"Auntie, what's wrong with you?" Chen Xiaofang quickly walked towards Wu Cuimei who was stunned and asked, "Auntie, why are you going to the mountains so late?"

Wu Cuimei looked at Chen Xiaofang and cried: "Xiaofang, you, you just came out of the mountain. Have you seen our green mountains?"

Logically speaking, this is not the first time that Liu Qingshan has not returned home so late. When he was looking for honey to pick bracken, he tried to get home after getting dark. Wu Cuimei shouldn't be so scared.

After all, it was the damn chopsticks that were causing trouble in her heart in the morning. In addition, it was a sensitive period like Qingming Festival tomb sweeping, so it was natural that she would think too much and be afraid.

When Chen Xiaofang heard Wu Cuimei's words, she widened her eyes and said in surprise: "Have Liu Qingshan not returned home yet?"

"Yes, yes." Wu Cuimei said with tears in her face, "Qingshan went into the mountain to visit the grave early in the morning, and only swept one graveyard. Even if his father went there, he could get home at three or four o'clock in the afternoon. Moreover, he walked very quickly. Logically speaking, he could get home at noon, but now it's almost dark and he hasn't come back yet. Do you think something happened to Qingshan?"

"Aunt, don't worry, Liu Qingshan is such a big man, there will definitely be no problem." Although Chen Xiaofang comforted Wu Cuimei so much, she was actually very anxious.

In the morning, it was still very early when she met Liu Qingshan. Logically speaking, she was just going to visit the graves. She shouldn't have been so late and haven't returned home yet.

You know, she went to sweep two cemeteries in the morning and two more in the afternoon, so she dragged them until so late before returning home.

She was thinking that she could quickly sweep the cemetery in the mountains and continue to take care of the crops in the fields, so she was more time-consuming.

According to Liu Qingshan's mother, Liu Qingshan was just going to a cemetery today.

Since it is just a cemetery, even if the journey is long, it shouldn't be dark and hasn't returned home yet. What's more, she has seen Liu Qingshan's foothill.

Could it be that the fool encountered some wild beast in the mountains again?

It is said that the fool had met a wild boar boar cat before, and even fought with the wild boar boar boar cat. He had been injured or something. I guess this time it was almost the same.

Thinking of this, Xiaofang felt even more and more panicked. She quickly stuffed the things in her hand into Wu Cuimei and said, "Auntie, go back first, I'll help you go into the mountain to find Liu Qingshan."

"Ah?" Before Wu Cuimei could react, Xiaofang had already put the thing in her hand, turned her head and ran away.

Looking at Xiaofang's back as he looked away, Wu Cuimei could only shout: "Xiaofang, thank you."

"It's okay." Xiaofang ran forward and said, "You are in poor health. Go back and wait first. Whether you find it or not, I will bring you a letter."

"Oh." Wu Cuimei could only be moved.

Although it was not dark yet, under the heavy fog, the mountains and forests were silent, just like a ghostly place in a horror movie.

Rolling white smoke surged, and from time to time, a few late-returned birds drew a black line in front of their eyes.

Chen Xiaofang was tired of running, so he slowed down and walked into the mountains at an extremely fast speed.

She thought that she would at least walk to the place where she met Liu Qingshan this morning. If she had not found Liu Qingshan there, she would go back first.

Although she did not believe in the sayings of ghosts, the shadow of her childhood made her afraid.

She was afraid to walk alone in the mountains.

I am even more afraid of walking alone in the mountains with thick fog.

She prayed silently in her heart, hoping that she could meet Liu Qingshan as soon as possible and go back early.

However, the weather was not good, and she had already walked to the place where she met Liu Qingshan by chance in the morning, but she still couldn't see Liu Qingshan along the way.

At this time, the sky returned to light for the second time, and the originally gloomy twilight brightened a little again.

She looked at the thick fog that changed from gray to white because of the light coming from the back of the distance. Not only did the fear in her heart not ease, but it became heavier.

She knew that after this time, the sky would be shining again, and it would be completely dark afterwards.

If she hadn't found Liu Qingshan at that time, she would have walked alone in the mountains and fields, helpless and helpless.

This feeling of loneliness reminds her of the time when her parents died when she was a child and all the friends in the village refused to play with her.

When grandma wanted to work, she could only sit alone on the embankment in the field, looking at the blue sky without feeling blue, and looking at the leisurely white clouds without feeling white.

A kind of loneliness and fear that was like an abyss wrapped her in, causing her to almost breathless.

Until a boy a few years older than her suddenly appeared in the village. He always grabbed her braid from behind when she was sitting on the ridge of the field, and even took advantage of her not knowing that, and even hid behind the bushes, throwing fresh seeds of the ghost needle grass firmly on her clothes.

