Chapter 79: Nanke's Dream 2
After Wan Jie Jing Hou and Wen Bai Yu had dinner, or rather, after Wan Jie Jing Hou fed Wen Bai Yu, he made a phone call to Di Liang.
Di Liang heard Wan Qi Jing Hou say, and immediately said: "I know."
Wen Baiyu sat on her phone and said, "You don't even need a name, you already know?"
Di Liang said: "He is one of my senior fellow apprentices. Once you mentioned that he is now an associate professor, I roughly knew who it was."
"What's going on? Very distinctive?"
Di Liang said: "Yes, his age is much older than my teacher's. Calculating it now, he should be around seventy years old."
Wen Baiyu said in surprise: "So big?"
Di Liang said: "So I remember very clearly, but this senior fellow has not been following the teacher for ten years, don't know what happened, anyway had a falling out with the teacher, if you call to ask, I reckon won't get anything out of it."
Wen Baiyu stroked his chin.
Wan Kuang quickly hung up the phone, and Wen Baiyu said, "Sounds like a lot of trouble."
He said, stretching his hands and feet, with a bitter face: "Then what can I do? Do I have to be so small for the rest of my life?"
"Who allowed you to run around everywhere?"
Wen Baiyu said: "I'm going to Yu Lao's shop to take a look, is that also considered running around?"
Wan Xi Jing Hou looked down at him and said, "As long as you're not with me, it's all a mess."
Wen Baiyu: "......"
Wen Baiyu felt that there was nothing good to say about this tyrant, so the next day after 9 o'clock, Wan Jiahao called Di Liang's senior fellow apprentice.
Just as He Di Liang predicted, Wan Kuang Jing Hou only said a sentence to recognize Professor Fang, and the other party sneered and said: "There is nothing you want here, don't call again."
He hung up after finishing speaking.
Wen Baiyu blinked her eyes and said: "It seems that it's really over, what exactly happened?"
Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head, and Wen Bai Yu said: "Is this line really broken? What to do then, do we have to start from Xu Wei again?"
Just then, Wen Baiyu's phone rang, the incoming call display was an unknown number, Wen Baiyu looked at Wan Jinhao, and Wan Jinhao walked over to put the phone on speaker.
The phone was connected for about three seconds, and no one spoke. Wen Baiyu felt a little strange and said, "Hello?"
The other party remained silent for several seconds and still didn't speak, with only silence coming from the phone.
Wen Baiyu made another "hmmph" sound and said: "Who are you looking for?"
Just as Wen Baiyu felt inexplicable and let Wan Kuang hang up the phone, a voice finally came from the mobile phone.
A man's voice, to be exact very young.
"I have what you're looking for."
The other party's voice was around twenty years old, with a hint of childishness, but spoke with an air of maturity.
Wen Baiyu was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Wan Jijinghou and said, "Who are you?"
The other party smiled and said: "What business is it of yours who I am? I have what you're looking for."
Wen Baiyu said: "I don't know who you are, how did you know what we're looking for?"
The other person said firmly: "A piece of tattered cloth."
Wen Baiyu was stunned again, and the other person said: "There is a picture drawn above, do you know what kind of picture it is?"
Wen Baiyu hadn't spoken yet, and the other party didn't hope he would respond either. He continued to say: "It's a sacrificial picture of Zhou Chouguo, but in fact it's a map."
He finished speaking, paused for a moment, and said: "How about it, are you interested?"
Wen Baiyu glanced at Wan Jingshou, who finally spoke up in a cold tone, saying: "The map is with Professor Guan. What's yours?"
The other party was silent for a while, and Wan Qi Jing Hou seemed to be in no hurry either. After a long time, the other party finally spoke up and said, "I am Professor Guan's son."
Wen Baiyu was slightly surprised. If this person was Professor Guan's son, then it would make sense that he had that piece of cloth in his hand.
Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "What is your purpose in finding us?"
The other party seems to have changed from being proactive to passive, somewhat unpleasant, and their voice has also become colder. However, compared to Wang Qi Jing Hou, they are still far inferior, and always seem a bit immature.
The other party said: "I can take you to find Zhou Rongguo, but there is a condition, I must bring me with you, and there are things I need to find there."
Wan Qi Jing Hou paused for about two seconds and said: "Deal."
The other party smiled and said: "Okay, you guys go to Yunnan to find me, when we meet I'll send you a text message."
He finished speaking and hung up quickly.
Wen Baiyu looked at her phone in confusion and said, "Wait a minute, how can it be Yunnan? According to the Shan Hai Jing, Zhou Ruo Guo is east of the Meng Niao, which is a country in the Overseas South Classics. No matter what, it shouldn't be in Yunnan."
Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said: "Going to take a look is always better than having no leads at all."
He said with a smile, "You don't need to buy an airplane ticket at your current height."
Wen Baiyu almost choked to death in an instant, and Wan Jiahui scolded people without using dirty words, which was too damaging.
Tang Zi and Yu Wei Yang also heard about this matter, Yu Wei Yang wanted to follow along, after all, this small coffin was collected by him. Wen Bai Yu suddenly became smaller, Yu Wei Yang was also worried, Yu Wei Yang wanted to follow along, Tang Zi naturally followed along as well.
Everyone made some preparations. The man soon sent a message telling them the time, asking them to go to a hotel after getting off the plane and gather there before driving again.
Yu Wei Yang went to buy a ticket, and then brought that small coffin too. In order to avoid others touching the peach wood sword again, Yu Wei Yang wrapped it in cloth so it wouldn't be touched.
Wan Jingshou took Wen Baiyu to the supermarket before leaving, and Wen Baiyu lay in his pocket, bored, watching Wan Jingshou buy some food and equipment needed for camping.
Wen Baiyu looked at the can of beef he often ate, and one can was actually bigger than himself, it could be used as a bathtub. This can should be enough for him to eat for a week.
Wan Qi Jing Hou put all the things he wanted into the shopping cart. Wen Bai Yu said, "Be careful, don't bump into me."
Wan Qi Jing Hou swept away the food and daily necessities that needed to be bought, and purchased the necessary items, such as disposable bowls, chopsticks, plastic wrap, and the like. Just before checking out, he suddenly saw a toy area where children were gathered and couldn't help but stop in his tracks.
Wen Baiyu saw that he wasn't leaving, so she looked up at Wan Qi Jing Hou and followed his line of sight, smiling as she said: "What's wrong? You still have a childlike heart, do you want to buy some toys?"
Wan Qi Jing Hou smiled slightly but didn't say anything, and pushed the shopping cart towards the toy section.
Wen Baiyu was even more surprised, imagining the scene of Wan Jiahao excitedly buying a toy bear, it was too beautiful...
Wan Qi Jing Hou is very tall and handsome, and he doesn't have any children following him. As soon as he walks by, he becomes the center of attention.
Wan Qi Jing Hou's gaze was not on those lovely toys, but instead went around to the innermost part, where there were many clothes for the dolls that could be changed.
Wen Baiyu looked at him picking up a large box, inside which were laid out clothes for dolls, and suddenly his temples bulged with anger, saying: "Those are clothes for girl dolls!"
Wan Xi Jing Hou raised an eyebrow and said, "However, there are many doll-like girls, and they usually wear girls' clothes."
If there weren't so many people around, Wen Baiyu really wanted to pounce on him and bite him a few times.
Wan Xi Jing Hou was actually just teasing him, and soon put down the box in his hand, then looked at the shelves beside him, and finally found a set of men's doll clothes, including casual wear, shirts, suits, and even a tailcoat, all made with fine workmanship, and there were shoes to match.
A salesgirl walked over, smiling at Wang Qishan and said: "Sir, buying something for your daughter?"
Wan Qi Jing Hou didn't show any disgust, but instead smiled and replied: "No, it's for my son."
Wen Baiyu: "......"
Wen Baiyu sat down at the bottom of the pocket with a thud, then used his feet to kick Wan Jiahui, gritting his teeth in his heart, who is the son, your whole family are sons.
Wan Qi Jing Hou finally took the boxed set to pay for it, then carried the gift he bought for his "son" and went home.
As soon as they arrived home, Wen Baiyu jumped out of Wan Kuang's pocket and hopped onto the box, stomping her foot and saying, "What kind of evil thing is this?"
