I survived by my sense of smell

"To be fair, a show of hands in favor of leaving tomorrow"

Except for Ren Jingqiu and Zeng Zirong, no one raised their hands. After finally settling down, no one wanted to move around exhaustingly. Besides, Huagu was nearby, so it was more convenient.

Ren Jingqiu was so angry that her tone changed: "Okay, if you don't go, I will go."

After finishing speaking, he went back to the room alone, and the rest of the people looked at each other in blank dismay, and Gu Bang said: "She may be angry, she will be fine tomorrow."

Everyone nodded, that was the only way to go.

It's time for lunch, and Sister Jing made five dishes and one soup, fried bacon with refreshing vegetable moss, dried radish pickled by myself, stewed chicken with radish, fried lotus root slices with green peppers, braised kelp and bamboo shoot soup.

Everyone's appetite increased greatly, and even Ren Jingqiu's complexion looked much better.

After dinner, taking advantage of Ren Jingqiu's good mood, Gu Bang suggested that everyone go out for a stroll in the mountains. After all, it was noon and everyone had been bored in the car all morning, so they all agreed.

Only Zou Bai shrugged off the headache and stayed in the hotel.He looked carefully at the windows, and there were electric drill holes on the top, bottom, left, and right sides of each window. It was obvious that anti-theft windows had been installed. As for why they were removed, it might have something to do with the woman in the dream.

Zou Bai accompanied Sister Jing to wash the dishes and chat: "I want to take a shower today, where do the clothes usually hang?"

Sister Jing was stunned for a moment, perhaps looking at his intentions, and then said: "Go out of the store and go forward, through the forest, there is an open space in front, where you can hang clothes."

Zou Bai said: "Can I pull the string by myself? It's too far away, I'm too lazy to go."

"If you are not afraid of death, you can try." Sister Jing was just about to speak when Hu Bo came down from upstairs. He has been sleeping since he got off the car, and his condition looks much better.

"Are you awake?" Sister Jing flushed her hands under the faucet, "Still eating noodles?"

"Um"

Someone came, Zou Bai didn't want to ask any more questions, he wandered through the forest, and there was indeed clothes "drying" in the open space.But it’s not so much for drying, as it is for hanging. A few big stones are brushed to reflect light, and the clothes are hung on these stones. Maybe they are afraid of being blown away. There is a fist-sized stone on each piece of clothing.

Going on again, at the entrance of Liyuan Village, the black-gray monument of meritorious deeds shines brightly in the sun.

The merit monument looks to be about one meter high, it is very clean, and there are almost no weeds around it. Looking at the concrete floor in the lower right corner, the figure of the squatting woman appeared in Zou Bai's mind.When he walked to the merit monument, he seemed to be able to see that it was full of resentment, and the name on it was exactly the same as in the dream: Li Bin, Li Youyi...

He looked at them one by one, but he didn't expect someone to come from behind: "Young man, are you here for a trip?"

Looking back, there is a simple and honest face, about 50 years old, slightly fat, a villager of Liyuan Village.

"Hi." Zou Bai pretended to be distressed, "I got on the wrong bus, so I'm a bit bored, so I'll come out for a walk."

The simple and honest man smiled and said: "Don't go around, our village has had conflicts with tourists before. Fortunately, you are lucky to meet me. If you meet other people in our village, it will be hard to say."

Zou Bai always felt that the uncle looked at him strangely, but he couldn't explain it. Seeing other villagers passing by, he said, "Understood, thank you uncle."

After walking for a while, Zou Bai turned his head, and the man was still standing there staring at him.

After this incident, Zou Bai didn't dare to stay around the village any longer, he just wandered around in the woods before going back.As soon as he entered the hotel, he saw Sister Jing stepping on it to check the electric meter. Zou Bai hurried over to support the electric meter: "How did you check the electric meter today?"

"Thank you," Sister Jing said, "Isn't this the Chinese New Year tomorrow? To avoid a power outage in time?"

Zou Bai thought of something, and when Sister Jing came down, he helped move the gun to the corner: "Will there be a power outage during the Chinese New Year?"

"No, just take a look," Sister Jing replied, pulling her apron uncomfortably, "Are you still staying here tomorrow? Get the vegetables ready when you get back.”

"I will celebrate the New Year here tomorrow, they may still change"

Sister Jing counted on her fingers: "If they don't leave, there will be exactly eleven."

Zou Bai thought about it, including him and Sister Jing, plus the six people outside, isn't there only nine people here now?Where did eleven come from?

Perhaps seeing that he had doubts, Sister Jing continued: "There is also my son and my god-brother, come back tonight."

"Oh", Zou Bai suddenly realized, and then smiled, "Sister Jing, can you see if there is anything I can do for you, I'm too busy here."

Sister Jing laughed and said, "Who told you not to go out with them?"

Sister Jing is a straightforward person. Although Zou Bai is not good at dealing with strangers, once the chat box is opened, the two of them become more and more familiar with each other. In the end, Sister Jing even threatened to accept him as a younger brother.

Zou Bai squatted on the ground to choose leeks, and said with a smile, "Okay, I can't go back on my word."

"No regrets, no regrets"

The sun was about to set, and the few people hadn't come back, so Zou Bai and Sister Jing panicked. They waited for another hour, and it was completely dark. Zou Bai couldn't wait any longer, even though he didn't have a deep relationship with them, But anyway, they came here together, and he didn't know the bottom of the village, who knows what will happen.

He picked up the flashlight and electric shock baton and was about to go out to find someone. Sister Jing called out, "Would you like to wait a moment, my godson and my son will be back soon, the three of us are together, there is a caretaker."

"Didn't it say that only the morning bus can get here?"

