Chapter 140 Possessiveness
Zhang Qiling couldn't say he was very familiar with this corridor. He just had some scattered impressions in his mind. However, this insignificant memory, combined with his instinct for patrolling the mechanism, enabled him to discover certain signs in time.
There were some scratches on the stone wall, and Zhang Qiling thought they were left by the old brother. He had no idea that they were the result of his own trial and error for Fatty Wu and the others after a lot of hard work.
Among them, the cross means that this wall cannot be moved, and the other walls that can change are engraved with Arabic numerals starting from one. The larger the number, the faster the wall moves.
But often before Zhang Qiling had time to see the numbers clearly, this wall had merged with the fixed wall.
He was not in a hurry. Waiting can often allow the most sophisticated mechanisms to be discovered within a certain period of time. Zhang Qiling walked through one corridor after another, looking for the key. He found that the terracotta warriors embedded in the wall were trembling slightly. He didn't know why, so he moved closer, but when the terracotta warriors opposite him looked at his face, they trembled even more violently.
"Brother, why is it so afraid of you?" After asking, Wu Yu moved closer to Zhang Qiling, but as soon as he turned his head to observe, he was hit in the face by the stench of the terracotta.
He quickly covered his mouth, and a feeling of nausea came over him again, making him unable to help but dry heave. He only felt better when he stepped back to a safe distance.
Wu Yu raised his eyes that were overflowing with natural tears, but he only dared to point fingers at the figurine. He complained mercilessly, "Brother, why didn't you remind me! This... this thing stinks too much!"
Maybe Wu Di knew deep down that the young man would never get angry with her, so she acted like a child.
The fat man put his arm around Wu Mi's shoulders and immediately took the opportunity to tease him.
"You are so naive! Maybe I am trying to teach you a lesson. Look at you. You are more curious than a cat. Besides, this is your first punishment. It's just that you smelled a bit of bad odor!"
Then, the fat man patted Wu Mi's head gently, bared his teeth and began to teach the child, "Tian Nai, you better be smart. What if a zongzi pops out next time? If I don't say anything, you will just stand there! Besides, if I don't move, it means I can handle it. If you don't move, it means you are scared. Then Hua Ye and I will have to carry you and run!"
Wu Yu rubbed his head, then turned around and looked at Xie Yuchen behind him with resentment, "Xiaohua, you don't really believe what the fat guy said, I'm not that stupid, they are the ones who... bully me!"
Xie Yuchen sighed, not wanting to get involved in their dispute.
Xie Yuchen suddenly remembered that when he was a child, he was too delicate and was held tightly by Wu Yu when he came to visit. Wu Yu at that time would not let go of anything he was curious about, and even pulled him in front of the elders and said shamelessly that he wanted to marry him.
And Xie Yuchen at that time didn’t even know that he was a boy!
After all, the whole family raised him like a little girl, and he foolishly accepted Wu Di's proposal. Strong curiosity and stubbornness would make people unwilling to give up and keep investing their energy, but Wu Di had both of these characteristics...
Xie Yuchen felt that what the fat man said made sense.
"Xiaohua, you're not saying anything. Does that mean you agree?!" How could Wu Yu not understand when he saw the other party's reaction? Then, he wanted to find a sense of recognition from outsiders that he was right, but Chen Shisan and Yan Guifu turned their heads faster than each other, looking up and down but not at Wu Yu.
The longer the stalemate lasted, the less confident Wu Yu felt. He kept observing the young man's reaction, but the other party poked his hair-raising finger into the eye sockets of the figurine, which were wrapped tightly with cloth strips. Then, as if nothing had happened, he joined the battle against Wu Yu.
"Not stupid." Zhang Qiling answered, but as if afraid that the other party would not believe him, he said again, "Wu Yu is not stupid."
His words greatly satisfied Wu Yu, and gave Wu Yu the confidence to retort the fat man, "Fatty, you are kidding me! I don't think so at all!"
"Tian Nai, what you said is not right. Where did I say that I was speaking on behalf of the young man?" The fat man seized the loophole in the text and directly pushed the dispute away like a loach.
When Wu Yu was about to say something, the sound of something burning was heard, with a faint smell of burnt food. He raised his eyes and looked towards the source of the sound, only to find that the terracotta warrior that was pierced by the young man had two eyes that looked like it was crying, and black water was oozing out of them.
"Hey, young man, take your hand out quickly!" Wu Yu used brute force and took the fat man, who was still in a daze, several steps forward.
The fat man also opened his eyes wide and couldn't help but shout, "Oh my god, little brother, you are using the figurine as a stirring cup!"
They almost wanted to work together to pull the young man's hand out, but fortunately Zhang Qiling was very obedient. Before the two men started tug-of-war, he pulled out the Fa Qiu finger and shook it a few times to wipe off the tears of the terracotta warrior on his fingers.
