Chapter 480

So, while observing the footprints, Wang An said, "Yeah, I don't know why these two people wouldn't take the main road and had to go through the woods instead; riding a horse in the woods like this is so uncomfortable."

As he spoke, Wang An was whipped by a tree branch.

Seeing Wang An get whipped by the branch, Zhang Shuya laughed subconsciously, and while laughing, she said:

"Maybe they are deliberately walking through the woods, worried about being caught up to."

As Zhang Shuya spoke, she began to pay closer attention to the low tree branches in front of her, occasionally lying flat on the horse's back to dodge them.

And you have to say, what Zhang Shuya said really made a lot of sense, because when riding a horse in the woods, whether you are riding to run or riding to chase, no one can go fast.

After another while, Wang An became even more anxious, and he regretted the decision to ride horses to death; clearly, they were on horseback, yet their speed was not even as fast as driving a sled.

The key was that the two people in front were still nowhere to be seen.

And Wang An discovered that many things are like this: the longer time drags on, the more accidents will happen along the way, and this is exactly what is most infuriating.

Finally, the accident Wang An was worried about had damn well arrived! Because Wang An actually heard the sound of shouting signals, which meant there were people felling trees nearby.

Wang An immediately shouted to Zhang Shuya:

"Big Sister, stop quickly, don't keep running forward."

In the local area, as long as one hears the sound of shouting signals, then regardless of whether it is an adult or a child, they will definitely stop their steps subconsciously.

The key is that the matter of felling trees in the woods is truly too dangerous.

As everyone knows, as long as you are hit by a falling tree, the whole person is basically done for, but this is only a small aspect of the danger.

The most important thing is not knowing whether there are dead trees or dry, large tree forks near the tree that is about to fall.

Many times, for some reason, a falling tree will directly smash and send flying the dry branches on dead trees or the dry branches on large tree forks.

This leads to dry branches shooting out like arrows, and the force is quite significant; sometimes, dry branches will directly nail themselves into other trees.

You can imagine, if a dry branch that can be nailed directly into a tree were to shoot into a person, what kind of consequences would that be?

Of course, the probability of a person dying is very small, but what if? Even if they don't die, just being simply injured is bad enough.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, staying far away and hiding a bit is definitely the right thing to do.

Hearing Wang An's shout, Zhang Shuya subconsciously pulled the reins, turned her head, and asked:

"What's wrong? Not chasing anymore?"

Wang An said with a face full of surprise, "Didn't you hear the shouting signals over there? Big Sister."

Zhang Shuya was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously asked, "It's so far away, let them shout; what does it have to do with us?"

Wang An was taken aback; he didn't expect Zhang Shuya to ask that, and he didn't know if Zhang Shuya simply didn't understand or felt that getting close was fine.

Fortunately, before Wang An could explain, a tree branch fell from the sky, landing exactly about a meter or so in front of Zhang Shuya.

The big stallion's front hooves jumped up, it made a turn on the spot, then snorted, and acted like it was a horse that had nothing to worry about.

The branch wasn't thick, only about as thick as a little finger, and it wasn't long, only about as long as two chopsticks.

But this branch scared Wang An and Zhang Shuya quite a bit.

Zhang Shuya first gave a start, and then she was suddenly shaken by the big stallion, almost being thrown off the horse's back.

When people are suddenly frightened, they are normally very angry.

So, having recovered, Zhang Shuya directly cursed, "Oh, damn it, this is trying to stab me to death! Damn it, scared the hell out of..."

It must be said that Zhang Shuya indeed had the spirit of a man; she cursed whatever she wanted to curse, without any awareness of being a woman.

To tell the truth, this matter really couldn't be blamed on those felling the trees, because although they were felling trees, they had done what they were supposed to do to warn people—that is, they had shouted the signals—so what else could you expect them to do?

Therefore, before Zhang Shuya could finish cursing, Wang An hurriedly said:

"Big Sister, Big Sister, stop cursing; this isn't their fault, let's hurry up and go."

Hearing this, Zhang Shuya rolled her eyes at Wang An and said irritably, "Where are we going? Can we still go forward? If we go any further, won't we be stabbed into hedgehogs?"

Seeing that Zhang Shuya was fine, Wang An immediately felt relieved, but seeing Zhang Shuya's furious and uncomposed performance, Wang An almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Wang An suppressed his laughter and said:

"Big Sister, this tree-felling business isn't that fast; right now, they are probably just trimming the branches, we can pass now."

After Wang An finished speaking, Zhang Shuya, who had long noticed Wang An's expression, said somewhat exasperatedly:

"Xiao Anzi, if you dare to laugh today, I'll sew your mouth shut with horse mane, believe it or not?"

Wang An immediately played dumb and asked, "Laugh? Laugh at what? What's there to laugh about? Let's go, Big Sister, we need to hurry."

As he spoke, Wang An spurred his horse forward, and after getting a few meters ahead of Zhang Shuya, his big mouth immediately split open, though he still didn't dare to laugh out loud.

The moment Zhang Shuya turned her horse's head, she asked, "Xiao Anzi, were you laughing?"

Hearing this, Wang An immediately put away his smile, looked back, and said with a face full of "confusion":

"Laugh at what? Big Sister, hurry up, we won't be able to catch up in a while."

Just like that, the two of them tried their best to speed up and chase forward.

When the two of them chased to a patch of bushes, Wang An was dumbfounded.

Because this patch of bushes was relatively dense, everyone entering the mountain or passing by here had to go around it.

This resulted in a pile of various horse hoof prints, and the directions were everywhere.

After scanning left and right, a bewildered Wang An subconsciously looked at Da Hei and asked him directly, "Da Hei, do you remember that scent from earlier? Quick, lead the way."

Da Hei nodded like a human, lifted his head, sniffed the air, and walked toward the far left.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Shuya said to Wang An with a face full of shock:

"Xiao An, this dog of yours is divine; he can even understand what you say!"

Wang An asked with a smile:

"Compared to your military dogs or police dogs, is he not a bit worse?"

Zhang Shuya nodded subconsciously and said, "The branch of service I was in before I became a soldier didn't have much contact with military dogs, but compared to police dogs, he's not much worse."

Wang An asked subconsciously:

"Big Sister, then what branch of service were you in before you became a soldier?"

Zhang Shuya rolled her eyes at Wang An and said:

"Why do you ask about everything? Can I tell you this?"

Wang An just wanted to speak, but suddenly discovered that the place in front was quite familiar; looking closely, damn it, this was clearly turning back to the bend again! (End of chapter)