"They drove here by themselves, they should be here soon"

While talking, there was the sound of a car stalling outside. Zou Bai walked to the door. It was a black Honda SUV, and the people in the car got off quickly.Zou Bai was a little surprised when an innocent face appeared in front of him. It was the owner of the Internet cafe with the orange cat face.

Liang An bought a lot of new year's goods. He got out of the car with big bags and small bags. He saw a man with skin brighter than a light bulb standing at the door. After his eyes adjusted to the light, he saw clearly that face that was more delicate than a woman's. .

Ono on the side was surprised: "Hey brother, why are you living here with my mother?"

Sister Jing took the things: "What are you calling me? Uncle, this is your mother's new godbrother." After speaking, she slapped her thigh again, "Hurry up, hurry up, take a flashlight and go find someone in the mountains."

Liang An frowned before he had time to worry about Sister Jing admitting to her younger brother, "What's the matter? Some customers have been lost?"

Zou Bai took the flashlight on the table and sent it to the two of them: "There are six people who came with me. They went for a walk in the mountains at noon, and they haven't come back yet."

"Nonsense." Liang An immediately became angry, and said, "I'm not familiar with it, why are you walking around in the mountains?"

Sister Jing anxiously said: "It's useless to say these things, I thought they were just wandering around, who knows that they haven't come back yet."

Liang An went out with Zou Bai with a stern face, while Ono stayed with Sister Jing at the hotel.

Liyuan Village was very quiet in the middle of the night, as if a cloud of black mist shrouded the entire village. The flashlights in Zou Bai pierced the darkness, but at the same time revealed their positions.Passing through the forest, I soon came to the foot of the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, there was a "No Entry" sign. The wooden boards on it were rotten and yellow due to the wind and sun.

"Hasn't anyone been here for a long time?"

Liang An nodded: "Since the accident two years ago, few people have come to play?"

It seems that the government still wanted to develop this place well before. The road was rarely paved with bluestone bricks, and the statue of Nuwa was also repaired, but it seems that only half of it has been repaired.Nuwa's body has already been carved, and half of her face has been carved, but the other half is a rough stone.

When the flashlight passed through, Zou Bai seemed to feel that Nuwa's mottled and useless face seemed to come to life, and her chest seemed to heave up and down.Liang An pulled down his flashlight: "There is a tradition here, you can't take pictures of Nuwa statues at night."

"What happens if you take a photo?"

"will live"

Zou Bai followed Liang An's footsteps. He looked back, and the eyes of the stone statue of Nuwa behind him rolled twice in their sockets. He pretended not to see them, and continued walking forward.

After walking for nearly 10 minutes, the smell reappeared.

"Guan Lian?" Zou Bai yelled.

The other side quickly replied in surprise: "Xiaobai!"

Then there was a rush of footsteps, and several people also entered the range of the flashlights, but their faces were pale, as if they were terribly frightened.

Especially Guan Lian, who jumped into Zou Bai's arms as soon as he came: "Xiao Bai, I was scared to death, I thought I was going to spend the night here."

Zou Bai's body was stiff, he pushed her away without a trace, and comforted her: "It's okay, it's okay."

Yang Xincheng seemed to have fallen down somewhere, and his body was covered in dirt. Seeing Guan Lian pounced into Zou Bai's arms, he said jealously: "Lian Lian, don't be afraid, I promise to take you out."

Guan Lianlian: "No, I'll follow Xiaobai, you protect yourself first, I don't know who jumped up and down in fright."

Yang Xincheng's face turned red, and he didn't know what happened before, it seemed that someone pulled his foot, otherwise how could he fall on the flat ground, but no one believed him when he said it, everyone said he was too nervous up.

Zou Bai counted the number of people and it was just right. He pointed to Liang An: "This is Liang An. He came out with me to find you."

Only then did the others look at Liang An. Guan Lianlian's face was pale with fright just now, but now he said excitedly: "Hello, I'm Guan Lianlian. You look so tough and handsome!"

Zou Bai said helplessly: "Let's go back and talk slowly, Sister Jing is still waiting for us."

So the group walked back again, and when they passed the statue of Nuwa, Zeng Zirong suddenly collapsed to the ground, his whole body was like a sieve.

Liang An thought she was frightened, and comforted her: "It's a stone statue, don't be afraid."

Guan Lian quickly pulled her up and asked what was wrong, but Zeng Zirong shook his head, saying that he was wrong.Although they don't know what she saw just now, they don't want to pursue it any further. They just want to go back to the hotel quickly. This mountain is too evil.

Only Zou Bai knew why she called, because he also saw just now that the face of Nuwa's portrait had changed, the gentle and beautiful face had an evil smile, and the unfinished face on the other side grew rotten flesh and blood. Like, apparently a sign of a resurrection.Zou Bai cut his palm, and the bright red blood dripped onto the stone slab, and the transformed Nuwa statue returned to calm again.

Liang An leads the way, Zou Bai cuts off.

Seeing that people came back, Sister Jing hurriedly arranged to wash and eat. Liang An's expression was very bad, and he knocked on the table: "Since they are all back, let me make it clear first. Those who are willing to live here will not have someone to guide them in the future. Don't mess around." Running up the mountain, there is such a big sign that no entry is allowed?"

Liang An has been on the road since he was a teenager. After a long time, he became very sensitive to danger. Just now near the Nuwa statue, he smelled blood. I can't come back.

Because it was really unreasonable, several people bowed their heads in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry," Ren Jingqiu said, "I'm the captain of the team this time. Such a big problem has caused everyone to worry."

Guan Lian and the others also apologized one after another. Liang An is not the kind to be unreasonable and unforgiving. Seeing that they really knew that they were wrong, their faces looked better. Let them take a bath first and come down to eat later.