Wan Xi Jing Hou pulled him down and opened the box, saying: "I've prepared a spare set of clothes for you. I think they should fit just right, try them on."
Wen Bai's hands were clasped behind her back as she sat on one side, which meant that she absolutely would not wear it.
Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "It's not a girl's clothes, and this time you go out, if the clothes are broken, do you want to be naked?"
Wen Baiyu finally admitted defeat, and Wan Qi Jinghou took out all the clothes from the box, laying them out on the bed one by one. There were five sets in total, including a set of pajamas, and the clothes had large rabbit ears on them, with fluffy rabbit tails on the pants, and the slippers were shaped like rabbit heads.
Wen Baiyu looked at the pink and white rabbit pajamas and almost vomited blood.
One casual outfit, one sportswear, one suit, one tailcoat, and a set of pajamas. Wen Baiyu tried them on once, and they fit just right, but after all, they were for dolls to wear, so it didn't feel very comfortable wearing them, but it was still better than having nothing.
Wen Baiyu discovered the most important point, which is that these clothes are just clothes and don't have underwear...
Wan Xi Jing Hou looked at Wen Bai Yu wearing a black mini suit, looking exquisite and neat, with the collar buttoned up tightly, full of a sense of restraint, couldn't help but smile and say: "This one is not bad."
Wen Baiyu turned around in a circle, pulled her coat and said: "I also think I look good in a suit, men in suits are handsome."
Wan Xi Jing Hou then smiled and said: "Mm, it's getting me a bit excited."
Wen Baiyu's eyes widened suddenly and she said: "Are you blind or something? You're reacting to just a tiny bit of me?"
Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said: "But I still like that rabbit pajamas the most, you look very tender when wearing it."
Tender...
What on earth...
Wen Baiyu suddenly discovered that Wan Kuang Jinghou had a bad taste, and she immediately trembled all over.
Wan Qi Jing Hou packed the small clothes he bought into his luggage, which didn't take up much space, and then packed his daily necessities and food.
They finished their meal and left home at a little past one in the afternoon. Tang Zi and Yu Wei Yang were both at the small restaurant, waiting for them to arrive before heading to the airport together.
The warm white feather pendant was hung on the upper pocket of Wan Qi Jing Hou's shirt, and Yu Wei Yang saw it and couldn't help but want to laugh, saying: "You look quite cute like this."
Wen Baiyu shot him a glance and said: "What's cute about it? I can't even hold chopsticks, being unable to eat on my own is really too painful."
Yu Wei Yang said matter-of-factly: "Let Wan Qi Jing Hou feed you, he's definitely willing."
Wan Xi Jing Hou cooperated with a "hmm" and said: "I agree."
Wen Baiyu's face suddenly turned a little red, and she coughed without saying anything.
It was a small plane, with only two seats in a row. Tang Ziran and Yu Wei Yang sat together, while next to Wan Kuang Jing Hou sat a man in his twenties, who had a strong scent of perfume and wore eyeliner.
Wen Baiyu almost suffocated from the smell of perfume.
After the plane took off, Wen Baiyu was about to fall asleep when he heard the man next to him strike up a conversation with Wan Jinghou and ask for his name.
Wen Baiyu suddenly woke up and quietly poked her head out, thinking that Wan Jingshou's recruitment of women was already surprising, but unexpectedly he could even recruit men.
Wen Baiyu thought about it again and felt that it wasn't right, he was also a man...
The man kept talking to Wan Jie Jing Hou, first asking Wan Jie Jing Hou's name, Wan Jie Jing Hou ignored him, and then asked what brand of perfume Wan Jie Jing Hou liked, whether the fragrance on himself smelled good or not.
Wen Baiyu felt a bit uncomfortable in her heart, this person was too obvious, and didn't they see that she was here? They were openly flirting with Wang Qi Jing Hou.
Wen Baiyu thought for a moment, then took advantage of everyone's inattention and crawled out of the pocket of the silent institution. He jumped onto the seat next to him and climbed up along the back of the man's neck.
The man was still enthusiastically flirting when he suddenly let out a loud "ah!" and slapped the back of his neck, as if he felt something there.
There is indeed something, or someone.
Wen Baiyu ran up, the man's hand patted him, he immediately jumped up, fortunately did not get hit.
Wan Kui Jing had already seen him and immediately looked displeased, saying: "Get down quickly."
The man thought there was a big bug in his collar, immediately shouting and screaming, unfastening his seatbelt and jumping back and forth in the aisle, cursing and saying that there were bugs on the plane, including cockroaches.
The white feather was brushed down, and Wan Xi Jing Hou hurriedly stretched out his hand to catch it. After catching it, he immediately stuffed it into his pocket.
The flight attendant came quickly and stopped a disturbance.
Wen Baiyu sat very proudly in the pocket of Wan Zongjing, with his legs crossed, when the man next to him said there was a big cockroach on the plane and wanted to find the captain. After that, he didn't return to his seat, probably went to argue with someone.
Wan Qi Jing Hou picked him up and put him in his palm, saying: "Don't mess around, what if you get trampled?"
When it got dark, the plane landed and everyone came out of the airport, took a taxi, and went to the agreed hotel.
Everyone sat in the taxi, Yu Yang said: "Who is the person who invited you?"
Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "I don't know, he says he is Professor Guan's son."
Yu Wei Yang's forehead jumped and said: "Only know that his surname is Guan, and it was he himself who said so?"
Wan Kuang Jing Hou nodded.
In less than half an hour, they arrived at the hotel, a business hotel. As soon as they entered, there was a row of sofas with only one person sitting on them, looking like he was seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a sporty outfit, with his legs crossed, sitting alone on the sofa, flipping through a magazine next to him.
As soon as they walked in, the young man raised his eyelids, looked at them and said, "I'm here."
Wen Baiyu was taken aback for a moment. Professor Guan was already in his seventies, but his son looked like he had just come of age. This could be considered a late-born child...
The young man finished speaking, threw the magazine in his hand onto the table, and immediately stood up.
The young man's height was about the same as Wen Baiyu, of course, it was the normal version of Wen Baiyu. His skin was very white, his figure was slender and tall, extremely neat and tidy, and at the same time, he was filled with a strong middle school aura all over his body.
The young man stood up, his hands in his pockets, and looked them up and down before saying, "My name is Guan Nan. I mentioned it earlier. I'm Professor Guan's son. Let's put the luggage back in your rooms first, and then I'll treat you to dinner."
Guan Nan had already booked the room for them, and everyone followed him to take the elevator upstairs. Guan Nan was not very old, but his face was particularly cold when he spoke, of course, it was a coldness filled with middle school aura. He led them to the door of the room, which turned out to be a quadruple room.
Wen Baiyu's mind was left with only two words: "very good". Tonight, she probably won't be able to sleep again, and will have to listen to Tangzi and Yu Boss's loving voices...
They put down their luggage and Guan was waiting at the door, took them downstairs again, and then had dinner in the hotel's restaurant.
The meal is a buffet, there are not many varieties, but because there are fewer people, the environment looks more comfortable.
They found a large table, Tangzi and Yu Wei Yang went to fetch things first, Guan Nan sat at the edge of the table, with her legs crossed, looking up and down at Wan Kuang Jing Hou.
Because he also couldn't measure up to Wen Baiyu.
Wen Baiyu was in the pocket of Wan Qi Jinghou. Wan Qi Jinghou stretched out his hand and took a cookie from the table, putting it into his pocket.
Wen Baiyu suddenly saw a huge cookie squeezed into the pocket, immediately retreated several steps, then climbed up to smell it, feeling sweet and sweet, and started gnawing with a crunch.
Wan Kuang heard Wen Baiyu crunching on a cookie and suddenly a cold face finally had a smile.
Wan Kuang Jing Hou's smile seemed to have stunned Guan Nan for a moment, and Guan Nan looked at him suspiciously, furrowed his brow, and said: "You're Wan Kuang Jing Hou?"
Wan Qi Jing Hou didn't say a word, Guan Nan spoke on his own: "Don't be too surprised, I have some understanding of you people, I've also heard your name before, your name is quite famous in the Taoist world."
He finished speaking and suddenly said: "I like you."
"Hmph——cough cough cough!!"
Wen Baiyu was nibbling on a cookie when he suddenly heard the sentence and was choked, coughing violently.
