Chapter 8: The Prowler in the Woods
Chen Erxi trotted all the way, but he couldn't catch up with the people in front of him, but felt farther and farther away from them, and after a while, he lost a large army. "What a hell of a life!" Erxi sat on the stone on the side of the road in a rough dress. "How did these people go so fast? It's only been a few minutes?! It's gone! Erxi complained while wiping the beads of sweat from his forehead. He rested for a while, jumped up, and stood on the stone to check what was going on around him, but the stone was so small and low that standing on it was not much different from standing on tiptoe, and more importantly, there was fog in the forest. Chen Erxi hurriedly looked around, feeling even more dazed. What to do?
He habitually touched the amulet hanging around his neck with his hand, this metal amulet, which was given to him by his grandmother when he was a child, and his grandmother told him that this amulet was very effective, and when he was confused and overwhelmed, the amulet would tell him what to do and how to walk. Once when Erxi was in elementary school, Erxi and his little friends were robbed and blackmailed by the thugs on the way home from school, and the thugs told them to get more money tomorrow to wait for him here, which scared Erxi and his little friends and froze in place, just when the little gangsters showed a fierce look on their faces and spit to the two of them to brag about what kind of ruthless character they were, Erxi remembered his grandmother's words. He touched the talisman around his neck, and suddenly felt that he should run, so he picked up his classmates and ran away, but the "fierce" little gangster didn't catch them, and he didn't meet him in the small county town after that. From then on, he thought in his heart that this simple metal talisman could really tell him what to do when he was confused, although it failed to help Erxi successfully pass the final exam of that year, and also made Erxi suffer a severe beating from his grandmother, but the status of this talisman in Erxi's heart has never been reduced by half a step.
At this moment, Erxi felt that something was wrong, he looked around, but there was nothing around but trees, he made up his mind and wanted to continue walking, but immediately behind him there was the rustle of someone walking on the fallen leaves. Now Erxi was completely panicked, he looked around nervously, but he couldn't see anyone, and the rustling footsteps were getting closer and closer, as if something had been circling around him. Suddenly, Erxi asked about a disgusting stench, and then felt something gently on his shoulders.
However, this time Erxi did not panic in the slightest, because when he was a child, he heard his grandmother tell him the story of "wolf on his shoulder": if you walk alone in the mountains and forests, you are likely to be attacked by wild beasts entrenched in the mountains. And the most dangerous of them all is the wolf. The wolves of the mountains are actually very intelligent animals, and they do not appear directly in front of their prey like other wild beasts, but quietly follow behind their prey, looking for an opportunity to put their two front paws on the shoulders of men, and without barking or biting, they quietly wait for the daredevils who are walking on the road to turn back, and the moment the poor man turns back, he opens his mouth and asks for a bite down on the man's neck, so that the cunning beast will succeed.
Of course, this kind of thing is a small situation for Erxi, at this time, you only need to grab the wolf's two front paws and pull it forward, so that the wolf's head will be against his head, and he can't open his mouth and can't escape. Thinking of this, Erxi couldn't help laughing, and said in his heart, I'll carry this stupid beast back in a while, and I have to scare everyone. But when Erxi put his hand on his shoulder, Erxi froze, because what he was holding was not a fluffy claw, but a pair of stiff, cold hands that seemed to be a shackle tightly holding Erxi, but without any weight. Erxi felt a little scared, and he asked in a trembling voice, "Zou Lianwen, is it you?" But immediately he shut his mouth again, for he knew that none of them had such a pair of hands: "Old money? Don't scare me," he felt the liquid drip onto his hair. Then came a faint laugh, shriveled and old, as if squeezed out of the depths of the throat. The voice was coming from above his head! In other words, the person holding his shoulder is at least a head taller than him, and Chen Erxi himself is already 1.85 meters tall.
"What the hell is this? Why is it drooling? Is it going to eat me? Chen Erxi felt that he was about to cry, and his left hand habitually touched the necklace around his neck. And the "monster" standing behind Erxi also found Erxi's small movements, it seemed to be very curious, slowly lowered its head, and put its head next to Erxi's face to find out, Erxi found the "monster" move, and quickly closed his eyes tightly, and at the moment when Erxi's left hand touched the necklace, he heard Zou Lianwen's shout: "Chen Erxi, what are you doing standing there!" ”
The shout was like a thunderclap, and when the "monster" heard it, he immediately pulled the hand that was on Erxi's shoulder, and then there was a rustle - it left. And this shout seemed to Erxi as a salute of victory, and Erxi instantly felt relaxed, and his legs collapsed to the ground. Seeing this scene, Zou Lianwen, who was in the distance, hurriedly quickened his pace and ran over, and asked with concern: "Erxi, you, what's wrong with you?" Is it hypoglycemic? After speaking, he took out a bag of candy in his pocket and handed it to Erxi.
And Erxi was full of tears on his face at this time, and he said to Zou Lianwen excitedly: "Uncle! Uncle!! In this forest! There are monsters in this forest! The story I told you when I came is true! He just caught me! Just now! It! It's drooling! And dripping on my face! It wants to eat me! Woo woo woo woo woo ......" After speaking, he lay in Zou Lianwen's arms and began to cry. This caught Zou Lianwen off guard, and he didn't know what to do for a while. And at this moment, Zhai Yong and the others also walked over together, and when they saw this situation, they all showed surprised expressions, and they all cast questioning glances at Zou Lianwen, and Zou Lianwen said helplessly: "Erxi said that there are monsters in this forest, and he just ran out to catch him......"
After hearing this, Zhai Yong immediately picked up a thick branch and began to check the surrounding situation. Wang Leilei and Li Jing leaned close together, standing honestly behind Zou Lianwen, looking around vigilantly. Zou Lianwen looked at everyone's expressions and said with a little embarrassment, "I feel that it is Erxi low blood sugar, and I am hallucinating ...... when I think of the strange story of the deserted village."
Everyone turned their questioning eyes to Erxi again, Erxi had returned to normal at this time, he saw that everyone was looking at him, he was a little embarrassed, and he couldn't speak for a long time.
"Forget it, let's go back and find the old money quickly! If Lao Qian knows about this, he will have to laugh at us city people who are cowardly, not to mention that Zhang Ying's whereabouts are unknown! After Li Jing finished speaking, she pulled Wang Leilei and walked forward. And Chen Erxi had the wonderful experience just now, and he didn't dare to delay half a step anymore, and followed closely behind the two girls, and the group continued to move forward.