Xiaoman looked at Old Shang and asked, "Uncle Shang, what do you think?"
Old Shang thought for a moment. "Very likely."
If this black fox had simply been ruling its own secluded mountain retreat, keeping to itself and its humans, Xiaoman wouldn't have bothered with it. But now so many people have suddenly disappeared…
Xiaoman looked at Tengteng and said, "You take your men and go. Your sister and I will follow you secretly."
Tengteng: "Should I go and see what's going on?"
Xiaoman smiled. "I haven't been out for a long time. I'm going out for some exercise."
Tengteng: "Okay then."
Old Shang stroked his beard. "I haven't encountered anything like this in a long time, Xiaoman. Let me go with you and your sister." Although Old Shang was old, whether it was due to Buddha's blessing or his good physical condition, people his age could barely walk with canes, while Old Shang could still stroll all over the mountain.
Xiaoman: "Okay."
Han Bin also felt that if it really was that black fox that had been staring at his sister all day, then this matter was related to their family. "My brother is fine now, let him go with you."
Xiaoman: "Okay."
After agreeing on their plans, Tengteng and Lao Shang went out.
Xiaoman looked at Han Bin and said, "I'm leaving the family in your care."
"Okay. Be careful out there too."
"Um."
A moment later, the older sister and younger brother came in.
The older sister sat down next to Han Bin as soon as she came in. "Mom, Dad, Brother Tengteng said you were looking for me and my brother?"
The younger brother sat down next to Xiaoman and put his arm around her shoulder. "Mom, Dad, what did you want to see us about?"
Han Bin glared at his younger brother. "Take your hands off me."
The younger brother rested his head on Xiaoman's shoulder. "Mom, Dad's glaring at me."
Xiaoman smiled and said, "Tengteng just said..."
Xiaoman recounted what had just happened.
Although my older sister doesn't like to move around, she wouldn't run away from something like this. "Mother, when do we set off?"
"Tomorrow," Xiaoman said to her younger brother, "your main task is to take good care of your Grandpa Shang."
Younger brother: "Okay."
Xiaoman looked at her older sister. "You'll be in charge of scouting the way for us."
Sister: "Okay. Mom, how do we tell Grandpa and Grandma?"
Xiaoman: "Just say you have something to do and need to go out for a while."
Sister: "Okay."
After dinner, Xiaoman looked at Tang Huihui and Han Dashan and said, "Mom, Dad, Uncle Shang, my sister, my brother, and I have some things to take care of and need to go out for a while. We'll have to trouble you two to take care of things at home."
Having been mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to Xiaoman for so many years, Tang Huihui vaguely knew that Xiaoman had many secrets. "Alright. You can go."
Han Dashan wasn't stupid. "Be careful when you're out and about."
Xiaoman: "Okay."
Ugly hugged her sister's leg. "Mommy, Ugly wants to go too."
The older sister hugged Chou Chou tightly. "You're still too little. Mommy will take you when you're older."
Ugly pouted. "Okay, Mom, I'll make you some snacks when you come back."
The older sister kissed the little girl's ugly face. "Okay."
The next day, Xiaoman set off with Lao Shang, her older sister, her younger brother, and Xiao Hei.
Mei Bing had originally planned to help take care of Chou Chou after her sister left. However, Chou Chou was only thinking about making snacks for her sister when she came back. He spent all his time hovering around Xiao Man and the little stove that his sister had made for him.
Mei Bing noticed that Chou Chou didn't need her care at all and spent her days chatting with Tang Huihui.
On the other side, Xiaoman and her companions soon arrived at Shennong Mountain.
After walking for a day, Xiaoman looked at Old Shang and her sister and asked, "Is there any demonic aura here?"
Old Shang and his sister: "No."
Xiaoman thought for a moment and said, "Since there's no demonic aura, let's follow Tengteng and the others. Their leader has found them two scientists who specialize in studying unusual natural phenomena."
Old Shang, older sister, younger brother, and Xiao Hei: "Okay."
That evening, Xiaoman asked her older sister and younger brother to find a place to set up two tents. Lao Shang and her younger brother shared one, while Xiaoman, her older sister, and Xiao Hei shared the other.
After resting, Xiaoman looked at her older sister and asked, "Where is your brother Tengteng now?"
The older sister looked around. "1000 meters north."
"What about those who went missing?"
"In a cave."
"Is he still alive?"
The older sister nodded.
"How far is it from here?"
The older sister thought for a moment. "At our speed, it should take about three days to arrive."
What were they doing in the cave?
"sleep."
"sleep?"
"Um."
Xiaoman frowned. "Are there savages around them?"
"No. But there are two giant pythons at the entrance of that cave."
Xiaoman found it a bit strange. "Count them. Are all the missing people in that cave?"
"Okay." After a while, the older sister finished counting. "They're all here. Not one is missing."
Xiaoman narrowed her eyes. "It seems these people are all bait."
"Bait? Who are we catching?"
Xiaoman glanced at her older sister. "You."
The older sister stared wide-eyed in surprise. "No...no way?"
Xiaoman looked at her sister and said, "If this was really done by that black fox, then his target is you."
The older sister glared at her. "If he did it, I'll beat him to a pulp. Humph." If it weren't for this incident, she wouldn't have bothered coming up the mountain in the middle of the night to sleep in a tent.
Xiaoman smiled. "Go to sleep."
"Mother, you go to sleep. My brother and I will keep watch."
"Okay. If you get sleepy, just call me and Xiao Hei."
"Um."
The next morning, after Xiaoman woke up, her older sister and younger brother began to rest.
When her older sister and younger brother woke up, Xiaoman had already prepared breakfast.
After breakfast, my younger brother went to the river to wash the dishes.
Xiaoman glanced at her sister. "What are those missing people doing?"
The older sister glanced into the distance and laughed. "Being surrounded by a group of animals."
"Watching?"
"Um."
Xiaoman frowned. "Are there savages around them?"
"No. There is a group of gorillas, though."
What are those gorillas doing?
"Learning to walk like a human."
Xiaoman thought for a moment. "Don't those gorillas look a lot like humans?"
The older sister nodded.
Xiaoman looked over at Lao Shang. "Could the savages those people saw be these gorillas?"
Old Shang: "Possibly."
Xiaoman: "Could it be that all the missing people were captured by these gorillas?"
Sister: "Really? More than half of these people are special forces soldiers."
Xiaoman also thought it unlikely. But these people disappeared because they were going into the mountains to search for wild animals. Also, although Old Shang and her sister both said there was no demonic energy in this mountain, Xiaoman still felt that this matter was related to the black fox. "Where is that black fox now?"
The older sister looked around. "There are no black foxes in this mountain."
Now, Xiaoman was also a little confused. If it wasn't Heihe who did it, then who was? "Take a look around the missing people and see if there's anything unusual about them?"
“Okay.” The older sister looked at it carefully. “The fur on one of the gorillas looks fake.”
Xiaoman: "How is it fake?"
"His fur looks like..." the older sister squinted at him. "It looks like it's glued on."
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