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Xie Jin took out the crumpled pack of cigarettes from his pocket. This pack of cigarettes was still the one when he and Ji Duan first met. After lighting the fire, he held the cigarette butt in a somewhat unfamiliar posture, trying to digest what Wen Liang said.

"You said, He Nian's tongue has been tampered with, so he can't speak." Xie Jin didn't look at Wen Liang, he stared at the gap in the floor, took a puff of cigarette, "So he is artificially dumb?"

"Based on the facts I've seen, it's true." Wen Liang also picked up his tobacco rod, and the two of them puffed and smoked face to face. Fortunately, the window was open to ensure the air flow in the room, so as not to turn the room into a nicotine mess. wonderland.

"Think about it, what the boss said when we were in the hotel in Tianhe Town, she said that He Nian inexplicably appeared in Tianhe Town when he was still a baby, and it took nearly two hours to drive from Tianhe Town to Badong Village. He was young, so He Nian could only be abandoned there."

Wen Liang looked at the branches blown by the wind outside the window, and he let go of the cigarette holder, "I suspected that his parents did it before, but I couldn't find their whereabouts at all in Badong Village. I think this kind of possibility should be Not too big."

Xie Jin didn't let out a long breath until he smoked the whole cigarette desperately. The smell of tar made him feel uncomfortable. The smell in his lungs and throat made him want to vomit. Xie Jin just twisted his nose and exerted force. Blow, this is my question.

"But why do you want to do something cruel to an infant child? And cut off the tongue... I can't understand, who would be in this village

Do such a cruel thing? "

"Do you still remember the organ with a drum that we encountered when we first entered the forest? It was a drum made of human skin." Wen Liang looked at Xie Jin's expression again in a daze, and he could only use a wry smile to cover up the cruelty of reality.

"I even suspected that He Nian had something to do with the human skin drum. Badong Village is not as simple and simple as you imagined. Judging from the original human skin drum and the eight coffins standing at the eight corners of the village, the people here It's not something to mess with."

Wen Liang watched Xie Jin reach out to touch the crumpled pack of cigarettes again. At this time, I am afraid that this is the only way to wake up his brain, so he didn't make a sound to stop him, but watched Xie Jin take another cigarette in his mouth .

"Go ahead and talk."

It was obvious that the corners of Xie Jin's eyes were stained red, and Wen Liang could also tell from his trembling hands that he was trying to hold back to calm himself down.

"At least judging from Zhao Dong's various behaviors, He Nian doesn't seem to be used to make drums. I don't think the holy boy sacrifices recorded in the Zhao family's study are fake." After Wen Liang finished speaking, he raised his eyes to Xie Jin.

Xie Jin's entire body became gloomy to the extent visible to the naked eye, his brow arches were very close to his upper eyelids, and there were fine lines between his brows that were wrinkled and hard to detect.

"Sacred Child Priest...what the hell is it?" Xie Jin took the cigarette out of his mouth, he coughed a few times, and when he was able to speak normally again, he said, "And Anian still left us on his own initiative, he himself Do you know the existence of this sacrifice?"

"He knows, he knows better than you, me, or anyone else." Wen Liang leaned back, and he heard a crisp sound of his cervical spine hitting the back of the chair, "But it's because of this that I can't figure out why he Will willingly go."

"We have to get him back. We can't predict what will happen next, and we don't even know if the holy child priest is alive..." Xie Jin threw the burnt cigarette butt into the mineral water bottle, he was emotional At the head, he didn't notice Ji Duan's hand movement behind him.

Wen Liang didn't have any big mood swings. After talking about what he knew, he looked at Xie Jin quietly, "You know, we only have one night tonight."

"The sacrificial ceremony should last about a week. Although most of the villagers gather together during this period and it is easy to move, we don't have enough time at all."

"Besides, I don't think the so-called sacred child sacrifice will be delayed for too long." Wen Liang's gray-blue eyes stared straight at Xie Jin, "Even if he wants to save He Nian, the best time should be tonight."

"It's because of too many uncertain factors." Xie Jin rubbed his face with hands that smelled of tar, he couldn't count the number of times he sighed, "There is no way to confirm the number of people on Zhao Dong's side, Until now, I haven't found the location of He Nian...?"

There was a slight pulling force from the hem of the clothes behind him, Xie Jin didn't react at first, until the force pulled again, and then he suddenly turned his head to look.

"What's the matter, I'm worried." Although the voice was breathless, it was indeed Ji Duan's voice!Xie Jin was completely unprepared. He saw Ji Duan lying on the bed and looking at him.

As if he lost his language ability in an instant, Xie Jin opened his mouth half-open, but didn't say a word for a long time.

Instead, Ji Duan raised his weak arm and opened his arms towards him, "How long have I been sleeping, Uncle Xie, you...uh."

Without saying too much, Xie Jin turned around and threw himself into that embrace, the warm breath on his neck never made him feel so at ease.

While Ji Duan raised his head, he put his arms around the other's neck, the fragile blood vessels in his eyes were already reddened by repeated emotions, Xie Jin lay on Ji Duan, unwilling to get up again.

Tears welled up in his eyes silently the moment he hugged Ji Duan, Xie Jin seemed to have finally found a place to vent his emotions, almost greedily absorbing the hard-won warmth from the young man.

"What happened?" Ji Duan hugged Xie Jin and couldn't get up, so he could only use his mouth to ask Wen Liang, "How long have I been asleep?"

Wen Liang made a gesture to him: "You have slept for two days since you fainted, and a lot of things happened during this period. Do you want to hear the good things or the bad things first?"

