Lin Jiaxuan stood outside the bamboo house, watching Xiao Feng snoring in bed, her small fists clenched tightly, her petite body trembling uncontrollably with anger.

This guy has everyone else busy while he just lazes around.

Just as she was about to rush in to demand an explanation, the little girl sitting on the steps called out to her: "Xuanxuan, come over here, I have something to tell you."

"Oh, okay." Lin Jiaxuan nodded in agreement without hesitation.

Although the little girl's actual age was two or three years younger than Lin Jiaxuan, Lin Jiaxuan still relied on her to some extent in her heart.

This reliance felt exactly the same as what she felt with Lin Zhiyan, so the little girl's words were quite influential to her.

Lin Jiaxuan sat down next to the little girl and seeing her looking sullen, couldn't help but ask, "Sister Shihan, why do I feel like you have something on your mind?"

"Xuanxuan, can you promise me one thing?" The little girl grabbed Lin Jiaxuan's hand with a serious expression.

"What is it?"

"If I'm sent to school when we get back to Jiangcheng, will you join me and keep me company, what do you think?"

Lin Jiaxuan was surprised and said, "I think the most pressing concern right now is whether we can make it down the mountain alive."

"Oh, don't worry about it. Didn't you see how Xiao Feng is still in the mood to sleep?" The little girl said unconcernedly, "His attitude shows he's definitely confident in handling this crisis."

"..." Lin Jiaxuan.

Why do I feel like that guy is just giving up?

"Is it a deal?" The little girl shook Lin Jiaxuan's arm, batting her eyes in a pitiful manner: "If you can't see me for a long time, you'd definitely miss me, right?"

Lin Jiaxuan helplessly raised her hands in surrender: "Alright, alright, as long as I'm back to normal by then, going with you is not impossible."

"I knew you'd agree." The little girl broke into a wide smile, hugging Lin Jiaxuan's shoulders, her expression turning from gloomy to sunny.

At this moment, a yawning sound came from behind.

The little girl and Lin Jiaxuan turned around to see Xiao Feng stretching, squinting his eyes with a satisfied look.

"Brother Xiao Feng, you're awake!" The little girl immediately stood up and said.

Xiao Feng shook his head: "Actually, I wasn't really asleep. You saw me appear to be sleeping, but I was actually thinking."

Lin Jiaxuan curled her lips and rolled her eyes back at him, thinking how he could lie so easily without turning red or his heart skipping a beat. She was really envious of this skill.

The phone in his pocket started ringing; Xiao Feng took it out to see it was Lu Yao calling.

Upon answering, Lu Yao immediately said: "Brother Yanhuang, the other party is already up the mountain. I've changed their location twice, but one more time and we might be exposed."

"I see. Take care of your safety and don't go too far." Xiao Feng said calmly.

He had anticipated this situation from the very start, knowing Lu Yao could only stall them for so long.

Because there is a saying about not doing something more than three times, if the other party misses twice, they'll definitely start suspecting something if they're not complete fools.

This is just like the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. If someone is habitually lying, then when they finally speak the truth, no one believes them anymore.

And when they'll next find us here will all be a matter of luck.

With a bit of bad luck, 20 to 30 minutes; with good luck, maybe even two or three hours.

...

"The position has changed again."

The foppish man stopped in his tracks, habitually taking out a mirror to admire his "gorgeous appearance".

The black man punched a bamboo tree in frustration, shouting: "Wu Yu, this incompetent fool, dares to lead us around like dogs. When I catch him, I'll punch his head open and see what's inside!"

"What do you think, Dead Man?" The effeminate one raised a hand gracefully, asking a person wearing a Death God Mask.

Because of the mask, the gender couldn't be discerned, and with a large black robe covering the body, the person was even more androgynous.

However, judging by the voice, it was indeed a male voice.

He waved the scythe in his hand and said in a muffled voice: "Keep following the signal. If we can't find it again, there's only one possibility... Yanhuang is deliberately playing us."

"Alright, I'll follow you." The effeminate man walked over affectionately, looking like he wanted to embrace him.

But before he could touch the other person, a scythe gleaming with cold light appeared at his neck, looking as if one more step would sever his head.

"You're so mean, always so cold to me." The effeminate man put on a face of grievance, but he was sensible enough not to press further.

Clearly, he was perverted, but not to the point of not fearing death.

"What are you looking at, never seen a beauty before?" The effeminate one chided the people around, and then pulled out a makeup box to touch up his makeup.

The others looked at each other in dismay, having seen this many times before. Though not entirely disgusted, they couldn't help feeling somewhat nauseated.

The group moved quickly through the bamboo forest, not worried about getting lost since they never knew the right path to begin with.

After about fifteen minutes, the two red dots overlapped, but all they saw around were bamboos, no sign of anyone.

At this moment, a silver-haired man, missing his left arm, slowly squatted down and picked up a chip that occasionally glowed red from among the bamboo leaves.

"Things are pretty clear now, we've been tricked by Yanhuang." The one-armed man shrugged, with little trace of anger in his voice.

The effeminate man furrowed his brow slightly, clearly also finding the situation difficult.

Just then, a rooster's crow sounded.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo..."

If Xiao Feng were here, he'd probably start cursing.

Because it was the pheasant's call, and the fact they found Sun Zhong earlier was largely due to the pheasant's help.

But now, it turns out this damned pheasant was nothing but a living guide, leading them wherever it pleased.

"Let's go check it out." The effeminate man decided immediately, heading in the direction of the sound.

After walking about a dozen steps, a beautifully feathered pheasant appeared in their sight, tilting its head at the nine people as if to say: Follow me!

The black man immediately wanted to move forward but was stopped by the effeminate man: "Aren't you afraid this could be another trap set by Yanhuang?"

"Do you really think Yanhuang can make animals listen to him?" The black man retorted.

"Our purpose in coming here is to find Yanhuang, isn't it?" The man wearing the Death God Mask said: "We don't know where to go next, so following it is at least a direction. We might actually find Yanhuang."

After speaking, he ignored the others and started following on his own.

The black man glanced at the effeminate man and followed suit.

The effeminate man stamped his foot, pinched his fingers gracefully, and said annoyedly: "Dead ghost, black ghost, are you two just going to leave me behind?"

As he spoke, he hurried to catch up.

The other six saw this happening and naturally followed suit, figuring that if they were going to step on a trap, they wouldn't be the first to do so, and just followed along.

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