They also rested together at night, since wolves are very cunning and might be playing tricks on them!
They spent the night in fear and trembling. The wolf did not appear, but it did not stray too far from them, always keeping a certain distance from them.
By daybreak, the wolf had completely fled.
They came to a water source and everyone washed their faces to wake up. They had been on edge all night and dared not relax for a moment.
Old Man An told everyone to drink some water and rest at the water source first, and then set off after they had had enough rest.
An Qingbai washed his face and then looked around, a habit he had developed over the years of hunting.
Suddenly, several people appeared in the distance, seemingly searching for something.
An Qingbai leaned close to Zhuang Zhiwu and whispered to him that something was up.
The two told Old Man An, then quietly sidled up to listen to what they were saying.
It turned out to be a group of Japanese people. They couldn't understand what they were saying, but they could hear words like "baka!" and "hi!" in their conversation.
“I think they even brought a translator with them! Let’s arrest the translator in a bit and see what they’re up to,” Zhuang Zhiwu said.
"Okay, I'll listen to Second Brother! I have a feeling they're up to no good!"
The two went back and told Old Man An that something was wrong, and that everyone should find a place to hide.
While the Japanese were tired and looking for a place to rest, they asked the translator to stay away from them, probably because they didn't want the translator to hear something.
An Qingbai and Zhuang Zhiwu took action. Zhuang Zhiwu was responsible for knocking out the translator and tying him up, while An Qingbai was responsible for the interrogation.
The translator woke up to find a knife in front of him. "Who are you people? Let me go!"
"You'll answer whatever I ask you, or my knife won't have eyes!"
The translator was so terrified that he blurted out everything.
It turns out these Japanese people came to this mountain in search of treasure, saying that their people had buried a large amount of treasure here before. Some of them were carrying diaries that mentioned this mountain.
Do you know exactly where it is?
"They didn't say! I really don't know!"
"You know what to say later!"
"Don't worry, I just said I went to the restroom."
Zhuang Zhiwu and his companion knocked the translator unconscious again, placed him back where they had just arrested him, and untied him.
"Qingbai, I'll report this to the army. This treasure definitely belongs to our country. They'll have to ask us for permission before they can take it!"
"You should persuade Old Man An to let them go back to the village first! We can't alert them. Our troops aren't far from here. I'm leaving now. Tell Little Sister that I won't say goodbye to her!"
"Okay, Second Brother, I understand! You also need to be careful and take good care of yourself!"
"Don't worry!" Zhuang Zhiwu waved his hand and quietly left.
…
The villagers were quite surprised that they had returned from hunting early, but they didn't say anything when they saw what they had caught.
An Qingbai didn't go home; he came directly to Zhuang Zhimeng's place.
Zhuang Zhimeng opened the door after hearing the knock and saw An Qingbai. She was about to ask why he was back so early and where her second brother was.
As soon as An Qingbai saw Zhuang Zhimeng, he hugged her tightly.
"Zhizhi, I miss you so much!"
"What's wrong? What happened?" Zhuang Zhimeng quickly hugged him and gently stroked his head.
An Qingbai lingered on her neck, his gaze filled with longing.
Once he calmed down, she took his hand and led him back into the house.
An Qingbai recounted the events of the past few days to Zhuang Zhimeng.
She was very proud when she heard that she had killed a wild boar; her boyfriend was awesome.
Hearing that they had encountered a pack of wolves, they became even more worried, but breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that the wolves had not attacked them.
Speaking of treasure, Zhuang Zhimeng thought of the gold bars she found. "Yesterday, I was gathering firewood not far from your secret base when I almost tripped over a stone. But following the direction the stone pointed, I dug out a box full of gold bars—500 of them!"
"Do you think this might be part of that treasure?"
"Let's go dig again tomorrow! We can't let these things fall into the hands of those Japanese."
Knowing that his second brother had returned to the army, Zhuang Zhimeng didn't say anything. He was a soldier, and at this time, he had to do his duty without hesitation.
"When I was hunting, they all envied me because they knew you brought me the provisions! My Zhizhi is so good."
"That's right! You have to treat me well too, you know? Now that I have money, you'll be relying on me to support you from now on, understand?"
"Let me tell you, I even found 20,000 yuan left by a deceased person to someone destined to receive it! I'm quite wealthy now."
"I also dug up some ginseng, several of them! You can help me sell the smaller ones later!" Zhuang Zhimeng said proudly.
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