Chapter 378: Another Game Participant—Xu Ernian
Chapter 378: Another Game Participant—Xu Ernian
Another Game Participant - Xu ErnianJiang Weixin shared the same hobby as Cao Cao, the legendary warlord from the Three Kingdoms period.
He had a fondness for married women.
Additionally, he also liked other people's girlfriends.
For example, Shen Xing was Jiang Ran's girlfriend at the time.
Another example is the current Wang Qin, who was also someone else's girlfriend before.
The feeling of stealing someone else's partner, snatching food from the tiger's mouth, was incredibly thrilling.
It gave a sense of NTR pleasure.
If Wang Qingzhao had been Jiang Ran's girlfriend back then, he probably would have pursued her too.
When the tent zipper was ripped open in an instant.
The two people inside the tent hadn't even reacted yet.
The white-masked man's axe came down on the backs of the two people, one on top of the other.
The one struck was none other than Jiang Weixin.
He let out a sharp cry of pain and tried to turn his head to look.
But before his head could turn, his fleshy back met only repeated chopping blows.
Soon, under the relentless fall of the axe, Jiang Weixin was dead beyond dead.
He just collapsed in a pool of blood, without even having time to beg for mercy.
And with him dead, his corpse still lay on top of Wang Qin.
Wang Qin, at this moment, was completely petrified with fear.
She did see who the killer was, it was that white-masked man who had suddenly appeared during the day.
"Please, please don't kill me..."
Wang Qin's large, watery eyes continuously streamed with tears.
She pleaded with the standing figure to spare her life.
And this figure did not kill her. Instead, after throwing the axe aside, he pulled down his pants...
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"Wang Haoran! Liu Sha! If you hear me, answer!"
Jiang Ran and Wang Qingzhao each held a flashlight, illuminating the path ahead while shouting loudly to make their voices carry.
The two had been searching in this direction for about fifteen minutes now.
Not only had they not seen a trace of those two, they hadn't even seen a single ghost.
"Let's search for another ten minutes. If we can't find them, we'll go back. We've done our due diligence."
Jiang Ran swung his flashlight haphazardly to the side, as a few black bats flew over their heads.
Wang Qingzhao nodded in agreement, "Yeah, the mountain is inherently more dangerous at night. If we really can't find them, we'll just have to wait until tomorrow."
The two walked forward a bit more. The uneven mountain path was truly uncomfortable for them.
And it was at this moment that a piercing beam of light suddenly shone towards them from ahead.
Thinking it might be Fatty and the others, Jiang Ran shouted, "Is that you, Fatty?"
A reply came from over there. It wasn't Fatty's voice, nor the voice of anyone else they knew.
Instead, it was the voice of a strange man.
"I'm not Fatty, I'm a skinny guy."
Three opposing beams of light slowly drew closer.
Jiang Ran and Wang Qingzhao maintained a position at a safe distance.
They saw the figure ahead.
It was a young man about their age.
He was quite handsome. If he dressed in ancient costume, he'd definitely have the aura of a noble young master from a period drama.
Out of politeness, Jiang Ran aimed his flashlight beam at the young man's feet. The young man opposite did the same.
Jiang Ran asked the person opposite, "Who are you?"
The young man smiled and replied, "My name is Xu Ernian. And who are you?"
Jiang Ran said, "I'm Jiang Ran. She's my friend, Wang Qingzhao."
This Xu Ernian showed little reaction upon seeing Jiang Ran, but his eyes lit up when he saw Wang Qingzhao.
Jiang Ran immediately followed up with another question, "Xu Ernian, what are you doing up here alone in the middle of the night?"
Xu Ernian chuckled, "Good question. I wanted to ask you the same thing. What are you doing up here at night?"
Jiang Ran said, "We came here for hiking. A companion seems to have gotten lost on the mountain."
Xu Ernian nodded, "I see. I came up the mountain to look for treasure."
"Treasure?"
Jiang Ran was surprised.
"There's treasure here?"
Xu Ernian nodded, "Legend says that after Chen Youliang's army was defeated, many treasures were hidden in this mountain. So I came. I just haven't found anything yet."
Jiang Ran sized up the young man before him, always feeling this explanation was somewhat far-fetched and forced.
He didn't dwell on it, turning to Wang Qingzhao and saying, "It's about time. We can't find the people, should we head back?"
Wang Qingzhao agreed.
At that moment, the young man named Xu Ernian also caught up, "You two, meeting like this is fate. Let me tag along with you!"
Encountering a strange young man in the mountain forest at night, and then this strange young man wanting to follow them.
Who in their right mind would agree to that?
Jiang Ran naturally refused, but surprisingly, Wang Qingzhao actually agreed.
A bit puzzled, Jiang Ran whispered into Wang Qingzhao's ear, "Why did you agree?"
Wang Qingzhao uttered two words, "Secret."
Jiang Ran couldn't figure it out. Did Wang Qingzhao agree because the other guy was handsome?
But Wang Qingzhao, from what he remembered, wasn't someone particularly enamored with male beauty.
He couldn't make sense of it.
Additionally, Jiang Ran hadn't received any danger warning regarding this young man before him, so letting him follow probably wouldn't be a big deal.
Speaking of the Danger Warning System.
Jiang Ran still couldn't forget how unreliable that System could be.
Fortunately, after leveling up to two.
People who were dangerous shouldn't be like James from last time.
After this young man named Xu Ernian started following Jiang Ran and the others, he kept chattering away, finding topics to chat with Wang Qingzhao.
The three returned to the campsite.
Before they even reached the campsite, they heard a lot of noisy chatter coming from that direction.
It seemed something had happened.
"Did Wang Haoran and the other one return?"
When Jiang Ran and the other two reached the campsite.
They discovered that Wang Haoran and Liu Sha had already returned.
Including Fatty's team and Zhong Hui's team.
But all these people were gathered in front of the most luxurious and conspicuous tent in the campsite.
Jiang Ran remembered that tent belonged to Jiang Weixin.
The three walked towards that area.
Before they even got close, they caught a whiff of a strong, metallic scent of blood.
It was relatively fresh, carrying a metallic tang.
"What happened? Why is everyone gathered here?"
Jiang Ran and the other two asked curiously.
Their voices cleared a path for them as people in front moved aside.
Jiang Ran followed the cleared path.
He saw Jiang Weixin lying in the tent, covered in blood, and Wang Qin hiding to the side, her hair disheveled, her face filled with terror.
Jiang Ran and Wang Qingzhao, seeing this scene, had their expressions change just like those who had been here earlier, as if infected by their reactions.
For a moment, the area in front of this tent fell into utter silence, broken only by the occasional bird calls and other strange sounds from the deep mountains at night.
Until a relaxed and cheerful voice shattered this atmosphere:
"Well, well, someone's dead, huh?"
The one who said this was none other than Xu Ernian, who had followed Jiang Ran and Wang Qingzhao back.
Hearing this voice, everyone turned to look, seeing that unfamiliar face.
Wang Haoran, very wary, walked towards Xu Ernian and asked who he was.
"My name is Xu Ernian. I came here to search for Chen Youliang's treasure."
Xu Ernian flashed a smile at Wang Haoran that he thought was handsome.
But unfortunately, Wang Haoran had no interest in men.
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