After eavesdropping on my thoughts, the whole family went crazy.

Chapter 45 The two of them don’t look at the well

The shadow monster was still lingering under the tree where Su Ran was, and was not interested in Hua Rongqi who jumped down from the tree.

Su Ran quietly changed her position, still hugging the tree trunk tightly with one hand, reaching out with the other hand, and while holding her breath, she broke off a very thin branch above her head.

The branches were broken with a crisp sound, which was particularly eye-catching in the silent night.

And at that moment, the black shadow monster slowly raised its human face and stared at the source of the sound.

Su Ran didn't know if its cloudy eyes still had vision, but it was scary enough.

The monster watched for about ten seconds. Without waiting for any other movement, it wandered under the tree again.

Su Ran had a guess in her mind, and out of the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of a figure not far away waving wildly.

Su Ran looked up and saw Hua Rongqi's face turned red at this moment. He was supporting the tree trunk with one hand and waving with the other above his head.

He mouthed to Su Ran: I can't hold it in any longer! ! !

Su Ran decided to start the next experiment, nodded at him, and shouted: "Breathe, hurry up on the tree later!"

Almost as soon as she opened her mouth, the shadow monster was attracted by her voice and rushed towards her with a roar.

And in the next moment, as Hua Rongqi started to breathe heavily after holding in his breath for a long time, it turned sharply and ran towards Hua Rongqi.

Hua Rongqi: "!!!"

damned! Can you give me a breather?
Hua Rongqi had a thousand curse words in his heart to say to this shadow monster. In the end, his life had the upper hand, so he gritted his teeth and climbed to the branch.

Hua Rongqi only silently raised his middle finger this time because he was being chased by a shadow monster just because of his curse.

——I learned this from Su Ran.

Su Ran said that giving the middle finger means to despise the other person and look down on the other person.

After Hua Rongqi climbed up the tree, she stopped irritating the shadow monster, so not long after, the place became peaceful again.

Su Ran looked at the leaving figure of the black shadow monster, thoughtfully.

What we do know now is that standing in a tree is a safe place.

If you just hug the tree without climbing it, I haven’t tried it, so it’s a bit risky.

But this monster will shake the tree if it is stimulated, so it is still not safe underneath.

But they couldn't move if they stood in the tree all the time. They couldn't stand in the tree all the time.

According to Su Ran and Hua Rongqi's experiment just now, the monster will be attracted by the sound (without breathing).

Likewise, you will be attracted to your breath (without making a sound).

If you can do it without breathing or making a sound at the same time, it seems that the monster will not notice you.

Su Ran and Hua Rongqi exchanged this guess, but the trees they were standing on were a little far apart, so they could only talk at the top of their lungs.

In the process of shouting, he inevitably attracted the attention of the black shadow monster.

Whoever speaks, the shadow monster will run in that direction.

Since none of them did anything to irritate the monster this time, there were no dangerous moves that shook the tree.

After hearing what Su Ran told him about the test results, Hua Rongqi was pleasantly surprised and finally became less passive.

He even had the time to sit on a branch and swing his legs leisurely.

The moon in the sky is sometimes hidden under the thick clouds, and sometimes it emerges to illuminate the mountains and forests.

The shadow monster lay on the ground, seemingly trying to find traces of living people through its sense of smell.

Smell, hearing, and the monster's eyesight do seem to be poor.

Su Ran and Hua Rongqi passed information through the air. After exchanging information, they waited for Xie Shiqing to return.

Whenever the shadow monster is about to leave their sight, Su Ran and Hua Rongqi will take turns making a little noise to attract the monster to stay here.

They didn't know if there were any other monsters in the forest, but in order to ensure Xie Shiqing's safety, it was best for this monster to stay here.

When the moon came out of the clouds for the countless time, Su Ran and Hua Rongqi were visibly tired and bored.

If you maintain one movement for a long time without being able to move, sleepiness will creep in.

So, when Xie Shiqing came back, he saw the two people sitting on the branches playing guessing games in the air.

Xie Shiqing: "."

Su Ran noticed Xie Shiqing's arrival immediately, and at the same time as Su Ran, there was also the shadow monster with its fangs shining out.

"Hua Rongqi! Jump!" Su Ranren looked at Xie Shiqing, but his words were directed at Hua Rongqi behind him.

Xie Shiqing didn't hesitate. When Hua Rongqi stood up and jumped down in a hurry, he quickly jumped up the tree.

Hua Rongqi jumped down this time because of his previous experiment, so he didn't make any sound this time and started to hold his breath.

