Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 119 Snake Swamp Ghost Town 24

Jiang Xinxin discovered from Zhang Qiling's facial features that all his close relatives were gone, especially his parents, as he had lost them a long time ago.

After the fat man looked through his phone several times, he asked Jiang Xinxin with a worried look on his face, "Ms. Jiang, can you calculate what Tianzhen is doing recently? He and Aning haven't had any news since they left. I sent him so many text messages but he didn't reply..."

Jiang Xinxin was discussing the plot of White Snake with the system. She reacted slightly to Fatty's sudden question, "What could have happened to Wu Xie? I guess his parents have ordered him not to go out casually. But after so many days, he must be ready to contact you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Xie called. Fatty trotted outside to answer the phone. Jiang Xinxin paid a little attention and found that they were talking about Zhang Qiling. Wu Xie got a photo of the Banai archaeological team from a man nicknamed Chu Guangtou, and thus found the place where Zhang Qiling lived in Banai.

After a few words on the phone, Fatty quickly arranged to go to Hangzhou to meet up with Wu Xie. However, he suddenly slapped his head while talking and said, "Oh, I forgot to ask about Aning!"

Before Jiang Xinxin could say anything, the fat man changed the subject again: "Fortunately, there are still many people using old-style ID cards these days, otherwise it would be really troublesome for us to take the plane this time."

Jiang Xinxin didn't say anything. She had experienced a time when people could only take the bus and subway without an ID card. The current situation was really nothing to her, because in slightly more remote places, even the public security bureau might not be connected to the Internet. Moreover, these days, many people in remote areas not only don't go to school, but some people may not even have a household registration in their entire lives.

When the three of them arrived in Hangzhou, it was dinner time. Fatty asked Wu Xie to treat everyone to a good meal. However, when he asked about the special dishes of Hangzhou, Wu Xie hesitated for a long time and couldn't say anything. Fatty ordered the dishes himself: "Let's have the West Lake Vinegar Fish. I heard that the West Lake Vinegar Fish in Hangzhou is very famous!"

When Wu Xie heard the words "West Lake Vinegar Fish", his eyes became wide open. He opened his mouth several times to try to persuade Fatty but was blocked by him. Well, he was too lazy to struggle and could only agree to Fatty's strong request.

There was little time at night, so Wu Xie just took everyone to a small restaurant not far from Wushanju to eat a few small dishes. Fatty then explained that the small restaurants in the alleys of Beijing were the places where the real food was served, and said that they should save their stomachs for a big dinner tomorrow, which made Wu Xie laugh and cry.

When everyone was sitting in the courtyard of Wushanju looking at the stars, the fat man suddenly jumped up again: "Hey, didn't you notice? The little brother has recovered a lot now!"

Jiang Xinxin and Wu Xie turned around and saw that Zhang Qiling's eyes were clear, no longer in the dazed state as before, so everyone quickly gathered over and saw that Zhang Qiling was a little nervous, but relaxed when he saw Jiang Xinxin and Wu Xie.

Wu Xie happily held Zhang Qiling's face and asked, "Brother, do you still remember who I am?"

Zhang Qiling looked at Wu Xie's face carefully and replied, "Wu Xie."

Fatty quickly stepped forward and squeezed Wu Xie aside. He imitated Wu Xie's behavior, held Zhang Qiling's face and asked with a smile: "Then little brother, do you remember who I am?"

Zhang Qiling still looked carefully for a while and replied, "Fatty."

The fat man jumped a little excitedly and pulled Jiang Xinxin over. Jiang Xinxin held Zhang Qiling's face speechlessly and asked like the two of them, "Do you remember who I am?"

Zhang Qiling answered quickly this time: "Jiang Xinxin."

Seeing this, the fat man teased Jiang Xinxin, "Oh, our little brother has also learned to discriminate. He would only answer me and Tian Zhen after taking a closer look. But when it comes to Miss Jiang, I think the little brother can't wait to be asked by Miss Jiang!"

Wu Xie was more careful. He first looked at Jiang Xinxin's face and saw that she didn't look unhappy. He still pretended to say to Fatty, "Fatty, don't talk nonsense..."

Fatty just said it casually, turned around and grabbed Wu Xie and asked, "I haven't contacted Aning recently. Do you have any news about Aning? I heard that when we separated in the desert, Miss Jiang specially invited Aning to accompany her to Changbai Mountain and Banai. Do you understand what we mean?"

Fatty thought that Jiang Xinxin wanted to keep Aning for a while longer to give Wu Xie more opportunities, so he stood with Jiang Xinxin at this moment, hoping that Wu Xie would not miss Aning.

"A Ning is a little cruel to others, but she is very good to her own people."

"If you two succeed, then we will be Aning's own people, and there will be nothing for us to mind."

Wu Xie still didn't express his opinion. Jiang Xinxin couldn't bear to see him acting like he was doing this for her own good, so she reminded him, "A Ning is an adult with her own opinions. Only she can decide her feelings. Since she has sent you signals that she wants to get closer to you, if you also want to be with her, don't miss her because of other things."

"As for those plans that are for her own good, I advise you to think it over carefully and remember how you felt when your third uncle and your cousin said such things."

Now that things have come to this, Jiang Xinxin and Fatty agree that if Wu Xie had a clear mind, he would have made a decision.

Early the next morning, Wu Xie showed everyone the photos and address he got from Chu Guangtou.

"Aunt Wenjin also said before that they had an archaeological operation in Banai, and the entire archaeological team was replaced once. The stilt house in this photo may still be found. Here is the address."

Jiang Xinxin and Fatty had already seen the address, and it was quite detailed. If Zhang Qiling really lived there, the old people in the village must still remember him.

But Wu Xie continued, "Gutt Chu also said that the earliest information he could find about Brother was from Fourth Grandpa. At that time, it seemed that Fourth Grandpa bought a group of A Kuns to go underground to investigate the mechanism, and Brother happened to be among them. He was brought over from the South Vietnam border."

"And this A-Kun is the local dialect, which probably means something like blood bag."

The fat man looked back at Zhang Qiling who was checking the antiques at Wushanju, and sighed: "I didn't expect that the young man would be so miserable..."

Wu Xie shook his head and forced himself not to think too much. At the moment, the Zhang family ancient building in Banai was more important.

"Aunt Wenjin said that if we want to enter the Zhang Family Ancient Building, we have to send a group of people to Siguniang Mountain to get the password. We happen to have four people here, but whether we go to Siguniang Mountain or Zhang Family Ancient Building, it is very dangerous. We can't do it with just the four of us."

The fat man had some concerns in his mind, but he was not sure whether he could guarantee safety.

"So this time not only can we not hire anyone from outside, we can only hire people we can completely trust."

Wu Xie sighed and said in a low voice: "I have already told my second uncle that the Nine Gates have probably been infiltrated by the organization with the phoenix tattoo on its back. So my third uncle and cousin don't even dare to use their own family members now, and they are going to fight alone."