"What's wrong with Seventh Brother? What are you yelling about!" Du Jie glared at me with his small eyes.

  "You don't understand anything! This is definitely not written by Qī Gē! Did you hear me clearly? These are not the words of Qī Gē!" I emphasized.

  "How do you know it wasn't written by Seventh Brother? You've never even seen his handwriting!" Du Jie said as he opened a can of beer.

  "I've seen the characters he wrote! Yesterday afternoon, you were outside with a telescope looking at the village girls, and I wasn't in the tent drinking and chatting with Seventh Brother, was I?! At that time, Seventh Brother wrote two names on the ground next to him, one was Liu Mei and the other was Zhang Shiqiang. These two names should be Seventh Brother's wife and child. The characters he wrote at that time were really ugly, just like a crab crawling out of the mud! Now look at the characters on this note, they are neat and tidy, completely not matching! And do you think Seventh Brother, with his rough and clumsy appearance, could write such neat and elegant characters?"

  When I said this, Du Jie was stunned for a moment, and then he seriously looked at the words on the note.

  "Also, smell this piece of paper and see if you can tell what's on it." I held the paper up to Du Jie's nose.

  Seeing me doing this, Du Jie took a deep sniff and said: "Huh? There's a fragrance!"

  "Do you think there would be a nice smell in the tent where we three old men live? It's all stinky feet, so if it was written by Zhang Qi, there wouldn't be any nice smell! Combining these two points and looking at the neat handwriting, I dare to conclude that this wasn't left behind by Seventh Brother, but rather some woman!"

  "What the f**k! So you're saying that Seventh Brother might really be in trouble?" Looking at Du Jie's expression, this little guy was getting a bit scared, and even his hand holding the beer started shaking.

  Don't look at Du Jie's family being quite wealthy, but this kid will shrink his head when he encounters things. Apart from bragging or using money to crush people, he is very timid. When I'm with him and we encounter something, he always listens to me.

  "Actually, nothing big will happen, I think it's very likely that this note was left by Seventh Brother at Ah Xing's house and asked Ah Xing to write it on his behalf. Anyway, you don't have to worry about this matter, maybe Seventh Brother is really tired of playing and wants to go home."

  "Phew! Now that you've said that, I can rest assured. You scared me half to death! I thought something had really happened to Seventh Brother! Come on, come on! Let's have a drink and get some sleep. We'll continue our carefree adventure tonight!"

  Du Jie is a careless and reckless guy, but once I said that, he felt at ease. Actually, my intention was to prevent Du Jie from getting anxious and scaring this kid. In fact, I had a premonition that something bad must have happened to Seventh Brother!

  This village that's been plagued by strange marriages since the day I arrived, I've felt that something is off. I know that relying on Du Jie, this spoiled brat, is hopeless, and it's already good if he doesn't get scared away. I want to personally investigate where Zhang Qi went, who left this note behind, and what their purpose was! I also want to know what kind of secrets this village is hiding...

  After Du Jie had eaten and drunk his fill, the little guy fell asleep like a dead pig. He slept, but I didn't. Holding his binoculars, I left the tent and found a good vantage point to observe this village.

  I focused on observing the direction Zhang Qi often went to at night, but after watching for half a day, I didn't find anything unusual except for some women in ethnic clothing who came out to busy themselves. What's worth mentioning is that after dawn broke, all the pots on the wooden platforms of each attic were gone...

  I just looked for a whole morning in that direction and didn't see anything. However, through the telescope, I saw some situations at Jingjing Han's home!

  Since Han Jingjing's place wasn't far from our tent, I could vaguely see everything around her house with my binoculars. I saw that at around 8 o'clock in the morning, someone entered Han Jingjing's home.

  This is a woman in her thirties, and I've seen this woman before - she's the tall sister with long legs who gave us a whip with a leather strap on the day of Han Jingjing's coming-of-age ceremony.

  I couldn't help but feel a little curious when I saw her walk into Han Jingjing's house. A few minutes later, I saw the woman walking out with Han Jingjing in her arms. The Han Jingjing who walked out was wearing a special national costume, which was the first time I had seen her dressed like this, and it made her look even more elegant and beautiful.

  I can see it, this woman seems to care about Han Jingjing very much, and her face is always filled with a bright smile.

