After going upstairs, Bai Jing looked at Lin Wu.

Lin Wu was confused by her gaze: "Then why are you looking at me?"

"I didn't expect it," Bai Jing raised his eyebrows slightly, "that Luan Zhi was quite impressed by you. Even though you were wearing a human skin mask, he still recognized you at a glance. Did something happen between you two last night that I don't know about?"

The meaning of watching the fun is beyond words.

"..." Lin Wu had no expression on his face. "Do you think it's possible?"

"Why not?" Bai Jing pretended to think, then said seriously, "It's not bad to play with. It's quite interesting."

Lin Wu stopped at the door of his room, turned around, and faced Bai Jing, then slowly delivered a fatal blow.

"I understand. After all, you are different from me. You are still single."

Bai Jing: “…”

Bai Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, "You'd better keep one eye on guard when you sleep at night."

"Thanks for the reminder, but I won't sleep tonight."

Lin Wu smiled slightly, and Bai Jing kicked him.

She turned around and dodged, pushed the door open and went in. She said "come on" to Bai Jing, who was so angry that he wanted to kill her, and then slowly closed the door.

Bai Jing laughed angrily.

Keeping Lin Wu and Bo Yuting in mind at the same time, she snorted and turned back to her room.

Lin Wu walked to the table in a good mood, took out a bag and stuffed a lot of things into it. She thought it was bad, so she planned to ask Bai Jing's people to get it later. Of course, she would not tell Bai Jing.

Because she didn't tell Bai Jing the truth - she was planning to find out tonight, not just take a simple look.

Under normal circumstances, Lin Wu would naturally make arrangements before going and would not take risks easily.

But what she lacked most now was time. She had to finish her work here quickly and then go to Blackback Mountain in the northwest to find Bo Yuting.

Thinking of Bo Yuting, Lin Wu's expression softened a little and he took out his cell phone to send him a message.

The man didn't reply for a while. Lin Wu guessed that he was busy at the moment, so he put his phone down and lay down on the bed to catch up on his sleep.

In the evening, Lin Wu went out to find someone to replenish the things.

Her relationship with Bai Jing was close, and it was almost common knowledge to both of them. Therefore, when Lin Wu suggested not to tell Bai Jing, the people brought by Bai Jing respectfully agreed without thinking and did not ask the reason.

While Bai Jing was still here, Lin Wu quickly returned to his room to pack his things and went to find Bai Jing for dinner.

Unexpectedly, when I was about to go out, I saw a young man outside, Luan Zhi, raising his hand to knock on the door.

When the other party saw her, he immediately stopped and smiled, "Hello, Miss Lin."

Lin Wu frowned. Seeing that his eyes seemed to pass over her and look inside inadvertently, she closed the door behind her.

"How do you know my last name is Lin?"

"Brother Wang Lin from the archaeological team told me."

Luan Zhi answered immediately, looking extremely obedient and innocent, and he almost wrote "he didn't mean to ask" on his forehead.

He also complained: "Ms. Lin, you don't know that Brother Wang doesn't seem to like you and thinks you will hold them back. I'm different. When I saw you, Miss Lin, I felt that I had a good impression of you. You must be very capable. It's them who are holding you back."

Lin Wu remained unmoved. He walked around him and went to Bai Jing's room, saying lightly.

"I don't know you, and I don't have the habit of talking to strangers. Please stay away from me."

"How can we not be familiar with each other?" Luan Zhi followed her, his dark eyes were particularly bright when he smiled, and he said with interest: "Didn't we meet last night? Miss Lin, you should believe now that I am not a bad person, right? If you don't believe it, you can ask Brother Wang and the others, they all know that my second uncle has a nephew like me."

"You've got the wrong person." Lin Wu said.

Luan Zhi said firmly and seriously, "I didn't make a mistake. Even if I made a mistake with anyone, I would never make a mistake with you, Miss Lin. Yes, Miss Lin, you look different now than you did last night, but your figure hasn't changed. Besides, I asked the staff at the B&B, and he said you came in the early morning, and the clothes he described you in were the same as what I saw last night. Most importantly, my familiarity with you won't deceive me."

Lin Wu stopped.

Luan Zhi also stopped immediately and stared at Lin Wu.

Lin Wu turned to look at him, "So what?"

