Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 441 Photo?

After several days of travel, Hu Ming and his companions slept soundly until noon the next day.

To be fair, the natural scenery here is also exceptional, with few signs of human damage.

With mountains and water, the scenery is absolutely stunning, making it a great tourist destination.

Unfortunately, Hu Ming and his companions weren't really focused on the magnificent natural scenery.

After lunch, led by Yun Cai, Hu Ming and his three companions arrived at the wooden building where Xiao Ge had lived for some time.

This Yao village is not large. Although the young man's wooden house is on the edge of the village, close to the foot of the mountain, it only took the group less than ten minutes to get there while they chatted and laughed.

This is an old-fashioned and simple stilted wooden building.

The wooden building uses similar materials to the other ancient buildings in the village.

With black tiles and yellow mud walls, it's only one story and looks a bit smaller than other wooden buildings.

In fact, almost all the houses here are like this.

It appeared to be uninhabited, blending in with the other houses in the village, and was quite inconspicuous.

Along the way, the clouds revealed the true nature of a young girl, chirping like a lark.

Upon arriving here, they couldn't help but ask the four people what they were doing here.

Of course, it would be better if Yun Cai's gaze wasn't so subtly fixed on the young man when she spoke.

Hu Ming gave the fat man a wink.

The fat man readily agreed, indicating that he understood.

He pulled Yun Cai aside and chatted idly for a few minutes, managing to fool her into going back first.

“There’s something wrong with Yun Cai; she seems to know me.”

While Fatty was trying to fool Yun Cai, Wu Xie was looking the wooden building up and down when Xiao Ge frowned and said softly.

The ghostly figures in Ah Gui's house and Yun Cai's unusual behavior made Xiao Ge somewhat concerned.

However, due to his memory loss, the young man racked his brains but was unable to connect these trivial clues.

“The clouds hold some secrets, and they are indeed related to us.”

"But it's nothing serious, we don't need to worry about her."

Hu Ming glanced at Yun Cai's departing figure and smiled.

The girl meant no harm.

The young man nodded and stopped thinking about it.

After looking around and seeing that no one was around, the four of them exchanged glances and reached a consensus to find a way to climb into the wooden building.

To be honest, this wooden building used to be the young man's residence, although he didn't know where he lost the key.

However, did those four people actually enter without invitation or illegally trespass?
The wooden building is built against the mountain, with its back pressed against the hillside.

All the surrounding windows were already broken, and a brass lock was firmly securing the door.

The door gods paintings that had faded were pasted on the door.

Do you remember this place?

Hu Ming asked the young man.

The young man touched the wooden door and shook his head.

"Come on, let's go in from here!"

The fat man called out to Hu Ming and the others from under the window by the door.

"So skilled? Before you started this line of work, you must have been a notorious thief, maybe even a womanizer."

Seeing that half of the fat man's body had already climbed inside, with his big butt swaying at the window, Wu Xie laughed and cursed.

If a stunningly beautiful young woman did this, it would be a unique sight.

But the fat man
It's a bit harsh on the eyes.

He kicked the fat man in the butt and, as a gesture of goodwill, escorted him inside.

The three of them then flipped inside. Compared to Fatty, even Wu Xie, who was the least skilled, moved with a bit more grace.

This hurt the fat man somewhat.

"Damn it, one day I'll be as thin as a lightning bolt!"

Inside the room, the fat man stood up, brushing the dust off his clothes and grumbling angrily. Even though he called himself the Fat Prince of the Tomb Raiders world, a nimble fat man, sometimes his size really got in the way.

As for losing weight, just take that advice with a grain of salt.

Just like Wu Xie kept saying he wanted to work out in the gym to become a muscular man.

Most men are very good at talking about their physique.

But when it comes to putting in the effort, they can always find countless reasonable excuses to stop themselves.

In this respect, it seems that women are much better off.

For girls who love beauty, they really go to great lengths to maintain their figure.

The wooden building looked like it had been uninhabited for years, covered in dust and cobwebs.

The midday sun shone through the broken window, and the dust kicked up by the group's movements was clearly visible in the dazzling light.

The wooden building has a very simple structure; the window through which the group entered faces a large stove for eating.

Many tools were hanging on the wall next to the stove, but most of them were already rusted.

This house is nestled against the mountain and beside the water, with a stream flowing right next to it. In addition, the southern climate is naturally humid, and without special care, ironware would easily rust.

"Young man, I never would have guessed you were once a farmer?"

"Look, a hoe!"

"What's that ancient poem about? 'Hoeing the fields at noon,' I am hoeing the fields, you are the midday sun!"

The fat man picked up a rusty hoe, winked at the young man, and grinned wickedly.

Unfortunately, the young man only glanced at the fat man calmly and then ignored him.

There was a wooden wall next to the stove. This kind of wooden building usually only has one room. Behind the wall should be the room that Brother Chu asked Wu Xie to find.

There was no door on the wall, only a rather old curtain, covered in a layer of dust.

The young man frowned, looked around, seemed to remember something, hesitated for a few seconds, then lifted the curtain and went inside.

Upon entering the room, a strong musty smell immediately hit the nose.

The room had no windows and was extremely dark, so you couldn't see anything.

Turning on his flashlight, Hu Ming surveyed the room's layout.

The room was cramped, with a wooden shelf placed against the wall.

There were some books and boxes scattered on top.

Besides these things, there was only a single bed and a wooden table in the corner.

Because no one had taken care of it for years, everything was covered in a layer of dust.

After entering the room, the young man walked silently to the bedside, ignoring the dust on it, and plopped down on it.

The young man's expression was a bit strange, as if some fragmented memories were churning in his mind, and he remembered something. He frowned and carefully explored the bed with both hands.

"I seem to remember that something important should be hidden here."

The young man murmured softly.

The young man's unusual behavior caught the attention of Wu Xie and Fatty. They didn't bother to examine the photo under the dusty glass on the table and quickly went over to it.

Hu Ming knew what the young man was hiding under his bed, but he wasn't interested in it.

A lone figure stands before the table, brushing away the dust from the glass, revealing numerous photographs beneath it.

One of the photos, located in the very center, caught Hu Ming's attention. It was a picture of Chen Wenjin with a middle-aged man in military uniform.

"Master Zhang the Great Buddha!"

Hu Ming smirked and silently called out the middle-aged man's name.

(End of this chapter)