Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

"Do you have anything to do with my dad?" The man looked at the two people who had been in the village for some time, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"We saw a photo at Uncle Acai's place yesterday. The photo shows my brother's third aunt. We learned from Uncle Acai that your father had contact with his third aunt. So, we came to ask your father what his third aunt experienced here that year." The fat man explained to the man half-truthfully, with a simple smile on his face.

After hearing this, the man frowned slightly, as if he was lost in memory. After a moment, he scratched his head and looked at Fatty and Wu Xie apologetically: "What a coincidence, my father went up the mountain and is not at home. He may not be back until the evening."

Fatty and Wu Xie looked at each other, feeling a little disappointed, but still smiled politely: "That's really unfortunate. But it doesn't matter, let's visit you again when your father comes back." After saying that, they turned around and left.

The man looked at their departing figures, his eyes showing a trace of doubt and vigilance. He sighed softly and muttered to himself: "Who are these people? Why are they suddenly interested in my father?" He frowned, his mind full of questions. However, there were not many clues for him to pursue at the moment, so he could only wait for his father to come back and learn from him.

Fatty and Wu Xie returned to Uncle Acai's house together. As soon as they entered the door, they saw Yuncai walking towards them.

"Fat brother, didn't you say you had something to do today? Why are you still at home?" Yuncai asked curiously, carrying a basket of vegetables in her hand, as if she was preparing to go out.

"Hey! We went out for a while, but didn't find the person we were looking for, so we had to come back." The fat man sat on the stool with a sigh, a trace of frustration on his face.

The fat man suddenly noticed the basket in Yuncai's hand, his eyes lit up, and he asked curiously, "Sister Yuncai, where are you going?"

"It rained a couple of days ago, so a lot of mushrooms will appear in the mountains and forests. I plan to pick some mushrooms to make soup." Yuncai pointed to the mountain behind the house, shook the basket in her hand, her eyes flashing with anticipation.

When Fatty heard this, he immediately became excited and followed behind Yuncai, ready to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms together. Wu Xie chose to go back to his room, took out his notebook and began to record some important things.

Wu Xie carefully wrote down the notes one by one in the notebook, not missing any details. He prayed in his heart, hoping that through these notes he could find clues about how Aunt Wenjin and the others came here.

After finishing his notes, Wu Xie gently closed the notebook, walked to the window, opened it and looked towards the mountain. He stared into the distance quietly, his heart filled with expectations and worries about the future.

A breeze blew by, blowing up the papers on the desk, making a slight rustling sound, as if telling some secret.

Suddenly, a sound of "ouch, ouch" came from outside the room, breaking the silence. Wu Xie hurried out of the room, only to see Fatty standing there in pain, his face swollen so badly that even his eyes were narrowed into slits. "Fatty, what's wrong with you? Didn't you go mushroom picking? Why is your face so swollen?" Wu Xie anxiously circled around Fatty, carefully observing his big fat face, his expression showing great concern and worry.

The fat man had a bitter look on his face. He touched his swollen cheek and muttered, "It was because I didn't stand firmly and leaned on the tree. Who would have thought that there was a beehive on the tree, and the beehive fell directly on my head."

Then, he whined and complained about his grievances: "Then a bunch of bees flew out of the hive, for the handsome face of Fatty."

Yuncai stood aside, looking at the miserable state of the fat man, and was so distressed that tears almost fell. She hurriedly said, "Brother Fatty, I'll get you some medicine to apply, otherwise you will be left with scars."

The fat man quickly waved his hands and comforted her, "It's okay, Sister Yuncai, it doesn't hurt at all. Besides, scars are men's medals, this is nothing!" He endured the pain, forced a smile, and tried to reassure Yuncai.

Yuncai ran into the house and came out again after a while, holding a jar of herbal ointment and a pair of tweezers in her hand.

Wu Xie took the tweezers from Yuncai, carefully removed the remaining bee stingers on the fat man's face, and then applied herbal ointment.

In the evening, Wu Xie and Fatty went to Panma Dad's house again.

There, Wu Xie and Fatty met the legendary Panma Daddy.

Three people were whispering upstairs, and no one knew what they were saying.

Panma's son only knew that he was very happy when his father came out.

Early the next morning, Wu Xie, Fatty and Panma Old Man set out together to the magic lake halfway up the mountain.

Wu Xie and Panma Dad took off their clothes and dived into the water together.

"What's going on! Are there any good things underground?" The fat man lay on the raft, looking at Wu Xie coming out of the water with excitement.

"We are not looking for treasure, don't talk nonsense." Wu Xie jumped onto the raft from the water in a bad mood.

"Oh, yes, yes. Um, did you see anything underwater?"

"This lake is at least 70 meters deep. It's impossible to get to the bottom without equipment, but what is certain is that there are buildings underneath." Wu Xie looked at the water in confusion, wondering how there could be such a deep lake and even buildings under the water.

"Building complex? Old Man Panma, you have lived here for so long, do you know anything about this building complex on this mountain?" The fat man was also confused and turned to look at Old Man Panma.

"I'm not sure either. I've never heard my family mention this lake. I only know that the older generation called it the Demon Lake, but no one knows why." Panma shook his head. "There are many legends here, such as water ghosts and mountain monsters, but they are all stories to scare children. But this lake is indeed very mysterious. When I was a child, I heard from the elders that this lake is very deep and bottomless, and there are many strange things in it. Also, the color of the water changes with the weather. Sometimes it is blue, sometimes green, and sometimes black. It's very magical."

"Let's go back. We have to go to Yanjing to find Xiaohua." Wu Xie wiped his face and looked at the fat man somewhat embarrassedly.

"You, don't you have to find something to go to Boss Xie?" The fat man felt a little embarrassed.

After Fatty and Wu Xie sent Panma Dad back, they went straight to the airport and flew to Yanjing.

Xie Yuchen got the news after the two of them boarded the plane. He knew that Wu Xie and Fatty were coming to see him, and he couldn't help but feel a little bit of anticipation. What on earth had they encountered that required his help?

Wu Xie followed Fatty to Fatty's shop and discussed a small treasure with Fatty. The two of them went straight to Xie's house with the treasure.