Lin Huai: ...
He closed his mouth and was silently dragged up by Chu Tianshu.
When the two arrived at the village chief's house under the guidance of the villagers, the other players had already started eating dinner.
The dinner provided by the village head was qualified, but it was not as good as it should be. Just as the driver said, when the people arrived at the village head's house, the village head received them very warmly and called them "the investigation group from the city".
Presumably this is the identity assigned to them by the game. While serving vegetables to everyone, the village chief said: "I have received documents from the city a long time ago, saying that the seven of you will come here, and three rooms have been arranged for you, two double rooms and one triple room." , they all live in the villagers' homes, which is better than cleanliness. Jiang Ming, after the meal is over, take them to their respective places to live."
The young man named Jiang Ming nodded: "Good village chief."
"Uh, that..." Cheng Xin felt that it was necessary to remind the village chief, "There are nine of us in this group, and two of us were wandering outside and didn't come back."
"Nine people?" The village chief showed a look of extreme surprise, "Nine people this time? It wasn't always..."
"Before?" Ruan Tian asked.
"... Thank you, we are here, please."
Chu Tianshu's voice came from the door, and they all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Lin Huai walking in from the yard. Seeing that the two came back, Yan Chuchu complained: "Didn't you just come back just to have a look? Why did you dawdle for so long?"
"... This..." The village chief showed a somewhat embarrassed look.
"Well, since there is still one room short, what should I do?" Ruan Tian whispered, "Is there any extra room to live in?"
"How about this," the village head thought for a while, and said to Jiang Ming, "Go and talk to Ying Gang, let their house spare a room, and let these two new inspectors live in Ying Gang's house. "
Jiang Ming nodded and went to Ying Gang's house. The village chief then called his wife to add a pair of chopsticks to Lin and Chu: "We don't take good care here, but the things are all natural..."
Several people had a lively meal, and Ruan Tian also forgot his question. She wasn't an inquisitive nature in the first place, and when she saw that everyone didn't ask, she was too embarrassed to come forward.
After dinner, everyone got their room. Ruan Tian and Yan Chuchu were both women, and were assigned to live in Aunt Sun's house, while Cheng Xin, Zhang Mingge and the driver were assigned to Wang's house, which was exactly the big house that Chu Tianshu saw on the road. . Ji Nanquan and Liao Guan lived in the village chief's house.
"Chu Tianshu," Cheng Xin asked before leaving, "Did you see anything at the cemetery?"
"It's nothing." Chu Tianshu shook his head, "I'm just crying about the grave. There's also a strange little grave bag with a red mahogany sign tied on it. You can go and see it at noon tomorrow."
"Peach wood card..." Zhang Minge looked at Lin Huai thoughtfully.
After learning about the situation, Cheng Xin summoned everyone again and said, "It's getting late today, let's all rest first, and tomorrow morning, we'll go to the cemetery to have a look."
"Why hasn't there been a mission assigned in this game?" Yan Chuchu said worriedly.
"Maybe it will be arranged tomorrow morning, maybe it hasn't reached the mission trigger point yet." Ji Nanquan shrugged.
Several people talked with each other for a while, and then went to their rooms. Lin Huai put his right hand in his trouser pocket, and was about to leave with Chu Tianshu, but was stopped by another person.
Tall and thin, with cold eyes.
Zhang Mingo.
As early as when he was in the car, Lin Huai had already noticed this thin and tall young man. He was wearing a white shirt and black trousers, his entire right hand was bound with a white bandage, and he wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses that looked very long-lived. Under this lackluster attire, the only thing that catches the eye is his sharp and indifferent temperament that is different from others and stabs at Lin Huai.
An uncomfortable air.
"You sat next to me when you were eating just now, and you used your left hand." Zhang Mingo stared at him, "What happened to your right hand?"
Lin Huai looked at his questioning eyes for a long time and smiled.
"What does this have to do with you?" Lin Huai said softly.
"Is there a burn mark on your right hand?" Zhang Minge looked at him coldly, "It wasn't burnt by fire, but a burnt mark by peach wood. If that's the case, do you—"
As he spoke, he put his right hand behind his back.
"What the hell are you?" he said emphatically.
"What's on your right hand?" Lin Huai asked, "Is it your shameful Shougong Sha?"
"Ever since the car, I noticed that you have an evil spirit." Zhang Mingo stared at him without blinking, "Extend your hand."
Lin Huai narrowed her eyes: "What if I don't?"
"Then I have to take precautions before it happens." Zhang Minge said.
"You can try it." Lin Huai laughed, his eyes flushed, "I want to see how you can prevent problems before they happen?"
Zhang Minge took a step back, and the two of them were at war with each other for a moment.
At this moment, Chu Tianshu's voice sounded beside him.
"Lin Huai, what are you doing here?" He didn't seem to understand the situation here, and walked over with his hands waving, "There is soap in this house, try washing your hands with this."
As he spoke, he interposed between the two of them: "I saw it in the cemetery. What kind of dog sign is still fading... I was in a hurry to eat and forgot to mention it. You should wash it quickly, the paint will not be washed off tomorrow. gone."
red paint
Zhang Mingo was stunned for a moment. Then, Lin Huai shrugged, turned and left.
"Remember to use the green one!" Chu Tianshu shouted from behind.
When Zhang Mingge saw Lin Huai leave, although he heard Chu Tianshu's explanation, he still had some doubts about the other party, so he raised his foot to follow, but he didn't expect another pair of strong hands to grab him and knock him out. fixed in place.
