Waiting and waiting, the blades of grass outside the broken temple faded their posture of raising high, and waiting, the half-opened flower bones bloomed out of the core, the moonlight dispersed, and the daylight came out.

The small island in the middle of the lake in the morning was filled with mist, and the light reflected brilliant colors in the mist, and Tang An opened his eyes.

When I closed my eyes and opened my eyes, the night had passed.

Tang An stretched, quickly sat up from the futon, and shouted loudly: "Nan Mao!"

The voices rang out empty and scattered, but as if no one answered, they left the island far away, never to return.

"Nan Mao!" Tang An left the broken temple and continued to shout: "Nan Cat Cat Cat Cat!"

A flock of birds were startled, and the visit of Tang An and the southern cat last night did not disturb them, but the noise of the morning made them face the sun and remembered the truth that the early birds have worms, and the chirp dispersed.

Tang An circled around the center of the island in the middle of the lake, and saw no trace of Nanmao at all, or any clues she left behind.

Tang An hurriedly picked up the phone and dialed it, the voice on the other end of the phone rang, and then Tang An was disappointed and worried, the phone couldn't get through, "The number you dialed is not in the service area."

It's different from usual, usually Nan Cat just doesn't answer the phone, she just wants to listen to the cat sing, but now she is not in the service area.

It's not a concept...... Tang An couldn't help but worry, raised his head and looked up at the sky, could it be that the southern cat flew so much last night and flew out of the range of the signal, otherwise it would simply fly to the moon?

This idea was so ridiculous that Tang An didn't have time to think about it, so he pinched the gold tooth on his neck, turned into a dog, and began to run around the island, looking for the southern cat.

"Wang, Wang, Wang!" Tang An shouted loudly, but there was still no response from Nanmao.

Tang An ran around the island in the middle of the lake a few times, running everywhere, and did not see a little girl walking around slowly, let alone the beautiful and elegant big white cat.

Tang An found that he had no clue to find the southern cat at all, and ran the entire island, and the sun had risen very high.

Tang An didn't care about military training, so he called Bai Yunxuan and asked her to help ask for leave, Bai Yunxuan helped ask for leave than it was better for him to ask for leave in the department by himself, and then called Sang Mengmeng and asked her to go to school first, Tang An didn't tell Sang Mengmeng that Nanmao was missing, but just said that he would do something with Nanmao.

After making the call, Tang An began to walk around the island aimlessly...... Nan Mao said that there is a residual aura here, so Nan Mao's sudden departure, is it related to this?

It's just that even if he thinks it's related, there is no way to find more clues from here, Tang An can't help but think, if he can also use spiritual arts, maybe he will understand what happened when Nan Cat suddenly jumped into the sky.

Nan Cat is not a bird, she flies to the sky, and it will always fall!

Tang An thought so, and still sat in the broken temple and waited.

Since I can't find it, I can only wait.

Tang An's stomach was rumbling, but he didn't have the heart to look for food, Tang An pricked up his ears to pay attention to the big and small sounds outside the broken temple.

The sun rose, the birds flew around, and the spirited flowers and plants began to dodge and dodge to avoid the heat of the sun.

The sun rose in mid-air, and it was not hot in the broken temple, but Tang An felt upset.

The sun was setting in the west, and the island seemed to be a little more lively, the birds had returned to their nests, and some of the small animals that had been active at night began to make small noises, and Tang An even saw two or three mice walking past his feet.

How did these rats get to the island? What do they eat? At the thought of eating, Tang An was hungry again, and walked out of the ruined temple, and walked casually, and saw the orange-red fruit like an apple.

"Is there anything wrong with the fruits?"

"Is this an apple?"

"It's not. ”

"Then you can taste it and see if you can eat it. ”

"Why don't you taste it?"

"What if it's poisonous?"

Tang An remembered what he said when he and Nan Mao went to the island, and couldn't help but panic, would Nan Cat just leave and never come back?

With this thought, Tang An grabbed the fruit and stood there stunned...... There was a panic in my heart, what if Nanmao really didn't come back?

