Trying to pretend to be human today

Chapter 305 Each has its own crisis
——Can you really drive away?
It was an ordinary sentence, as if it was just a normal rhetorical question, but Xia Chengyin subconsciously felt that there was more to this sentence than it sounded on the surface.

The young man seems to be expressing that he wants to stay around the village, but Xia Chengyin thinks that from another perspective, it can also be understood that Wen Rongxuan cannot leave the village.

The lotus root is broken and the silk is connected.

This is perhaps the most appropriate word to describe the relationship between the people of Wenjia Village and their village.

No matter how far away they are, they are still connected to the place where they grew up by an unbreakable spider thread.

Such an idea flashed through his mind. Xia Chengyin looked forward again and found that two groups at the front door of Wen Tao's house... one group had already started arguing with one person, and only one person in the middle was trying to break up the fight.

Wen Jianyuan and others patted the side of the tricycle and asked Wen Rongxuan what his intentions were. The person being questioned remained silent and his face was covered with spit. He looked at the person with dark eyes and glanced towards Xia Chengyin from time to time.

"Still watching? I knew you must have seen Wen Tao just come back and wanted to do... something like that to her!"

The middle-aged man's words were stuck at a certain moment and he was confused, but the anger on his face did not seem to be fake. He hammered the tricycle again.

"Have you forgotten? Have you forgotten their tragic situation? Wen Rongxuan, what exactly do you want to do!"

"I want to do anything." The young man suddenly replied, his voice hoarse, "What happened to them was just an accident, and I don't want that either!"

Xia Chengyin couldn't understand the encrypted conversation, but just wrote down the pronoun "they". It should mean that something happened to two or more people.

The quarrel continued, and Wen Rongxuan no longer acted in the same irrational manner towards women in the morning. He would reply with some strange words from time to time.

The villager in the middle who was trying to smooth things over felt tired. He quickly picked up a bag from the tricycle and stuffed it into the young man's arms. He pushed the young man's shoulders with both hands and tried to push the young man away.

"Axuan, I watched you grow up. Give me some face and stop arguing." The villager winked wildly. "This is the bandage you need." Let's go.

Wen Rongxuan took the things without saying a word, glanced at the villager who handed him the bag with a warm look, turned around and left.

He was walking in the opposite direction to the village road. Just before entering the forest, the young man turned back and glanced at the house behind Xia Chengyin, as if he wanted to imprint the appearance of this house deeply in his mind.

It wasn't until Wen Rongxuan's back completely disappeared that Wen Jianyuan was comforted by other people in the village.

Then the middle-aged man also picked up a bag of things from the tricycle, carried it to Xia Chengyin's side, put it down, and placed it at the person's feet.

The bag was not pierced, it was hanging loosely out there, and some food and daily necessities could be seen in it.

Xia Chengyin's words he wanted to ask Wen Rongxuan swirled around his lips, and when he said them, he turned into asking about the contents of the bag.

"this is……?"

"Oh, well, the village sent people down the mountain to purchase things, and I brought them here for you."

"...You spent money." Xia Chengyin looked at the bag again and saw that there were ingredients, "But I thought...the village would be self-sufficient?"

From their overview of the village, self-sufficiency doesn't seem to be a problem.

Wen Jianyuan laughed twice after hearing this, and his previous anger was gone, and he explained: "Normally, if there is no problem, I will buy some daily necessities, but recently there have been a lot of big events in the village, and there are not enough things."

After saying that, the middle-aged man glanced at the door: "Speaking of which, where is Wen Tao? Are you resting now?"

Xia Chengyin responded with a hum and glanced into the room.

However, he did not see the female companion who should have taken off her clothes and prepared herself for emergencies. Instead, he saw a bespectacled young man holding a book standing at the door of the room, gesturing towards him.

With years of tacit understanding, Xia Chengyin understood it immediately, and then he frowned.

He immediately changed his attitude, picked up the bag on the ground, and dealt with Wen Jianyuan with polite words. He said that Wen Tao had not woken up from his nap and would not let anyone in.

Wen Jianyuan didn't say much, and followed what others said with emotion: "She still loves to sleep as much as she did when she was a child. When she was a child, except for the skin, she ate and slept."

Xia Chengyin thought for a while and chose the latter between sending the person away now or asking for some more information.

He thought he needed to know what young Wen Rongxuan had done.

It is risky for the parties involved to ask questions, so they can only do the next best thing and ask other relevant personnel.

Even if the truth is biased, it's still better than not knowing anything at all.

After hearing this, Wen Jianyuan had an expression that said, "You care about my niece, I'll give you extra points."

