CH 32

Gu Xizhou pulled at Si Yu, motioned to him to wait, and turned to ask the woman: “How did she disappear?”

The woman frowned: “At that time, she lived with her grandparents in our yard quietly and obediently. That year was summer vacation. When her father came back, he bought her a white puppy.”

“The one that bites?” Gu Xizhou asked while frowning.

“I’m not sure, but the biting dog is very similar to the white puppy. The puppy went missing, then the Tian’s daughter went out to find it, and disappeared that way,” the woman said in a low voice. 

Gu Xizhou had roughly guessed the general situation. The little girl probably didn’t disappear, but died instead. The Samoyed had seen something at that time, so when it returned after so many years, it saw these children and rushed up to bite on sight. 

Fang Zhi turned pale and asked anxiously: “Gu Ge, are we going to find them?”

Gu Xizhou looked at him. “Do you want to find them?”

Fang Zhi glanced at the dim sky, swallowed and nodded to Gu Xizhou.

“Okay, I’m going to find them. You stay in the yard, don’t go anywhere.” Gu Xizhou had barely taken two steps when Si Yu stopped him.

“I’ll go with you, Xiao Fang stays here.”

Gu Xizhou heard Si Yu’s words and shook his head, saying softly: “Bringing you would be troublesome.”

Si Yu:  “…”  Are you kidding?

…

Xie Wenhuo stood at the halfway mark on the mountain and looked down lightly. The whole village was silent, as if everyone returned home the moment dusk fell. 

He motioned to a few guys to support Xiao Hua better. He casually held a knife and swiped at the weeds in front of him.

Xiao Hua was shaking all over. She was still terrified, and looked back from time to time. Xue Xiao patted her shoulder and said: “It’s not dark yet, don’t be afraid.”

Xiao Hua nodded slowly when she heard Xue Xiao’s words.

“En, why are all you kids still on the mountain? It’s getting dark.” A voice suddenly came from behind.

Xie Wenhuo turned around and saw the dark-skinned man they met when they went up the mountain on the first day. The man had spoken with some surprise.

Xie Wenhuo took a step forward and briefly explained in response to the man’s inquiry: “We came up to find something, and we’ll leave when we’ve found it!”

“Oh… Then, pay attention to your own safety and go home early.” The man yelled and went straight down the mountain.

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They gathered together and whispered softly, leaning on each other to keep warm. Even though they had brought warm coats, they were still cold.

“Xie Wenhuo, Xue Xiao!” Gu Xizhou stopped Si Yu from following him. He had just started to climb up Muguan mountain and shouted loudly. “Where are you guys?”

Xie Wenhuo heard the sound from below the mountain and joked: “They still came up here.”

Xue Xiao next to him opened her mouth to reply: “We’re on the mountain, follow the light!”

As she spoke, Xue Xiao took out her mobile phone, turned on the light and shook it, indicating their location to Gu Xizhou.

Gu Xizhou said: “Come down the mountain quickly, Xiao Hua is lying to you, the mountain isn’t safe!”

Xie Wenhuo: “What?”

Gu Xizhou ran in the direction of the light source and shouted: “Eight years ago, the Tian family lost a daughter!”

Hearing this, the people on the mountain looked at Xiao Hua subconsciously and took two steps back: “You… who are you?”

Xiao Hua heard those words and asked, crying, “What Tian’s daughter?”

Xie Wenhuo was dumbfounded and didn’t know who to believe.

Xiao Hua said: “They, did they already die in the yard…?”

Gu Xizhou finally climbed the mountain, pushing away the weeds around him, and cursed: “You are the one that’s dead!”

He gripped Xiao Hua’s collar with one hand, squinting at her… then, at that moment, Xiao Hua suddenly retreated back in shock, seemingly seeing some monster. Xiao Hua pointed behind  Gu Xizhou and said: “Dog, there’s a dog… following him!”

Gu Xizhou also noticed the wheezing sound behind him. He stopped slightly and turned to look back. 