  After the two people walked out of the courtyard, Han Jingjing turned back, while this woman was facing me and seemed to have discovered me, winking at me.

  She winked at me so suddenly that I was startled, and in fright I hastily put down the telescope and hid behind a rock.

  I hid behind the rock for about three to five minutes, and then I stuck my head out again. When I looked out with binoculars this time, I found that there was no longer a woman's figure.

  As I saw her disappear, I took a deep breath. Then I thought again, wasn't it that woman who saw me and found out that I was paying attention to them?

  But then I thought, what's the big deal if she sees me? I'm not hiding anything. At most, she'll think I'm like Du Jie, admiring the village beauties during the day, no biggie. In the end, it's actually me who's being paranoid...

  After looking for half a day, I felt that it was meaningless to keep looking like this, so I decided to enter the village alone and take a stroll. Although women in the village do not come into contact with men during the daytime, there is no rule that prohibits us from strolling around the village.

  After I had made up my mind, I put the telescope into the tent and then headed towards the village.

  When I walked into the village, it was almost the same as the first time I entered the village. The passing women saw me and treated me like a terrifying monster, hiding far away from me. This made me feel very uncomfortable, but I could only show my helplessness.

  As I entered the village, I immediately ran in the direction Zhang Qi went last night. I hoped to find some clues in the village that would help me understand why Zhang Qi didn't come back and left such a note.

  But after I wandered around that way and came down, I didn't gain anything. Even when I walked through the whole village, I still didn't see any gains.

  Look at the time, it's already past three poles, helplessly, I can only go back to my tent and take a nap first...

  Around 7:30 in the evening, Du Jie became a bit restless, saying that his heart was aching and that he couldn't stop thinking about the woman with whom he had spent the past two nights. He didn't know why, but he suddenly wanted to go find her and take care of things thoroughly.

  Du Jie's abnormal behavior made me a bit worried, you know Du Jie wasn't that kind of person before, he wouldn't be so infatuated with a woman. It wasn't even eight o'clock yet, but Du Jie couldn't control himself and had to go find that woman to vent his emotions, saying if he waited any longer, he would die from frustration. I followed him out the door. After Du Jie left, I stayed in the tent for a little while before also going out.

  Now that I'm out, I still plan to go to Han Jingjing's. To be honest, I wasn't planning to look for Han Jingjing at first, after all, this girl has been messed up by me, and I wanted her to rest for a couple of days. But somehow, my heart kept thinking about her, always feeling that not going would be a worry.

  On the road, I kept telling myself that no matter what, I wouldn't do that thing with Han Jingjing tonight. It's not because my body can't take it anymore, but because I really want her to take good care of herself.

  Familiar with the road, I arrived at Han Jingjing's residence. The moment I pushed open the door, it seemed as if she had known all along that I would come, and there she was, smiling sweetly at the doorway, looking like a wife waiting for her husband to return, so lovable it hurts.

  After I came in, the first thing I did was to give Jingjing a big hug, and then chatted with her for a while. While talking to her, I interrupted and asked her a question. I asked if she knew there was a girl named A Xing in the village, and where exactly A Xing lived.

  Jiang Jiang asked me what she was doing, I told her that one of my buddies had been with her before and said she was very playful, so I was curious and asked. When I talked to Jiang Jiang, I deliberately put on a lecherous look.

  Look at me like this, Han Jingjing said with a pout: "Men are indeed fond of new things and tired of old ones. I thought brother was a good man, hum! But, heh heh, you're mine now, and I have a way to make you not dare touch other women! Xing Jie, I know her, we played together since childhood, the house at the westernmost end of the village, the third from the last is Xing Jie's home!"

  As I said this, I saw Han Jing's mouth slightly raised, somewhat complacent, and I didn't know what she was being complacent about.

  After she told me where Ah Xing lived, I silently memorized it in my heart. Then, I changed the subject and said some other things.

  After chatting with us for a while, Han Jingjing said she would prepare tea for me. I immediately refused and told her that we definitely wouldn't do it tonight, and she had to rest for a few more days.

  Seeing how much I care about her, Han Jingjing's face turned slightly red, and she said to me: "Tonight I won't do it with you, I...I...I'll help you with my mouth..."

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