Wear it quickly! My mad dog-like host!

"Sister You, why don't you turn up the light a little bit?" The junior brother asked You Jinge nervously while holding Zhang Xin's arm.

He didn't dare look around, for fear of seeing something horrible that he shouldn't see in these vast mountains.

You Jinge held the flashlight steadily in one hand, shining it on the narrow road at his feet. In the other hand, he held a slender branch he had picked up from the roadside and slapped the weeds that grew on both sides of the road.

He said slowly: "We are not sure why Hu Tao is in this mountain. Is there anyone trying to catch her? We have to be careful."

If her eyes could see at night, she wouldn't want to be exposed to even this little light, for fear of incurring unknown risks.

Upon hearing that there might be a threat to his life from his own kind, the junior brother's legs became even weaker. He gritted his teeth, held back his greetings to the other party's family, and complained: "This unfortunate thing really knows how to play."

Zhang Xin shook his entangled arm and said, "Didn't you say excitedly that you wanted to find the missing person?"

The junior brother refused to let go, and when he heard this, his eyes widened, "How did I know this guy was so exciting?"

"Don't talk, save some energy." You Jinge's voice was not loud, but it was still very clear in the silent night. "It's cold and dewy in the mountains at night, and we don't know where to start. If we don't save our energy, we will probably stay here."

The junior brother suppressed the howl in his throat, "No wonder those two... those two, two bosses in the store bet on our life and death, this, this, this... da da da..."

The night mountain wind howled past, and the second half of his sentence was instantly drowned out by the constant chattering of his teeth.

"Okay, okay... Dada... It's cold." The junior brother said tremblingly.

"Really... Dadada... No preparation at all, not even for us..."

He hugged Zhang Xin's arm tightly, trying to get warmth from it.

Zhang Xin looked at You Jinge who was exploring the way ahead and suggested, "Should we find a place sheltered from the wind to rest for the night and then look for someone in the morning?"

You Jinge responded briefly: "I'm looking for it."

The junior fellow student said: "Fortunately, tomorrow and the next two days are Saturday and Sunday, and our instructor is also in the hospital."

In order to do his homework better, he followed Zhang Xin throughout his academic career except for not having to work part-time.

After hearing this, You Jinge and Zhang Xin were speechless for a moment.

Zhang Xin was speechless: "Shut up."

The junior brother answered immediately, fearing that if he was a second late, he would be disliked by the two and then abandoned: "Okay, brother."

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"I'm sorry. I've implicated you." In the narrow cave, Fang Rou's weak voice was full of apology.

Walnut slowly pulled the collar on his chest to cover his mouth and nose to avoid breathing in the dirt and dust in the cave.

"It's none of your business. I got involved myself." There was regret in her voice.

If she hadn't been idle and hadn't gone to the countryside to look for some gossip, she wouldn't have ended up in such a dangerous situation.

After a pause, Walnut seemed to remember something and asked, "You know a lot about things in the countryside. Do you think there will be snakes in the bat cave?"

The place where they are now is an abandoned bat cave, and it is a cave with an entrance at the top of the mountain that extends all the way down into the mountain. It is bottomless. If the cave entrance was not narrower as it goes down, they might fall in and never be able to climb out.

What's more, it's a natural cemetery, so her parents don't have to worry about her body being left exposed in the wilderness.

Walnut thought with a smile on his face.

Fang Rou moved her mouth, not knowing how to answer her.

Hu Tao didn't hear her answer, so he asked, "Why don't you say anything?"

This silence made her feel very insecure.

Fang Rou spoke slowly: "I observed the cave when I entered it during the day. The wall is too smooth. Apart from the suspected bat nest, there are no traces of other animals. It is very likely that it has been... visited..."

Hu Tao's breathing stagnated, and the fear in his heart became stronger. "This shouldn't be the case, right? The hole is so big. If this is true, then this..."

She had thought of many ways to die, but being swallowed by a snake while still alive was not one of them.

But...the reality is really helpless.

"Forget it," she suddenly relaxed, looked at the darkness in front of her, sighed helplessly, and said: "Let me die, just consider it my contribution to nature."

Fang Rou reached out and patted Hu Tao gently, comforting her: "We will definitely get out alive, don't give up."

Walnut smiled bitterly: "It's not that I want to give up, you have also seen the flower field..."

She shuddered, with the cold wind blowing, but more of a chill spreading from her heart, "That's deadly!"

It was the first time she had seen that thing with her own eyes. It was such a large area, and although she didn't see anyone guarding it, there were almost no weeds among the gorgeous flowers, so it was obviously taken care of by humans.

She didn't think anyone would plant poppies in the mountains.

"Your family...you..."

Hu Tao really wanted to ask Fang Rou whether her family was involved in this matter.

Fang Rou understood what Hu Tao had not yet said, and smiled bitterly in the darkness, "I didn't...but..."

The other three members of the Fang family should have been involved, and there might even be people in the village involved, otherwise such a matter could not be concealed from the villagers whose ancestors have lived in the mountains.

Walnut said in a sad tone: "I will never talk nonsense about this kind of thing again."

She originally thought that calling the police in that way might speed up the response, but she didn't know that she was half right.

No, it should be more serious.

"It's a pity that the phone was accidentally lost, otherwise we wouldn't be lying here waiting to die..."

"You can leave by yourself." Fang Rou listened quietly, and then she said: "I have already told you the route. You have good physical strength. Now that you have some supplies, it should not be a problem to escape."

Walnut was silent for a while, then she said, "It's not that step yet, let's think about it and see if there are other ways."

It’s not that she hasn’t thought about it, but her parents really set her moral bottom line very high.

"I can't just take you out and find a grave for you," she joked.

"It's my fault that I'm trapped in an abnormal family relationship and can't break free." Fang Rou blinked her slightly sour eyes, "If I had been more resolute, I wouldn't be in this situation now."

Walnut didn't know how to comfort her, so she sighed heavily and stopped talking.

In the dark space, there was only the faint breathing sounds of the two people.

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