Chapter 171

Fang Jianye's hometown is the neighboring Hongqi Town.

Then he should also know about Shan Qinlide, whom he mentioned.

So Qin Lide asked, "Which mountain?"

Fang Jianye: "Small barren mountain."

Qin Lide pondered for a moment: "Little Wilderness Mountain... I remember this mountain is very ordinary."

Xiaohuangshan is located at the border of Jinzhen and Hongqizhen, spanning both towns, but most of its mountain body is in Hongqizhen.

The mountain is neither high nor dangerous, and it has no beautiful scenery. It is only covered with trees, weeds and mushrooms. Except for the season when people go up the mountain to pick mushrooms, no one goes there usually.

Fang Jianye's team felt that the mountain could be renovated and its vegetation replaced with ornamental plants when making tourism plans. Construction is underway these days.

"I've researched it myself, and the day construction started was the day I started having these dreams." Despite encountering a paranormal event, Fang Jianye remained relatively calm.

After all, he was a seasoned veteran who had been through so much, and he didn't panic easily. He tried his best to provide Qin Lide with as many clues as possible. "At first, I thought it was just a coincidence, but later I even had this dream during my lunch break, and it felt a bit off."

"Have you been to the mountain?" Qin Lide asked.

Fang Jianye glanced at his assistant, who placed a tablet computer on the table.

Fang Jianye swiped the touchscreen to show Qin Lide: "I've been there, I found the place I dreamed about, I even took pictures, and I also discovered something else."

He paused, zoomed in on a photo, and pointed to a short tree, saying, "When I first went there, this tree was perfectly intact. When I left, I had it cut down. That night, in my dream, the tree was gone too."

"So I suspect..." Fang Jianye himself also found it strange, "I suspect that my dreams are not just dreams, but may be reality."

The environment in his dream changes with the environment in reality, which is hard to call a coincidence. Considering that he has a muddy taste in his mouth every morning when he wakes up, perhaps his dream of eating dirt is not a figment of his imagination.

Instead, he actually went to eat dirt.

Qin Lide's expression turned serious as he looked Fang Jianye up and down: "You mean, your soul left your body?"

Fang Jianye nodded, then asked nervously, "Do I still seem normal to you?"

Qin Lide walked around him twice.

Humans have three souls and seven spirits; losing any one of them will have a certain impact on a person.

But Fang Jianye seemed perfectly normal.

Qin Lide shook his head: "I see nothing unusual about you. There is neither yin energy nor any missing soul."

"Is that so?" Fang Jianye frowned.

Although the dream itself wasn't scary, no normal person would want to dream about eating dirt every day.

Moreover, it wasn't just him dreaming; construction was also repeatedly encountering problems, and every day of delay meant an extra day of cost.

Undeterred, Fang Jianye closed his laptop and earnestly asked Qin Lide, "Mr. Qin, could you please come with me to Xiaohuangshan?"

Qin Lide glanced at Qin Su, then hesitated slightly.

Normally, he would have readily agreed, but today his granddaughter happened to be visiting him.

Qin Su glanced at Fang Jianye's forehead, thought for a moment, and smiled at Qin Lide, "Grandpa, it's been a long time since I've strolled around the town. Let me go with you to Xiaohuangshan."

Qin Lide immediately agreed.

Fang Jianye quickly thanked Qin Su, saying, "Thank you so much, Miss Qin, for being willing to make this trip."

He had his assistant and secretary assign two other cars, and he personally drove Qin Lide and Qin Su.

He was a businessman, and he was very good at warming up people and dealing with them. After getting into the car, he praised her, saying, "It's been almost ten years since I took my parents away. Seeing Miss Qin today, I can't help but sigh that our towns are truly blessed with outstanding people and beautiful scenery."

Qin Lide liked to hear people praise Qin Su, and upon hearing this, his expression relaxed. He only pretended to be polite and said, "Not at all."