"...Let's talk about the bad first." Almost without thinking, Ji Duan patted Xie Jin's back with one hand, while turning his head to look at Wen Liang with some difficulty, "What happened these two days?"

"You almost died, do you know that it was me and your Uncle Xie who fed you a gastric tube with decoction to barely keep you alive?" Wen Liang couldn't stand it anymore, he stepped forward and patted Xie Jin, "Release first Well, it didn’t take long for a person to wake up, and if he strangled it, he would suffocate again.”

Xie Jin nodded and got up from Ji Duan to leave. His red eyes and bloodshot eyes startled the other two. After repeatedly confirming that Xie Jin was fine, Wen Liang briefly told Ji Duan about He Nian.

"What's the good thing?" Ji Duan frowned after hearing this. He Nian's departure was something he didn't expect, and Wen Liang said that it was difficult for them to find, there must be something hidden in it.

Wen Liang handed Xie Jin a wet tissue, and when he heard Ji Duan's question, he was silent for a moment, "Well...Zhao Dong's word Zhao Guangsheng used Zhao Guangsheng as an excuse to advance the sacrificial ceremony to tomorrow, and you are awake now, if you can pass it smoothly, please God decipher it Curses, of course it's a good thing."

"Is it still possible that it will not go well?" Ji Duan sat up from the bed, moved his stiff upper body, and moved his legs to the edge of the bed.

"You still lack a soul as a living soul. Grandma of Zhuo Ke Tuo Da said that the true shaman may not accept the petition of a person who does not even have a complete soul."

Wen Liang suddenly thought of something, he took a step back, and grinned harmlessly at Chao Ji Duan, "Ah, also, he accidentally found out what you asked me to hide before."

"What?" Ji Duan looked at Wen Liang's smiling face and pondered for a long time before realizing what he was referring to, so he hurriedly turned his head and explained to Xie Jin, "Uncle Xie, I didn't mean to hide that from you, I don't want you Too worried..."

Xie Jin's eyes were not as exaggeratedly red as before because of the cold water compress. He shook his head, "It's good that I can wake up. Let's talk about restoring memory later."

There was no expected violent reaction, and Ji Duan scratched his back ear in embarrassment. Maybe Xie Jin had experienced too much in the past two days, so he stopped pursuing the fact that he and Wen Liang teamed up to hide him.

Xie Jin took a deep breath to calm himself down. He sat back next to Ji Duan and said seriously, "I want to discuss something with you. I have already told Wen Liang about this matter, and he agreed."

"What? Why are you so serious all of a sudden." Ji Duan hasn't been able to adapt to Xie Jin's sudden change of attitude. He obviously just passed out for two days, and he always feels that Xie Jin has changed in some aspects.

There is also a very obvious smell of cigarettes on his body. Ji Duan clearly remembers that men only smoke when they are extremely anxious, so what happened just now?

Uneasy in his heart, Ji Duan subconsciously grabbed Xie Jin's hand, afraid of hearing some bad decisions from him.

"I discussed it with Wen Liang. If your soul fails in the process of worshiping the gods, I will go to Gyeongju Amusement Park alone, and Wen Liang will stay with you in the village."

Ji Duan watched Xie Jin's lips move up and down, and his heart "thumped", the premonition became reality, and he went to that place alone again.

"No, don't go." Subconsciously tightened his grip on Xie Jin's hand, Ji Duan insisted on objecting, "I can't let you go there alone, it's too dangerous."

Facing the tingling pain from his wrist, Xie Jin just frowned. Instead of breaking free from Ji Duan's restraint, he raised his other hand to caress the back of the young man's hand.

"I have no way to let you stay in this village alone. If the sacrifice is unsuccessful, you will fall into a coma again. If we all leave at that time, no one can guarantee your personal safety."

"That's not allowed! You have been to that abandoned paradise in Gyeongju, and you know how dangerous it is!" Ji Duan suddenly lost his position. He wanted to beg Xie Jin not to go, and he was also annoyed that his uselessness led to the end of this matter. will go unsatisfactory.

But when he saw the firmness on the man's face, all these emotions turned into a whimper, and returned to his body along his throat.

"Please, it's really dangerous there, don't go."

Ji Duan tried to make a final struggle. Even when he lost most of his memory, his blank brain frantically stored everything he saw in the abandoned paradise. He knew better than anyone how dangerous it was.

Xie Jin answered Ji Duan's request with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth without speaking.

He had to go, if he went, there might be a glimmer of hope, if he didn't go, the young man in front of him who had finally come to his senses would eventually die faster than any of them.

"Let's discuss what to do tonight." Xie Jin raised the back of his hand and wiped his itchy and dry eyes, "We also have to save He Nian, he is still waiting for us, don't waste time."

"Forget about Old Ji, those who have just recovered their ability to move can stay here honestly." Looking at Ji Duan who was sitting on the bedside with his head down, Wen Liang began to assign tasks to himself and Xie Jin.

"Although it would be more efficient to act separately, what we are facing tonight is not Zhao Guangsheng and Gao Quan's juniors, but those smooth old guys."

Wen Liang winked at Xie Jin, signaling him to take out his mobile phone and prepare to send someone a message, "Plus, we have never been to any other family except the Zhao family. I'm afraid Li Yougui will need to help you with this matter tonight."

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Ji Duan: What?What did you say you did to me while I was in a coma?

Wen Liang: Stomach tube, isn't the tube still there? (points to the ridiculously long tube on the table)

Ji Duan: Uh... why do I suddenly feel nauseous