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Su Qian and the rest were too far away to notice the shadowy figure which was chasing after the motorboat which Su Qingzhao and the rest were driving. They did not sense anything amiss and only noticed the bunch of teenagers making a ruckus which caused them to frown simultaneously as Yang Yiling said, " I have to admit that this girl surnamed Huo is something, she has gotten those kids so wrapped around her fingers that they are not even caring towards their own safety."
She was a woman who had seen almost everything in her life, how can she not notice that the boys were all acting up because they wanted to show off in front of Huo Lan?
Su Qian pursed her lips when she heard Yang Yiling's words, she had to admit that her nephew was indeed acting like a fool in front of that girl, with the speed of that motorboat which he was driving, she was sure that if they were not careful they might end up falling in the water and yet all for the sake of showing off they were still behaving ostentatiously.
Fortunately, they soon arrived at the island where the Temple of Jing was situated and their worried hearts finally settled down when they looked at Su Qingzhao and the rest who were looking at the silent island which was so quiet that even the sounds of birds cannot be heard.
"What is up with this place?" Su Qian could not help but rub her arms as she looked at the silent island which was filled with eerie quietness which made her feel spooked and bewildered. Why was this place so silent? Even if there was no one residing here, there should be at least the sound of birds, right? Even if there were no wild animals?
" Who knows? All I know is that I am getting bad vibes from this island," Rong Si repeated as she rubbed her hands which had a pendant that had prayer beads woven into a string in between them. " I am telling you that before anything goes bad just grab those kids and run from here!"
As Rong Si spoke she turned to look at Su Qingzhao and his friends who were taking a walk around the place.
" This looks like those islands in the movies, one where demons would pop out from," Qin Lu commented as he looked at the lush greenery around them with chilly silence. " Who knows maybe we will get our own horror movie, like boo!"
He turned and shouted, right in Zou Shen's ears which caused the latter to jump in fright as he glared at Qin Lu and snapped while rubbing his ear which was still ringing and then said with a glare, "What is wrong with you? Are you five or what?"
Qin Lu did not take any offence to Zou Shen's scolding, instead, he only laughed and stretched out his hands in front of him as if he was a ghost with his tongue lolling out.
" Stop it," Zou Shen smacked Qin Lu on his arms lightly before turning to look at the island which was silent and then said, " Are you sure that the crew of the ship is here, Qingzhao? This place looks so remote and silent, I don't think anyone is here."
" Oh come on, if we find the crew right at the shore where is the fun? I am telling you they must be hiding just around here," Su Qingzhao also felt that something was wrong but he found it too wussy of him to turn around and leave especially in front of the woman whom he liked. He could only pretend to be unfazed as he pointed to the lush greenery and then said, "Let's go and look for them, if we don't find them after reaching the foot of the temple of Jing then we will return, all right ?"
" No, we are returning right now," just as the rest of the group was going to agree with Su Qingzhao, a stern voice stopped them causing them all to turn and look at Su Qian who was looking at the forest with her lips set in a thin line. " This is not a place to play around, can you not see? This a forest not your typical king of the jungle playground in an amusement park where you go looking for treasure hunting! How can you even look for the crew all alone? They are adults and you are just …kids who are acting as adults."
Su Qian was harsh with her words but that was only because she was worried about these children who did not seem to have any idea that they were being played around by that girl called Huo Lan which was why she immediately put a stop to their plans.
When Su Qingzhao heard his aunt's words, he frowned in disapproval. He did not think that he was playing around but what made him even more dissatisfied with his aunt was Huo Lan looking at him with a patronizing look in her eyes. Before they came here, Huo Lan had made a bet with him that he will not be able to reach even the foot of Temple of Jing because he was too much of a scaredy cat and now that he was being scolded by his aunt while he silently listened to her, didn't it prove her point?
" Auntie, stop poking your nose in my business all right?" Too embarrassed to say anything anymore Su Qingzhao glared at his aunt with a haughty look on his face. " What do you mean by children playing the role of adults? I know what I am doing and I can take care of myself. So please stop all right, it's humiliating."
As soon as he finished speaking Su Qingzhao turned on his heels and then headed inside the forest which was covered by the lush grass which reached to the torso of a human being.
Su Qian, who watched him leave was speechless, " Humiliating? What's more humiliating is that you are being fooled by a b*tch! Hey!"
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