"Uh, hello." Gao Yang looked at Xing Zhaozhao, hesitated for a moment, and thanked her, "Thank you for saving my nephew just now."
Xing Zhaozhao was stunned when she saw Gao Yang.
She even saw a resemblance to her husband Hongfei in his face.
Gao Yang waited for a while, but Xing Zhaozhao didn't react. Curious, he tentatively called out again, "Hello?"
Xing Zhaozhao then came to her senses, nodded slightly to him, and said, "Hello, no need to be so polite, it was just a small favor."
After saying that, she looked down at the boy who was still clinging to her lap, crying his eyes out. She asked, "Is he your nephew? How old is he?"
Looking at Gao Lianzhou, whose eyes were red from crying and who looked like a little rabbit, Gao Yang felt ashamed and her face burned.
It's shameful. He's not a little kid anymore, yet he's clinging to someone's leg and crying. It feels like the Zhaohong Group is doomed if it's handed over to him.
Gao Yang forced a smile and said, "He's my nephew, 14 years old, and already in junior high school."
As he spoke, he forcefully pulled Gao Lianzhou off Xing Zhaozhao's lap and scolded her irritably, "You're not a child anymore, and you're still crying. Aren't you ashamed in front of this young lady?"
Gao Lianzhou wiped her nose and snorted defiantly, "What do you mean 'not a child'? I'm only 14 years old, still a minor, a kid, okay? What's wrong with crying? Crying is a normal way to release emotions. That wild boar's big mouth almost bit my butt. If it were you, I don't believe you wouldn't have been scared to tears."
Gao Yang: "..."
They're quite stubborn, though.
"I won't be scared to tears," Gao Yang denied.
“Well, you weren’t scared to tears, you were just so scared your legs went weak.” Gao Lianzhou nodded and said, looking at Gao Yang with a sly smile on her face. “I just saw it.”
"Is it kidney deficiency? Should I ask Grandma to find you a reliable traditional Chinese medicine doctor? You should take care of it before you get married, otherwise..." Gao Lianzhou glanced at Gao Yang's lower body, then hesitated.
Gao Yang: "..."
Xing Zhaozhao: "..."
Gao Yang's face turned ashen, and he raised his hand to give Gao Lianzhou a flick on the forehead: "Are you looking for a beating again? Stop spouting so much nonsense."
Gao Lianzhou covered her head and let out a "yow," retorting defiantly, "If you can't win an argument, you resort to violence. That's all you're capable of."
Gao Yang: "..."
If I bring him out again, he'll be a dog.
Once the initial fear subsided, Gao Lianzhou was soon bouncing around again, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Xing Zhaozhao gratefully, saying, "Thank you, fairy sister. If it weren't for you today, I would definitely be dead."
“...You’re welcome, it was nothing at all,” Xing Zhaozhao said.
"How did you do that? That's a huge wild boar, and you took it down with just one punch." Gao Lianzhou exclaimed, looking at the wild boar lying on the side like a small mountain.
"It's nothing, I'm just naturally strong," Xing Zhaozhao said dismissively.
“My aunt’s daughter, Fanxing, is also naturally strong. I really envy you. I want to be that strong too,” Gao Lianzhou said, looking at Xing Zhaozhao longingly.
Xing Zhaozhao: "..."
She really can't help with this.
"I'm sorry, my nephew talks a lot of nonsense," Gao Yang apologized to Xing Zhaozhao.
Gao Lianzhou was displeased and glared at Gao Yang.
Gao Yang ignored him completely.
Xing Zhaozhao didn't take it to heart and said with a smile, "It's nothing, he just likes to talk, just like my youngest son."
"Your youngest son?" Gao Lianzhou quickly exchanged a surprised look with Gao Yang and asked, "Fairy Sister, you already have a child?"
Xing Zhaozhao nodded and held up three fingers: "I have three children, two sons and one daughter."
"How old are you? You've already had three children?" Gao Lianzhou asked in surprise.
“I’m 28,” Xing Zhaozhao said.
Gao Lianzhou: "..."
He thought she was about the same age as his uncle, only in her early twenties.
However, at only 28, having given birth to three is not a small number.
Suddenly, Gao Lianzhou had an idea and asked, "Fairy Sister, how old is your youngest son this year?"
“Five years old,” Xing Zhaozhao said.
Gao Lianzhou: "..."
I was hit hard.
He's 14 years old, comparing him to a 5-year-old...
Gao Lianzhou's face fell.
Seeing his nephew's dejected expression, Gao Yang felt much better.
He turned to look at Xing Zhaozhao, quickly sizing her up and down. His eyes flickered, and he asked, "May I ask your surname, young lady?"
“My surname is Xing,” Xing Zhaozhao said.
"Xing, you mean? What a coincidence, my great-grandmother's surname is also Xing." Gao Lianzhou's emotions came and went quickly, and she soon came over with a smile again.
"That's quite a coincidence," Xing Zhaozhao replied casually, not taking it too seriously.
"May I ask where Sister Xing lives? You saved Lianzhou's life, which is a great favor to our Gao family. I would like to find some time to pay you a visit and thank you properly," Gao Yang said.
"Home?" Xing Zhaozhao's expression changed slightly when she thought of that strange door. She quickly shook her head and said, "No need. My home is in the mountains, and the roads are difficult to travel. It's better not to go. As for rescuing people, it was just something I did on the side. You don't need to be so polite."
So they really do live in the mountains?
