Uncle, look at my terrifying gaze."

  Luo Qifeng said in a bad temper: "Wait for me to settle with you later, don't be so smug."

  Leafy streams gurgling with laughter, take advantage of the benefits first and then talk.

  Ye Liu Xiang was the only one who took a leisurely stroll, while everyone else hiked on foot. Jiang Lao Ban was panting heavily, and Wen Bai Yu was also getting tired. Wan Kuang Jing Hou reached out to support his waist and led him upwards.

  Soon, Wen Baiyu felt that Wan Qi Jinghou suddenly stopped in his tracks. Wen Baiyu also involuntarily came to a stop. The old man Jiang in front saw them stopping and said: "Ahh, hurry up, young people can't even keep up?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou looked at Old Jiang indifferently and said, "Do you really know the way?"

  Boss Jiang was taken aback by his question and said, "Ah, of course."

  Wan Qi Jinghou suddenly raised his hand and pointed to a tree beside him. Old Jiang looked over and saw that the tree had been carved with a pattern by a knife.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "When we went up the mountain before, I carved it on the way. We walked back again."

  Mr. Jiang's eyes widened in surprise for a moment, staring at the symbol in astonishment, then he began to flip through his little black notebook again, saying: "Oh dear, I took a wrong turn, young people's eyes are indeed good, it was my mistake, I should have gone this way."

  Wen Baiyu suddenly got a headache, Old Jiang was really unreliable, and the crowd followed Old Jiang to another side.

  Wen Baiyu whispered to Wan Jijinghou: "Hasn't he been here before? How can't he still find the way?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou narrowed his eyes and said: "There's something wrong with this person."

  Do you have a problem?

  Wen Baiyu couldn't help but take a closer look at Jiang Laoban in front of him, with his thumb and index finger pinched together, holding his small black notebook, every time he opened his mouth to say "Ah", with a very impure Hong Kong accent, looking very unreliable, however, just now he was very professional when doing CPR for the young man by the lake.

  They walked for another hour, and suddenly Old Jiang stuffed the little black notebook into his pocket and said, "Oh dear, we're lost."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu glared at Old Jiang and couldn't help but retort: "You've been wanting to say that for the past three hours, haven't you?"

  Mr. Jiang was ridiculed by Wen Baiyu, who smiled and said: "Oh my, young people are like that, they have some perseverance, if we get lost, we'll find the way, don't give up!"

  He said, patting his backpack and saying: "You see, I've brought a tent, being prepared for anything, after all I'm also an old hand at this, even if we can't get down the mountain, we can still spend the night in the mountains!"

  Prepare for every eventuality

  Wen Baiyu wondered how Old Jiang knew they would get lost and deliberately brought a tent to spend the night in the mountains.

  After walking for four hours, it was getting dark and foggy all around, making it impossible to continue. They had no choice but to set up Mr. Jiang's tent, which wasn't very big, requiring the five of them to squeeze in together.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou started a fire, and Jiang Boss surprisingly took out a small pot from his backpack, then took out several small bottles of seasonings from his backpack, and many canned goods.

  It was indeed well-prepared...

  Everything is so well-prepared for camping outdoors.

  Wen Baiyu looked at Old Jiang and said: "You're not planning to trick us into going out to the wilderness to kill us, are you?"

  Mr. Jiang smiled and opened the can, pouring it into a small pot, saying: "Oh my, you young people are so paranoid! Besides, all of you have such great skills, how could I possibly beat you?"

  Wen Baiyu thought this was indeed the case, and Old Man Jiang in his current state was absolutely no match for Wan Kuangying.

  Everyone had a good meal because Mr. Jiang had prepared everything so thoroughly, and dinner was quite delicious.

  After eating, Old Jiang sat down beside the fire and studied his little black book, holding it very close so that no one else could see.

  For a time, only the crackling of the fire was left, Wen Baiyu went into the tent and let out the little ones, feeding them food.

  The little ones were eating when they heard "patter patter" sounds. Wen Baiyu listened carefully and found that it was raining!

  It's raining outside, I guess everyone should get into the tent. Wen Baiyu quickly put the little ones in her backpack, and just as she had settled them down, a loud "roar" was heard from outside, followed by a beast's roar that came from afar.

  The white feathered tent was lifted open, and immediately another "roar" was heard.

  "What sound?" said Wen Baiyu.

  "Is it a wolf?" Mr. Jiang stammered.

  Wen Baiyu rolled her eyes and thought to herself, "Have you heard that wolves are supposed to howl? That wolf must have laryngitis!"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou narrowed his eyes and said: "It's a bear."

  Boss Jiang's teeth chattered "de de de" and he said: "Oh no, there really are bears? We won't... we won't be eaten by the bears, will we?"