Fang Jianye laughed and said, "Old Qin, I'm not lying. I've invested in several movies before and met many big stars, but none of them can compare to your granddaughter in terms of talent and looks. Your family really knows how to raise children. Haven't you considered letting your little girl enter the entertainment industry?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Lide suddenly remembered that Qin Su had mentioned to him last time that she wanted to do some kind of live stream.

He asked Qin Su, "Su Zai'er, didn't you say last time that you were going to do that Tomato Live or something?"

Fang Jianye said in surprise, "Miss Qin is doing a live broadcast? That's such a waste."

He quickly offered, "I know some directors and producers. If Miss Qin is interested in developing her career in the entertainment industry, I can help make connections."

"I am indeed doing a live stream, but it has nothing to do with the entertainment industry," Qin Su said casually. "I'm doing a fortune telling live stream."

"Cough cough." Fang Jianye choked, looking at her incredulously in the rearview mirror, "Live-streaming fortune telling?"

Has the internet developed to this extent now? You can even do fortune telling online?

"Yes, the streamer's name is Gengsheng, Gengsheng means 'more' or 'life'." Qin Su smiled slightly. "President Fang can take a look when he has time."

Rebirth—Fang Jianye thought for a moment about the two words, and it was Su, the traditional Chinese character for Su.

Without thinking too much, he nodded and replied, "I'll definitely support it. I'll keep an eye on it when I get back."

Qin Lide was slightly surprised when he heard Qin Su say that she would do fortune telling on live stream. He frowned and wanted to say something, but because Fang Jianye was an outsider, he didn't say anything in the end. He just patted Qin Su on the shoulder.

Qin Lide's residence was not far from Xiaohuangshan, only a twenty-minute drive away, and they arrived quickly while chatting.

As they got out of the car, a mountain breeze blew by, and Xiaolong, nestled in Qin Su's sleeve, seemed to be trying to peek out, but Qin Su calmly poked it back in.

The system, nestled in Qin Su's arms, gloated and wagged its fluffy tail in a showy manner.

The little dragon was indignant and swiftly extended a claw, slapping the cat on the head.

The system was stunned and took a beat to react before it let out an angry "meow".

Just then, one of Fang Jianye's assistants turned around and, for a fleeting moment, seemed to see something claw-like retract from Qin Su's wrist.

He paused, then suddenly closed his eyes and opened them again, only to see a stunningly beautiful young woman holding a snow-white cat, her expression unchanged.

Qin Su noticed his gaze: "What's wrong?"

Looking directly into Qin Su's dark eyes, the assistant's heart raced uncontrollably: "It's nothing."

He thought to himself, "I must have just been seeing things."

Construction on Xiaohuangshan has been suspended due to repeated accidents and Fang Jianye's dream. There is no one else on the mountain at this time.

Fang Jianye led Qin Su and the others to the top of the mountain and stopped at a certain place.

“This is it.” He said, his face a mixture of emotions. “Every time I dream about eating dirt, it’s in this place.”

The piece of land that Fang Jianye pointed out was no different from the land they had seen along the way; it was just an ordinary piece of yellow earth.

Qin Lide took out a compass from his bag and circled the area, but found nothing.

He then performed divination on the spot, predicting that Fang Jianye had no connection with the mountain's grudges.

The situation suddenly reached a stalemate, and everyone was silent and anxious.

Qin Su, who had gone to check the situation at the top of the mountain, turned back and asked in surprise, "Why is there a temple on this mountain?"

"Huh?" Fang Jianye was taken aback; he really didn't know about this.

The secretary explained, "There is a temple, but it has been abandoned for many years and no one has managed it."

Qin Lide recalled for a moment and then suddenly said, "I remember now, there was such a thing. Xiaohuangshan was originally called Xiaohuashan, it seems that there was a flower goddess worshipped on the mountain."

There are many temples in the area, and a large number of gods are worshipped. Xiaohuangshan was originally worshipped as the Flower Goddess, so it was called Xiaohuashan (Little Flower Mountain). Later, religion declined and temples fell into disrepair, and Xiaohuashan became Xiaohuangshan (Little Wilderness Mountain).