Jasmine left them and went back to their rooms to rest, which Xinghe could only attribute to the fact that in a place like Saku Village, the villagers had no nightlife and rested early. Besides, Jasmine doesn't seem to be in good spirits either. This is understandable, the husband and daughter are missing, the servants in the family have run away, and I guess I can't get up to anyone else.

After Rong Ruo confirmed that Jasmine had gone away, she whispered to everyone, "I want to go to the forest and follow the villagers into the village." ”

"I'm against it. Xinghe did not hesitate to object, "It's too unsafe to rush into the forest like this, and our strength is too weak compared to Mao Wen." ”

"Yes, Rong Ruo, I also think it's too reckless to break into the Misty Forest now, and we haven't figured out the reason for the disappearance of those villagers. Xiaoxin is also not optimistic about Rong Ruo's proposal, not only her, but several children here seem to be not very optimistic about her proposal.

But Rong Ruo also seemed to have her own plans, she pulled the sleeping Pixar from her close pocket, and the leprechaun stretched out in her palm, looking at everyone a little blankly, " First, we were short on time, second, we were just looking for the villagers on the outskirts of the forest, and we wouldn't go deep into the Misty Forest, so there was no reason why we would run into Mao Wen's patrols, and third, the villagers disappeared in a strange way, if nothing else, their disappearance was related to magic, Pixar was very sensitive to magic, and if there were any traces of magic left in the forest, he would definitely find out. ”

"First, it's because of the tight time that we can't make mistakes, if we have an accident, Sophia will have to be distracted by the reinforcements when she comes; second, the situation in the heart of the fog is so tense now, the Maowen will definitely increase the defense in the forest, we can't guarantee that they won't expand the patrol range, we have already seen it when we were in the carriage, those patrols are very strong in the forest, and third, if the disappearance of the villagers is really due to magic, there is no way to guarantee that we will not be affected by the ability of our people。 ”

Xinghe objected to Rong Ruo's three points one by one, and also expressed his thoughts, "If we really want to investigate, we can start from the village first." If your guess is correct, the missing villagers were affected by some unknown magic, then there will be traces in the village, and if Pixar finds them in the village, it's not too late for us to decide what to do. ”

Rong Ruo lowered her head and stroked Pixar's head with her fingers, she didn't stay silent for too long, "Yes, let's go to the village tomorrow first, but I also have to ask the villagers about the route they went into the forest and the scope of their search." ”

Xinghe didn't know if she had dismissed Rong Ruo's idea of going into the forest, but at least she chose to compromise for the time being. Thanks to this, tomorrow's arrangement was also decided, and they first went to the homes of the missing villagers in the village to see if Pixar could find any traces of magic, and if so, analyze what magic it was. In addition, I went to the village and asked the villagers what they had done in the forest for the search and rescue team and the villagers who were picking flowers at that time.

Rong Ruo had no opinion on these arrangements, and naturally no one else objected. After discussing these things, it was time for everyone to rest. The empty room left for them in the house was on the third floor, there were three, perhaps because the helpers had run away, the room was not tidyed, but it was not too messy, and the children simply tidied up by themselves and divided the room.

Three boys lived in one room, four girls in the other two, and the children were all a little tired after a day's journey, so they divided their rooms and went to bed.

Probably because there was a lot of water in the vegetable soup at night, Xinghe woke up in the middle of the night with a urge to urine, he hurriedly got up from the bed, a little annoyed, he should go to the toilet before going to bed, Xinghe thought like this and walked out of the room alone.

Although he hadn't asked where Jasmine's toilet was, Xinghe still found the toilet at the end of the hallway by guessing. After untying his hand, Xinghe was about to go back to his room to continue sleeping, but just as he passed by the staircase, some sounds from downstairs attracted his attention.

The voice was so small and staggering that Xinghe thought at first that he had misheard. But just as he was about to leave, he recognized the voice from the voice.

Who is it? Xinghe fell into doubt, the voice was not Jasmine's, because it was a man who spoke, thinking of the recent events in the village, Xinghe had some bad conjectures. He crept down the stairs against the wall, not daring to make a sound.

Xinghe followed the sound all the way down to the first floor, and the birch floor of the house became an obstacle to his sneaking, so he took off his shoes and stepped on the ground barefoot in order not to make a sound. The cold ground almost made him scream, but he held back.