  Old Jiang was still speaking when suddenly "Boom! Boom! Boom!" sounded, the rain poured down heavily, accompanied by a violent earth-shaking sound, something enormous was moving with a "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

  "Shhh... shhh... shhh..."

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou immediately stood up from the ground, took out the dragon scale dagger and grasped it in his hand, staring tightly at the woods behind him, saying: "Something is coming."

  Boss Jiang said: "Is it a bear!?"

  "Bang!" A black shadow suddenly burst out of the bushes and rushed towards them.

  Everyone was on high alert, staring at the black shadow. The dragon-scale dagger of Wan Xizhou suddenly flashed past and landed on the black shadow's shoulder.

  The black shadow shook violently and immediately stopped moving, revealing a look of surprise, panting "huff huff".

  Wen Baiyu fixed her eyes on him and found it was surprisingly the young man wearing headphones.

  The young man had a rustic look on his face, with sweat all over his forehead and his eyes wide open, panting heavily. He was holding something in his arms, a large bronze box that looked very heavy.

  The young man glanced at them and when he saw Old Jiang, his face suddenly stiffened.

  Boss Jiang let out a sigh of relief and said: "Ah, young man, is your throat uncomfortable? If it's uncomfortable, just cough, why are you yelling?"

  The young man looked at Old Jiang with a contemptuous expression, panting and unable to speak.

  At this moment, Wan Qi Jing Hou suddenly narrowed his eyes and slapped the young man's shoulder. The young man's body tilted to one side, and he was knocked flying out at an angle. At the same time, a loud "roar" was heard, and a dark brown object burst out of the thicket.

  "There really is a bear!!"

  Boss Jiang let out a loud cry and immediately fled in disarray.

  The young man fell to the ground, with the bronze box in his arms pressed under his body. He immediately got up and picked up the bronze box on the ground, but the bronze box seemed too heavy. The mad dog bear continued to pounce on the young man.

  The dog bear was covered in blood and had a bloody smell, staring with a pair of glowing eyes, furiously chasing after the young man.

  The young people hugged the bronze box and rolled to the ground, dodging the dog bear's attack. The dog bear's large paws waved and slapped over, "pa" a sound that slapped their tent flying.

  Wen Baiyu saw that the mad dog was chasing after a young man, while others seemed to have not seen anything. The key must be the bronze box in the young man's arms.

  The young man panted "huffing and puffing", hugging the box and running forward, with a "thud" he fell to the ground, the bear chased after him with a "thumping" sound, its big paw swung down and slapped the boy's head.

  "Ah!" Old Jiang shouted loudly, while shouting and yelling: "Ah! What are you holding in your arms? Is it a bear or honey? Throw it away quickly, throw it away!"

  Mr. Jiang suddenly pounced over, embracing the young man, and the two of them rolled down into the mountain ditch, flattening a patch of grass and making a "rustling" sound. A bear's paw swiped directly over their heads, scraping against Mr. Jiang's cheek and splashing out a piece of blood.

  Two people rolled into a mountain ditch and instantly fell into darkness, unable to be found.

  The dog bear smelled the taste of fresh blood and became even more frantic. Unable to find the young man, it turned to attack Wen Baihe and others instead.

  The bear rushed over, stretching out its palm to hit them. Wan Kuang Jing Hou's dagger flashed once, and the bear's palm immediately had a very long blood mark cut on it, with fresh blood flowing out. At the same time, he kicked his foot, and the bear immediately rolled out, its massive body struggling to get up from the ground.

  The dog bear roared with rage and then lowered its head to lick its own blood, but not the wound, rather it was licking its own blood in a frenzy, as if this dog bear liked drinking blood.

  The bear dog glared at everyone furiously, and Wan Qi Jing Hou stretched out his hand to block Wen Bai Yu behind him.

  At this time, Wen Baiyu's backpack moved, and Xiao Chonglong crawled out from inside, holding Egg in his arms. Egg had eaten something and fallen asleep, but was woken up by the sound of Dog Xiong, and then started crying "Woo Woo". Xiao Chonglong seemed very unhappy, coaxing Egg on one side, while flying out of the backpack with a "Whoosh" on the other.

  Wen Bai Yu was afraid that the dog bear would attack the little ones, and just as he was about to reach out to stop Xiao Chui Long, he saw Xiao Chui Long spread its wings, transform into a snake tail, and with a red snake tail with an iron hook, it fiercely lashed out. The dog bear let out a loud "roar" as it was hit in the face by the snake tail. Everyone had witnessed Xiao Chui Long's strange strength before, and now they saw the massive dog bear let out a loud "whooshing" sound as it was sent flying by Xiao Chui Long's tail. With a loud "thud", it crashed into a tree, which wasn't too thick, and was directly snapped in half...