Chapter 54: Chapter 54 Is She Wan Xiaozhou?
Fang Xiaocao carried her hiking backpack, stepping deeply, then shallowly along the wet and slippery shaded path in the forest.
“Aiyaa~”
“How much longer until we reach the camping site?”
The sound of Su Wanqing’sints came from behind her.
Just an hour into the mountain, Husky had already stumbled three times.
Now, relying solely on Yun Luoshu’s support, was Su Wanqing barely keeping up with the group.
“The happier you were when you arrived, the sadder you are now.”
Fang Xiaocao turned around and said faintly.
Hearing this, Su Wanqing’s face darkened.
Fang Xiaocao and several others trekked another two hours on the mountain road, finally finding a small gentle slope.
“Let’s rest here for a while.”
Zhi Qi stopped and said to Fang Xiaocao.
Fang Xiaocao nced at Su Wanqing and nodded helplessly.
“Yeah, let’s rest for a bit then,” Fang Xiaocao said helplessly.
Fang Xiaocao had originally nned to walk a bit further, to speed up to reach the camping assembly point as quickly as possible.
It wasn’t just Zhi Qi’s family that hade this time to inspect the tourism project, Fang Xiaocao had anticipated this.
The project nning department, in order to add fun, had specifically arranged hiking into the mountains, searching for the camping gathering spot, outdoor survival, and other activities, which would also be the main reception activities of the future open tourist area.
To this, Fang Xiaocao remarked that it was simply sick…
The perverse pleasures of the wealthy were beyond her imagination.
Who else but the sried ss, finally getting a long vacation, would spend a good deal of money toe to a deep mountain and old forest to suffer.
If she weren’t apanying Zhi Qi on the inspection tour, Fang Xiaocao wouldn’t havee if you killed her.
Fang Xiaocao: Isn’t sleeping in at home so much nicer?
After setting down their backpacks, Zhi Qi and the others found a rtively clean rock to lean on and rest.
Fang Xiaocao took out her phone to try contacting Hot Noodles.
“Are you back?”
Sheposed the message and hit send.
[Contact does not exist!]
Looking at the “Contact does not exist” alert, Fang Xiaocao reluctantly put away her phone.
She still couldn’t get in touch with Hot Noodles.
The foreign environment, the unknown dangers.
This made Fang Xiaocao somewhat anxious.
“Let’s keep moving,” she said.
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“Aim to reach the camping site earlier.”
“It will be very dangerous in these deep mountains and old forests once it gets dark.”
After resting for roughly half an hour, Zhi Qi stood up, shouldered her backpack, and called out.
Hearing this, Fang Xiaocao also stood up, shouldered her backpack, ready to depart.
Wen Shi and Yun Luoshu, with their backpacks on, propped up the wailing Su Wanqing.
Zhi Qi’s young assistant also stood up and even took the liberty of picking up Su Wanqing’s backpack.
Seeing this scene, Fang Xiaocao was taken aback.
Only now did Fang Xiaocao realize that it had always been the assistant carrying Su Wanqing’s bag.
“This assistant is quite something!” Fang Xiaocao thought to herself.
Fang Xiaocao, carrying her own backpack, was barely managing, while Yun Luoshu, as a sports student, tall and strong, helped Wen Shi support Su Wanqing on the trek. But even though she was a girl, her face showed signs of fatigue.
And yet this assistant seemed unfazed.
Surely, this was not the strength a typical girl should possess.
A girl carrying the weight of two people, walking such a long mountain road without uttering a single word or showing any signs of fatigue—unimaginable.
Keep in mind, everyone’s backpack was not light.
They weighed at least a dozen or twenty pounds. For an ordinary girl like Fang Xiaocao, just bearing the weight of one and climbing was already at her limit. Yet this assistant was toting thirty or forty pounds with such ease.
How could this not draw the attention of Fang Xiaocao.
Curiosity piqued, she couldn’t help but steal nces at the assistant now and then.
The assistant had a tall figure and a well-proportioned body. Carrying the load of two people, she still moved steadily. On the rugged mountain path, she walked swift and sure, striking a chord in Fang Xiaocao’s mind.
