Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

Chapter 28 Jumping off a cliff

"How could that be! I was just suddenly startled, He Nian, don't talk nonsense! I'm not weak at all!"

Stop slandering me!!!

Upon hearing Qin Henian's words, Wu Xie quickly stood up and retorted.

Just then, three more thuds sounded as Black Bear Xie Yuchen and Pan Zi landed, tidying up their backpacks and clothes.

Then a beautiful figure landed on the ground. Ah Ning looked at Wu Xie and the others, while she was alone and didn't say much. She just walked a few steps away and stood to the side.

"Okay, okay, you're not weak, you're just a little soft, I understand, I understand!"

Qin Henian grinned, not to mock Wu Xie, but simply because he felt something was amiss.

“He Nian is right, Wu Xie’s physical condition is indeed not very good.”

As soon as Xie Yuchen landed, he heard Wu Xie's rebuttal. His eyes sparkled with laughter. He couldn't help but feel envious of how well the people around Wu Xie treated him, but since they were his childhood friend, he was happy for him.

"Hey, hey, Xiaohua! Why are you siding with outsiders? What's wrong with me? A man can't say he can't!"

Wu Xie, the little dog, still looked stubborn, blinking as he turned to his childhood friend, his big eyes sparkling with the question, "Why aren't you helping me?"

Pfft!

Honestly, seeing Wu Xietian's silly look, Xie Yuchen was helpless and could only shrug and say that Wu Xietian talked too much and that whatever he said was right.

"Hey hey hey! Hey guys down here! Can you guys do something about me, Fatty? Your good brother Fatty is still hanging up there! Can anyone catch me?!"

Just then, a loud voice suddenly came from above everyone's heads, the familiar tone and words filling everyone's ears.

Upon hearing the sound, whether it was a tacit understanding among everyone or not, they all unconsciously took a step back. Qin Henian, in particular, suddenly narrowed his dark pupils and turned to walk towards Hei Xiazi, who was standing a little further away.

As a result, whenever Hei Xiazi saw people walking in his direction, a smile would unconsciously appear on his face.

"Hehe, Henian, are you remembering how good I was, the blind man?"

The smug voice had barely finished when Blackie's eyes, hidden behind his sunglasses, met a pair of dark pupils. For some reason, Blackie suddenly felt a chill run down his spine...

"You blind fool, you're dreaming! Watch out, one day when you transform into human form and fall asleep, I'll put you in a sack!"

A harsh, low voice came from Qin Henian's mouth, his fair little hands clenched into fists, trying hard to suppress the urge to hit someone, but his words sounded somewhat angry and embarrassed.

boom!

Just then, Qin Henian felt a sudden gust of cold wind from the ground behind him. Hearing the sound, Qin Henian couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement... This guy's skin is pretty thick! He'd be covered in black and purple bruises if he'd fallen like that...

"Ouch, that hurts so much, Fatty! Why didn't any of you heartless bastards reach out and catch me?!"

Wang Pangzi, who had just had a close encounter with Mother Earth, was now howling in agony with his face contorted in pain. The place where he fell was right between Wu Xie and Zhang Qilin, who had just been pretending to raise their hands as he cried for someone to catch him. Unfortunately, both of them had anticipated this and dropped their backpacks, taking a step back at the same time, so they missed catching him and he fell directly into the embrace of his backpack and Mother Earth.

"Hey, you two, don't think I didn't see it. Were you serious about taking a half step back?"

Wang Pangzi, who had calmed down by now, was furious and strongly condemned his two good brothers' behavior.

"Serious? How could I not be serious? I don't even know who it was... who received a phone call at my Wu Shan Ju place, saying they'd landed a big deal in Beijing... and now they're here?"

Wu Xie remained unfazed by Wang Pangzi's accusations, and even used the same 45-degree angle as his younger brother to look up at the sky, revealing his guilty conscience about having Wang Pangzi do this job behind his back.

"Ahem, oh dear, little naiveté, didn't I explain it to you when we met before? If you want to blame someone, blame your third uncle. He just gave Fatty too much..."

There was nothing he could do; once this was mentioned, Fatty Wang knew he was out of options... He just hoped his innocent little one would never bring it up again...

With a "whoosh," Wang Pangzi sat up, shook his clothes, and casually touched his own bottom, then touched something sticky and cold in his hand...

"What the hell is this?"

Looking down, Fatty Wang discovered that the sticky stuff on his hands was a patch of greenish-yellowish sludge, and his face immediately turned ashen, as if he were constipated.

"do not move!"

Just then, Qin Henian, who had been observing his surroundings, focused his gaze on Wang Pangzi's hands, looking distressed.

His little snake eggs!! Mushroom babies! They're broken! There's nothing to eat!! Damn it!!! I'm so angry!

Qin Henian's heart ached terribly. If the cubs hadn't been trampled to death, he could have taken them back and raised them, providing them with a long-term food source... and enough for fried eggs, boiled eggs, and the like...

"What? What's wrong, handsome young master..."

Fatty Wang didn't even know the other person's name, nor had he asked Wu Xie, so he wondered why the other person had suddenly called him...

"Hey... Fatty! Don't touch that stuff around everywhere, that thing can burrow into your skin and grow parasites!"

"It's best to keep your clothes tightly closed in the rainforest to prevent small insects from accidentally crawling into your skin..."

Qin Henian closed his eyes, pretending to have forgotten about it, and kindly reminded him.

"Alright! Then I, Fatty, will have to give him a good cleaning!"

In response to Qin Henian's question, Fatty Wang took out medical alcohol and disinfected himself. The others nearby, hearing Qin Henian's reminder, also tightened their clothes, pants, and shoes. Having witnessed Qin Henian's suicide attempt, they all tacitly refrained from asking further questions.

Ah Ning, who had been observing Wu for a while, walked to the opposite side of Wu and looked at him.

"Wu Xie, since we've come this far, why don't we cooperate? Share information and find the Western Queen Mother's Kingdom sooner, how about that?"

Ah Ning looked at Wu Xie with bright eyes, temporarily suppressing her thoughts. She had this idea after seeing more and more people surrounding Wu Xie. As for who would care about whom once they were in the tomb.

"Information sharing?"

Wu tilted his head, his mind racing. For some reason, this trip to the Kingdom of the Western Queen Mother in Tamutuo had filled him with many doubts and thoughts, especially the notebook Chen Wenjing had obtained at the Golmud Sanatorium. The information and maps written in it were constantly being compared in his mind, and this uncertainty led him to a guess.

"Then tell me what you know first. Information sharing always needs to offer some benefits to people first."

Wu Xie and A Ning have known each other for quite some time, so it's best to be cautious and see how she responds.

"Okay, shall we talk?"

Ah Ning wasn't one to dawdle; she reached out and pulled Wu Xie a few steps to the side. Wang Pangzi, who was about to stop them, stopped in his tracks with a look from Wu Xie. He turned to look at his brother, and seeing that Wu Xie kept glancing at him, he felt a little relieved.