Chapter 249

Jin Chen rushed to the side path on the necessary route down the mountain, and saw Nanyu pitifully crouched on the ground, his slightly long soft hair hanging over his shoulders, holding his calf, fresh blood seeping from between his fingers.

Seeing Jin Chen, Nanyu lifted his eyes with a wronged look, tears still welling in them.

What's going on?

Jin Chen's heart softened, he hurriedly supported the person, letting him move his hand away, 'Let me see the wound.'

'I got hurt.'

Nanyu also didn't say who did it, his arms limp and boneless, clinging to Jin Chen's chest, he softly sobbed.

The wound on his calf was obvious, blood continued to seep out.

Jin Chen: '......'

Jin Chen pulled the person out of his arms, his tone slightly helpless.

'Do you know that the direction of a self-inflicted cut and someone else's cut differ?'

Nanyu blinked his phoenix eyes, two crystal-clear tiny tears still hanging on his lashes, looking pitiful.

He said nothing, just bit his lips, gazing at Jin Chen with an ambiguous look, smiling seductively, 'Do you care about me or not?'

'I do, you don't need to hurt yourself.'

Jin Chen was somewhat angry, he hoisted the person up by the waist and walked down the mountain.

'I have no points, you exchange for healing items yourself.'

He sighed, ultimately unwilling to speak harshly.

'Okay.' Nanyu wrapped one arm around his neck, the other hand stroking his face, his voice soft and alluring, 'You care about me so much.'

'You still want me to care about others?'

Jin Chen raised an eyebrow, lowered his gaze to look at the person in his arms.

Nanyu suddenly laughed out loud, trembling in his embrace, the hand holding his neck slowly stroking his Adam's apple.

'If you dare care about someone else again, I'll first kill that person, then skin and debone you, gouge out your eyeballs, and preserve them well.'

Jin Chen: '......'

He involuntarily shivered.

【Detected Villain Heartthrob Value +10, total 25!】

The two bickered a while longer, Nanyu yawned, smelling the sandalwood scent, curled in Jin Chen's embrace, eyes half-closed, fatigue and drowsiness evident in his brow.

Jin Chen didn't feel tired either, after all the path down the mountain was much easier than the ascent.

As they descended, the sun was high and blazing, past noon.

Because it was a group task, Zhaoling and the other two, though they had already obtained mugwort early, couldn't just head back to the wine shop, so they sat on the grass down the mountain to rest.

Along with Hexian and Zhoucheng.

Seeing Jin Chen carrying someone down, everyone looked over.

"How is Nanyu?" Zhaoling asked him.

"Tired, it's nothing."

Jin Chen also sat down and woke the person.

"Nanyu, we're at the mountain base."

"Huh?"

Nanyu instinctively nuzzled into his embrace, their tone soft; realizing what Jin Chen had said, they suddenly opened their eyes and looked outward.

"You carried me all the way down from the mountain?"

"No, you sleepwalked down," Jin Chen laughed.

"Everyone's here, let's hurry back to the tavern—I'm starving."

Zhousan clutched his stomach and urged.

On the way back, they occasionally heard crying and firecracker sounds from the south, paper money fluttering everywhere, the atmosphere oppressive and strange.

Although it was a blazing midday sun, it inexplicably made people feel chilly.

——

At the tavern, the old woman had indeed prepared the food; when they returned, they smelled the fragrant aroma, and their stomachs, hungry for half a day, began to growl.

The old woman happily accepted the snake gallbladder and mugwort, but then strangely sniffed around each person, the deep wrinkles on her decayed, aged face becoming more pronounced.

Suddenly, she paused beside Hexian, sniffed more carefully, and her aged voice slowly spoke.

"Your task was to take the snake gallbladder! Why! Why don't you have that snake's scent!"

"Yours doesn't either!"

The old woman grabbed Zhoucheng's and Hexian's clothes with each hand, her attitude suddenly changing, becoming aggressive.

"Speak! You didn't go to catch the snake! What did you do instead! Speak!"

The people eating all turned to look, their eyes wide with surprise.

"No… we went, but he wouldn't let me in."

Hexian felt extremely wronged, thinking that the Instance with Nanyu made him especially unlucky; he received a fright, and the light in his eyes flickered.

"Granny, we really went!"

Zhoucheng also nodded, "Yeah, granny can ask those two; it's because of them that we couldn't get in."

The old woman turned, her pale green eyes fixed on Jin Chen and Nanyu.

"Drink more soup, you've worked hard."

Nanyu was utterly unaffected, as if he hadn't heard, ladled soup for Jin Chen to drink, very attentive.

"When you were taking the snake gallbladder, did you see them?"

The old woman really couldn't stand the two people's sticky, clingy atmosphere, and spoke up to interrupt.

Huh? Who are they?

Nanyu turned his head, very puzzled, seeing the direction the old lady pointed, he shook his head.

"No, I didn't see."

As if to confirm what he said, he shook Jin Chen's arm again, "Right, didn't see?"

Jin Chen nodded, expression unchanged, "Didn't see."

Hexian, Zhoucheng: "......"

Damn, how dare these two!

The old lady suddenly gave an eerie laugh, her strength became enormous, grabbing their collars she walked toward the room.

Zhoucheng's muscles were all tensed, yet he couldn't move even a bit.

Everyone watched helplessly as they were taken away, looking at each other.

"What, what should we do?" Baiyi asked.

"Oh dear, it's fine, the old lady has no ill intentions, she still wants us to go attend the funeral."

Nanyu smiled, pointing to the Colorful Whip in the outer courtyard, there are seven in total.

He scooped a spoonful of meat and fed it into Jin Chen's mouth.

Jin Chen: "......" I'm about to burst.

"I'm full," he blocked Nanyu's arm, "No need to feed me, you eat yourself."

Nanyu immediately pursed his lips, "Just full, huh?"

Zhaoling: "You've fed me three bowls of rice, it's hard not to be full."

Seems he noticed something, Jin Chen took his bowl, tentatively asking: "Then I'll feed you?"

"Sure, sure."

Nanyu instantly became happy, hands clasping his face, very eager.

— "Nanyu, you need to be fed even when eating! Don't you know you scare people? Your little brother is so small, I can barely take care of him! Can't you understand anything?"

He closed his eyes, ate the food Jin Chen passed over, lowered his eyes and swallowed, his smile grew bigger.

Zhoucheng and the other indeed didn't lose their lives.

However, when they came out, their pupils were dilated, as if they had experienced a great fright, even Zhoucheng, who is already level 9, could not avoid it.

The old lady held the wine jug, leisurely took a sip.

"Seven Colorful Whips, at the second quarter of the You hour, remember to be on time for the funeral."

After she finished speaking, she left on her own, ignoring everyone.

"What happened to you in there?" Zhaoling asked.

"...... Old lady, she's a ghost."

Hexian's voice was extremely low, as if afraid those inside would hear.

"No, more accurately, she is... a bone woman."

Zhoucheng glanced at Hexian, didn't say more.