After a short while, Ye Lan, having finished packing, brought three or five changes of clothes and carefully selected some gifts to pack into her suitcase. Then, holding Da Huang, she and Ren Yuanhao drove straight towards the city.
Ren Yuanhao first found Shen Lan Ni, intending to hand Ye Lan over to her. After all, they would be much safer together.
"Hey, Ren Yuanhao, this isn't a daycare center. If you're going back to your hometown with her, fine, but I'm going too."
"If I take both of you back, I'm afraid I'll become famous throughout the village!"
Ren Yuanhao closed his eyes. If it were in the past, he would have begged for such an opportunity, but now, he finally understood what sweet troubles were.
He pulled Shen Lan Ni aside and whispered, "Miss, please don't mess around. I'm escaping, not going on vacation."
"Then why do you think I'll be safer than her? Is it because my martial arts are formidable? But even the most skilled fists can't stop bullets?"
Shen Lan Ni's words made Ren Yuanhao feel that she had a point. He was overwhelmed and didn't know what to do, so he found an excuse and left the two of them. Da Feng Novel Network
"Hey, System Master, is there a prop for finding people?"
As soon as Ren Yuanhao stepped out of Lan Ni's Taekwondo studio, he thought of the system, the supreme master.
"As long as you have enough points, the system will serve you unconditionally."
"Hey, hey, hey, that's too much. You're cleaning up the system these days, and I haven't had any jobs. Can't you give me a discount?"
"In principle, there are no discounts. Here, I've already searched for the product for you. It's 200 points per use."
Ren Yuanhao looked around the vast surroundings. He saw vehicles coming and going like ants, moving along their predetermined paths. But where was Cheng Li's destiny path?
"It seems I still have to spend 200 points."
Ren Yuanhao felt a pang of regret and selected the payment and redemption button.
"Beep beep, Qing Fu Worm redeemed successfully. Please specify the target you wish to track."
Ren Yuanhao held a strange bug in his hand and walked into a dark alley. He placed the short dagger Cheng Li had given him in front of the Qing Fu Worm. The green flying insect extended its antennae towards the blade, and after two to three seconds, it vibrated its transparent thin wings and flew directly towards the northwest of Ai Shen City.
"Hey, if you fly away like this, how will I keep up?" Ren Yuanhao was stunned, as if 200,000 had evaporated into thin air.
"Beep beep, please pay attention to the system's map page. The green dot represents the Qing Fu Worm's trajectory."
"Holy crap, that's advanced!"
Ren Yuanhao marveled for a moment, then drove Ye Lan's Beetle, following the map to search for Cheng Li.
However, after following the Qing Fu Worm for a long distance, he felt increasingly uneasy.
The northwest of Ai Shen City was a region of primitive karst caves. These caves had not yet been developed into tourist attractions, nor had any real estate developers initiated any projects there. Apart from dense forests, there were only scattered natural caves.
So, why was Cheng Li in this place? Could the organization's stronghold also be here?
These questions kept lingering in his mind. At this moment, he was already driving on an empty mountain road, deep in thought. Suddenly, he noticed the Qing Fu Worm had stopped somewhere and was no longer moving!
"Could it have found Cheng Li?"
He involuntarily accelerated, kicking up a mist-like dust on the winding mountain road.
After driving for about five to six minutes, according to the map, he was only five to six hundred meters away from Cheng Li's location. Ren Yuanhao parked the car in a hidden spot and stealthily entered a cave where the Qing Fu Worm had stopped.
He held the short dagger. Although the weather outside the cave was scorching, the interior exuded a refreshing chill.
The dripping sound filled his ears, but he could also use the dripping sound to mask the sound of his footsteps.
As he ventured further inside, the temperature dropped. Stalactites hung everywhere overhead, forming grotesque shapes that seemed to writhe like claws and teeth. Coupled with the biting cold, Ren Yuanhao's legs felt weak.
Only experts could explain how these caves had formed here. However, it was puzzling that this location had not been well-developed, and it must hide some unknown secrets.
Lost in thought, Ren Yuanhao suddenly heard a male voice!
"Angie, look, what a good girl. She ruined her future for a man and even lost her life. Was it worth it?"
"Hmph, utterly foolish. It seems this 1.2 million is mine."
Upon hearing their conversation, Ren Yuanhao felt a thunderclap in his mind. He was struck as if by lightning, his heart palpably racing. The surroundings began to sway, his breath caught in his throat, and he felt on the verge of collapse.
"Who's there!"
Ren Yuanhao's mind went blank. He kept muttering "Impossible, impossible" in his heart, completely oblivious to someone approaching him!
The footsteps grew closer, like a dull drumbeat on his chest. For some reason, his mind was entirely occupied by childhood memories of Cheng Li.
Her pigtails, like wind chimes hanging from the eaves, swayed left and right with her shallow and deep steps.
The shallow river water lapped at her ankles, then slowly submerged her knees. She continued to walk forward, her back gradually becoming ethereal and indistinct—like a wisp of smoke.
"No, I can't go any further!"
Ren Yuanhao extended a trembling hand through his memories. At this moment, the young Cheng Li had reached the center of the river, the water already covering her navel.
Suddenly, she seemed to hear Ren Yuanhao's cry and stopped moving forward. The river breeze gently lifted the collar of her sailor suit, her black hair shining with a faint luminescence like silk, and her slender neck slowly turned towards Ren Yuanhao like a clockwork mechanism.
"Stutter Hao, do you know? I've been waiting for you for a long time. But you're still late. You're good at everything, except you're always late. In the next life, I'll definitely break our appointment."
Ren Yuanhao's hand froze in mid-air. Suddenly, the river water surged, instantly engulfing the girl with the pigtails!
"Cheng Li!"
Ren Yuanhao's voice was dry, his throat feeling as if it were caught with a fishbone. This cry, however, completely exposed him to the approaching figures!
"Well, I searched high and low, and now I've found you without even trying!"
The person before him glared with blood-red, predatory eyes. He grabbed Ren Yuanhao by the collar and, like a chicken, tossed him to the cave floor.