Chapter 5

The village chief's hands were shaking slightly; he smoked his dry tobacco, trying his best to maintain his emotions so as not to be rude.

"Zhao Xiaoge Chu, thank you for bringing my poor grandson back." After a long time, the village chief said this again.

At this time, the village chief's mind was also in a mess; he had already said words of thanks several times.

"It's getting late; if Zhao Xiaoge Chu doesn't mind, I have a guest room at home; you can stay for one night."

"After I finish handling my grandson's funeral, I will thank Zhao Xiaoge Chu properly!" The village chief glanced at the sky; it was already completely dark.

Even if Chu Danqing hadn't helped, he couldn't really drive the person out.

When he came earlier, Chu Danqing had already shown him his travel permit, proving he was a good family descendant.

"I will shamelessly accept; otherwise, I would really have nowhere to go tonight." Chu Danqing naturally couldn't refuse.

Ancient times, night, wilderness; these three phrases together would not be related to safety.

"By the way, I will hand these two beasts over to the village chief together." Chu Danqing said, pointing to the two wolf carcasses hanging in the corner.

This action of his was no different from directly brushing the favorability of the village chief's family to respect.

"I won't be polite; I hate these two beasts so much I want to grind their bones into dust!" The anger in the village chief's voice when he said this was sensed even by the mentally impaired Dabao.

Dabao, who was eating, shrank his head; his huge size looked slightly funny.

"Jiang Tu, please help handle these two beasts; leave the wolf skin and wolf bones for me, and when the meat is ready, stew a pot and distribute it to everyone."

The village chief's gaze looked at Jiang Tu, who was eating for free on the side.

"Village chief, don't worry; with my skills, I guarantee to pick them clean for you!" Jiang Tu stood up immediately and patted his chest to guarantee.

"I trust you with your work." The village chief nodded; his idea was very simple, which was that these two beasts ate his grandson, so he also wanted these two beasts to receive equal retribution.

As for this appearing somewhat taboo, he really didn't care about these things.

"Then Zhao Xiaoge Chu, eat dinner first, tonight..." The village chief said this and looked at Dabao again: "Jiang Tu, Dabao will make do with you for one night tonight? So as not to disturb the little brother."

Before Jiang Tu could respond, Chu Danqing spoke first: "Village chief, this isn't good; I'm just staying temporarily, how can I squeeze into Brother Dabao's bed."

"If he doesn't mind, I can also stay with him."

Chu Danqing was indeed embarrassed to occupy someone else's place; secondly, he also had his own little thoughts.

Not to mention anything else, the combat power of Dabao, the village guardian, was visible to the naked eye; if something really happened at night, he could let the other person look after him.

"I don't mind, I don't mind; I want to stay in the same room as Zhao Xiaoge Chu." Dabao hurriedly swallowed the food in his mouth and said at the first moment.

Jiang Tu only had one room at home; sleeping with Jiang Tu was not as good as squeezing with Chu Danqing, at least he was more pleasing to the eye than Jiang Tu.

"You don't even mind; it's good enough that Zhao Xiaoge Chu doesn't dislike you." Jiang Tu was blocked by the two of them, and it was hard to say anything.

Seeing this, the village chief thought about saying something, but Chu Danqing took the lead in saying it was no trouble.

Hindered by Chu Danqing's attitude, he didn't continue to persuade.

"Then I will trouble Zhao Xiaoge Chu to accommodate Dabao more at night." The village chief also gave a heads-up in advance for this.

After finishing dinner, Jiang Tu wiped his mouth and went back with the two wolf carcasses, carrying the pole.

The village chief's eldest son brought a set of bedding and came to the side guest room with Chu Danqing and Dabao.

After helping to tidy up, he left.

The village chief's family definitely couldn't sleep tonight, whether it was because they were busy preparing for the funeral or because of sadness.

In the room, Dabao looked at the bed with a somewhat aggrieved expression; combined with his size and appearance, it made Chu Danqing between laughter and tears.

"Alright, Dabao, you sleep on the bed; I'll sleep on the floor." Chu Danqing didn't mind whether he slept on the bed or the floor.

"But... Big Virtue said to let you sleep." Big Treasure was very tempted, but didn't dare to act.

"It's okay, just say I let you sleep; he will only scold me when the time comes." Chu Danqing coaxed Dabao.

He could see that Dabao's mental age probably didn't exceed five years old, just like a little child.

With these words from him, Dabao was naturally extremely happy.

The two quickly exchanged beds; with this action, Dabao opened up a lot to Chu Danqing, and his words became more frequent.

In the process of chatting with the other person, Chu Danqing also learned a lot about Dabao.

Dabao's mother was pregnant before marriage; the father was unknown. After giving birth to Dabao, she went crazy and went into the back mountain and never came back.

And Dabao had intellectual defects from birth, growing up on the food and clothes provided by the whole village.

He was also promising, growing to such a size; except for his bad brain and low intelligence, his health and strength did not fail the upbringing of the villagers.

Chu Danqing also asked about the White Dragon Fish and the Falling Flower Cave from the side; Dabao used "bad things" and "black holes" to describe them.

The two chatted word by word, and Chu Danqing didn't know when he fell asleep.

Until the second half of the night, he heard the crying of a baby in a daze.

"Whose child, in the middle of the night, how..." Chu Danqing covered his head with the quilt, and just as he was complaining halfway, he suddenly realized his situation.

With this, he woke up directly.

Unfortunately, he had no way to confirm the specific time; he could only infer from the angle of the moonlight projected into the room that there was still a lot of time before dawn.

Then his gaze looked at Dabao at the first moment.

The reason for suspecting Dabao was, firstly, because of Dabao's own intelligence, and secondly, because it was mentioned in the trial mission.

Fortunately, it wasn't him; he was sleeping very soundly.

As he calmed down to further investigate and track, he heard the sound coming from outside the house.

"Wah~ wah~"

Chu Danqing's heart couldn't help but tighten; he could be sure that the baby's crying was approaching.

And there was a very high probability that the target would be him.

He scanned around and found that there was really nothing to defend himself with; he was wondering whether to wake Dabao up.

Just as he was thinking, a strange rustling sound came from the tiles on the roof, just like some four-legged creature crawling.

He couldn't help but glance, and his gaze saw a black shadow poking its somewhat familiar head down from the eaves.

"Ah? Giant salamander???" As a major in paleontology, Chu Danqing naturally recognized it at a glance.

The problem was that a normal giant salamander's neck wouldn't be as long as a snake's.

And on the other side, the sleeping Dabao suddenly opened his eyes and sat up in one motion.

A ferocious aura radiated from his whole body, and his gaze, like a beast, no longer had the clarity from before.

(End of chapter)