But deep in Zhang Qiling's heart, a sense of familiarity suddenly emerged. He looked at the terracotta figurine that was twisted and jumping in pain, and suddenly felt that it seemed to be decaying faster. He stared at the terracotta figurine, and in his nostrils he could smell the only stench of some kind of corpse being decomposed and fermented by microorganisms. The strange fragrance was gone.
This tiny guess really scared Zhang Qiling. He took a few steps back, moving away from the figurine that evoked his unknown memories. As he walked away, the figurine returned to its original groove from where it had jumped out at the beginning, leaving two black holes that did not heal for a long time.
It was at this time that Yan Bushun had almost recovered. He broke away from Chen Shisan's hand and walked towards Zhang Qiling.
Just when Zhang Qiling was about to have his hand examined by Wu Yu, Yan Bucun had already effortlessly pushed away Chen Shisan who was helping him. Then, he looked at Xie Yuchen, who had just said that he wanted to die, with his smiling eyes.
Xie Yuchen did not avoid his gaze. He wanted to see how this person would react, but the other person's eyes were so gentle that they seemed like drowning, as if he had no resentment at all towards his previous remarks. He was speechless and didn't know what to say. He could only give the other person a fairly appropriate smile.
"Excuse me...excuse me." Yan Bushun's voice was still a little hoarse, but it sounded nice. He did not push Jie Yuchen away with his hand, but simply passed by the other person.
Xie Yuchen dodged slightly to the side, only to feel an unsettling gust of wind rushing past him. However, Yan Guifu's attitude was so kind that it was hard to find fault with him.
But, is there someone behind? His presence is a bit low, Xie Yuchen thought, and turned around, using his flashlight to scan Chen Shisan who was left behind. The other person had bright eyes and looked at people slyly, like a little mouse that would steal oil.
"You are not very old, and you work as a watchdog on the Chen family's land. It seems that you have never been to a tomb. Why aren't you worried about being left behind?" Xie Yuchen's observation is really amazing.
Chen Shisan smiled coyly and acted cute, "I'm worried, I'm really worried! That Hua'er Master... do you mind if I hold your thigh and walk for a while? Just a little while! I'm all alone... I had to hold someone just now, I was so tired!"
He was nothing like the madman who was drifting on the ground just now, but Xie Yuchen did not help him because of his coquettishness. He could even find the loopholes in the text more accurately.
"It seems that no one requires you to support him, right? As a stranger, you can just leave him there, right?" Xie Yuchen turned his head and saw that Yan Guifu had interrupted Wu Yu's examination of the young man.
"what are you doing?!"
Wu Yu was pushed to the side and screamed, but then squatted down again. Taking advantage of the small gap, he stood up and squeezed between Yan Guifu and the young man.
His possessiveness is just like that of a dog that usually wags its tail and lies beside its owner to please him, but at the critical moment, it is the most protective of its owner.
The fat man next to him wanted to mediate. He looked up at Yan Guifu who had come to cut in line to show concern for the young man, and gave him a nickname to get closer to him, "Xiao Fuzi, what are you doing? You're coming straight to the young man. Can we talk it over?"
Yan Bucun was obviously smiling, but he felt that the fat man's emotional perception radar was quite accurate, so when he met Wu Yu's wary eyes again, he moved his feet and took a step back first.
"Sorry... I just woke up from a fever. I just wanted to see how Ah Qi was doing." Yan Bucun played the role of Yan Guifu seriously. When facing the questioning of Wu Mi and the fat man, he put on his blushing face and red ears that would not arouse any suspicion.
A cub always wants to get close to the first person he sees, right? His possessiveness is no less than that.
Zhang Qiling turned his puzzled gaze to Yan Bucun, and then quickly put his hand into his pocket. The wound on his palm was almost discovered... He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was even somewhat grateful for Yan Bucun's rescue.
In less than a few seconds, Yan Bucun gave Zhang Qiling a panicked nod that fit his character perfectly, and then apologized to Wu Yu and the fat man who were pushed away by him, "I'm... I'm sorry... I didn't mean it..."
This time, Zhang Qiling did not give Wu Yu and the fat man more time to observe him. He even ignored the entanglement of these people and Yan Bucun's diligent performance, and just walked away.
"Follow me." Zhang Qiling said very little, but his words really carried an inexplicable magic.
Such bewitching words actually attracted Wu Yu, who was so angry that he ran away from Yan Bucun and chased after Zhang Qiling. He even waved his flashlight around as he ran, "Brother... slow down! I can't catch up with you!!"
"Oh my god, Tian Zhen, run slower! Be careful! We're going to pass that wall!!!" The fat man hurriedly put back the medicine he had just turned out, and ran faster than any other time.
Yan Bu Cun followed suit.
The remaining Xie Yuchen and Chen Shisan also ran in before the wall in front of them closed. In fact, it didn't seem to be running, after all, Chen Shisan came in with a sliding tackle... and it even echoed what he said before, he hugged Xie Yuchen's legs and barely stopped.
Yan Bucun saw that Chen Shisan's trousers at the knees were worn into two pieces of rags that were about to fall off.