I can't be a cannon fodder

Xiao Xingxing took a hot bath, and only looked at the room for tonight when she came out. When she just came up, Huo Zhourong told her that there were no rooms left, and she needed a room tonight.

She doesn't believe it!

But let Huo Zhourong think she believed it, because she didn't want to live by herself.The rooms here don't have any anti-theft facilities, and she's afraid to live alone!

"Xingxing, are you done washing?" Huo Zhourong knocked on the door.

Xiao Xingxing opened the door to let him in, Huo Zhourong saw that she was wearing a long light green dress with a big hem, and the wind outside the window floated in the air.
Coupled with the long hair that has just taken a shower and is still dripping, the whole person looks like an elf in the forest.

Huo Zhourong's throat moved, he went in and picked up a towel to wipe Xiao Xingxing's hair.

Sitting by the bed, Xiao Xingxing thought that the man's eyes had misunderstood just now: "Don't worry, I just brought this long skirt, and the rest are light trousers."

"It's beautiful." Huo Zhourong said after a few seconds.

Xiao Xingxing turned his head and glanced at him: "It's useless for you to praise me now, shouldn't we settle the account you left me?"

Huo Zhourong continued to brush her hair, while saying: "Although I don't know what's going on in there, you should know what the primeval forest is like. It's so hard to drive here today, tomorrow..."

"I don't think it's hard, it's just that I'm not used to it." Xiao Xingxing interrupted him, "I also know what the forest is like. We are here to find Huo Xingye. We may have to walk for a long time every day. The forest is sultry. There are bugs. There might even be beasts."

Xiao Xingxing's voice became smaller and smaller as he spoke, and finally Huo Zhourong heard sobbing.

"Xing Xing." He hugged her into his arms, "Don't cry, I'm sorry, I shouldn't leave you behind without authorization, please stop crying."

Xiao Xingxing wiped his tears on the man's clothes and said angrily: "You still give me milk in a fake way, put sleeping pills in it, let me sleep so late!"

She knew that when Huo Zhourong left by herself, she was frightened to death.I was afraid that if I couldn't reach him in time, something would happen to him.

"It's not a sleeping pill, it's a sleeping pill, and it has no side effects." Huo Zhourong stroked her hair, "You still followed."

"You don't want me to stay in this village again, let me tell you! I just want to follow you to find Huo Xingye, just forget it this time, I'm really angry if you leave me again."

Xiao Xingxing looked at him angrily, with a serious face.

Huo Zhourong had a helpless expression on his face, he knew it was okay to sneak away, otherwise he would lose any position against Xiao Xingxing.

"Okay, let's go together."

I just hope that Huo Xingye can be found as soon as possible.

then……

Then get spanked.

The next day, everyone ate the buns and bean noodles prepared by Ah Hong, and they were ready to go.Xiao Xingxing wore a set of professional field camping clothes today, which contained various small mechanisms and many practical gadgets.

When Bai Ying saw her, he gave her a thumbs up: "This set is not bad, did Mr. Huo prepare it?"

"I bought it myself from a foreign website!" Xiao Xingxing was very proud, because the time was tight, and it really took a lot of effort to get this suit.

Yesterday, the little girl named Luo Fan ran over with a bag of things: "Sister, sister! This is the dry food prepared by grandma, you can eat it on the way!"

Xiao Xingxing took it with a smile: "Thank you, but I'm not a sister, I'm an aunt."

"Impossible!" Luo Fan shook his head, "You must be my sister if you are so beautiful." After speaking, he asked Huo Zhourong beside him, "Right, uncle!"

Huo Zhourong pulled the snickering Xiao Xingxing into the car with a blank expression, leaving a panicked Luo Fan thinking that he had made some mistake.

Assistant Qin comforted the little girl: "It's okay, it's okay, our boss is usually like this, thank you for your breakfast, and told your mother, no matter how many days we go, don't let others live in the house, remember?"

"Uncle, don't worry!" Luo Fan promised, "My mother said that you have booked our hotel and won't let others live in it."

Xiao Xingxing got into the car, opened the package and took a look, it was Bao Shao and beef jerky, and there were more than a dozen pieces of fried cakes.She packed them carefully and put them in her backpack, and Huo Zhourong didn't let her carry them.

"I'm already the one with the lightest load, so let me carry it!"

Not far from the village, the medicine merchant said: "We will be at the edge of the forest soon. According to the previous plan, if we go well this morning, we can go to a village called Xianrenzhai in the afternoon, where all the Miao people live. People, I go there two or three times a year to collect medicines, they don't like outsiders very much, but they don't have any hostility."

"Immortal Village?" The three words twirled around his lips, and Xiao Xingxing asked, "Is it because of the beautiful scenery that you chose such a name?"

The guide said first: "There is no good scenery in this deep mountain and old forest. I heard that there was a plague in that village before liberation. Later, a passing fairy rescued them. In memory of this fairy, it is called Xianren Village."

