When the magic flower blooms

He Tiansi soon discovered that the toll booth in front of him was a bit different.

First of all, there are no identification names up and down in the toll booth.

Secondly, the toll booth stands on the bridgehead by the river. If you want to cross the bridge to reach the other side of the river, you must first pass the checkpoint.

There is also the weirdest point: there is no one in the toll booth at the toll station.

The more he thought about it, the more weird he felt, He Tiansi took out his mobile phone to check the specific location here.Before he opened it, Ming Ruoxing poured cold water on him.

"Don't bother, you can't find it on ordinary electronic maps."

While talking, the electronic map has been loaded successfully.Sure enough, it was a large no-man's land, without even half a sign.

Land Rover has slowly slowed down and came to the toll booth.Ming Ruoxing opened the car window, stretched out his arm, and gently swiped his wrist over the sensor. A beep sounded, and the crossbar in front of the car was lifted up to let the car pass.

The vehicle drove slowly across the bridge, and there was another four-lane flat road ahead.After walking about 200 meters, the first street sign finally appeared on the side of the road, indicating that "there is still 20km away from Yinshan Town".

It's finally here.He Tiansi looked out curiously, like a big dog going out for a ride with its owner.

The terrain here is slightly lower than that on the other side, the soil and air are wetter, and the vegetation is obviously more lush.The Land Rover drove forward along the zigzag downhill road, but the terrain on both sides gradually raised, forming towering cliffs like a screen, sandwiching the road.

"It's called a ray of sky."

Ming Ruoxing explained thoughtfully, "In the morning and evening or when there is a lot of water vapor, there will be clouds and mist flowing down from high places."

After passing through the narrow and dark sky, the front suddenly brightened.He Tiansi was squinting his eyes to see what happened, when he suddenly heard Ming Ruoxing reminding him sharply: "Help me up!"

He subconsciously grabbed the door handle, and before he was fully prepared, Ming Ruoxing slammed the steering wheel.

There was a sharp rubbing sound of the tires, and the car suddenly turned right almost ninety degrees, followed by a sense of weightlessness.

"Wow!"

The itching in the heart caused by the weightlessness made He Tiansi cry out.He soon discovered that the vehicle was driving on a steep downhill road close to the cliff. After 50 meters, there is a U-shaped turn, which is connected to another section of steep slope... This cycle goes back and forth three or four times, interweaving a row of extremely peculiar "zigzag" mountain roads.

"Wangshan Road."

Ming Ruoxing continued to introduce while driving the Land Rover with ease.

He Tiansi soon knew the origin of the name—looking outside Wangshan Road, about one or two kilometers away, a large stretch of rolling and magnificent mountains towered among the clouds and mist.

"This is Yin Shan? It seems like it just popped up out of nowhere, it's amazing!" He Tiansi sighed sincerely.

"Of course it is impossible for the mountain to appear out of nowhere. The reason why I couldn't see it just now was because it was covered by a ray of sky."

Ming Ruoxing's serious answer was a bit boring, but a series of showing-off driving skills proved that he should be in a good mood.

They quickly and safely arrived at the cliff.The road became flat again, but it was surrounded by a gray wetland, with clumps of reeds and persimmon trees with fiery red fruits everywhere.

He Tiansi turned his head to look at the cliff and mountain road: "The road is so remote and difficult to walk, are you afraid of accidents?"

"Of course there is more than one road, but this is the fastest way from Jinyu Village."

Ming Ruoxing speeded up the car and drove through the silent woods.A six-lane cement road that looked more spacious and advanced soon appeared ahead.

It is gratifying that there are finally people from here. Whether it is the maintenance unit on the side of the road or the oncoming vehicles passing by occasionally, He Tiansi feels very friendly.

"It's all demi-humans here, right?" He asked Ming Ruoxing, "Is it possible that only demi-humans can enter and exit around Yinshan?"

