Hao Ren looked in the direction of Vivian's finger and saw a man sitting behind the long table specially prepared for "guests" next to the bonfire. The man had a distinctive Western face, sunken eye sockets, a high nose, and Wearing an old woolen coat.(?(?He was chatting happily with several of his companions behind the long table, with a happy expression on his face, and his sharp-edged features projected patches of darkness under the flickering light of the campfire. film.
The man looked familiar to Hao Ren at first sight, but after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't remember who he was, so he poked the data terminal in his pocket: "Brick, check the database to see if there is any information about this person."
"Pierre, a male, a detective from the spirit world, I have met you once." The data terminal immediately called up the other party's information, "You must have forgotten that you were looking for the Ancatero family, that is, the group of people living on the earth. When we visited the Tana people's Golden Manor, we met this man in a small town outside the Golden Manor. He called himself a spiritual detective. He was an ordinary human being with no special powers. He relied on digging for antiquities and knowledge from various natural ruins. born."
Hao Ren finally remembered the identity of the man not far away, and a feeling of emotion suddenly came to his heart: This world is really small. I thought that after meeting this spiritual detective by chance, there would be no interaction, but he didn't expect that We unexpectedly met each other here again!
There were others around the spirit world detective. Two men and one woman were sitting next to him. They should be his partners, or at least they were from outside the village. They were wearing modern clothes, and two men with Asian faces were wearing sportswear. , the remaining woman with short golden hair was wearing a set of old-fashioned long clothes and trousers. Everyone was incompatible with the surrounding environment. Moreover, Hao Ren also noticed something: including Pierre, the clothes on the four people were all different. It looked extremely old and dirty, as if it had been in this village for a long time.
The three people around Pierre were talking to each other with smiles at this time, and from time to time they would chat with the villagers walking nearby, while Pierre himself was peeling a roasted potato and looking ahead in a daze. I don't know what I was thinking about the bonfire. Except for the old and abnormal clothes on their bodies, the four of them couldn't see anything strange at all, and they didn't show any signs of being trapped in this place.
"Ah, those are the other guests I mentioned," the old village chief came closer at some point, and suddenly spoke like a ghost, "They seemed to have lost their way in the forest, but luckily they found this village. ."
"I'll go up and say hello." Hao Ren said nothing and walked straight towards Pierre.
The detective in the spirit world has keen senses. When Hao Ren was still ten meters away, he felt someone approaching him. He immediately turned around from his trance state and saw something strange on his face when he saw Hao Ren and Vivian not far away. Surprised expression.
The surprised expression flashed away, followed by a hint of excitement.
"What a coincidence," Hao Ren came to sit directly opposite the spirit world detective, "I didn't expect to meet you here."
"Ah...ah..." Pierre obviously still remembered Hao Ren and Vivian (no way, these two identities are really special enough in his detective career in the spirit world, and the impression could not be more profound), but he After thinking about it for a while, I remembered Hao Ren's specific name, "Hao Ren, this world is so small, why are you here?"
"Looking for something," Hao Ren said vaguely. He believed that with the professionalism of a detective in the spirit world, he could understand what "looking for something" meant. "Originally, I wanted to find someone, but now it seems that he is no longer here.
The village is alive."
"Looking for someone here?!" Pierre subconsciously raised his voice, but then he seemed to remember the identities of Hao Ren and Vivian, and immediately lowered his voice again. The expression on his face became very strange, as if there was something wrong with him.
There were a lot of things he wanted to say, but some kind of huge worry or threat made him swallow these words back. After Hao Ren noticed it, he waved his hands calmly and changed the subject: "Who are these?"
The two men and one woman beside Pierre only nodded to say hello when Hao Ren sat down, and then they were immersed in chatting about trivial things. At this time, until Hao Ren spoke, one of the men with an Asian face and dark complexion
Then he smiled and turned around: "Ah, hello, my name is Wang Kaiwen. Next to me is my brother Wang Kaiwu. This one here is Catherine who arrived before us. Are you Pierre's friend? This is really fate. It's good to be in this village.
Enjoy a few days here, it’s a great place!”
Wang Kaiwen always had a cheerful smile on his face when he spoke, and he also waved to several villagers passing by. He seemed to really enjoy life here, and Hao Ren noticed a detail in the other person's words:
"He arrived before you? Weren't you together?"
"I was the last one to arrive," Pierre said with a smile on his face, "Catherine was the first, then the Wang brothers, and finally me."
