Tomb raiding: following the plot while tearing up the script

Wu Xie painted an exceptionally rosy picture for Xie Lianhuan, then patted his behind and left decisively, leaving Xie Lianhuan sitting on the hospital bed, clutching the booklet and questioning his existence.

These two old guys have been digging holes everywhere for years, and their bodies are already in terrible shape. Now that they've suddenly stopped working, if they don't take care of themselves, they'll probably have to delete their accounts in a couple of years.

That won't do. Deleting their accounts physically after they've dug the hole is too lenient. We have to make sure they get their decades of working life is properly taken care of.

Now that Wu Sansheng has been well-fed and cared for for so long, we can consider taking him out to work in a couple of days.

Back at the Xie family's old house, Pan Zi was sent to deliver a pamphlet to Wu Sansheng and act as a messenger.

Regardless of how much Pan Zi's CPU would burn when facing the two Third Masters, one fat and one thin, he was definitely going to be the messenger between the two.

In high spirits, Wu Xie strolled towards the main courtyard, already planning when to return to Hangzhou to dig up the coffin of that thing under the old house, burn its ashes, and set off fireworks.

Let the blind man and the fat man figure it out, see if they can fry up a colorful black? Or a multicolored white?

The bomb-loving fat guy who loves firearms: I'm a gunpowder enthusiast, not a fireworks maker!!!

The blind man, who found his foolish apprentice's suggestion somewhat interesting, said: "Add money, this needs to be added. With the spirit stones in place, everything is negotiable."

Pushing open the main courtyard gate, before even stepping inside, I heard a suppressed sob; judging from the tone, it was a young girl.

Damn it! ! ! !

Isn't this Xiaohua's yard?

Why is there a girl crying in Xiaohua's yard?!

Something's up!!!

The little radar of gossip kept flashing, and Wuxie, sensing something juicy, rushed into the yard.

"Xiaohua, what happened? Whose little girl did you make cry...?"

Before even seeing him, Xie Yuchen heard his voice and sighed, "Could you tone down that excited tone you're talking about, like you've just stumbled upon some juicy gossip?"

This sounds like a mother catching her son having an early romance – what's going on?

Eager to eat melons, Xie rushed into the courtyard and saw Xie Yuchen sitting at a stone table with a pretty girl of about eighteen or nineteen.

The little girl was pretty and cute, looking like a little figurine. At this moment, her eyes were slightly red, and there were still crystal tears hanging on her curled eyelashes. She looked so pitiful.

Wow!!! Little flower!!! I never expected you to be like this!!!

You...you...you beast!!!

"Brother Xiaohua, who is this?"

Upon seeing a stranger enter, Huo Xiuxiu immediately stopped crying, wiped the tears from her face, and when she looked up again, she was once again the dignified and elegant young master of the Huo family.

Apart from her slightly reddened eyes, she no longer looked as pitiful as she had just been, with tears streaming down her face.

Wu Xie almost applauded the little girl's quick change of expression; it was the kind of expression that said, "No matter who it is, as long as they're beautiful."

"You know him, Wu Xie from the Wu family of the Nine Gates," Xie Yuchen introduced Huo Xiuxiu, then looked at Wu Xie. "This is Xiuxiu."

"So it's Brother Wuxie!! Isn't that the one you, Brother Xiaohua, used to say when you were little... cough cough cough... Hello Brother Wuxie, I'm Huo Xiuxiu from the Huo family."

That was close! I almost couldn't suppress my true nature and revealed Little Flower Brother's embarrassing past.

For some reason, even though Xiuxiu didn't say those important keywords, Wuxie still got it so accurately, and couldn't help but show an awkward yet polite smile.

"Um... Hello Xiuxiu."

Help! I'm so embarrassed I'm digging my toes into the ground.

"Hey Xiaohua, um, where are the guys??" I'm so embarrassed, I really need my friends to save me!!!

Xie Yuchen sighed, weakly raising his finger to point to a relatively secluded courtyard wall...

The reason this place is considered relatively secluded is that it is located in a blind spot of their current location, and the view in front is further obscured by the branches of the crabapple trees.

Wu Xie looked in the direction he pointed, but could only see shadowy silhouettes behind the crabapple tree.

I shifted my position by moving my feet...

Good heavens, four heads are neatly arranged on the blue stone wall of the courtyard, looking just like the rows of pig heads on a meat stall.

Although these pig heads look pretty good, just having heads is still quite terrifying!

Wu Xie glanced at the four heads on the wall, then at the two people sitting upright and elegantly by the stone table. After thinking for a moment, he carefully moved closer to the courtyard wall.

"What's going on here?" I was only gone for a short while, and when I came back, everything was like this...

"Little Innocent, didn't you see?"

"What do you see? I just see a little girl caring, Xiaohua is comforting people, and you guys are just watching the show." And you're all making such a horrified face to watch the spectacle.

Su Li tilted her head and looked in the direction of Xie Yuchen, as if she was trying to figure out if Wu Xie could see anything from that angle, and only after confirming that he really couldn't see anything did she proceed.

As if someone were pulling Su Li's ponytail and ripping her head off the courtyard wall, Su Li shook her head and moved closer to Hei Xiazi, making room for Wu Xie between herself and Zhang Qiling.

With great effort, he reached out and beckoned to Wu Xie.

"Quickly, come up here and tell us."

Wu Xie did not refuse. He rubbed his hands together, lifted his foot to use the courtyard wall for leverage, and easily and skillfully climbed onto the top of the wall.

Having successfully joined the group chat, Wu Xie immediately crept up to Su Li's ear like a dog.

"Tell me quickly, what happened??? Why did Xiaohua make Xiuxiu cry???"

Su Li grabbed the puppy's head and adjusted its angle.

From their current vantage point, the entire main courtyard is laid out before them, though the view behind the stone table where the two are sitting is obscured by the crabapple trees.

With good patience, Su Li turned his head around and around until he was finally adjusted to a suitable angle.

Through the gaps in the branches of the crabapple tree, Wu Xie saw a piece of glass reflecting the sunlight...?

Something shook, and a ripple appeared on the glass.

Um... glass... ripples...

"Just a big glass water tank... Tianzhen, it's hard to put into your literary way of speaking."

Fatty Wang stretched his head forward and spoke to Wu Xie across Zhang Qiling.

"A glass water tank?" Wu Xie asked in confusion.

He's been living here on and off for quite a while now, but he doesn't remember there being a vat there. What did he forget?

"Little naive, have you forgotten when you were playing shuttlecock with Brother Zhang in Golmud?" Su Li gave a timely reminder.

"Kicking shuttlecock? Who? Me? When did I..." Wu Xie didn't react for a moment, and was about to activate his skill - the triple denial in a daze.

He got stuck halfway through his denial...

It seems... probably... should...

That's really true...

He redeemed himself...