The medicine merchant nodded: "The people in their village believe in these things very much. We should pay attention when we get there."

"We're going to inquire about the whereabouts of Huo Ershao, don't ask any more questions." The fourth brother added, "When we were catching drug dealers, we strayed into their stockade once and were almost tied up."

Bai Ying sighed: "No, they thought we were drug dealers, but after explaining it clearly, our attitude was okay. In short, they just don't like outsiders."

Xiao Xingxing nodded. She read on the Internet that the more ethnic minority villages here live in the mountains, the more they are out of touch with society.In their eyes, they only have their own totem beliefs, without government and laws. I heard that lynching is still used in many places.So before, she was worried whether Huo Xingye was detained by such a village and wanted to be his son-in-law.

After driving for a while, the car stopped beside a mountain road, and the road after that was close to feet.Everyone got out of the car one after another, walked along the mountain road for about 20 minutes, and suddenly turned into a piece of green, winding and endless green.

"Let's go!" The fourth brother tipped his backpack and went in first. A guide followed Huo Zhourong and Xiao Xingxing and told them to try not to touch those plants after entering the forest, and not to lean on trees casually.

"This is a subtropical climate, so the forest is a bit like a rainforest. But because there are many mountains, it can't be called a rainforest. Let's talk about the combination of forest and rainforest!"

The guide said as he walked: "There are a lot of strange poisons and vegetation here. If you find yourself bitten by some small insects, you must tell them immediately. Don't think that the small insects are all right."

Xiao Xingxing listened carefully, and occasionally asked if he could step on a strange plant when he saw it.She didn't want to get hurt or cause problems to drag everyone down. The group just walked around like this. It was sweltering in the forest and everyone was soaked.

It wasn't until one o'clock in the afternoon that the guide observed a river for a long time before he was sure that he could camp here for a rest and have lunch.After eating, everyone set off again and walked for almost three hours. Xiao Xingxing found that the big trees began to become scarce, and the road under his feet had artificial traces. He could even see many wood carvings and stone statues on the side of the road.

"It's almost here." Bai Yingcao wiped off her sweat, turned her head to look at Huo Zhourong and Xiao Xingxing, "Is it okay?"

Huo Zhourong nodded, he held Xiao Xingxing's hand, and could feel her walking more and more strenuously.This day, he walked nearly 60 kilometers, but Xiao Xingxing persisted without saying a word.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Xingxing was exhaling and inhaling all the time, so as to maintain her breathing rhythm, she exhaled and glanced at Huo Zhourong.

Huo Zhourong put his hands around her waist, and brought the person to him: "Do you want me to hug you?"

"No need!" Xiao Xingxing immediately rejected him, "I'm fine, ah! I saw that village."

Twenty meters away, there is a wooden archway with the words Xianrenzhai written in red on it.

"Someone is here." The fourth brother stared at the wooden archway, and three people ran out from a distance.

The medicine merchant waved at them and walked over first.

"Ali! Ah Bao! Ah Shan!"

Those three people ran out, still holding iron forks in their hands, and immediately surrounded him when they saw the medicine merchant: "Didn't you come here last month? Why are you here again?"

"There is something important this time, is your patriarch here?" The medicine merchant pointed to Huo Zhourong and the others, and talked with those three people for a long time.

During the period, the three people looked at them from time to time, and Xiao Xingxing could feel the vigilance and unkindness in those eyes. It seemed that the people here were really not very hospitable.

"Let's go!" Finally the negotiation was completed, and the medicine merchant waved to them.

A group of people followed the three youths into the stockade. Many people saw them running out of the house along the way. Several children also ran with them, and were quickly arrested by their parents.

"The patriarch is inside, you go in."

Walking to the innermost circular wooden house, a young man lifted the curtain and glanced at them: "There are so many of you that can't fit inside."

The fourth brother asked the guide and bodyguard to stay, and he went in with Bai Ying, Huo Zhourong, Xiao Xingxing and the medicine merchant.

The house is not big, there are a few pieces of furniture, there is a fire in the middle, and there is a pot cooking something on it.There is actually a sofa in the middle, the paint is so black that no color can be seen, and an old man is sitting on it.

The old man looked to be in his 50s with dark skin.Wearing national costumes, the hat on the head has a few hairs of unknown animals inserted.

"Patriarch!" The medicine merchant was the first to speak, "These are here to find someone. Their relatives disappeared in this forest half a month ago, and the last place he stayed was our village."

The patriarch moved his fingers, his eyes swept over them, Xiao Xingxing leaned closer to Huo Zhourong, Huo Zhourong took a slight step forward, and blocked her behind.

"Three people did come to our village more than ten days ago. They stayed overnight and left." The patriarch raised his hand, and Xiao Xingxing only noticed that he was wearing a gold watch on his wrist.

"This gold watch was given to me by one of them." The patriarch seemed to like the watch very much and touched it. "I tried to persuade them, but unfortunately I didn't. I told them not to go, but they didn't listen. Later, Alas... Then something happened..."