Gu Huaiwei didn't even ask Xiling Ling whether she was willing to go together or wanted to go back to find Zhou Chuan Ning, and she just set out on the road ahead.
After crossing this forest, there is a quaint town at the foot of the mountain.
The town was ancient and charming. They walked on the cobblestone road, listening to the vendors hawking their wares along the street, feeling as if they were traveling to a martial arts city.
Xiling Ling curiously surveyed the passersby in ancient costumes and whispered in Gu Huaiwei's ear, "The residents here look like characters from a period drama. Could it be some isolated village that's still preserving an ancient way of life?"
"Don't think too much." Gu Huaiwei said calmly, "We appeared here in modern clothes, but these people's eyes didn't linger on us."
Xiling Ling was suddenly enlightened. She nodded repeatedly, "That's right. If they were really ancient people, they would definitely come and watch us dressed like this."
Gu Huaiwei looked around and saw that the residents of the town were busy with their own things, creating an illusion of prosperity.
She could sense countless gazes coming from around the corner.
The people here are secretly looking at them.
Those eyes were evasive and they didn't dare to look directly at Gu Huaiwei.
"The more you pretend not to care, the more deliberate it seems." Gu Huaiwei lowered her eyes. "There's another strange point. Don't you think that even ordinary people here put on makeup and wear fancy clothes?"
"What's so strange about this? It just means they love to dress up." Xiling Ling has been working at Xiyuan Group. Large companies like that have high requirements for employees' appearance, so she thinks it's normal for everyone to wear makeup.
“Not just young people, but older people as well.”
"This..." Xiling Ling thought about it carefully. It was indeed a bit strange for an elderly person to wear all makeup.
The people here dress in colorful and overly gaudy clothes.
Gu Huaiwei continued, "This is just a small town, not an international metropolis with many fashionable beauties. Compared to the simplicity of the buildings, the people here care too much about their appearance."
"Then we should leave here quickly." Xiling Ling adhered to the Thirty-Six Strategies and believed that running away was the best strategy. She just wanted to get to the castle quickly and didn't want to have to deal with the monsters in the paradise.
At this time, there were sounds of gongs and drums not far away.
"The county magistrate is going to hold a martial arts competition for his son and daughter. Let's go and watch the fun!"
"Although his children are ugly, they are well-off. Let's give it a try. If we can really marry into their family, we will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of our lives."
"I heard that the county magistrate only eats the tenderest leaves, and only eats the larvae of grasshoppers and crickets... My mouth is watering just thinking about it."
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Soon, the platform in front was surrounded by residents who came to watch the excitement. They were very excited and stretched their necks to squeeze forward to see what was going on.
In the center of the red silk-covered platform, the county magistrate sat in the main seat.
He had a serious expression and a head full of white hair, but even with the passage of time, one could still see his regular facial features. This county magistrate must have been a dashing figure when he was young.
The county magistrate placed his hands on his knees and spoke in a calm yet authoritative voice, "Everyone, I have an announcement to make today. Three days from now, we will hold a martial arts competition here to select a suitable match for my son and daughter."
After saying this, he raised his hand slightly and asked the servant to open the wooden window of the attic on the second floor.
A young couple was sitting by the carved wooden window.
The man was wearing an elegant green robe, looking handsome and elegant. He was holding a scroll of poetry in his hand and was looking down at it in a daze.
The woman was wearing a moon-white, chest-length skirt, her long hair like a waterfall, as bright as the moon. She held a round fan in her hand and gently waved it, smiling sweetly at the people downstairs through the window.
They are definitely not ugly.
When Gu Huaiwei passed by here, she took a look at the attic on the second floor.
She discovered that the maid serving tea to the man was actually someone she knew.
Sister Jin.
What kind of joke is this?
Sister Jin's fraud case is still going through the process. Gu Huaiwei asked her lawyer to apply for bail for her. How could she end up working as a maid in the paradise in the real world?
"Miss Gu, why don't you leave?" Xiling Ling looked up at the man in the attic on the second floor and quickly waved her hand, "Don't judge by appearances. Who knows if someone who shows up in Paradise is actually a Painted Skin? Let's not get involved in this mess."
Gu Huaiwei asked, "Does your family require the sacrifice to be of the surname Xiling?"
Xiling Ling counted on her fingers, “In the past, families were loyal to Paradise and would specifically select orphans with good qualifications to adopt, provide them with a good education, and then send them to Paradise as sacrifices.
But the cost is too high. The family has become more disorganized in recent years, and some outsiders have been hired to fill the gaps."
It is very likely that Sister Jin was sent in as a filler.
She and Xiling Ling were not from the same batch, so it was normal that Xiling Ling did not recognize her.
Gu Huaiwei said shockingly: "I want to participate in the martial arts competition to win a husband."
"Ah?" Xiling Ling was a little bewildered. "Then we have to stay in this town for a while."
"Yeah." Sister Jin has a good relationship with her sister. She appeared here and is not dead. Maybe we can find some other clues from her.
Xiling Ling didn't know why Gu Huaiwei suddenly changed her mind. She didn't want to go alone, so she could only persuade her, "Aren't we in a hurry to get to the castle? You said the people in this town are not normal. The longer we stay here, the greater the possibility of encountering danger."
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