Bai Chen wanted to know the name of the girl who looked like Bai Xi.
"Sir, do you know the girl in this photo?" Bai Chen asked, a little nervously.
But the middle-aged man did not answer.
A few seconds later, he replied slowly, "No."
Bai Chen: "??"
The girl was confused too, but being allowed inside was good enough. She took the lead and said, "Let's go in, then. That girl must be inside."
Bai Chen nodded and was about to follow her in, but he had barely taken a few steps.
The middle-aged man behind him called him back. "I'll take you to the place where you'll be staying tonight in a bit."
Bai Chen: "?"
Looking at the middle-aged man's expression, Bai Chen had a feeling that wherever they were going next would not be pleasant. Still, he did not know whether refusing would get him thrown straight out.
The girl asked, "Jimei, where are you taking him?" [Translation: Jimei means uncle.]
Although the girl was being paid to do a job, she had delivered him here, so whatever happened next was no longer her concern.
But Bai Chen had been so nice to her earlier. Even after she had caused him to fall into the mud, he had not scolded her, and had even given her tissues to clean herself up.
He seemed like a good person. She had grown up in the Miao village and rarely met outsiders. She always felt that anyone who came to their village had bad intentions.
Some outsiders had once come up the mountain to steal their people's Gu Poison insects. After they were caught and interrogated, it turned out that they had wanted to steal Gu Poison to hurt people.
The Miao had many Gu Poison insects. Those outsiders