It's late at night.
Xiaolan and Xiaoyin Pineapple were in the same room, sleeping on the middle bed. Listening to their even and gentle breathing, Xiaolan felt full of security.
In the past two hours, Xiaolan had experienced the shattering and reshaping of her worldview. The Taoist priest told her the incredible truth about the boundary monument with a confident and convincing smile. She felt that she was no better at this moment than when she had just woken up. What a good time.
"We only know so much about the boundary monument for now. There are still many secrets waiting for us to discover."
These were the last words of the Taoist priest.
Xiaolan was not tired and couldn't sleep. After realizing that she only remembered this sentence, she became even more angry.
What should I choose, whether to leave alone or follow them to find the so-called boundary and boundary monument.
Although what the Taoist priest said is unbelievable, what if it is true. How can I find it by myself?
Xiaolan turned her head and looked at the sleeping Pineapple and Xiaoyin.
Like them so much.
Pineapple who takes care of people, Xiaoyin who makes people happy, Taoist priest who gives Xiaolan a sense of stability, and even the immature Baomu, the quiet Maple Sugar, and the noisy little fool.
I really like them, and the feeling of being with them, I really like them.
Xiaolan rubbed her eyes.
I've been alone for too long, and finally I met someone who wouldn't reject me.
I don’t want to leave by myself anymore.
Xiaolan hugged the pillow and closed her eyes.
At least this time, I wanted to have a partner.
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"Taoist Master, I want to follow you."
Xiaolan mustered up her courage and spoke solemnly to the Taoist priest while everyone was enjoying breakfast.
Everyone stopped and looked at her strangely.
"Xiaolan, what are you talking about? Aren't you just following us now?"
Xiaoyin was the first to react and continued drinking porridge.
"No..." Xiaolan waved her hands in a panic, "I mean, I want to follow you all the time, that is... in the next journey, I want to go with you to find the boundary, or the boundary monument... to help different people."
Pineapple cracked open an egg, "What about your brother? Xiaolan, didn't you come out to find him?"
elder brother?
Xiaolan showed a puzzled expression, but before the expression stayed on her face for a second, Xiaolan remembered it.
Ah...I forgot about this.
"My brother...my brother also disappeared in a place related to the boundary monument. I hope to collect clues with you, and I will eventually be able to find my brother's trace!"
Xiaolan smiled brightly, trying to hide her embarrassment, and looked at the Taoist priest as if asking for permission.
"Xiaolan," the Taoist priest's expression was still very gentle. Xiaolan, who was waiting for him to speak, was uneasy now, "What we do is somewhat dangerous. Although we can protect you most of the time, But accidents always happen. Xiaolan, if you join us, you must remember to pay attention to safety at all times. Your life is the most important thing, okay?"
When she heard "it's somewhat dangerous", Xiaolan's heart froze. Just when she was thinking of a roundabout way to beg the Taoist Priest to take her in, the Taoist Priest's words suddenly changed. Xiaolan was caught off guard and became Xiao Lan. Part of a gang.
After reacting for a few seconds, Xiaolan nodded heavily.
"Congratulations, little girl, on joining the team," the little fool raised the soy milk in his hand pretending to be serious, "Come and make some soy milk to celebrate."
Everyone really cooperated in raising the soy milk. The scene was very funny, but Xiaolan felt extremely happy.
I don’t know what this feels like, does it feel like home, does it feel like my heart is filled to the brim.
"It's so lively!" The hotel owner was attracted by this noisy group of people and came over with a dozen small notebooks. "Guests, are you ready to climb the mountain today? May I introduce the route to you?"
"No need for now, boss." The Taoist priest put down the soy milk, stood up and walked to the boss, saying mysteriously, "Don't be in a hurry to climb the mountain. We want to ask you first about the Lianshui Village behind the mountain. I don't know. understood?"
The boss was a little surprised at first, then he came over and looked around. After confirming that there were no other customers, he leaned over and spoke in a low voice.
"It seems that you have inquired about Lianshui Village. All the stores in our area know about it, and they don't dare to tell anyone. It's too bad." The boss looked back again, confirmed the situation again, and tapped with his fingers while talking. On the desktop, "A few days ago, two people died in Lianshui Village!..."
Everyone gasped in surprise.
"Two people?" Xiaoyin quickly brought a stool over and motioned for the boss to sit down and chat slowly, "Didn't a girl commit suicide? There are others!"
The boss quickly waved his hand, "What? The person who committed suicide was not a person from the village. The girl was a tourist who went to the village to play. The dead people I am talking about are two people from Lianshui Village who died, locals!"
Three people died in total!
"what happened?"
This situation was unexpected for everyone. Xiaolan looked at the others, and everyone looked in disbelief.
"Who knows? The villagers refused to say anything this time. The news was told to us by someone who occasionally came to the village to do business. He took a look at the morgue and was driven away by the villagers. I haven’t seen anyone from their village come down the mountain for several days, so it seems like something really happened this time.”
The boss was a bit mysterious, with a shrewd and gossipy look in his small eyes.
Baomu was noncommittal, "Maybe it's just that two old people died in the village."
"Oh, what old man?" the boss said a little anxiously, "There is no need for these two old people to be so secretive after they leave. The old people in Lianshui Village are buried generously, and they have to go down the mountain to buy all the things before burying them. This time they are anxious. Well, the coffins were made by carpenters in the village, so it must be up to no good."
The little fool frowned and said teasingly, "You even know who made the coffin, but you don't know who died. Just let the businessman see which house in the village is missing people."
The boss stared and started tapping his fingers on the table again.
"Hey, little ancestor, you think Lianshui Village is a small village with just a few families. There are thousands of men, women, old and young in the village. Even the traders are so exhausted that they can't remember it."
Such a big village!
Xiaolan was also really shocked. Before the boss answered, she had indeed thought the same as the little fool. She simply thought that how big the small village on the mountain could be was just to see which household had fewer people.
If there are a few thousand people, it is already a small town.
"I'd say they deserve it. This is retribution!" A vicious voice sounded from behind everyone. Xiaolan was startled. Looking back, it turned out that it was the proprietress who overheard their conversation when she came to refill the soy milk, "That village No good thing will be punished by God sooner or later!"
The boss was so frightened that he jumped up from his stool and rushed to his wife to pull her away to stop her from saying anything more.
"Oh, what are you talking about? Go help in the kitchen while I talk to the guests about going up the mountain..."
The proprietress was pushed to the back kitchen by the boss, and she threw away the boss's hand in disgust.
"Isn't that girl one of them..."
When the boss heard this, he was so frightened that he hurriedly covered his wife's mouth.
"Bah! Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up..."
Everyone watched the farce between the two, and the boss's wife finally complained to the boss with disgust, "You are not a good person," and hurriedly left the scene, and the boss did not appear again.
