"By the way, do you remember the poisonous bird that attacked us last time?"

Hua Shi suddenly changed the subject and asked.

Xie Mingchi nodded, "I remember."

"The wings of that 鸩鸟 are highly poisonous." Hua Shi said with a blink.

Xie Mingchi paused, lowered his eyes in deep thought, as if searching his mind for information about poison. Then he looked at her and shook his head: "I don't know. There are many animals or monsters like this that are highly poisonous in the mountains. I don't have a detailed record of them one by one. With the blessing of the mountain god, I am not affected by this."

Hua Shi: "Immune to all poisons?"

Xie Mingchi did not deny it: "You can say that."

In fact, his body was much stronger than he knew. Once, he was knocked off a cliff by a two-headed snake in the mountains. He thought he had escaped death, but when he woke up after being in a coma for a few days, the injured part had already shown signs of healing.

With such a serious injury, an ordinary person would probably die...

The two chatted for a few more sentences, and as the sky gradually darkened, Xie Mingchi waved goodbye reluctantly.

Hua Shi looked at Xie Mingchi's departing back and breathed a sigh of relief.

Before leaving, Xie Mingchi did not forget to tell her very seriously...

Linhai Mountain was not as peaceful as she saw it. Under the protection of the mountain god, there were many strange and bizarre monsters of all kinds. Some of them were poisonous, some were bloodthirsty, some were greedy and gluttonous, and some were cunning...

If you don't know them well, you can easily fall into their hands. Although such monsters are rarely seen outside the mountains, they cannot be completely eliminated, and there will definitely be some that slip through the net.

And from Xie Mingchi's tone, she could tell he didn't seem to care much about animals like poison poison, anything less than a monster. Or perhaps, as a mountain ranger, he was already accustomed to such dangerous creatures, as they were everywhere in the mountains...

What surprised her was that Xie Mingchi did not chase her to ask... He had a vague guess about what the "blessing of the mountain god" was, but did not ask.

Perhaps he saw that she didn't really want to say it, so he didn't ask.

But in response to her questions, he answered everything he knew without hiding anything.

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There was a sound of a wooden door swaying in a disrespectful manner. The three people, a cat, a fox and a dog, who had been waiting for her quietly in the yard, heard the sound and turned their heads to look towards the gate.

“Meow meow meow…”

The black cat's dark blue eyes lit up and it pounced towards her.

Hua Shi bent down, stretched out her hands, and picked up the somewhat clumsy Xiao Hei.

"Meow……"

The black cat turned over comfortably, found a position, gently rubbed her hand with its head, and lay obediently in her arms.

The white fox ran over a little slower than her, like a big white dog, and circled around her twice, making soft barking sounds, as if expressing its little dissatisfaction.

Only when Hua Shi reached out and smoothed the hair on its back did it calm down.

The little white dog next to it also saw Hua Shi, and scratched the snow with its four paws, trying to run after her, but its neck was held by Hua Li. Every time it struggled, Hua Li increased the force, and it barked twice in anxiety.

"Xiaobai, Xiaobai...be good..."

Hua Li lowered her voice and whispered quietly into the little white dog's ear to persuade it.

Among those present, Hua Xiao's expression changed the most. The little girl first looked up at Hua Shi, then turned to look at her second brother standing beside her.

Hua Yu looked at Hua Shi expressionlessly, then lowered his eyelids silently.

The atmosphere in the yard was very tense, with only three pets wagging their tails excitedly.

Hua Shi also restrained the expression on her face. She smoothed the fur on the black cat's back, put the cat down, raised her eyes, and said to Hua Xiao and Hua Li, "Hua Xiao, you two go back to the house first. Your second brother and I have something to talk about."

Hua Xiao's uneasy expression became even more obvious. He rubbed his hands together and whispered, "Then talk it out... Stop fighting..."

She knew she couldn't stop this conversation. After all, it was her second brother who was wrong in the first place...

Hua Li was stunned for a moment, and the next second he was pulled up by Hua Xiao and left the yard.

The little white dog, now free, immediately ran towards Hua Shi. However, due to the huge body of the white fox blocking its way, it hesitated and approached cautiously.

Hua Shi walked around the three people blocking the way and took two steps towards Hua Yu. He said straight to the point, "Are you planning to sell me out?"

Her words were actually a bit of a test. At first, her head was groggy, and she couldn't immediately guess what Hua Yu was going to do. Later, the effect of the medicine gradually dissipated, and she could still vaguely hear the sound of Hua Yu and Hua Xiao arguing in the courtyard. After a series of events, she thought back and guessed...

Hua Yu's dark eyes suddenly lifted up and looked straight at her, and he suddenly said in a hoarse voice: "You are not her."

This sentence is affirmative.

As for who this "she" is, it's self-evident...

Hua Shi was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect him to change the subject directly.

"You are not her, that vicious and stupid woman. How could you possibly... tame a fox..."

He paused slightly as he spoke, his dark gaze falling on the white fox following at Hua Shi's feet.

Even the fluffy fur cannot hide the fox's strong and sturdy body and limbs.

How could such a ferocious mountain beast be tamed by a vicious and stupid person? The 'Hua Shi' he knew would never have such courage.

Hua Shi was silent for a moment and hummed softly.

Although she didn't express it directly, her reaction was a tacit agreement with his words...

Hua Yu looked at her pupils, which shrank slightly for a moment.

"What about her?" His voice trembled.

Hua Shi raised his eyes: "Dead."

Hua Yu lowered his head, covered his face with his hands, and his bent back seemed to tremble slightly.

This reaction is...

Frown when the flowers bloom.

The next second, he could be heard laughing deeply, a laugh that sent chills down one's spine...

"Dead...dead, that's all!" He trembled softly, and his trembling shoulders seemed to relax all of a sudden.

When he looked up at her again, there was a hint of confusion in his dark eyes, or was it relief... ?

The enemies and hatred he had always held in his heart... in that instant, it seemed to dissipate with the deaths of these people...

"How did she die?" Hua Yu suddenly restrained his expression and asked.

Hua Shi: "When you hit your head."

Hua Yu was not surprised by this answer at all. It seemed as if he already had the answer in his mind. This question was just to confirm what he was thinking.

So... he died so early...

No wonder, at that time he felt that Hua Shi was a little strange after waking up, he didn't remember anything, and always did things that were contrary to his personality.

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