"In principle." Ming Ruoxing knew what he wanted to ask, "Common people are not allowed to enter within a large ellipse starting from the toll booth and the Yinshan Mountains as the center."

"Then what if ordinary people come in?"

"Take it out after processing."

"How to deal with it? How to check?"

"...you'll find out soon."

The westernmost end of the six-lane road is the "Yinshan Town" indicated on the previous road sign.

As the name suggests, this is a small town tightly attached to the foot of Yinshan Mountain.The total resident population is only two to three hundred people, but it has an independent island power grid and water and gas supply agencies.

Although he has lived in Jinyu Village for two years and has become accustomed to rural life, He Tiansi fell in love with it immediately as soon as the vehicle drove into the town.

On the clean and tidy streets, no matter the motorway or the sidewalk, they are all paved with extremely elegant bluestone in the shape of fish scales.The slightly undulating ground not only makes walking more fun, but also objectively reduces the speed of the vehicle.

Perhaps because of the humid and warm climate at the bottom of the valley, the street trees in the town are mainly pomelo trees.It was autumn, and almost every tree was heavily covered with large golden balls.The flower border under the tree is also very exciting. In addition to the more common pansy, black heart chrysanthemum, and medallion chrysanthemum, flowers with high cultivation costs such as colchicum, delphinium, and chrysanthemum also imply that the town is relatively affluent standard of living.

It was Ming Ruoxing who said that more than 80% of the people living in Yinshan Town are engaged in occupations related to Shenshan.Such as forest maintenance and management, catering and lodging, and material supplies.

In order to maintain the environment, there is no industry or large-scale agriculture in the Yinshan area, and all materials are basically transported in from outside the mountainous area, which naturally makes the prices high.

According to Ming Ruoxing's arrangement, they settled down in the town tonight, completed the preparations before entering the mountain, and set off formally tomorrow morning.

Thinking that he was going to live in a B&B, He Tiansi kept leaning against the car window and looking out, trying to pick a hotel that would please his eyes.But Ming Ruoxing took him through most of the town in one breath, and drove into a white fence with security guards at the east end of the town.

The inside of the wall is a bit like a park, a panel path, surrounded by lush vegetation and towering trees.After driving for a while, He Tiansi discovered that there were buildings scattered among the woods, and most of them were surrounded by thick walls, not like homestays open to the public.

"This is the annex area."

Sure enough, Ming Ruoxing gave a completely different answer: "A family like mine that has people going to the mountains from time to time, the annual accommodation expenses are a lot of money. In addition, my father's status is quite special, so I just bought a house in the town. It’s not the peak season, and there are very few people in the annex area, so we live here and won’t attract attention.”

"Oh……"

He Tiansi suddenly became interested again: "Ming, what exactly does your family do? Aren't you going to tell me?"

Ming Ruoxing hesitated for a moment.

You will meet a lot of people on this trip up the mountain.If some things are not said now, it may be a different feeling for others to tell them.

Thinking of this, he decided not to hide anymore.

"My father is the Minister of Justice of the demihuman government."

"Oh." He Tiansi nodded, "...very powerful?"

"What do you say?"

Ming Ruoxing rolled his eyes at him, thinking that if he had known this kind of reaction earlier, why should he hide it.

Immediately afterwards he heard He Tiansi asking: "Then what do you do?"

"...I am a security police officer of the Yaan Bureau, but I have retired a long time ago."

After deliberating over and over again, he still gave the answer.

As expected, He Tiansi was still more interested in Ming Ruoxing himself, and immediately widened his eyes, with an exaggerated expression of "I actually slept with 007".

Fortunately, before he had time to ask more questions, the Ming family's annex arrived.

From the outside, this is an elegant and low-key Chinese-style residence.But when you look closer, you can see a lot of Western style.

Inside the wall is a large lawn, neatly manicured, and it can be seen that someone maintains it daily.There is a row of tall hydrangeas growing under the eaves. In late autumn, the branches and leaves are already withered.

