"I'd better go home." Chen Wan was timid and didn't want to go to those dark places.

"Don't be afraid, we have torches!" Gu Xuexi immediately took two torches from the barrel not far away.

"Okay, you Xiaoxi, you said you were prepared?" Gu Qiao glared at him.

"Let's go! Sister Qiao'er!" Gu Xuexi preached with a saliva face.

The group then lit the torches and walked towards the fourth aunt's house.

When she passed the ridge road, Gu Qiao was already nervous, but when she thought of the big talk she had made before, she still gritted her teeth and walked forward.

Fortunately, Gu Ling and the others took the lead, Chen Zhao broke the enemy, and she and Shen Wan were able to support each other and had a support, so this fear was slightly reduced.

After about a cup of tea, the group finally arrived at the bamboo forest of the fourth aunt's house.

This bamboo forest is unmanaged and grows freely, and it has grown to the original road. There are even many bamboo leaves and fallen bamboo shells on the road.

When they stepped on it, the bamboo shell was crisp and slippery, which immediately made them unable to help but relax and tighten their nerves.

The north wind whistled, making the bamboo forest whirring, as if someone was crying in a faint voice, which was even more creepy.

"Why do I feel that it's gloomy?" Gu Xuexi retreated.

"Hey, Xiaoxi, we girls didn't say we were afraid. How could you, a man, be cowardly first?" Gu Qiao patted his shoulder. After this, she was no longer nervous.

"Let's go and look for the deer." Gu Ling was in high spirits.

Gu Qiao remembered the time when he and Gu Ling came to visit the fourth aunt. That time was still in the daytime. Gu Ling refused to go with her, but now he is not afraid at this big night.

Only more than two years have passed. Has he become more courageous or...has there any conspiracy?

Gu Qiao was suspicious. Because of this, when Gu Ling suggested that they be divided into two groups and asked her to be in the same group with him, Gu Qiao immediately nodded and agreed.

She wanted to see what Gu Ling sold in this gourd.

In this way, she and Gu Ling and Gu Xuexi are in the same group, Chen Zhao, Chen Wan and Gu Song are in another group.

The two sides went from both sides to look for traces of the sika deer, which was faintly matched.

But unexpectedly, when he was halfway through, there was suddenly no footsteps behind him. Gu Qiao turned his head and immediately changed color, and hurriedly shouted: "Gu Ling, where is Xiaoxi? Why is Xiaoxi missing?"

She was about to look for Gu Xuexi, but Gu Ling grabbed her.

"Gu Qiaoer." His voice was very low.

Gu Qiao turned around in shock and crashed into his complicated eyes.

Gu Qiao suddenly realized that in just one year, Gu Ling had grown a lot taller, and she had to look up her head to look at him. Not only that, his voice also changed, and he was still a little hoarse while being low.

This is the change that a boy must go through to grow into a man.

Aware of these changes, the little things that the two of them had been together in the past instantly poured into her mind like a movie.

Those ignored details were suddenly enlarged and became clear.

Gu Qiao seemed to have been opened up in an instant, and immediately understood Gu Ling's thoughts, and even realized something from his eyes.

"Let's go find Xiaoxi!" she said immediately, subconsciously trying to escape.

But it was too late at this time. Gu Ling grabbed her wrist and called her name again.

"Gu Qiaoer!"

Gu Qiao couldn't break free, so he could only look at him sideways and shout, "Gu Ling, please let me go."

Her voice was already a bit harsh, but Gu Ling turned a blind eye to it and continued to preach: "I have been studying hard these days and dare not slacken. But there is something that has been kept in my heart. If I don't say it, I will feel uncomfortable. If I don't say it, I really can't calm down and participate in next year's exam, so when the new year comes, I have to say it, I-ah!"

Gu Ling immediately hugged his knee because Gu Qiao stepped on his instep.

Because of the pain, he didn't have time to say the rest.

Gu Qiao was panicked and hurriedly ran into the darkness.

She guessed that Gu Ling was probably talking about something like her, but in this era, such a "confession" was not romance at all. On the contrary, if such behavior is broken by others, she is afraid that she will be labeled as "privately granted".

And this hat, in serious cases, is even enough to make her pay the price of her life.

She resisted the ancient marriage form. The reason why she resisted was that she knew too much, so she knew the seriousness of the matter. Even if she stepped on Gu Ling, she would still have to escape and could not let such a thing happen.

Just as she was fleeing in panic, she sprained her feet, and seemed to trip up a bamboo, and then she rushed forward.

But the expected pain did not come, but was replaced by a warm body.

Then the man protected her head and the two of them rolled down the slope together.

After several laps, the two of them stopped.

Gu Qiao was shocked, and his body was in pain and he couldn't help but feel scared.

Who is she pressing on?

She immediately wanted to slip away without making a sound, otherwise what if she was a man?

Who knew that the moment she stood up, her wrist was held, and then she pounced on her again and hit the man's chest.

"Don't move, it's me." Shen Zhao's voice suddenly appeared, and Gu Qiao's heart suddenly relaxed.

"Someone is here." Shen Zhao said again, and reached out to press the back of her head.

At this time, although Gu Qiao was lying down, he could clearly feel that this area seemed to be illuminated by the fire.

"Gu Qiaoer!Gu Qiaoer!"

It was Gu Ling's voice.

The person Gu Qiao didn't want to see at this time was Gu Ling, so he wouldn't agree at all.

She and Shen Zhao fell a little far away, and they happened to fall into a pit again, so Gu Ling did not notice them and continued to move forward.

After everyone left, Gu Qiao breathed a sigh of relief.

"What are you nervous?" Shen Zhao asked out loud.

Feeling his voice sounding on his forehead, Gu Qiao realized that the situation of the two was a little awkward, and hurriedly held up, "Who, who said I was nervous?"

"Then I saved you just now, why did you want to run away without even saying thank you?" Shen Zhao asked again.

"Is there any?" Gu Qiao felt guilty.

"have."

Gu Qiao had to reply: "It's because I don't know that the person is you. If it's someone else, I'll pounce on you like this, even if it's an accident,..."

Gu Qiao felt very annoyed as she said that, frowned, and whispered: "This evil feudal society!"

"What did you say?"

"Ah, I didn't say anything." Gu Qiao quickly denied.
Chapter completed!