S-level high-risk personality, you call this a pitiful thing?

Chapter 142: Mou Yu Village - False
His smile was very forced, as if he hoped that Lan Tong didn't know the truth of the matter.

As he expected, Lan Tong smiled sweetly at him and said, "I just walked around the village by myself. I wanted to go to the store to buy some food, but I had no money, so I came back."

A Qiang then breathed a sigh of relief and continued talking along the lines of Lan Tong's topic.

"Do you want some snacks? If you don't have money, I can buy them for you. I know what kind of snacks are delicious in the grocery store."

Lan Tong lowered her head in embarrassment, her voice becoming awkward: "No need, Brother Qiang has been very considerate of us by finding us such a mission."

In a space, Lu Li saw this scene. For some reason, the disgust he usually felt for Lan Tong's hypocrisy suddenly disappeared.

Instead, she felt a sadness she had never felt before.

Able to pretend to know nothing and act with a smile after knowing everything.

Such people are usually very cunning, but at the same time, the pain they experience is also unimaginable.

A Qiang said quickly, "It's okay, it's okay. Go to Uncle Wang's house and prepare some food with him first. I'll go directly to Lao Chen's house to bring you some snacks later."

"Thank you, Brother Qiang. Brother Qiang is so nice."

There was no trace of smile in those curved eyes, only frozen murderous intent, which could make people feel cold all over at a glance.

A Qiang greeted Doctor Wang and gave him a few instructions before leaving. When he left, he looked at Ji Yu deeply again.

Doctor Wang wiped the sweat off his face and said with a smile, "Okay, since Aqiang has given the order, little girl, you and this young man can come with me."

Lan Tong smiled and said, "Thank you, uncle."

Ji Yu followed Lan Tong to Doctor Wang's house in silence.

Doctor Wang's door was open. When the little boy saw them coming back, he pointed at Doctor Wang and laughed, "Dad, why did you come back so soon? Is the medicine not working?"

Although he was young, when he laughed, he looked just like the other men in the village, like a devil.

Doctor Wang pushed him aside with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Go away! Get out of the way, you bastard. Can't you see your dad has guests here?"

Doctor Wang said to Lan Tong and Ji Yu, "Wait here for a moment. My house is a bit messy, so I won't invite you in. I'll go in and get the medicine box. I'll be out in five minutes."

After Doctor Wang went in, his son Wang Xiaohu was called away by some of his friends to play.

Lan Tong and Ji Yu were the only ones left in the yard.

Lan Tong was thinking about how to mess with them. Ji Yu, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked, "Lan Tong, what do you think of A Qiang?"

Lan Tong frowned slightly and looked at Ji Yu in confusion, "What do you want to say?"

What Ji Yu asked was definitely not the literal meaning of the words.

"I think... that Aqiang is not suitable for you."

Lan Tong:?
Lu Li couldn't help laughing in the space, and his wanton laughter gave Lan Tong a headache.

Ji Yu's expression was somewhat intriguing. His drooping eyelashes seemed to be enduring something. He said with difficulty: "This is a copy. Don't fall for him... You are good, but you don't belong here..."

"If you say another word, I'll kill you right now."

Lan Tong couldn't help it and interrupted Ji Yu's intermittent words.

Ji Yu was stunned. Seeing Lan Tong gritting his teeth, he suddenly seemed to react and laughed helplessly.

"Sorry, I thought too much."

"Foolish servant."

Lan Tong cursed, feeling very unlucky that Ji Yu thought of her like that.

Ji Yu pursed his lips and said nothing, and began to reflect on his own rashness.

I shouldn't ask like that. I should wait a little longer. After all, Lan Tong is not a stupid person. I can't trick her into believing her with just a few words.

He just felt a little helpless. After working so hard for half a year, his title was downgraded just because of one sentence.

Lu Li smiled and said, "Maybe you acted too realistically and Ji Yu couldn't tell the difference." Perhaps that's a possibility.

Lan Tong thought so, and seeing that Doctor Wang had not come out yet, he leaned closer and asked in a low voice: "Have you met Zhao Gouzi's new daughter-in-law?"

Ji Yu was slightly surprised, "How do you know he has a new daughter-in-law?"

The two looked at each other. Ji Yu didn't know what Lan Tong heard outside, and Lan Tong didn't know what Ji Yu saw inside.

But they could roughly guess it.

Lan Tong asked: "Is it..."

She didn't ask the name.

But Ji Yu had already understood what she meant and admitted directly: "Yes."

Lan Tong didn't ask any more questions.

In fact, there is no need to ask. Just from the words of those people, you can hear Lilika's current situation.

Lan Tong recalled what Aqiang said when he came to deliver food for the first time, and combined with Lilika, she guessed the situation in the village.

The evil snake is worshipped as a god in this village. The evil snake regards them as some kind of nutrients or believers, and they are worshipped as gods by helping them abduct wives.

Women in the village are shared resources, and the wife of one family is equivalent to the wife of the entire village.

There are only three daughters-in-law in the village now, one is the sick daughter-in-law from Old Chen’s family, one is from Old Zhang’s family, and the other is Lilika.

Yesterday, Zhao Gouzi took a fancy to Lilika, so he asked the village chief for help, and the village chief agreed. That’s why the evil snake appeared and forcibly took Lilika away on a rainy night.

Lilika should have been sent directly to Zhao Gouzi's home.

The remaining Chosen Ones, including Lan Tong, consisted of only nineteen women. The two who died in yesterday’s mission were both men. Their mission only lasted seven days. Based on the number of women taken away per night, the total number of women was seven.

Lan Tong guessed that there might be something waiting for them at the end, something that would wipe them out completely.

Because only in this way can we prove what Aqiang said at the beginning: "Twenty is not enough."

The evil snake might have some restrictions that prevented him from taking away too many women at once, so he needed seven days to complete the ceremony to leave everyone behind.

The evil snake might have some special power. Last night, Lilika didn't seem to use any of her talents or items.

"What is her talent?"

Lan Tong asked suddenly, and Ji Yu thought for a few seconds before answering.

"You can simply understand it as... the Eye of Medusa."

Everything that Shihua saw...

"Did you see her room this morning?"

"Yeah." Ji Yu said, "There are no signs of a fight, and there is no blood in the corridor. It seems that someone has cleaned it up on purpose."

If you don't know exactly what kind of power the evil snake has, it would be almost impossible to defeat him.

Lilika's talents and tools were taken away without being used, so they had to understand the evil snake's abilities in advance.

Lan Tong gradually formed a plan for the evening.

It was not a good time right now, so she planned to go back first. After completing the mission, she wanted to go to the foot of the mountain in the east again. Perhaps the crazy woman could provide her with some clues.

Lan Tong glanced at the progress of the branch quest and found that it had reached 50% without him noticing.

["Mouyu Village" side quest - Ghost in the Deep Mountains]

[Task investigation progress: 50%]

"When did the progress of this branch line increase?"

"After I go in."

Ji Yu seemed to be holding back something, "You may not have been informed of the progress of my increase."