Chapter 024 Tenderness
"Okay, okay, I believe you. Go wash your face and brush your teeth. We'll leave after dinner."
Wu Sansheng's tone was particularly perfunctory, urging him to go wash up.
Hearing the distrust in his third uncle's words, Wuxie felt as if a breath was stuck in his chest, and he felt extremely uncomfortable, unable to move it up or down. So he decided... to find a guy who didn't like to talk, but was super powerful when fighting!
Such a powerful person must be able to notice something!
Zhang Qiling was seen sitting on the bench at the door holding a knife, staring at the dining table without blinking, as if he was waiting obediently and quietly for the meal to be served.
Wuxie rushed over in two steps, sat down next to him, and told him about his discovery in a mysterious manner.
"Brother! Brother, I have some bad news for you... There's a ghost in this village."
Wuxie suddenly appeared beside him and started talking in his ear. Zhang Qiling came back to his senses from his daze, and went over what he had just said in his mind. He blinked slowly, then turned to look at Wuxie.
Although he felt that the yin energy in this village was a bit heavier, he didn't seem to sense the presence of any evil creatures.
This place is sparsely populated and the roads are blocked. Behind the village are deep mountains and old forests, and there are also large tombs on the mountains. It is normal that the yin energy is thicker than other places.
"Really? Brother, don't disbelieve me! That ghost went to the store last night and bought a bag of hawthorn candy. It was hanging around in our house, eating the candy... It only went to our house and didn't go to Third Uncle's house. Maybe it set its sights on me the moment I entered the village, thinking of eating me after it finished the candy!"
Wuxie was just scaring himself. The more he spoke, the more frightened he became. He moved his stool a little closer to the big boss Zhang Qiling, and only then did he feel a little more at ease.
When Wuxie mentioned the hawthorn candy, Zhang Qiling's hand holding the knife tightened slightly. He immediately remembered the half bag of hawthorn candy that he had not finished eating in his backpack, and suddenly felt a little guilty.
However, there was no expression on his face. He just looked at Wuxie calmly, and there seemed to be a little more sincerity in his eyes than before.
In Wuxie's eyes, the other party was listening to him very seriously. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. This guy usually looks aloof, but he didn't expect that he is such a gentle person inside.
Seeing Wuxie looking frightened because of this matter, Zhang Qiling rarely spoke out a word of comfort.
"Don't worry, there's no ghost."
Wuxie was skeptical about his comfort, thinking that he was just telling her a lie out of concern that she was too frightened.
"Really? It's okay, bro. Just tell the truth. I can handle it!"
"Really, I'm not lying to you."
Perhaps it was because of the slight sense of guilt in his heart that Zhang Qiling spoke a little more than before, but Wuxie didn't notice anything.
"Then I feel relieved."
Wuxie let out a long sigh, patted his chest, and comforted his frightened heart, and he relaxed completely.
They didn't have to wait long for dinner.
Although the breakfast in the guesthouse is much better than what ordinary people eat because of money, the breakfast in the village is definitely not as sumptuous as that outside.
Clear porridge, white flour buns with some homemade pickled vegetables, and at most two boiled eggs that Zhang Qiling and Wuxie got by using their connections. This was the best treat they could offer.
However, none of them were picky eaters. Except for Da Kui who complained a little about the old lady who cooked being too concerned about her appearance, they all enjoyed their breakfast very much.
After the meal, Wuxie took an extra steamed bun, put some pickles in it, wrapped it in a plastic bag, and put it in his shoulder bag.
Wu Sansheng noticed his actions and thought that he was worried that he would not be able to eat in time or something else would happen after entering the mountains, so he brought a steamed bun with him as a precaution. He secretly admired him in his heart.
As expected of someone who went to college, he has a sharp mind.
"Master San, why are you eating and taking things at the same time?"
Da Kui looked at Wuxie's actions and was confused.
I heard that Master San now runs his own shop, and the revenue seems... not very good.
But no matter how poor you are, you wouldn't be greedy for such a small advantage, right?
Wuxie blushed at Da Kui's words. After glancing around to make sure no one else noticed, she spoke in a low voice.
"I noticed you didn't eat much for breakfast. We're going up the mountain again soon, so we're going to use up a lot of energy. What if you get hungry?"
He found that although Zhang Qiling had eaten with them this morning, he only had one egg and half a bowl of porridge. No wonder he was so thin. How could an adult eat so little?
Zhang Qiling, who was suddenly caught, turned his head and glanced at Wuxie. A warm feeling arose in his heart, but more of helplessness.
He didn't eat so little on purpose, he just ate too much at midnight yesterday, and the special dry food biscuits were slow to digest, so he was still full until now.
I ate the half bowl of porridge with an egg because I didn't want them to worry about me and asked too many questions.
"I can eat as much as I want, I have my own plans, why are you meddling in my business?"
Wu Sansheng looked at Wuxie with a dark face, silently taking back his words of praise and slapping himself in the face in his heart.
With Wuxie's intelligence, do you still think he will prepare for a rainy day?
Haha, he shouldn't have expected anything from this stupid dog!
Wuxie didn't know why Third Uncle was smiling just now but now his expression changed. In the end, he could only attribute it to the fact that he was in menopause and it was normal for his mood to be changeable.
Although he said so, Wu Sansheng didn't let Wuxie put the steamed bun back. He thought that Wuxie's worrying nature might be able to make him look good in front of Zhang Qiling, so that he could be protected by him more.
"It's still early, what do you think, Brother Zhang? Should we go into the mountains early, or wait until eight o'clock?"
At the end of the village, Wu Sansheng squinted his eyes and looked at the mountains in the distance, then turned to ask Zhang Qiling.
He had originally thought his nephew would be unable to get up in the morning, dragging his feet until eight o'clock, when the sun was high in the sky. Unexpectedly, Wuxie woke up around the same time as them, and now that everyone was ready, perhaps he could go in early.
Zhang Qiling looked around the distant mountains. His extraordinary vision allowed him to see the fog in the mountains and forests. There was a large area of fog from halfway up the mountain. It would probably take a while for the fog to dissipate.
"It's foggy, wait."
As soon as he heard that there was fog on the mountain, Wu Sansheng immediately gave up the idea of going up the mountain.
He was not a novice, so he naturally knew that in this situation, not only would it be difficult to see the road on the mountain, but he might also encounter some dirty things. They were not in a hurry, so it would be better to wait until the sun rose and the fog dissipated before going.
A few people were resting on the spot out of boredom. Zhang Qiling leaned against a tree and started to daydream as usual.
However, this time he was not recalling his own memories, but thinking about how he no longer felt the Qilin aura on Zhang Moyu after waking up this morning, and he didn't know where he had gone.
You clearly promised to protect yourself...
Zhang Qiling lowered his eyes slightly, and a feeling of unhappiness suddenly surged in his heart.
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