C74

75.

Slowly, it was time to announce the winner.

As he ate, Chu Ming noticed that Dugu Xian`er's face was extremely unsightly to behold. Her legs slowed down and beads of sweat started to appear on her forehead. He felt pity for her.

When Dugu Xian`er saw Chu Ming turn his head to look at her, she knew that she must have been too slow. She said, "Look at what I'm doing. I can still walk."

Chu Ming reached out his hand and rubbed her head, saying, "You idiot, if you can't leave then you can't, we can still rest."

"You're talking about delaying the trip, and you want to leave me behind ?" "Me." Dugu Xian`er felt a bit wronged and said, "So ?"

When Chu Ming heard this, he bitterly smiled and said, "I was just joking around, why do you always take it seriously?"

"You!" Dugu Xian`er glared fiercely at him and said, "Are you lying to me again?"

Without a word, Chu Ming crouched down and said, "Come up."

"What for?" When Dugu Xian`er saw Chu Ming squatting down, she became puzzled.

"I'll carry you." Chu Ming looked up at her and said, "Hurry up."

When Dugu Xian`er heard this, she was stunned for a moment before blushing. "You ?"

"You what you?" Chu Ming said, "Do you still want me to carry you?"

"Pervert."

"Then carry it." Chu Ming turned around and said, "Climb up."

Dugu Xian`er looked at Chu Ming's bent body, her face red as she climbed up and said, "You ?" Aren't you tired? "

Chu Ming carried Dugu Xian`er on his back and immediately stood up. As he slowly walked, he said, "I'm not some Miss Qian Jin, I'm just a boorish man who can carry Miss Qian Jin. How could I be tired after taking so many steps?"

"Why do I feel like you're scolding me?"

"You're thinking too much." Chu Ming steadied Dugu Xian`er and said, "I was just saying that I'm just a reckless person who made Miss Jin angry."

"How am I angry?" Dugu Xian`er buried her head into Chu Ming's back, her hands tightly wrapped around his neck as she mumbled, "And you're not ? Not something... "Reckless man, this is ?"

"Huh?" Chu Ming asked, "What did you say?"

"No!" Dugu Xian`er replied immediately.

When Chu Ming heard this, he didn't ask any further and only felt that this girl was getting weirder and weirder.

After carrying Dugu Xian`er on his back for a while, they arrived at a small village at the foot of a hill. The sight of this village astonished the two. He saw that there were about thirty houses in the village, which were very simple and crude, almost made of straw and bamboo. There were a few kids chasing after them on the open space, and some houses even had white smoke coming out of them.

Dugu Xian`er was overjoyed, "Are we out of this mountain?"

Chu Ming looked around and said, "What you're thinking of is beautiful. I've seen that the surrounding area is basically a mountain forest. I'm afraid we'll have to walk for a while."

When Dugu Xian`er heard this, she felt a bit dejected and said, "Then let's enter the village and ask them for some food. I'm hungry."

"Is young miss Qian Jin going to beg for food?" Chu Ming laughed, "It's very rare."

"You!" Dugu Xian`er patted Chu Ming on the shoulder and said, "You, I pity you because I'm tired. I'm afraid you'll starve!"

Chu Ming was stunned, then he smiled and said, "The young miss really knows how to care about people. Alright, we will enter the village. No matter what, we have to ask where we are and how we're going out."

Dugu Xian`er smiled and wrapped her arms around Chu Ming's neck again, "Then let's go."

Chu Ming said, "You're holding me too tightly, I can't even breathe!"

Hearing that, Dugu Xian`er immediately let go of his hand and asked: "Are you tired? How about I go for a walk? "

"Come on, if you walk, I'll be sleeping when you get to the village."

Dugu Xian`er didn't argue with him this time, she just stuck close to Chu Ming's back after letting Chu Ming explain.

Chu Ming steadied her back and jumped down. He stood on a rock several times before he arrived at the open space on the right side of the village. When the children saw Chu Ming fall from the sky, they were shocked and ran back to the house not too far away. This also shocked Chu Ming and Dugu Xian`er, were they really that scary?

