Mist gradually appeared in the dim mountain forest.
Exhausted travelers trudge among them.
The wind blew through the treetops, making a strange "rustling" sound.
The shaky setting sun spreads the afterglow.
Fang Xiaocao bit her lip and trudged forward, her face turning pale. Several hours of mountain road had brought her physical strength to its limit.
In the team, apart from Wan Xiaozhou, who still looked normal, Zhi Qi, who was leading the way, seemed to have some energy left.
Su Wanqing was like a fish on the beach, panting violently with her mouth wide open, struggling to absorb the oxygen in the air.
“Hoo ho ho…”
“I really can’t walk…”
“Can’t breathe…”
Su Wanqing squeezed out a few words intermittently from her throat.
Fang Xiaocao glanced at Su Wanqing, waved his hand, and signaled Yun Luoshu and Wen Shi to stop first, allowing Su Wanqing to take a breath, then held on to a big tree and asked Zhi Qi :
“Zhiqi, how far is it from the gathering place?”
Don’t say that Su Wanqing is dying.
Fang Xiaocao couldn't hold on any longer.
"There seems to be something wrong with the map..."
Zhi Qi said with a solemn expression.
Hearing this, everyone looked at Zhi Qi.
“What’s going on?”
Fang Xiaocao asked nervously.
"There's something wrong with the map!"
Zhi Qi frowned and repeated.
"There is indeed a problem. We are going in circles."
Wan Xiaozhou said in a deep voice.
“We have passed this tree three times!”
Wan Xiaozhou pointed at the tree Fang Xiaocao was holding on to and said.
Hearing this, Fang Xiaocao was stunned and subconsciously looked at the big tree he was holding on to.
There is a slight scratch on the tree trunk.
"Is this?"
Fang Xiaocao blinked and asked hesitantly.
"The mark I made!"
"There should be another mark on the other side of the tree."
Wan Xiaozhou said in a deep voice.
Fang Xiaocao immediately put his head to look, and sure enough, there was a similar scratch on the other side of the tree.
“It really does!”
Fang Xiaocao exclaimed.
“We passed this tree twice before, on both sides of the tree, so I didn’t notice it. It wasn’t until I wanted to mark it this time that I discovered...”
said Here, Wan Xiaozhou stopped.
But everyone understood what she meant instantly.
“It’s really going in circles!”
Hearing this, Zhi Qi nodded and said.
“If we followed the map markings, we should have arrived an hour ago.”
“But after walking for an extra hour, we still didn’t find the camping gathering place marked on the map.”
"Look here, this moss is where Su Wanqing slipped and stepped on last time."
Zhi Qi said with a solemn expression.
"So..."
"Did we fall into someone's trap?"
Fang Xiaocao hesitated for a moment and said weakly.
“It’s very possible!”
Zhi Qi nodded and said.
"This may be a conspiracy against the Zhi family, or the major family businesses in Tang City and surrounding cities."
"As far as I know, there are quite a few family businesses that were invited to participate in the project investigation this time. "In addition to our Zhi family, I am also familiar with people from the Helan family, the Yu family, and some other families." Silly scowl.
Hearing Zhiqi's words, Fang Xiaocao's heart moved, especially "Helan Family" and "Yu Family", which immediately made her heart feel hot. Among the three names mentioned The other two.
Helan Xiaoyue and Yu Tianqi!
"Obviously, Helan Xiaoyue is from the Helan family, and Yu Tianqi is from the Yu family."
"If it is true as Zhiqi said, this is a war against these family businesses. Conspiracy, then Helan Xiaoyue and Yu Tianqi are also involved."
"The suspicion of Wan Xiaozhou is getting bigger and bigger."
In Fang Xiaocao's mind. Brainstormed and quickly analyzed the known information.
Thinking of this, Fang Xiaocao quietly glanced at Wan Xiaozhou.
Wan Xiaozhou looked as usual, neither worried nor afraid, as if everything had nothing to do with her.
"Sure enough..." Seeing Wan Xiaozhou's expression, Fang Xiaocao secretly said "Sure enough" in his heart, which further confirmed his suspicion.
There is definitely something wrong with this Wan Xiaozhou.
The murderer mentioned by Hot Mouth Mian Mou must be Wan Xiaozhou!
But other doubts began to surround Fang Xiaocao's mind.
That's...
Why did Wan Xiaozhou only hurt but not kill!
What is her or their purpose?
Looking for money?
Kill?
Fang Xiaocao has a lot of thoughts in his mind.
All kinds of thoughts swarm in.
According to the information received from Hot Mouth Noodles, the possibility of making money is greater.
If you want to kill yourself!
It won’t just hurt but not kill!
Fang Xiaocao has observed Wan Xiaozhou along the way and can be sure that Wan Xiaozhou, a woman, has keen intuition, strong skills, and is not weaker than a man's body.
Since she can hurt him, the man named Yu Tianqi must be able to kill him.
“Are you looking for money?”
Fang Xiaocao muttered to himself.
"So..."
"Are we in danger now?"
Su Wanqing shouted in hindsight.
Hearing this, Zhiqi nodded and said: "It is indeed dangerous."
"Since it is dangerous, what are we waiting for?"
"Run away quickly!"
Su Wanqing exclaimed.
"Luo Shu, Wen Shi, help the Ai family up quickly."
"The Ai family can still run!"
Su Wanqing exclaimed.
Fang Xiaocao: "Pfft~"
"This is so funny..."
Fang Xiaocao cursed inwardly.
At this time, he could still use such funny words to make everyone laugh. Fang Xiaocao had to sigh: "As expected, he is a husky!"
Don't talk about Fang Xiaocao. , everyone present looked at Su Wanqing with strange eyes.
"You..."
"Don't look at me like that~"
"They will be shy~"
Su Wanqing said pretending to be shy.
Fang Xiaocao looked around, wanting to pick up a sock and stuff it into Su Wanqing's mouth.
It is quite difficult to pick up a sock in the deep mountains and old forests, so...
Fang Xiaocao said to Yun Luoshu: "Luo Shu, take off your socks and stuff them in her mouth!"
Yun Luoshu: "???"
Su Wanqing: "!!!"
Others: "..."
Fang Xiaocao's words were fatal!
"Ahem..."
"Now seems not to be the time to joke..."
Zhi Qi looked at Fang Xiaocao and Su Wanqing, speechless. expression.
“Ahem…”
"I'm sorry..."
"I really can't help it, she's too funny."
Fang Xiaocao smiled awkwardly.
Hearing this, Zhi Qi nodded in agreement.
“Since this is a conspiracy, they will not give us a chance to escape. We don’t know what is waiting for us on the way back.”
"Besides, with your current physical condition, you can't escape."
Zhi Qi said helplessly.
Hearing this, Su Wanqing fell silent.
"I'm sorry..."
"I've dragged everyone down..."
Su Wanqing said with a look of shame.
Bowed to everyone.
Seeing this, Fang Xiaocao gently hugged Su Wanqing into his arms and comforted softly: "It's okay, no one blames you."
(End of Chapter)