What if you were targeted by a cool and aloof beauty?

……

It took another twenty minutes for An Chen to finally find the exact location of "Little Li's Convenience Store".

After parking the car at the entrance, the group carefully pushed open the door of the convenience store.

It's cool by the mountain, and the summer heat doesn't have much of an impact on the area around Tunren Mountain.

There was no air conditioning in the convenience store.

There were only two old-fashioned electric fans blowing inside.

To avoid frightening the landlady, the knight hesitated for a moment but then withdrew and chose to stay outside.

Zhang Zhidong was still surrounded by several layers of barriers cast by Jiu Ge.

As long as the barrier remains intact, the heat will not affect the outside.

Jiuge also began to question the meaning of life.

How could she have thought of this solution sooner?

Is it really true that falling in love makes me less intelligent?

"You're... here to explore?"

Hearing the noise, a middle-aged woman with graying hair came out with a strange expression.

"Mm." An Chen chuckled and nodded.

Looks like this is the proprietress.

Jiuge stood obediently to the side and smiled at the proprietress.

Zhang Zhidong floated around the store, looking around with a serious expression.

"There haven't been many people coming to explore these past few years. Even if they do come, they mostly just look around from the outside and don't actually go in." The proprietress looked at the two young men in front of her suspiciously.

It's quite suspicious that two very good-looking young people suddenly appear in this kind of place.

She then thought of the incident a few years ago when her husband disappeared because of several people who appeared out of nowhere.

"Boss, I'd like three bottles of mineral water." An Chen pretended to be buying something and walked straight to the shelf full of drinks.

"How much?" he asked gently as he took down the three bottles of mineral water.

Seeing this, Jiuge also began to pretend to be picking out things, looking left and right at the shelves.

"Three bottles for ten yuan," the proprietress said after a pause.

When she answered, she looked somewhat frightened.

If the person who came wasn't a real person, they probably wouldn't be able to produce real money or scan the QR code.

"It's so much more expensive than outside? We only need two yuan a bottle of water in downtown Liancheng."

Noticing that the landlady's expression was getting increasingly strange, An Chen deliberately mentioned Liancheng City.

Of course, they didn't actually buy anything in the city of Liancheng.

"Things are always more expensive up in the mountains. There haven't been many people coming these past few years, so the prices are already a bit lower than before." The proprietress felt a little more at ease and lowered her guard.

As long as it's not a ghost or anything like that...

This already broken home cannot afford to lose anyone more.

"I want to eat ice cream." Jiuge tugged at her clothes and pointed to the old pudding in the freezer.

She licked her lips; she was really getting a craving.

"Then add three more puddings." An Chen started taking out his money.

"Twenty-five in total." The proprietress pointed to the QR code at the door.

"Why three ice creams?" she asked, a little puzzled.

It's quite common for two people to buy three bottles of mineral water, but for two people to buy three ice creams...

As soon as she finished speaking, the proprietress turned her head and saw the knight standing outside.

"Who is that person?" she asked, her voice trembling with fear.

"Payment successful".

The next second, the phone emitted a sound indicating successful payment.

Jiuge held the three sticks of old pudding in her hand.

After hesitating for a moment, she winked at the proprietress and said, "Don't be nervous, she's my uncle."

"He's a die-hard anime fan. He loved watching anime and cartoons when he was young. When he heard about the adventure, he even cosplayed as a knight," An Chen added, suppressing a laugh.

“Animated films…cosplay…” The proprietress thought of her son who was already in college.

"I see." She understood.

The proprietress's son was also a big fan of anime and manga, and was very obsessed with anime and cartoons before his father disappeared.

Back when he was in junior high, he would occasionally search for cosplay photos online to show his parents.

"?" Jiuge didn't quite understand.

She knew about animation and anime, but what exactly was this "old-school anime" thing?

So Uncle Knight likes watching anime, is he a veteran anime fan?

And why did the proprietress also have a knowing look on her face?

