In the days that followed, Lin Chusheng never saw Ji Beizhou for several days, and he did not return all night and was left without a trace.

Just as the village chief was worried that these two people would encounter wild beasts attacking on the mountain. An accident occurred. The sun set in the west that day, and he came back.

Lin Chusheng has been here for six or seven days, but this is the first time he has had dinner with Ji Beizhou. He usually only returns in the middle of the night, so it is difficult to meet.

Although it is still a common home-cooked meal, because there are two more people, Kuroko is good at engaging in the atmosphere. He talks about his experiences going up the mountain in recent days, and the dining table looks particularly lively.

"Village Chief, I see that there are many houses in your village that are not occupied, so they are always empty?" Ji Beizhou was having a meal and chatting with the village chief.

"Are you all going out to work?"

"The house is empty, and no one takes care of it?"

"We are not willing to come here. Besides, there is nothing valuable at home." The village chief smiled.

Ji Beizhou smiled, picked up the teacup and stood up, "Village Chief, Auntie, I will toast you with tea instead of wine. Thank you for your entertainment."

"Why are you doing so politely? Hurry up and sit down." The village chief hurriedly pulled him down.

"Brother Bei, when will you leave?" Wen Bo asked.

"We are here for a trip. We have been almost done in the mountains these days. We probably will leave soon." Kuroko smiled and said, "Where are you?"

Wen Bo was a little helpless, "I have to stay for a few days. I miss my wife and daughter. If you have time to come to Beijing, call me and I will include food and accommodation."

"Then I'm not polite."

Lin Chusheng lowered his head to eat, but he didn't expect Ji Beizhou to leave so soon, so he couldn't tell what it felt like.

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There was no entertainment in the village. After dinner, I chatted for a while. It was getting dark and everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Lin Chusheng washed his hair at night and sorted out the dialect materials he collected during the day in the room. However, there was no hair dryer until he was about to go to bed and his hair was half-wet, so she went out to take a breather.

In December, the temperature in Diancheng is not low, but the mountain breeze at night is slightly cold, making the body feel cool.

The night sky is as bright as stars. Since she went to the toilet that day and found Ji Beizhou wearing no clothes, she is very careful now as long as she goes to the backyard.

I have been here for a few days and am very familiar with the environment. As soon as I was about to find a place to sit down, I heard a familiar voice, "I haven't been sleeping so late, and I'm coming out to see the stars again?"

After looking at the sound, she noticed that Ji Beizhou was also there, leaning half on the low wall, facing the light, and hiding in the darkness.

"Yes." She nodded and responded.

Ji Beizhou walked two steps towards her, standing under the stars, his figure gradually became clear. He seemed to have just finished taking a shower, with a towel hanging around his neck, his hair was wet, black pants and white clothes, and a long coat.

He looked at Lin Chusheng, "Will you be cold when you wear this way?"

"It's okay." Lin Chusheng just took the wind to dissipate the moisture from his hair. When he went out, he didn't care much about the temperature at night.

Ji Beizhou took off his coat and handed it to her, "dressed."

"I don't need it, I'll go back soon..."

"I'll help you wear it?"

Lin Chusheng gritted his teeth, reached out to take his coat, put it on his body and said "Thank you".

His clothes were too big, covering half of her calf, which was a little inappropriate, and it touched his body temperature, and it was close to her skin, warm and hot.

"That..." Lin Chusheng reached out and slid his half-wet hair, "When will you leave?"

Ji Beizhou turned his head at her, curled his lips and smiled, "What's wrong? I can't bear to leave?"

"No, I'll just ask." Lin Chusheng hurriedly explained.

Every time he faces him alone, Lin Chusheng always has a very fast heartbeat and his movements are cramped.

"Is that my own passion?" Ji Beizhou smiled, subconsciously reached out to touch the cigarette, but found that the cigarette and lighter were in the outer pocket.

Lin Chusheng opened his eyes and didn't look at him. As soon as he looked up, he was about to look at the starry sky, he found that he hadn't said he could say hello and suddenly approached.

His breathing was stagnant, and Lin Chusheng remained silent and wanted to retreat and distance himself from him.

"Are you so afraid of me?"

"I don't have one, I..."

