Tomb Raiding: My Family's Last Clan Chief is Little Brother

Chapter 275 The gray shadow with slumped shoulders
The fat man exclaimed, grabbed Ah Gui's hand, and wobbled to his feet while holding onto the table. He almost tripped over the stool. After finally regaining his balance, he forgot what he was about to do.

Although the sweet wine was delicious, it was intoxicating if you drank too much. Wu Xiaoxie was also a little dizzy, so he got up and went to the pool to splash some cold water on his face.

After washing his face with cold spring water, Wu Xiaoxie felt much more refreshed and thought about asking A-Gui for some fruit.

As soon as I raised my face, I saw the fat man leaning against the wall, his face almost touching the wall, staring intently at something.

Wu Xiaoxie thought he was drunk and in a trance, and was about to go over to check on him when he saw the fat man suddenly turn his head, his eyes red from the smell of alcohol, looking left and right as if he was looking for someone.

Upon spotting Wu Xiaoxie diagonally behind him, he immediately waved, "Tianzhen, come here quickly."

Wu Xiaoxie walked over and asked him what was wrong.

The fat man pointed to a faded, old black-and-white photograph in a large frame on the wooden wall, slightly to the lower right, and lowered his voice, "Look at this, who's in this picture?"

When Wu Xiaoxie took a look, his eyes widened immediately. One of the three people in the photo was Chen Wenjin!
He suddenly felt a chill run down his spine and quickly called Ah Gui over to ask, "When was this photo taken?"

Ah Gui came over and took a look. After thinking for a moment, he recalled, "It must have been several decades ago."

“This person is my father.” He pointed to the man in the photo wearing traditional Yao clothing, then pointed to Chen Wenjin next to him wearing an archaeological work uniform and said, “This woman is from the expedition team.”

Wu Xiaoxie's scalp tingled, and she hurriedly asked him, "An expedition team? An expedition team has been here?"

A-Gui nodded, somewhat puzzled as to why he seemed so excited, but still pointed with his pipe in a direction up the mountain and said, "I'm not really sure either. I heard from others that something was discovered in the mountains over there, so the higher-ups sent an expedition team, which worked on it for several years, and then suddenly nothing happened."

Upon hearing this, Wu Xiaoxie thought to himself, "Wow, this is truly a lucky break! This trip was definitely worthwhile." He quickly grabbed Agui and asked him to tell him in detail about the archaeological team from back then.

Ah Gui's expression turned suspicious. "Why are you bosses asking about this?"

By this time, the fat man had sobered up quite a bit. Seeing this, he pulled Ah Gui to sit down at the table and began to use his best skill: deception.

The young man also stepped down from the stone bench and stood to the side, listening attentively as Ah Gui recounted what happened back then.

The fat man lost three hundred dollars because of this, and in order to buy time and earn more money, A-Gui made sure to explain the matter in great detail.

Wu Xiaoxie also took the opportunity to grab the camera and ask him for the address inside.

"You're looking for this place?" Since he was getting paid just for talking, A-Gui's attitude became noticeably more enthusiastic. "This place is indeed in our village, but it's quite far from here. It's already dark. How about this, tomorrow morning after breakfast, I'll take you there, okay?"

Wu Xiaoxie and the other two exchanged glances. Although they were anxious, they were afraid of arousing suspicion, so they could only smile and agree.

The fat man was still subtly trying to get information out of her, and he and A-Gui were drinking and chatting enthusiastically.

The young man leaned against a pillar, looking up at the starry night sky, lost in thought.

Wu Xiaoxie walked over to him and comforted him, saying, "Don't be too anxious. We don't have the key. If we rush over there, it might arouse suspicion. Get some rest tonight and conserve your energy. We'll see how things go tomorrow. Anyway, the house is still there and it won't suddenly disappear."

The young man remained silent and did not speak.

Wu Xiaoxie sighed. A cool breeze blew by, and the effects of the alcohol, combined with the fact that he had just drunk a lot of wine, were making him a little dizzy and his stomach felt a bit full. He thought he would go to the toilet so he could get a good night's sleep. Just as he turned around, he caught a glimpse of someone standing by a window on the second floor of the wooden building diagonally in front of him.

He rubbed his eyes, squinted, and looked closely. He then realized that it seemed to be a shadow. The room was dark, and the shadow appeared grayish in the moonlight.

Moreover, Wu Xiaoxie discovered that the shadow's two shoulders seemed to have been gouged out, with those two places abruptly collapsing in, almost exactly the same as the shadow hanging behind the screen in the photo that Muyu had taken from Chu Guangtou!
A cool breeze blew, and Wu Xiaoxie shivered all over. The cold sweat expelled all the alcohol from his body, and his mind became incredibly clear at that moment.

"Young man..." he hurriedly turned around and called out, pointing to the window, "Look over there, there's... um?"

In the blink of an eye, the window was empty, only darkness remained.

The young man frowned slightly, his eyes fixed on that direction. "What did you just see?"

Wu Xiaoxie struggled to pull her gaze back and said softly, "The shadow, the shadow behind the screen in that photo, I just saw it there, but it disappeared in the blink of an eye."

The young man was silent for two seconds, then suddenly lifted his foot and walked towards the wooden building.

I had just reached the stairs when Ah Gui called out to me, "Gentlemen, bosses!"

Ah Gui quickly walked over and blocked the entrance to the stairs, saying with a smile, "Your rooms aren't here. It's getting late, you should rest. I'll take you to the rooms that are specially arranged for guests upstairs."

Wu Xiaoxie turned his head and saw that the fat guy had already slumped on the table and was fast asleep, muttering in his sleep.

He cursed the fat guy in his heart for being so useless, letting himself be drunk so easily.

Seeing A-Gui blocking the stairwell, Wu Xiaoxie felt strange and asked casually, "I think the view from this fence is nice. Could we move our room here?"

A hint of unease flashed across Ah Gui's face, followed by a somewhat hesitant reply: "To be honest, my son actually lives upstairs. He's in poor health, has a strange temper, and doesn't go out often..."

Wu Xiaoxie's eyes flickered, then he smiled nonchalantly and said, "Oh, is that so? Then it's nothing. I was just saying it casually. Could you please get me two bowls of hangover soup, Uncle Gui? My friend is really drunk, and I'm worried he'll feel unwell tonight."

"Hey, good."

A-Gui agreed, helped Wu Xiaoxie help the fat man upstairs to lie down, and then turned and left.

The creaking sound of the bamboo staircase gradually faded into the distance.

Wu Xiaoxie stood sideways by the window, hiding behind the wooden wall, and looked down until A Gui's figure entered the kitchen. Only then did he turn around and exchange a glance with Xiao Ge.

“I’m sure I’m not seeing things,” Wu Xiaoxie said, frowning. “There was indeed a figure with slumped shoulders in that room, and when A-Gui talked about that room, his expression was a bit strange, so I think there’s a big problem with that room.”

The young man nodded, his expression somewhat serious.

Wu Xiaoxie took out his phone and whispered, "I need to call Muyu and tell him to be careful to hide when he comes."

(End of this chapter)