"..." An Chen patted Jiu Ge's shoulder, indicating to the puzzled Jiu Ge not to worry about these details.

The proprietress put the three bottles of water into a plastic bag, coughed, and handed the bag to An Chen.

Zhang Zhidong was still floating in the air, looking around aimlessly, seemingly lost in thought.

"Could you watch our car for us? We'll be right back once we get out of the mountains," An Chen said, taking the plastic bag.

"Sure, you can. Are you from out of town? Do you really want to go into the mountains?" The proprietress hesitated.

If a complete outsider, who knows nothing about the area and doesn't even know what happened there, goes in...

Wouldn't that be just throwing away one's life for nothing?

"Even if I were to look after the car... I might..." She didn't know what to say next.

“Mm.” An Chen nodded.

"Call that old anime fan...cosplayer outside in. I have something to say to you." After pondering for a moment with a serious face, the proprietress went into the inner room and brought out a few chairs.

By the time An Chen brought the knight in, the three ice creams in the Nine Songs had already melted a little.

Seeing this, the proprietress kindly replaced three sticks for An Chen and his group.

"Not bad!" Zhang Zhidong stopped getting cocky.

Standing to the side, he suddenly felt a strong urge to eat some ice cream.

Chapter 207 Completely Afraid to Move (Seeking Monthly Tickets and Subscriptions)

"You may not know, but the Man-Eating Mountain really does swallow people..." the proprietress said nervously.

Looking at the three people in front of her who had already decided to set off, she decided to save as many as she could.

"Does it really swallow people? I thought it was just an urban legend." An Chen scratched his head, pretending that he didn't know much about it either.

Jiuge tore open the packaging of the old pudding and started licking it.

The knight turned his head away and finished the ice cream in his hand in a few seconds.

"Didn't you do any research or travel guides before you came? Where did you come from? How could you be so careless?" The proprietress's tone became urgent.

Aside from this terminally ill anime fan, An Chen and Jiu Ge don't look much different in age from their son.

Thinking of her son, she couldn't remain calm, much less sit idly by.

"Did you tell your parents you were coming here? If they knew you were being irresponsible and came to a place like this, they would be so worried!" She became more and more agitated as she spoke, and even started to breathe.

"Please don't get excited." An Chen tore open the packaging of the old pudding and took a bite of the slightly melted ice cream inside.

Ok?

Why doesn't it taste?

He glanced sideways at Zhang Zhidong, who was floating to the side with his arms crossed and a big smile on his face, and suddenly felt a little like punching him.

"We're from the fake capital." Jiuge took a big bite of the last piece of ice cream and threw the wrapper into the trash can.

"I just glanced at the news," she tried to explain.

"Never mind... you can't go anyway." The proprietress said in a very serious tone.

"You probably got your driver's licenses in college and wanted to go out and have some fun, but have you ever thought about how dangerous it would be to run around without knowing anything?" She got angrier and angrier as she spoke, scolding An Chen and Jiu Ge like she was disciplining her own son and daughter.

"..." Jiu Ge looked at An Chen helplessly.

She had never seen anything like this before.

"We understand. We were too young and naive to think things through," An Chen replied, as if he were a seasoned veteran.

He had experienced countless times the frustration and nagging of his parents.

"And you, you're an adult now. Children may not know any better, but don't you know any better too?" The proprietress then turned her attention to the knight who dared not speak.

"I'm sorry." The knight scratched his head, looking a little lost.

"Bang bang bang."

"Bang bang bang."

"Never mind..." Hearing this voice, the proprietress suddenly felt that talking about knights was probably pointless.

He's a college student's uncle now, and he's still wearing strange clothes to watch anime. He can't possibly have any sense of crisis like an adult.

"It's not that I'm being mean to you. I've lived here all my life and know better than you how strange this place is. I..." she said, wiping away her tears.

"Please don't cry." Jiuge quickly took out a napkin from her handbag and handed it to the proprietress.

"Thank you, young lady." The proprietress took the napkin and wiped away her tears.