Untied the backpack, Xu Aqi took out all the things inside and spread them on the stones. Fish sausage, crispy fish, small cakes, ham, bread, pickles, water...

I was about to start eating, when I suddenly heard a "hiss-la-la" sound from the other side of the forest, accompanied by a faint smell of choking snuff.

It's been a long time, and I haven't seen anyone! Where does the smell of smoke come from? Xu Aqi was thinking.

She looked at the side of the mountain road again, but there was still no movement!

You can't walk away! What if he walked away and Lin Chen walked along the mountain road and didn't see it!

After a while, the faint smell of smoke gradually dissipated, but the sound seemed to be still there!

If the voice is there, it always inadvertently reaches Xu Aqi's ears, but if you really listen to it, you can't hear it.

Squirrel fights?

Birds building nests?

Still is...

Chewing crispy fish in her mouth, Xu Aqi didn't bother to think about it, she simply combed her hair, combed her shawl long hair into a neat ponytail, looked at the small mirror and brushed the bangs in front of her forehead, and was about to put things away, faintly, she seemed to hear the voice again.

After hesitating for a moment, driven by curiosity, Xu Aqi picked up his backpack and searched for it. Skirting a few clusters of trees, she saw a flickering fire in the depths of the woods.

Digging forward, I saw someone burning paper from a distance!

The one who burned the paper was a young woman, with her back to Xu Aqi, unable to see her face clearly, she was dressed in black, squatting on the ground, and was sending small stacks of paper into the fire.

Accompanied by puffs of black smoke, there was a faint yellow outline of flames on the edge, constantly jumping, scurrying upward, pointy, up and down, emitting blue flames.

But, somewhat strangely, the color of the flame soon changed, and it changed to red, and then to white, which was very harsh.

Xu Aqi wanted to step forward to stop this dangerous act of burning paper in the forest, but after she heard the woman's slight cry, her heart seemed to be pinched by something, and instantly softened. When people are sad, they should not be disturbed!

Thinking so, she quietly retreated.

Xu Aqi stood on the mountain road, and it didn't take long for Lin Chen, who was sweating profusely, anxious and tired, to arrive.

"Where have you gone? Make it easy for me to find it! My legs are about to break! ”

Lin Chen ran with sweat all over his head, he wiped it with his hand indiscriminately, shook the sweat on his hand, and said angrily.

"I found that you couldn't find it, I didn't move!"

Xu Aqi didn't have the heart to argue with him, she pulled the corner of Lin Chen's clothes, glanced at Lin Zi, and glanced at him.

Lin Chen was stunned for a moment, realized something, continued to wipe the sweat on his head, and also cast his gaze, "What's wrong?" ”

Xu Aqi stepped forward and lowered her voice: "I saw a woman burning paper in the forest just now!" Do we care, or do we care? ”

"! Why don't you care! If it really catches fire, not to mention the economic losses, it will kill people! ”

"I wanted to stop her, but I saw her crying! As soon as my heart softened, I didn't stop it! Xu Aqi took a breath and paused, "Also, that flame is weird!" One moment blue, one moment red, one moment white! The woman felt weird, too, and I can't say why, but I always felt a little abnormal! ”

Lin Chen thought for a while and took Xu Aqi's hand, "Let's go, let's go over and have a look!" ”

Xu Aqi nodded his head.

Return the way you came.

The forest was still surprisingly quiet, and even the "hiss-la-la-la" sound had disappeared. They went back and forth for a long time, and finally found a pile of burnt paper ashes, but the sobbing woman was missing.

Squatting on the side of the pile of paper ashes, Lin Chen's eyes looked at Xu Aqi who was in a daze on the side, and cast a questioning expression, seeing that Xu Aqi was also at a loss, he patted the soil on his hand and stood up.

"The woman probably burned the paper and went back! Let's go back too! Lin Chen said.

"Lin Chen!"

Xu Aqi looked over with a look of trepidation.

"What's wrong?"

"Didn't you realize that these four scenes are so familiar! Here, we've been there! ”

Lin Chen was stunned, he turned around in a circle, glanced back and forth, frowned slightly, and nodded his head.

"If you don't warn, I didn't pay attention! I do find that something is wrong with your reminder! Isn't this the place where we first saw the pile of Martian ashes? But we're a long way from there! Does that mean we're turning back again? Are we lost? ”

Xu Aqi's head shook like a rattle.

"How is it possible to turn back! No way! We were heading south along the mountain road! Although there are some maneuvers in the middle, the general direction is not wrong! Follow the signs, too! How could there be anything wrong! ”

"I don't think it's possible!" Lin Chen said.

"Lin Chen, Lin Chen!" Xu Aqi's expression was a little nervous, her eyebrows were tightly frowned, and her dark eyes were fixed on Lin Chen.

"Come around the mountain behind Yunfu Temple, the road to the main gate shouldn't be so long! Thinking about the strange flames, the women, the recurring paper ashes, and the strange silence around us, I suddenly felt a little creepy! ”

"Don't be afraid!"

He said this in his mouth, but Lin Chen's expression was solemn, his tightly knit brows revealed his nervousness, he stretched out his hand to touch her cheek to show comfort, but Kankan stopped next to his cheek, took her hand suddenly, and rushed to the mountain road at a very fast speed.

It seems that Lin Chen, who has always been calm, is also scared.

"Let's go back!"

Lin Chen's steps were fast, and Xu Aqi was a little struggling to follow.

"Hmmm! Go back the way you came! Lin Chen said, his tone firm.

"Then, we just walked so far in vain!"

