However, the journey was peaceful for the first half of the trip, and nothing happened. Without the harassment of the men in black, life was incredibly uneventful, which made Brother Fu and his friends feel quite uncomfortable.
"I think you guys are just shameless bastards. You're all eager to invite trouble. You haven't suffered enough and you don't know your place," Zhao Guihua retorted speechlessly.
After being scolded by their mother, the brothers quieted down and stopped clamoring to fight.
At noon that day, Xingxing was eating a piece of honeycomb when Candy got a piece. Candy snuggled up to Xingxing and ate it heartily.
Feeling the boy's cold gaze, Candy paused slightly in her eating. The big guy moved behind Xingxing, thinking to himself that the boy wouldn't be able to see her that way.
She didn't even consider how big she was; Xingxing's small frame at most covered a quarter of her body.
"Hey, it sounds like someone's crying, Candy, can you hear that?" Seeing Candy shake her head blankly, she was busy fighting the beehive and couldn't hear anything else, so Xingxing had to ask Zhulin, "Brother Lin, can you hear that?"
The boy listened intently and faintly heard sounds coming from the woods. He nodded slightly, "There must be someone in the woods."
Xingxing blinked and looked into the depths of the forest. Then, a picture appeared in her mind: two little girls, about her age, wearing tattered clothes, were running desperately through the forest. One of them fell down, and the one running in front went back to help the fallen one up.
Because of the fall, several burly men caught up, grabbed the two girls, and dragged them into a cave.
She was really curious about what was going on inside the cave, since the stars were no longer visible. "There are bad guys over there who kidnap children. Should we go and rescue them?"
Zhao Guihua immediately became nervous and walked over to hug Xingxing. "There are so many pitiful people in this world. Let's not save them. It will only cause more trouble."
"Those two children were crying so pitifully; they might be killed by those bad people." Xingxing frowned, looking very troubled.
"It wouldn't hurt to take a look, it's just a quick thing to do." Zhu Lin didn't like seeing Xingxing frown, and always wanted to smooth her brows.
"My fifth junior brother and I will go take a look too." Zhu Qiuyu gestured to Zhu Yueran, who was decisive and never used words when she could do something with her own hands, so it would be more convenient to take him along.
The brothers looked longingly at Zhou Laoda and his wife, wanting to take a look as well.
Zhou the eldest son received the look from his sons, hesitated for a moment, and tentatively said, "How about letting Erfu and Sifu come along?"
Before Zhao Guihua could say anything, Zhou Laoda immediately explained, "The children need to get some exercise. It's not good to keep them too restrained. Erfu and Sifu are strong and can be of help."
Seeing Xingxing's big, bright eyes rolling around, clearly indicating that she wanted to go with Zhu Lin, Zhao Guihua swallowed back the words she wanted to say to her sons. Instead, she told them, "You two take good care of Xingxing and remember to stay by her side at all times."
Zhu Lin frowned slightly. He could entrust the responsibility of protecting Xingxing without leaving his side any step of the way; there was no need for Erfu and Sifu.
The boy inwardly refused, but didn't say it aloud.
The boy picked up Xingxing and disappeared from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye. Zhu Qiuyu and Zhu Yueran were stunned for a moment, and then quickly followed.
Zhou Erfu and Zhou Sifu were dumbfounded. They couldn't keep up with this speed at all. Was this a sign that they weren't going to be taken along and that the two of them were being held back?
Just as the two Fu brothers were about to complain, a white figure approached. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Zhu Qiuyu returning. She then grabbed one of their wrists and swept them into the woods.
Apart from the few people from Fairy Mist Island, the Zhou family and the three guards were all dumbfounded. This is lightness skill, right?
They ran way too fast.
Xingxing and Zhulin both heard the crying, but the location was not close to where they were resting. In fact, it was quite far. Even with their light-footed skills, it took them half an hour to find the forest.
"It's here, and then they seemed to go that way, yes, right there, where there's a big cedar tree." Xingxing pointed to the northwest.
Zhu Lin carried her toward the big cedar tree. As they got closer, they discovered an inconspicuous path behind the tree. The group walked along the path, leaning against the mountain wall.
Yes, this path leads up the mountain. The path is very narrow, only wide enough for one person to walk on at a time. If there were more than one person, they would have to walk sideways. However, Zhu Lin could walk without any problem while carrying Xingxing.
"What kind of heavenly road is this?" Zhou Erfu stared at the sheer cliff on one side. Even with his great courage, he was terrified and turned pale. Fortunately, there was a mountain on the other side, otherwise he wouldn't have dared to walk.
"...What treasure is hidden on the mountain that you would choose to hide on such a treacherous peak?" Zhou Sifu's face was also pale, and his voice trembled as he spoke.
Zhu Qiuyu and Zhu Yueran remained expressionless. They were skilled in martial arts and had excellent skills, so they were naturally not afraid of this treacherous path. However, they were also quite annoyed by this kind of operation, so they were in a bad mood.
Zhou Erfu and Zhou Sifu were indeed brave; they managed to cross the narrow and steep path on their own and finally arrived at a flat mountain forest.
“There, there’s crying coming from there, it’s a child crying,” Xingxing said softly, pointing to a dense thicket of cedar trees.
Zhu Lin glanced around and found that the forest was mostly composed of fir trees, with some pine trees as well, but other trees were hard to find. The fir trees were straight and large, and were at least a hundred years old.
The entire forest was shrouded by towering trees, naturally creating a sense of gloom.
The group stood still until a desperate, piercing cry broke the silence of the forest. They looked in the direction of the sound.
Zhu Qiuyu and Zhu Yueran exchanged a glance, and then tacitly transformed into phantoms and rushed towards the source of the sound.
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