Yu Ci spoke very calmly and peacefully.

After all, only his and Aunt Chen's room had bathtubs in the inn. If Shi Jin wanted a medicinal bath, he could only come to his room.

We are all men, so what’s wrong with borrowing a bathtub to take a bath?

However, Yu Ci's calmness only lasted for half an afternoon.

When Shi Jin stood at his door in the evening, holding clothes and medicine bags, and said sorry for disturbing him with a clear look in her eyes, Yu Ci knew for the first time what it meant to shoot oneself in the foot.

If for no other reason than the provocative sound of water in the bathroom.

For the first time, Yu Ci hated his own sharp ears, which enabled him to distinguish Shi Jin's movements based on the sound of the water.

“Squeak——”

This is the sound of shallow water breaking.

“Wow——”

This is the sound of hands gently touching the water.

"clatter--"

This is the sound of water falling from the palm of your hand and hitting the bathtub.

Yu Ci felt that he must have worn too many clothes, otherwise why would he feel hot all over.

He picked up the cup of water on the table and drank it all in one gulp. The cold tea extinguished the heat in his body, but the heat soon came back.

So he simply walked to the window and pushed it open.

It was still drizzling outside. The temperature was not high, but the cool wind that blew into the room through the window was enough to make people shiver.

But Yu Ci was very satisfied because he was finally no longer hot.

But soon he frowned again, because his body was indeed no longer hot, but his heart was somehow still burning and beating non-stop.

Just when he was feeling annoyed and thinking about going downstairs for a walk, the bathroom door behind him opened.

The body moved faster than the brain, and Yu Ci closed the window before his brain could react.

His roommate has just recovered from an illness and can't be exposed to the wind again.

After doing all this, Yu Ci finally reacted. He turned around and asked, "Are you done soaking?"

Shi Jin changed into a bathrobe. The long black robe made his figure look even more slender, elegant and noble.

Hearing the question, he nodded: "I'm done."

As if to echo his words, a light scent of herbs drifted to Yu Ci's nose along with the light tone of voice.

For some reason, Yu Ci's ears felt a little hot.

He touched the tip of his nose, his eyes wandering: "Well, that's good."

After saying this, the room fell silent again.

Shi Jin paused and took the initiative to speak: "Then I'll go first, thank you for the bathtub."

Yu Ci was still a little dazed: "... Yeah, okay."

So Shi Jin left.

Before leaving, he glanced sideways at Yu Ci who was standing in a daze in the middle of the room.

The tall man had sharp features, unruly eyebrows and eyes, and a flamboyant and handsome face that was extremely outstanding, but for some reason his whole face was red.

...maybe a little hot?

Shi Jin turned around and closed the door.

After returning to the room, Shi Jin put the clothes he had taken off into the dirty clothes basket.

It rains every day in this mountain, and clothes can't dry even if you wash them.

Fortunately, he brought a lot of clothes.

The rain is still falling outside the window, but it is much lighter than in the afternoon.

Maybe the rain will stop tonight or tomorrow.

Shi Jin withdrew his gaze from the window and walked towards the bed. It was then that he discovered that his bed seemed to have been re-made.

Last night his bed had only a thin mattress and a quilt, but now...

Shi Jin's gaze dropped, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

The bamboo bed was covered with two layers of thick quilts, and the mattress on the bottom was replaced with a thicker style, which looked very soft.

The quilt he covered himself with last night was wrapped and taken to the clinic today. He got caught in the rain on the way. Before going downstairs, Shi Jin put the quilt in the bathroom, planning to hang it up later and then ask A Xiu for a new one.

But now it is not necessary, because ** has a new quilt with white background and blue flowers, fresh and natural.

Maybe it was A Xiu who came up and changed it for him when he was taking a medicinal bath?

Shi Jin didn't think too much about it, because his sore body due to fever urged him to go to bed quickly.

The soft bed was silently brewing sleepiness. Shi Jin closed his eyes, his drowsy consciousness becoming hazy.

Perhaps because the bowl of ginger soup today left such a deep impression on him, Shi Jin had a dream.

In his dream, he was taking a hot spring bath. The warm water washed away all his fatigue, and his body felt incredibly sore.

But the picture soon changed.

He became smaller and was lifted out of the hot spring by a big hand.

The sudden change in temperature made him sneeze, and then he heard a voice above his head: "Huh? You have a cold?"

Shi Jin was about to shake his head when the big hand holding him lifted him into a pond.

The pool was emitting a clear yellow color with white smoke floating above it, and it was obviously a hot spring.

But Shi Jin smelled it almost immediately - it was ginger soup!

The strong smell of ginger hit him in the face. Before he could resist, a big hand grabbed his collar and put him into the ginger soup. At the right time, the same voice came from above his head: "Well, you are still too weak. You need to soak in ginger soup to replenish yourself."

Then Shi Jin was awakened by the shock.

He suddenly opened his eyes and his sight met the dark ceiling above his head.

It's still dark outside the window.

Shi Jin picked up his phone and checked the time.

It is eleven o'clock at night.

His throat felt a little dry, and the dream he just had made him lose his sleepiness.

Shi Jin simply changed his clothes and went downstairs.

There was no one downstairs, so Aqiu turned off the lights and went back to his room to rest.

Shi Jin found the kettle in the kitchen. While waiting for the water to boil, he realized that the rain outside had stopped at some point.

The moon, which was covered by clouds, finally emerged and cast its bright moonlight onto the quaint bluestone road.

"Who's in the kitchen?"