Wan Qi Jing Hou was taken aback for a moment, then quickly put his hand to his mouth and coughed several times in an affected manner, covering up Wen Bai Yu.
Guannan smiled and said: "Surprised, right? Although I haven't seen you before, but you are a figure in the Taoist community, I really admire you."
Wen Baiyu: "......"
Wen Baiyu had never seen such a high-profile confession...
Wan Xi Jing Hou was even more calm and collected. He picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, saying: "Can you like someone you've never met?"
Guannan raised his chin and said, "How's that?"
Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "I have a lover now."
Guan Nan's face showed a hint of regret as he said, "Then take me on as your disciple."
Wen Baiyu: "......"
Wen Baiyu felt that this child in front of her, who was full of middle school aura, had a particularly strong ability to diverge and jump in his thinking.
Wan Kuang said: "I don't accept apprentices."
Guan Nan's expression became even more disappointed. Wan Kuang Jing Hou said: "Your father is a university professor, but you want to be a grave robber?"
"What's up with that?"
Guannan said with a cold smile, her arms crossed and hands grasped around her chest, "What's wrong with the professor? It's not certain that the tomb raiders did it right."
Wen Baiyu seemed to have caught something important and kicked Wan Jinhou.
It seems like you two don't have a good father-son relationship.
Guan Nan smiled and didn't say anything else, seemingly not wanting to mention her father again.
Wan Xi Jing Hou's face remained unchanged, but he continued to ask questions, saying: "Your father doesn't want to mention the map, you and he are at odds, that's why you came to find us?"
Guannan smiled again and said: "No, I'm not so bored yet."
Wen Baiyu thought to herself, you're not bored, you're just being pretentious!
Guannan continued: "I said it before, there's something I'm looking for over there."
"What thing?" said Wan Qi Jing Hou.
"Can't tell you, it's something important, but it has nothing to do with you guys. We're just passing by, that place is too dangerous, I couldn't go alone, so I'm just tagging along with you guys."
Wan Qi Jing Hou didn't say anything else. Soon, Tang Zi and Yu Wei Yang came back, and Guan Nan got up to get food herself.
Wen Baiyu poked her head out of the bowl, stood on the plate, glared at Wan Jinhong and shouted, "You rotten peach blossom!" while holding up a half-eaten cookie.
Wan Xi Jing Hou rubbed his temples and said, "What does this have to do with me?"
Wen Baiyu said: "Of course it's your business, you're just a rotten peach blossom. Guan Nan's taste is also bad enough!"
Wan Xi Jing Hou saw Guan Nan was about to leave, stretched out his hand and grabbed Wen Bai Yu, stuffed him into his pocket, then casually stuffed a crispy egg roll in as well.
Wen Baiyu himself was going to scold Wan Qi Jinghou, but something had been stuffed in, so he could only retreat a little, fixed his eyes and looked, it turned out to be a crispy egg roll.
Wen Baiyu loves this golden-yellow crispy egg roll the most, it's crunchy when bitten into, not too sweet, with sesame on top and especially fragrant.
Wen Baiyu smelled a sweet breath and immediately wanted to pounce on it, but the crispy egg roll was cylindrical in shape and very large. Wen Baiyu opened his big mouth, just about to take a bite of the crispy egg roll, when he suddenly felt that its shape wasn't quite right, how did it resemble...
Wen Baiyu's face suddenly turned red, and with a strong kick, he kicked the crispy egg roll out of his pocket.
With a "crack", a crispy egg roll fell under the chair of Wan Qi Jing Hou, and when he looked down, he saw Wen Bai Yu crawling out of his pocket, giving him the middle finger.
Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly understood and smiled, then stuffed another small pear into his pocket.
A white feathered creature perched on the pear, pecking at it with a "gabba gabba" sound. The pear's juice was too much, and soon flowed into Wan Zongjing's pocket.
Wan Xi Jing Hou felt something was off in his pocket, reached in and touched it, only to find it was wet and sticky all over.
Wan Qi Jing Hou's face suddenly turned black, then said: "I'm going to the bathroom."
He stood up and quickly walked into the bathroom, then pulled out Wen Baiyu from his pocket.
Wen Baiyu was still holding a pear core and provocatively stared at Wan Jinhoul.
Wan Xi Jing Hou looked at him, his whole body was wet and covered in pear soup, his face was also full of juice, he couldn't help but feel a headache, put him by the sink and said: "You got your clothes all dirty."
Wen Baiyu said: "Not brought spare."
Wan Xi Jing Hou put it in the sink, plugged the drain to prevent Wen Bai Yu from being flushed down the drain, then turned on the hot water faucet, "Whoosh!" The warm water gushed out.
Wen Baiyu immediately struggled to climb up and said: "What are you doing? Murdering me to silence me?"
"Take a bath."
"Wen Baiyu said: "Take a bath?! But there's no clothes, all my clothes are in the suitcase upstairs!""
Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled mysteriously and said, "It's nothing, anyway you're in my pocket and nobody sees you, now your whole body is sticky."
Wan Jie Jing Hou didn't let him out, pressed him down, and with a swift motion of his hands, "swish swish" twice, pulled off Wen Bai Yu's clothes. To Wen Bai Yu, Wan Jie Jing Hou was now a giant, and he was stripped bare in an instant, without any room for resistance.
Wan Qi Jing Hou wiped him clean, and deliberately washed his lower body, leaving Wen Bai Yu's face bright red, not daring to move again.
After washing and drying, Wan Qi Jing Hou took a paper towel over to him, wiped him dry, then stuffed him into another clean pocket, saying "be good".
Wen Baiyu's face turned red all over as he was touched by him, and his lower body almost got excited, so he hid in the pocket and didn't dare to move again.
Wan Xi Jing Hou washed his little clothes a bit, wrung them out and stuffed them into his pocket before coming out of the bathroom.
When Wan Zong Jing Hou came out, he saw Guan Nan holding three plates, one of which was a large plate filled with a staple food, Yangzhou mixed fried rice, piled up like a golden pyramid.
Guan Nan put three plates on the table and then started eating voraciously.
Tang Zihao and Yu Wei Yang were both stunned. Guan Nan was so thin, and compared to these people, he wasn't even considered tall, yet he could eat so much.
Guan Nan's appetite was twice that of Tang Zi, and after finishing a large plate of fried rice, he wiped his mouth with a napkin and then picked up the plate again, filling it to the brim with another large serving of fried rice.
Yu Wei Yang looked at Guan Nan's back as he cooked fried rice and said, "Guan Nan is still a student, right? Alone in Kunming, with a bad relationship with his father, doesn't he usually not have meal expenses?"
Guan Nan returned and buried his head in eating again, finishing four plates of fried rice, stunning everyone. Wen Baiyu was afraid he would burst to death and wanted to take him to the hospital...
Guan Nan finished his fourth plate of fried rice, finally wiped his mouth and drank a large cup of cola before stopping. He looked at the crowd staring at him in shock and said: "What's wrong?"
Yu Wei Yang coughed and said: "Nothing... just wanted to tell you to eat slowly..."
Guannan hummed softly and said: "I'm just hungry."
Yu Wei Yang said, don't use the word "just", this is no longer a matter of "just".
Guannan continued: "I don't know why either, but it feels like I haven't eaten for ten years."
He said, somewhat dazed, and didn't know what he was thinking about.
After everyone finished eating, Wan Qi Jing Hou packed another box of rice and left the restaurant to go upstairs. Guan Nan's room was a single room next to theirs.
Guan Nan leaned against the door frame and said: "I have a car. We'll rest tonight and set off early tomorrow."
He said, suddenly as if he remembered something, "Right, who among you can drive?"
Tang Zihao and Yu Wei Yang exchanged a look, Guan Nan said: "As long as there is someone who can drive, I won't."
He finished speaking and closed the door of the room.
Yu Wei Yang said: "I'm getting more and more feeling that Guan Nan has some issues."
Wen Baiyu poked his head out, because he wasn't wearing clothes, so he only dared to stick his head out and said: "Eating that much food is indeed a problem, is he a glutton or the illegitimate child of Hundun?"
Wan Jie Jing Hou entered the room, took off his coat, which was full of pear juice, and went to take a bath. When he came back, Wen Bai Yu had already changed into new clothes and was waiting for Wan Jie Jing Hou to feed him.
