Although they said it would be best to leave quickly, the three of them still couldn't find the right path.
The clouds in the sky were getting thicker and thicker, and the sound of raindrops falling began to be heard all around. Although the sound was small, it was particularly harsh in the silent jungle.
The three of them stopped talking, their attention focused on the road below. Because it was too dark, Lu Qingjiu had to turn on the flashlight on his phone to illuminate the area. He whispered, "Yin Xun, do you know the way around here?"
Yin Xun shook his head. Because he was walking in front, Lu Qingjiu couldn't see his expression, but from his tone, she could tell that he didn't feel too good either: "I've never seen this place before..."
As night falls, the once familiar mountains and forests become extremely unfamiliar, as if they had never been there.
Just when Lu Qingjiu was thinking about what to do, he saw a beam of light in the depths of the jungle. The light flickered as if beckoning them over.
"There is light there!" Zhu Miaomiao exclaimed in surprise.
"Wait, don't go over there yet." Yin Xun reached out to stop Zhu Miaomiao. He said, "I heard from the old people that when you see light in this ghost wall, you can't rush over. It might be a trap set by evil spirits."
Zhu Miaomiao became even more frightened when she heard this, and said in a trembling voice: "Qingjiu, are all the places you live in so exciting?"
Lu Qingjiu was helpless: "It's my first time too..."
The three were talking, but the beam of light was getting closer and closer to them. Next to the beam, a blurry figure was vaguely visible. Lu Qingjiu asked, "Who is it?!"
"Me." The voice of Bai Yuehu came.
"Yuehu, why are you here?" Hearing his voice, Lu Qingjiu breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that Bai Yuehu was not an ordinary person. Since he could find them, he must have a way to bring them back from this dark forest.
Bai Yuehu didn't answer Lu Qingjiu. He passed through the dense bushes and appeared in front of Lu Qingjiu and the others. Because he didn't have an umbrella, he was a little wet, and his figure was a little blurry in the rain. He waved at the three people, motioning them to come over.
Lu Qingjiu nodded, grabbed Zhu Miaomiao's hand and walked towards the White Moon Fox. Before they knew it, shallow puddles had formed on the ground, and when they stepped on them, they would make a subtle wading sound.
"Let's go." When Bai Yuehu saw the three people coming, he turned around and led the way.
"How did you find us?" Lu Qingjiu asked in a low voice.
Bai Yuehu said, "I'm hungry."
Lu Qingjiu: “…”
Bai Yuehu turned her head and glanced at him: "Lunch is over, and there is no one to make dinner."
Lu Qingjiu thought it was a good thing that no one was making dinner, otherwise they would have been lost in the mountains all night...
Under the guidance of the White Moon Fox, they gradually returned from the unfamiliar mountains and forests to their familiar path. Yin Xun breathed a sigh of relief and said that this was the second time he had encountered a trap.
Lu Qingjiu asked curiously, "Have you encountered this before?"
"I have," Yin Xun replied, "I went fishing in the mountains with my friends and I encountered..."
When Lu Qingjiu heard this, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he had to give up.
After walking for about twenty minutes, they finally saw the lights of the village. The rain had gotten quite heavy, and everyone was soaked, even White Moon Fox.
After finally arriving home, Lu Qingjiu first asked Zhu Miaomiao to go to the bathroom to take a shower and change clothes.
Zhu Miaomiao nodded, took the clean clothes and went into the bathroom. She seemed frightened and didn't say much on the way back.
Lu Qingjiu and the others wiped their hair with dry towels first. Yin Xun said that he was a little tired and wanted to go home to sleep, so Lu Qingjiu handed him an umbrella and watched him disappear at the door.
Only Lu Qingjiu and Bai Yuehu were left in the room. Bai Yuehu had his eyes half-closed, still looking lazy and sleepy. Lu Qingjiu wanted to ask him something, but felt that some things were better left unknown, so the two of them tacitly remained silent until the sound of water in the toilet stopped.
Lu Qingjiu heard the sound of water stop, but Zhu Miaomiao didn't appear from the bathroom for a while. Lu Qingjiu felt a little strange, so he called out from outside: "Miaomiao? Are you done washing?"
The toilet was silent, and no one responded to Lu Qingjiu's question.
"Miaomiao?!" Lu Qingjiu had a bad feeling in his heart. He stood up from the chair and rushed to the bathroom door, banging on the wooden door. "Miaomiao? Are you in there?"
Still no one answered.
Lu Qingjiu felt something was wrong and pushed the door open with force. Fortunately, the lock of this old house was already old, so Lu Qingjiu pushed the door open without much effort. However, he was dumbfounded after pushing the door open. Zhu Miaomiao, who was supposed to be taking a shower in the toilet, was nowhere to be seen. All that was left was an empty bathroom and water stains on the floor.
