Qin Shu recognized at a glance that the words on the wall were left by her grandfather.
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——Ashu, the time is not right, don't force it, otherwise you will regret it all your life!
Qin Shu stared at the two short lines of words, and her brows, which had just relaxed, frowned again.
"Grandpa, what do you mean by this? What's the timing?"
Xie Lanzhi felt the writing on the wall and said in a strange tone: "These writings were carved not long ago, there is no ash on them at all."
You have to know that Ashu’s grandfather has been dead for more than ten years.
Even if the words were carved before death, as time goes by, some substances will cover the words.
Qin Shu's frown tightened a little, and soon a bright light appeared in her eyes.
"You mean, Grandpa is not dead?!"
"..." How should Xie Lanzhi respond?
He had never seen Grandpa Qin, let alone the old man's body. He had no say as to whether the old man was really dead or just faking his death.
Qin Shu smiled brightly, her eyes sparkled, and she was very sure of her guess in her heart.
Whether it is in the open or in the ancestral graves on the ground.
Grandpa’s coffin is empty, so he must still be alive.
"boom--!"
Suddenly, there was a loud bang on the calm water surface.
Waves several meters high, as if controlled by an invisible force, swept towards Qin Shu and Xie Lanzhi.
Xie Lanzhi realized that something was wrong, so he hugged Qin Shu's petite body into his arms and protected her tightly.
The two guards also moved quickly. They stood in front of Xie Lanzhi and blocked most of the waves.
Qin Shu looked back with lingering fear and looked at the surging water.
"What's going on? Where did the water waves come from?"
Seeing that she was fine, Xie Lanzhi turned around to look at the underground river with a lot of water.
"It should be caused by some substance under the water, or it could be a whirlpool wave that gradually overlaps to form water waves."
He estimated the time he had come in and suggested, "Ah Shu, let's look for other clues. If we can't find any, we must leave as soon as possible, otherwise Big Brother and the others will be worried."
After more than four hours, the oxygen cylinder had long been exhausted.
Qin Hairui, who was up there, didn’t know how anxious he was.
Qin Shu nodded and said, "Okay, I finally got down here, I need to look for it carefully, I don't want this trip to be in vain."
More than another hour passed.
Qin Shu found traces of survival left by different people here.
But she still didn't find an exit, or an entrance, let alone any chance of survival.
Qin Shu discovered that the water level of the underground river began to rise and knew that she could not delay any longer.
"Let's go, we'll come back next time."
"good--"
*
Behind the mountain, on the bank of the stream.
The Qin clan members were so anxious that their eyes turned red.
Qin Hairui went into the water for the third time and surfaced again with a face distorted with horror.
An uncle on the shore asked in a tense voice: "Hai Rui! Have you found Ah Shu?!"
Qin Hairui swam ashore, sat down and took off the oxygen bottle on his back, his voice as deep as water.
"I haven't found it yet. I'm out of oxygen. Get a new one!"
Seeing Qin Hairui's pale face, the older uncle advised: "Can you bear it with this much strength? I'll send a few more people to look for him in the water. You take a rest first!"
"I don't need a break!"
Qin Hairui got up and walked towards the wooden house not far away, preparing to get the oxygen tank himself.
The helpless voice of my uncle came from behind: "Hai Rui! We are out of oxygen cylinders. This stuff is quite scarce and we have used up all the ones we bought. But I have sent people to the city to buy more!"
Qin Hairui's expression was extremely ugly. He gritted his teeth and asked, "When will you buy it back?"
The uncle said in a heavy tone: "I don't know."
“I’m back!”
"Ashu is back!"
Suddenly, there were shouts of surprise from the tribesmen on the shore.
Qin Hairui looked up and saw Qin Shu and Xie Lanzhi, who were protected by layers of guards.
"Ashu!" Qin Hairui raised his foot and rushed forward.
As soon as Qin Shu got ashore, she was hugged by the eldest brother who rushed over.
Qin Hairui choked up and his voice trembled: "You've been down there for more than five hours, and you just disappeared like that. I'm almost dying of anxiety!"
Qin Shu noticed that her brother's body was shaking, so she patted him on the shoulder and comforted him in a gentle voice.
"I'm back now. I had a little accident downstairs, but I'm fine now."
Qin Hairui couldn't hear anything and stared at Xie Lanzhi fiercely with red eyes.
"How can you protect Ah Shu? If anything happens to her, can you afford the compensation?"
"..." Xie Lanzhi, who was angered, looked confused.
Qin Shu tugged at Qin Hairui's sleeve and said, "Why are you being so mean to him? I am just being willful. If you have anything to say, come to me. Don't take your anger out on him."
For some reason, she couldn't tolerate anyone yelling at Xie Lanzhi.
Except herself, of course.
Qin Hairui looked at Qin Shu fiercely: "You are still protecting him! How come we were fine when we went into the water before, but something happened when he accompanied you!"
Qin Shu said angrily: "How did it happen? It's almost like saying that Brother Lan is my lucky star. We sneaked into the underground river."
Qin Hairui was startled and asked in a surprised voice: "Did you go down? Did you encounter any danger?"
The entrance to the underground river is so small that even a child cannot get in.
How could two adults sneak into the underground river through the narrow entrance?
Qin Shu nodded and said, "I went, but it's a pity that I didn't find any useful clues."
Qin Hairui wanted to ask more questions, but Xie Lanzhi stepped forward and said, "Let's talk later. Let Ah Shu change her clothes first."
They had just come out of the water, and the air in the woods was cool, so it was easy for them to catch a cold after being blown by the wind.
Qin Hairui looked at the shivering Qin Shu and said quickly, "Go change your clothes first. I'll get you something to eat."
More than ten minutes later.
Several people sat on the benches in the wooden house.
Qin Shu was eating while talking about her discovery of the underground river.
Qin Hairui looked solemn and asked excitedly, "You mean, we found the handwriting left by grandpa under the underground river, and the handwriting looked very new, so he is still alive?"
Qin Shu nodded: "I am very sure that is Grandpa's handwriting. As for whether he faked his death, I will have to ask Sixth Uncle."
It seemed like Sixth Uncle was hiding something about the fact that Grandpa's coffin was empty.
Qin stood up suddenly: "Let's go back and ask Sixth Uncle now. What's going on with what Grandpa said about the timing not being right? Sixth Uncle might know!"
He said that wind is rain and he wished he could teleport down the mountain to see his sixth uncle right away.
Xie Lanzhi handed an opened bottle of soda to Qin Shu and said calmly, "Ah Shu has been wasting her energy down there. She has only eaten a few bites of food, and you asked her to go down the mountain. How can she hold on?"
"..." Qin Hairui looked at his sister who was eating, his eyes dim.
Qin Shu finished the snack in her hand in two or three bites, and then drank a few sips of sweet soda.
She stood up and said, "I've finished eating. I'll go down the mountain early to resolve my doubts and get rid of a worry."
Qin Hairui wiped his dripping hair with the towel around his neck and said uncomfortably: "You take a rest for a while. I'll go talk to my uncle and take a look at what's missing on the mountain. I'll bring it up for them next time I come."
Having said that, he turned and fled.
Qin Shu took Xie Lanzhi's hand and shook it gently: "Don't bother with my elder brother. He looks very smart outside, but he loses his mind when he meets his family. He is just too worried about me."
Xie Lanzhi raised his eyebrows and said casually, "He is your elder brother. How can I argue with him?"
Qin Shu smiled with her eyes curved: "I'm glad you're not angry."
However, when she was going down the mountain, she realized how vengeful Xie Lanzhi was.
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