Wan Xi Jing Hou saw Wen Bai Yu and suddenly smiled, saying: "Not wearing this nightgown?"
Wen Baiyu was wearing that pink and white rabbit pajamas.
Wan Ji Jing Hou said, still stretching out his hand to pinch the rabbit tail on Wen Bai Yu's pants.
Wen Baiyu slapped his hand away and said, "Otherwise, what clothes would you wear to sleep?"
Wen Baiyu said, sitting next to the lunchbox, pointing at the spoon, "Hurry up, you've all eaten, I've only had a piece of biscuit and an pear."
Wan Qi Jing Hou sat down and used a spoon to scoop up the rice, placing it at the edge of Wen Bai Yu's mouth, feeding him one spoonful at a time.
Yu Wei Yang looked at him and couldn't help but laugh: "How can he look so much like a spoiled son?"
Wan Xi Jing Hou said faintly: "Mm, feels pretty good."
Yu Wei Yang said: "Wen Bai Yu looks really cute dressed like this."
As she spoke, Yu Wei Yang stood up and pulled on Wen Bai Yu's rabbit ear hood.
Wen Baiyu jumped up to fight him, but Tang Zi quickly pulled Yu Rong away and said, "Yu boss, you say others are lovely, but I'm the jealous type."
Yu Wei Yang's face suddenly turned a little red, and Tang Zi smiled and said: "Shall we take a bath together?"
Yu Wei's face turned even redder as he said, "This... isn't quite right, is it?"
However, the two of them eventually went into the bathroom together. Wen Baiyu was eating his meal when he heard the sound of moaning coming from the bathroom, Yu Yang's voice was filled with restraint, while Tang Zipei, who usually looked gentle, sounded like a hungry wolf that couldn't get enough.
Two hours later, the door finally opened. Wen Baiyu had finished eating and was ready to sleep. Yu Boss's face was flushed, seemingly already asleep, being carried out by Tang Zi and placed on the bed.
Wen Baiyu looked at the red and purple hickey on Rain's neck and clicked her tongue, saying: "I thought you guys were going to soak in there."
It was still dark outside, and the door was knocked on. Guan Nan shouted from outside: "Get up quickly, we're leaving at 5:30."
Wan Xi Jing Hou flipped over and got up, seeing Wen Bai Yu still sleeping, lying on the big pillow, with a sprawling posture, her long hair almost tying herself up, her rabbit ears drooping, and her tail squeezed under her body. She heard the sound of knocking on the door and frowned, but didn't wake up.
Wan Jie Jing Hou smiled slightly, lowered his head and kissed him on the lips. Wen Bai Yu immediately woke up, looked at Wan Jie Jing Hou's enlarged face and said: "I almost got killed by your kiss, you're too big now, do you know that?"
"Only calling you to get up, we are leaving."
Wen Baiyu got up and kicked her phone with a single foot. The screen lit up, displaying 5:05...
Yu Wei Yang still hasn't woken up. Yesterday was such a big ordeal, and Boss Yu's body is originally not good, really sleepy, and his whole body hurts.
Tang Zi washed up and then called out to Yu Wei Yang, everyone packed up their things and carried their luggage downstairs.
In the hotel parking lot, Guan Nan leaned against a car with a backpack on his back.
Yu Wei rubbed his eyes and said: "I was saying yesterday that he didn't have any living expenses, is this a Hummer?"
Tang Zai nodded and said: "However, this car is an old model and has been around for ten years."
Wen Baiyu suddenly thought that every time he went out with Yu Wei Yangzi, a car would definitely be scrapped. This was a terrible curse. Although this Hummer's style was a bit old, some people liked old cars now, and the price had been driven up even higher.
My white legs and belly have started to cramp a bit...
Tang Zihao and Yu Weiyang took turns driving, with the one not driving sitting in the passenger seat. Guan Nan and Wan Jiahui sat in the back, along with Wan Jiahui's pocket-sized Wen Baiyu.
Tang Zixian started the car and said, "Where are we going?"
Guan Nan just told him a route, but didn't take out that map.
Guannan said: "You just drive, when we arrive at that place it will probably be dark, we'll camp there and continue early tomorrow morning. I'll tell you how to go later."
He said that without taking out the map, everyone thought Guan Nan was being vigilant, possibly afraid that after they saw the map, they would not take him with them.
But in fact, Guan Nan was being overly cautious, Wen Baiyu and the others were not petty people, since they had agreed to cooperate, they wouldn't abandon him.
Guan Nan pointed the way straight to the suburbs, and after leaving the county town, they turned into a small road. The farther they went, the more desolate it became. If not for the good performance of their car, they would have fallen into the ditch long ago.
Wan Jie Jing Hou didn't feel dizzy, nor did he get carsick, but Wen Bai Yu was miserable. Wen Bai Yu almost got shaken out and nearly fell out of his pocket, luckily Wan Jie Jing Hou reached out to catch him and then stuffed him back in.
Yu Wei Yang was sitting in the front, feeling a bit bored. Suddenly, the storage box on the passenger seat opened. He thought of pushing it back, but as soon as he did, the storage box opened even wider and a photo fell out.
Yu Wei Yang was taken aback for a moment, picked up the photo and said: "Is this Dr. Wang?"
Everyone listened to Dr. Wang, and they all leaned over to take a look. Yu Wei Yang handed the photo to Wan Qi Jing Hou, who immediately furrowed his brow.
Wen Baiyu also leaned over to take a look and indeed it was Doctor Wang!
There are many people in the photo, like an expedition team, a very old photo, and the background is this Hummer car, with the same license plate number.
In the middle was a professor who looked slightly younger, and Wen Baiyu whispered: "This is Di Liang's teacher!"
Wan Qi Jing Hou nodded, the middle one was Professor Fang, and the person next to him was actually Fang Xin Ran, who was also in this team. Next to Fang Xin Ran was Dr. Wang.
Wen Baiyu looked around but couldn't find Di Liang.
Wan Xi Jing Hou held up the photo and said: "Is your father in this picture?"
Guan Nan turned her head and took a look, obviously surprised by the photo, snatched it over, pinched it in her hand, and was a little distracted, not knowing what she was thinking.
After a while, everyone thought Guan Nan fell asleep looking at the photo, but then she said: "Here, this is it."
Guannan said, pointing to a tall man in the second row.
Wen Baiyu took a look and didn't look like Guan Nan at all, probably looking more like her mother.
What surprised Wen Baiyu was that next to Professor Guan, there was a young man who looked very immature, and this young man looked exactly the same as Guan Nan!
This photo has turned yellow and looks absolutely old, but Guan Nan in the photo is exactly the same as what they saw, not a single trace of time can be seen on Guan Nan's face, which also looks somewhat childish.
The people in the photo look more easy-going, while the Nan in front of me is filled with a strong middle school aura.
"Is this you?" said Wan Xi Jing Hou.
Guannan stared at the photo again and fell into a daze. This time, he didn't even respond to Wan Jingshou, just pinched the photo in his hand, speechless.
Wan Qi Jing Hou looked at him and said: "Professor Fang and your father, do they know Dr. Wang?"
Guan Nan looked at Wan Kuang Jing Hou for the first time and sneered, saying: "Right, they all know each other."
He said, pausing for a moment, and then continued: "Do you know why I don't get along with my father? Because I don't want to be like them..."
Guannan finished speaking and fell into a daze, as if he had instantly forgotten what he had just said, and didn't intend to continue talking. He turned his head to look at the scenery outside the window and remained silent.
Wen Baiyu is somewhat inexplicable, this photo is a major discovery, and from Guan Nan's attitude, there is also a discovery.
Guan Nan looks like a typical teenager, but he's actually very straightforward and can't hide his emotions. He clearly likes and dislikes things, which is something that Wen Baiyu has noticed. When Guan Nan looks at Wan Qi Jing Hou, his eyes are full of admiration, but when he sees photos or mentions his father, his eyes are filled with disdain.
Professor Fang, Guan Nan's father, and Dr. Wang all knew each other, but due to some matters, Professor Fang and Guan Nan's father had a falling out and never spoke again. From Di Liang's side, there was no mention of any interactions between Professor Fang and Dr. Wang either. These three people clearly had connections, but they all severed ties with each other - what was the reason for this?
