Chapter 1962: Chapter 1958: The Mysterious Person
Seeing Hu Xiaobei a bit embarrassed, Feng Junjun giggled with a hint of triumph, winking at Hu Xiaobei, "Of course, we’ve been childhood friends! How could I not understand you?"
"Haha!"
Hu Xiaobei gave a dry laugh, unsure how to respond.
Seeing Hu Xiaobei still awkward, she proactively spoke up, "Alright, stop being embarrassed, let’s go!"
"Are you going too?"
Noticing her eager look, Hu Xiaobei guessed her thoughts, and so his eye twitched involuntarily.
Seeing Hu Xiaobei’s astonished look, she huffed, "What? Didn’t we agree before to go together? Now, do you want to go by yourself?"
"We did agree to go together before! But now, forget it, it’s definitely dangerous over there. I don’t know why Mengmeng’s mom would cultivate such a harmful plant, but it’s definitely nothing good, so her place must be a dangerous place. You’d better not go."
Hu Xiaobei knew that the plant he was now drying in the sun was cultivated by Mengmeng’s mom...
Hu Xiaobei didn’t know why she did it, but he knew it couldn’t be for anything good, so he really didn’t want to take Feng Junjun there.
"It’s precisely because that place is dangerous that I want to go. Because Mengmeng and I are good friends, I can’t let her suffer."
Even though the time spent with Mengmeng wasn’t long, Feng Junjun really felt she was a truly nice person.
So Feng Junjun now wanted to go with them.
To prevent Mengmeng from suffering.
Hearing Feng Junjun’s words, Hu Xiaobei remained silent for a few seconds.
Seeing Hu Xiaobei still hesitating, she proactively grabbed his arm, whining, "Xiaobei, I promise I’ll listen to you, just take me, will you?"
"Alright, I’ll take you then!"
Hearing her whine, Hu Xiaobei sighed helplessly.
Hu Xiaobei couldn’t resist women acting adorable, so even though he really didn’t want to agree, he had no choice.
Gaining Hu Xiaobei’s consent, she cheered excitedly, "Xiaobei, I knew you were the best!"
Hearing Feng Junjun’s excited cheer, Hu Xiaobei sighed, "Alright, stop with that. By the way, do you need to change clothes? If not, we can set off now."
"I’ll just change my shoes!"
As she said this, Feng Junjun quickly turned and ran.
Seeing her run off, a thought struck Hu Xiaobei, "Perhaps I could quietly leave while she’s gone."
Just as this thought emerged, Hu Xiaobei saw her pause.
"Xiaobei, I’m going to change my shoes now; you’re not going to leave while I’m changing, are you?"
"Of course not."
Hearing her direct inquiry, Hu Xiaobei’s eyes twitched, and he quickly waved his hand.
"It better be like that, or else there will be consequences."
"Haha!"
Hu Xiaobei gave a dry laugh.
At this moment, Hu Xiaobei increasingly felt she was like a worm in his belly.
It seemed she knew whatever he wanted to do...
...
While Hu Xiaobei was feeling vexed, Mengmeng left and returned to her place.
Looking around, she found her mom hadn’t returned yet.
"That’s good, hopefully, they can fix it before Mom gets back, or else she’ll really be upset."
Muttering this to herself, Mengmeng, visibly tense, sat on a bench in the yard.
At this moment, Mengmeng felt very guilty...
Because she had promised her mom to take good care of it, but soon after, it had trouble.
At this time, a few hundred meters away in the woods, a woman with no expression was rushing forward.
She was the mom Mengmeng had been hoping would quickly return.
She had left temporarily due to certain matters.
Before leaving, she had entrusted that carefully cultivated plant to Mengmeng to take care of...
Originally, she planned to return earlier, but many issues delayed her.
This delay made her particularly anxious.
Because she knew she had been gone too long, and the plant she cultivated might have issues...
Previously, thinking she wouldn’t be gone long, she hadn’t left it enough nutrients.
"I hope it’s not in real trouble, or years of effort would be in vain."
As she spoke, she increased her pace without hesitation...
Soon, she returned home...
Arriving in the yard, she saw Mengmeng sitting ahead.
"Mengmeng!"
Lost in thought, Mengmeng heard her name called and stood up, "Mom, you’re back!"
"Yes, I was delayed by something earlier. Where is the plant I asked you to take care of?"
Hearing such a straightforward question, she hesitated a moment and earnestly explained, "Well... Mom, don’t be mad, it was doing fine at first, but then issues arose, so I took it to the doctor, who said it would heal soon."
As soon as she finished, Mengmeng heard an angry voice, "What? You took it to the doctor? Didn’t I tell you before not to leave here? Aren’t you listening to me?"
"Mom, I was just worried! Rest assured, I only went to the hospital, nowhere else."
"Stop with the nonsense, take me to get it back."
"Mom, no rush! The doctor said once healed, they would personally return it."
"Personally return it? You even told them where this place is? Didn’t I say not to reveal the location no matter what!"
Getting angrier, she raised her hand and slapped Mengmeng.
Mengmeng was stunned by the slap...
A moment later, she covered her face and softly said, "Mom, they’re not bad people. And I only told two people."
"Shut up, now take me there, I want to bring it back."
"Yes, I understand!"
Mengmeng didn’t refuse and quickly prepared to lead the way.
...
"Here we are!"
Hu Xiaobei and Feng Junjun had arrived here...
The place was relatively remote, so it had taken Hu Xiaobei and Feng Junjun some time.
Looking around a few times, a hint of coldness flashed in Hu Xiaobei’s eyes.
Before, Hu Xiaobei had only vaguely sensed something was going on.
Coming here and clearly seeing everything laid out, Hu Xiaobei confirmed there was indeed something going on.
"Xiaobei, why do I feel this place is so eerie?"
Hearing this hesitant comment, Hu Xiaobei smiled lightly and said, "You’re supposed to feel that way. Later, don’t stray too far from me, or if something happens, I might not be able to protect you."
"Okay!"
Feng Junjun nodded obediently...
Feng Junjun knew this wasn’t a time for acting spoiled, so she had no intention to, and nodded very obediently...
Seeing Feng Junjun nod, just as Hu Xiaobei was about to say more, suddenly, he heard footsteps drawing closer.
Noticing the steps were somewhat disorderly, he realized more than one person was approaching...
"Looks like Mengmeng’s mysterious mom is about to make her entrance!"
Muttering to himself, Hu Xiaobei looked toward the distance with some anticipation...