Su Ran quickly explained their findings to Xie Shiqing.

When Hua Rongqi could no longer hold on, Xie Shiqing jumped down and replaced him.

In short, the rule of "three people are not in the tree at the same time" has been maintained.

They switched like this without disturbing the monster every time.

When it was Xie Shiqing's turn to jump again, he carefully moved to the previous tree.

When Hua Rongqi saw that time was almost up, he was about to jump down and change people. What surprised him was that this time Xie Shiqing did not climb up the tree, but stretched out his arms to hug the tree trunk in front of him.

"I'll try." His voice was not loud, but it could be heard by everyone present, including the monster.

Hua Rongqi held his breath and stretched his neck to look at the situation on Xie Shiqing's side.

They were all betting. They had just discovered this guess, but the risk was too high, so they never tested it.

To everyone's surprise, the black shadow monster pounced on Xie Shiqing aggressively, but did not hurt him.

This reminded them of the monster Akira's actions.

Monsters will not harm them when they hug the tree.

But if the monster is stimulated, it will shake the tree. This shows that what the monster is afraid of is not the tree, but something similar to the rule ghost talk.

For example: when you encounter a shadow monster, find the nearest tree to hug so that the monster will not hurt you.

Hugging a tree is much easier than climbing a tree.

Seeing that Xie Shiqing was fine, Su Ran carefully got down from the tree. When his feet landed on the ground, Su Ran signaled Hua Rongqi to hug the tree next to him, and Su Ran took the opportunity to hug the tree this time.

The three of them each stood next to a tree, and they cooperated with each other very well. When the time was almost up, they changed their companions to hug the tree.

When it was Hua Rongqi's turn to hold his breath, Xie Shiqing and Su Ran talked about what they had just discovered.

"You mean there is a well in the woods?!" Even though she deliberately suppressed her voice, Su Ran couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.

"Three people don't hug the tree" is really the right thing to do! Even the well has come out, this is "two people don't look at the well"!
Hua Rongqi was also surprised, but his surprise was different from Su Ran's.

Seeing Xie Shiqing loosen his arms around the tree trunk, Hua Rongqi quickly hugged the tree in front of him and said at the same time, "Is there someone digging a well in the forest?"

This is totally against common sense.

"One person will not enter the temple, two people will not look into the well, and three people will not hug the tree." Su Ran simply told them this sentence.

"What about the four people?" Hua Rongqi asked.

He was just asking for fun, after all, they didn't have a fourth person here.

Wait, there seems to be a fourth person.

Hua Rongqi thought of the culprit who caused them to enter the illusion. ——The heartless man wearing the dragon and phoenix jade pendant! ! !
Su Ran replied to Hua Rongqi: "The four of them will not look back."

She obviously also thought of Long Aotian.

Since that person didn't show up for so long, there was a high probability that he had chosen the opposite path to them.

Otherwise, there is no reason why that person would be able to hide such a big movement from the shadow monster.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Su Ran took the initiative to let go of his hand and thanked Shiqing for hugging the tree.

Because Su Ran was holding her breath and could not speak, Xie Shiqing did not ask her how she knew these "four no's".

"That bitch Yuchi Suihua should have taken another path." Xie Shiqing expressed Su Ran's suspicion.

Hua Rongqi was stunned and blurted out: "Who is Yuchi Suihua?"

Xie Shiqing: ".?"

You have been scolding me for so long and you hate me so deeply that you don’t even know what I am called.

【ah! I forgot to tell Huarong Qilong Aotian's name. 】

Unable to speak, Su Ran's voice became active again, but unfortunately no one could hear it.

Su Ran remembered that when Hua Rongqi told her this story before, he said that he didn't know the other person's name, but he only knew that he was wearing a dragon and phoenix jade pendant around his waist.

At that time, Su Ran was so eager to meet the person that he forgot to tell Hua Rongqi the name of the other person.

When he was in the ruined temple, he was focusing on the characteristics of the characters. In addition, Su Ran always called the other person Long Aotian, so he didn't think of it.

Xie Shiqing looked at him as if he were a fool: "You don't know who Yuchi Suihua is?"

"I don't know." Hua Rongqi realized belatedly that the Yuchi Suihua in Xie Shiqing's mouth was the heartless man he seduced. He changed his words mid-sentence, "I know."

Xie Shiqing: "."

nerve.

Xie Shiqing was too lazy to continue communicating with him, so he loosened his arms around the tree trunk and let Su Ran hold the tree instead.