“Zhi Qi?”
Fang Xiaocao took a few brisk steps to catch up with the lead, Zhi Qi, and softly called out.
“What is it?”
Zhi Qi raised an eyebrow and looked at Fang Xiaocao with curiosity.
“What’s the name of that assistant of yours?”
Fang Xiaocao asked quietly.
Such a remarkable girl, Fang Xiaocao had a hunch that she might be one of the two girls she needed to watch out for, one that might be the perpetrator.
“Her?”
“Call Wan Xiaozhou!”
Upon hearing this, Zhi Qi nced at the assistant and replied.
When Xiaocao heard the three words “Wan Xiaozhou,” she was struck as if by lightning and stood frozen on the spot.
“Wan Xiaozhou?”
“She is Wan Xiaozhou?”
Xiaocao eximed in her heart.
Her expression also became somewhat strange.
“What’s wrong?”
Seeing Xiaocao’s expression, Zhi Qi asked, puzzled.
“Ah?”
“Oh, it’s nothing.”
“Just remembered something.”
Upon hearing Zhi Qi’s words, Xiaocao came back to her senses, shook her head and said with a smile.
As she spoke, Xiaocao turned her head to nce at Wan Xiaozhou, and seeing that the other party wasn’t paying attention to her, Xiaocao continued to hurry on.
Seeing this, Zhi Qi looked at Wan Xiaozhou with confusion, then back at Xiaocao, scratching his head in bewilderment before catching up with Xiaocao.
“Amidst the search through the crowd, the one I seek stands where the lights are waning?”
This line of poetry surfaced in Xiaocao’s mind.
“The very person I’ve been on guard against has been by my side all along, and I waspletely unaware. I really am quite oblivious,” Xiaocao chided herself inwardly.
“Back at the hotel, I should have asked for names.”
“If I had, I could have had Zhi Qi send Wan Xiaozhou away and get a different assistant to follow me into the mountains. That way, I would have eliminated one suspect.”
Regrets filled Xiaocao’s mind.
“Fang Xiaocao, you deserve your CPU to burn out!”
Xiaocao cursed herself silently.
“Xiaocao, why do I feel like you’ve been acting weird?”
“Especially after learning Wan Xiaozhou’s name.”
“Did Wan Xiaozhou offend you somehow?”
Walking beside Xiaocao, Zhi Qi asked with curiosity.
“No, just didn’t sleep wellst night, have a bit of a headache, don’t mind me.”
Upon hearing this, Xiaocao shed a grin and casually made up an excuse to brush off Zhi Qi.
“Really?”
Zhi Qi raised an eyebrow, asking skeptically.
“Really, would I lie to you?”
Xiaocao red at Zhi Qi and said.
Zhi Qi blinked dubiously, clearly not quite believing it.
“Let’s not talk, save your energy.”
“We still have a long way to go.”
Seeing that Zhi Qi wanted to keep discussing the issue, Xiaocao said helplessly.
“I’m not tired at all!”
Zhi Qi blinked andughed.
“I am!”
Xiaocao red at Zhi Qi and quickened her pace, creating a gap between them.
Looking at Xiaocao’s retreating figure, Zhi Qi raised an eyebrow.
He caught up with Xiaocao in just a few quick steps.
Ever seen a dogskin ster?
Zhi Qi was cosying as a dogskin ster, sticking close to Xiaocao.
Seeing the “dogskin ster” catching up, Xiaocao rolled her eyes helplessly.
“Humph~”
“So annoying~”
Xiaocaoined in her mind.
An hourter, Xiaocao, feigning exhaustion, stopped on the path.
“Is this too much for you?”
Zhi Qi asked with a chuckle.
“Is it any of your business?”
Xiaocao retorted grumpily.
Seeing Xiaocao puff up like a blowfish, Zhi Qi couldn’t help but smile happily.
“Hurry up and lead the way!”
Xiaocao said helplessly.
With Zhi Qi by her side, she couldn’t properly observe Wan Xiaozhou.