Chu Ming took a few steps forward, and then the sound of footsteps came from the thatched cottages. Not long later, a few adult men holding hoes and sickles rushed out. They all had tall and sturdy bodies, and looked at the two of them with a furious expression.

Chu Ming was extremely confused and quickly said, "We are just pedestrians who have lost our way. We want to beg for something to eat, so we have no ill intentions."

A man with a full beard and a long bamboo pole stepped back when he heard this. After a while, an eighty year old man slowly walked out with a walking stick. He looked at Chu Ming and asked, "How did you two get into this forest? Most people wouldn't come in here, right? "

Chu Ming explained, "The two of us were chased and had no choice but to run into the forest. We have no other intentions but to ask where we are and how we are going out."

When the old man heard that, he looked at the group of men behind him. They muttered for a while, and in the end, the old man turned around and said to Chu Ming, "What happened to the woman on your back?"

Chu Ming looked at Dugu Xian`er and said, "Her leg is injured, so it's inconvenient for her to walk."

"Oh?" Just as the old man was about to walk over, he heard the crowd behind him stop him, but the old man was clearly respected. With a wave of his hand, everyone stopped talking.

The elder walked up to Chu Ming and said, "Let me see her feet."

The old man looked at her, stroked his beard, and said: "It should be fine, but this woman's body, it definitely won't hurt. Fine, the two of you will stay here for the night, I think she'll recover tomorrow, when the time comes, you two can leave the village."

Chu Ming immediately thanked him, "I can't thank you enough."

"The two of you, follow me." The old man raised his hand.

Chu Ming helped Dugu Xian`er up and followed.

Seeing this, all the other men also left.

Chu Ming saw this and asked, "Why are the villagers so afraid of strangers?"

"Do you know where we are?" The old man walked in front and asked without even turning his head around.

"I don't know."

"This is the Great Desolate Mountain. It is an extremely large mountain forest area. Our village is located at the edge of this place, but to leave the mountain, we still need to walk for a day or two." The old man continued walking forward.

Chu Ming looked at Dugu Xian`er, then turned around and said, "So that's how it is."

The old man stopped in his tracks, looked at Chu Ming and Dugu Xian`er, and said, "A few days ago, there were five bandits who were alone here. When they were about to come and rob us, the young men in the village went up and killed four bandits. Then, one of them ran away and the bandit left behind a message. "

Chu Ming frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

"They'll come back."

Chu Ming took a deep breath and finally understood why the villagers were so afraid of people.

Dugu Xian`er asked, "Then why didn't you run away?"

The elder looked at Dugu Xian`er and said, "This is the place where we've lived for a long time. Before the bandits arrived, it was very quiet and isolated from the outside world. We like this place, so not many people are willing to leave."

Dugu Xian`er said anxiously, "Isn't that too dangerous? "If that bandit calls a lot of people."

The elder smiled and pointed at the house in front of them, "You two can stay here."

Chu Ming nodded. Dugu Xian`er wanted to ask more, but was stopped by Chu Ming.

The old man looked at the two of them and asked, "Do you need two rooms?"

Chu Ming said, "Hmm, two rooms would be the best."

"No need." Dugu Xian`er told the elder, "One room is enough."

The old man looked at Chu Ming, then looked at Dugu Xian`er and smiled. He said, "If you need anything, come find me. I am the village chief, and I live in the house in front."

After saying that, the old man smiled and slowly left.

After the old man left, Chu Ming asked, "Do you want to sleep in the same bed as me that much?"

Dugu Xian`er rolled her eyes at Chu Ming and said, "You are so vulgar. I will sleep on the bed and you on the floor."

"Well, why don't you let me have another room?" Chu Ming felt wronged.

Dugu Xian`er looked around and said, "This place is really scary. I'm afraid, you're not allowed to leave me!"

Chu Ming sighed and said, "Men and women are different. I share the same room with you. Aren't you afraid that these people will misunderstand?"

"What's wrong with that?" Dugu Xian`er glanced at Chu Ming and said, "It's not like they're going to talk about it, I don't care."

"Then I'll sleep on the bed if you sleep on the floor?"

Dugu Xian`er ignored Chu Ming and entered the house.