Tomb Raiders Notes: If Innocence Had a Brother

"Don't move!" Huo Sisi yelled at me with her hands on her waist.

I felt aggrieved, pursed my lips, and felt an iron palm fall on my shoulder.

"Can you please stop moving around? It won't be smooth, and it will still hurt if you take it off." Huo Sisi took the thing and fiddled with my face for a while, "Okay."

She and I let out a breath together, and I wiped the non-existent sweat from my forehead.

Huo Sisi sat aside, taking a swig of water. "It's too troublesome for you to have such a big face."

I looked in the mirror and saw that I looked like a different person, which was very strange. "When I see them wearing it, they just put it on their face. It's not like you putting so much effort into it."

Huo Sisi rolled her eyes, "You think you're filming a TV series?"

I made a few exaggerated expressions while wearing a mask, but it seemed that I still couldn't have too much range of expressions. I rubbed my face and asked, "Are you sure about the quality of this product? Why do I feel my face is a little itchy?"

"Let me take a look." Huo Sisi came over and pulled my face hard.

"Lu Ren and Li La are playing with fire" I tried hard to fight for the ownership of my face from Huo Sisi.

I took off the mask and used ice cubes in one hand to apply cold compress to my face. Holding the mirror in one hand, his whole face was red.

"You have to get used to it. After all, you have to carry this thing for a long time." Huo Sisi picked up the ice pack and helped me apply it on my forehead.

I looked in the mirror and said, "Mirror, mirror, who is the most beautiful person in the world."

Huo Sisi burst out laughing. "You're such a stinker."

I was unmoved and said with a pinched voice: "Of course it's the person looking in the mirror." Then I turned the mirror over and pointed it at Huo Sisi.

Huo Sisi was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly, but it was different from her previous smiles. Many years later, when I recalled this moment, I found that there was light in her eyes at that time.

"Huo Sisi, you..." I said with a serious expression: "You are as red as a bubble teapot."

"Ah! Take a slap from me!"

When Huo Sisi informed me that I could leave, we had been preparing for this day for more than a month. For more than a month, we repeatedly planned the route and then overturned it, and then planned and overturned it again.

For more than a month, Huo Sisi found someone to imitate my words and deeds and stay in Beijing on my behalf. I also learned some disguise techniques in an attempt to be effective.

When Huo Sisi said it was time to leave, I expertly put on my condoms and officially left Beijing with the things I had prepared.

After arriving in Guangxi by plane, the receptionist in the city took me to their base here, a travel agency. According to the plan, the receptionist gave me a tour guide certificate and work certificate, and introduced two more people to me. The three of them officially set off for Banai the day after tomorrow.

The mountains in Guangxi are called Shiwandashan. They cover hundreds of kilometers of mountains and have a forest area of ​​more than 5 million acres. Among them, there are many virgin forests in uninhabited areas. The pristine natural landscape along the way makes people feel relaxed and happy, temporarily forgetting the worries before and behind them.

We set off at four o'clock in the morning and arrived at the place in the evening. The two companions took me to Agui's wooden building in Yao Village.

"Agui, long time no see." The person who greeted me was an old tour guide from the travel agency who was also the person in charge of the dark side of Guangxi. His name was Li Sian, forty-three years old. He is slightly chubby, has a round face, has a kind face, is knowledgeable about the past and present, knows the culture of Guangxi very well, and speaks very humorously.

Before we came here, we greeted Agui and said that the travel agency was going to develop and had recruited a new group of tour guides. The old members of the agency would take them to familiarize themselves with the routes and to re-plan the tourist area.

"Brother Li, it's been a long time!" When Agui saw us coming in, he put down what he was doing and came over to help us carry our things.

"This is the young boy you were talking about." Agui looked at me with a smile.

"Yes, this is your Uncle Agui. Our travel agency will lead a team to stay in Agui's wooden building." Li Sian introduced to me.

I followed Li Sian's words and called Uncle Agui.

Agui smiled and nodded, inviting us in. He said that the accommodation had been arranged and his daughter was cooking. "We haven't seen each other for a long time. I brought two bottles of good wine. I won't come home until I get drunk tonight!"

Li Sian seems to have a good relationship with Agui. I shared a room with another young man, Li Rui, who was traveling with me. He was Li Sian's cousin. Li Sian has a room of his own. At dinner, Agui and Li Sian drank the wine they brought, and I drank some local sweet wine. It was not quite like the white wine on the market today, but it felt a little sweet and glutinous, and the alcohol was not high.

