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Chapter 363: Curious Young Man

Chapter 363: Chapter 363: Curious Young Man

Huang Yuntao came down from the slope and started to pack his belongings into his bag.

He checked his backpack and found that nothing was missing.

The only issue was his neck, which felt a bit stiff, probably because he had used the backpack as a pillow last night.

He rubbed his neck and twisted it a few times, then suddenly remembered the terrifying events of the previous night.

"Something’s not right... this is very strange..."

The more Huang Yuntao thought about it, the more he found the situation bizarre.

Regardless of whether last night’s experiences were hallucinations or not, a young man appearing in the wilderness with two children was quite eerie.

He then thought about what he had just seen and couldn’t help but grow curious.

Was the figure a human, a ghost, or a deity?

After shouldering his luggage again, he hesitated for a moment before continuing forward, this time filming a video as he walked.

He intended to document everything he had seen and heard the previous night.

He then uploaded the video to his social media account and set it to post automatically timed.

If anything happened to him, the video would upload itself online.

He had considered everything carefully. After completing these tasks, he continued walking, but slowed down significantly, frequently looking back.

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"Potato, how long are we going to stay here?"

Dou Dou asked Shen Siyuan, who was sitting cross-legged on a rock with no intention of leaving.

She was getting bored. Besides some trees, there was nothing else on this small hill.

She and Duoduo had already explored everywhere they could.

"Wait a little longer."

Shen Siyuan looked upwards at the sun.

The sunlight was beginning to feel scorching on his body.

However, he wasn’t bothered by it; instead, the intense sunlight gave him a unique sensation and caused the sun in his Sea of Consciousness to undergo changes.

About half an hour passed, and just when Dou Dou and Duoduo were about to tumble around from boredom, Shen Siyuan finally got up from the large rock.

"Let’s go," Shen Siyuan flicked his hands and said.

The two little beings immediately vanished, transforming into two burst of Yin Wind shooting into the sky, clearly impatient.

Shen Siyuan returned to the main road and continued on his way.

After walking for about ten minutes, he suddenly felt something was off. Turning around, he saw the young man he had encountered the night before following him from a distance.

Shen Siyuan turned back to look at him, and the man immediately looked away.

This childish attempt at deception made Shen Siyuan laugh.

After a moment of thought, he turned around and walked towards the man.

Seeing Shen Siyuan approaching, Huang Yuntao clenched the entrenching tool in his hand, nervously asking, "What are you going to do?"

"That should be my question. Why are you following me?"

"I... I’m not following you, I just happen to be walking this way," Huang Yuntao replied nervously.

"Is that so?" Shen Siyuan nodded.

Then he turned around and continued walking.

Seeing that Shen Siyuan hadn’t done anything, Huang Yuntao breathed a sigh of relief, wiping a layer of cold sweat from his forehead.

"Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid. It’s the middle of the day, he can’t do anything to me," Huang Yuntao reassured himself.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and decided to follow Shen Siyuan.

"Wait for me," he said sternly.

Shen Siyuan turned back to look at him, curious about where Huang Yuntao had found the courage to speak to him in that tone.

"What about the two kids? Where did you take them? I’m telling you, I’ve already called the police," Huang Yuntao mustered his courage and said vehemently.

"Called the police?" Shen Siyuan slightly furrowed his brows.

He wasn’t afraid of the police being called, but rather the unnecessary trouble it could bring.

But in Huang Yuntao’s eyes, he thought Shen Siyuan was scared, so he immediately said angrily, "Where did you take those two kids? I’m telling you, I’ve caught you on camera, you can’t escape."

Hearing this, Shen Siyuan sighed helplessly, then pointed behind him.

"What?" Huang Yuntao was puzzled.

Yet despite his vigilance, he couldn’t help but turn his head for a look.

Then he saw the two little girls standing right behind him, smiling at him.

"You... when did you get here?" He asked, a bit terrified.

At this moment, he felt even the sunlight was no longer scorching but filled with a chilling coldness.

"Strange big brother," Dou Dou said.

Duoduo held her little head and turned it slightly, which frightened Huang Yuntao so much, he almost wet himself.

"I... I don’t have any bad intentions, I just... I just..."

He stuttered, trying to explain, when suddenly a car passed by.

Huang Yuntao dashed out, waving his hands, hoping to get the car to stop.

He now just wanted to get as far away from this man and the two kids as possible.

But his sudden move was too abrupt, the driver simply couldn’t stop in time.

Huang Yuntao himself turned pale, knowing he had acted too rashly out of nervousness, and now, if the collision didn’t scare him to death, it would kill him.

But just then, he suddenly felt the entrenching tool in his hands being yanked backward, and uncontrollably, he staggered backward and then fell on his butt to the ground.

"Tom’s sake, if you want to die, don’t drag me into it, go somewhere else..."

The driver, too, was pale with fright; due to the emergency brake, there was a long skid mark on the road. When he recovered, he saw that he hadn’t hit anyone, immediately stuck his head out the window, and cursed loudly.

He thought about getting out of the car, but when he caught sight of Shen Siyuan picking up the entrenching tool that Huang Yuntao had dropped, he immediately discarded the idea.

He spat out of the car window, considered himself unlucky, and sped off with a press of the gas pedal.

Shen Siyuan helped Huang Yuntao up, and asked concernedly, "Are you alright?"

"No... No harm done."

Being scared as such, he somehow felt less frightened.

Shen Siyuan handed the entrenching tool back to him, saying, "Good to hear you’re ok, just don’t follow me again."

"I wasn’t following you, I was just on my way," Huang Yuntao replied quietly.

At this moment, he also realized that Shen Siyuan was probably no ordinary man.

Shen Siyuan didn’t say anything, but turned around and continued on his way.

Watching Shen Siyuan’s retreating figure, Huang Yuntao sighed deeply, "What even is all this?"

But then something felt off because the man was walking ahead alone. Where were the children?

He quickly turned to look behind him, but there were no children anywhere.

Huang Yuntao: ...

"Tom’s, this really is like seeing a ghost," Huang Yuntao was nearly crying.

After thinking it over, he hurried to follow Shen Siyuan.

"Wait for me, handsome, master, brother..."

By now, he had also realized that Shen Siyuan had had no intention of harming him; otherwise, he would have been dead last night, and there would have been no reason to wait until now.

With no threat to his life anymore, his fear was much alleviated, and then curiosity inevitably crept in.

What on earth was going on? His mind felt completely muddled.

Since he couldn’t figure it out, he might as well go ask the man directly.

Someone who could venture out alone on a hiking trip was, besides being bold, very decisive in action, because those who hesitated probably hadn’t even managed to take the first step out of their house.