The monkey, who was following me, saw the people in the camp and said angrily, "What do you mean? We have no grudge against each other, why are you using crooked methods to trap us?"
"Haha, it was just a joke, don't be so serious!"
One of the blond men chuckled: "You keep saying we trapped you, but didn't you still find your way here?"
The other person waved his hand and said, "It's cold in the woods, come and sit down, we just brewed some tea."
After what just happened, I didn't quite trust the people in front of me, and looked at them warily: "Who exactly are you people?"
"Didn't you just reveal our identities? The Hu family from Northeast China!"
The blond-haired youth scratched his nose: "Grandma Ma told me you were coming back. We're here waiting for you! As for what you just saw, it wasn't meant to tie you up. It was just a little trick we used to hide our identities. After the spell was cast, we couldn't control it anymore. We didn't mean anything by it."
Hearing the young man say that, my resentment lessened a bit: "What did Grandma Ma tell you?"
The young man smiled and said, "You met Grandma Ma by having your fortune told. You helped us, so we'll help you too. You're looking for a statue, right?"
When I met Old Ma's wife, there was no third person present.
Hearing the young man state our conditions, I finally relaxed my guard: "Your trickery is indeed quite clever. If we hadn't used the method Grandma Ma taught us, we probably would have already fallen for it."
"No, this method is only for prevention, not for harming anyone. It will disappear once you've walked a certain distance!"
The blond man picked up a teacup from the side: "We've brewed some hot tea and roasted some wild rabbit. Everyone should try some."
Once I confirmed the identities of these people, I was no longer wary and went over to sit by the campfire.
The blond-haired man handed me a cup of hot tea: "What's your name, brother?"
"My surname is Song, Song Laosan."
I then gave out Song Laosan's name, took the teacup and sipped the hot water: "Grandma Ma said she asked me to come and help you, but she didn't say what exactly I was supposed to do."
"This matter is not urgent; we'll have to wait a while before we set off."
The blond-haired youth waved his hand: "It's getting late, let's rest for today. I'll explain the details to you tomorrow."
I wasn't as composed as the other person, and besides, the Wei family was still waiting for my news. I pressed the young man for an answer: "We are pressed for time, and finding that statue is of great importance to me. So may I ask how long it will take for your matter to be completed, and how long it will take for me to see the statue?"
"Even if I tell you all this, there's nothing we can do tonight! Tomorrow morning, we'll have a detailed plan, and I'll tell you everything you want to know then."
The young man used a knife to slice off a piece of meat from the roasted rabbit and handed it to me: "Try my cooking."
Seeing that the young man was keeping his mouth shut and wouldn't say a word, I sighed helplessly, took the rabbit meat he offered, and stuffed it into my mouth: "Is your team complete?"
"I said I wouldn't talk about these things today."
The young man shook his head: "The timing is wrong."
When I heard him say that puzzling thing, I really wanted to ask him what the timing was.
But after thinking it over, I felt that asking would be pointless.
Not only him, but the old woman I met before was the same.
They like to only say half of what they mean, giving people the impression that they are deliberately mysterious. I don't know if this is a common problem among fortune tellers.
Since the young man hasn't said anything, and we've already met, all I can do now is wait.
Because I had something on my mind, my eating and drinking were all subconscious actions.
Seeing that the young man didn't say anything, I prepared to have a cup of hot tea to warm myself up, and then sent the location to Song Laosan so that he could come and meet up.
As a result, this drinking led to problems.
The tea the young man gave me had no flavor at all.
To use a somewhat inappropriate analogy, this cup of tea doesn't even taste like water.
The feeling was like taking a deep breath and swallowing it down.
Upon closer reflection, I realized there was something wrong with the rabbit meat the young man had given me.
It was clearly a freshly roasted rabbit, but it didn't smell like meat at all, and I didn't even feel that it was too hot to eat.
The flames flickered, and I casually glanced at the young man, only to find my hair standing on end.
None of us have shadows!
In the firelight, everything around us was brightly lit, but neither we nor the flowers, plants, and trees cast any shadows.
The thought of the young man's strange behavior made me increasingly uneasy, but I remained calm on the surface and said to him, "I have been walking in the mountains all day looking for you. Since there are no activities today, I will go and rest."
The young man pointed to the side: "You'll stay in that tent."
"Are you kidding me? There are five of us. How can we possibly fit in such a small tent? We've all brought sleeping bags. We can just find a sheltered spot to rest."
As I spoke to the young man, I picked up my backpack and looked at Monkey and Manjing: "What are you all standing there for? Let's go find a place to rest."
"Hey, don't go!"
The young man reached out and grabbed me: "I told you, you live here!"
"I'll live with you, you bastard!"
Seeing the young man make a move, I drew the knife from my waist and slashed at his arm.
"ah!"
I slashed the young man's arm, and he let out a scream before lunging at me.
"Big brother, watch out!"
Seeing the young man's actions, Manjing kicked him in the chest, sending him flying.
The monkey was momentarily bewildered when it saw me suddenly make a move: "Young Master Duan, what's going on?"
"They're suspicious; they're not from the Hu family!"
I saw Manjing pin one person to the ground and charge at another with a knife: "Let's fight!"
Upon seeing this, the youth's other three companions all rushed towards us.
I wanted to leave before because these people were too strange.
However, when we actually started fighting, I found their movements to be quite clumsy.
The person facing me, with a knife in my hand, didn't dodge or flinch, but instead grabbed my neck with both hands.
"Pfft!"
I raised my hand and slashed the man's chest with my knife, then kicked him to the ground, and the knife in my hand went straight for his neck.
I have no idea what these guys who have been talking to us for so long are.
But I'm certain they're not human!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com