I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"Yes, it's only allowed during holidays like Chinese New Year."

"He really is a bad guy." Bai Xiaoqi reached out and pinched the soft flesh on his waist, and began to use her family discipline.

"hiss..."

Chen Shuo twitched his lips, endured the pain, and leaned in to kiss her lips, kissing Xiao A Miao until she was breathless before finally stopping. Then he kissed her forehead and said, "Let's go to sleep."

"Um..."

After a long while, listening to Chen Shuo's breathing gradually become steady, Bai Xiaoqi turned over and looked at the ceiling, her eyes wide open in the darkness without making a sound.

After a moment, she turned to look at Chen Shuo again, wrinkled her little nose, and let out a soft hum.

Hmph, you bad thing.

She turned back, snuggled closer to the bad guy, felt Chen Shuo's heartbeat, closed her eyes in peace, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

........

........

The next day, they slept until noon before getting up, dressing, washing up, and then packing their bags to head out.

The food that Chen Shuo had packed up last night to eat as a late-night snack was never eaten due to some unforeseen circumstances. Under Bai Xiaoqi's distressed gaze, Chen Shuo threw it into the trash can.

It's definitely inedible now. If this thrifty girl hadn't thought it was a waste, I probably wouldn't have packed it up and brought it back myself.

The two walked out hand in hand and bumped into the couple next door who had been singing the night before. They didn't look like a couple or lovers. The two people opposite them didn't have that relaxed and carefree look. Instead, they gave off a sneaky feeling.

According to Chen Shuo's observation, it's all about glancing, no wonder he has so many tricks up his sleeve and all sorts of lewd remarks, even corrupting his little kitten.

"What a bright sun."

After leaving the hotel, Chen Shuo looked up at the sky and saw the sun high in the sky. He unconsciously squinted.

They randomly picked a restaurant and ate something. Then, they hailed a passing taxi, negotiated the price, put their bags into the trunk, and got into the back seat together.

The distance was more than 20 kilometers, and it was going into the mountains. It would probably take more than an hour to drive there. The driver was a middle-aged man who chatted with Chen Shuo in dialect from time to time. Chen Shuo responded in dialect as well.

This place is more than 200 kilometers away from Yangcheng, but it is still within the province, so the local dialects and colloquialisms of the two places are quite similar.

The car drove north, and since the county town was small, we soon left and got onto the national highway.

The scenery on both sides of the car window rushed past, and the further north we went, the fewer buildings there were. As far as the eye could see, there were only wheat fields, but unfortunately, it was all empty.

The wheat harvest is over this season, and only ten-centimeter-long stalks remain, so the scene of wheat swaying in the wind is no longer visible.

Chen Shuo looked out the window and suddenly said, "If we had come a few days earlier, we would have seen combine harvesters harvesting wheat."

"Really?" Bai Xiaoqi had been staring out the car window at the scenery the whole way. Hearing this, she turned to look at him.

"The wheat harvest came early this year. The harvesters left almost a month ago, and the wheat has already been dried. You can't see it for a few days before the harvest," the driver in the front seat chimed in.

Chen Shuo was a little embarrassed, so he changed the subject and asked, "How was the harvest?"

"The harvest is getting better year by year. We can't even eat it all ourselves, and no one will buy it at the market. The money we earn from farming in a year is not enough to buy fertilizer and hire harvesters."

At this point, the driver patted the steering wheel, "That's why I'm out here driving a taxi, isn't it?"

"You must be able to make money driving a taxi, right?"

"What money can I make? I don't even earn enough to cover the company's expenses in a month."

"?"

A question mark flashed across Chen Shuo's head. So you thought farming wasn't worth it, so you came out to drive a taxi, but not only did you not make any money, you even lost money.

He stopped chatting idly with the driver in front of him and pulled Bai Xiaoqi's small hand over to hold and play with it.

Bai Xiaoqi turned her head to look at him, her nose wrinkling almost imperceptibly. As she grew to like this bad guy more and more, he became more and more demanding, finding more and more things about her that he enjoyed playing with.

It seems that its hands have been relegated to the back of the queue. This naughty dog ​​only remembers its hands when it's really inconvenient to play with other places.

Seeing her turn and look at him, Chen Shuo also looked at her for a moment before asking, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"..." Bai Xiaoqi ignored him, pulled her small hand out of his big hand with a little force, then pulled his big hand into her arms and played with it. It was warm and strong, with distinct knuckles and a very large palm, much larger than her own small hand.

After playing for a while, she suddenly realized that she was the same way. If there hadn't been a driver in front of her, she would never have simply played with his hands. She would have definitely slipped her hands inside his clothes and touched his abs and chest.

Have I become lustful too?

Hmph, it must be because of his influence.

Bai Xiaoqi quickly shifted the blame, then gave a soft hum and whispered in Chen Shuo's ear, "You're such a lecherous bastard."

"???"

Chen Shuo glanced at her, puzzled, wondering how this silly girl's little brain worked all day, always spouting such things out of nowhere.

Chapter 171 I'm Not a Mountain God

The car drove across the boundless wheat fields and then entered the winding mountain road. After more than ten minutes of twists and turns, there was another bend, and suddenly the view opened up before us, with the rolling mountains in the distance.

The mountain is naturally Jiuling Mountain, which is also the Cat Mountain that Little A Miao mentioned.

