Chapter 167: To Meet with Danger (1)
The six of them travelled in company with each other, they walked in depth of the Gloomy Forest.
Chen Wenwen had been secretly casting flirtatious looks at Huangfu Jue along the way, she was disappointed when Murong Qingyan told her that Huangfu Jue was her bodyguard, but she still couldn’t help herself from making eyes at Huangfu Jue.
Seeing that, Chen Xianbin, Chen Wenwen’s big brother scratched his ears and cheeks in embarrassment. He had pulled Chen Wenwen aside and talked to her about this for several times, but it was of little avail.
Chen Xianbin didn’t want to make a scene about this in case Si Huang might feel uncomfortable about this. Chen Xianbin was really at a loss at this point, he wanted his sister to behave herself in front of her fiance by disciplining her, but on the other hand, he didn’t want to anyone else to notice his disciplining.
What Chen Xianbin didn’t know wasSi Huang had already noticed the way Chen Wenwen behaved herself in the presence of Huangfu Jue, and he made up his mind that he would break their engagement once they returned home.
The team headed to the center of the forest with each member having his own calculations.
“Young lady, tell me, what are you up to?” Huangfu Jue who was walking next to Murong Qingyan narrowed his eyes and asked her, “I don’t believe you would be so kindhearted to work in teams with these clowns.”
Huangfu Jue hadn’t doubted for one second that 11 knew these four people were up to no good, they were merely using Murong Qingyan and himself on the journey. So he was curious to find out what this girl’s plan was.
“Ha, they are using me and scheming against me, and what a surprise, I’m using them and scheming against them as well.” a faint smile flashed across Murong Qingyan’s face, “They were at least kind of honest when they confessed that they needed our help to find some family heirloom in this forest. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying I am so kindhearted that I will help them to get the stuff they are looking for, I guess it depends on what this family heirloom is, if it’s really good, I will snatch my share!”
With that Murong Qingyan’s tone changed, “Plus, I want something else from them.” she was talking about her parents’ whereabouts.
Murong Qingyan had no idea whether her parents were related to Chen Family, but she would investigate on any possibilities.
Huangfu Jue didn’t pursue this question any further as he sensed the change of Murong Qingyan’s tone. He trusted this girl must have her reasons, and she would tell him when the time was ripe.
Two days passed uneventfully, Chen Wenwen threw a tantrum on the third day saying she needed a bath badly.
“Wenwen, we are in the middle of a forest where crises of danger lurked everywhere!” Chen Xianbin frowned, he couldn’t believe how spoiled his sister was, “This is for your own good, perish that thought and let’s hurry on with our journey.”
“No! I haven’t cleaned myself for several days!” Chen Wenwen countered, “We don’t know how long it will be before we finish our mission, I need a bath!”
“Don’t be so headstrong! Wenwen, look around, are you sure taking a bath is a good idea at this point?” Chen Xianbin rebuked her, “Plus, where can we find you water?”
“Miss, please pardon me, I agree with the young lord.” Butler Chen chimed in, “We need to resume our journey after this short rest, the lord is waiting for us back at home.”
“No!” Chen Wenwen stamped her foot in anger, “I won’t resume our journey unless I can take a bath today, I’ve had it! I smell terrible!”
“Wenwen, the thing is we cannot find you any water for you to clean yourself.” Chen Xianbin coaxed.
“Big Brother, we’ve just walked past a river.” Chen Wenwen was excited to hear her brother’s reason of saying no.
“No!” Chen Xianbin rejected without hesitation, “It’s not safe!”
There indeed was a river not far away from them, but none of them walked close to the river and checked whether it was safe.
“Why not?” Chen Wenwen didn’t take it very well when her brother rejected her proposal, “The water is placid, plus we are not far away from the river now, worst case scenario, you can come rescue me if anything shall happen.”
“That’s exactly why it’s not safe, the water was too placid to be true.” Chen Xianbin shook his head and continued, “In a place like the Gloom Forest, we need to stay extra alerted when we are faced with some placid beings. No one knows what lies beneath it.”
“I’m going anyways! You know what, you guys leave now, I will catch up after I take my bath.” Chen Wenwen disregarded her brother’s concern.
“You can ask her to come with me if you think it’s too dangerous.” Chen Wenwen pointed at Murong Qingyan. “They joined us saying they were willing to help us getting our family heirloom, I’m sure this lady doesn’t mind doing me a small favor like this.” Chen Wenwen used a funny tone when she said the word ‘lady’ to make fun of Murong Qingyan.