Xie Mingchi looked at her, "Ashi?"
Hua Shi shook his head and said, "It's okay, they don't mean any harm."
The mountain elves really had no ill intentions and even seemed very happy.
When the first mountain elf grabbed the corner of Hua Shi's clothes and was not rejected, the remaining mountain elves also crawled over eagerly.
Soon, five or six mountain elves surrounded Hua Shi, and Xie Mingchi, who was originally standing next to Hua Shi, was also squeezed outside by several mountain elves.
The moment they touched Hua Shi, several mountain elves' messy hands first touched the corner of Hua Shi's clothes, then touched the back of her warm hand hanging by her side, and some even boldly hugged her calves with three hands...
They seemed to have seen something new and interesting, touching here and there, with their eyes wide open, unable to hide their curiosity.
Hua Shi shrank her neck, and her limbs were pulled by the mountain elves, making her feel a little itchy.
“Squeak…”
All I could hear was the incessant chattering of mountain elves.
If it weren't for the mountain elves' long, black, and tough hair, and their clingy movements, she would have almost thought she had accidentally walked into a group of Samoyeds and was surrounded.
"Okay, okay, stop touching me..."
Hua Shi was so sour that he shrank his neck, patted them one by one, and then said helplessly.
The mountain elves were obviously very curious about her and were not yet satisfied with the novelty. After hearing her words to stop them, they did not let go of her hands for a long time.
Xie Mingchi, who was excluded from the group, went from being shocked at first to frowning in dissatisfaction. He kept staring at the group of mountain spirits lying on Ah Shi and touching him randomly, and his expression became more and more depressed.
Seeing that they really had no ill intentions and Ah Shi showed no resistance, Xie Mingchi stood still, but the expression on his face showed that he was a little unhappy.
Only when he heard Hua Shi's voice calling for a stop did Xie Mingchi's tense expression relax. He took two steps closer and manually tore off the mountain elves that were stuck to Hua Shi and refused to let go.
Under Xie Mingchi's tough measures, the mountain elves that were clinging to Hua Shi were pulled down one by one.
“Squeak…”
The mountain spirit let out a somewhat wilted cry, and when it looked at the flower with its big bulging eyes, it waved its three hands eagerly, as if it wanted to stick to it again.
Hua Shi breathed a sigh of relief silently and was about to say something.
Xie Mingchi, who was standing beside him, suddenly looked stern and turned his head to look at the woods behind him.
Hua Shi noticed his sudden movement immediately. Her expression froze and she asked, "What's wrong?"
“Rustle—”
The rustling sound of the treetops in the forest reached my ears.
Hua Shi paused for a moment and realized something was wrong.
She then looked towards the forest, and saw lush green bushes that blocked most of her view. The distance was too far to make out what was causing the noise.
The air was silent for a moment, and even the mountain spirits' noisy cries stopped.
The thing hiding in the dark of the forest seemed to have been observing for a long time. When it saw the movement here stopped, it realized that its tracks were exposed, and a series of "sizzling" sounds came out in a chaotic manner.
It seems like something is moving through it...
"stop!"
Xie Mingchi shouted sternly.
The rustling sound suddenly turned into a chaotic and agitated sound. The things in hiding seemed to become panicked all of a sudden, and the noises they made while running away became even louder.
Hua Shizhi felt a sharp gust of wind whistling past his ears. Xie Mingchi, who was beside him, rushed past and chased in the direction of the sound.
"Xie Mingchi!"
Hua Shi was stunned for half a second, then reacted and shouted hurriedly.
All that was left for him was Xie Mingchi's running back in the blink of an eye...
"You guys go back first, I have something else to do!"
Hua Shi brushed aside the mountain elves blocking his way, and then quickly followed in the direction where Xie Mingchi was leaving.
Only a few mountain elves were left standing there, looking at each other in confusion, as if they were unable to react to what had happened.
…
"Xie Mingchi!——"
Hua Shi was walking along the mountain path when he saw Xie Mingchi's figure speeding past him from afar.
When she ran over breathlessly and tried to catch up, she ran to the place where Xie Mingchi last disappeared. She looked around, a look of confusion on her face.
Where are the people?
In just a moment, she caught up with him, but he disappeared...
It was quiet all around. Hua Shi pricked up her ears and listened carefully to the noises coming from all around. In the distance, she seemed to hear the sound of branches being stepped on and broken on the left.
Hua Shi breathed a sigh of relief and trotted towards the direction where the sound came from.
“Xie Mingchi…!”
After jogging for a while, the slight noise of commotion disappeared completely.
Hua Shi stood there, looking around blankly, somewhat lost.
This time I really lost it...
She wiped the sweat from her forehead and leaned against a thick tree trunk. She had just run too fast and had stopped now, her chest still pounding.
After I calmed down, I started to think back...
What did Xie Mingchi see in the forest just now? He looked very anxious, and hurriedly shouted and chased after it.
Hua Shi couldn't help but think of Xie Mingchi's purpose of going into the mountains this time.
He was looking for the child who had been missing for five years. He also said that the child was most likely picked up and raised by a wolf demon, but the wolf demon was very smart. Although he had left traces in the outer mountains and forests, he knew that he was exposed and was very good at avoiding his pursuit.
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