101 Sacrificial Corridor 15 || The Back Hill of the Temple
"This road looks like it has been abandoned for a long time. It turns out that monks can also be lazy and only care about what is ahead and not what is behind." Yan Shuang raised his foot and walked towards the stone road. He found a stick that was convenient for him and held it in his hand, using it to push away the weeds that blocked the road. He was not afraid of anything else, but he was afraid that there would be snakes hiding in the grass to cool off in this weather.
Jing Ning followed behind him and said as he walked: "Not necessarily, maybe it's a trick, the paving stones are very complete."
Perhaps because it has not rained for many years, there is no moss on the stone road, which makes the mountain road, which has never been maintained by anyone, look out of place.
Each stone, which is not much different from each other, is tightly connected. The steps are polished white and gleam in the sunlight.
The two tried their best not to damage the weeds on the roadside and hide their whereabouts. Soon their figures were hidden in the endless grass.
I don't know how long I walked, but I was getting further and further away from the way I came. Looking ahead, I could no longer see the temple at the foot of the mountain.
Yan Shuang was breathing heavily, his clothes were already soaked with sweat and stuck to his back.
"Take a break." Jing Ning picked up a palm-sized leaf from somewhere and used it to fan Yan Shuang. Although the effect was minimal and even the air he exhaled was hot, Yan Shuang was in a good mood.
"We should be almost there. We've been walking for at least an hour." Yan Shuang reached out and wiped away the few drops of sweat on Jing Ning's head. The sun was a little biased, and he could clearly feel that he had become several degrees darker. Jing Ning's skin was still snow-white, at most a little reddish.
Did you secretly apply sunscreen without my knowledge? Of course, that was impossible. Although Jing Ning was often conceited and liked to tinker with herself, she wasn't that particular.
Yan Shuang narrowed her eyes and cried out inwardly: Oh my God, why can't good-looking people get tanned?
"Ya-ya--" A withered sound stretched out very long, cutting through the sky and piercing the eardrums.
Yan Shuang instantly became alert, his eyes searching around.
At that moment, a breeze happened to blow at an inopportune moment, passing through his hair, brushing against his slender neck, and then disappearing in an instant. Little did he know that goose bumps had appeared under his clothes.
The two of them stopped what they were doing at the same time, stood where they were, and listened intently to every slight movement.
The sun was shining brightly, and there was no sound...
The world seemed to be frozen in time like a painting, as if the two sounds just now were just hallucinations of the two people.
After waiting for a while and making sure that nothing was approaching, Jing Ning pointed in a direction and said, "The sound came from over there."
"Let's go and take a look?" Yan Shuang said.
Knowing there is a tiger in the mountain, they still go there. But they have to look, they need clues, and the consequence of being passive in the game is to stay in it forever.
Jing Ning: "Yeah."
On the other side, Ye Jing'an frequently looked towards the door, but the two familiar figures never appeared. The food on the table was steaming, but the old members didn't touch it, and the newcomers didn't dare to move it either.
"Nothing will happen to the two of them, right?" Zhao Qifan had just finished speaking when he was frightened by several sharp gazes, among which Ye Jingan's was the sharpest.
"Pooh, pooh, pooh, what nonsense are you talking about! You can't talk nonsense in here." Ye Jing'an was immediately furious and wished he could swallow these words.
Zhou Qifan knew he had said something wrong unintentionally, so he lowered his head and apologized quickly, "I'm sorry, that's not what I meant..."
"It's okay, it's okay." Ye Jing'an clenched his fists, feeling extremely anxious. His legs began to shake unconsciously, as if this was the only way to control his impulse. He muttered, "I must have lost track of time."
"If they don't come back, will you die? If they die, they die. Just close your eyes and it's over." Zhou Xia frowned and said sarcastically, "Honestly, always pinning your hopes on others is the most stupid thing to do."
Ye Jing'an quickly grabbed the bowl in front of him and threw it at him, but Zhou Xia dodged it by tilting his head. It hit the ground with a clang and shattered into pieces. He then pointed at him and roared, "Then get out on your own! Why are you following us? You don't even know the rules of how to get out without them! With you? You'd die countless times."
"You mad dog! You start biting people randomly after your owner leaves." Zhou Xia stood up unhappily, suppressing his anger and gritting his teeth, "If it weren't for me, you would still be working illegally in the store next door."
Ye Jing'an was choked and wanted to argue again, but was stopped by Tian Yiyi.
Lin Haichen glanced at Zhou Xia.
Zhou Xia still gave him face and sat back down.
Then Lin Haichen said coldly: "No more waiting, let's eat."
It was a quiet lunch, the only sound being the sounds of chewing. Ye Jing'an glanced at the two empty seats beside him, and for the first time, he felt a sense of emptiness within him, even though he didn't want to believe anything had happened to them.
I didn’t eat too much for lunch, and I still have to continue the inspection in the afternoon.
Due to lack of manpower, no discussion was held at noon. Lin Haichen suggested that they make a summary together in the evening after the afternoon inspection.
Everyone had no objection, and Ye Jing'an calmed down, put down his bowl and chopsticks, left the restaurant, and returned to the area they were responsible for.
The whole afternoon passed quickly, and it was not until the sunset dyed half the sky red that Jingning and Yanshuang climbed over the wall and left the temple.
Ye Jing'an was the first to arrive at the restaurant, feeling dejected. As soon as he entered, he saw the large round table they usually used, filled with freshly cooked food. Tears welled up in his eyes as he looked at the two people sitting there.
There is a feeling of warmth that comes from a child who has been wronged outside and found his parents.
However, if you wink at a blind man, he won't even see.
Yan Shuang hadn't slept a wink last night, and had been running around all day, so she fell asleep on the dining table as soon as she got back. As for Jing Ning... he only had eyes for Yan Shuang and had no time for this older boy.
Ye Jingan tactfully rolled aside and waited for the others to come back.
After a while, a group of people came back from outside in a mighty procession. Yan Shuang was also awakened by the noise. She rubbed her swollen eyes, yawned, and looked at everyone.
Wu Yushan tried to speak several times but couldn't find a suitable entry point.
"Let's eat first." Yan Shuang picked up the chopsticks in front of her, "I ordered a little bit at random, I don't know if it suits your appetite."
"We've come to this kind of weird place, why are there so many rules?" Tian Yiyi said.
After dinner, Yan Shuang explained, "We really can't come back at noon. The temple is not as big as we see from the front. There is a small path behind the temple that leads to the top of the mountain."
"Oh, I understand. You don't have enough time. It takes a lot of time to go back and forth." Wu Yushan said.
Yan Shuang forced himself to cheer up, and after a while he said, "That's true. It will indeed waste a lot of time, but we can't leave even if we want to."
"Why?" everyone asked in unison.
At noon, the two heard a hoarse sound and decided to go to the source of the sound. Not long after, they found that it was just a crow that made the sound.
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