"Then what are you hiding?"

Lin Chusheng didn't know what he was going to do, so he was naturally nervous.

As he got closer, he carried the starlight on his back, half of his body was shrouded in the shadows, breathing with heat, his eyes were deep and full of danger.

Lin Chusheng faced the half-dilky starlight, and every inch on his face was particularly clear.

The surroundings were so quiet that apart from the broken wind, there were only the breath of two people.

shallow, eager.

Ji Beizhou lowered his eyes, bent down slightly, reached out to take out the cigarette and lighter from his coat pocket. Lin Chusheng subconsciously looked down, but when he looked up, he ran straight into his eyes.

He was laughing, his burning breath splashed onto her face, clamoring for his chest.

"What do you think I want to do?"

Lin Chusheng didn't make a sound, but his heart was like beating a drum.

In a blink of an eye, he had already evacuated, the heat dissipated, and she finally breathed evenly.

Ji Beizhou took out a cigarette and a lighter. He was about to smoke one, but he looked up at her again, "Do you hate men smoking?"

"It's okay." Lin Chusheng just thought it would be better to smoke and drink in moderation, which is not annoying.

Ji Beizhou nodded, playing with the cigarette in his hand, but never lit it.

After chatting for a while, they went back to their house. Lin Chusheng realized that he had put on Ji Beizhou's clothes back. He hesitated for a moment and decided to return them to him now.

——

After Ji Beizhou returned to his room, Heizi looked at him in a slight manner, "Brother, I have seen it. You came back with your sister-in-law. Tell me honestly, how far have you two developed?"

"My business needs to be explained to you?"

"I care about you."

"I asked you to investigate the empty houses in the village. How is the situation?"

Heizi took out a hand-drawn map and circled many places with a red pen. "These are all empty rooms. I went to see a few, but there was no sign of people staying in. Do you really suspect that these people are so brave and dare to hide in other people's houses?"

"You can't let go of any possibility."

"Then check it out tomorrow."

While speaking, there was a knock on the door outside, and Kuroko raised a little, "Who?"

"It's me."

Ji Beizhou was leaning against the head of the bed at that time and was about to turn over and get out of bed. Heizi quickly opened the door, "It's so late, you are..."

"I'll return the clothes to Brother Ji."

"Clothes..." Kuroko smiled even more and more wrongly, and was already thinking about something that needed to be mosaiced. "Do you want to come in and sit down?"

"It's too late, I won't disturb you to rest."

"We haven't rested yet, so we won't bother at all, right, captain." Kuroko was too enthusiastic, Lin Chusheng had not recovered, and had been welcomed in and asked her to sit down.

Ji Beizhou felt a little painful, what did this idiot want to do?

"Aren't you doing research? You've been wandering around the village recently." Heizi poured water for her.

"Yes." Lin Chusheng nodded.

"Then you are already very familiar with this village. Have you ever seen any special people or noticed something special..." Kuroko smiled, knowing each other's background, and he didn't talk in a circle.

Lin Chusheng is not stupid. They kept talking to the village chief during dinner, "You are looking for someone, do you think they may hide in the empty house?"

"Sister-in-law...a top student is different, smart."

"I didn't pay much attention to these things, but I have taken a lot of photos in the village these days..."

"Can you show us?"

"I'll go back and sort it out, I'll give it to you tomorrow morning."

"No problem, thank you."

Lin Chusheng didn't stay for long. After she left, Ji Beizhou glared at him, and someone laughed even more and more wrongly, "Captain, you dare to say that you two are okay. When you go out, you even take off your clothes."

"I'm afraid she's cold, so I put on her coat."

"Captain, I feel cold, too!"

"roll--"

Ji Beizhou wished he could step on his face a few times.

Subconsciously, he touched the cigarette and held it to his mouth, lit it and crushed it.

Lin Chusheng went back to his room to sort out the photos he took recently, which were mixed with some selfies. They needed to be screened and sorted out the photos. Only then did she notice that there seemed to be something wrong...

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Brother Bei: She can’t bear to leave me!

Lin Chusheng: I don’t have it!

Brother Bei: Women are both right and wrong.

Lin Chusheng:...

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Chapter completed!