Seeing Xing Zhaozhao's outfit, Gao Yang already had a pretty good idea of what was going on.
After all, she saved Lianzhou, and the Gao family wasn't short of money. If possible, he still wanted to help her improve her life.
“How can that be? No matter what, you saved our Lianzhou, we must thank you…” Gao Yang said.
Before Gao Yang could finish speaking, Xing Zhaozhao suddenly pointed to the wild boar weighing several hundred pounds next to her and said, "If you really want to thank me, why don't you just give me this wild boar?"
"A wild boar?" Gao Yang paused for a moment, then turned to look at the wild boar. "That's not impossible, but you hunted this wild boar yourself, so it belongs to you..."
Upon hearing Gao Yang say it was okay, before he could finish speaking, Xing Zhaozhao excitedly ran towards the wild boar, saying, "Great, thank you!"
Carrying such a big wild boar back home, not only will we have enough to eat, but we can also secretly sell the extra on the black market for a considerable amount of money.
Gao Lianzhou was displeased upon hearing this: "Pig? Is my life only worth a pig? No, I don't agree. Fairy sister, tell me your bank account number and I'll transfer the money to you. Or, you can just let me scan your QR code."
A money-collecting horse? What kind of horse is a money-collecting horse?
“What horse? I’ve never raised one, I don’t have one,” Xing Zhaozhao said.
Gao Lianzhou: "..."
Gao Yang: "..."
“I only need this pig,” Xing Zhaozhao continued.
Seeing that she was determined to help him, Gao Yang didn't press the issue. Since she had come out of the mountains once, she would definitely come out again in the future. He would just lend a hand if they met again. Right now, he was thinking about helping her solve the problem at hand.
“This pig looks to weigh several hundred pounds. You probably won’t be able to carry it back by yourself. How about I find you a car…” Gao Yang said.
Before he could finish speaking, Gao Yang watched as Xing Zhaozhao, holding the pig's head, hoisted the entire wild boar onto her shoulder.
Gao Yang: "..."
Gao Lianzhou: "..."
"I'm going back now. See you again sometime." Xing Zhaozhao waved to them with one hand free, then quickly disappeared in a flash.
Gao Yang and his nephew Gao Lianzhou were dumbfounded as they watched Xing Zhaozhao and the wild boar quickly disappear into the woods ahead.
The others who came with Gao Yang were carrying the other eight piglets they had finally caught when they saw a huge wild boar dart into the woods.
"Wasn't that wild boar dead? How could it still run away?"
"Where's the girl who just killed the wild boar? She's disappeared too."
Gao Yang and his nephew Gao Lianzhou simultaneously pointed in the direction Xing Zhaozhao had disappeared: "She ran away carrying a wild boar..."
"Carry..."
The others were stunned for a moment, then exclaimed, "Awesome!"
Then they started discussing it.
"I never expected such a petite girl to have such strength."
“She’s not a young girl anymore; she’s 28 and a mother of three.”
"...Holy crap."
"Judging from their clothes, they probably come from the mountains, right?"
She said yes.
"Are there still people living in these mountains these days?"
"Who knows? There are always some stubborn old folks who just won't budge from their spots."
"Wait a minute, isn't that the way down the mountain? Shouldn't we go the opposite way when we're going into the mountains? Why is she running that way?"
The scene fell silent for a moment.
A glint of light flashed in Gao Yang's slightly narrowed eyes, and he took the lead in chasing after the direction Xing Zhaozhao had left.
The others followed closely behind.
Gao Lianzhou followed at the back, still looking bewildered: "What's wrong?"
Gao Yang led his men, following the trail of blood dripping from the wild boar, all the way to the reservoir, where they completely disappeared.
Looking at the vast expanse of water before them, everyone couldn't help but shiver.
"I heard that when this reservoir was built, a village was flooded. Could it have been around that time..." someone couldn't help but speculate.
Gao Yang glared at him and immediately denied it, saying, "What are you thinking? Impossible. This used to be our old home. When the reservoir was built, it was completely cleared out without any accidents. Besides, the reservoir was built twenty years ago, and her outfit is at least fifty years old. The dates don't match up at all."
"Then how could she suddenly disappear?" someone asked.
Gao Yang paused for a moment: "...They probably lost track of us by taking another route."
At this moment, Gao Lianzhou, who was following at the back, also belatedly realized what was going on: "Wait a minute, you guys don't think that fairy sister is a ghost, do you? What are you thinking? I hugged her legs, they're real, and they're even warm. What era are we living in? Still believing in these feudal superstitions, I despise you."
Others: "..."
It's shameful to be scorned by a little kid.
Just then, Gao Yang's phone rang.
He took it out of his pocket and saw it was a call from his father.
"Hello?"
"Where have you been gallivanting off to again? I've called you several times and you haven't answered?" came the authoritative old man's voice from the phone.
Gao Yang checked and indeed found several missed calls, probably because he hadn't noticed them while he was chasing after her.
"The signal is bad in the mountains," he explained.
The old man didn't pursue the matter further: "Your grandmother's death anniversary is coming soon. The old man will be going back for a short stay in a while. Remember to make the arrangements properly."
"Understood," Gao Yang replied.
"That's it." The old man finished speaking and hung up the phone.
Gao Yang put away his phone, losing interest in continuing the hunt. He led his men back, glancing at Xing Zhaozhao's collapsed stone house on the way, but not paying much attention, and left...
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