"School?"

Yu You saw Shi Jin was puzzled, so he explained: "It's the stilt house just after entering the village. Inside is the school established by the village itself."

Qingliu Village is far from the city, and it is not realistic for children to take a few hours' drive to go to school every day. So after careful consideration and planning, the local government built a school on the spot and sent teachers from the city to teach the children.

He saw the school when he was looking for an inn yesterday morning. It happened to be the weekend when the children didn't have classes, so he went in and took a look around.

Yu You said: "I asked the principal, and he said that the photos on the photo wall are all teachers currently working in the school."

There were only three teachers on the photo wall, one male and two females, all over 30 years old, so he remembered it very clearly and did not see Teacher Bai.

Yu You thought for a moment and said, "But didn't Arnold just say that Teacher Bai is no longer here? Maybe he went back because his term of office was up."

Shi Jin's expression changed slightly.

He glanced at the stairs beside him.

Just now Arnold jogged up the stairs from here.

"Don't think too much." Yu You found a box of flying chess from somewhere and waved it at Shi Jin: "It's raining outside and we can't go out anyway, why not play chess here for a while."

Shi Jin suppressed his expression and looked at the colorful boxes in Yu You's hand: "I don't know how to play."

A boy who had just returned from the toilet heard this and came over happily: "I know how to do it, I'll teach you."

Yu You unfolded the chess paper: "It's very simple, just watch me play with this kid and you'll learn it."

The boy who was called "boy" straightened his chest and said, "I'm not called "boy", my name is "Ashan".

Yu You answered him perfunctorily without blinking: "Okay, okay, Ashan, Ashan."

When Yu Ci came over, one of Shi Jin's chess pieces was just eaten back home by Yu You.

Ah Shan was so anxious that he was spinning around: "Oh, we just took off and haven't had time to leave yet."

Shi Jin pursed his lips, looking unusually at a loss.

He seemed to be unlucky in rolling the dice. Yu You's four planes all took off successfully and left the house, but he had just rolled a six, and was eaten back home by Yu You who came behind him.

Seeing Yu You roll another six, the green chess piece arrogantly passed by his door, and it was Shi Jin's turn to roll the dice.

Shi Jin pursed her lips and looked at the dice, somewhat hesitant.

How about letting Ashan throw it once?

While he was struggling, a big hand reached out from the side of his face, picked up the dice on the chess paper and threw it casually.

Six bright red dots stopped towards the sky.

"Yeah! Six! We can take off!"

Ah Shan clapped his hands and helped Shi Jin place the chess piece on the take-off point: "Brother Yu Ci is awesome!"

"That's right." Yu Ci reached out and rubbed Ah Shan's head, raising his eyebrows: "Don't you even look at who I am?"

Ah Shan shouted happily, "You are Brother Yu Ci!"

Yu Ci accepted all his flattery with a smile, then ruthlessly sent him to do his homework.

Shi Jin withdrew his gaze, and Yu Ci just happened to sit down next to him.

His fingertips twisting the dice paused slightly.

Yu Ci's eyes seemed to casually pass over his cold white fingertips: "Not going on?"

Shi Jin pursed her lips and loosened her fingertips.

The dice spun around on the table for a few times and finally stopped at...1.

Yu You on the other side couldn't help laughing: "Brother Shi Jin, your luck with the dice is really amazing."

Shi Jin felt a little embarrassed. He drooped his eyelids and tried to remain calm as he took a step with the chess piece.

It was a game for only two people in total, and after Yu You finished throwing the dice, it was his turn.

Shi Jin twisted the dice, casually turned the dice with six dots facing upwards, and then threw it lightly.

The nimble dice spun around under the influence of gravity and the force of the throw. As time passed, it spun slower and slower, and the red dot that had become a virtual shadow seemed to be about to become clear.

It seems to be six points?

Shi Jin's clenched left hand loosened slightly.

“Pah—”

The dice finally stopped.

A bright red dot lay on the chess paper with its arms and legs spread out, as if silently mocking him.

Shi Jin pursed his lips slightly, his raven-black eyelashes drooped, and his whole body looked visibly dull.

Yu Ci chuckled and said, "I'll help you next."

Shi Jin looked up at him, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Can this lucky roll of the dice help?

Yu Ci raised his eyebrows, and the corners of his smiling peach blossom eyes curled slightly: "Just watch."

Then Shi Jin watched Yu Ci get six once, six twice... six every time. The little red plane overtook others all the way and finally stopped at the finish line first, making Yu Youdu on the opposite side doubt his life.

Yu You looked at his green plane in bewilderment as it stopped at the finish line entrance: "Brother Yu Ci, how did you do it? Every single one of them was a six, is this something a human can do?"

Shi Jin was also very curious.

“Dice rolling can be practiced.”

This involved knowledge about casinos, and Yu Ci originally didn't intend to explain too much, but when he turned around, he saw Shi Jin.

The young man in black sat at the table. Although his face was still calm, his pair of light amber eyes were now shining brightly, and his hands at his sides tightened slightly.

Yu Ci raised his eyebrows slightly.

——Hmm, his roommate seems to be very interested in rolling dice?

