"Ow~"

The mountain behind Lijia Village was so quiet that one could even hear the sound of dewdrops gradually condensing.

The occasional strange bird calls make people feel nervous.

Li Dingxi grabbed the back of his sister's clothes tightly, and his body was shaking like a sieve.

"Sister, you...how can you be so brave? Aren't you afraid?"

"What are you afraid of?" Li Yuanbei's voice was calm, without any emotion.

"Sister~ Did you...did you hear that? Someone is...talking...Something is following us..."

"Bullshit!" Li Yuanbei suddenly stopped, and her sister behind her bumped into her back.

"Ouch!" Li Dingxi cried out, holding his head. He raised his head and quickly covered his head, then covered his eyes. "Sister, turn off the light! What are you doing?"

"What are you doing?" Li Yuanbei snorted. "What nonsense are you talking about so late at night? You're scaring yourself!"

"Sister, I'm not talking nonsense, I really heard it!" Li Dingxi pouted in grievance.

"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll throw you into the tree house and make you spend the night in the deep mountains and forests with that bastard!" Li Yuanbei deliberately dragged out the last word and his voice vibrated.

"Sister, I was wrong!" Li Dingxi immediately lowered his head and admitted his mistake, whispering, "I just... I heard a lot of stories from you when I was a child, and I'm afraid... I'm afraid of ghosts!"

"There are no ghosts in this world!" Li Yuanbei put his hand on his sister's shoulder and looked into her eyes. "Even if there are, every ghost you fear is someone else's dream! I'd love to see one and ask if my grandmother's spirit still exists in the underworld!"

Li Dingxi shuddered and looked at her sister with a crying voice. She really couldn't understand why her sister was dozens of times braver than her and better than her in everything even though she was born only a few minutes earlier!

She looked at her sister's eyes, which didn't look like her age, and said seriously, "Sister, I admire you so much!"

Li Yuanbei's eyes inadvertently swept across the darkness, then quickly retracted, looking at his sister curiously, "Why?"

"I feel like you are becoming more and more like an elder brother!" When Li Dingxi talked about Li Xiangnan, a hint of peace and relief appeared on the corners of his mouth.

"Dingxi, I hope you'll worship me one day," Li Yuanbei turned around and walked forward, "simply because I am who I am!"

Li Dingxi opened his mouth and was stunned for a moment, watching his sister's back as she walked away. He felt that her image had unconsciously become taller.

She quickly caught up with him and subconsciously asked, "Sister, what do you think about Chaodong's situation?"

Li Yuanbei paused and sighed, "If I can't find out the reason tonight, I'll hand him over to Big Brother!"

"Me too!" Li Dingxi smiled brightly. "This is the first time we've lied to Big Brother! My heart has been pounding all day. It's such a painful feeling!"

"So we have to hurry!" Li Yuanbei reached out and took his sister's hand. "Brother has gone to the brigade headquarters to wait for a call! If he doesn't see us when he comes back, he'll definitely know we're up to something! We have to hurry and go back before he comes back!"

"Sister, why don't we wait until he falls asleep in the middle of the night before we go out?"

"You're confused! Grandpa, second uncle, and eldest brother are all miracle doctors. Because they often save people, their nerves are very sensitive. They sleep very lightly and will wake up at the slightest noise! ​​They'll even notice if a needle falls at night, and they'll ask you why you didn't look for it the next day! Hurry up! We finally waited until he got out! Hurry!"

Li Dingxi smiled with his gapped teeth and said, "Sister, you are so smart!"

Li Yuanbei tightened her sister's hand and felt that Dingxi was good in every way except that he was a little silly. But silly people have good luck. She shook her head and started to speed up with the kerosene lamp in hand.

The two of them walked along the dew-soaked path, groping their way towards a dark fir forest with ease.

Cicadas were chirping in the trees, crickets were jumping in the grass, and the occasional barking of dogs from the mountain village made the night even darker.

"Sister," Li Dingxi ran for a while and asked anxiously, "Do you think Chaodong will wait for us obediently?"

"If he doesn't wait for us, who will he wait for? He doesn't dare to go out!" Li Yuanbei shook his head.

Li Dingxi looked around the village again, a little worried: "Sister, do you think we will be discovered?"

"Why are you talking so much?! Everyone in the village goes to bed around seven!" Li Yuanbei held up the kerosene lamp, letting the dim light illuminate his sister's path as much as possible. "It's okay even if they find out. We're here to find Chaodong! They'll understand!"

……

In the tree house at this moment.

Li Chaodong opened the fir door from time to time and looked down the mountain.

Then he closed the door and paced around the room anxiously.

Under his heavy heart, the wooden boards made a strange creaking sound, startling the sparrows that were sleeping in the nearby trees.

Gululu.

His stomach rumbled again.

There was not a grain of rice left in the wooden house.

He was extremely hungry and thirsty, and his stomach felt empty.

From last night till now, he has not eaten for more than twenty-four hours!

He was so hungry that he almost fainted.

But compared to being hungry and thirsty, Li Chaodong was more worried and anxious about what had happened that made the two sisters who had promised to come and bring him food break their promise!

In addition to these two factors, he was also troubled by huge worries.

That is, I did not take the college entrance examination this time!

"What happened?" Li Chaodong opened the wooden door again and looked down the mountain. His voice was filled with grievance and anger. "I'm almost starving!"

Is it that those two guys think that I, Li Chaodong, am too embarrassing, so they don’t want to care about me anymore?

Or had her family already discovered something was amiss with the aid to Dingxi, and she confessed? Did she sell me out, and then her family deliberately didn't send me food and ignored me?

Or was it that something happened at home that delayed them?

All kinds of speculations were swirling in Li Chaodong's mind, making him feel more and more anxious and uncomfortable the more he thought about it.

He clung to the fir door tightly, his teeth bared.

Never before had he hoped that the two sisters would keep their promise and support him!

suddenly!

A tiny flickering light appeared in the distance.

coming!

Li Chaodong stood up suddenly in excitement, and his head hit the low wooden roof.

Ouch!

He groaned softly, covering his head and grimacing.

Looking at the lights getting closer and closer, Li Chaodong quickly recognized the outlines of the two sisters.

He was in pain, holding his head and crying.

"Why did you guys just come?!"

When Li Yuanbei climbed up the wooden ladder and brought up the kerosene lamp, Li Chaodong couldn't help but growl, "My dear sisters, I've been waiting for you all day. If you don't come, I'll starve to death!"

Li Yuanbei climbed up the wooden house, hung the kerosene lamp on an iron nail beside it, glared at Li Chaodong fiercely, turned around to pull his sister up, and quickly closed the fir door of the wooden house.

"Li Chaodong, you should be thankful that we two sisters are here to take care of you!"

Li Yuanbei was not angry at the other party's tone. She knew that Li Chaodong must be feeling uncomfortable all day. While talking, she took out various food wrapped in oil paper from her bag under the other party's expectant eyes.

"Hurry up, hurry up..." Li Chaodong couldn't wait any longer, so he grabbed it from her and wolfed down the brown paper.

Li Dingxi saw that he was eating without a full meal and couldn't help but say, "Second brother, slow down! No one is trying to snatch it from you..."

"Ah, delicious! This is the most delicious food in the world..." Li Chaodong sat down on the wooden floor with his mouth full, feeling relieved. He looked at Li Yuanbei while chewing, "What happened to you guys? It's so late, I thought you weren't coming... Do you know how I spent my whole day?"

Li Yuanbei said calmly: "Brother is back!"

"what?!"

Li Chaodong's face turned pale, and he swallowed unconsciously, his voice trembling, "He... why is he back?"

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