The Secret Hidden in the Wilderness

"What was that sound just now?" Liu Shuyue looked curiously toward the inside of the bar counter. "It sounded like something fell over."

"Uh... I'll take a look." To be honest, Chen Xuan had been badly startled too. Though he did not know why Lin Qing had hidden, instinctively avoiding an unexpected situation seemed like a natural response. He pretended to look behind him. "Nothing. My clothes just fell down."

The clothes really had fallen... because if they had bulged up out of nowhere, they would have been rather conspicuous.

He bent down and carefully picked up the clothes, afraid of touching something else. "What's up? Coming to see me at this hour—want a late-night snack?"

"It's still afternoon on my side." Liu Shuyue's expression turned serious. "Some strange things were discovered in the Myriad Mountain Great Wilderness. I want you to take a look."

"The Myriad Mountain Great Wilderness?" Chen Xuan immediately became serious. That place concerned Mala Village's survival; nothing could go wrong there. "All right, let's go now."

The two arrived on the second floor and were about to head to Mala Village through Fu Jiaolu's Room 203 when Lin Qing suddenly emerged from her own room. She wore pajamas, as though she had just gotten out of bed. "Oh, Shuyue's here. Long time no see."

"Hello, Miss Lin. Sorry to disturb you at night," Liu Shuyue said with a nod.

"It's only been a week. Why are you greeting me like that again?" Lin Qing said unhappily. "Where are you going? I'm coming too, or we'll grow distant."

"I don't mind, but what about the shop...?"

Chen Xuan scratched his head. "Fine, wait for me a moment. I'll go close up."

Hadn't Lin Qing been behind the counter just a second ago? How had she rushed