“Miaomiao!!” Lu Qingjiu panicked and rushed to the living room, shouting, “Yuehu, this is bad! Miaomiao is missing!”
Bai Yuehu raised his eyes, his tone was no different from usual: "Gone?"
"Yes, he's gone." Lu Qingjiu was so anxious that a layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. He said, "He was just taking a shower in the bathroom, and now there's no one in the bathroom!
Upon hearing this, Bai Yuehu stood up from his chair and headed towards the restroom. He reached the restroom door, then suddenly stopped, his gaze fixed on the location of the exit with a puzzled expression.
"What's wrong?" Lu Qingjiu asked in a trembling voice.
"Water." Bai Yuehu pointed to the ground, "There was no water here before."
Lu Qingjiu looked down and almost held his breath. He saw that two water stains had appeared on the ground at some point. The shape of the water stains looked very strange, just like the traces of a person being dragged forcibly, trying to grab the ground with both hands, but was finally dragged away.
"Miaomiao!!" Lu Qingjiu was a little panicked, "Yuehu, what took Miaomiao away?"
Bai Yuehu didn't seem anxious at all. He asked, "Do you know her birth date?"
Lu Qingjiu said: "I only know the new calendar, not the old calendar."
Bai Yuehu asked, "Then which character is Miao in her name?"
"Miao, the one with three waters." Lu Qingjiu asked, "Does this have any impact..."
White Moon Fox: "Oh, that's not surprising," he said as he walked out into the yard. It was raining, and the chicks had all taken refuge in the coop, making the yard unusually quiet. He said, "Names are important. With so much meaning in a name, it's no wonder that creature liked it."
Lu Qingjiu said: "Then what should we do?"
Bai Yuehu looked down at the water in the yard, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "I want to eat beef stew tomorrow."
Lu Qingjiu almost choked on his own saliva. He thought Bai Yuehu would say something, but she just said something like this. So he could only coax her like a child, "Eat, eat, eat. I'll buy you ten kilograms of beef tomorrow!"
Bai Yuehu nodded, then he bent down and put his hand into the thin puddle in the yard. The puddle should have been very shallow, but Bai Yuehu's hand seemed to have reached into a deep pool. He did not stop until the water submerged his elbows.
Lu Qingjiu watched nervously from the side. He saw Bai Yuehu frown slightly, then exerted force with his arms, as if he had grabbed something.
Then, Lu Qingjiu heard the crying of a child. He saw Bai Yuehu raised his arm and grabbed an indescribable thing from the puddle. At first glance, this thing looked like a monkey, but it had a human face and all the hair on its body was stuck together. At first glance, it looked like a smudged gouache painting, blurry and unclear, which made people feel very uncomfortable.
"Where is the person?" Bai Yuehu asked while grabbing the thing's hand.
The thing howled but refused to answer until the White Moon Fox opened its mouth slightly towards it. Then the thing stopped struggling and its body began to melt like ice melted by the sun. Water kept dripping from its body, and when the water fell to the ground, it gradually formed the shape of a person. Lu Qingjiu took a look and saw that it was Zhu Miaomiao!
Zhu Miaomiao's figure changed from light to dark, and finally condensed from water into a human figure. Her eyes were tightly closed and she was in a coma, completely unaware of what was happening to her.
Seeing this thing, Zhu Miaomiao handed it over. Bai Yuehu flicked his hand and threw the thing to the ground in the yard. The thing melted instantly when it touched the ground and turned into a bottomless puddle.
Upon seeing this, Lu Qingjiu quickly thanked Bai Yuehu, then picked up Zhu Miaomiao who was lying on the ground and carried her into the house.
Bai Yuehu stood in the yard and didn't go in. After Lu Qingjiu settled Zhu Miaomiao, she saw that he hadn't moved yet and asked in confusion, "Yuehu, why don't you go in?"
Bai Yuehu said, "I'm thinking."
Lu Qingjiu asked: "What are you thinking about?"
Bai Yuehu glanced at Lu Qingjiu dimly and said, "I haven't had dinner yet."
Lu Qingjiu: “…” He seemed to understand something.
As expected, Bai Yuehu's next words were: "Do you want to use it to fill your stomach?"
It was not known whether it was Lu Qingjiu's illusion, but when Bai Yuehu said this, Lu Qingjiu seemed to see the surface of the puddle in the yard tremble slightly.
Lu Qingjiu said, "Don't, don't eat that. Didn't you say it's not tasty? Wait a minute, I'll make you a bowl of noodles."
Upon hearing this, Bai Yuehu nodded in satisfaction and turned to go into the house.
Seeing this, Lu Qingjiu felt slightly relieved, knowing that his vixen had no intention of getting that weird thing again.
The author has something to say: Lu Qingjiu: Don’t eat that weird thing, I’ll give it to you from below.
Bai Yuehu: Really?
Lu Qingjiu: Really... Hey? Wait, why are you taking off my pants?
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