Butler Fu brushed past Xiang Sheng but made no attempt to stop her. He let her go before walking up to Qin Ji and asking, "Miss Sheng, are you... having a fight?"
Qin Ji glanced at Butler Fu meaningfully, shook her head and said with a smile: "No, it's just that Miss Sheng doesn't like staying in this village."
Butler Fu's face suddenly darkened. "Outside is different from home. Although this village is run-down, the houses here and there can block the wind. It's much warmer than outside, and the brothers can sleep well. How can Miss Sheng be so willful and reckless?"
"I don't think Miss Sheng is willful."
Qin Ji's eyes seemed to casually sweep over the elite soldiers warming themselves in front of the fire, and he smiled casually, "I'm just scared."
When Butler Fu heard this, a hint of unnaturalness flashed across his face, and his tone softened. "It's understandable that you're afraid when you go out for the first time."
At this point, both of them tacitly stopped talking, but the entire conversation was heard by Fourteen, who was left last.
Miss Sheng doesn't want to enter the village. Is she afraid that they will continue to bully her?
He hesitated for a moment, then turned and ran out.
…
Xiang Sheng returned to the carriage outside the village. It was pitch black inside the carriage and she didn't turn on the lights. She huddled in the darkness, lifted the curtain a little and watched the dancing flames in the village from afar.
In order to complete Xiang Hongyu's mission, Qin Ji will most likely come to guard her. Will others follow?
If she hadn't come along, perhaps nothing would have happened. Perhaps the restriction would have been ineffective long ago. Perhaps... perhaps with Housekeeper Fu's cultivation, she was more than capable of handling such a situation, and she was just overthinking it.
Xiang Sheng was not a person who was indecisive. He quickly got rid of the inappropriate entanglement. He reached into the wooden box in the dark and took out a piece of dry food, biting it bite by bite.
The dry food was too hard and Xiang Sheng choked while eating it. He went to feel for the water bag but couldn't find it after searching for a long time.
She was debating whether to light the lamp when another voice suddenly rang out in the darkness: "The water bag is here."
Xiang Sheng's pupils shrank instantly, and he looked back vigilantly. The tinderbox just lit up, reflecting the person's face.
Their eyes met unexpectedly. Fourteen was so embarrassed that he grabbed the ground with his toes, put the water bag on the car floor, and quickly turned around to get out.
It turned out to be him.
Xiang Sheng seemed to be lost in thought. He picked up the water bag and took a big sip, suppressing the dry food without saying a word.
Fourteen waited for a moment but the person inside didn't ask any questions. Suddenly, he couldn't help but ask, "Did you say that on purpose?"
Xiang Sheng raised an eyebrow and asked knowingly, "What?"
"Nothing…nothing."
Fourteen quickly changed the subject, "Drink the water slowly, don't choke."
She really just said it carelessly, and they were all wrong.
What did you do during the day?
Fourteen's eyes flashed with the pitiful look of Xiang Sheng with tears in his eyes. He gritted his teeth, pulled out a pill bottle from his bosom and threw it into the carriage: "This is an apology."
Xiang Sheng picked it up and shook it, his tone unclear, "Magic Pill?"
"It's a magic pill given by the patriarch himself!"
Fourteen emphasized with a painful look on his face.
"Ha ha……"
Qin Ji, who saw this secretly, finally couldn't help laughing out loud.
When Fourteen heard the laughter, he realized that there was a third person in the scene. His face immediately turned red, "I... I need to go to the bathroom!"
He found an excuse and ran away.
Qin Ji didn't take it seriously. She put away her smile, walked over to the carriage and asked, "Miss Sheng, are you really not going back? It's not as warm here as in the village."
"I don't."
Xiang Sheng's answer was brief and firm.
Qin Ji was helpless. "Well, Butler Fu said they're sleeping in the village. I'll stay with you."
After she finished speaking, she looked around, and suddenly touched the ground with her toes, flew over and landed on a nearby tree trunk and lay down.
She had just realized at a glance that Butler Fu and his group had bullied Xiang Sheng while she was away. It was understandable that Xiang Sheng didn't want to stay with them. Fear of the eerie atmosphere in the village was just an excuse.
Housekeeper Fu had a similar level of cultivation to her, and her temper was not easy to get along with. Since Xiang Sheng did not want to pursue the matter, she was naturally happy and relaxed. After all, there was no danger inside or outside the village, so it didn't matter where she was guarding.
With Qinji watching over him, Xiang Sheng's tense mood relaxed slightly, and he continued to stare at the village. But after a while, he felt sleepy and fell asleep.
Three hours later, the morning light was dim and a hint of paleness appeared in the sky.
"ah!!!"
A scream suddenly woke up Qin Ji in the tree. She immediately flew to the ground and opened the car curtain without saying a word. She saw Xiang Sheng was fine inside, and his face looked much better, probably because of the elixir he took last night.
"Miss Sheng is fine, why are you screaming?" Qin Ji frowned and scolded.
"Not Miss Sheng."
Fourteen's face turned pale, and he pointed behind the piano with trembling hands, "It's the village..."
Qin Ji turned around and looked, and was so shocked that his hair stood on end and he was speechless.
All I could see were weeds half a man's height. The place was deserted and there wasn't a single brick or tile in sight.
Where's the village?!
And...Butler Fu, Butler Fu and the others also disappeared with the village?
Qin Ji couldn't help but look up at the big tree where she had been lying all night. Neither the carriage nor she had moved. It was the village's problem.
She had never encountered such a strange situation, but she had heard from the young master that it was most likely related to some evil old monsters and was extremely dangerous.
If I hadn't been soft-hearted last night and had come out to guard Xiang Sheng, would I have ended up like Butler Fu and the others...
Thinking of this, Qin Ji felt his scalp tingling. He immediately pulled Shi Si onto the carriage and whipped him hard.
"hiss!!"
With a painful neigh from the horse, the carriage shook violently and sped away.
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