Lin Jingting remained silent with a long face.

Chu Nian transmitted her voice again: "You follow us secretly, and when the time is right, we, master and disciple, will have a detailed chat and reminisce."

Upon hearing the words "have a detailed chat and reminisce," a hint of joy flashed in Lin Jingting's eyes, and she immediately hummed in agreement.

Chu Nian felt that this guy might be going to promote the "Entanglement" technique like a ghost immortal, what was she going to do?!

Fortunately, Lin Jingting was relatively obedient. After the beast tide passed and everyone was about to leave, he secretly followed them instead of leaving with them.

Qi Meili couldn't help but say, "Hey, that gentleman who saved us last time, that's the third time we've seen him, right? We still haven't had a chance to ask him his name!"

Wang Chao said, "If you ask me, he saved Captain Jing last time, so he must remember Captain Jing. Why don't you take the initiative next time you see Captain Jing and ask him his name? After all, he helped us, and it feels a bit unreasonable that we still don't know his name!"

Qi Meili said, "Who says otherwise!"

Peng Jian laughed and said, "You didn't try to chat him up just because he's handsome, did you?" He then gave Jing Yue a meaningful look.

The two brothers' attention was now completely focused on Jingyue, whose eyes lit up when she saw the two handsome men of unknown origin. Although the brothers were also handsome, they were not in the same league as those two.

If their good looks were bronze, then the man who saved them was definitely diamond. As for that boy, he was practically a king. They wondered if Captain Jing, in all his years, had ever seen a man more handsome than that boy. The two brothers certainly hadn't.

On the surface, the Peng brothers, Peng Jian and Peng Kang, remained silent and retreated with their teammates, but they were secretly communicating and discussing their next move! Judging from their posture, neither of them had any hope of capturing Jing Yue, so how could they use Jing Yue to secure a better future for themselves?

Chu Nian had already pieced together most of the telepathic communication between the two using her brainwave perception. It has to be said, scum is scum; everyone is merely a tool for them to advance their own interests.

The area within Huai Mountain was originally filled with towering trees that reached into the clouds, and the vegetation was mostly taller than a person. Now, having just experienced a beast tide, it was filled with broken branches and withered leaves. As the group walked, they sighed and then discovered that all the previous landmarks had disappeared.

As a result, they got lost.

Chu Nian originally didn't want to remind them, thinking that these people were experienced explorers and would probably find the right path after circling around a few times. Who would have thought that they had already circled this conical hillside countless times, walking for several hours without finding a way out.

Lin Jingting followed in the shadows, feeling somewhat amused and exasperated.

Chu Nian had no choice but to secretly send him a telepathic message, asking him to make a mark on it.

Then, after circling around again, the group suddenly saw a very conspicuous signpost in front of a big tree, with arrows clearly indicating which direction to go downhill, which direction to go uphill, and which direction to go to the stream.

Qi Meili shook Chu Nian's arm excitedly and said, "Niannian, look, a signpost! Don't you think those two incredibly handsome experts were the ones who gave us directions?"

"I don't know!" Chu Nian said helplessly: "I just asked him to make a sign, who asked him to make a directional sign? This is obviously telling these people that someone is secretly helping them!"

Forget it, even if these people know someone helped them, they won't suspect her. She'll continue to live a relaxed and low-key life.

Jingyue gave Chu Nian a deep look.

Qi Meili immediately said, "Oh right, Niannian, I remember now, that handsome young man from before, he seems to know you. Could this brand be made by him?"

Jingyue then asked, "Niannian, what is your relationship with that boy?"

Qi Meili: "We've been best friends for so many years, and you've never mentioned this person to me. Also, he's clearly acquainted with the big shot who saved us before. That big shot is very respectful to him. Who exactly is he? Could he be the son of the Presidential Palace? I've heard that the President's youngest son is an extremely handsome man like this."

These last two sentences really caught everyone's attention: indeed, the big shot who came to their rescue must be someone close to the president with such formidable power.

Peng Jian immediately retorted sourly, "Come on, Meili, you and Niannian have known each other for a long time. We all know what her family situation is like. If she could marry the son of the Presidential Palace, would she still be running around in the mountains with us all day? It's exhausting!"

Wang Chao smacked his lips and said, "If you ask me, no matter what your status is or how strong your subordinates are, the key is still that you have to be capable yourself. Even if you can really get close to the president's son, if you don't have the ability to win his heart, you're probably just destined to be played by him."

Qi Meili glared at him and Peng Jian, then shook Chu Nian's arm, asking curiously and enthusiastically, "Niannian, tell me, who exactly is that handsome young man? How did you meet him?"

Chu Nian, exasperated by her persistence, could only make up an excuse: "It's just... we met a long time ago. A long time ago, I almost forgot about it."

Qi Meili: "Then what is his identity? How come someone of that level, the big shot who saved us, respects him so much?"

Besides Chu Nian, only Jing Yue knew that Han Chao was a tree spirit and had nothing to do with the president. However, she couldn't say it out loud, so she listened with her head down, her mind flashing back to the image of the handsome young man that everyone was talking about, appearing before them deep in the cave carrying a large golden bird.

At that moment, she was almost blinded by the boy's beauty. She had already been amazed by the male lead, Han Chao, when she first saw him, but she never imagined that there could be a man in the world even more handsome than him.

Faced with Qi Meili's persistent questioning, Chu Nian could only vaguely reply, "I've already said that I only met him a long time ago. What I mean is, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Since we haven't seen each other for a long time, we're definitely not familiar with each other, understand?"

Jingyue suddenly asked, "Niannian, what do you think of the big shot who saved us? Do you like him?"

Chu Nian said with a long face, "Captain Jing, that's a strange question. I've met that big shot the same number of times as you guys, so why are you asking me specifically if I like him? I've only met him a few times, and we're really not close."