"A Xiao, I'm here, I'm here!" Su Yanke's heart tightened at the sound.
After Su Yanke said this, the stress reaction on Yuan Hexiao's body was significantly alleviated.
Su Yanke waited until the staff on the shore shouted and sent a small boat to pick them up. Then she got on the boat with Yuan Hexiao and left.
" Yanke, you scared me to death. Why did you fall into the water?" Chen Maohua was worried and anxious. He took a boat to pick up Su Yanke. While helping Su Yanke and Yuan Hexiao onto the boat, he whispered.
If he wasn't mistaken before, Su Yanke was pushed into the water by something. Yes, it was a "thing" because the shadow of that person was extremely thin and didn't look like a human at all. That's why he called it a "thing".
Su Yanke knew that Chen Maohua had more or less been exposed to such things because of his family, so she didn't deliberately hide it from him. She said, "It was the person who called me to the clan leader's house before. There was a smell on her body, and I smelled the same smell on the person who pushed me."
After getting on the boat, Yuan Hexiao wrapped Su Yanke up completely with a clean long bath towel and held her in his arms to prevent her from getting cold in the wind.
After hearing what Su Yanke said, a shadow was cast under his eyes by his wet black hair, making his look even colder.
"What!" Chen Maohua was extremely angry and shouted. Did this person want to harm Su Yanke again after failing once?
Su Yanke quickly reminded Chen Maohua to keep his voice down so as not to attract the attention of those with ulterior motives. Chen Maohua also realized his gaffe. He quickly bent down and sat obediently beside Su Yanke, whispering,
"Do you know who that person is? We must teach her a lesson this time, or she'll really think we're easy to bully!"
Su Yanke relaxed completely and leaned back into Yuan Hexiao's arms. She said lazily, "It's time to close the net."
When Chen Maohua heard this, his eyes lit up. It was obvious that a plan had been made in advance!
Seeing Chen Maohua looking so excited, Su Yanke gave him a disdainful glance and said, "Don't ask anything. Just wait and see."
After saying this, Su Yanke looked at the transparent fish in the small fishing net she was holding.
"Sister Yanke, what kind of fish is this? Why is it transparent?" a staff member in the boat asked curiously.
Su Yanke didn't want to explain to them either, so she perfunctorily replied, "I don't know either. Maybe it's a specialty here! I think it looks quite special!"
"It is quite special. I've never seen a transparent fish before." The staff member didn't doubt the truth of Su Yanke's words at all. Instead, he nodded in agreement with Su Yanke.
They soon got off the boat. Then there was a flurry of greetings. Su Yanke patiently responded one by one. Finally, under Yuan Hexiao's threatening look, everyone let Su Yanke go to rest.
Su Yanke didn't rest. She just took a hot bath and changed into a clean outfit, an orange suit. Warm colors would subconsciously make people feel happy. She had noticed before that Yuan Hexiao's nerves had been in a very tense state since they were in the water. So, in order to help Yuan Hexiao relax, she deliberately wore this outfit.
"A Xiao, do I look good?" Su Yanke spun around in front of Yuan Hexiao and asked with a beaming smile.
Yuan Hexiao's eyes couldn't move away from Su Yanke as soon as she came out. His eyes were dark and he stared intently at Su Yanke's slender waist.
"You look good." Yuan Hexiao's throat moved slightly and he said hoarsely.
No girl would be unhappy when praised by the one she loved. So, Su Yanke happily rushed into Yuan Hexiao's arms. Yuan Hexiao bent his knees slightly, opened his arms, and firmly hugged Su Yanke. He supported Su Yanke's waist with one hand and lifted her buttocks with the other, picking her up.
Su Yanke originally thought it would just be a hug, but she didn't expect it to be like this. She wasn't prepared at all. In a hurry, she wrapped her arms around Yuan Hexiao's neck to steady herself.
The corners of Yuan Hexiao's mouth curled up slightly. He said playfully, "A Yan, your body is so weak. You'd better hold on tight."
Su Yanke's body stiffened. Why did she feel that there was a different meaning behind what A Xiao said? Su Yanke opened her big eyes and looked at Yuan Hexiao, only to meet his meaningful gaze.
"Are you... implying something about me?"
Yuan Hexiao's smile froze.
All the words in his mind were swallowed back.
"Later, let's quietly go to the clan leader's house. I want to verify something."
"Okay."
After waiting for a while, Su Yanke found that Yuan Hexiao didn't react at all. She couldn't help but move her body. Then she heard Yuan Hexiao's breath hitch.
"Don't move." Yuan Hexiao grabbed Su Yanke's small waist that was wriggling in his arms and said in a somewhat deep voice.
Since Su Yanke was held tightly, she couldn't move much. She could only swing her small thin legs hanging in the air and said, "Then why don't you put me down?"
Yuan Hexiao sighed silently in his heart before putting Su Yanke down.
