I also quickly waved my hands, "No, no, this is my own business..."
"That's not your fault. Besides, I didn't say anything as a girl. Why do you have so many things to do?" Su Xiaoyun immediately retorted, "This is a matter of life and death, how can you not help!"
I don't know if it's my illusion, but Su Xiaoyun and Shi Yitong seem to be much more lively when they get along than when they get along with me. Seeing them quarreling, I couldn't help but smile.
Shi Yitong lost his temper after being trained by Su Xiaoyun's phone call, and shut his mouth obediently.
"Now we only have the clue of Yuhuashi?" Su Xiaoyun asked enthusiastically.
I nodded hesitantly.
"That's really a headache..." Su Xiaoyun thought, "However, you said that the old lady first met the Immortal on the mountain, right? How is the mountain now?"
I took out my phone and checked the map of Yancheng District on Baidu, "Well, the mountain seems to be still there, but it seems to have been transformed into a tourist area. It's not too far from here, it's a 20-minute drive."
Su Xiaoyun clapped her palms with a "snap", "That's it! If that person is really a mountain god, then the most likely place to appear is that mountain."
"But, it's been so long..."
"How will you know if you don't try it?" Su Xiaoyun pulled up my sleeve and pulled me towards the school gate, "Let's take this Yuhua Stone and ask around, maybe someone will see it?"
In this way, the three of us got into a taxi and headed towards the mountain. It is said that the original mountain was just an unnamed wild mountain. Later, a scenic spot developer took a fancy to this place, named it "Xiaoyao Mountain", and turned it into a tourist attraction.
Now it is autumn, and many maple trees have been artificially planted on Xiaoyao Mountain, and it is all red as far as the eye can see. Probably for this reason, there were so many people looking around, Shi Yitong and I were a little scared to death.
"Uh, this..." Only Su Xiaoyun laughed dryly and tried to comfort us, "There are so many people that there is a chance to ask."
However, the three of us stood halfway up the mountain like idiots. When we saw a young man, we went up to ask if we had seen this Yuhua stone. We were so busy for a long time, except that we were almost chased away by the security guard as a pyramid scheme scammer, and we got nothing at all. .
Shi Yitong leaned against the tree and kept yawning, while Su Xiaoyun also looked tired.
Seeing that it's almost time for lunch, and these two people are still accompanying me to do stupid things, I really can't stand it anymore.
"It's almost noon, it's too late. You should go back first."
"What about you?" Su Xiaoyun asked.
"I, I think I have some friends nearby." I lied a bit bluntly, "I'm going to play with him. You guys go back first, don't worry about me."
"Really?" Shi Yitong asked suspiciously.
I nodded, "Anyway, it doesn't make any sense to look for it like this. Go back, go back."
I sent the two of them to the car, and I stayed near the scenic spot. Looking down at the pitiful stone in his hand, he sighed.
... If you really just give up like this, it would be a bit too spineless. Just ask one more person.
Just as I was about to turn around and go back to the mountain, I suddenly heard a voice calling me from behind.
"You, are you the little brother in Mr. Wen's shop that day?"
I turned my head and saw an old woman with gray hair looking at me. I couldn't help being a little surprised, isn't this the old lady who entrusted us to find the mountain god
"So it was you, uh—"
The old woman said with a smile, "My surname is Li, you are just like them, just call me Grandma Li."
"Okay, Grandma Li!" I said with a smile.
Grandma Li looked around and immediately understood what I was doing, "You... are helping me find that person."
I nodded, "Xiaoyao Mountain is the place where you said you once met a mountain god, so I think if you are looking for it, this place should be more likely..."
Before I finished speaking, Grandma Li grabbed mine with her wrinkled hands.
"Brother, thank you." Grandma Li said kindly, but her expression was a little more sad, "I don't hesitate to go to such a far place to help me find someone, thank you very much. But this place, I I have already searched many times, and stayed here for several days and nights to ask passers-by, but unfortunately... no one knows."
I couldn't help showing a disappointed expression, "How could..."
Grandma Li nodded slightly, "Oh, you are still so young, you still have a lot of things to do. Don't waste your time on a bad old woman like me. It's just another unrealistic fantasy. I also know in my heart that the possibility of finding it is very slim."
I bowed my head and had to admit that she was right.
"Then grandma, what are you doing here?" I was a little curious.
"My daughter's hospital is very close to here." Grandma Li said, "So I have to pass by here almost every day."
"That's it..." I was suddenly a little disappointed, feeling as if I had been busy all morning. Not to mention dragging two panda eyes who haven't slept all night.
"Brother, are you busy now?" Grandma Li asked suddenly.
I was taken aback, "No, there is nothing urgent."
"Then why don't you accompany me to the hospital to visit my daughter. How about it, would you like to?" Grandma Li said sincerely, "I always run around by myself. To be honest, I'm really lonely."
"Of course." I readily agreed.
In this way, I accompanied Grandma Li to the hospital to visit her daughter who had cancer. On the way, grandma talked to me a lot, from life to marriage, her deceased husband, and what a proud daughter she is. I was always listening, nodding my head now and then. This old man probably hasn't talked with anyone for a long time, and he poured out his bitterness when he saw me.
She told me how handsome and charming her husband was when he was young, how many girls in the school were pursuing him, but she just got the advantage. She told me that when her husband died in a car accident, her daughter was only four years old. She raised her daughter alone and has never remarried. She said how much her daughter has been proud of her since she was a child, but she did not expect that hard work caused her lungs to inhale too much chalk dust, which led to the irreparable ending.
I followed Grandma Li into the hospital and saw her daughter. A woman in her thirties was wearing a respirator on her face. She was skinny and curled up weakly on a hospital bed. Even through the hospital gown, one by one ribs could be seen under the fabric. The top of the woman's head was completely bald, and her muscles were atrophied, making her look like a thin monkey.