Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

Chapter 43 The Actress Gets Up

The next morning, the sunlight was a bit too bright, and although the rainforest provided some shade, it still shone into the woods. Qin Henian packed up his tent early in the morning, carrying his backpack, and looked at the others who had already packed their things on both sides.

"Let's go, we need to meet up with Wu Sanxing as soon as possible."

Hei Xiazi pushed up his sunglasses, grinned, glanced at the group, and then, with a smile, lifted his long leg, took Qin Henian's forearm, and walked into the depths of the forest.

Qin Henian, whose forearm was suddenly grabbed, had just finished packing up his tent. The sudden force on his arm pulled him off balance, and the crane feather cloud patterned boots on his feet seemed to be arguing with his feet and wouldn't listen. Just as he was about to fall to the ground, Hei Xiazi reacted quickly and naturally grabbed the other's slender waist with his other hand and pulled him back.

"Hey, it's so early in the morning, why are you still so unsteady on your feet? Are you feeling a bit weak? I should have saved the snake gall you gave me to the blind man yesterday for you to eat!"

Hei Xiazi had a sharp tongue. He originally wanted to help the other person up as a way to collect some interest in advance, but after helping the person steady, he got a big eye roll.

"A cub is a cub, I'm too old to argue with a little kid!"

As soon as Qin Henian stood still, he heard Hei Xiazi's annoying voice. Perhaps he had gotten used to it and was too lazy to indulge him anymore.

Hey! Hei Xiazi was a bit flustered by Qin Henian's words. He might not have known what kind of temperament the other was when they first met, but after spending several months together, Hei Xiazi felt that he had a general idea of ​​the other's temperament. However, he couldn't help but tease the other every time, even knowing that he would be rebuffed.

Moreover, to put it bluntly, if Qin Henian really wanted to argue with him, his eloquence would be no less than that of Hei Xiazi himself.

"Look at you, you mute! He Nian is at it again. We all have the same handsome, 37-degree hot face, but how come our He Nian can say something like '78-degree heat is harmful'? Waaaaah!"

Hei Xiazi didn't think age was a barrier. From the moment he saw Qin Henian, he had only one thought: beautiful people can say whatever they want!

But now that he hasn't even managed to seduce her, some of his true nature has naturally been exposed.

"Shut up!"

Zhang Qilin glanced at him and saw the fake crying on Hei Xiazi's face, with one hand pretending to cover his chest to show heartache. In that instant, Zhang Qilin remembered the days he had spent in the courtyard house over the past two months.

Hei Xiazi's constant drama and Qin Henian's repeated concessions, sometimes turning into scoundrels, and even the one who backed down would argue back—Zhang Qilin's head ached just thinking about it. He felt utterly exhausted, always caught in the middle, like mosquitoes on one side and flies on the other, sometimes even forced to stand up for the mosquitoes and flies. He'd never felt so weary before.

"Waaaaah, the mute girl started yelling at people! Waaaaah~"

Hei Xiazi is the kind of person who won't die if he doesn't act recklessly. The concept of obedience doesn't exist in his mind. As he was thinking, Hei Xiazi started acting like a drama queen again.

"It's all the blind man's fault! He Nian and the mute don't like me. If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have... Waaah..."

The more they listened, the more outrageous it became. The others stared in disbelief at Hei Xiazi's actions. They knew he had an eccentric personality, but they never imagined he would be like this in private.

There's a real disconnect between him and those who are both famous and infamous in the underworld.

Snapped!

A slapping sound suddenly echoed through the woods, and Qin Henian's mood inexplicably improved. He had just witnessed the entire process of creating that slapping sound.

Just moments before, Hei Xiazi, who had been feigning tears and acting pitiful and wronged, suddenly found himself surrounded by a man in black.

The moment Hei Xiazi looked up, he saw a handsome face with sharp features, a sculpted face, and a gloomy expression. Upon seeing this face, Hei Xiazi instinctively stopped talking...

"Hehe... Dumb Zhang, I was just joking with you two, you know I'm like this all the time... Don't be so petty..."

Although he stopped talking for a moment, he couldn't hold back for more than two seconds before speaking again. This time, his tone and manner of speaking were much more normal, without the affected coquettishness he had shown before.

"Ah"

The interjection had barely landed for a second when Zhang Qilin raised his hand without hesitation and slapped the reckless Hei Xiazi hard with a "smack," while also subtly nudging Hei Xiazi's shin with his ankle.

"Hey! Zhang the Dumb, you went too far! This isn't over between us!"

Black Bear had just been slapped and his leg hadn't been bumped, but he was still stubborn and would still say whatever harsh words he wanted to say.

"You can't beat me!"

With a blank expression, Zhang Qilin stated the facts that Hei Xiazi did not want to admit.

"you you you!"

Well done! Dumb Zhang, Blackie has seen through you. Fine, I can't beat you, but even if I can't beat you, I've beaten Wu Xie and Fatty Wang! Aren't they your good brothers? You wait, I'll get my revenge later!

While Black Bear was inwardly furious, he was also frustrated because he couldn't beat his opponent and couldn't do anything to harm Zhang Qilin. He was extremely angry.

"You can't beat me."

Zhang Qilin repeated those five words lightly. Looking at Hei Xiazi, who seemed to want to hit someone but didn't dare, Zhang Qilin's mind raced, as if some incredible switch had been flipped somewhere.

"Fine! I can't beat you!"

"If you can't beat them, you can't beat them! Why repeat it so many times?!" Black Bear sullenly rebuked the person, his eyes sweeping over the surrounding group. Seeing everyone looking at the flowers, the grass, and the ground, ignoring him, Black Bear knew perfectly well that the others were just watching the spectacle...

He'll get his revenge sooner or later! *sobs* I embarrassed myself in front of He Nian again...

After this morning's chat, the atmosphere among everyone became lively again. They walked briskly along the low-lying area, chatting and gossiping from time to time.

Unbeknownst to many, the larger trees in the forest began to become scarce, replaced by smaller clumps of trees.

"Where are we? Are we going to end up walking right out of this forest?"

Fatty Wang is someone who can't keep things to himself; if he has any doubts, he'll ask a question.

"We must have arrived at a special location, otherwise the situation around here would be unclear."

Xie Yuchen had previously read some rare books related to feng shui. In their Xie family's underground black market, some of the items were dug up from there. Those that were meant to be sold were sold, and those that were of interest were kept.

For example, some members of the Xie family have different hobbies. They like to dig out rare ancient literary books from tombs to study. They found some rare feng shui books left by their predecessors in a small tomb in the southwest. They didn't pay much attention to them at the time, just flipped through them. In the end, they kept the book and studied it a little when they had time. However, as their power in the Xie family has grown, they basically have no time to study these things now.

"Who cares where he is or what's special about him? The most important thing right now is to find Wu Xie's third uncle, isn't it?"

Qin Henian looked around at his surroundings, his nose twitching slightly. He seemed to smell a faint scent of gunpowder.

What does this mean?