When Tang Tang saw the guide's reaction, his heart suddenly sank and he had a bad premonition.

She slowed down her voice and asked, "Is there a problem?"

The old guide did not speak, but remained silent.

Tang Tang did not urge him, but waited quietly by the side.

After a while, the old guide said, "I don't really want to talk about it... or the news about Pluto... is something I don't really want to recall."

However, Tang Tang was not disappointed, because the reaction shown by the old guide told Tang Tang...she had found the right person, and the right one.

The only important thing now is, how can she get the old guide to speak?

Without hesitation, Tang Tang said, "Can money move you? I don't need you to do anything for me, just tell me the news I want to know."

"That's all."

The old guide said nothing. His face was full of traces of time, with mottled wrinkles, and the tiny grooves in his dark skin seemed to be wrinkled.

Tang Tang said, "10, 20, 30, or even 100 million."

This is money that local people may not be able to earn in their entire lives.

The old guide was inevitably moved, but he seemed to recall some unforgettable memories. A look of fear and trepidation immediately appeared on his face. Then he said, "Miss, you can come up with so much money, which means you are not an ordinary person, but I just want to live an ordinary life."

He seemed to want to get up and leave. It was obvious that this huge sum of money that made him excited could not offset the concerns in his heart.

Tang Tang didn't intend to use force, she was a civilized person.

So soon, an idea came to her mind, and she suddenly looked at the old guide and said, "Even if you don't tell me, someone else will come to find you."

She spoke in a ambiguous way, deliberately making her words seem a little obscure, which also left room for people's imagination.

"Your performance tells me that I have found the right person."

Tang Tang's expression suddenly took on a hint of just the right amount of subtlety. Although she actually knew nothing, she pretended to be very mysterious.

The old guide was obviously stunned. His face was complicated and he slowly sat back in his seat.

Tang Tang continued, her voice flat and even revealing a hint of indifference. There was a slight difference in her behavior just now, as if she had stripped off the false politeness on the surface and deliberately revealed her inner self.

She looked at the old guide and said, "Let me tell you the truth. Besides me, there are other people looking for Pluto."

"And I can assure you that I am the most polite person in this group."

Tang Tang looked at the old guide and spread his hands casually. "There aren't many people as easy to talk to as me, but if you are willing to tell me what you know, I can guarantee that I will pay you the 100 million as I said before."

Her tone suddenly became heavier, and there was a hint of oppression in her words. "At the same time, we can also solve other unnecessary troubles for you."

【Wow, the queen of movies.】

The system suddenly spoke in Tang Tang's mind, causing Tang Tang to almost lose control of his emotions.

She complained silently in her mind, maintaining a noble, cold and unfathomable expression on her face, "Shut up, you stinky Tongbao."

【whee. 】

……

The old guide was finally intimidated by Tang Tang.

His face was conflicted, with a hint of heaviness between his brows, but after hearing what Tang Tang said, he still opened his mouth to speak.

There are more and more people in the pub now, and most of them are men. Some of them started smoking and drinking, and the whole pub smells bad.

Tang Tang's expression didn't change at all.

The old guide suddenly asked, "Can I smoke?"

Obviously, this matter seemed to have been buried in the old guide's heart for decades, and it was very difficult for him to say it out loud all of a sudden.

Tang Tang nodded and said, "It's up to you. I don't mean to force you."

The old guide nodded, then took out a rolled cigarette from his pocket and lit it with a match on the table.

He put the cigarette in his mouth and took a few deep puffs. Smoke came out, but it didn't smell particularly good.

Tang Tang seemed to be unable to smell it. He didn't even frown. He just looked at the old guide calmly.

The old guide first sorted out his memories, and then his old and hoarse voice slowly came out from his cracked lips.

"Pluto and I have been friends for decades. The guides are all locals. We are not from the same village."

"Guides would go into the mountains alone or in groups to test the routes. I met him in the mountains at that time, and we got along well, so we went together."

There was a hint of nostalgia in the old guide's eyes. He took a few more puffs of his cigarette, and the smell of nicotine calmed him down.

He said, "Brutus is a man with a lot of ideas. When he is a guide, he doesn't follow the basic route. He only receives those who want to challenge the rainforest or have other purposes. In short, the people he receives are not ordinary tourists."

Tang Tang did not interrupt the old guide. In fact, there was some nonsense and memories in his conversation. She just listened quietly, and the system helped Tang Tang process it quickly.

"I sometimes met him in the rain forest, but only on the outskirts because he would lead people further inside."

"I remember that he brought many people with him. Some of them were obviously not ordinary people. They had a strong evil aura."

At this point, Tang Tang asked the first question of the day.

"At the beginning, you were unwilling to answer my question about where Pluto was...was it because Pluto had already...?"

"Yes," the old guide showed a few expressions of fear when talking about this issue.

He took a few puffs of his cigarette and couldn't help cursing, "Little girl, it's not that I don't want to talk to you, it's just that I'm old and I'm afraid of death."

The old guide said, "Pluto died three years ago."

"He has no children and lives alone in the old house. I go to see him occasionally."

The old guide's voice trembled as he slowly said, "I still remember what happened that day."

It was a rare day of good weather, and the old guide finally stopped accepting new tour groups. His daughter-in-law made him some burritos, and the old guide thought of an old man living in Pluto, so he went to find him.

He walked slowly on the road to Pluto's old house and saw many ruts in the dirt road. A black cat was crushed to death in the ruts. It was almost turned into meat paste and only its head could be seen.

The old guide felt sorry for the cat, so he picked up some large leaves on the road, took the cat's body aside and hung it on a tree.

It is said that a cat's body must be hung on a tree in order to be reincarnated. I'm not sure if this is true, but I did find a remote place.

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