I asked with a curious look on my face.
At this time, the woman had walked out of the back room, holding a teapot in her hand.
After filling the cups for us one by one, the aroma of tea suddenly overflowed and lingered in the wooden house.
"Xiao Qiao, please tell a few guests how we met."
Orion narrowed his eyes and said to the woman.
"Husband, you are serious. Every time a guest comes, you ask me to tell our story. Don't you mind it?"
Although the tone was reproachful, the woman's face was filled with happiness that could not be concealed.
"Hey, the guests like to hear it, so just tell them. After all, being able to marry you is the most proud thing in my life!"
"Look how beautiful you are!"
The woman glanced at Orion angrily, and then said to us: "Since you guys want to hear our story, I'll tell it to you."
"Two years ago, I was a student at an art academy in the north. One Sunday, my boyfriend at the time and I came to the Sunset Forest to sketch."
"At sunset, we planned to return, but on the way back, we encountered several robbers. My useless boyfriend actually abandoned me and ran away alone."
"It was at such a critical moment that my husband suddenly appeared. He fired three arrows in a row, injuring the bad guys and saving me."
"You don't know that when I was in despair, my husband appeared like a god from heaven. At that moment, he was the most handsome man in the world in my eyes!"
The woman said, looking at her husband with starry eyes, her eyes filled with love.
"I don't need to say more about what happened next. The two of us had a mutual affection for each other, so I stayed and lived a pastoral life with him."
After listening to Xiao Qiao's story, I couldn't help but take the lead in applauding: "Beauty and hero, you two are such a perfect match!"
"Brother, we are really impressed by your heroic feat of saving the beauty!"
Orion chuckled: "I didn't think much about it at the time. I just drew my sword to help when the road was rough, and the guests laughed."
After a pause, I then asked: "Miss Xiao Qiao, since you are a top student at the Academy of Fine Arts, can you please paint a portrait for me? I can pay you!"
"this……"
Xiao Qiao was stunned for a moment, and then quickly said: "Since I graduated, I have seldom touched the paintbrush, and I have long forgotten how to draw."
"Besides, I don't have any painting tools at home, so I hope my guests will forgive me."
I waved my hand and said with a smile: "You and my brother are living such a fairy-like life. You no longer need to make a living by painting. It's understandable."
Xiao Qiao smiled and said nothing more.
"Um, don't be polite. These are eucommia buds I picked from outside. They can nourish yin and kidneys. Drink them while they are hot."
Seeing that none of us had any tea, Orion greeted us warmly.
"My husband just said, you want to hear the story about Bigfoot, right?"
Before we could say anything, Xiaoqiao took the initiative and said: "That night, I got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet, and suddenly saw a huge black shadow..."
Xiao Qiao was telling the story vividly when suddenly there was a loud noise outside. Orion stood up instantly with a vigilant look on his face.
"Hubby, it seems like the weasel is here to steal the chicken again!"
Xiao Qiao said with some fear.
"I gonna go see!"
The hunter put his long bow on his back, turned around and left.
"I will go with you!"
Xiao Qiao said and quickly followed. There were only four of us left in the wooden house.
I didn't say anything, but just winked at a few people. Everyone immediately understood and poured the tea into the corner of the wooden house without leaving any trace.
Immediately, we lay down on the table, pretending to be in a drowsy state.
After a while, the wooden door was pushed open, and Xiao Qiao walked in. He glanced around us with extremely cold eyes.
"Old Liu!"
Xiao Qiao shouted outside, and Orion quickly walked in and stood in front of Xiao Qiao, his face full of respect.
Looking at the two people talking now, it's like a boss is explaining tasks to his subordinates. How do they look like a couple?
I closed my eyes slightly and watched the movements of the two people, but I didn't feel the slightest surprise.
From the moment I saw Xiao Qiao, I had already concluded that these two people must not be a couple!
Xiao Qiao's narration just now described Bigfoot as an extremely terrifying monster that would come out to capture humans in the middle of the night.
But they, the couple, lived on the edge of the forest, so why were they so safe and sound, and why did they never even think about moving?
In addition, Xiao Qiao said that he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts. How could he have just graduated two years ago and forgotten the basic skills of painting?
The most important thing is that although Xiao Qiao tried his best to pretend to be in a sweet state with Orion, I still felt a sense of rawness from the interaction between the two.
This is not the state of a couple who have lived together for two years.
Lonnie and the others naturally noticed the strangeness between these two couples, so with just one look from me, everyone knew what to do.
What we have to do next is to pretend to be dead and see where these "couples" want to send us.
"Sister Qiao, what are your orders?"
Orion stood in front of Xiao Qiao and said in a low voice.
"Send them all over now."
"Now? Are you in such a hurry?"
Orion asked with some confusion.
"Well, a few strong laborers from the leader's side just died. These few people can just fill the vacancies. Let's go quickly."
"yes!"
Orion responded and walked out immediately.
Soon, he pushed a flat-bed tricycle to the door.
Under the command of Xiao Qiao, Orion picked up the four of us one by one and put them on the flatbed truck.
Immediately, Xiao Qiao led the way, and Orion pushed the flatbed truck behind, walking towards the Sunset Forest.
We are all good at breath-holding techniques, so neither of us noticed anything unusual along the way.
Soon, Orion pushed the flatbed truck through the one-mile edge area and continued towards the hinterland of the Sunset Forest.
The path in the forest was rugged and bumpy. Old Orion Liu was pushing a flatbed cart, but he walked with ease. Apparently he had been on this road many times.
After walking for who knows how long, the flatbed truck finally stopped under a big banyan tree.
Xiao Qiao stepped forward and tapped the tree trunk three times. The grass under the tree suddenly parted to both sides, and an entrance directly to the ground appeared on the ground.
Deep inside the entrance, there was a loud banging sound, as if something was walking outside.
Not long after, a "person" emerged from the entrance and stood on the ground.
This "person" is nearly four meters tall, with blue-grey skin and bulging muscles full of explosive power.
Just one of his paws is bigger than my face!