Since then, the feeling of loneliness that was about to fall into the abyss has dissipated little by little.

In fact, many times, she had already discovered him before the boy got close.

However, in order to cooperate with his performance, she had to pretend that she didn't see it, but didn't notice it.

So, the boy's plan succeeded again and again, angering her again and again, and she chased the boy and ran all over the village.

While running, he threatened, "Liu Qingshan, you bastard, stop for me, see if I won't beat you up."

Liu Qingshan, you bastard, where have you been?

Xiaofang looked at the sky that was gradually darkening again, and her eyes were filled with tears.

At the same time, fear continued to surge like tears in his eyes.

Although she usually looks very strong, after all, she is just a little girl of eighteen or nineteen years old. Although she usually looks like a heartless person, she also has her fears and things she is afraid of losing.

As soon as she thought that Liu Qingshan had not returned home so late, she might have encountered some danger in the mountains, she didn't care about the fear in her heart, gritted her teeth, and continued to walk forward.

This time, she adjusted her mindset and walked forward while shouting Liu Qingshan's name: "Liu Qingshan."

"Liu Qingshan."

Her voice kept echoing in the valley covered by thick fog: Liu Qingshan, Liu Qingshan.

The shouting was like the moss under the crack of the stone. No matter how hard it tried, it seemed to be fruitless. However, it would still seize every ray of light dropped from the air and grow desperately. Although it had little effect, it never gave up.

Xiaofang walked forward and shouted, and as she shouted, tears fell down again.

She raised her hand to wipe her tears and continued to shout, "Liu Qingshan, you bastard, where are you?"

Apart from the echoes of the valley, only the cries of wild beasts remain.

She stood there blankly, stopping crying, and the despair in her heart flooded her with the thick fog in the mountains.

She squatted down, hugged her knees, buried her face, and started crying.

She can do nothing.

The sky reflects for the third time.

She can do nothing.

She couldn't find Liu Qingshan.

She can't find Liu Qingshan!

If something really happened to Liu Qingshan...

She didn't dare to think about it. She was afraid to think about it, but her mind would unconsciously think about this problem.

If something really happened to Liu Qingshan, she thought that she might live alone in a small house like the big grandmother of the Liu family in this life, and always silently protecting the lost beauty.

Some things are not cherished when they are around you, and they will not regret them until they are lost.

Grandma Liu has lived in self-blame all her life. It is said that even Liu Qingshan is reluctant to see her now, which shows how deep the guilt and regret she feels.

If something really happened to Liu Qingshan, she would probably live alone forever.

Regret for the words you didn’t have time to say, and regret for the many things you didn’t have time to do.

Her tears soaked her knees, and the warm tears made her realize that crying was useless.

She either keep moving forward or go back quickly.

Just as she was hesitating, a sound of footsteps came from the thick fog in front of her.

The sound was extremely loud, not like the sound made by an ordinary person when walking, but more like the sound made by a beast weighing hundreds of pounds.

Xiaofang stood up in surprise and looked up at the thick fog ahead in fear.

In the thick fog, the rugged paths are still vaguely visible, but the plants on both sides of the mountain paths have turned gray due to twilight and thick fog.

A black figure came slowly in a vague way.

Xiaofang looked at the huge black shadow in the thick fog, and her almond eyes couldn't help but open her mouth slightly.

What monster is so tall and so big?

The monster in the thick fog looked about three or four meters tall, not big, but had two huge heads and several arms in a row.

Seeing this, Xiaofang was stiff all over and her mind was blank.

Mountains, thick fog, monsters.

Such a scene is only found in horror movies. Unexpectedly, she met Chen Xiaofang today. Her mind could no longer think, and her whole body was so stiff that she couldn't even move her steps.

She looked at the monster slowly walking towards her in dementia, and a thought suddenly flashed through her mind: Did Liu Qingshan encounter this monster, so he has not returned home until now? Was he killed by this huge monster or was he eaten by this monster?

Thinking of this, Xiaofang's fear suddenly disappeared a lot, and her mind came to her senses.

She quickly pulled out the hatchet on her back and shouted at the monster in front of her: "Stop quickly and come over again, I'll be polite to you."

The monster in the thick fog seemed to really understand her words, and his figure paused, but he continued to move forward.

Seeing this, Xiaofang quickly held the handle of the hatchet with both hands and threatened to the slowly approaching monster: "Hey, I'll let you stop, have you heard?"

"So what if you hear it? You walk on your sunny path, I walk on my single-plank bridge, and I don't get in the way of you, why should I stop?"

This sound...

Chen Xiaofang glared at the dark shadow in the thick fog again.
To be continued...