Su Ran felt a little guilty and did not continue the topic of names.

However, Hua Rongqi did not let her go and turned to look at Su Ran: "Do you also know?"

He has a "As long as you give a positive answer, I will cry for you" attitude.

Of course Su Ran shook his head and said innocently: "I don't know."

Who made it a rule to remember the name of everyone who owed money?

"I only know that he is wearing a dragon and phoenix jade pendant." Su Ran said.

Hua Rongqi looked at Su Ran suspiciously, obviously not believing it, but seeing Su Ran's affirmative look, he didn't say anything else.

Xie Shiqing, on the other hand, paid attention to Su Ran's actions, looked at Hua Rongqi's appearance, and snorted in his heart.

He is really lacking in brains and believes everything others say.

Xie Shiqing cursed in his heart.

"Is the well you found far away from us?" Su Ran asked Xie Shiqing, while Hua Rongqi took the initiative to let go of the hand holding the tree.

"It's not very far." Xie Shiqing's voice was light, and there was no hint of the embarrassment that had been brewing for most of the night. "It's a dry well."

Su Ran didn't know why, but suddenly thought of the background story described by the empty baby.

"Do you think this well is related to the original village?" Su Ran asked.

Although it was very unreasonable, at that time, things like mountain gods and living sacrifices were coming out. Is there anything more unreasonable?
Eliminate all options and the least likely one is the answer.

Xie Shiqing glanced at Su Ran unexpectedly, nodded and said: "There is a date circle at the mouth of the well, and the words engraved on it are the same as those on the swaddling clothes."

Su Ran had a weird guess in her mind. When she thought of this just now, she even felt a little creepy.

"In that background story, the mother initially did not agree to use her child as a living sacrifice, which angered the mountain god." When he said this, an inexplicable chill ran through his spine, and Su Ran deliberately ignored it. uncomfortable.

She continued: "After discovering that the mountain god was angry, the villagers went to attack the mother. That was when the family was wiped out."

"Tell me." Su Ran's voice was very soft. She looked up at Xie Shiqing and asked, "Where will they hide the mother's body?"

Xie Shiqing met her gaze, their eyes met, and they both understood what the other was thinking: "In the well."

This well was most likely not a dry well at that time.

After the villagers accidentally beat their mother to death, they killed the men of the family again.

After both of them died, it was clear that they could stop there, but they still smashed their bodies into pulp. This was because they did not apologize to the mountain god.

When you apologize to the mountain god, you naturally have to show the result to the mountain god.

This well in the mountain is the best choice.

In addition to this, the inaccessible mountain forest is also a good place to discard the body and eliminate traces, and the villagers at the foot of the mountain do not rely on this well for daily living.

So this well is the best place to dump the body.

"These people are really heartless." Hua Rongqi was replaced by Xie Shiqing. He hugged the tree and cursed: "Sure enough, there are unruly people in remote areas."

Su Ran agreed: "It's indeed cruel."

What happened to that family was very pitiful, and what they are experiencing now is not pitiful either.

Su Ran looked up at the top of the mountain and asked, "What will it look like over the mountain?"

Xie Shiqing shook his head.

He just found the well and turned back, worried that Su Ran wouldn't be able to handle it, and the road ahead was unknown, so there was no need to take any more risks.

"Hey." Su Ran sighed, "It's still of no use."

They still don't know what the temple girl's wish is, so they can only spend time here with the black shadow monster.

But even now, I still feel unwilling to find some clues.

Unable to find any clues, Su Ran began to think about the way back: "Can we hold our breath and run back to the ruined temple?"

If they were silent all the way, this monster wouldn't notice that they entered the ruined temple, right?

Seeing that Xie Shiqing had something to say, Hua Rongqi took the initiative to let go of the hand holding the tree and replace it with him.

Xie Shiqing said: "We can try this monster's range of activities to see if it is limited to the mountain."

If that's the case, that would be easy.

The trees in this mountain grow from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. There are trees next to each other not far away, which is enough for them to move while holding their breath.

If not, just wait for death.

The distance to run from the foot of the mountain to the ruined temple, even at Xie Shiqing's speed, took far longer than a normal person could hold their breath.

What's more, no sound can be made during this process, so it will be even slower.

"Let me try." Xie Shiqing took the initiative.

Su Ran was extremely moved and cast a sincere look at him.

【Boss! As expected of a boss! 】

Whether it was the discovery of dry wells or various dangerous experiments along the way, it was all done by Xie Shiqing.

(End of this chapter)