All the way, Guan Nan didn't speak again, pinching the photo and being dazed, as if thinking about some problem.
They were stuck on a small path, and at first there was still a road, but as they walked further, the road disappeared, and it became a vast expanse of mud. This side was somewhat damp, and the soil was all soft.
At noon, they didn't stop and ate on the bus. Guan Nan really had a big appetite, eating three compressed biscuits, two large breads, two cans of beef, and one can of luncheon meat...
Everyone watched him finish eating and felt a bit distressed. The food they had prepared was clearly enough for several months, but now it seemed that even one month was uncertain. Guan Nan ate their daily rations in one meal, and still didn't seem satisfied.
It soon got dark, and when it did, just as Guan Nan had said, they arrived at the expected place. Here was relatively flat, not so humid, but there were many insects.
Everyone got off the car and started pitching tents. Wan Qi Jing Hou brought branches to start a fire, while Guan Nan put the photos into his own shirt pocket when he got off the car.
Everyone sat around the fire pit, and when it was time to eat, everyone felt stomach pain. As expected, Guan Nan's appetite was huge again, and he finished all the compressed biscuits. He then ate five large breads. Seeing Wan Qi Jing Hou cooking noodles, he touched his belly, seemingly wanting a bowl too.
Everyone was eating, when suddenly they heard a few "whooshing" sounds. Guan Nan had already finished all the noodles, then wiped his mouth and put down the disposable bowl and chopsticks, saying: "Don't you want to know what kind of relationship Professor Fang and Wang have?"
As soon as he spoke, everyone stopped and Guan Nan previously didn't want to talk about it, but now that he brought it up, he seemed willing to talk. Yu Wei Yang particularly gave Guan Nan the last bowl of noodles.
Guan Nan gave him a very approving look, and Yu Wei Yang's forehead bulged with blue veins.
Guan Nan then "whooshed" twice and fed the noodles to Tu Lu, only then saying: "The one with the surname Wang is also Professor Fang's student."
Wen Baiyu poked out of the pocket and hid behind Wan Jingshou, not letting Guan Nan see herself, holding a large biscuit, nibbling on it while listening to Guan Nan's words.
Guannan continued: "Actually, the one with the surname Wang was one of Professor Fang's most capable students. Their research direction was completely consistent, but due to a scandal later on, the one with the surname Wang was forced to give up further studies and became a doctor instead. I heard he's doing quite well."
Wan Qi Jing Hou said faintly: "It may have been fine before, but it's already dead now."
Guan Nan didn't show much surprise or regret, instead she laughed and said: "That's what he deserved."
Guannan said, "The one with the surname Wang and my father were fellow students under Professor Fang. Later on, my father was researching a very absurd topic. Professor Fang told him many times to stop, but he wouldn't listen. What's even more absurd is that my father actually made some progress in his research."
Yu Wenyang said: "What is it?"
Nan Ke's dream.
Yu Wenyang said in surprise: "Is it true that Nanke has been appointed as the governor?"
Guan Nan nodded slightly.
The idiom "Nanke Dream" is known even by little children, and it originated from a legendary story of Tang Dynasty's Li Gongzuo.
In the biography of Nanke Taishou, it is recorded that there was a man from Dongping named Chunyu Yun, who got drunk and rested under a large pagoda tree. He soon fell asleep and dreamed that the king of Huai'an sent two envoys to fetch him and gave his princess to marry him, making him a son-in-law. After marrying the princess, Chunyu Yun became the governor of Nanke and governed the county in an orderly manner. The king of Huai'an highly appreciated him, and he was rewarded with high office and wealth, glory and prosperity came one after another. Later, Chunyu Yun had five sons, all of whom were enfeoffed as marquises, and two daughters, both of whom married into royal families. However, later on, the country of Tanluo invaded Nanke County, and Chunyu Yun was defeated in battle. Soon after, his wife died of illness, and he lost the king's favor. His sons unfortunately suffered imprisonment...
Guan Nan said: "Two envoys sent Chunyu Fan back to his hometown. When the carriage returned to his hometown, Chunyu Fan suddenly woke up and found himself sleeping under a pagoda tree. Everything was just a dream, but under the pagoda tree was an ant hole. After digging open the ant hole, there was actually another cave inside."
Yu Wei Yang said: "Do you think this story is true?"
Guannan said: "I don't think so."
He said, taking out a photo from his pocket and shaking it, "These people are all looking for the so-called Huai'an country."
Yu Wei Yang was somewhat surprised, and then heard Guan Nan continue to say: "My father studied this. At first, Professor Fang and Mr. Wang did not believe it, but later they found clues. They discovered that the Huai'an country in Zhuangzi's South Wutuobu dream is likely to be the Zhou Rong State and Jiao Rong State recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. The small people of Zhou Rong State are only three inches tall, but they have their own civilization, they also farm and wear cloth clothes."
Guan Nang paused, then said: "My father has been studying this aspect, and he also found that in some records, Huai An Guo has a divine tree, the people of Huai An Guo can ascend to heaven and descend to earth through this divine tree."
Warm white feathers almost said out loud, is Jianmu?
Wen Bai Yu's heart was racing, if the people of Huai An Guo existed, they lived in ant holes, their bodies were extremely short and small, at most only ten centimeters tall, so the fragments of the wooden building would be enormous to them, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a tree.
Is there a wooden fragment in Huian Country?
"My father's research ended up here, and the ones with the surname Wang and Fang initially thought it was nonsense. Later, they saw the potential and collaborated to steal my father's paper, publishing it ahead of time. When the truth came out, Professor Fang sold out the one with the surname Wang, who took the blame and was expelled, only able to become a private doctor."
Wan Xi Jing Hou frowned and said: "Why didn't your father report Professor Fang? And they appeared in the same photo searching for Huai An Guo."
"So, I don't want to be like them," Guan sneered. "The Fangs and the Wongs are not good people. Do you think my father is a good person? He also has something in his hands that can be used against him by the Fangs, so he can only deal with the Wongs, but doesn't dare to confront Professor Fang. I've heard that later on, the Wongs went to research this themselves and seemed to have found some clues. They came to find my father mysteriously, then went to find Professor Fang, saying they wanted to cooperate to uncover a big secret."
Guannan stopped talking and stared at the bonfire, saying: "They are so hypocritical. They had already broken up long ago, but when it was beneficial to them, they all gathered together like relatives. Dr. Wang showed my father and Professor Fang something, and they decided to set off. Later, after this discovery, everyone broke up again and didn't contact each other. Anyway, it wasn't the first time."
Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "You are in this team."
Guan Nan didn't nod or shake his head, and for a moment when he lifted his head, he looked a bit dazed. Wen Baiyu didn't know what that expression was. Other people's affairs Guan Nan remembered so clearly and accurately, it was impossible that he himself couldn't remember whether he was in the team or not.
But Guan Nan's expression in that instant was unmistakable, a genuine confusion, as if recalling something.
As expected, Guan Nan said: "I don't remember."
Although he said so, there is indeed a person who looks exactly like him in the photo. Perhaps the answer is clear: Guan Nan was indeed on this expedition team.
But there's one thing that doesn't add up, after all these years, Guan Nan looks exactly the same as in the photo, could it be that it's really not him? Or perhaps he has a brother who looks similar to him?
Wen Baiyu was also puzzled and couldn't figure it out.
Guan Nan finished saying "I don't remember", and suddenly fell into silence, with a tangled expression on his face, sitting by the fire pit, stirring the disposable empty bowl.
Yu Wei Yang softly said to Tang Zi: "Is he still hungry? Didn't eat enough?"
Yu Wei Yang finished speaking, Guan Nan suddenly stood up and said: "I'm going to sleep, we'll set off early tomorrow morning."
He said, and then entered the tent, crawling into his sleeping bag.
Everyone turned their heads and took a look at the person in the tent.
Wen Baiyu finally managed to crawl out, hugging the unfinished biscuit he had not eaten, and sat down beside the bonfire. Wan Jinhou was afraid that he would get burned, so he pushed him back a bit.
Wen Baiyu munched on crackers while saying, "I think there's something wrong with Guan Nan. Did he hit his head or what? He can't even remember things about himself."
Yu Wei Yang said: "Is it a scam?"
Tang Zi shook his head and said, "I don't think he's the one."