There was indeed a dog behind him. The dog’s face was rotten, its bones were broken, and the white fur on his body was dirtied with mud and dead leaves. At the same time, it was messy with blood, and there was some meat hanging on its bones. Blood dripped down his mouth. There was nothing good about it. It stared coldly at Gu Xizhou, barking ferociously.

Gu Xizhou could feel the dog’s anger.

“Run!” Xue Xiao yelled out, and the crowd frightened by this scene recovered when they heard her scream, fleeing away.

The monster did not chase other people, staring coldly at Gu Xizhou who was still there. Gu Xizhou heard Xiao Hua crying as she ran: “He brought the monster…”

Gu Xizhou: “…”

Gu Xizhou could even discern the heartbeat of the people everywhere in the jungle. Gu Xizhou raised his eyebrows when he noticed that there was no one around, and directly faced the bloody monster.

The monster froze for a moment, then opened his mouth, and it flew in front of Gu Xizhou, opening its blood basin!

“Boom!”

In an instant, Gu Xizhou kicked firmly at the monster, causing it to scream.

Rumble–

The monster slid for a distance, and then suddenly felt that a foot was stepping on its head. It wanted to break free, but found that the other party’s strength was amazing, and that foot was exuding a black mist that it had never seen before. It was a qi flame, burning its soul.

“Woof woof woof!”

“Woof woof woof!”

It was foolish, this player is wrong!

“Awoo…awoo…” 

“Stop howling. Now, I’m going to ask and you’ll answer, or I’ll kill you.” Gu Xizhou threatened while stepping on it, although he could not actually kill the other party.

The dog on the ground was quiet for a while. It seemed that it believed Gu Xizhou’s words, and really stopped howling. Gu Xizhou didn’t expect the monster to be so obedient. He said to the dog, “Is Xiao Hua human?”

“Woof woof woof!”

Gu Xizhou: “…” It’s not easy to communicate.

Gu Xizhou: “If they’re a person, stretch your left paw, if not, stretch your right paw.”

The pitiful monster on the ground still had some human-like intelligence and raised its right paw silently.

Gu Xizhou: “She is the missing girl of the Tian family?”

Dog: Left paw

Gu Xizhou: “What are the conditions of death in this world?”

The poor monster looked down at his two paws, a bit wronged.

Gu Xizhou: “…Sorry, I forgot.”

Gu Xizhou: “We can’t come out at night, and it is safe at home, right?”

Dog: Left paw

…

Gu Xizhou grabbed the monster and interrogated it for a long time before leaving Muguan Mountain.

In the middle of the night, when Gu Xizhou came back, everyone around was stunned. When Gu Xizhou entered the door, the sound of barking dogs rang around him, en… it seemed that the monster didn’t lie to him.

Si Yu looked at him closely, and was surprised: “Are you okay?” He had just heard Xie Wenhuo’s words, and he had already assumed that Gu Xizhou was gone.

“En, what could have happened to me?” Gu Xizhou asked curiously.

Si Yu: “…”

Xie Wenhuo inhaled sharply. They had all seen the monster stare at Gu Xizhou and not chase them at all, else they wouldn’t have been able to smoothly leave Muguan mountain!

Gu Xizhou glanced at the people around him and asked: “What about Xiao Hua?”

“Didn’t come back.” Xue Xiao shook his head bitterly. “There was another person with her, and he didn’t come back.”

Gu Xizhou nodded and said: “I understand. Don’t leave this courtyard, it’s safe in the courtyard.”

Si Yu: “?”

Gu Xizhou glanced at him and said lightly: “The eight dead dogs didn’t bite humans. They were always in the yard. The Samoyed did not dare to come in because they stayed in the yard. As long as we do not leave the yard at night, we will be fine.”

Si Yu froze for a moment. “How do you know?”

Gu Xizhou: “…” En… I didn’t want to use my brain… so I interrogated the monster dog a little bit.