Xia Chengyin's eyes gradually became fierce: ...Forget it.

The middle-aged man spoke briefly and concisely, saying that Wen Rongxuan had conflicts with the villagers a few years ago, went astray for a while, did some irreversible things, and hurt people's hearts.

"Just you guys...oh you weren't here this morning. The three people from Taotao's side saw the woman quarreling with Wen Rongxuan."

"Death... Alas, there are no cracks that can be repaired so easily. At most, they can only leave healed scars. Until now, Wen Rongxuan is still stubborn."

Maybe it was for the sake of "Wen Tao" that I revealed a little bit. Maybe it was because they were outsiders and it was hard to publicize their family scandals, so they didn't go into too much detail.

The middle-aged man finally patted Xia Chengyin on the shoulder and told them not to take it to heart.

"We will keep an eye on it later. If that guy Wen Rongxuan still comes to harass you secretly, just beat him up. If anything happens, I will take care of it for you."

For a moment, Xia Chengyin didn't know what it meant as a police officer to ask "someone will take responsibility if something goes wrong", which sounded quite illegal. He didn't know whether to say that they might not be able to defeat Wen Rongxuan.

If Wen Rongxuan were an ordinary person, this would be fine, but after what happened before, anyone with a discerning eye would be able to see that Wen Rongxuan has powers beyond science.

After patting Xia Chengyin on the shoulder, the middle-aged man asked Xia Chengyin if he wanted to go to his house for dinner.

The short-haired police officer pursed his lips and declined.

The middle-aged men who were rejected today were not worried and told them to have a good rest. If they want to join the lively activities in the village tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, it will be quite tiring.

"That's right." Before leaving, Wen Jianyuan had already walked out for a while, but he still had to look back and say this, "You must eat more fish tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

"The fish caught in our village are delicious."

Xia Chengyin didn't respond. He stood in front of the door and waited for the villagers to ride three-wheelers and gradually disappear. After their backs completely disappeared, the short-haired policeman clenched his fist and hammered the door twice.

He hammered back the door panel that was dented inward. Although there were some cracks, there was no air leakage at all.

After that, Xia Chengyin quickly returned to the house. Tang Nuo at the door of the room had already entered the room, and he followed him in.

"What's going on?" Xia Chengyin asked before he walked in. After seeing the scene in the room, he frowned, "What's wrong with her?"

Qi Zhuyue, who was still complaining about the pain in a low voice not long ago but was awake, now leaned against the wall and closed her eyes. It was obviously a posture that was put in by someone, because without anyone's support, she was still sliding down little by little. .

Tang Nuo offered his hand and said, "She just fainted."

...Xia Chengyin's pupils shrank with a somewhat unpleasant sense of déjà vu.

At this time, the two of them could no longer care about the difference between men and women, and the uneasiness in their hearts was amplified. They immediately checked whether there were any wounds on Qi Zhuyue's body.

The conclusion...is yes.

Qi Zhuyue changed her clothes and threw the damaged ones aside. Tang Nuo picked them up for reference.The exposed wrists, ankles, etc. were smooth and intact, and there was no abnormality on the abdomen. In the end, Xia Chengyin found a scratch on the left side of the waist and abdomen where there were red marks and bruises.

The scratches were neither big nor small, about two centimeters wide, but there was blood.

Xia Chengyin held his head with a headache, and asked, "Is this the situation I thought it was?"

Tang Nuo's expression recovered a little and he replied: "Although I don't want to admit it...but it is very possible."

Qi Zhuyue is in good health and has no history of sudden fainting.

Under this premise, there seems to be only one answer to the fainting of the female companion.

Xia Chengyin took a breath and hammered the wall irritably.

The wall, which was originally covered with scratches and holes, suddenly burst into spiderweb-like cracks. When combined, it looked like a dangerous wall that was about to collapse.

Tang Nuo glanced at the wall, but did not stop Xia Chengyin from venting his anger on the wall. After punching him three or two times, he interrupted: "Let's move Qi Zhuyue to the bed first." It's not okay to let him hold her here all the time. thing.

He carried his female companion into the room and laid her down on the bed. One of the other two lit a cigarette, and the other spread the book he had been reading on the table.

"We'll wait until she wakes up to confirm Qi Zhuyue's condition." Tang Nuo clicked on the book on the table, "I've roughly finished reading this."

Tang Nuo's brows were always furrowed, and he knew at a glance that he had read bad news in the book.

He pressed the bridge of his nose twice and asked, "I plan to wait for Bai Su and the others to come back and talk together. Xia Chengyin, do you want to contact them?"