Wan Xi Jing Hou looked at the photo on the ground and pointed to a young man in it, saying: "The person in this photo looks like he's seventeen or eighteen years old."
Wen Baiyu nodded and said, "Guan Nan is also of this age."
"Judging from the preservation condition of the photo, it has started to turn yellow and is a bit brittle. It should be around 10 years old."
Wen Baiyu said: "Even if Guan Nan has a baby face, in ten years he will be thirty years old, and his appearance will change."
Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and said: "So there are two possibilities."
He said, raising a finger and shaking it, "The first one, this photo is Guan Nan's older brother, but he just looks like him."
Yu Wei Yang said: "Guan Nan didn't mention his family all along the way, so we don't know if he has any brothers."
There is also a second possibility, the person in this photo is indeed Guan Nan himself. At that time, he must have followed the team to find Huai An Country. From the wax given by Professor Fang to Xu Wei's father, it can be seen that they must have found it, and Professor Fang knew that this thing was particularly troublesome and had to be passed on. In the meantime, Guan Nan also encountered some things that made his face and body never change or change very slowly. And Guan Nan's urgent need to join forces to find Huai An Country may also be because of this.
Wen Baiyu stroked his chin and said: "Although this sounds unbelievable, I think this one is more reliable."
Yu Wei Yang said: "I've read so many books, I never thought that Huai Nan Yi Meng was real."
Everyone discussed outside for a while, Yu Wei Yang's body had not recovered yet, was very tired, and after another day of bumping on the car, he was already sleepy, so everyone entered the tent to sleep.
Wen Baiyu was really too small, the sleeping bag was useless, so Wan Jingshou had to fold his own clothes and put Wen Baiyu on top of them, then covered him with a small quilt.
The white feather bed was very soft and comfortable. This big bed was much more comfortable than camping before, and I fell asleep quickly.
Wan Xi Jing Hou turned sideways, looked at Wen Bai Yu who had fallen asleep, and then closed his eyes to sleep.
"Rustle... rustle..."
In the middle of the night, Wen Baiyu suddenly heard a "rustling" sound, somewhat like a mouse. To be sure, mice are now larger than Wen Baiyu; if it really was a mouse, that would be bad news.
Wen Baiyu immediately sat up and saw that Wan Jinhao was already awake, with his eyes open, making a silencing gesture to him.
Wen Baiyu nodded, and Wan Qi Jinghou quietly got out of the sleeping bag. Wen Baiyu looked around and found that Guan Nan was gone!
Wan Jie Jing Hou pointed outside, Wen Bai Yu jumped onto Wan Jie Jing Hou's palm, climbed up his arm and sat on his shoulder. Wan Jie Jing Hou lifted the curtain of the tent.
Just a slight opening, and the sound of "rustle rustle... rustle rustle..." grew louder, as if something was outside.
A figure flashed outside, and Wen Baiyu's heart involuntarily skipped a beat. It was Guan Nan. Guan Nan flashed by outside, then found the key and opened the Hummer's trunk.
Wen Baiyu held his breath, unsure of what Guan Nan was going to do. His movements were extremely agile as he flipped open the trunk and quickly rummaged through it.
The trunk was filled with some equipment they didn't carry on them, spare clothes and heavy daily necessities, mostly canned goods.
Wen Baiyu was shocked, could it be that Guan Nan wanted to take the equipment and run away by himself? But he couldn't drive, could it be that Huai An Country wasn't far from here, so he could abandon the car and walk alone?
Just as Wen Bai was lost in thought, Guan Nan finally found a backpack and a smile appeared on his face. This smile wasn't too cheesy and suited his age quite well, looking rather good-looking.
Guannan immediately pulled out his backpack from the trunk and threw it on the ground with a "thud".
Wen Baiyu was even more surprised. If Guan Nan wanted to run, how could she make such a big noise? It wasn't for running, so what was the point of coming to rummage through their luggage in the middle of the night?
Only to see Guan Nan open the luggage bag and then reach in to dig for a moment, pulling out something with one hand, Wen Baiyu was suddenly struck by five thunders.
It's canned beef!
Guan Nan tore off the pull ring of the can, then sat down beside the bonfire and started "crunching" away, finishing a whole can in no time.
Wen Baiyu stared blankly, could it be that Guan Nan was half asleep and suddenly became extremely hungry, so he got up to eat?
Wan Xi Jing Hou also suddenly sighed and then rubbed his temples with his hand.
Guan Nan ate too quickly, like a whirlwind sweeping away the clouds. "Rustle rustle", two cans in one go, she finished off two cans of beef and then opened another can of luncheon meat. She continued to rummage through her backpack, pulled out a box of crackers, tore it open and kept eating.
Wen Bai's eyes widened as he jumped up from his seat, thinking to himself that if he ate any more, there wouldn't be enough left. Would he really eat even the noodles with eggs?
Guan Nan ate very quickly, just like an African refugee. Although he had been starving before, they had eaten together since last night and Guan Nan had already eaten a lot by then. This morning, noon, and tonight, everyone ate together again. Guan Nan's food intake was enough for Wen Baiyu to eat for three days, how could he still be eating so voraciously?
Is it hyperthyroidism?
Wen Baiyu couldn't help but rub her temples with her hand.
Wen Baiyu was just getting into the excitement when Guan Nan suddenly lifted her head, opened her eyes wide, and had cookie crumbs all over her mouth, as well as a bit of beef sauce. Her two shiny black eyes stared into the depths of the forest, her pupils trembling constantly, as if something was going to suddenly run out from that place.
Guan Nan's eyes were really infectious, Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat. Before he could react, he suddenly felt his ankle tighten and was pulled backwards by a fierce force.
"Ah..."
Wen Baiyu shouted, his current body was too small, and the force was extremely great. With a pull, Wen Baiyu instantly fell off from Wan Qi Jinghou's shoulder, and then his legs were bitten by something and quickly pulled back.
Wen Baiyu's hands slapped down together, immediately slapping the ground, but the ground was damp and soft, and soon it was like pulling mud, being quickly pulled backwards.
Wen Baiyu couldn't help but look back, and to his surprise, it was a large red ant with white wings, its huge mandibles biting down on his leg, desperately pulling him backwards.
Wen Baiyu's hands suddenly burst into flames, but because his spiritual energy was all sealed by the Peach Wood Sword, he only let out a "pffft" sound, just like a deceitful Jianghu swindler...
The ant seemed to be startled by the flame, relaxed a bit, and Wen Baiyu immediately kicked his legs, kicking the ant into a stumble. However, the ant's strength was extremely great, and its reaction was also very quick, and it immediately caught up again.
Wen Baiyu jumped up from the ground, never expecting that one day he would bravely fight against ants.
The ants quickly chased after, Wen Baiyu desperately ran forward, rushing towards the bonfire. Wan Qi Jinghou had already discovered that Wen Baiyu was nowhere to be seen, and he hastily opened the tent and walked out, only to see Wen Baiyu wearing a pink and white rabbit pajamas, running frantically on the ground, his clothes were covered in mud, and his face was disheveled.
Behind Wen Baiyu, a larger ant was chasing after him...
Wan Jingshou's face suddenly turned dark, and he reached out to pull Wen Baiyu up from the ground. Wen Baiyu was suddenly pulled up and kicked his legs twice, which was not light or heavy for Wan Jingshou.
Wen Baiyu saw Wan Kuang Jing Hou and immediately relaxed, holding his big hand and saying: "Ant!"
That ant was really too small for Wan Zongjinghou, and didn't pose even the slightest threat.
Wen Baiyu finished shouting, and only then did he notice that Guan Nan was still by the fire pit. He had a can in one hand and two crackers in the other, staring at Wen Baiyu with a puzzled expression.
Wen Baiyu looked at the cookie crumbs on Guan Nan's mouth and couldn't help but wipe her own mouth...
Guan Nan looked at Wen Baiyu with a surprised expression, then immediately turned her head to look towards the depths of the forest, still with that shocked and fearful gaze.
Suddenly threw away the canned goods and biscuits in his hand, grabbed his luggage and stuffed it into the car, saying: "Hurry up, something is coming!"
Tang Zi and Yu Wei Yang had been awake for a long time. With such a big commotion, it was impossible to sleep, especially in the wilderness.
