Chapter 403 The Ground Is Hot, the Night Is Dark

Xu Jingxi calmly carried the tools and pushed the door open.

Shen Ningning and Ye Shangyi hurriedly followed him, and the guards formed a circle around them.

"Hu~~" The cool wind blew along the back of Ye Shangyi's neck and into her clothes.

She was terrified: "Who! Who is blowing in my ear! There is a ghost, there is really a ghost!"

At this time, Shen Ningning silently pulled the corner of her clothes behind her.

"Shangyi, it was me who blew it."

"Ah!" Ye Shangyi's frightened heart slowly calmed down: "Ningning, don't scare me, I'm not timid, I'm just, I get scared easily."

Shen Ningning's fair little face looked particularly cute under the light of the lantern.

She blinked her round black eyes: "I didn't mean to scare you, I saw a spider on your collar, I was afraid you would be scared, so I wanted to help you blow it off."

Ye Shangyi took a breath: "Then, did you blow it off?"

"Not yet." The little guy shook his head honestly.

Ye Shangyi's face froze, and then she jumped back and forth, shouting: "I'm most afraid of spiders!"

Shen Ningning stretched out her little hand and tried to grab her sleeve, but Ye Shangyi patted her shoulders back and forth, and the little guy couldn't hold her at all.

Finally, a slender hand reached out and accurately grasped Ye Shangyi's arm, and then, before she could react, pinched the spider that had slid onto her shoulder.

"Okay." Xu Jingxi threw the spider on the ground: "Take it off."

Ye Shangyi breathed a sigh of relief and almost lost her balance.

Shen Ningning ran to look at the spider, shaking her little head, and her soft voice was full of sympathy.

"Poor little spider, you're seeing stars."

Xu Jingxi's calm eyes seemed particularly profound in the quiet and strange old house.

"I see this house is old, many places have been in disrepair for a long time, and I'm afraid it has been eaten by insects. The road ahead is not easy to walk on, and Miss Ye is so scared, you can wait for me at the door."

"Or you can go back first, it will take me about two hours to dismantle everything."

Ye Shangyi was about to nod, but Shen Ningning refused decisively.

"Leave you here alone? How can that be possible? Your hand is not fully healed. Since we are here, of course we have to help to the end, Shangyi, don't you think so?"

Looking at the little guy's bright eyes, Ye Shangyi wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Yes, yes..." I'm sorry, why did she come here in a moment of confusion?

The guard walked in front with a lantern to illuminate the road, and Xu Jingxi led Shen Ningning and Ye Shangyi to walk on the dilapidated corridor.

The redwood that used to be expensive now made a slight creaking sound when stepped on.

The Black Wolf King did not take the usual route. Outside the corridor, he sometimes jumped and ran a few steps, and sometimes sniffed around.

Xu Jingxi walked to the flower hall in the back garden and took a fire stick to shine around. Shen Ningning saw that there were faded paintings hanging in the hall, and the wooden beams on the top were extremely exquisitely carved.

"It's golden nanmu." Xu Jingxi recognized it at a glance.

He has been doing carpentry with Grandpa Xu since he was a child, and it is not difficult for him to identify wood.

Shen Ningning exclaimed: "There are so many beams. No wonder so many people died here. The owner wanted to take the expensive wood back."

But it is a big project to dismantle so many wooden beams safely.

Originally, it took five or six people to do it, but Xu Jingxi took it all by himself.

For safety reasons, he walked to the open space outside and took out the square cloth he had prepared in advance and spread it down.

"You just sit here and eat. Don't run away. I'm afraid that other places will be in disrepair and there will be broken wood." After Xu Jingxi said this, he glanced at Shen Ningning and walked back to the flower hall.

He set up the ladder he had prepared, picked up the tools, and climbed up.

Ye Shangyi arranged two guards to go in and help him.

The guards placed lanterns around where they sat, so that in the dark night, they were the only light.

But Ye Shangyi looked around and could only see bright lights in front of her. If she looked into the distance, it would be even darker.

The house was backed by mountains, which were pitch black at this moment, like a ferocious beast lurking in the dark, opening its bloody mouth at any time.

On the other hand, Shen Ningning was already humming a song and placing the food she brought on the ground one bowl after another.

Then, she took out chopsticks and an empty bowl.

"Let's eat!" The little guy smiled and poured three cups of spiritual spring water.

The black wolf king lay beside her and also got two meat buns to fill his teeth. He was not hungry yet, so he ate whatever he wanted.

Ye Shangyi looked at the dazzling array of dishes, but she felt that they were not fragrant.

"Ningning, don't you think it's weird that we put the dishes out? Especially on the ground..." She hesitated, looking around with an anxious look.

Shen Ningning had already eaten a piece of braised pork with thick red sauce.

"Wow, it smells good!" After saying that, the little guy tilted his head: "Huh? What did you say? Why is it weird?"

Ye Shangyi sat a little closer to her: "In the past, when I went to worship our ancestors with my family, the food for the ancestors was placed on the ground. We are not having a picnic. Look how scary it is around us."

Shen Ningning freed up a little hand and patted her shoulder gently.

"Don't be afraid. A person with a clear conscience is not afraid of his own shadow. You have done nothing wrong. Why would ghosts look for you? They also know that every grievance has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor!"

With Shen Ningning's comfort, Ye Shangyi reluctantly ate something.

After that, it was a long wait.

An hour passed, and it was almost Si time.

Xu Jingxi never rested for a moment, and was always dismantling the wooden beams. From time to time, there was the sound of heavy wood falling to the ground.

Nothing happened for such a long time, and Ye Shangyi was no longer afraid.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xu Jingxi took the time to say to the outside: "I have a blanket in another bag. If you are sleepy, you can sleep for a while."

Shen Ningning immediately raised her little butt, rummaged in the bag for a long time, and pulled out a thin blanket.

"Wow~Xu Jingxi, you are so thoughtful." She said, spread the quilt and put it on her body, and then lay down with the Black Wolf King as a pillow.

Ye Shangyi looked at the Black Wolf King in embarrassment.

She didn't dare to lean over like Shen Ningning.

However, the little guy took the initiative to wave his hand: "Shangyi, it's okay, you lie down too, I told Wolf Wolf, you just need to stop drooling!"

Ye Shangyi rubbed over, and the Black Wolf King lay on his side, and she just lay on his leg position.

The two girls shared a thin blanket. Shen Ningning was smiling at first and thought it was fun.

She muttered, "Is it my illusion? I think the ground is warm."

Ye Shangyi said absentmindedly, "It must be an illusion. How can the ground be hot?"

Perhaps it was the sense of security given by the Black Wolf King, or the sound of Xu Jingxi knocking and banging. Soon, Shen Ningning and Ye Shangyi felt sleepy.

The two fell asleep wrapped in the quilt. After an unknown amount of time, Ye Shangyi woke up in a daze.

"I wouldn't have drunk so much soup if I had known. Where is the toilet?"

She wanted to ask the guard to accompany her, but then she thought it was not good to walk too far, so she simply went to the yard behind the wall and solved it simply.

In this case, she couldn't ask the guard.

Ye Shangyi left quickly.

The dozing Black Wolf King opened his eyes a little, looked at the direction where Ye Shangyi's back went, and closed his eyes again.

Shen Ningning was having a sweet dream, licking her little mouth.

Suddenly!

Ye Shangyi's terrified scream pierced the tranquility of the night.

Shen Ningning sat up quickly, and Ye Shangyi screamed again.

The little guy's eyes changed: "Wolf, go! See what's going on?"

The black wolf king "whoosh" rushed out.