Seeing the ripe fruits hanging on the branches, I realized that I was thirsty and hungry. All the food and water in my backpack were left for Gu Xiwen when I came out. I didn't eat or drink anything for almost a day and a night.
It's time for a sip of water.
I seem to have smelled the sweet aroma of kiwi fruit.
Xia Xiaobei's tree climbing skills seemed to be no worse than mine. We both climbed up the tall sycamore tree almost at the same time, found a thick branch and sat down.
After eating a few kiwis, Xia Xiaobei sighed with satisfaction, looked at me and said, "I didn't expect you to be good at climbing trees. Did you grow up in a rural area when you were a child?"
"Well, I grew up with my fourth uncle and grandma in the countryside!" I said, "What about you? How come you are with those lame ghost-faced people?"
"I only have one grandpa, who is the biggest salesperson in the palace in our area. He is the wife of Grandma Hu Santai. My grandfather died half a year ago, so he passed the palace to me."
Xia Xiaobei lowered her eyes, broke a ripe kiwi fruit in her hand into two halves, squeezed it into her mouth, and the green flesh slid into her mouth with her movements.
She was born in a border town near Changbai Mountain, where there are many magicians. Almost every three families have a family that has a tang at home, and they usually solve problems by themselves. Therefore, although Xia Xiaobei's grandfather Daoxing is better than ordinary people,
Although they are much taller, they can barely support their grandfather and grandson by farming and hunting.
Six months ago, just after Xia Xiaobei graduated from high school, his grandfather died. After settling his grandfather's funeral arrangements with the help of the villagers, Xia Xiaobei found that all the family's savings and even the tuition for college were in question.
She had no choice but to go to Harbin City with those who went out to work in the village, hoping to find a summer job in the city so that she could at least save some tuition for herself.
But she didn't expect that it would be difficult to find a job in Harbin City. Xia Xiaobei was not a local, and many places were not willing to find short-term summer jobs. Even if they were available, the wages were pitifully low, which could barely sustain her job in Harbin City.
living expenses.
After two days of searching without success, Xia Xiaobei almost gave up and planned to buy a bus ticket to go back to his hometown and then apply for a student loan when school started.
Unexpectedly, Xia Xiaobei had a car accident on his way to the station to buy a ticket, and the perpetrator was lame.
Xia Xiaobei was not injured. The moment the lame car was about to hit her, the Xianjia on her body saved her life. Amid the exclamations of passers-by, she moved with a posture and speed that was almost impossible for humans to achieve.
He suddenly jumped onto the roof of the car.
When the lame man stopped the car with a dark face and got out of the car, Xia Xiaobei was half squatting on the roof of the car with his body hunched over.
Seeing that the person who must have been hit was crouching on the roof of the car unscathed, he was stunned for a long time, and his expression softened instantly. He also politely helped Xia Xiaobei down from the roof of the car and pulled her into the car.
I need to send her to the hospital to check if she is injured.
After Xia Xiaobei repeatedly stated that he was not injured and did not need to go to the hospital, he lamely told Xia Xiaobei that his surname was Jin and asked Xia Xiaobei to just call him Mr. Jin because he had to pick up his sister Jin Meng to have dinner with him.
That's why he drove so fast and asked Xia Xiaobei if he wanted to go with him so that he could express his apology.
Seeing that Mr. Jin spoke so sincerely, Xia Xiaobei agreed.
Lame Mr. Jin took Xia Xiaobei to a five-star hotel, where Xia Xiaobei met the ghost-faced Jin Meng for the first time.
Xia Xiaobei told me that Jin Meng is a girl who looks about the same age as us. She is very beautiful, with particularly conspicuous red hair, and she speaks softly. Even girls who meet her can't help but want to
The kind of person who is close to you.
Since Mr. Jin and Jin Meng appeared to be very approachable, and Xia Xiaobei was a girl who was not very defensive about others, after the meal, Xia Xiaobei told Mr. Jin and Jin Meng about her experiences.
Jin Meng expressed great sympathy for Xia Xiaobei, told Mr. Jin that she liked Xia Xiaobei very much, and begged Mr. Jin to give Xia Xiaobei a job opportunity.
After much hesitation, Mr. Jin agreed and gave Xia Xiaobei a job with a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan.
Xia Xiaobei's job is very simple. He lives with Jin Meng in a suburban villa every day, chats with Jin Meng to relieve his boredom, and cooks and washes clothes for Jin Meng.
There would often be some dirty things in the villa, but every time Xia Xiaobei would ask a fairy to come up and drive the dirty things away.
Sometimes Xia Xiaobei would feel strange and asked Jin Meng why there were always dirty things at home. Jin Meng told Xia Xiaobei that it was because Mr. Jin liked to collect antiques that he would mess with those things.
This reason seems reasonable, but sometimes Xia Xiaobei still feels that those things are a bit strange, but Xia Xiaobei thinks that he will leave that place after school starts, so he doesn't bother.
Mr. Jin rarely comes to the villa, and even when he comes, he leaves in a hurry. So two months have passed. Xia Xiaobei doesn't even know what Mr. Jin does. Jin Meng sometimes wears tight-fitting clothes.
When I go out for a day or two in leather clothes, I always look extremely tired when I come back and sleep all day long.
Xia Xiaobei also often smelled a strong earthy smell from their bodies and the aura of death that only existed on corpses.
All this was too weird. Xia Xiaobei gradually began to feel that Mr. Jin and Jin Meng were not normal people, or even good people. But after all, they gave her this job out of good intentions, and she didn't feel too good about it before school started.
I had the nerve to take the initiative and say leave.
Two months later, with difficulty, school was about to start. Xia Xiaobei was about to say goodbye to Mr. Jin and Jin Meng. Jin Meng cried and told Xia Xiaobei that something had happened to Mr. Jin.
Jin Meng told Xia Xiaobei that Mr. Jin is a doctor of archeology, but during a recent archaeological work, he was trapped in an ancient tomb and could not get out. The things in that ancient tomb were very evil. Maybe Xia Xiaobei's ability could only be used
Only in this way can Mr. Jin be rescued from the ancient tomb. He kept it from Xia Xiaobei before because the archaeological work is confidential, so he didn't tell Xia Xiaobei.
Xia Xiaobei believed Jin Meng's words and understood all the strange things that had happened before.
So, Xia Xiaobei agreed to rescue Mr. Jin, and after applying to the school to postpone his admission, he followed Jin Meng to Dragon City and entered Jiming Mountain.
As soon as they entered Jiming Mountain, Xia Xiaobei discovered something was wrong. Mr. Jin was not trapped in the ancient tomb as Jin Meng said, but was waiting for her and Jin with a lot of mercenaries and advanced weapons.
Cute.
Only then did Xia Xiaobei realize that Jin Meng and Mr. Jin had deceived her. They were not archaeologists, but a tomb robbing gang.
But it was already too late. Mr. Jin's mercenaries pointed their guns at Xia Xiaobei and told her that if she could bring everyone into the tomb and out again based on her ability, she would be given a one-time reward of 200,000 yuan after she came out.
If she tried to run away or play any tricks, they would kill her right here.
Xia Xiaobei had no choice but to submit obediently, but he "died" in the thief's cave before he could enter the tomb. This chapter has been completed!