Dapeng stared at Xiaolan intently, for fear of missing every word she said.
"Really?"
Xiaolan nodded heavily, "It's true, these two sisters are simply fairies."
"Dapeng!" The luggage over there has been transported and is about to set off. Several uncles half-opened the car door and shouted to Dapeng, "Pack it up and get ready to get in the car!"
Dapeng asked Taoist Master and Xiaolan a few more things related to Huazhi, and his whole mental outlook changed.
"It's time for me to go..." Dapeng turned around and looked at the door, "Thank you very much."
"No need to thank us," the Taoist priest stretched out his right arm and held Dapeng's palm, "You have also done a very meaningful thing. The scarf has returned to its owner. It is time for this thing to return to its original owner."
After saying that, the Taoist retracted his hand, Dapeng lowered his head, and in his palm, a ring lay there intact.
Dapeng's expression suddenly changed, "Where did you get this...?"
"In a place where it shouldn't exist," the Taoist priest patted Dapeng on the shoulder, "But none of this matters anymore. This story has disappeared with Lianshui Village. I returned it to you not to make you tremble. But I hope you and Tongtong can live without worries."
Seeing his father's panic, the child ran over from a distance and grabbed the corner of his father's clothes.
"Dad, it's time for us to go..."
Pineapple squatted down and smiled, "Little children need to be obedient, sensible, and grow up well, you know?"
Tongtong nodded, pursed his lips and smiled, his face flushed.
Dapeng stared at the ring in his hand, his chin trembling slightly. After a few seconds, as if he had made some decision, he clenched the palm tightly.
"We are all here for Tongtong."
"I know," the Taoist priest smiled gently, "You go quickly, don't let your family wait too long."
Dapeng's eyes were a little red, and he held Tongtong with his other hand.
"Goodbye, Brother Dapeng!" Xiaolan waved, "Goodbye, Tongtong!"
The relatives of Hua Zhi and Dapeng stood at the door of the car and looked nervously towards them. Hua Zhi and Hua Cong, who had become orphans early on, had a happy first half of their lives because of these people who cared about them.
"Let's go, let's go..." Xiaoyin also had red eyes, "Your...cousins, you've been waiting for a long time, let's go quickly..."
Dapeng looked at them for the last time without saying a word, took Tongtong and turned away.
"Should we really do this?" Maple Sugar frowned as he looked at the two people's backs.
Pineapple punched him in dissatisfaction.
"Shut up," the fool rolled his eyes at him, "We have done bad things, so what qualifications do we have to say..."
"But……"
"Stop arguing and go in to eat first," the Taoist priest interrupted the argument between the two, "We are also preparing to leave today. There are still many things to do, so let's go."
Xiaoyin rushed into the lobby with cheers, and the cars drove towards the road out of the mountain one by one. Xiaolan watched the last car disappear from the winding mountain road, glanced at the mountains in the distance, and walked into the dining room.
"We'll go separate ways later," the Taoist leader said in an orderly manner while eating and arranging work. "A few people will go to the city to find a cemetery, while the others will go back and pack their luggage. We can leave at noon."
"Let's go to the city." Pineapple peeled the eggs and put them in the bowl of maple syrup. "Give me the backpack with the skeletons. I'll just buy some food to bring back."
The Taoist priest nodded, "Then the four of us will go to the city. Xiaoyin, Fool, and Baomu, you guys, go back to the hotel. If you have any questions, call us."
Xiaolan just swallowed half a mouthful of white porridge and glanced at the Taoist priest in confusion.
Why do you default to following the Taoist priest? Am I a pendant?
"What's wrong?" The Taoist priest noticed Xiaolan's eyes, "Don't you want to go to the city?"
"Ah I……"
"Let Xiaolan go back with us," Xiaoyin said inarticulately with her mouth full of buns, "Every time I have to do a mission with these two grown men, it's not interesting at all, hum... "
"Then I...then let Xiaoyin and the others go back," Xiaolan said. "I haven't bought a cemetery, so I can't help much there, but I can help pack the girls' luggage."
The Taoist priest put down his chopsticks, glanced at Xiaolan silently, and nodded.
After the meal, a taxi arrived and the three of them took the car to the city. Xiaolan followed the logistics triangle and quickly returned to the Sunset Hotel.
The Sunset Hotel was deserted. I don't know if the girl at the front desk was fired or something. I haven't seen her since she came back. The lobby was empty. Xiaoyin was holding Xiaolan's arm and looking around.
"Something feels weird..."
"Me too," Xiaolan followed into the elevator, "I feel lifeless."
"Maybe it's a problem with the weather," Baomu sniffed the air, "Today is cloudy and the air is very humid. It might rain."
Xiaolan was shocked, "Baomu, do you still have this ability?"
Baomu scratched the back of his head happily.
The four of them folded the clothes hanging in the closet and put them into their luggage in an orderly manner. Although it was morning, the light coming from the window was getting darker and darker, and thick clouds gradually filled the sky. As Baomu said, a heavy rain It's inevitable.
"By the way," Xiaolan suddenly asked while sitting on the bed folding clothes, "Why didn't the Taoist tell Brother Dapeng what we saw in the cave?"
"Huh?" Xiaoyin wiped her sweat, "The Taoist Master said it, didn't you hear it?"
Xiaolan corrected patiently, "The Taoist priest only said that we found the skeleton of Sili Sinan, but he didn't mention what happened to us before. Brother Dapeng might have clues..."
"Before that?..." The fool looked up, narrowed his eyes and tried to remember, "Was there anything special before that?"
Xiaoyin winced, "I don't remember anything special."
"It's just that we heard a strange sound..." Xiaolan pointed to her ear, "There was also a bright light, and then... we all fell into a coma..."
The other three looked at each other, and the fool burst into laughter.
"Xiaolan, you won't have any hallucinations again, right? It's just an ordinary cave." The fool stretched out the back of his hand and put it against Xiaolan's forehead. "It's just damp and cold. Did you get sick from the cold and start dreaming..."
"Are you... kidding me?" Xiaolan looked at the three of them questioningly.
"Tsk, this kid," the fool curled his lips and pushed Baomu out, "Come on, come on, let the honest man talk to you."
"There is nothing in the cave, but the smell is very strange." Baomu held his chin, "And the cave is not too long. The only strange thing is that it seems to be walking on a flat road, but the exit is at the top of the mountain. We start from the basin When you get to the top of the mountain, you don’t feel like you’re climbing.”
Xiaoyin came closer with concern, "Xiaolan, what did you dream about...see?"
From the looks of the three of them, it definitely didn't look like they were lying.
What went wrong? Did they forget it, or was it really just their dream?
"Baomu, what's so weird about the smell in the cave?" Xiaolan asked tentatively.
Baomu's nose started to twitch again, "I can't remember it...it's something I've never smelled before, and it makes people feel very sad."
"You said at that time that it smelled like death." Xiaolan guided.
"That's the smell of Sili Sinan's bones," Baomu waved his hand, "The smell in the cave is different."
Um? He also remembered the discovery of the two men's skeletons.
Isn't this part of my own hallucination?
"Wait!" Just as he was thinking about it, Baomu shouted suddenly, raising one hand high, "There is a smell here."
Xiaoyin was so frightened that she stopped in place, "What does it smell like? Don't scare people!"
"The smell is very light, but it's very obvious, like the smell coming up from downstairs." Baomu's pure eyes became panicked, and he stood up and ran out the door, "That's... that's the smell of gas!"