Through the car's windshield, you can see the entire view of the distant mountains; upon careful counting, there are indeed nine mountain ridges.

The mountains are full of tall, lush trees, a sea of ​​green as far as the eye can see. A gentle river flows from the mountains, its surface shimmering in the sunlight.

The car drove forward for a while, gradually slowing down, and then stopped on the side of the road.

The driver pulled the handbrake, lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and slowly exhaled the smoke before pointing to a series of steps that stretched down the mountainside not far ahead.

“There’s no road over there, so cars can’t go that way. You have to go down those steps and follow the river at the bottom of the ditch. It’ll take you less than two hours to get there.”

"Less than two hours?"

Chen Shuo looked at Cat Mountain. It was clearly not far away, even seemed to be right in front of him, but it would take almost two hours to walk there.

He suddenly had a new understanding of the saying "looking at a mountain makes a horse run itself to death".

The driver flicked his cigarette ash out the car window. "There's nothing we can do. There's no highway. This mountain road leads to the township ahead. The Jiuling Mountain you're going to is backed by the Qinling Mountains. You know the Qinling Mountains? Nobody lives there, so the government doesn't need to spend a lot of money to build a highway to get there."

"Will we be able to hail a taxi here after we come out of the mountains?"

Chen Shuo then asked about another question he was most concerned about.

"Yes, if there are no taxis, there are also buses from that township to the county. You can just stand by the roadside and wait. There are about seven or eight buses a day. When you see a bus coming, just wave it down."

"Okay, Uncle, thanks."

"fine."

After thanking them, the two got out of the car and took out their luggage from the trunk. Just as they were about to leave, the driver stuck his head out of the car window again.

Looking at the two of them, he seemed hesitant to speak. After a few seconds, he finally said, "There's something I need to tell you."

"Uncle, please tell me."

"I often drive a taxi, and I've heard people say that there's a mountain god in these mountains. Do you know what a mountain god is?"

"What is it?"

The driver picked up the last cigarette butt, took a deep drag, then threw it on the ground before continuing mysteriously:

"They call it a mountain god, but it's actually a monster. Everyone says that there are demons in this mountain. It's been said for decades. They say there's a tiger spirit in this mountain, a white tiger with big eyes that look like two blue lanterns at night. It can swallow people whole with just one mouth."

Nobody in our area dares to go up that mountain. If you two can't manage, I'll take you back to the county. This time, I won't charge you anything.

Upon hearing this, Chen Shuo subconsciously glanced at Bai Xiaoqi beside him, wanting to see her reaction.

But Little A Miao looked completely innocent and adorable at the moment, blinking her clear eyes, and she actually looked quite convincing.

He turned his gaze back to the tiger, "Tigers have red eyes, right? Could it be a cat?"

"There's no such thing as a cat that big. I heard that tiger spirit is like..."

The driver looked around, seemingly looking for a reference point, and finally patted the car door, saying, "It's much bigger than my taxi."

"I remember white tigers are Bengal tigers, which are only found in the southwestern provinces and Southeast Asia. I don't think we have any here, right?"

"Even if they've become sentient, the color still isn't..." The driver suddenly stopped, frowning as he looked at Chen Shuo. "Do you think I'm lying to you?"

"No, I'm afraid you've been tricked, Uncle. The forest is lush and the environment is all pretty much the same, which can easily create visual illusions."

Chen Shuo thought for a moment, then gave a forced example: "Just like how walking in the snow for a long time can cause snow blindness, maybe the first person saw it wrong, and then it spread from one to ten, from ten to a hundred, and slowly this kind of rumor spread."

"What rumors? You young people just don't understand..."

At this point, the driver simply waved his hand and said, "Never mind, you wouldn't believe me anyway. Just be careful."

The taxi stepped on the gas and sped away, kicking up a cloud of dust, leaving the two people standing there staring at each other.

As he watched, Chen Shuo suddenly laughed and reached out to pinch her fair little face. "Come on, turn into a big tiger and let me see it."

Bai Xiaoqi swatted his dog paws aside, too lazy to pay attention to this guy. He could grow bigger back then, but now that he had become human through the bestowal of titles, how could he grow bigger again?

Moreover, he only grew bigger to scare away those who came into the mountains, so he wouldn't devour them.

Even if I were to devour someone, I would definitely swallow this bad guy first, so he could bully me every day.

She glanced in the direction the taxi had gone and asked, "Why didn't the driver mention the mountain spirits or demons in the mountains from the beginning? Why did he only tell us after we got there?"

"He wants to earn money for our fare, what else could it be?" Chen Shuo picked up the portable bag containing the tent from the ground, took her soft little hand, and said, "Let's go, Mountain God."

"I am not a mountain god."

"Then what are you?"

"I am your little meow."

"Good boy/girl, here, here's a reward for you."

"You're trying to take advantage of me again."

Bai Xiaoqi wasn't going to let him take advantage of her. She broke free from his hand, grabbed her bag, and ran down the steps.

"Slow down, or you'll roll down and smash your butt in half."

"You're the one whose butt got smashed into eight pieces."

She turned around and made a face at Chen Shuo, then continued running down the mountain.

The steps were quite long and steep, and Chen Shuo, carrying a heavy load, dared not walk too fast, so he could only watch her run all the way to the top of the steps.

It feels like this silly little cat has unleashed its true nature after going on a long trip. Maybe it's because it's been cooped up at home for too long, or maybe it's because it's going home.