Chapter 101: Fruit (1)

Ye Xi was silent for a short while, then she asked Zhazha, “Are they living here or did they just flee here?”

“They fled here. They were just going to leave in a few days.” Zhazha stopped for a moment before continuing, “However, if you follow common sense, they might just try to hide from you if they notice that people are around here. Because if they do so, they could easily leave this place worry-free without anyone finding them. But the way the people in this world think is a bit difficult to say… It’s all the best if you try to avoid them.”

Ye Xi hummed in acknowledgment. Before she could ask anything more, she heard a scream from the back.

Ye Xi was shocked. She quickly hung up the phone and went back, just to see Ding Xiuxiu sitting on the ground, she was shaking like a leaf while holding onto Wei Shenglan’s thigh…

Wei Shenglan’s face was sullen as he tried pushing her away.

Ye Xi looked around the area before asking Ding Xiuxiu, “What happened?”

Ding Xiuxiu raised her head with tears in her eyes. “S-snakes…”

Ye Xi asked, “Where are they then?”

Ding Xiuxiu responded, “They ran away…”

Ye Xi was pissed now. “Then what are you shaking for?”

Ding Xiuxiu’s face looked dumbfounded for a moment. When she finally came back to her senses, she exclaimed, “Oh right!”

After seeing that she had finally calmed down, Wei Shenglan shook his leg and said, “Get up.”

Ding Xiuxiu finally realized that she had held onto Wei Shenglan’s thigh after getting frightened to the point of panicking. She immediately climbed back up, her face which was pale with fear, was now ruddy with embarrassment.

Since the three of them were still fine at this moment. They kept on moving.

Ye Xi just remembered that she had forgotten to ask Zhazha which way they should take. However, since records of Zhazha’s calls would always disappear after the call ends, she couldn’t call her back and could only wait for Zhazha’s call to come. Thankfully, there was a faster method she could use, which was to find Luo Nuanfeng. Since he knew the terrain of this place, even though he had only seen this place from afar, it was still a whole lot better than bumping headfirst into the unknown.

With this decision in mind, Ye Xi looked towards her two companions and said, “I think it’s better if we go and look for Luo Nuanfeng. At the very least, he knows a bit of the area here. What’s more, we don’t know what sort of dangers we’ll find just by looking around. It’s better if we stay in a large group.”

Wei Shenglan nodded at her decision. Since he had been listening to her thoughts this whole time, and with what he understood from what she was constantly thinking about, he could also guess a few things from it. There was no need to deny her now.

Ding Xiuxiu nodded fiercely. This entire situation was too embarrassing for her to continue on. It was really better if Luo Nuanfeng was here.

After a brief moment of joy, Ding Xiuxiu wondered, “How are we going to look for them?”

Ye Xi responded, “We’ll go back to where we came, then we can go the direction they headed off to. Because this area is completely undeveloped and nobody really comes here, they’ll definitely leave marks as they go. If we follow those traces, we should be able to find them soon enough.”

“Okay.” Ding Xiuxiu nodded obediently. She was in a state of confusion right now and was completely unable to think properly. She simply nodded to Ye Xi’s words and didn’t really pay too much attention. As long as the decision made sense, it was reassuring enough.

Having planned out their next move, the three of them turned back the same way they went. They didn’t get lost since they followed the tracks they left from earlier. Thankfully, they finally reached the cliff where they were at before.

After Ye Xi looked around the area. She had forgotten which direction Luo Nuanfeng and the rest took.

Ding Xiuxiu was anxious as she asked, “Why did we stop? I’m tired and hungry, I want to go home.”

Wei Shenglan looked at the big tree to the right and said, “I recall them going in that direction.”

Ye Xi was very confident in Wei Shenglan’s memory, but for the sake of assurance, she still asked him, “Are you sure?”

Wei Shenglan nodded.

“Alright, let’s go that way.” Then, Ye Xi began walking towards where he pointed.

Wei Shenglan quickly followed behind her.

Seeing that nobody was paying attention to her complaints, Ding Xiuxiu followed them while holding the grievances in her heart.

After getting close to the big tree, they could see that the weeds behind it had been stepped on by something. They looked at the pitifully wilted portion and at the healthy and tall weeds at the side.

Ye Xi then followed along the dead weeds.

The three of them went a long way before finally seeing three people climb trees in the distance.

Ye Xi walked closer to them and saw Luo Nuanfeng and the other boys climb up the trees to pick fruits. Thankfully, there were many branches on this tree and they were pretty strong. It was the good kind of tree that was quite easy to climb, the type that wouldn’t break easily and cause you to fall off.

Dong Fangyu was at the very bottom. He tried climbing up the tree with much difficulty, but then slipped off. So, instead, he pulled his shirt out and said, “Throw them here.”

Luo Nuanfeng picked a fruit from the tree and looked down. When he saw Ye Xi and the other two, he was surprised. “Were we going in the same direction?”

Dong Fangyu: ???

Ye Xi smiled and said, “We came to look for you guys.”

Dong Fangyu was shocked when he heard someone talk behind him. When he turned back and saw that it was just the others, he finally calmed down.

Once Nan Gonghai heard her voice, he also turned back to look. He was a little surprised, but was mostly happy to see her. He grabbed a branch with one hand and plucked off a fruit with the other, he waved at them while saying, “Long time no see.”

Ye Xi asked, “What kind of fruit is that?”