Today, Li Hongying finally understood how to manipulate a man. She used every trick in the book, employing all the methods she had never used before, to make Liu Aiguo completely obedient to her.

That night, Li Aiguo acted as if he hadn't had sex in years, clinging to her relentlessly. In his deepest infatuation, he even said he would give his life for her.

Li Hongying then began to consider other ideas. The deep mountains were dangerous, and a woman like her alone would not only lack the strength to search for things, but would also be prone to accidents. It would be great if Liu Aiguo could help her with her work.

On the other side

Black Tiger and Fat Tiger arrived at the foot of the mountain and looked up at the endless mountains. Because the area was so large, they didn't know where to start their search.

Black Tiger said, "Fat Tiger, let's start by conducting a thorough search of the outer perimeter to make sure we don't miss any places."

Fat Tiger nodded; "This is the only way now. If we miss anything, we might miss the necklace."

"Yes."

Let's begin now.

"Okay, let's go."

They ran up the mountain together, starting their search from the nearest canyon. Not only the canyon, but wherever they went, the black tiger would release energy waves to try its best to find the bloodstone necklace.

Because the black tigers' treasure-hunting range is only thirty meters around themselves, their search is not particularly fast.

By midnight, they had only searched two small canyons. In addition, wild animals roamed the mountains at night, and they had to deal with those creatures, which would take up some time and energy. After searching the two canyons, the black tiger had exhausted too much energy and had to stop and rest.

Fat Tiger took some time to catch two big fat rats, gave one to Black Tiger, and ate the other himself.

While eating a large rat, Fatty Tiger suggested, "Black Tiger, since we know Zhuang Feifei won't tell the truth, and she told Li Hongying the necklace was in the mountains, it's very likely she was luring Li Hongying here to take the risk. Of course, I'm not saying it's definitely not here; sometimes the most dangerous place is the safest place. Do you think Zhuang Feifei might have hidden the necklace in some secret corner of the village, perhaps near the owner's house? It's inconvenient for us to look for it in the village during the day, so why don't we go look for it now?"

Black Tiger thought Fatty Tiger's words made sense: "We really can't put all our eggs in one basket. What if Zhuang Feifei really did hide the thing in the village?"

"Once you've regained your strength, we'll go back to the village."

"Mmm." Black Tiger had just finished eating the big rat. Because it had used up too much energy, it still wanted to eat. It scratched Fatty Tiger with its paw: "Fatty, I still want to eat the big tiger. Oh, I misspoke. I meant I still want to eat the big rat."

“No problem, I’ll go catch another one.” Fat Tiger readily agreed, “You wait here, I’ll be right back.”

"Okay, hehe."

Fat Tiger disappeared in the blink of an eye, and returned shortly after, carrying two plump rats in his mouth. He then gave one to Black Tiger, saying, "Eat up."

After enjoying their mouse feast, the two cats stretched their limbs, stood up, and, having just finished eating, didn't run too fast. Instead, they strolled down the mountain back to the village as if taking a walk.

Although they descended slowly, they arrived in the village around 2 or 3 a.m. After this journey, they had almost digested the rat meat in their stomachs and were able to engage in vigorous exercise.

"Fatty, let's go check Zhuang Feifei's place first, just in case she takes advantage of her opponent's lowered guard and takes the things home to store."

"good."

However, all Black Tiger needs to do is enter Zhuang Feifei's house to search, while Fat Tiger waits outside to prevent being exposed in front of Zhuang Feifei.

Three or four minutes later, Black Tiger came out.

"The results are the same as before, nothing."

"Let's go to other parts of the village."

"Walk."

They checked every house from east to west, regardless of whether it was inhabited or not, paying particular attention to abandoned old houses, because Zhuang Feifei was likely hiding something in them.

By the time the eastern sky began to lighten, the two cats had already searched the entire village, but they had found nothing about the whereabouts of the bloodstone necklace.

Before anyone else got up, they quickly returned to Luo Jingyan's residence. Luo Jingyan was already up, and Luo Changtian, who went out for a run every morning, was also up. The two siblings washed up together in the yard.

Since Luo Changtian was unaware of Pang Hu's existence, when the two cats saw Luo Changtian in the yard, Black Tiger swaggered in first. When Luo Jingyan saw it return and didn't see Pang Hu, she immediately realized it was because of Luo Changtian.

She hurried to the gate, where Fat Tiger was waiting. She let Fat Tiger into the space.

After Luo Changtian finished washing up, he was about to go for a run when he teased Black Tiger: "Little kitty, do you want to go for a run with me?"

Black Tiger had been running all night and was really not interested in exercise anymore, but seeing Luo Changtian's expectant look, it couldn't bear to refuse him.

He secretly asked Luo Jingyan, "Master, your brother asked me to go running with him."

If you're tired, don't go. Just stay home and rest.

I'm not tired.

"Then go ahead, let Gian tell you about looking for the thing."

【Um.】

Black Tiger followed Luo Changtian away. Luo Jingyan went into the kitchen and chatted with Fatty Tiger about the search for the bloodstone necklace last night while cooking.

Fat Tiger's expression and tone were naturally somewhat disappointed that he hadn't found the treasure.

"Master, we searched two valleys in succession, and also searched all the places we passed through. Later, we even searched various parts of the village, but we still haven't found the whereabouts of that thing."

Luo Jingyan sensed Pang Hu's frustration.

"It's alright. The mountain is such a big place, how could we find it in one go? Besides, even if we don't find it, we won't suffer any losses, so don't feel guilty."

"Master, let's rest for a bit. We can go out and search again anytime."

"Don't push yourselves too hard. Don't treat it like a job. Rest and play the same way you used to." Don't add any burden to the cats because of this.

"It's alright, Master, let's just treat it as a trip up the mountain for fun."

Luo Jingyan gave it a steak that had been pan-fried beforehand: "You eat first, I'll give it to Black Tiger when it comes back."

"Thank you, Master."

Today is a day off, and Luo Changtian doesn't have to go to school after breakfast. As usual, he insists on holding Black Tiger in his arms while doing his homework, petting the cat and doing his homework at the same time.

Fat Tiger has no treasure-hunting abilities, so he can only stay in Luo Jingyan's space. Oh well, he'll just have to rest.

At this moment, Li Hongying was about to go up the mountain to find the treasure.