hotmtlnovel Chapter 686: Can’t Enter the Mountain
Chapter 686: Can’t Enter the Mountain
After telling Zhang Qingya about this matter, Gu Chaoxi and Pei Yan set out for Wanqi Mountain the next day.
The only small town near Wanqi Mountain is called Aifang Town. It probably got this name because the place is not big and all the houses are bungalows.
It was three o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived at Aifang Town. This place is surrounded by mountains, and it is not easy to find in.
After getting off the plane at the airport, the two took a long-distance bus, then took a small van, and after winding around a lot, they finally got over a mountain.
There is a large stone archway at the entrance of Aifang Town, with the three words "Aifang Town" engraved on it.
After years of erosion, the three red characters have long faded and are very close to the color of the stone.
If the scratches were not deep enough, people would probably think it was just an ordinary big stone.
Walking into the town, you will see that almost every house has a yard surrounded by a fence.
The road in the middle is still a mud road because it is not paved with cement.
However, because the weather has been good recently, the road surface seems very dry, but it is covered with dust.
The two men dragged a small box and walked inside from the town entrance. People passing by looked at them with regret.
I guess they were the kind of backpackers who wanted to explore Wanqi Mountain.
After walking for a while, I finally saw a paper sign at the gate of a yard, with ropes tied to the fence at the four corners.
“B&B.”
These two simple words looked like they were written with carbon, and the handwriting was a little scratchy.
I walked through the fence into the yard and saw someone coming out.
An old man wearing a gray long-sleeved shirt, looked tough, with wrinkles on his withered face and a cigarette in his mouth.
Seeing the two people standing in the yard, the old man put down the bucket in his hand, stood up and looked at them, then raised his hand and patted his lower back.
"Accommodation?"
The old man's voice sounded a little rough, and there was some oil and vegetable leaves on his hands, probably because he was cooking.
Gu Zhaoxi nodded and looked around: "Do you have a place to stay?"
"Yes, come in."
As he spoke, he wiped his hands on his clothes and motioned for the two people to follow him inside.
I thought the old man's house would only have a few rooms, but I didn't expect that when I walked through the living room and into the back yard, I would find a different world.
There is a row of houses on both sides, and there is a number plate on the door of each house to distinguish the rooms.
There were several tables and chairs in the yard, all of which looked like they were made of bamboo and were not very exquisite.
The old man led the two of them to the first room on the right, looked up and pushed open the door, pointed inside, and then pressed the switch on the wall to turn on the light in the room.
In fact, the room is not dark. The sunlight coming in from the back window can illuminate most of the room.
The room is simply furnished with only a bed, a table and two chairs.
On the right hand side, there is a wooden clothes drying rack, which looks quite sturdy.
Pei Yan turned his head and looked at the old man: "Can you give us another room?"
The old man was stunned for a moment, looked back and forth between the two of them, tilted his head, and pointed to the room next door: "Then go to that room."
"Thank you." Pei Yan nodded and walked towards the room over there.
Gu Chaoxi raised his hand and pressed it on the door frame. He looked for a while and then turned his head to look at the old man.
“Do backpackers often come here?”
"Yeah, aren't you too?" The old man coughed twice, turned around, walked two steps into the yard, and sat down on a chair.
He is old and can't really work hard.
His son and daughter are both living in big cities outside and have not returned for many years, but they transfer money to his account every month.
He actually didn't lack anything, but he had developed a deep affection for this place and didn't want to leave.
Besides, when people get older, they always think about returning to their roots and are even less willing to wander around outside, for fear that they will have no place to be buried if they die outside.
"Did all these backpackers come back alive from Wanqi Mountain?" she asked again, this time turning around and leaning against the door frame, fiddling with the strap on the corner of her clothes with her fingers.
When the old man heard this, his face looked a little unhappy and he was silent for a while.
When Pei Yan came out of the next room after putting his things away, he saw the old man with one hand on the table and the other hand supporting his knee.
"I don't know, but when they left, they took all their belongings with them."
The old man has been here for so many years and has met many people. Many of them just stop by his place and then take their things into Wanqi Mountain.
He couldn't quite remember whether anyone had come out of Wanqi Mountain in these years. Maybe there had been, but he couldn't remember.
"Are you going to Mount Wanqi too?"
"Don't go there. It's not safe."
The old man said this and shook his head helplessly.
He had advised many people in the past not to go into the mountains because the climate there is changeable and there are many unknown risks. It is easy to get lost and unable to get out once you go in.
But those backpackers don’t believe it. They always think they are special and lucky.
It's a place that even the locals don't go to, and no one knows what attracts these outsiders, most of whom are young people.
It's always one after another, as if I feel my life is not important at all.
In the end, it seemed like one person after another went there, but few people came back to say hello to him.
Gu Zhaoxi pursed his lips and shook his head: "Thank you, we won't go in, we'll just take a look around and investigate."
"Are you here to do research?" asked the old man.
Pei Yan nodded and looked at Gu Chaoxi: "Yes, I came here to study the magnetic field near Wanqi Mountain and observe its changeable climate."
This place, hailed as a mysterious place by many people, does indeed deeply attract others in some way.
So, Gu Chaoxi suddenly wondered, if Qin Wei were still there, would she also be curious about this place and want to find out what it was like.
As someone who has studied history and geography like her, I think she would be very interested in this.
Thinking of Qin Wei, Gu Chaoxi felt a little depressed.
It has been a long time since Qin Wei passed away, and she has long been accustomed to the death of others, but how can she explain the suffocating feeling in her heart at this moment?
The old man nodded, propped himself up with his arms, and staggered forward.
"As long as you don't go into the mountains, nothing will happen. You must not go into the mountains."
"You can't go into the mountains. If you offend the gods, no one will be happy."
His voice faded away slowly, leaving only Gu Chaoxi and Pei Yan in the yard.
I went back to the room and sat down, looking at the monotonous room, and then looking out the window, I could see part of the mountain.
Among the scattered cliffs, the one that seems to be shrouded in mystery is Wanqi Mountain.