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Chapter 380 The Child Hidden in the Village Temple, Continuing into the Mountains
Just as Jiang Hanying was about to go around to Jin Gang's back to take a look, she suddenly realized that something was missing from her feet.

Looking down, where's the monkey?

The monkey is still outside.

Standing on the ground about two or three meters away from the village temple gate, he squatted down and watched helplessly as Jiang Hanying entered the village temple, refusing to move forward any further.

Jiang Hanying ignored it, made sure the monkey wasn't lost, and continued searching for her target.

Finally, in the gap between the King Kong statue and the wall behind it, they found a figure curled up into a tiny ball.

Shining the light from the phone's flashlight, you could clearly see that the person was trembling all over, and you could vaguely hear the sound of their teeth chattering.

Jiang Hanying's hand, which was about to strike, paused in mid-air.

He tentatively said "hello".

The little body in front of me stiffened, but it didn't move or make a sound, as if it was determined to keep up the ostrich act.

Jiang Hanying: "..."

If the other party doesn't cooperate, then she shouldn't be surprised if she resorts to more drastic measures.

"It looks like there's something coiled on your head, oh, it's flicking its tongue at you."

She remembered that most people, whether adults or children, seemed to be afraid of snakes and similar animals.

After she finished speaking, it seemed like someone glared at her.

Fortunately, this statement was quite effective, and the effect was pretty good.

The little figure in front of her immediately stopped curling up and started frantically crawling out with its eyes closed. It turned out that the exit was the side where Jiang Hanying was standing in this small corner.

As he climbed, he fell headfirst into Jiang Hanying's hands.

Feeling a slightly hot hand grab the back of the neck and being forced to tilt the head back, the child opened his eyes in a panic and met a pair of slightly narrowed, smiling eyes.

After a moment of stunned silence, "Ah..."

His voice was broken and very hoarse.

Upon hearing his voice, Jiang Hanying immediately moved her hand from the back of his neck to his chin. With a slight force, she forced his small mouth to open as wide as possible, and the light from her phone flashlight shone in, revealing a red and swollen patch of blood on his throat.

I couldn't help but frown. "Did you swallow a shard of glass?"

"what……"

"Alright," Jiang Hanying waved her hand with a hint of disappointment, "Luckily, my hearing is fine. Now, when I ask you a question, just nod or shake your head, understand? If you understand, just nod."

With red eyes, the child hesitated for a moment before nodding timidly under Jiang Hanying's increasingly dangerous gaze.

Jiang Hanying nodded in satisfaction, "Someone hid you in this village temple, right, or wrong?"

nod.

"Were you at Lan Palace before?"

Shake his head.

"Not here?" Jiang Hanying had assumed that her cheap master had rescued the child while investigating Lan Palace, but if he wasn't in Lan Palace, where else could he be?
“Wait a minute,” Jiang Hanying thought of another possibility, “Don’t you know about Lan Palace?”

The response this time was a nod.

That makes sense now.

Jiang Hanying simply pulled out a photo of the cheap owner from her phone, turned the screen towards the child, and asked, "Is the person who hid you here him?"

The child glanced at the photo on the screen, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he pursed his lips.

Jiang Hanying knew what was going on just by looking at his subconscious reaction.

"I am...friends with the person in the photo, we have a very good relationship."

The child's eyes immediately showed a hint of suspicion.

At first, he was indeed frightened by the snake on the other person's head.

But he quickly came to his senses.

How could there be snakes in a temple!
Before the older brother who had hidden him there led those people away, he also said that as long as he stayed here obediently and didn't go out, no weird things would dare to come in, and that he shouldn't be afraid.

But this person in front of him actually used a snake to scare him.

He still claims to be a close friend of her older brother. Jiang Hanying felt a little embarrassed by the obvious suspicion in his eyes, so she chose to play the victim and say, "Who told you to ignore me in the first place?"

"what……"

He's not ignoring people, he's scared!
"Stop yelling," Jiang Hanying said, her ears itching. She pointed to the corner where the child had just hidden. "Go back and keep curled up. I have to go chase after someone else. I can't take care of you."

Now that she knows what her cheap owner has done, she can guess who was relentlessly chasing after him all night long.

It's likely someone from Lan Palace, or more accurately, someone under Yuan Qingzhuo's command.

As for why the cheap owner risked being hunted down by Yuan Qingzhuo's men to rescue the child, she'd better wait until she met the cheap owner before asking.

Communicating with a child who can't speak feels more difficult than communicating with a monkey.

The child didn't hesitate at all; he turned around and fled into the gap, curling up in his original position and remaining motionless.

Jiang Hanying: "..."

Is she that scary?

It was just a small thing, a little scare.

As the footsteps behind him faded into the distance until they could no longer be heard, the child cautiously turned around. Seeing that the person on the open ground behind him was gone, he touched his chin, which had been pinched and was now a little sore.

A hint of disappointment appeared in his eyes.

So you really left!

After leaving the village temple, Jiang Hanying reunited with the monkeys waiting outside.

After sensing her cheap owner's latest location again, she cast a suspicious glance at the seemingly calm monkey. As she continued to chase after her cheap owner's location, she suddenly questioned, "Why didn't you come into the village temple with me just now? Why haven't I seen you so discreet before? Were you afraid, or unable?"

The monkey, which was diligently chasing Jiang Hanying's increasingly rapid pace, was caught off guard and tripped by tree roots that had spread onto the road. It immediately did a forward roll and successfully landed in front of Jiang Hanying.

Jiang Hanying had just stepped out when she almost stepped on its head. She quickly moved to the side, twitching her lips. "You don't need to put on such a show. I know what you're trying to say. You'll understand once you go in, right?"

monkey:"……"

What can it say?
It can't say anything.

Oh well, let's just assume that's how it is.

I'm so tired, really!

Beyond the deserted village lies a series of towering, undulating mountains.

Although both belong to the Que Mountain range, the mountain in front of us looks like the kind of place that is deserted and rarely visited.

It was even more terrifyingly dark when viewed from the night, and once inside, even the light from a cell phone flashlight seemed to become much weaker.

Jiang Hanying checked the remaining battery level on her phone and simply turned off the flashlight.

Now, it was pitch black.

The wind that passed by my ear was as shrill as a ghost's howl.

The monkey, which was already closely following Jiang Hanying, now disregarded its dignity and clung tightly to her legs, its fur standing on end involuntarily, as if afraid of losing her if it wasn't careful.

In these mountains, a small animal like it, if it were to accidentally fall into the eyes of a large animal, might not even be enough to fill its teeth.

But no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat!
After entering the mountains, Jiang Hanying understood why the owner had hidden the child alone in the deserted village temple behind the mountain.

In the current environment, it's difficult for even adults, let alone children, to remain calm.

The pendant that was already attached to her leg silently confirmed this.

Fortunately, the word 'fear' doesn't exist in her dictionary.

However, the temperature in the mountains was much lower than outside, especially the further in you went, the lower the temperature became. I touched my coat and it was already a bit damp.

My throat felt a bit dry.

She shook her head and checked the location of the cheap owner again; the straight-line distance was less than one kilometer.

But walking there would definitely take more than a kilometer.

That's some serious speed!

However, compared to before when he was single-mindedly exploring the depths of the mountains, this time the cheap owner seems to be going around in circles.

Are they lost? Or are they playing hide-and-seek with their pursuers?