"Since we haven't been there for half a day, we must have gone the wrong way! Now, the safest and quickest way is to go back the way you came! ”

"I have to buy a new ticket to enter the temple!"

"That's all there is to it! I checked the map and found such a way down the mountain, maybe I found the wrong road! ”

The two finally returned the same way, bypassed the crowded halls, and went down the mountain and out of the temple gate.

The long road in front of the temple is full of cars, congested, and it is impossible to drive at all, and occasionally moves forward a little, like a mobile parking lot.

Both sides of the road were crowded with hawkers, and the restaurants along the street were also full of diners, Lin Chen squeezed through the crowd, bought a few steamed buns at the window of a steamed bun shop, and squeezed them back with great difficulty, and shared the steamed buns with Xu Aqi, eating as he walked.

"Just went to the temple and ate meat buns? What a trip for nothing! Xu Aqi said.

"Vegetarian, haven't you eaten it?"

"It's good to be vegan!"

In the window of roadside souvenir goods, there is a wide variety of goods.

Xu Aqi suddenly remembered something, tugged at the corner of Lin Chen's clothes, and said with some regret: "Ah! Forgot to ask for an amulet! It's the right thing! How can we forget about business! ”

"Why don't we go back again?"

Lin Chen said, counted the remaining buns in the plastic bag, picked one out, put it on his nose and sniffed it, and ate it in one bite.

"Go back? Look at this flow of people! Besides, we've already left the temple gate, can we go in again? The one that opened the light should be sold on the side of the main hall, and I have to climb a long staircase, and I already have a sore heel! ”

Lin Chen swallowed the whole bun with difficulty, and was choked until he hiccuped, Xu Aqi hurriedly handed over the freshly squeezed watermelon juice in his hand. The cold and sweet watermelon juice entrance, Lin Chen closed his eyes slightly, and his face showed a happy expression, looking very enjoyable.

Xu Aqi was puzzled, a cup of freshly squeezed watermelon juice tasted like this! It seems that Lin Chen's happiness is poured out with freshly squeezed watermelon juice!

"Hey, people ask you! Will you go back and buy the amulet that has been opened? I'm really tired and don't want to go back! ”

"Hmmm! I can't walk anymore! Besides, you have to buy a new ticket, forget it! Why don't we see if there's anything on the road ahead! ”

"It's okay, it's just a lot fake!"

After walking such a long way, Lin Chen was really hungry! can't wait to chew and swallow slowly, a whole bun was stuffed into Lin Chen's mouth again, and the two cheeks instantly bulged out two large pieces of meat, moving rhythmically up and down, left and right, and became the squirrel Hans and Margaret in the cartoon "Swan Lake".

This food is really not so good-looking!

Xu Aqi was extremely devastated!

"Lin Chen, can you learn from the male stars in other Korean dramas! Learn from Kim so-hyun! People just eat beer, and fried chicken doesn't have the dignity you have! You're good, just a few broken buns, still vegetarian, how can you eat so lively! ”

"Who is Kim so-hyun? Do I know each other? ”

With the contents in his stomach, Lin Chen satisfiedly probed the residue on the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand.

Suddenly found that Lin Chen was two organisms living in different dimensions from herself, which made Xu Aqi a little depressed, she took out a tissue from her pocket and handed it over silently.

"If you know Kim so-hyun, I should be McDonald's grandmother!"

Xu Aqi said hatefully.

The tissue was covered by Lin Chen's mouth, and he couldn't stop laughing, he took Xu Aqi's hand, pointed to McDonald's not far away, and said with a smile: "There is a McDonald's over there, why don't we go over and have another meal?" Let's order beer and roast chicken, and ask the waiter to give us free, just say that the grandmother of the McDonald's classmate has arrived! Grandma! What's the charge? What about my idea? ”

Xu Aqi glanced at McDonald's and pouted, "Forget it!" I won't go! There are a lot of people today, and you can't block your children and grandchildren, you say yes! ”

"Alas!" Laughing enough, Lin Chen Gu sighed in frustration, and generously put his arm on Xu Aqi's shoulder, "It's still grandma!" Grandma is so thoughtful! Let's go and find our amulet! Do you think that stuff works? ”

"Yes! Anyway, I believe in this! I used to buy all kinds of amulets, Buddha statues of Guanyin pendants, open gold leaf, jade, wood, stone, even if I wear it, I can't find it, I don't know where to lose it. I had a favorite, Jade Guanyin's, which I dropped a corner of, but fortunately, Guanyin is complete, but I can't wear it a little, I originally wanted to buy another one! ”

Lin Chen patted her on the back and continued, "The talisman should be said to be pleased, not to be bought!" ”

These words made Xu Aqi's facial features gather slightly, and a thin line turned out on his forehead, staring directly at Lin Chen, his eyes were extremely bright.

"This is called self-deception! Is it different from buying, please! You don't spend money, and you can't invite it! ”

Lin Chen said repeatedly: "Yes! Right! If you don't spend money, you can't get it! But 'buying' is not too commercial, 'please' is more sincere! ”

"Hmmm! That's right! Xu Aqi's gaze softened, and she continued: "This thing is really useful!" I used to have a pregnant colleague who had a Buddha amulet pendant. She said that it was jade, and she didn't think there was anything special, and she often wore it with a very general color texture. Once, she fell down the nine steps and frightened us all! She's a seven-month-old belly! You know what? Adults and children turned out to be fine, but the amulet was broken! You say God is not God! You think, that amulet is just a little more volume! It's jade again, what a big volume her belly is! You say, isn't this amulet really working? ”

Lin Chen nodded in agreement.

"Yes! Plain facts, can you call this superstition? ”