If Nanmao really doesn't come back, the earth will be safe, and human beings will not become slaves, it seems that the sun will still rise every day, Wutong Lane is still quiet and peaceful, Lin Yuling is still the captain of SB48, and she knocks and beats in the yard every day, and there seems to be no change...... It's just that...... It's just that Tang An felt that the scenes and memories that emerged in his heart were covered with a bleak shadow, and they couldn't be brightened.

"No, will be back for sure. Tang An took a bite of the fruit, "It is impossible for Nanmao to leave without saying a word, where is the king suddenly leaving and leaving his general here, at least he will say something." ”

Tang An thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he took another bite of the fruit, and then worried about whether the fruit would be poisonous.

Sweet, and there are traces of birds and birds on it, there should be no poison, after all, the creatures living here, poisonous or not still know, poisonous they will not cut.

It's okay for me, Tang An ate this fruit, and slightly relieved the feeling of hunger, but he didn't dare to eat a lot, you must know that sometimes it doesn't matter if you eat a little something, and it is even good for the body, but you must not eat more.

Looking at the sky, there was not a single flying cat falling from the sky.

Tang An looked at his phone, it was almost out of power, and at this time, Sang Mengmeng's phone called.

"Why haven't you come back yet?" Sang Mengmeng asked a little boredly, after all, she was alone at home.

"I'm not coming back until tomorrow morning. Tang An said.

"Okay, do I still need to help you ask for leave tomorrow?" Sang Mengmeng didn't ask Tang An and Nanmao what they were doing.

"No need. Tang An thought for a while and said.

Tang An decided to wait until tomorrow morning, but now he was too hungry, and after the call, Tang An turned into a Wang and swam to the shore.

Although he was very hungry, he couldn't swim anymore, not to mention that after eating a fruit just now, Tang An swam to the shore and ran to the supermarket to buy something.

The cashier is still the little sister who asked Tang An about a kobold rumor, and she also has some impressions of Tang An, seeing Tang An barefoot and dirty pants, it seems to be similar to the fishermen fishing nearby.

"Are you alright?" the little sister couldn't help but ask kindly.

"It's okay, play around. Tang An said with a smile.

The little sister didn't ask much, and settled the bill for Tang An.

Tang An bought some food, prepared to eat on the shore and then went to the island, after eating bread and milk, Tang An saw the old man he met yesterday on the side of the road.

There were still a few hollowed-out crab baskets beside the old man, but he was not cleaning up the aquatic weeds hanging on the crab baskets today, but sitting on the edge of the dock with a pipe in his mouth and looking at the small island in the middle of the lake in front of him.

Tang An saw the old man, and the old man also saw Tang An, and looked at Tang An's dirty calves slightly strangely.

"Housheng, why are you still here? The old man took the initiative to greet Tang An.

"Oh...... Not yet, I'll go back tomorrow. Tang An walked over to the old man and sat down on the edge of the dock.

"What about the little girl?" a little girl like Nan Mao will always be impressive.

"I'll go back first. Tang An can only say this, it can't be said that she turned into a big white cat and flew away in the moonlight.

The old man didn't ask much about this, but still looked at the small island in the middle of the lake in front of him, and said to himself: "Now the incense in the Lake Temple is getting less and less!"

"That broken temple is the Lake God Temple?" Tang An couldn't help but say, this temple is too broken, it is estimated that the people of the Dog Spirit Clan will definitely not be able to stay...... Look at the people's Sang Mengmeng, now it is the first-class enjoyment and net worth on the earth.

The old man was slightly surprised, and his eyes lit up, "Housheng, did you go to that island?"

Tang An was embarrassed, knowing that he had inadvertently exposed some horse's feet and let the old man find out, and he had never been to the island, how could he know that the Lake Temple was a ruined temple? Not many locals knew about it, let alone outsiders.

Tang An had no choice but to admit, "It's quite broken, the two door panels are about to fall, and the statue of the lake god is also messing around, it's the body of the second brother Guan and a dog's head." ”

"What do you know!" said the old man a little angrily, "the lake god looks like that, by the way, Housheng, what are you doing on the island?"

