When Liu Xiaoyuan returned home that evening, he was filled with anticipation, hoping that the little fox would appear at the intersection to wait for him. However, to his disappointment, the little fox did not appear.
Liu Xiaoyuan even stopped the car and waited for nearly half an hour, but still didn't see the little fox appear.
"Could it be that the trip to the capital took too long, and the little fox thought I wouldn't be coming back, so it stopped waiting for me here?" Liu Xiaoyuan wondered to himself.
Without the little fox waiting for him on the road, Liu Xiaoyuan felt empty inside, as if something was missing.
It's like a once lively family, with children and adults, a dozen or so people, all bustling about, but suddenly everyone goes out, leaving you all alone at home. That feeling of loneliness is indescribable.
After sighing, Liu Xiaoyuan drove home. When he arrived, he found a stranger in his house, chatting and watching TV with his parents.
My parents spoke to the other person in Mandarin with a strong local accent. Although the other person couldn't understand everything, they could understand the basics.
The sudden appearance of a stranger in the house surprised Liu Xiaoyuan greatly.
"Dad, who is this?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked. The man appeared to be in his thirties, of medium build, with somewhat dark skin.
The man's attire was quite ordinary, consisting of jeans, a short-sleeved shirt, and thick-soled leather shoes.
This man didn't seem to be my dad's friend, because I've met most of my dad's friends, including Liu Xiaoyuan.
Moreover, Liu Xiaoyuan also discovered that Chen Bo was a martial arts expert, likely a master of internal strength.
The sudden arrival of a master of the Dark Force realm at his home inevitably made Liu Xiaoyuan suspicious; he wondered if the master was there to cause trouble for him or his family.
Upon seeing Liu Xiaoyuan, the man immediately smiled at him, stood up, and said, "Hello, my name is Chen Bo. You must be Uncle Liu's son?"
After speaking, the man named Chen Bo stepped forward and extended his right hand to shake hands with Liu Xiaoyuan.
"Yes! My name is Liu Xiaoyuan!" Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile and nodded, while extending his hand to shake hands with Chen Bo.
Unaware of Chen Bo's background, Liu Xiaoyuan remained vigilant at all times!
Dad explained, "Xiaoyuan, Chen Bo is staying at our house for a few days. He's here to take care of some business."
"I need to take care of something?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked Chen Bo. "Mr. Chen, what brings you here from this remote and impoverished place?"
Liu Xiaoyuan always felt that Chen Bo had other business in his village, and that "business" was just an excuse. Of course, anything could be called "business."
Chen Bo said with a smile, "To be honest, I am a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner. I have searched many places for a few medicinal herbs, but I couldn't find them. I happened to hear that the medicinal herbs I need are in your mountains, so I came here."
As soon as Chen Bo finished speaking, his father immediately said, "Yes, Xiao Yuan, in the past two days, some outsiders like him have come to our village and the neighboring village. They all say they are here to look for medicinal herbs in our mountains."
Hearing his father's words, Liu Xiaoyuan fell into deep thought. So many people came here to find medicinal herbs. Could there really be some rare and precious medicinal herbs in that mountain?
Thinking of this, Liu Xiaoyuan suddenly remembered the Blood Spirit Mushroom that the little fox had given him.
It's no exaggeration to say that this Blood Spirit Mushroom is an exceptional medicinal herb, and besides, the little fox lives in this mountain. Dad also said that many people have brought medicinal herbs here these past few days. If they came for the Blood Spirit Mushroom, the little fox would definitely have hidden itself, which explains why I didn't see the old fox tonight.
Of course, all of this is just speculation right now, and whether these people are actually after the Blood Spirit Mushroom is still unknown.
To confirm what they believed, they needed to get it from this man named Chen Bo.
"What kind of medicinal herb is it? How come we don't know about it?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked with a smile.
“That’s me, that’s what I said too. We used to go to the mountains to chop firewood all the time, how come we didn’t know there were any good medicinal herbs in the mountains!” Mom chimed in.
In my parents' eyes, these people are all here for medicinal herbs, which proves that the medicinal herbs in the mountains are quite precious and valuable!
Chen Bo smiled and said, "Of course you wouldn't know this, because you're not doctors, so even if you saw it, you wouldn't recognize it."
"What kind of medicinal herb is it?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked again when he saw that Chen Bo wouldn't say what kind of medicine it was.
Liu Xiaoyuan's relentless pressure caused a flicker of panic to cross Chen Bo's eyes. He said, "I can't explain this to you in just a few words. I'll show you once I find the medicinal herbs, okay? It's getting late, I need to sleep!"
After saying that, Chen Bo pretended to yawn.
Watching Chen Bo walk out of the room, Liu Xiaoyuan became even more suspicious. This guy didn't say a word about what kind of medicinal herbs he was looking for, and when he asked, he always changed the subject and refused to answer questions directly. There must be something wrong.
After Chen Bo went to sleep, Liu Xiaoyuan whispered to his parents, "Dad, Mom, how could you let a stranger stay in our house like that?"
My mother said, "He doesn't stay for free. He gives me a hundred yuan a night, and he also gives me extra for living expenses. Besides, other families in the village have people like him staying there."
Although I am now wealthy and my parents are not short of money, they still can't change their habit of being frugal and always wanting to make more money.
Liu Xiaoyuan didn't know what to say, so he just had to be careful. Fortunately, Chen Bo and his group's goal was the medicinal herbs in the mountains, so they wouldn't do anything rash.
"Dad, Mom, please be careful," Liu Xiaoyuan reminded them.
“Your mother and I know that,” Dad said immediately.
Lying in bed, Liu Xiaoyuan couldn't sleep again. But tonight was different from last night. Tonight, Liu Xiaoyuan was thinking about what kind of medicinal herbs Chen Bo and his group were after in the mountains.
If they came for the Blood Spirit Mushroom, how did they get the information?
Furthermore, judging from the fact that they paid to stay at my home, they didn't know the exact location of the Blood Spirit Mushroom and had to search for it in the mountains. So why didn't the person who leaked this information reveal the exact location of the Blood Spirit Mushroom? Was it intentional, to make those who received the information search the entire mountainside?
If Chen Bo and his group didn't come for the Blood Spirit Mushroom, then what is in this mountain that would make them so eager?
A series of questions filled Liu Xiaoyuan's mind. He had absolutely no clues and could only speculate.
Getting information from Chen Bo would obviously be a very difficult task.
Tonight's events clearly demonstrate that Chen Bo is a very cautious person.
It seems that this matter can only be handled slowly; you can't rush things!
(End of this chapter)
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