Chapter 40: Stone Tablet Road Sign (1/2)

Chapter 40: Stone Tablet Road Sign

Ma Zi Ye realised what Su Yu was talking about and although she knew he was diverting her attention, she found his words pleasing as she immediately nodded: “What you said makes sense, that face is really disgusting.”

Zhang Zhong Mou stared blankly, he wanted to cry but there were no tears. He thought to himself how could his handsome face be considered as disgusting, looking over at Su Yu and Ma Zi Ye who seemed to be earnestly giving their evaluation, his face became gloomy as he thought about how to retaliate. Suddenly, Lin Shi who was always silent spoke up: “Zhang Zhong Mou, they’re a couple singing in unison, how are you going to beat the two of them with a single mouth.”

It was fine when Lin Shi did not speak but once he spoke, his words were astonishing and made the faces of Su Yu and Ma Zi Ye blush. Zhang Zhong Mou was dazed before wildly laughing as he nodded: “You’re right, I won’t speak anymore. Haha…… Teacher Lin, it’s still the older ginger that is spicier, you really have your means!” He was so elated that he did not care about Lin Shi’s status as a teacher and heavily patted his back. Zhang Zhong Mou’s current actions meant that he treated Lin Shi as a brother.

Lin Shi faintly smiled but did not speak any further.

Su Yu smiled bitterly as he shook his head, he did not expect that everyone would start to make fun of him and Ma Zi Ye. If Jade were to find out, he would be in hot soup. He turned to look at Ma Zi Ye in the eye but noticed that she was blushing as she looked at him, their eyes met and swiftly turned away. At this moment, Ma Zi Ye’s face was clearly bashful.

“Ma Zi Ye…… couldn’t really have fallen for me right?” Suddenly, Su Yu had a weird thought in his head as he immediately dispelled it as he felt that it was very unlikely. She was probably just feeling shy and it did not have any other meaning to it.

Thinking of this, Su Yu could not help but look at Ning Yan who was within the group. From Su Yu’s perspective, he could only see her back.

It could not be denied that regardless of the angle, Ning Yan was simply stunning. She really deserved her title as the undisputed faculty belle, or in Su Yu’s opinion, the school belle.

“Although Ning Yan is beautiful, her character is rather weird. Back in class, I only noticed that she was very quiet and did well in her studies but upon entering this forest….. Although she joined the group, she seems to be sleepwalking and if I remember correctly, since leaving the school she has not killed a single of these monsters. Why is that?” Su Yu muttered as he thought of how he had saved her and accidentally tossed a wooden club into her shoulder. When she had looked at him, her eyes were had a tinge of hate within them.

Frustration well up within him as Su Yu gloomily tousled his hair, the group had already walked through a fair bit of this forest with the fresh morning air and the police station had long faded from their view.

Qin Jia Gui continued to leave clear markings on the barks of trees to allow them to head back in the direction they came from, a precautionary measure.

This path they took was very relaxing and they did not meet a single monster. Occasionally they could hear the roars of a frightening monster in the distance but the distance was simply too far and it was indistinct, only if one listened intently could they notice it.

“Eh? Guys look over there.” Zhao Shi Chang who was walking in front suddenly pointed.

The group looked in the direction he was pointing in and the they saw a stone tablet erected on the ground approximately twenty odd metres from them. This stone tablet was slanted and covered in moss, it seemed to have seen the weather of many years and had been here for along time.

A stone tablet suddenly appearing within this forest, the group was curious as they walked closer and found that there was an arrow carved onto the stone tablet.

“This is…… a directional sign board?” Qin Jia Gui was startled as he called up, hurriedly using his hand to wipe away the moss covering it as the arrowhead on the stone tablet became clearer. It pointed forwards in a certain direction.

Zhao Shi Chang said excitedly: “Does this mean that we have been walking the right path? Since there’s a directional sign board here, what could it possibly mean? Does this mean that there is something up ahead, and what could that thing be? Could we have finally found the exit to the forest?”