Since Ming Ruoxing's father is an important government official, he usually stays directly in the mountains.In fact, only Mrs. Ming, Chen Xing and other relatives came to live in this annex.

Ming Ruoxing said that no one would come here in this season, and took out the door key.But when the door opened, he was immediately dumbfounded.

There was a light on in the entrance, and a few pairs of shoes were on the floor.One pair of red-soled stiletto heels, with a touch of gold on the toe, looked very familiar to him.

"...Let's go to a hotel." He suddenly pulled He Tiansi and turned to leave.

"Wait, this—"

Before He Tiansi had time to see clearly, his whole body was twisted ninety degrees.

Just as the two of them were about to go out, they heard a woman's voice coming from inside the room.

"Where are you going? Am I a tiger or a monster? As for running for your life as soon as you see my shoes?"

As soon as the words fell, Ming Ruoxing froze all of a sudden, as if he had been hit by a hold spell.

He Tiansi seized the opportunity and turned his head immediately, and saw a beautiful woman in her thirties with permed hair and a red dress standing under the carved glass door at the end of the entrance.The corners of her eyes and brows are slightly similar to Ming Ruoxing's, of course she is more feminine, more gorgeous, and more mature and refined.

Behind her were two tall bodyguards in suits and leather shoes.

who is thisMing Ruoxing has only one big brother Hu, so this should be a relative like a cousin.

He Tiansi hurriedly looked at Ming Ruoxing for a correct answer, only to find that Ming Ruoxing looked like he had seen a ghost, his lips quivered twice, and he called out a title softly.

"……mom."

What?mom!Xiao Ming's real mother?

He Tiansi was shocked faster and calmed down even faster. He realized that Ming's mother's eyes had fallen on him, so he immediately puffed up his chest and retracted his abdomen, and pulled himself together.

"Hello, Auntie! I'm Xiao Ming's...friend. My surname is He, and my name is He Tiansi."

As soon as he spoke here, he saw that Ming's mother, who was still talking nonsense to her biological son just now, immediately changed her expression.

"Xiao He, right? It's really not as famous as—"

"Cough!" Ming Ruoxing hurriedly interrupted them with a cough: "Mom, why are you here?"

Sure enough, Ming's mother changed her face again: "What? This is the real estate under my name, so I can't come?"

"Of course I didn't mean that..."

Ming Ruoxing wanted to explain something, but his mother ignored him again.

"Xiao He, what are you doing standing at the door? Come in and sit down."

"Hey, thank you auntie!"

He Tiansi cautiously accompanied the smiling face, and at the same time turned his head away, carefully asking Ming Ruoxing for instructions.

"Xiao Ming, why don't we..."

Ming Ruoxing was about to speak when his petite and lovely mother urged him impatiently.

"Hurry up and come into the house for me, dawdle, it's almost dark!"

"Mom, it's only noon now, it's only eleven o'clock..."

The protest was ineffective, Ming Ruoxing obediently entered the house, and He Tiansi followed behind of course.

Behind the entrance is the hall, where the two bodyguards stopped.He Tiansi followed Ming Ruoxing into the living room, and Ming's mother was busy calling the nanny He Tiansi to pour tea.

"Don't bother, Mother. We'll just leave our bags here and head to town."

Ming Ruoxing obviously wanted to find an opportunity to escape, but his mother saw through this little trick immediately.

"You, you know how to run outside all day long, and you have been missing for so long, and you don't even know how to call back... Oh, forget it, I don't have time to accompany you anyway."

It was only then that Ming Ruoxing noticed that his own mother had carefully dressed up and was still carrying a bag.

"Mom, where are you going?"

"Hmph, you don't want me to care about you, and you don't care about me."

After saying this, the pampered woman nodded towards He Tiansi who was at the side, then got up gracefully, and walked towards the door.

The bodyguards in the front hall immediately followed, and the sound of footsteps quickly disappeared.