Shi Jin walked out of the kitchen carrying the boiled water: "It's me."

Yu You's furtive body suddenly straightened up: "Brother Shi Jin, you haven't slept either?"

"I was asleep and just woke up." Shi Jin explained, his eyes fell on Yu You, with a hint of doubt: "What are you doing..."

Yu You scratched his head, a little embarrassed: "I saw that the rain had stopped outside, so I thought I'd go out for a walk. After all, we're here to travel, so how can we stay in the inn all the time?"

Shi Jin revealed his purpose with a calm expression: "You want to go to Tu Miao Spring, right?"

Apart from the cultural scenery in the village, the other attractions of Qingliu Village are basically in the back mountain. In order to prevent people from getting lost, the attractions are only open during the day.

If he went out at this time, the tourist attractions would not be open and most people in the village would be asleep. Apart from the Tu Miao Spring that he had mentioned during the day, Yu You had no other place to go.

Seeing that his real purpose was exposed, Yu You was not embarrassed. He chuckled twice and said, "Brother Shi Jin is really smart. I'm just going to go out and look for it to see if the rumors about Tu Miao Spring are true."

"If Qiu knew about this, she would definitely stop me. She kept trying to stop me when I told her about this in the afternoon, so I sneaked out at night." He licked his lips and looked at Shi Jin: "Brother Shi Jin, can you help me keep this secret? I'll go take a look and be back soon."

Shi Jin took a sip of water and said, "No."

Yu You was a little anxious: "I will be back soon, I just want to take a look out of curiosity."

Shi Jin put down the water cup, and her clear amber eyes looked particularly clear under the light from the overhead lights: "I'll go with you."

——

Yu Youqishi was not clear about the exact location of Tu Miao Spring.

He only vaguely heard from the conversation of his elders that Tuomiao Spring was located southwest of Qingliu Village.

From the perspective of Eastern Feng Shui, the period represented by this direction is the major festival when the Ghost Gate changes from yin to yang. At the same time, the back Ghost Gate also changes from yang to yin, representing the critical period of the alternation between yin and yang.

Considering that Shi Jin might not understand, Yu You tried hard to recall the half-baked knowledge he had found on the Internet: "Generally speaking, the auspiciousness or inauspiciousness of the southwest direction is determined by a square plot of land, because the southwest belongs to Kun, which can also be said to be the basis of the earth. But if there is no square plot of land, then it is determined by the height of the terrain. Low is good, and high is inauspicious."

Shi Jin indeed didn't know much about Feng Shui, but when he heard Yu You mention the southwest, he remembered the path he saw from the third-floor window this morning.

If he remembered correctly, his window faced southwest.

He pursed his lips and looked at Yu You who was spinning in front of him holding a compass: "I saw a path this morning, maybe we can go up the mountain from there."

This path seems very hidden when viewed from the upper floor, and even more hidden when viewed from a flat surface.

Relying on his memory, Shi Jin led Yu You into an alley. They walked around in the alley for a long time before stopping behind an abandoned stilt house.

Yu You looked at the abandoned stilt house and said in a weak tone, "Why is there an abandoned stilt house here? It looks creepy."

"The hidden path behind the abandoned house looks like a scene from a horror movie." He shuddered as he spoke, "Could it be that Tu Miao Quan is really a place where ghosts gather?"

"No." Shi Jin observed carefully in front of the fence against the mountain: "It can't become a spirit after the founding of the country."

Seeing Shi Jin saying such funny things with a calm face, Yu You couldn't help laughing: "Brother Shi Jin, it turns out you can joke too."

Shi Jin stretched out his hand and pinched a leaf. Hearing this, he turned his head and a hint of doubt appeared in his light eyes: "What a joke?"

"Uh..." Yu You choked.

But soon, Shi Jin lifted up a piece of weeds in front of the fence, revealing a big hole in the fence: "Found it."

Yu You's eyes lit up, and his fear was instantly thrown out of his mind: "Here we go, let's charge!"

While walking up the mountain along the cleared path, Shi Jin was actually thinking about where this path would lead to.

He came to Qingliu Village because of Chen Yuan's suggestion.

Prior to this, he went to Qiulu Mountain at Chen Yuan's suggestion and discovered the dirty things going on in Qiulu Temple.

So, is Qingliu Village, which was also hinted by Chen Yuan, as simple as it seems?

Shi Jin doesn’t think so.

But when he went out in the morning, he did not find anything unusual in the village. The only unusual thing was the Tu Miao Spring, where Yu You mentioned ghosts would appear during the night shift.

So can ghosts really be ghosts?

not necessarily.

Shi Jin had a vague feeling that perhaps the abnormality in Qingliu Village was related to the dirt on Qiulu Mountain.

Moreover...the mountain behind where Tu Miao Spring is located happens to border Country X.

Amidst his chaotic thoughts, Yu You in front stopped and said, "Brother Shi Jin, come and take a look."

Shi Jin lowered his brows and walked forward.

The path was very narrow, only allowing one person to pass through. On both sides were unknown plants that were very tall. Compared to Shi Jin's height, these plants were at least two meters tall.

Because he was afraid that snakes, rats or other creatures might suddenly emerge from the dense vegetation, Yu You walked very carefully along the way, constantly looking among the plants on both sides. Therefore, he stopped immediately after discovering anything unusual.

When Shi Jin came up behind him, Yu You pointed to a certain spot on the right and said in a trembling voice, "Brother Shi Jin, what is that glowing thing over there?"

In the dark bushes, something the size of a coin was flashing with silver light.

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