"Sister, we're going to pick raspberries later. Do you want to come with us?" Haley knocked on Emily's door.

"No...no, I twisted my leg while stretching just now, so I'm not going anymore." Emily's somewhat panicked voice came from behind the door.

"Got it. Do you want to turn down your work at the bar tonight? Do you need to say hello to Gus?" Although the two sisters bickered with each other on a daily basis, when something really happened, both sides still showed concern for each other.

"It's not serious, you'll be fine after a rest, go ahead." Emily's tone was like a child who was eager to play the video game and was perfunctorily trying to please his parents who were about to go out.

Hailey sensed the anxiety in Emily's tone: "Strange? Since the afternoon before yesterday, I seem to be a little abnormal."

"It was the same today. She hid in her room and refused to come out. When I asked her about it, she just stammered and answered without hesitation. There couldn't really be a man hiding in her room, right?" Haley thought in shock.

"Forget it, let's not ask too much." For privacy reasons, Haley chose to leave, but the idea of ​​hiding the man was like a kitten scratching her heart and couldn't go away.

The sound of footsteps on the wooden floor gradually faded away, followed by Haley's voice calling Sean and Claire. After a while, with the sound of the door closing, the outside world finally returned to calm.

"Huh~ finally gone." Emily sat on the bed with her back against the wall and slowly slid down.

"I had planned to face Sean with a normal attitude, but why did I run away as soon as we met his eyes?" Emily was annoyed at her own incompetence.

She grabbed her azure hair and ruffled it until it looked like a messy bird's nest.

"Come on, Emily." Patting her cheeks, she encouraged herself.

"Dreams don't lie. I can feel that the aura emanating from Sean fits with me and blends with my aura without any rejection." Emily listened to the void. Sean's aura in the space continued to dissipate as he went away.

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Heading north from the central axis of Pelican Town, bypassing the abandoned activity center, we headed towards the dense forest behind the mountain where Robin's family lived.

The sunlight was like golden sand, covering every inch of the world. Haley and Claire were walking in amber, wearing straw hats and holding parasols to block out the ultraviolet rays.

The further you go in, the more the country dirt road is occupied by overgrown grass and trees. In the distance is a birch forest, standing tall, leaving a rare shade for the earth that has nowhere to escape under the sun.

"After passing through this birch forest, there will be a bush of raspberries ahead." Sean was exploring the way ahead and directing the way.

"Sean, have you been here before?" Haley and Claire were both curious about how familiar Sean was with this place.

"Actually, I'm a child of the forest and I'm familiar with everything here." Sean lied.

In secret, he secretly controlled several ants to lead him to the location of the raspberry.

"Is that so?" The two women nodded doubtfully, as if they agreed with what Sean said. After all, Sean has shown many incredible performances since he came to Pelican Town.

"?" Surprisingly, the two women did not refute him, and a big question mark popped up in Sean's head.

"Wow~"

As you approach the birch forest, the waterfall-like sound becomes more and more obvious, making you involuntarily look up at the treetops supporting the towering birch forest.

The leaves, as big as a baby's fist, were blown by the wind at high altitude, emitting their own melodious sound in all directions.

Once you enter the dense forest, the sound becomes weaker and the surroundings become cooler.

"So beautiful~" Haley put away her parasol, handed Amber to Claire, and jogged in the birch forest alone, getting close to nature.

She passed Sean and ran forward, her skirt fluttering, her sneakers stepping on the dead leaves, the mottled shadows of the trees constantly passing over her beautiful figure.

"Sean, Carol~" When they were already dozens of meters away from Sean, Haley turned around and called out her companion's name with a sweet giggle.

At this moment, a gust of wind blew up, and the hem of her skirt was lifted up. Haley held the hem down with both hands, but her straw hat was blown open by the wind, and her bunted golden hair rolled up and down, like a waterfall, dancing in the wind.

The fluttering straw hat attracted Amber's attention. It broke free from Claire's pull and ran towards the straw hat quickly.

"What?" Because the sound of leaves made Sean unable to hear Haley's words clearly, they also ran towards Haley.

"I said there's a hammock over here." Haley made her hands like a megaphone, leaned forward slightly and shouted loudly.

On one side of the birch forest trail, a hammock made of vines was set up between two trees. Next to it was a bonfire surrounded by pebbles, which had burned out and the ashes were buried in the dead leaves.

"Savages?" Haley's mind flashed back to the adventure novels she had read before.

"Do you want to go take a look?" She reached out and pulled Sean's arm. "Let's go explore."

If she was alone, Haley wouldn't be so excited, but with Sean here she was very confident about her safety.

"It should be someone's secret camping site." Claire on the side expressed her own judgment.

"Then let's go and take a look." Sean was also a little curious.

Taking the straw hat from Amber's mouth and putting it on her head, Haley and the other two walked towards the bonfire.

The further you walk past the bonfire, the more obvious the signs of life become.

Braided hemp ropes were tied to tree branches, some plastic bags and cans with wet water were bundled up in net bags and placed under the tree, and some things similar to raincoats made of leaves and straw were hung on the vines tied between two trees.

The layer of dead leaves underfoot also became sparse, until the hardened soil underneath was completely exposed. This soil layer extended in twists and turns into the depths of the dense forest, forming an unobstructed path.

After walking a hundred steps along the path, the view suddenly opened up.

Deep in the birch forest, there was an open space of about 20 square meters, with no grass or trees growing on it.

A simple tent supported by branches sits in the center of the open space. A waterproof and thermal insulation layer made of dead leaves, straw and hemp rope is covered on the canvas to form the top of the tent.

Some wooden stools and chairs, linen clothes patched with animal skins, dry firewood, and bottles and jars filled with various things were neatly placed around the faded sleeping bag.

These things fill the tent up completely, but it doesn't feel cluttered.

"Is this our target?" After confirming that there was no danger, Haley walked over with some curiosity.

"Savage? Homeless? Who would live here?" Haley murmured to herself, "How pitiful! Sean, Claire, when we find the owner of this tent, shall we help him?"

Sean looked at the neatly arranged items in the tent in front of him. They didn't seem like the things that a homeless person who was forced to do so would do.

"I don't mind if he wants to," Sean warned.

"Sean, someone is coming!" Claire on the side suddenly warned.

In the dense forest in the distance, a short old man slowly appeared.

He was wearing clothes patched with banana leaves and a belt made of vines. His gray and fluffy hair looked like it hadn't been cut in years, and his beard was so thick that it hung down to his chest.

Although his lush, long-unkempt body hair was a little messy, it did not give people a greasy and dirty feeling. It was obvious that he was washed regularly, just like the neatly placed items in his tent.

Sean had already regarded the old man as the owner of the tent.

At this time, the old man stood still 10 meters away from Sean, holding a fork in his hand, his dry and skinny legs bent, guarding against Sean and his three men.

As if he hadn't spoken for a long time, his voice came out hoarse, dry and mixed with thick phlegm.

"Who are you? You are not welcome here!"

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