Hao Ren frowned after seeing the smile on Pierre's face: "How long have you been here?"
Pierre opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Hao Ren heard the old village chief's voice coming from behind him: "Oh? Do you know each other?"
Hao Ren turned his head and saw the decrepit old man standing behind him with a cane. Next to him were Lily and Vivian who looked bored. Hesperus stood at the farthest place, looking thoughtful.
He looked thoughtfully at the square where the gathering was held.
"We met a long time ago," Pierre took the initiative to stand up and replied, "Mr. Winston, can we start the banquet? I'm really looking forward to it!"
It turns out that the village elder's name is Winston.
"Oh, oh," Winston nodded, with a cheerful look on his face, "you are already beginning to enjoy life in this village! Come on, come on, let's make soup and fruit pie and waffles
Serve them all and let’s start celebrating!”
Hao Ren's side was confused, but the two men and one woman beside Pierre immediately showed very happy expressions, and then saw many stout peasant women bringing over the food that had been placed at the four corners of the square. Wooden
The soup basin and dishes were placed on the table. The dark, sweet soup and hot pie soon filled the table. Winston, the old village chief, enthusiastically urged Hao Ren and his party to sit down quickly, and
He repeatedly stated that such a banquet was to welcome "guests from afar." Although Hao Ren and others knew that this situation was strange, they still sat down out of curiosity.
Wang Kaiwen seemed extremely happy. He even took the initiative to help Hao Ren and the others fill the soup, and enthusiastically introduced: "You must try this soup. I couldn't believe it when I drank it for the first time.
There are such good things in the world! Ah, this is a hidden paradise, and everything is worth living here for a lifetime."
"What is this made of?" Lily took the soup bowl and sniffed hard, "It's sweet~"
"We use things from the forest," the old village chief said with a proud expression as he sat at the end of the long table to accompany the guests. "Everything here comes from this generous forest. You will never find it anywhere else."
Better food than here.”
Hao Ren raised his head slightly and looked around. Sure enough, although the villagers were gathered around other long tables, their attention was quietly focused on a few of them. This attention was very secretive, but for Hao Ren, who had lost all five senses, it was
As eye-catching as Yzaks standing on the street.
Brothers Wang Kaiwen, Wang Kaiwu and Wang Kaiwu had already begun to sip soup and stuffed waffles into their mouths, while Catherine was praising the richness and deliciousness of today's meal. Pierre may be the most normal one, but he also started to drink in small sips.
Soup, and consciously or unconsciously reminded: "Drink slowly, don't drink too much at one time. I mean there will be dinner later."
As soon as the detective from the spirit world finished speaking, Lily was already holding the soup bowl and drank it in one gulp. Then she held up the bowl and shouted happily: "One more bowl!"
Pierre: "..."
Hao Ren: "..."
Although I know that this girl has just eaten a bunch of heavenly materials and earthly treasures and is in a state of immunity from all poisons, can she stop being so heartless?
But no matter what, after Lily drank the soup, the atmosphere immediately became lively, and the quietly paying attention around her suddenly decreased a lot. Everyone seemed to have become closer to each other at the dinner table. Hao Ren, the others, and Pierre
Then they started chatting.
Wang Kaiwen talked a lot, while his brother was a bit taciturn. Catherine seemed to be equally introverted, even a little dull, and Pierre obviously didn't want to talk much at the dinner table, so basically only Wang Kaiwen was talking enthusiastically throughout the whole process.
Most of the topics he talked about were praising the village, praising its paradise, praising its hospitality and praising its livability.
In their brief responses, Wang Kaiwu and Catherine clearly supported this view.
"Aren't you planning to leave?" Lily had finished her third bowl of soup at this time. She wiped her lips and asked Wang Kevin curiously, "You must have lived here for a long time, right?"
Wang Kaiwen was stunned, then waved his hand: "Why do you want to leave? There is everything here."
Lily continued to ask as she put on her fourth waffle, "You're not going home?"
Wang Kaiwu frowned: "Go home...oh, I will always go back, I will always go back...but it's good to live here now."
At this time, Winston suddenly interrupted Lily's inquiry: "Let us forget these trivial matters first. We should enjoy the food at this time."
"That's right, eat something, eat something," Pierre also echoed beside him, "We will have plenty of time to chat later, and then I will introduce this good place to you."
Hao Ren glanced at Pierre with hidden meaning, and the latter nodded slightly in this direction. (To be continued.) 8