"Got it." The cigarette was held between his fingertips, and the short-haired police officer touched the phone with his other hand.

Xia Chengyin saw several unknown calls as soon as he turned on the screen. He looked at the time and saw that it was exactly the time when Wen Rongxuan came to their door.

The three of them each had their own crises, so naturally they had no time to pay attention to the call from the other side.

Xia Chengyin didn't think much and called back.

However, the busy beep sounded many times and no one answered.

The caller's eyelids twitched.

The scene is familiar, but the location and characters have changed.

……

The young man leaned forward, unable to stop due to inertia. Even if he wanted to turn in the air, he had to have a point of strength.

Call someone?If he shouted from this distance, the people in front would definitely hear him. He didn't know yet whether his companions had followed.

If you don't shout...how will you explain it if you are discovered?Are you using your appearance as a child to lie to an adult?If he still has some confidence in other places, in this village...will it really not have the opposite effect?

The young man's hands reached his pocket, crumpled a few pieces of paper in his pocket, and his pupils widened to the extreme.

Just when he decided to give up the idea of ​​fooling the past and instead "strike first to gain the upper hand" and knock people unconscious so that no one could see him, a force came from behind.

The conditioned reflex almost hit him back, but a soft "shhh" in his ear made Gao Tianyi realize that it was Bai Su who was following him.

Bai Su didn't mind fighting with others, but the talisman stickers attached to him by the young Taoist Priest were of little use anyway.

The human boy running ahead didn't see it. The black-haired young man behind him appeared instantly, as if he was equipped with the ability to shrink to an inch.

Bai Su picked up the young man's collar and asked in a breathy voice: "Front or behind?"

Gao Tianyi understood what Bai Su wanted to express in a second, and also replied several "after"s in a breathy voice.

The black-haired young man understood clearly. His feet touched the ground, and more at an angle that humans could not see. The outer "limbs" that were already hanging on the branches retracted back, forming a jumping movement.

Bai Su carried Gao Tianyi and landed on the tree.

The branch he chose was not very wide and could only stand one person on it. If another person was placed on it, he or Gao Tianyi would have to fall down.

It seems a little too late to change places.

Gao Tianyi: ...

Gao Tianyi: Feet, feet, feet!
A little tip of the toe peeked out from under the shadow of the tree, but you couldn't see it unless you looked up.

The human boy in his hand struggled slightly, and Bai Su lifted it up, raising his arm straight forward.

He stood in an extremely weird posture on the tree, half-bent, holding on to the trunk of the tree with one hand and carrying a heavy object in the other, as if he wanted to lose it.

Gao Tianyi also wanted to say that he was strangled, but just when he opened his mouth, he caught a glimpse of the figure below and couldn't help but close his mouth.

The footsteps came closer, the footsteps arrived.

The young man heard it right. Someone was walking up the steps, and there was more than one person.

The leader was an old man on crutches, about 60 to 40 years old, walking slowly in front, followed by a middle-aged man in his [-]s or [-]s.

Judging from their appearance, the two should have a relatively close blood relationship, maybe father and son or something.

Gao Tianyi was silent. He covered his mouth and watched as he slowly climbed up and sat down on the bench in front of them to rest.

The human boy's heart couldn't help but beat fast, and he shouted in his heart: Why did it stop in front of them by such a coincidence?
Gao Tianyi's toes were swaying, and they were not far from the old man's head. In the end, he could only bend his knees.

There was no feeling when he didn't do this action. It was only after he retracted his legs that Gao Tianyi realized that he couldn't hold on physically.

The young man held his breath, hoping that the old man and his son would leave soon.

However, contrary to expectations, the old man and the middle-aged man started chatting.

"Have you all gone to the mountains?"

"Most of them went, and a few people went down the mountain to buy."

"...Yes, there will be so many mouths tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and there will be sacrifices later... Speaking of which, is the daughter of the Wen family back?"

"Yes, Wen Jianyuan went to pick it up."

"I remind her every year, keep in touch with her every year, and I actually called that girl back... Okay, okay!"

The old man spoke with a little joy in his voice.

"She should have come back a long time ago. With her... the ritual process can be changed."

　Thinking about it, I forgot to mention x about picking up books two days ago. It reminded me of my experience in a running group. It was probably when my character entered a bookstore selling books just after the run started. Two big successes. KP and I looked at each other, and then She gave me the book I needed to fight the boss. She regretted it afterwards and said it was too early.

　　It belonged to Igoronak, and it caused my character to have nightmares for several nights(?)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)