"Don't rush, don't rush." The hunter quickly brought the water to the old woman's lips. "This is my mother, please excuse the poor appearance."
Xu Yuehuai was about to say it was alright when she suddenly noticed a section of silver satin peeking out from the old woman's collar. The fine luster of it was clearly not something a hunter's family should have.
If the family had been wealthy in the past, this might be somewhat understandable.
She decided to test the waters.
Xu Yuehuai accidentally dropped the bowl on the ground—it didn't break, just chipped off a small piece.
She looked apologetic: "I'm so sorry, I couldn't hold on to it."
"It's alright, it's alright." The hunter quickly came forward, threw the broken bowl aside, and then turned around and picked up a new bowl.
Xu Yuehua apologized again, then quickly lowered her head and pretended to drink water, gently tapping the rim of the bowl in an attempt to attract Pei Xuan's attention and make him more vigilant.
At that moment, the hunter was feeding the old woman water with his back to them and did not notice the subtle movement. Pei Xuan looked over, and the two exchanged a glance, instantly understanding each other.
Pei Xuan also noticed that something was wrong with this family.
The birdsong outside had stopped by then, and Xu Yuehuai, using the excuse of getting some fresh air, went out of the house with Pei Xuan.
This small village, which was said to have once been prosperous but then declined, seemed to be hiding many secrets. Since the hunters forbade them to ask about the strange bird calls, they would have to find the answers themselves.
They were preparing to go deep into the jungle when the hunter suddenly appeared.
He looked terrified: "Where are you two planning to go?"
“We want to go out for some fresh air,” Xu Yuehuai immediately chimed in. “Don’t worry, we’ll be back soon.”
After saying that, they headed into the depths of the jungle.
The hunter behind them gave them a hostile look.
The jungle path was difficult to traverse, or rather, difficult to find; they reached a fork in the road.
The two stopped, both perplexed.
At this critical juncture, they cannot choose to separate.
"What do you mean, which way to go?"
"That way." Without hesitation, Xu Yuehuai decisively chose the path through the woods. It looked somewhat difficult to traverse, but it would also be difficult for the pursuers.
By this time, it was already dark, but with the help of the dim light, one could still make out some things.
“Okay.” Pei Xuan replied without hesitation.
He trusted Xu Yuehuai's intuition.
The two walked at a leisurely pace, with Xu Yuehuai leading the way and Pei Xuan keeping watch behind them. Although they didn't speak, there was an unspoken understanding between them.
"Shh!" As Xu Yuehuai walked, she seemed to sense something unusual behind her. In order not to alert the enemy, she only made a soft sound.
Pei Xuan quickly moved closer.
"How is it?" Pei Xuan lowered his voice, and the two secretly began to communicate, their voices masked by the chirping of birds and cicadas in the woods.
“They have a tail.” Xu Yuehuai was quite certain. This was different from her previous feeling. The people following them seemed to be convinced that they couldn’t get out of here, so they didn’t hide their whereabouts too much.
Hearing this, Pei Xuan was not surprised at all; in fact, he even showed an expression of interest on his face.
"That?"
"separate!"
The two hit it off immediately.
After Xu Yuehuai said she wanted to say one last thing, the two of them tacitly sped up, but they were indeed heading in two different directions.
They both understood that to determine the other party's purpose at this point, they either had to split up and observe separately, or take the opportunity to shake off the other party. In any case, splitting up in the woods would make it much harder for the person following them to act.
Afterwards, the person following them hesitated briefly, but quickly made a decision. Since the two were acting simultaneously, their separation was likely only temporary. As long as they could keep a close eye on one of them, they believed they would eventually reunite.
After thinking it through, the person following them decisively chose Xu Yuehuai. Compared to Pei Xuan, Xu Yuehuai, being a woman, might not have as much physical strength, but the other party was quickly dumbfounded.
After a short while, Xu Yuehuai, with her agile movements and familiarity with the woods, quickly made the pursuers struggle.
I was worried about alerting them by staying too far away, but now the situation is clearly not right. If I don't keep up, I probably won't be able to find them.
However, just as the tracker was considering it, he realized that he had really lost track of him.
Where are they?
Xu Yuehuai was hiding under a tree not far away, watching the other party search for people and their fury after failing to find them. She felt a little pleased – these people really were idiots, otherwise they wouldn't have revealed their emotions so quickly.
However, this makes it impossible to determine the level of danger...
Xu Yuehuai couldn't understand where these people came from, or why they insisted on following them.
Do you want to kill them to silence them? Or capture them alive?
Even though they hadn't found any trace of the person, the other party didn't seem to have given up and was still searching.
Pei Xuan, on the other side, was somewhat worried about Xu Yuehuai. In order to get rid of his tail as soon as possible, he set up a trap, and soon the person following him fell into it.
"ah……"
With a scream, the other pursuers also rushed over.
However, without exception, they all ended up in dire straits.
Finally, the person who had lost track of Xu Yuehuai turned and left, while Xu Yuehuai secretly followed behind.
She could easily guess that the screams were Pei Xuan's doing, but she didn't know how many people had come or what their purpose was.
With this in mind, Xu Yuehuai walked over.
Soon, it was all over, and the moonlight began to glow faintly. Using the moonlight, Pei Xuan and Xu Yuehuai met up and headed towards the trap.
Sure enough, they found a guy inside. The guy had already reached the cave entrance. Pei Xuan went up and pulled him aside, subduing him.
The person they caught was an old man, and after a closer look, Xu Yuehuai discovered that he was a villager from Jinhe Village.
If that's the case, then they were being lured here step by step from the very beginning with that hunting net.
But what was it all for?
"Who are you, and what is your purpose in following us?" Pei Xuan's dagger was already pressed against his neck.
They are in a critical situation now; it's better to kill the innocent than let one guilty person go free.
But the other person's voice was old, and even their movements were trembling: "I saw you two walking this way, and I was afraid you would run into some trouble, so I followed you."
"Young man, don't go any further, there are monsters in there," he kindly warned.
Pei Xuan seemed to be about to let go.
Xu Yuehuai kept staring at the other person, his face darkening. After scrutinizing him several times, he finally noticed something unusual—this person was clearly not an old man.
She ripped off the man's beard, revealing his true appearance.
This old man is clearly a strongman in disguise.
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