Tonghua immediately felt speechless.

He’s just a man. Why cover him up so tightly that we can’t even look at him?

The next day, Tonghua, holding on to the last glimmer of hope, wandered around the village, hoping to find someone to ask if anyone had been to the forest outside the village, or if they knew what had happened in the forest.

This time, Tonghua saw an old man walking on the road. Tonghua thought that maybe he knew more because he was older.

So Fairy Tale went up to him and asked, "Old man, have you been to the forest outside the village recently?"

The old man shouted loudly: "What did you say?!"

"I said, have you been to the forest lately?"

The old man put his hands to his ears and yelled again: "Louder! I can't hear you!"

Seeing that the old man had some hearing problems, Tonghua had no choice but to raise his voice and shout word by word: "I – say – have – you – been – to – that – forest?"

While speaking, Tonghua also pointed in the direction of the forest.

The old man showed a hint of doubt on his face and said, "You said you wanted to go into the mountains?"

Seeing that the old man still didn't understand what he meant because of his deafness, Tonghua felt a little desperate.

Forget it. This time it will probably be like the previous times and nothing will be gained. Tonghua doesn't plan to ask again.

Therefore, Tonghua just said lightly: "Thank you, old man, it's okay now."

Just as Tonghua was about to turn around and leave, the old man suddenly patted Tonghua on the shoulder and said, "Child, you can't go into the mountain now. Master Mijie said that no one can enter there now..."

Hearing that there seemed to be some news, Tonghua immediately asked the old man: "Why are we not allowed to enter there? Is it because something happened there?!"

Tonghua speculated that perhaps the loud noise in the forest was caused by a plane crash, and the villagers were afraid of hurting the villagers, so they banned others from entering?!

But the old man was still hard of hearing. He asked loudly: "What?! Are you asking me if I have eaten? Oh, I was just about to go back to eat..."

. . . . . .

It seemed that her excitement was in vain. Tonghua couldn't help but reveal a self-deprecating smile at the corner of her mouth. Just because of an ambiguous sentence, it could touch her nerves, arouse her emotions, and make a series of speculations immediately emerge in her mind.

Maybe I'm a little too sensitive.

However, as the clues were interrupted and she faced disappointment again and again, Tonghua felt exhausted both physically and mentally. She felt that she had been here for so many days and had not found any clues. It would be a waste of time to stay here any longer.

Fairy Tale decided to visit Percy's house, say goodbye to him one last time and leave here forever.

Although Tonghua had only walked the road from the village to Bosie's house once in the dark, she still vaguely recognized the route that Bosie had taken her that time.

In this way, Tonghua walked back along the way he came. After walking for about forty minutes, he saw the lonely little house next to a forest in the distance.

That was Percy's home.

Tonghua walked forward and saw that the door was not closed. As soon as she walked in, she saw Leah's figure.

Tonghua shouted loudly: "Liya!"

Liya, who was busy at work, was very happy when she saw Tonghua. She quickly put down her work, walked up to Tonghua and asked, "Tonghua, why are you here? Long time no see! Sit down!"

Tonghua said jokingly, "I won't sit down. I hope I won't disturb you by coming here this time."

Liya's lips curled up, her eyes filled with uncontrollable joy: "How could that be? My place is usually deserted, with almost no one around. Now someone comes to chat with me, I'm so happy, how could I feel disturbed?"

Tonghua was relieved and said, "I'm glad you don't blame me for coming here empty-handed...Where's Percy? Why can't I see him?"

"He's usually very busy. He goes out to the mountains to hunt, pick herbs, and chop firewood before dawn. I don't know what happened these days, but he's even busier. He even takes time out every day to go to the beach to catch seafood. He's so busy all day that he doesn't even come home until dark..."

"Really? That's really hard work. I'm so ashamed that I can't help you at all."

"Don't say that. You're our guest. By the way, did you come here today to look for Percy? It's such a coincidence that he hasn't come back yet."

"Then, Liya, do you know where he is now?"

Leah thought for a moment and said, "At this hour, Percy is probably hunting in the forest."

"Okay, I understand."

After saying goodbye to Leah at her house, Tonghua walked towards the forest. The forest was very big, and Tonghua had no idea of ​​Boshi's current exact location. She had to try her luck and walk around to see if she could find Boshi.

After walking for a while, Fairy Tale found that she seemed to be lost and could no longer tell the direction she came from.

"Oops, where have I been?"

Fairy Tale turned around and looked at the environment around him. He felt that every tree around him seemed familiar, as if he had been here before.

Fairy Tale tried to remain calm and began to call Percy's name loudly towards the forest: "Percy—Percy—"

In an instant, the entire forest was filled with the call of the fairy tale.

Fairy Tale continued walking in one direction, calling Percy's name.

"Percy—where are you?"

But the fairy tale called for a long time, but there was no response from Percy.

Just as Fairy Tale had walked forward for an unknown period of time, when she was calling Percy's name again, suddenly, a terrifying roar of a beast sounded between heaven and earth.

"roar--"

The loud noise came from far away and was extremely powerful in deterrence and penetration. It resounded throughout the entire forest, making everyone who heard it tremble.

The same was true for Tonghua. After hearing this sound, her whole body could not move, as if it was under control, and she stayed in place.

At this moment, Tonghua heard the sound coming from the source, and it seemed like someone was talking faintly.

"...prey...escape, run..."

Tonghua couldn't hear clearly what the person in front of her was saying. She was worried that the person in front of her had been attacked by a wild beast and was now fighting a desperate battle.

In the wild, if people face wild beasts in the mountains, especially large beasts like lions and tigers, they will definitely be unable to protect themselves. The thought of a human life about to be lost is terrifying.

After hesitating for a while, Tonghua realized that he couldn't just stand by and watch the person die, so he hurried forward.