As soon as Su Yanke landed on the ground, she excitedly rushed to attend to the business.
Yuan Hexiao followed closely behind. Just from Yuan Hexiao's back, one could sense a hint of desolation. For so long, he hadn't had any intimate contact with Su Yanke. Moreover, his little girlfriend was so innocent that she didn't know how to be a proper girlfriend at all.
Su Yanke had no idea about Yuan Hexiao's complicated thoughts. She just felt that Yuan Hexiao's voice was unusually changeable today. Other than that, she didn't think much of it.
The clan leader's house. Yuan Hexiao had been here before, so this time he was very familiar with the way. Su Yanke and he came here avoiding people's eyes, so they didn't enter through the main gate but climbed over the wall.
Yuan Hexiao still didn't have a chance to show his boyfriend prowess as usual. Su Yanke easily climbed over the wall. Her movements were even more agile than his.
There weren't many things in the yard. Most of them looked very old. The yard was also very clean. It seemed that the clan leader was quite a clean - loving person.
Su Yanke walked deeper into the yard along the path. A closed door caught her attention. There was actually dust on the doorknob of this door!
Why would there be such an "unclean" place in the clean - loving clan leader's house?
Would a person who even cleaned the yard miss the doorknob of a door?
There must be something wrong with this door. Su Yanke and Yuan Hexiao exchanged a look and then walked in.
As soon as the door was opened, there was a strong smell of poor air circulation and dust. Su Yanke adjusted her breathing and controlled the weight of her steps so as not to stir up a large amount of dust and cause herself to sneeze.
The furniture in the room was covered with cloth, which made the room look a bit odd. Su Yanke stepped forward and carefully lifted a few pieces of cloth to take a look. They were all old - fashioned furniture and nothing special.
Su Yanke casually rummaged through a few more things. Suddenly, she stopped. Her fingers that were lifting the cloth curled up slightly.
What appeared in front of Su Yanke was a stove!
It wasn't the big stove of today, but the one she had asked Uncle Lao Ji to make. Since this stove needed to be used with the Fire Soul Talisman, its structure was a bit different from other stoves. That's why Su Yanke was very sure that this was the one she had asked Uncle Lao Ji to make.
Why would this stove be here?
"What's wrong?"
Su Yanke's strange behavior caught Yuan Hexiao's attention. He was keeping watch outside, so he whispered to Su Yanke.
Su Yanke also whispered, "Why is this stove here? A Xiao, do you still remember the world I told you about?"
"Yeah, I remember. What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this stove?" Yuan Hexiao said in a deep voice.
"This stove is from that world."
Su Yanke said with a complicated tone.
As soon as these words were said, the air fell into a brief silence.
At this time, a slight inhalation sound came from somewhere. Su Yanke and Yuan Hexiao immediately sensed something was wrong. They slowed down their steps and quickly approached there.
The light there was not strong, and their vision was a bit blocked. Yuan Hexiao had been in the special forces for a long time, so he was very familiar with such a situation.
Yuan Hexiao stretched out his hand and slowly moved it along the wall in the air. He stopped in front of a landscape painting. Suddenly, he moved the landscape painting to the side. A shriveled and haggard face appeared in front of them. The turbid eyeballs suddenly moved and stared fixedly at Su Yanke behind Yuan Hexiao.
Su Yanke was startled by the suddenly appearing face. But she had prepared herself mentally before, so she quickly adjusted her state and tied the person up with the Sleep Spirit Bag. This bag had the function of suppressing the strength of the person tied up.
This person had caused trouble for Su Yanke twice before, so she didn't dare to take this person lightly. Even though this person didn't resist at all after being discovered and let them take her out.
Since this person was inside the wall, they had to break the wall to take her out. This would surely attract the attention of the clan leader and his people. Soon, the outside of the room where Su Yanke and the others were was crowded with people.
An old man in a wheelchair, pushed by a young man, blocked in front of the crowd. The young man's eyes looking into the room were full of fear, and even his hands pushing the wheelchair were trembling slightly.
As soon as he saw Yuan Hexiao and Su Yanke coming out, the young man's legs went weak. Fortunately, the wheelchair supported him so that he didn't kneel on the ground immediately.
Yuan Hexiao protected Su Yanke and walked into the yard. His eyes swept over everyone one by one. Everyone he swept over couldn't help but tremble and quickly lowered their heads, not daring to look at Su Yanke and the others.
Su Yanke's attention was all on the person tied up, so she was a bit surprised that everyone was so "cooperative" and made way for them.
After all, the clan leader was the clan leader. He wasn't afraid of Yuan Hexiao's gaze. He stepped forward and asked Su Yanke.
"Who are you? Why did you break the wall in my house? And this 'person'? What's going on?"
Su Yanke looked at the clan leader in surprise. His expression was really confused, and his look at the "person" was also full of bewilderment.
Did the clan leader really not know?