"What are you doing?!" He questioned Chu Tianshu.
"Nothing, I just want you to accompany me to the toilet. It's so dark over there, I'm so scared." Chu Tianshu, who was holding his arm, said pitifully.
"you… "
"I'm really scared, why don't you come with me?" Chu Tianshu hugged him and moved towards the toilet involuntarily, "I'm very timid..."
half an hour later.
Zhang Mingge finally forgot about Lin Huai in the stench of the toilet. Chu Tianshu also came out of the toilet with tears in his eyes, pinched his nose and said, "I hope the next dungeon will be a place with highly advanced technology..."
Complaining like this, after seeing Lin Huai standing at the gate of the courtyard chatting with Jiang Ming, Chu Tianshu happily chased after him and grabbed Lin Huai's arm: "I came back from the bathroom, let's go. "
"Okay." Lin Huai said. Then, he glanced at Zhang Minge who was staring at the two of them from behind: "That person seems to be looking at us."
"Oh, is that so?" Chu Tianshu turned back and waved at him carelessly, "Thank you for accompanying me to the toilet, and I will accompany you next time, okay?"
Zhang Mingo: ...
Under the leadership of Jiang Ming, the two walked towards the Ying family. No one spoke a word along the way.
It took a long time for Chu Tianshu to hear Lin Huai's voice. He first laughed, and then asked him, "Don't you ask me what Zhang Mingo and I were doing just now?"
"Don't think about other men when you're with me, okay?" Chu Tianshu said, "And, is this something important to worry about?"
Lin Huai: ...
Lin Huai stopped and tilted his head to look at him: "Then what is the important thing?"
Chu Tianshu: "The important thing... I don't mind you cheating with others outside, as long as you can leave me a small corner in your heart, that's enough."
Lin Huaixu rolled his eyes: "...quickly stop your scumbag script."
The village chief's family is in the east of the village, Wang's family is in the north of the village, Aunt Sun's family is in the south of the village, and Ying's family is in the west of the village. The places where several players live are properly separated. The two followed Jiang Ming for a long time before finally seeing the courtyard where the Ying family lived.
The middle-aged man guarding the door is Ying Gang, and the middle-aged woman standing beside him is his wife Yuxiu. The family appeared to be well-groomed and the house looked like it had been renovated in recent years. They seemed to have been greeted a long time ago, and they were very enthusiastic towards Lin Chu: "The house is packed for you two, Xiaolu, you can take them there."
The little girl in green clothes responded, and led the two of them to the east: "Our family has two houses, you should live in the east side."
Compared with the main house, the house in the east is obviously much dilapidated. However, Lin Huai and Lin Huai have no objection, after all, they rely on the game to eat and drink for nothing, and they live under the fence. The little girl led the two of them into the house, turned on the light, and said, "If you have nothing to do at night, don't go out and wander around. We won't be responsible for anything that happens."
"What could happen?" Chu Tianshu asked.
"Don't you know? It's just..." The little girl was about to speak when she was scolded by her mother. Yuxiu came over with two quilts in her arms, and said to Lin Chu, "Don't listen to her nonsense, the folk customs in the village are simple, what can happen? You need to wash your face, feet and so on, just use the basin in the house , If you need anything else, come to the main house and find us.”
"Sister Yuxiu," Chu Tianshu obediently responded, making Lin Huai's goosebumps radiate with vigor, and asked, "When we went to the village today, we saw someone going to a funeral. Who is that? ?”
"The funeral? Oh, you say Liu Quan from the north of the village." Yuxiu's face twisted, "He died of a sudden illness, there is nothing to say."
"Sudden illness?" Chu Tianshu asked, "What sudden illness?"
"Mom, it's not a sudden illness, it's..."
"What's the point? It's just... an infectious disease." Yuxiu replied, "Xiao Lu, stop wandering around here, go back to the main house, get ready to wash up and go to sleep!"
"Oh." Ying Lu stuck out her tongue, and bounced back to the main house.
Chu Tianshu saw the lights on in the next room sharply, and asked, "Who lives in the next room?"
"The room next door? Oh, I forgot to introduce you. It is our nephew, named Ying Xia, who lives in it, not our family. His mother can't control him anymore. Put him here, Ying Xia, come out!" Yuxiu shouted at the top of her voice.
There was a rustling sound from the next room, and after a while, a boy in a light blue shirt came out of the room. He is very slender, with a pair of slender phoenix eyes, looks cold and delicate, with a slightly impatient look, which is quite different from the temperament of the people in the village.
The moment he walked out, Lin Huai recognized him.
He was the boy holding an umbrella in the alley during the day.
After seeing him, Yuxiu's tone became more cautious: "Ying Xia, these two are inspectors from the city, and they will stay here for the next two days. Look..."
"You don't need to ask my opinion." The boy said, and glanced at the two of them, "Just stay here."
"After writing the diary tonight, go to bed early!" Yuxiu shouted behind him.
"knew."
After speaking, he closed the door and went back to the room.
"He has a very weird temper." Yuxiu laughed along, "Don't be as knowledgeable as him."
After speaking, she left the room. The two simply packed up their things for a while, Chu Tianshu leaned on the window and looked in the direction of the light: "I saw this person in the funeral procession."
Lin Huai narrowed his eyes: "This person is not simple."
"It's not that simple," Chu Tianshu said, "I was sent under the fence, was treated harshly by my uncle and aunt, looks talented, and has a good standard protagonist setting... This place is also called Jiangcun. If he knows magic, he will be the longest-lived Membrane Mage. "