In this way, Xinghe moved towards the source of the sound step by step, and the closer he walked, the more he heard. He heard two people talking, one of them was Jasmine, which reassured him a little, but it also made him more curious about the identity of the other male voice, especially since it sounded familiar.

The sound of exchange eventually led Xinghe to the kitchen, where he peeked in with his back to the wall, where an oil lamp was lit, and in this faint light, Jasmine stood against the wall while another man sat with his back to the kitchen door.

There was a swallowing sound from the man, and it sounded like he was drinking soup, "Did you eat it at night?"

"I'm not hungry. Jasmine replied.

"What can you do like this, eat some, what if you fall down before anyone finds you, you want your daughter to be lying in a hospital bed when she comes back." ”

Jasmine didn't answer, and the man went to the pot and handed Jasmine a bowl of soup, all the while keeping his back to the kitchen door, so Xinghe still couldn't see his face.

Jasmine took the bowl and didn't drink it immediately, but looked at the man and whispered, "Thank you." ”

The man quipped, "It's rare, you've never thanked me before." ”

Jasmine's haggard face showed a sad expression, as if the man's words brought back some bad memories for her, "Instead, I couldn't wait for you to come back"

"Stop. The man didn't let Jasmine continue, he put down the bowl, walked over to Jasmine, and helped her wipe away the tears that had just been left in her eyes, "The past is all in the past, and it's not your fault, besides, you're already a mother of a child, and it's not okay to cry so much." ”

But the man's words seemed to have the opposite effect, and Jasmine cried even harder, lying on the man's shoulder, while the man caressed her back and comforted her. At this time, his side face was facing Xinghe, but he couldn't see it clearly in the dim light of the oil lamp, but Xinghe still felt that the outline of this side face was somewhat familiar.

After a while, Jasmine finally calmed down, she pushed the man away, turned her back to him, picked up the soup he had just handed her, took a sip, and immediately spit it out.

"It's salty. She said.

"I thought your tastes had gotten heavier over the years. The man said with a smile.

But the kids said the soup was good. Jasmine frowned, a little puzzled.

But the man's reaction suddenly became agitated, and he grabbed Jasmine by the shoulder and asked, "What child?"

Jasmine was frightened by his position, and the man also noticed his gaffe and let go of his hand, and Jasmine said slowly: "It's a child from a few rich families, led by a little girl with a demon spirit, I don't know where I heard about Saku Village, so I ran over." My uncle somehow believed the nonsense of the children and pointed them to me, and I let them stay first. ”

"A demon girl?" the man stood up, took a few steps back and forth, and asked, "Is it a girl with long red hair?"

Xinghe didn't continue to listen to Jasmine's answer, because he finally saw the man's face as he paced back and forth. He never thought that the man who was talking to Jasmine was actually Du Ze, and at this moment Xinghe finally knew why he felt that the word Kru was familiar, it was because of the name Kru Duze, and he regretted why he didn't remember it earlier.

This is actually Du Ze's home, and Jasmine and Du Ze have known each other for a long time, Xinghe doesn't know what their relationship is, but it must be very close. He remembered the information about the disappearances that Jasmine had told them, and he had to doubt the authenticity of those things, and he even wondered if these disappearances would be related to Du Ze, that guy almost killed a boatload of people in the Xiaoxing Sea, and blew up a casino in Bourbon, so it is entirely possible for such a guy to disregard people's lives to do such a crazy thing.

Xinghe's mind was racing, and he knew he had to wake everyone up, before Du Ze could do anything to them. It's just that before he could run two steps, he heard the sound of breaking the air behind him.

In a way, Galaxy must thank Lloyd, the madman, whose training worked in this moment, and Galaxy subconsciously rolled on the ground, avoiding the thing that smashed at him, a black short stick.

Xinghe was a little glad that he knew the power of this thing, and it wouldn't be fun if it was hit. He turned his head and saw Du Ze, who had just come out of the kitchen, and said in his mouth: "Xinghe, you guys are really ghostly." ”

Xinghe didn't plan to talk to him, he knew he couldn't beat Du Ze. So he took a deep breath and was about to wake up Rong Ruo, who was sleeping on the third floor, but as soon as he spoke, before he could shout a word, something hit the back of his head, and then a huge electric current entered his body.

Xinghe fell heavily to the ground, gradually losing consciousness, and before the world fell into complete darkness, he caught a glimpse of Du Ze holding out a hand towards him, and Jasmine, who was standing behind Du Ze and covering her mouth in horror.