Guan Nan shouted loudly, everyone was stunned for a moment, seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, they immediately grabbed their luggage and stuffed it into the car, quickly dismantling the tent. Everyone got in the car, and Tangzi immediately started the engine and drove forward.
"What's coming?" asked Wen Baiyu.
Wan Jie Jing Hou shook his head. He hadn't heard any sound. If there was any noise, with Wan Jie Jing Hou's hearing ability, it would be impossible not to hear.
Guan Nan glanced at the white feather in Wan Kuang Jing Hou's hand and said calmly, "It's an ant."
As soon as Wen Bai heard the word "ant", her back suddenly twitched, and she felt a cold and numb sensation. However, since she was the only one with a small body, while everyone else had normal human bodies, they shouldn't be afraid of ants, right?
Guan Nan looked at their eyes and continued: "Many ants, crawling past would be enough to gnaw us all clean."
Wen Baiyu couldn't help but shudder again at the thought of so many ants in that forest.
"Wen Baiyu said: 'Did you hear that?'"
Guan Nan shook her head.
"What did you see?"
Guan Nan shook her head again.
Wen Baiyu: "......"
"Is feeling..."
He finished speaking and fell silent, gazing out the window at the dark expanse behind him. Wen Baiyu got up, lifted the sleeve of Wan Qi Jing Hou's robe, revealing a watch that read 12:30...
It's just past midnight.
"Look out the window for a while and suddenly said: "Stop the car!""
Tang Ziyi slammed on the brakes with one foot and Guan Nan suddenly opened the car door, jumped out and said: "It's safe here, let's rest here."
Everyone was somewhat perplexed - having walked such a distance, were they already safe? Yet they continued to set up camp; shouldn't they have spent the night in their vehicles instead?
Guan Nan took down the tent by herself and set it up beside her.
Wen Baiyu jumped out of the car. Anyway, he had already been discovered, and there was no need to hide anymore. But Guan Nan's acceptance ability was still quite good.
Guan Nan looked at him as he jumped down and said: "What's your name?"
Wen Baiyu said: "Wen Baiyu."
Guannan nodded and said: "I have never seen a living Huai'an person."
Wen Baiyu coughed and said, "I'm not a Huai'an native, it was just an accident, I accidentally touched someone's peach wood sword."
Guan Nan heard "human wax" and suddenly laughed, saying: "So human wax is in your hands?"
Wen Baiyu listened and found it even stranger, saying: "You don't know about human wax here? How did you know we were looking for the cloth wrapped around the wooden coffin? Why did you call us?"
Guannan seemed stunned by his question and began daydreaming again. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly said: "I'm hungry."
Wen Baiyu: "......"
Everyone made a fire, Guan Nan sat by the fire and started to deal with the last can of beef. Meat products are not easy to preserve, they could only bring cans, which were particularly heavy, so they brought less, as a result, they ate them all up!
Wen Baiyu saw Guan Nan eating deliciously, so he ate biscuits at night and his stomach was a bit hungry. He snatched a piece of beef from the tiger's mouth to eat.
Wan Xi Jing Hou put the beef in a disposable plate and then used chopsticks to tear it into strips, making it easier for Wen Bai Yu to eat.
Wen Baiyu and others were eager to start, and Wan Jinhou handed him a piece of meat, which Wen Baiyu immediately bit into and swallowed with two "gulp" sounds.
Guan Nan looked at Wen Baiyu, then looked at Wan Qi Jinghou, and then looked back at Wen Baiyu again. Finally, she asked Wan Qi Jinghou, "What's your relationship with each other?"
Wen Baiyu suddenly thought that in the hotel restaurant, Guan Nan had confessed to Wan Qi Jinghou without thinking, now he's a bit proud, Wan Qi Jinghou is his.
As expected, Wan Gui Jing Hou said: "He is my lover."
Wen Baiyu was still enjoying himself, and this sentence really hit the spot, making him feel physically and mentally comfortable. Before he could even finish his enjoyment, he saw Guan Nan looking at Wan Kuang Jinghou with a very disdainful gaze, then said: "You're really thick-skinned."
Wen Baiyu: "......"
Yu Wei Yang couldn't hold it in, "Pfft!" and spat out all the water, choking badly. Tang Zi quickly reached out to pat his back, saying: "Mr. Yu, drink slowly."
Yu Wei Yang wiped the water from his mouth while suppressing a smile. Indeed, considering their height difference, it was quite a heavy kiss.
Wan Qi Jing Hou raised an eyebrow, but didn't express anything.
Wen Baiyu's rabbit pajamas were all dirty, and his body was covered in mud. Wan Qi Jinghou heated up some water, then poured it into a disposable bowl. The disposable bowl was like a natural fish tank to Wen Baiyu at the moment.
Wan Zong Jing Hou put the basin in the tent, Wen Bai Yu happily entered the tent, took off all his clothes and jumped into the basin to take a bath, and let out a comfortable sigh.
Wan Xi Jing Hou then washed his little sleepwear with water and put it on the edge of the fire heap to dry.
Guan Nan's eyelid twitched and she said, "What you're saying is different from what I heard."
Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "How can it be different."
Guannan said: "I thought someone like you should be cooler."
Wen Baiyu was taking a bath in the tent, listening to the conversation outside, and couldn't help but mock in her heart. Wan Kuang Jinghou was already so cool that he could no longer hold it...
Wan Xi Jing Hou just smiled lightly and didn't say anything else.
Everyone was busy until one o'clock, Wen Baiyu snuggled into the quilt folded by Wan Qi Jinghou and fell asleep quickly. This time, Guan Xiang didn't hear her getting up to eat in the middle of the night again.
At five o'clock the next day, Guan Nan woke up on time and started calling them to set off.
Everyone was exhausted, Yu Wei Yang was driving while fighting his eyelids, almost drove into the ditch, Tang Zi had to replace him.
The road ahead was very difficult to walk, and by the time it was almost dusk, they hadn't gone too far. Along the way, it was quite stable, and they didn't encounter any more big ants or anything. At noon, they were going to get off the bus to find a place to rest and have lunch. Guan Nan "got sick once" and suddenly said that something was coming, so Tang Zi didn't dare to stay and stepped on the accelerator, driving directly until dusk.
The whole day didn't stop, Tang Zi was highly concentrated and a bit tired. Everyone got off the car to set up camp, in front of them was a river, not too big but definitely enough for bathing. These few days only Wen Baiyu had taken a hot bath, the "bathtub" was too small for others. Seeing water, everyone couldn't help but feel some excitement.
But now in November, the water temperature is really too cold, Yu Wei Yang's body is weak and absolutely cannot get into the water. Tang Zi then fetched a lot of hot water, soaked towels in it, and wiped Yu Wei Yang with them.
Wan Kuang Jing Hou also took off his top, then used a towel to wipe his upper body. Wen Bai Yu saw the muscles on him and couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, feeling a bit red in the face.
At this time, footsteps came back. It was Guan Nan. Guan Nan said he was familiar with this place and knew that there were fruits to eat in the woods, so he went to pick some fruits and wouldn't go far. He would be back in two minutes.
As expected, Guan Nan returned quickly, and Wen Bai Yu let Wan Qi Jing Hou hurry up and put on his clothes. Although Guan Nan said she liked Wan Qi Jing Hou, it was mostly admiration, but Wen Bai Yu was a careful person and didn't want others to see Wan Qi Jing Hou's body, not even bare-chested!
Wan Xi Jing Hou hadn't even had time to put on his clothes when he suddenly furrowed his brow. Guan Nan's footsteps were extremely urgent, as if she had been running wildly all the way here. Immediately after, a "humming" sound came over, and the sound was very dense.
Wan Kuang Jing Hou suddenly said in a low voice: "This is bad."
Tang Zi immediately stood up, grabbed Yu Wei Yang and said: "It's a bee."
Everyone rushed out of the tent and indeed saw Guan Nan running towards this side, but behind him was a large group of bees, as if he had stirred up a beehive.
Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Jump into the water."
Everyone quickly "plop" sound, all jumped into the river water, November's river water, cold almost to freeze teeth, Tang Zi immediately hugged Yu Wei Yang, palms used force, a warm current from the palm surged out, Yu Wei Yang grabbed him, held his breath and dove into the water.
