Chapter 492 The Classmate Who Was About to Be Eaten
The night before Ye Wanxi and the others arrived, there had been a heavy rain here, and the area at the foot of the mountain was a low-lying area.
The bumpy, wet dirt road left their shoes covered in mud, even though they had been very careful when they first arrived.
But now, upon entering this room, not a single footprint can be seen; it all seems quite eerie.
Feng Tianyu naturally noticed as well. He turned and exchanged a glance with Ye Wanxi, then nodded in tacit agreement, without making a sound.
"And these are..." After praising Guan Xuefen enthusiastically, Cui's mother noticed Feng Tianyu and the others who entered afterward, as well as Ye Wanxi, who wore a mask and remained silent throughout.
"They are..."
Before Guan Xuefen could speak, Ye Wanxi stopped her by pressing her hand down: "I'm Xiaoxue's cousin. I just happened to be in town for a business trip and a bit of sightseeing this past week. These are my colleagues. We were originally planning to go back in the next couple of days, but before we left, Xiaoxue suddenly said she was coming to visit some friends. She's not familiar with the area by herself, and her family was worried about her, so they asked me to come with her."
Ye Wanxi paused here, looked at the group with a half-smile, and said, "We came in a hurry and were unable to inform you in advance. I hope you don't mind that we came uninvited?"
When the Cui family members heard Ye Wanxi say this, their eyes darted around, and their smiles were somewhat forced: "We don't mind, we don't mind."
Guan Xuefen opened her mouth as if to speak, but Ye Wanxi leaned close to her ear and whispered, "I'll explain later."
Guan Xuefen paused for a moment, then recalled what the vegetable-selling woman had said not long ago. She swallowed back the words that were on the tip of her tongue and tacitly accepted Ye Wanxi's identity.
With the sudden appearance of several more people, Cui's mother's enthusiasm seemed to be doused with cold water, and the smile on her face also faded considerably. She left Cui Yuezhen to entertain her friends while she went into the kitchen to cook.
Compared to Guan Xuefen, Cui Yuezhen seemed more curious about Ye Wanxi. After sitting down and chatting with Guan Xuefen about school matters for a while, she shifted the topic to Ye Wanxi.
"How come I've never heard you mention having a cousin before?"
Guan Xuefen's smile froze slightly, but she quickly recovered: "My cousin's family lives quite far from mine. Although we are close relatives, we don't have much contact with each other. Besides, you haven't asked about my family situation before."
Cui Yuezhen nodded, unsure whether she believed her or not. After a while, she asked again, "Why is your cousin still wearing a mask even after coming inside? Isn't it stuffy?"
"She recently caught a cold and is afraid of infecting others."
This was what Ye Wanxi had told her before, but now Guan Xuefen herself was a little unsure.
She felt that there was something strange about Cui Yuezhen's family today, and the group of people she met on the way were also strange. She was now really regretting making this trip.
Guan Xuefen was busy talking to Cui Yuezhen, while Ye Wanxi and Feng Tianyu focused their attention on Cui Yuezhen's father.
This dark-skinned man with a deeply lined face remained silent throughout.
After Mrs. Cui left, he didn't help greet the guests. He just sat on a small stool in the corner of the hall, smoking and watching them through the smoke.
To be precise, he was staring at the two girls, Ye Wanxi and Guan Xuefen. Their expressions were somewhat obscured by the smoke, but their eyes revealed a hint of gloom and coldness that sent chills down one's spine.
The Cui family consists of four people: Cui Yuezhen, her parents, and her younger brother.
The younger brother looked no more than six or seven years old. Hearing that guests were coming to the house, he ran out of the house with a handful of noodles wrapped with braised meat in his hand, his big, dark eyes staring curiously at Ye Wanxi and the others.
Guan Xuefen loved children, and upon seeing this child, her wariness instantly lessened. She pulled Cui Yuezhen aside and asked, "Is this your younger brother?"
"Hmm." Cui Yuezhen waved to the child, and the little guy immediately ran to her side, his eyes still glued to Guan Xuefen, his face full of curiosity.
"This is my sister's classmate, a guest in our home. We can't be rude."
"My sister's classmate?" The child tilted his head curiously, then suddenly blurted out, "Is it the classmate who's going to be eaten?"
Clang—
Guan Xuefen's cup tipped over, and the Shi brothers' expressions changed slightly.
Mr. Cui paused in his smoking, his eyes suddenly sharpening, looking as if he would cause trouble if Ye Wanxi and the others dared to make any rash moves.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became subtle, and Guan Xuefen's palms were sweating.
Just then, Cui's mother suddenly rushed out of the kitchen and grabbed her son, giving him a good scolding: "Eat, eat, all you know is eating! What else do you know besides eating?"
After scolding her son, she turned to Ye Wanxi and the others and apologized, saying, "Children say things without thinking, please don't take it to heart."
Ye Wanxi smiled and said, "Children sometimes do make mistakes when they learn to speak, but we didn't take it to heart."
But sometimes it is precisely because children speak without restraint that they dare to say things that adults dare not say.
Mrs. Cui breathed a sigh of relief, but seeing that the men's expressions were still not very pleasant, she quickly changed the subject: "This child was probably trying to invite the guests to have dinner with us. We just had a family worship ceremony today, so we made a lot of delicious food. You haven't had dinner yet since you just arrived, have you? Why don't you join us for a meal?"
“No… no need.”
Because of what the child had just said, Guan Xuefen's fear had reached its peak.
Knowing this family has problems, how could anyone dare to eat their food? What if they were poisoned to death?
Just like those people who mysteriously disappeared before, maybe... maybe they were also...
Guan Xuefen became increasingly frightened as she thought about it, and her expression betrayed her fear.
Seeing this, the Cui family members' expressions turned dangerous again. Ye Wanxi quickly grabbed her hand and said with a faint smile, "We just ate on the plane and we're not hungry yet, so we won't trouble you. We came here today mainly to see Xiaoxue and say hello. Now that we've seen her and said hello, we should take our leave."
"No rush, no rush." Seeing Ye Wanxi and the others get up to leave, Cui's mother immediately became anxious again. "Look, it's getting dark. The roads in the village are difficult to travel, and you're not familiar with this place. What if something happens on the way? Wouldn't that be our fault? Besides, you've come all this way, and we haven't even said a few words yet. Why are you leaving already? If word gets out, people will say we're not polite enough and can't even take good care of our guests."
"How about this, you can make do with yourselves tonight and stay at our place. Tomorrow morning, we'll let Yuezhen show you where you want to go. She knows this area well and can be your tour guide."
(End of this chapter)
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