Finally, Li Rui and I carried the drunk Agui and Li Sian back to the room.

After washing, I lay down in the wooden building in Yao Village. Although it was summer, it was not hot at all. On the phone is a text message sent to me by Huo Sisi. Briefly explained, the stronghold of Guangxi Chenpi Asi's group is also in the mountains. After so many years, Li Sian only knows a few on the periphery. Let us try to avoid direct conflicts. She is still checking in Changsha.

Delete the information on your phone and hope everything goes well.

I woke up at dawn the next day. The air in the mountains was very fresh. I felt refreshed even after taking a deep breath. When all the people were gathered, Li Si'an said hello to Agui and said he would take me around the village before breakfast.

After walking for ten minutes, there is an old stilt wooden building on the slope in front, with black tiles and yellow mud walls. It has only one floor and looks smaller than other wooden buildings. The rest is basically the same as other houses.

Li Si'an gave me a gesture, and I immediately understood that this was Zhang Qiling's house.

"Yao Village had a hard time in the past few years, so the houses are a little dilapidated. However, the original customs and customs have been preserved. When we bring the team in, we must consider the visual experience of tourists, but at the same time, we must also be careful not to cause inconvenience to the residents of the village. "In the morning, a few villagers passed by the village, and Li Sian started to explain to me.

I nodded, showing that I was open to teaching.

We walked around the village. Li Sian had a good reputation in the local area. Many local fellows, especially the older ones, would call him in Mandarin with an accent when they saw him.

"In the early years, when the travel agency first came here, I saw that these people had a hard time living and it was difficult to buy things, so I helped bring some things with them the next time they came in. Once we went there, we got used to it." Li Si'an explained, but later I learned You know, his back and forth lasted for nearly ten years.

On the way back, I asked him: "Do you know who owns that wooden building?"

Li Sian nodded.

"You never thought about going in and taking a look?" I asked.

"The people below us just need to follow the arrangements." Li Sian answered me with a smile.

After having breakfast at Agui's place, I took a look at the old photos on the wall on the first floor. It was a photo of young Chen Wenjin and Agui's father. Through the yellowed old photos, we can see that Chen Wenjin was really beautiful when he was young.

Li Si'an told Agui that he wanted to visit the lake. He brought dry food and packages, rented two mules, and asked Agui's eldest daughter Caixia to lead us. "I have been on that road several times, but with two young children, I still feel unsure." This is what Li Si'an told Agui.

The appearance of Caixia is not as gorgeous as the clouds, but it also reveals some exotic charm.

"Uncle Li, that lake is far away. You haven't been there a few times in the past few years. There is nothing good there, and the road is not easy to walk." Caixia walked with Li Sian in front, "There is nothing good in the forest."

Li Si'an patiently explained to Caixia. "There are not too dense woods by the lake. The sky is full of stars at night. If the weather is good, you can even see stretches of the Milky Way. These are not something you can see everywhere. Our travel agency is planning to set up a project there. What do you think? Dad will buy a few tents and rent them out when the weather is good, which will be another source of income."

Caixia beamed when she heard this.

When we got to the place, we unloaded our things because we were going to spend the night here. We told Caixia that we wanted to see the night view and see if it was worth the investment. We are all old men, so we only brought a tent and asked Caixia to go back first on a mule and come back to pick us up two days later.

Li Si'an took out a hundred yuan from his bag and gave it to Caixia, and the little girl left happily.

We continued to clean up the camp, and I asked Li Sian: "Then Agui, don't worry, you can come in by yourself? There won't be any taboos?"

Li Sian handed the work in his hand to Li Rui and took me to the lake.

"There was indeed a taboo at the beginning. Some bad things happened by the lake. Especially Panma made a lot of noises a few times. But later on, the profits were okay, so Agui and some people in the village just turned a blind eye. Now." Li Sian looked around and said, "You have seen the situation in the village. These people are really poor and scared. As long as nothing happens, the people in the village will not care. Panma has blood on his hands. , he had killed a lot of people before, but after all, the relationship between the hotel and the village was okay, so he couldn’t afford to take action."

Li Si'an looked back at Li Rui, and then said to me: "The people above asked me to pave the way for you, and you will be the one in charge. When you tell me to go down, Li Rui will go with you."

I said I understood. Over there, Li Rui sorted things out almost completely, but he didn't know how to get some equipment. He stood aside and waited for Li Sian and I to go over.