Chapter 184 Isve Stashed It in My Underwear (1/2)

”His strongest feat is lifting a helicopter that had fallen off from the sky.”

”How'd you know?” Young Master Shen answered without even turning his head.

”He said it himself!” Zhang Mi took a leap towards him. ”Big mountain dude even said that he'll bring me along when he goes extracting wild honey today. We'll have to climb up very tall trees for the job!”

”I think your big mountain dude is waving at you!” Young Master Shen said with a fake smile. Zhang Mi eyed him disdainfully. ”That's Brother Ah Shui. Big mountain dude is the one who's super good at climbing trees, the one with dark skin.”

Young Master Shen did a facepalm and walked away. A conversation with Zhang Mi would waste too much of his brain cells. He might as well spend his time having a chat with the chieftain and find out when they could leave this village. Speaking of the chieftain, the old man gave Young Master Shen an impression of either a special military operative or a spy. He was always so elusive and stealthy, and not to mention his ability to walk around without making a single sound. Even more terrifying was the fact that the old man was able to name every single one of the high-tech equipment that Young Master Shen was carrying despite claiming that he had been staying in the mountains all this while.

Those equipment were all from Boss Wan's private collection. Not even the military had access to them. And yet an old man from the mountains knew enough to name all of them? Hell would freeze over if Young Master Shen believed the chieftain to be just another ordinary old man.

”Chieftain Mo Lin!”

A thin and petite old man was sitting astride a split trunk of a tree, fiddling with some unknown object. He jumped down when he heard Young Master Shen's voice. The split trunk was at least two storeys above ground...

”Ah, looks like you've fully recovered. Planning to leave now, aren't you?” Mo Lin said, patting Young Master Shen's shoulder. ”Then it's time we talk about my reward!”

Young Master Shen's face darkened. ”Oh, so that's how it is, huh? I still have to pay him for all the torture he'd put me through for half a goddamn month?” he thought.

”Hey, what's that look for? If I didn't 'torture' you, you would've been dead a long time ago.”

”What is it that you want?” Young Master Shen would wager his sweet life that it was not money that the chieftain wanted.

Mo Lin waved his hand. ”Follow me.”

Young Master Shen followed Mo Lin all the way to the northern side of the village. There was a little brook, whose source lay in a location yet unknown. Near the brook, on a huge rock, sat a small boy around five to six years of age.

”Xiao Ji!” Chieftain Mo Lin yelled. The boy did not move.

Chieftain Mo Lin chuckled at Young Master Shen. ”You should go there and call him.”

Young Master Shen glared at him. ”Why can't you go?”

”Can't you see that he's ignoring me? The kid is sulking!” Mo Lin said with a pained expression. Young Master Shen, on the other hand, thought that he would start throwing punches if anyone were to call him ”Xiao Ji”.

Mo Lin sighed. ”It's not 'ji' as in chicken.”

The corners of Young Master Shen lips twitched. ”Yeah, but they both sound exactly the same when voiced out, okay?”

Well, at least Young Master Shen had enough decency to refrain from calling a child such an atrocious moniker. He walked over and stepped around to face the kid. He crouched down so that he was at eye level with the kid. He was shocked by how pretty the boy looked. ”Damn, this kid will definitely grow up to be prettier than I am!” he thought. His heart was practically leaping in joy right now.

”Hello!” he greeted. He decided right then that he would try to befriend this pretty boy.

The boy did not spare him a single glance. Instead, his eyes were fixated upon the brook. He was just a kid, and yet there was an extraordinary look in his eyes. As if prompted by a subconscious need, Young Master Shen broke their eye contact. It was as if the boy's eyes could suck a person right into them, and the boy was not even looking at him.

The boy spoke suddenly. ”There's a snake in the bush about a meter to your left. It will be crawling up your feet in thirty seconds.” Goosebumps broke out on Young Master Shen's skin the moment he heard the mention of a snake. His glanced down and saw that indeed, there was a little green snake beside his foot.

”Thanks!” Young Master Shen said, jumping on top of a huge rock all the while keeping a straight face. Then, he saw Chieftain Mo Lin peeling off the snake's skin with ease. ”This will be our dinner tonight!” Chieftain Mo Lin said in satisfaction.

After dealing with the snake, Mo Lin pointed a finger at Young Master Shen and spoke to Xiao Ji. ”I'm planning to ask him to track down your family for you. Is that okay with you?”

”He isn't from this village?” Young Master Shen asked, confused. No wonder the boy looked so pretty. The villagers here usually had darker skin tones. Xiao Ji was the only one around here with fair and slightly pinkish skin, just like a porcelain doll.

Seeing that Xiao Ji was still unwilling to speak, Mo Lin turned towards Young Master Shen. ”We found this kid in the mountains inside a wolf den. No idea why, but the mother wolf didn't try to devour him. In fact, the wolf was watching the whole time when I brought the kid away. He was about three years old when we found him. He still couldn't form words yet.” Mo Lin patted Xiao Ji's head. ”He was wearing an adult military uniform at that time.”

”You want me to take him with me?” Young Master Shen frowned. ”Well, that's not going to happen,” he thought.

Mo Lin shook his head. ”I can tell that you're not an ordinary person! I won't hand Xiao Ji over to you. I just want you to take that military uniform with you when you leave and see if you can track down his next of kin. If they're willing to acknowledge Xiao Ji, just ask them to come to our village to claim him!”

Young Master Shen agreed to the chieftain's request. The next day, the chieftain sent Young Master Shen together with Zhang Mi, Chen Ming and Li Xiaoru to the village's gates. They passed by a cornfield on the way, and Young Master Shen noticed a few women harvesting corns there. Their movements were so fast that it was as if each of them had four hands in total.

”Follow the trail of this cave in a straight path, and you'll be able to return to the top of the cliff. I hope you remember your promise to me.” Mo Lin stared at Young Master Shen while holding Xiao Ji's hand in his.

Young Master Shen nodded. ”As long as his family is still alive, I will find them. In fact, I'll bring them here myself.”

Having received Young Master Shen's words of assurance, Mo Lin smiled happily and waved at them.