15 The Shadow in the Forest, Is There a Treasure?

Cui Anyu, who was sitting at the edge of the school flower bed, seemed to have sensed something. She covered her nose and sneezed loudly.

"Anyu, do you have a cold?" Xiao Xiao asked worriedly.

Cui Anyu rubbed her nose and said, "Maybe someone is talking about me."

"It's good that you don't have a cold. By the way, how long are we going to sit here?" Xiao Xiao rubbed her hands and tried to probe.

The bell had been ringing for quite a while, and the new class teacher was still teaching this period. Although the old man looked amiable, who knew if he would arrange punishment?

Xiao Xiao really wanted to go back to the classroom, but when she saw that Cui Anyu was hurt by those two-faced girls, she couldn't bear to leave her. Unfortunately, she was a little stupid and didn't know how to comfort people, so she could only sit with Cui Anyu.

She stared at Cui Anyu's furrowed brows and thought to herself, "Anyu was so nice to them before and even gave them tutoring. If I were Anyu, I would have been so angry that I would have cried. Anyu can really hold her temper… She's so awesome!"

However, Cui Anyu wasn't as immersed in her emotions as she thought. Instead, she was worried about a more realistic problem.

"Who should I find to be my partner now?" Cui Anyu stared at the horizon in a daze and thought about everyone she could think of. She realized that it was like drawing water from a bamboo basket. There was nothing left.

It was mainly because she had suffered too much yesterday and didn't pay much attention to the movements in school.

"Xiao Xiao, do you know which students reached A or above after the appraisal yesterday?" Cui Anyu asked.

"Ah?" Xiao Xiao's mouth was wide open in surprise. "Are you kidding? Most of them are C, not even B. by the way, isn't Yu Guang SSS? Why don't you ask him for help?"

"Him… He might be busy."

At the mention of Yu Guang, Cui Anyu blinked guiltily. Yu Guang was her first thought, but now that he wasn't in school, she didn't have much time left, so she thought of looking for someone else.

More importantly, she had eaten Yu Guang's precious god-tier beast bait, and now she was asking him for help. Thinking about it, it was a little unfair to Yu Guang.

"Why are you hesitating? Are you embarrassed because you had a scandal with him? If you're shy, I'll help you talk to him," Xiao Xiao said as she patted her chest. "The most important thing is that you enter the Awakened Home. I'll drag Yu Guang here for you!"

Her words warmed Cui Anyu's heart, and they also reminded her of something.

There was no one more suitable than Yu Guang. Even if he hated her, she had to give it a try. If it didn't work out, she would throw money at Yu Guang to get him back!

"Just you wait. I'll go find Mr. Zhou and ask him if he knows where Yu Guang is." Xiao Xiao lifted her skirt and was about to help Cui Anyu.

Cui Anyu quickly pulled her back and said, "It's not like you didn't see it during class just now. Mr. Zhou probably doesn't know where Yu Guang went either. Xiao Xiao, I have a way to find Yu Guang, but I need you to keep an eye out for me. Let's go to the teacher's office to look for his contact information."

Even though the two of them were seatmates, Yu Guang and Cui Anyu didn't really communicate much. They didn't exchange contact information for no reason.

In addition, Yu Guang was usually quiet. He did not have any close friends in the class, so it was pointless to ask his classmates. Only the homeroom teacher had an emergency contact book. It recorded the contact information and emergency contacts of the entire class.

"There's a class now, so there must be no one in the office. Let's go!" Xiao Xiao was even more enthusiastic than Cui Anyu as she pulled her toward the teaching building.

The two sneaked into Mr. Zhou's office. Xiao Xiao hid at the door to keep watch. When someone came, she quickly came in to report the news. Cui Anyu half-squatted and ran to Mr. Zhou's desk. She opened the desk drawer and took out a leather book.

The first page was Yu Guang's contact information. The disappointing corner of the paper was obviously torn from the back and placed on the first page. SSS rank was really treated differently. Even their phone number had to be placed on the first page.

She quickly took out her phone and made a long series of phone numbers on the communication interface.

Beep --

Beep --

A long busy tone came from the receiver.

"Hello, the number you have dialed is unattended. Please try again later..."

He didn't pick up?

Cui Anyu tried to call again, but it was still the cold female mechanical voice.

"Where could he have gone?" Cui Anyu bit her lip and muttered to herself. She looked at her phone and then looked at the sun that had completely sunk to the bottom of the mountain in the distance. An unexplainable anxiety rose in her heart.

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Meanwhile at Mt. Guotong.

Yu Guang was so engrossed in experimenting with his new talent that he lost track of time. When he came back to his senses, the sun was about to set, and the birds returning to their nests in the woods became even noisier. The croaking of frogs in the grass also began to rise and fall.

Yu Guang wiped his forehead. He could not tell if it was the water vapor from the waterfall or his sweat. He only felt that his body and mind were comfortable after exercising. He exercised a little and prepared to return to school after work. Otherwise, he would not be able to apply for a new dormitory.

He dived into the dimly lit forest. If he could still see the road clearly by the waterfall just now, he would only be able to move forward in the dark in the forest.

Yu Guang quickened his pace. Otherwise, before he reached the foot of the mountain, the sky would be completely dark. By then, the road would be even more difficult to walk, and he might even get lost.

His idea came true very quickly. In the dense forest, the night always came faster than in other places. He could clearly see half of the sun that would appear from the distant mountain top, but he could no longer see the road clearly under his bare feet.

When he raised his head, he could still see the hazy moon through the gaps between the leaves. In the past, when the moon swam out of the clouds at school, he would always lower his head and hide in the dormitory to read. When was the last time he saw the moon? Yu Guang could not remember clearly.

Just as he was standing in the forest to watch the moon, not far away from the forest came the sound of hurried footsteps and the rustling of grass and leaves.

Two dark shadows were carrying something on their shoulders. It looked like a shovel, and they were rushing into the depths of the forest.

The panting sounds of the other party sounded very urgent, which made Yu Guang a little curious.

They were either here to feed the mosquitoes or to dig out the ancient tomb at night. The tools of these two people were more inclined to the latter.

"Why are they in such a hurry? How big is the tomb?" Yu Guang thought to himself. He turned his heel and followed behind the two people.

His legs were faster than the two. Moreover, Yu Guang stepped in their footsteps and moved at the same frequency as them, so that one of their footsteps could cover his. This way, he would not be easily discovered by the other party.

"We're here. The location of the map should be here first!" The thin and tall black figure was the first to stop, and he stuck a shovel into the soil.

"Then hurry up, or else those damned night watchers will catch up again!" Another short and strong man spat in a rough voice, "A bunch of lackeys, delaying me from getting rich!"

"Hurry up and dig. This baby can help you break through to Tier 2. It's worth a lot in the black market! Hahaha!" the tall and thin man said proudly.

After saying that, the two men began to dig.

Yu Guang, who was hiding not far away, heard the conversation and pursed his lips in boredom.