Even hybrid monsters have their day

Chapter 150 How He Died (1)

Zheng Xiuxiu hesitated because, apart from this road, the other side of the mountain was all forest. Although they had been to this mountain before, they had never gone into the woods.

Seeing her hesitation, Jiang Qingping became a little unhappy. She pulled at the grass by the roadside and said, "What are you afraid of? We'll just play for a while by the edge of this woods. Can't we just play where we can see this road?"

Unable to resist her repeated pleas, Zheng Xiuxiu had no choice but to agree to her request, "You have to promise to only play in places where you can see this road."

"Okay, okay, I promise!" Jiang Qingping happily pushed her into the woods.

She had wanted to go into this forest for a long time, hearing from the boys who had been there that there were delicious wild fruits. However, she usually didn't dare to go alone, and the boys thought girls were too much trouble, so they never took her in. Today, she finally had the chance, and of course, she didn't want to miss it.

After entering the woods, the two initially stayed by the roadside, where they could easily see the path by simply looking up. However, after searching for a long time, they still couldn't find the wild fruit the boys had mentioned.

Seeing that they had been out for quite a while, Zheng Xiuxiu tugged at Jiang Qingping's clothes, "Could they be lying to you? Look around here, where do you see any wild fruits?"

Jiang Qingping looked somewhat unwilling. "Impossible. Let's look again. Maybe we'll find it."

The two searched for a while longer. By then, they were quite far from the road. Although they could still see a bit of the road, it was no longer very clear, and they could only make out its general location.

"Let's go back. If we walk any further, it'll be dark by the time we get home." Zheng Xiuxiu felt a little panicked. The trees in the forest were so dense, a dark mass that felt like they were pressing down on her chest, making it hard for her to breathe.

"What's the rush? It's not even dark yet." Jiang Qingping said, glancing at the tree next to her again. "Strange, why haven't we found any wild fruits yet?"

As Jiang Qingping's best friend, Zheng Xiuxiu naturally knew her very well. She was a good person in every way, but she always had a stubborn streak and a refusal to admit defeat. Searching for so long without finding any wild fruit greatly stirred up her inner temper.

The more she couldn't find it, the more she wanted to find it, showing a bit of a "never give up" attitude.

However, whether they were simply unlucky or had come to the wrong place, by evening they hadn't seen a single wild fruit, let alone a single tree with seeds.

As darkness approached, and Zheng Xiuxiu looked eager to go home, Jiang Qingping had no choice but to call it quits and try again later. "Alright, look how anxious you are, let's go back."

Zheng Xiuxiu breathed a sigh of relief; she had thought Jiang Qingping would be dragging this out indefinitely. Perhaps guessing what she was thinking, Jiang Qingping cleared her throat and said, "I'm only compromising because it's your birthday today."

"I know, I know, I knew you were the best to me." Zheng Xiuxiu said coquettishly, taking her arm. She smiled and said, "That's good to know."

As the two turned around, they suddenly saw a rabbit dart out of the bushes.

"Oh, it's a rabbit!" Jiang Qingping exclaimed excitedly upon seeing the rabbit.

She had raised a rabbit a couple of years ago, which Jiang Lao Er caught from the mountain. It died of illness after a year, and she was very sad about it for a while. Seeing her like this, Jiang Lao Er caught two more for her, but she always felt that they weren't as pretty as the original one. So she released them both back into the mountain.

Looking at the rabbit crouching on the grass, Zheng Xiuxiu felt that all sorts of coincidences had come her way today. The rabbit looked remarkably like the one Jiang Qingping had lost before, and when it darted out, it didn't even try to run away when it saw the two of them, both alive and well.

Staring at the two of them with its big, round, red eyes, and scratching its chubby face with its paws, it looked incredibly adorable, instantly capturing Jiang Qingping's heart.

"I want this little thing." She said, letting go of Zheng Xiuxiu's hand, and tiptoed towards the rabbit, lunging forward to catch it.

The rabbit wasn't stupid. When they were standing still, it might have mistaken them for two immature trees, but now that they were moving, it clearly sensed danger. It turned around, gave them another glare, and then dashed into the woods.

Jiang Qingping's lunge failed, so she quickly got up and chased after him.

"Qingping!"

"If you don't want to come, just wait for me here," Jiang Qingping said without turning her head.

Zheng Xiuxiu reached out and tried to pull her back but failed, and watched as she disappeared into the woods. She squatted by the edge of the woods and waited, but Jiang Qingping did not come out. Apart from the rustling of the leaves in the wind, there was no other sound in the woods.

"Qing Ping..."

"Qing Ping..."

She didn't know how much time had passed, but it felt like a very, very long time.

She called out a few times into the woods, but her voice vanished into thin air as if it had sunk into the sea. Seeing the sun increasingly lower in the sky, Zheng Xiuxiu began to feel anxious.

If it were Zheng Xiuxiu now, she would definitely go back to the village first and call on people familiar with the mountains to go into the woods to search for the person. That way, none of the later events would have happened.

But she didn't. In the young mind of sixteen-year-old Zheng Xiuxiu, it was clear that she couldn't think things through so thoroughly. Although the idea of ​​going back to call for help had crossed her mind, she dismissed it in an instant.

She felt that since they had come out together, it wouldn't make sense for her to go back first. She glanced into the distance; the sun was still a short distance from the horizon, but fortunately, their location faced the sun, so they were still receiving some light.

Zheng Xiuxiu peered into the woods again. Although she was a little scared to go in, her desire to find Jiang Qingping and go back together temporarily overshadowed everything else.

She lifted her foot, hesitated several times, and finally stepped into the woods. After walking a short distance, she realized the woods weren't as scary as she had imagined; at least there were no wild animals or floods. She relaxed her worries and began searching for Jiang Qingping. (To be continued.)