Wen Baiyu and Wan Kui Jinghou were also stationed in the water, Guan Nan "plop" jumped down, Wen Baiyu almost wanted to strangle this stinky kid, unexpectedly attracting a large swarm of bees.
A humming noise hovered above their heads for a while before slowly dispersing.
Luckily the river was deep enough and the bees were afraid of water and couldn't come down.
As the buzzing of bees faded away, Wen Baiyu wanted to immediately break through the water surface. He tilted his head and saw that there was actually something at the bottom of the water...
It's human!
Wen Baiyu immediately poked his head out of the water, took a deep breath, pointed underwater and said: "There's someone down there! There's a corpse!"
Everyone was stunned, and no one had expected that there would be a corpse under the river water.
Guan Nan had just climbed out of the river and heard the word "corpse", he couldn't help but pause, turning his head to look back.
Wan Qi Jing Hou furrowed his brow and dove down into the water again. Indeed, he saw something at the bottom of the river. It was a man wearing sportswear, whose body had already bloated and formed corpse wax, looking extremely terrifying.
Wan Qi Jinghou emerged from the water and walked onto the shore, saying: "The corpse is too bloated, I need tools."
He said, taking things out of his backpack and putting on a pair of rubber gloves first. Tangzi said, "I'll help."
Wen Baiyu and Yu Wei Yang also climbed up the shore, squeezed beside the bonfire to warm themselves. Guan Nan sat beside the bonfire, warming herself as well, seemingly in a daze, her eyes fixed on the water's surface, with an expression of being somewhat absent-minded.
Wan Qi Jing Hou and Tang Zi quickly went into the water again.
Wen Baiyu looked at Guan Nan's gaze, feeling a bit strange. The corpse underwater had already decomposed beyond recognition, and it was impossible to tell who it was. However, the uniform on the body could be made out, which seemed to match the one in the photo. Perhaps it was someone Guan Nan knew.
No wonder Guan Nan had such an expression.
Guannan reached out and poked at the flames, suddenly saying: "You asked me before, I didn't know that human wax was in your hands, how would I have contacted you."
Wen Baiyu said: "Do you want to say something?"
Guannan shook her head and said: "It's not that I don't want to say it, it's just that I don't remember anymore. But just now, I think I remembered..."
Wen Baiyu frowned and said: "What do you mean by 'seems like'?"
Guannan murmured, "Because I still can't recall the details, it seems a bit unreal... A person came to find me and told me to contact you. You can partner with me to find Huai An Guo."
He said, suddenly touched his pocket, then pulled out a black feather from inside.
Black feathers again...
Wen Baiyu was taken aback for a moment. Now that black feather looked enormous, much larger than Wen Baiyu's own feathers.
There is someone who has been looking for Guan Nan, but who is this person? He has always been hiding in the dark, but it's clear that he knows their every move, and even toys with them at his fingertips.
"Who's looking for you?" Wen Baiyu asked immediately.
Guan Nan fell into a daze again, and Wen Baiyu finally understood that Guan Nan's daze was actually him thinking about the problem. However, soon Guan Nan said: "I don't know, I feel like I've never seen his face."
As for this mysterious person, it seems like nothing is known about him.
"Whoosh——"
Just as they were talking, Wan Xi Jing Hou and Tang Zi had already emerged from the water with a corpse wrapped in a piece of cloth.
The corpse was wearing a team uniform, which had become unrecognizable after being soaked. His hands were clenched into fists, but his palms were empty, as if he had been grasping something tightly until the moment of death, yet there was nothing in his hands, as if whatever it was had been taken away by someone.
The corpse's face was completely unrecognizable, its entire body sticky and terrifying.
The corpse had gone soft and couldn't move at all. Wan Xi Jing Hou squatted down, rummaged through the pockets of his clothes, but there was nothing inside. However, in the pocket of his pants, there was a string of hard objects.
Wan Qi Jing Hou used a hook to pick it up and take a look, and it turned out to be a bunch of keys, including a car key.
The logo on the car key is Hummer.
Guan Nan suddenly stood up, excitedly pointing at the river water, saying: "There's still something in here! There's still something!"
He said, "Splash" and jumped in. Wen Baiyu shouted at him, "What is it? Everyone can look for it together."
Guan Nan emerged from the water surface and took a breath, but didn't say anything. After a long time, he finally said: "I don't know."
He finished speaking and dove back into the water to continue searching.
Wan Qi Jing Hou furrowed his brow, then followed Tang Zi into the water, also searching for that unknown something.
The river water was not deep, but there was a current, and they didn't know if that thing would be washed away. They searched along the riverbank inch by inch, searching for half an hour, but found nothing.
During this time, everyone came up to the surface of the water to breathe, and having been soaked in the water for too long, everyone's lips had turned purple.
Wen Baiyu and Yu Wei Yang looked somewhat anxious on the water's surface, and Guan Nan couldn't explain anything, she just frantically searched for something again.
Then came a " splash".
Guan Nan suddenly emerged from the water, holding something in his hand, and swam towards the shore. He then walked up with big strides. Wan Qi Jing Hou and Tang Zi saw him coming ashore and also followed suit.
Tang Zi's clothes were all wet, and Wan Qi Jing Hou had been without a shirt the whole time. Yu Wei Yang quickly grabbed towels and clothes for them.
Guannan was sitting by the fire heap, looking at something in her hand.
Wen Baiyu walked over and took a look, it turned out to be a recorder.
The tape recorder was very old-fashioned and still an ancient clumsy model. Wen Baiyu remembered using this kind of tape recorder when he was in middle school.
Guan Nan's recorder was rusty and water-damaged, how could this kind of electrical appliance still work after getting wet? Guan Nan kept pressing the buttons with a "click, click" sound, but none of them worked.
The recorder was still the battery-powered model, and Guan Na opened the back cover of the battery with a "click" sound. The batteries inside had already leaked and corroded, and the back cover was almost rotten.
Guannan held the recorder in her hand, her palm repeatedly opening and closing as if she was lost in thought, unsure of what to think.
Wan Qi Jinghou and Tang Zimu wiped their bodies dry and put on clean clothes, while Guan Nan was drying by the fire pit, not moving at all.
Guan Nan's gaze shifted from the recorder to the corpse and back to the recorder again.
Yu Wei Yang couldn't help but say: "Is this recorder what you're looking for?"
Guan Nan raised her head and glanced at everyone, saying inexplicably: "I'm hungry."
Everyone was in a state of helplessness, and they quickly put up the pot rack, then started cooking rice facing a corpse.
It wasn't just Wen Baiyu, everyone else who looked at the corpse lost their appetite, but Guan Nan ate like a starving wolf, finishing off the portions that others couldn't eat.
After finishing eating, he wiped his mouth and stared at the recorder in his hand, seemingly pondering a difficult problem.
"Guannan suddenly said: 'This is my recorder...'"
"Wen Baiyu said: "Your recorder? How did it fall into the river? Do you know this person? Is he from Professor Fang's team?"
Guannan fell into deep thought again.
Wen Baiyu said in a low voice: "You say this Guan Nan, what's going on? Want to do one thing and take so long?"
Wan Qi Jinghou said: "He must have received a severe stimulus."
He paused for a moment and then said: "And I also found that Guan Nan has a special place."
"What?" said Wen Baiyu.
Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Do you still remember Gui Yan?"
Wen Baiyu suddenly remembered that when they were camping before, Guan Nan suddenly looked at the depths of the forest in horror and shouted that something was coming, telling them to leave.
Wen Baiyu said: "Is Guan Nan also a ghost eye?"
Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said, "No, he doesn't have ghost eyes. It should be intuition. Some people are born with keen intuition, able to sense subtle changes and dangers that others can't."
Wen Baiyu recalled, it was indeed the case. On the road, there were several times when Guan Nan urged Tang Zi to drive quickly and not stop, as if something was chasing them. Wen Baiyu initially thought that Guan Nan had been here before, so he knew some things clearly, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.
They were talking when Guan Nan suddenly put down the recorder, covered her face with her hand and let out a sigh.
Everyone looked over and Wen Baiyu said: "What's wrong?"
Guan Nan buried her face in her palms, seemingly extremely exhausted, and said: "I'm hungry."
Hungry again...
Wen Baiyu hadn't spoken yet, Guan Nan continued: "I remembered..."