But maybe he is talented.

Thinking of Shi Jin's heroic record of accurately throwing 1 every time, Yu Ci raised his eyes and curled his lips slightly: "Want to learn?"

Shi Jin paused for two seconds and nodded: "I want to."

Yu Ci threw away the dice in his hand, and the smile in his eyes deepened: "I'll teach you when I get back."

Yu You's voice rang out from the window: "The rain has stopped, let's go out for a walk now."

Shi Jin turned around and found that the rain outside the window had stopped at some point.

They are now at the end of the village, very close to the entrance to the scenic spot up the mountain.

After exiting the gate and walking about a hundred meters, you will find the entrance to the mountain scenic spot behind a tall tree.

Guarding the entrance was an old woman with gray hair, wearing village clothes. Her white-filmed eyes looked around at the three people, and finally stopped at Yu Ci's face: "Ci boy?"

Yu Ci responded, "It's me, Grandma Bai."

Grandma Bai then smiled and said, "Are you going up the mountain?"

Yu You stood in front of the steps holding his camera: "Yes, we are going up the mountain."

Grandma Bai’s hearing was not very good, and Yu You had to say it three times before she could hear clearly.

She exclaimed in a loud voice: "One ticket is 50."

Shi Jin took out his cell phone to pay.

"Cash only." Yu Ci stopped him and took out cash from his pocket.

Granny Bai collected the money and went back into the house: "Wait for me, I need to get the tickets."

Yu You muttered quietly: "There's nothing to see on this mountain, and it's only 50 yuan? It's too expensive."

Yu Ci stood by the door: "The village didn't collect the money, Grandma Bai just helped guard the mountain."

"Ah?" Yu You looked at him: "Wasn't the scenic spot in Qingliu Village built with the support of City B?"

"Yes and no."

Yu Ci: "The person in charge of supporting the construction of Qingliu Village was arrested for corruption, and the funding was blocked, so the construction of Qingliu Village was stopped."

Shi Jin quickly understood his subtext: "Is Qingliu Village now privately owned?"

"That's right." Yu Ci looked at Shi Jin with some surprise: "Come to think of it, you are familiar with it. We just took over one of their attractions a few days ago."

"Several scenic spots in City B that were open to the public for contracting have basically been taken over by the Chen family."

Yu Ci's eyes fell casually on the mountains: "I heard from my old man that the Chen family's fortune was mainly due to mining, so they also did some tourism."

Shi Jin’s brows suddenly frowned.

It’s the Chen family again.

The bad feeling in my heart became stronger and stronger.

He pursed his lips and looked at Yu Ci: "Do you know Chen Yuan?"

"Chen Yuan?" Yu Ci pondered the name for two seconds, narrowing his eyes slightly: "Why are you looking for her?"

"Something personal." Shi Jin avoided his gaze: "Do you have her WeChat? Or her contact information?"

Yu Ci glanced at him, feeling inexplicably choked up: "No."

Shi Jin felt that Yu Ci's tone seemed a little strange, but he didn't think much about it. He just lowered his eyes and thought.

Granny Bai came out hunched over and stuffed a few thin pieces of paper into the three people's hands: "Here are the tickets, hold on to them and don't lose them."

Yu You glanced at the ticket and exclaimed, "Why is the main matter behind this ticket so strange?"

Shi Jin's eyebrows moved slightly and he turned the ticket over.

Unlike other scenic spots that have a long list of precautions written on the back, this ticket only has one sentence on the back, and it is written in bold red: It is strictly forbidden to leave the scenic route, and the consequences are at your own risk.

Next to this line of words is a simple map of the scenic area. It is very simple, just a slightly winding curve, straight up and down.

Shi Jin raised his head and glanced at the stairs in front of him.

If they follow the route indicated on the ticket, there is only one way for them to go up or down the mountain.

Granny Bai didn't answer Yu You. After distributing the tickets, she sat back in the chair by the door. Only when she saw Yu Ci did her expression change slightly.

Yu You was a little afraid of her.

He rubbed his arms while holding his camera, then moved closer to Shi Jin and lowered his voice: "Why do I feel like this Qingliu Village is weird?"

The path that disappeared last night while I was walking on it, Arnold who had a strange reaction to seeing his own buttons, and the weird old lady Bai in front of me.

If he hadn't done some research before coming here and knew that Qingliu Village was just a tourist attraction with ethnic minority customs, he would have thought he had come to explore some mysterious ancient village.

Shi Jin glanced at him and found that his face seemed to be a little pale with fright.

He paused for two seconds to help Yu You divert his attention: "How many teachers are there in the school you mentioned this morning? I can't remember clearly."

“Three.” Yu You answered quickly: “I just don’t know whether Mr. Bai didn’t take pictures or went back to the city, so I didn’t have a chance to see him.”

"Oh, right." He suddenly remembered something: "Brother Yuci, I see you and Arnold are very familiar with each other. Do you know where the teacher Bai he mentioned is?"

"Teacher Bai?"

Yu Ci seemed to have this person in his impression.

He frowned, thought for a moment, and gave an answer.

"She's missing."

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