The road became narrower and narrower, and it was no longer just a path for wild animals to pass.
In order not to disturb Lord Demon King who was already asleep, Li Mo slowly reined in the reins and made the horse stop as smoothly as possible.
Listening carefully, you can hear nothing but the rustling of the leaves in the wind and the occasional low hoot of an owl.
Li Mo's eyes were bloodshot, and the veins on his forehead popped out because he was enduring something.
He looked into the depths of the forest. It was pitch black and he couldn't see anything, but somehow he always knew there was something bad hidden inside.
"Let me ask you again, are you sure this is the way?"
After a few seconds of silence,
Li Mo turned around, leaned on the fender of the truck behind him, and asked Xue Nu in a posture similar to interrogating a prisoner.
"Well, it should be."
"are you sure!?"
His face was expressionless and he spoke every word, as if there was something ambiguous hidden in his gentle tone, which made people feel a bit hairy.
"Big, probably..."
The snow girl felt a temperature even lower than her own body temperature, so she only dared to respond with such an ambiguous answer.
"Probably a ghost!"
But Li Mo became furious because of this answer. He jumped on the truck and drilled his fist into Xue Nu's head to torture her:
"I've been walking along the path you pointed out for half a day! Do you know what time it is now? It's already past 12 o'clock at night. You only need to walk through this forest to get to Demon King's Castle. This is Kaguya Castle. Is it nearby? It’s obviously near the Demon King’s Castle. Do you know the road? Or are you looking for fun with me? You are definitely looking for fun with me, hahahaha?!”
Li Mo, who had not slept all night, stayed up until midnight, but he felt that his spirit was getting more and more excited. He talked a lot, but even he didn't know that he was said something.
"Excuse me!"
Li Mo didn't let go until Xue Nu's voice was distorted by his own squeeze.
Huh-huh-
He took a few deep breaths to adjust his emotions.
"I'm sorry, I've always walked. This time I have no sense of direction when I get on the carriage."
The snow girl lowered her head and rubbed the hem of her clothes, murmuring softly.
"I didn't ask you to drive. Is there any difference between driving and walking? Oh, forget it."
Seeing that she was seriously introspecting, Li Mo couldn't bear to lose his temper.
"Sorry, I'm not very good at going out."
"It's nothing, I don't care about taking such a wrong path, anyway!"
Li Mo accentuated his tone, indicating that what he said next was beyond dispute:
"We can't go any further. The forests near the Demon King's City are haunted by very troublesome monsters at night. That kind of thing is something you and I can't handle in the dark. We'll talk about everything tomorrow. We'll camp here for the night today. .”
"But it's very close..."
The snow girl slowly got out of the car, walked a few steps forward on the dead leaves, closed her eyes and took a deep breath, as if she was feeling something.
"The wind smells of frost, so it must be around here."
"What?"
Li Mo didn't understand the meaning of her words, so he could only ask back.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Limo, I'll just go alone next time. You can take the little girl back to the city."
"Hey, hey!"
The rhetorical question didn't get any decent answer, but the person who asked the question did something that surprised Li Mo.
Xue Nu bowed to Li Mo to express her gratitude and after saying these words, she pushed aside the bushes beside her and walked into the depths of the forest.
No matter how much Li Mo yelled behind her, he couldn't keep her.
"Damn it, stop!"
What the hell is that guy doing?
Li Mo unloaded the truck, put the reins on his wrists, picked up the sleeping Demon King and chased after him.
Looking for the path opened by the moonlight, Li Mo could barely tell the direction in which the snow girl was heading.
"Hey, Yuki-onna!"
No one responded, only the crunching of dead leaves underfoot.
It's eerie in the forest on a silent night.
Li Mo forced the resisting horse to walk on this beast trail for an unknown length of time. Finally, he reached the end of the road. The huge stone mound covered with moss completely blocked the road, but some fireflies could be seen from the sides of the stone mound. The firefly's light was particularly dazzling in this dark night.
Li Mo touched the stone wall and moved towards the position of the light.
When he got closer, he discovered that the light was emanating from a naturally formed cave. Although it was near the Demon King's City, this was the first time Li Mo knew there was such a place.
He left the horse at the entrance of the cave and walked in alone with Lord Demon King in his arms. There was only one way, and Li Mo was sure that the Snow Girl must be inside.
When they reached the depths of the cave, just as he expected, the snow girl stood there quietly with her back to him. Her back was a little lonely, like a cold sculpture.
"Hey, do you know it's dangerous for you to do this?"
"Sorry for making you worry."
The snow girl turned around and smiled at him.
But that smile was very beautiful but somehow made people feel lonely and sad, just like the smile carved out of snow was slowly melting.
"The forest here in the Demon King's City is infested by corpse dogs. Those things are similar to curses. No matter how many times they are beaten, they will come out again. Fortunately, this is at the edge of the forest, not where those things have set foot. If You go a little deeper..."
Li Mo's words suddenly stopped.
He was so focused on preaching before that he didn't notice it at all. Now after he calmed down a little, he was stunned by the sight in front of him.
He slowly put down the Demon King in his arms and stood up, showing a serious expression to the snow girl that he had never seen before:
"Who are you?"
In front of his eyes, the deepest part of the cave was covered with clear crystals. The light emanated from these crystals. In the center of these crystal clusters was a crystal coffin made of frost, and in the ice coffin slept quietly. A young man.
What's incredible is that Li Mo can feel that this young man is not a deceased person. Although the energy of life is weak, it does exist, and his body is mixed with the breath of humans and demons.
I still remember that Yuki-onna said that her name was given to someone else, so it seemed that it must be him.
"What on earth are you doing in a place like this? Speaking of which, I only know that you are from the land of water, but I don't know your details at all. If you think about it carefully, even you are from the land of water. This sentence may be false.”
Li Mo expressed very clear doubts.
But he thought that his intuition was very accurate. From the beginning, he felt that Yuki-onna was a simple person who would not use any crooked ideas, so he helped her in this situation. He still thinks so until now.
But here he must make a decision, because he needs this girl with a weak head to take care of everything.
"Excuse me."
"I said, this is not a good answer. If you are really embarrassed about me, then don't use this answer to deal with me."
"But, I promised not to tell others."
The snow girl was a little embarrassed and wrinkled the hem of her clothes with her fingertips.
"Seize the name in reverse."
"!!!"
Li Mo just said this in a faint tone, but Xue Nu instantly showed a surprised expression.
"It seems I was right."
Somehow, my heart started to hurt inexplicably.