"I heard you say it yesterday, and I'm a little curious, so I'm going to take a look. Tang An said casually.

The old man seemed to see through Tang An, and smiled disapprerovingly, "You don't want to say that I won't force you, anyway, there is no treasure on that island that no one can take away, as long as you don't tear down the temple." ”

Tang An was embarrassed for a while, if it weren't for the sudden disappearance of the southern cat, this ruined temple would really be demolished.

"I'm going to the temple to worship the god of the lake in a while, will you go?" asked the old man as he knocked his pipe and added some more tobacco.

Tang Anzheng didn't want to become a dog anymore, so he nodded again and again, "Okay, I also want to see how to worship the lake god." ”

"Hey...... There is nothing to see in the worship, now it is not like before, when the worship was all the people in the town with heads and faces, it was the gong and drum sky, and the firecrackers and fireworks would be set off all night. The old man sighed and smiled, "Now I'll go alone, old man, but let me tell you, at night, the flowers and plants around the Lake Temple are really beautiful, and they are all flowers and plants that are stained with the breath of the immortals." ”

Tang An knew what the old man was talking about, the fluorescent flowers and plants under the moonlight did have a fairyland atmosphere, but Tang An now suspected that it was caused by the residual spiritual power on the island in the middle of the lake.

"Why is no one going now?" Tang An didn't know.

"Come, you get on the boat, I'll talk to you slowly. The old man found that Tang An was really interested, and he was also interested in talking, after all, there were very few people who were willing to listen to him now, and the old man waited for Tang An to jump up and start the boat.

The boat broke through the waves and sailed towards the island, and a passer-by on the shore shouted, "Old man, have you fooled the young man to go to the island to eat your old chicken?"

This person's language was extremely vulgar, Tang An frowned, the old man was also angry, and he scolded loudly, scolding the local dialect of Yangcheng Lake, Tang An didn't understand it a little.

"These people, now they don't believe in the lake god, forget it, they always treat me as a liar, am I that kind of person!" The old man's beard trembled, "But I don't bother to pay attention to them, the old man, I'm old, my body bones are still so strong, others have been on the water for so many years, I can't get out of bed with rheumatism, old man, I don't have anything to do, didn't I have the fairy spirit of the lake god back then?"

Hearing the old man say this, Tang An was a little suspicious, he who lived on the water all the year round was indeed prone to rheumatism and other diseases, and the old man's strong body might be contaminated with spiritual power like those flowers and plants...... Although it's not the fairy spirit he said.

Now Tang An doesn't laugh at the old man for fooling people, it's just a phenomenon that ordinary people can't understand and explain themselves, calling spiritual power immortal energy, and calling the dog spirit people the lake god, roaring dog and the like.

"Uncle, don't be like them, let's go on, why doesn't anyone go to the island to worship the lake god now?" Tang An soothed the old man's emotions and looked at the island that was dormant in the darkness.

The old man let out a long sigh, "Isn't it because there were a few years of continuous harvest that were not very good, but those who did not go to worship were lucky and rich, so some people said that the lake god was useless." In addition, a program of Lao Shizi's "Approaching Science" on the TV station came to do an investigation, saying that the water monsters in Yangcheng Lake and the lake gods are all lies, and no one believes them...... Later, everyone said that they would not worship the god of the lake, as long as they used the crab seedlings and breeding methods in the county, they would have the same harvest...... This year, I'm the only old man. ”

"Everyone is so realistic, but I don't blame them, after all, they haven't seen the lake god with their own eyes, unlike the old man...... You really respect the god of the lake, they just want to worship the god of the lake, and the harvest is better. If you don't need to worship the god of the lake, the harvest is good, and naturally you won't have to spend this matter. Tang An said with some understanding.

"Hmph! The old man snorted disdainfully, "Anyway, as long as the old man and I crawl one day, I will come to worship every year." ”

Tang An can only express admiration, this is a person of faith...... Although this belief has the truth that Tang An knows is not worthy of belief, there is no need to expose it, and he has to convince the old man that there is no need to worship.

Or rather, the old man worships the faith in his own heart, not the dog spirits.