"……What?"

Luan Zhi was stunned.

Lin Wu said bluntly: "I don't know you, nor am I familiar with you, and I hate strangers following me. Do you understand?"

Lin Wu withdrew his gaze and continued to look for Bai Jing.

"If I invite you to go to the back mountain with me at night, maybe I can help you find some clues. Do you hate me too?" Luan Zhi's slightly tense and hoarse voice suddenly sounded behind him, with a sense of persistence and tentative caution.

Lin Wu tilted his head and glanced at him with the corner of his eyes. He didn't even stop or pay attention to him and continued walking forward.

Until it stopped in front of Bai Jing's room, Lin Wu could still feel the burning gaze with a hint of sadness.

She knocked on the door, and after Bai Jing opened it, she went straight in and slammed the door.

"What's wrong?" Bai Jing was stunned.

Lin Wu said: "Luan Zhi is outside. He insisted that I was the one from last night and wanted to go to the back mountain with me tonight."

Bai Jing still remembered that it was afternoon, and he raised his eyebrows when he heard it: "Then you agree. It's not a bad thing to bring someone with you. If there is danger, just push him forward first."

Lin Wu rolled his eyes. "How rubbish must I be to need someone to protect me from disaster."

"You can't say that. When you're out there, your strength will certainly vary. The past is the past, and the present is the present. Who knows, maybe you'll get into trouble someday?" Bai Jing said.

"...Can't you hope for me to be better?"

Lin Wu's mouth twitched slightly. He was too lazy to argue with her and asked her to go out for dinner.

Unexpectedly, when the two of them went out, Luan Zhi was still in the corridor outside, slumped over. He only noticed that his eyes lit up when Lin Wu came out, and he looked pitiful.

But Lin Wu didn't even look at him and continued talking to Bai Jing.

Luan Zhi was visibly disappointed.

Of course Lin Wu didn’t know and didn’t pay attention. Her attention was all on what she was telling Bai Jing about that evening.

"I'll be leaving in a minute. You should pay more attention here. Including the archaeological team, there will be quite a few people coming in the next few days."

Bai Jing frowned, "These few days? Are you planning to be away for a long time? Aren't you just going to take a look tonight?"

Lin Wu remained calm and confident, "Even if I come back, those things are still yours. Besides, I'm alone, do you have the nerve to make me worry so much?"

Bai Jing: "You're welcome."

Lin Wu: “…”

She shouldn't have gotten her hopes up on this.

Lin Wu interrupted the topic and started eating.

Bai Jing stared at Lin Wu for a few seconds, not knowing whether there was a letter or not, but he didn't say anything else.

After dinner, Lin Wu went back to her room to rest. When it was almost ten o'clock and the entire homestay fell into silence, she went out with her bag, but saw Bai Jing leaning on the railing and looking at the night sky in the corridor outside.

The moon was almost at its zenith, with a few scattered stars in the sky and a chilly night wind.

Nothing to see, just waiting for someone.

Lin Wu paused.

Before she could say anything, Bai Jing turned around, and Lin Wu could see clearly that she was holding a bag in her hand.

She handed it to Lin Wu.

Lin Wu understood, stepped forward to take it, then turned and left.

"Be careful." Bai Jing finally spoke.

Lin Wu waved his hand to show that he understood, then went straight downstairs and left the B&B.

It was quiet outside.

Lin Wu didn't drive, but walked directly towards the back mountain. He didn't see anyone on the way out of Zhangjia Village, and it was even quieter when he entered the forest.

The mountain road was not easy to walk on, but perhaps because too many people had gone to the back mountain recently, a vague path was trampled out. This made it convenient for Lin Wu. Whenever there was a big error between the map and the actual situation, she would look for traces of other people nearby and continue on her journey smoothly.

She was not slow at all and arrived at the river that Bai Jing had mentioned earlier than expected. She could hear the sound of the rushing water from afar, which was equally clear as the occasional chirping of insects and birds.

Lin Wu checked the map to make sure he was in the right place, then walked through the grass and trees and quickly reached the river bank.

At the same time, she could also see clearly that the river was narrower than the one she saw last night, and not as deep. However, the current was quite fast, making the river look more dangerous. The water surface reflected the cold waves under the light of the flashlight, and it was full of chill.

(End of this chapter)