Chapter 641 Mentioned Before
The icy tone of these four words made the driver feel as if the air in the car had chilled a few degrees. He could only force a dry laugh and say, "I'm just a driver, I really don't know about this."
Seeing the tension on Chen Yang's face, he held Zhuque's hand tightly to comfort her, "We'll be there soon, don't worry."
When the driver was halfway through his sentence, Chen Yang had already guessed who was responsible for repairing Queyun Mountain.
Zhuque had specifically approached him back then for this matter, asking to borrow a large sum of money.
Queyun Mountain outside Que City was not as beautiful as Chen Yang had imagined.
The dust kicked up by the large vehicles along the way made Chen Yang lose the desire to open the window.
And the place where the driver stopped was an even dustier bus stop.
After the two got out of the car, Zhuque looked at Queyun Mountain with such anger that her body trembled slightly.
In Zhuque's memory, even before it was repaired, Queyun Mountain had not been so dilapidated.
Now, even without going up the mountain, one could see several bare patches.
Trucks were coming and going, and it was unclear what they were hauling up the mountain.
With a cold face, Zhuque went up the mountain, heading directly towards her mother's tomb.
Zhuque had not spent money back then to buy the entire area; she had even had the whole mountain renovated.
On the only plot of land she had purchased, Zhuque had only asked someone to build a simple house, with her mother's tomb not far behind the house.
When the two arrived in front of the house, they heard sounds of drinking from inside.
"Six, six, lucky, five champions..."
The clinking of wine glasses made Zhuque's face darken further.
Zhuque kicked the door open, and the burly men drinking in the yard immediately stopped raising their glasses.
"Yo, where did this pretty girl come from? Who ordered her?" The man who spoke got up, leaning on the table, and walked towards Zhuque.
"Since you're here, keep us company for a few drinks!"
As he spoke, he even reached out to hug Zhuque.
Before Zhuque could make a move, Chen Yang kicked the man away.
The person who was sent flying landed directly on the wine table. His weight of over a hundred pounds overturned the table, causing the surrounding people to quickly retreat in panic.
A few who were relatively sober immediately woke up, shouting, "Brothers, someone's here to cause trouble! Take him down!"
Seeing these drunkards stumbling towards him, Chen Yang did not use lethal force, as none of them were martial artists.
Moreover, Chen Yang still had questions to ask them!
After a few screams, everyone was lying on the ground, wailing.
They didn't know how they had fallen, but the pain in their bodies was real.
Chen Yang casually grabbed one of them and pressed a point on his abdomen. The person immediately vomited out everything in his stomach.
"Are you sober now? If you are, I have a few questions to ask you?"
The person looked at Chen Yang tremblingly, tears immediately falling, "Brother, no! Sir, just ask whatever you want to ask, don't hit me anymore!"
Seeing that the person was completely sober, Chen Yang threw him to the ground and snorted, "Do you know that this is someone else's house?"
"I... I know."
Chen Yang glared, "You know? And you still dare to break in and drink? What's your name? You're quite brave, who told you to do this?"
Chen Yang looked at the broken doors and windows around him and knew without thinking that this place had been deliberately damaged a long time ago.
"You can call me Da Gou, sir. We are supervisors from the mine. We were bored and came here to drink. And it's not just us who drink here; everyone knows there's a place here that can shelter from the wind and rain. Since it was built, no one has lived here, so everyone treats it as a haunted house."
According to Da Gou's description, before there was a mine on the mountain, at most people came to visit, and at that time, someone would come to clean it from time to time.
"Actually, this place is tidied up every once in a while, but the last time was about half a year ago. We brothers also take the trash down after we finish drinking. The windows and glass around here were broken by some children."
Da Gou could tell that these two people in front of him were extraordinary. He had seen his boss at the mine, and even his boss did not have such a demeanor.
"Clean this place up with your friend and leave."
Chen Yang and Zhuque walked around the yard and to the backyard when Chen Yang asked, "Who did you ask to watch the house back then?"
Zhuque frowned, "An old man. He was selling sweet potatoes at the station at the time, a very nice person."
Chen Yang didn't ask any further questions. After following Zhuque to her mother's tomb and seeing that it was still well-preserved, they breathed a sigh of relief.
Just then, a childish voice rang out from behind them, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Chen Yang and Zhuque turned to look and saw a little girl about eight or nine years old, both very surprised.
The little girl's clothes were a bit worn, and even her hair was messy. Her eyes held a mixture of curiosity and fear.
Seeing that the other party was still holding a few apples and a stick of incense, Chen Yang asked Zhuque doubtfully, "Do you know her?"
The little girl looked nervously at the two strangers but still timidly walked to the tomb and placed the apples. Seeing that the two strangers were still standing in front of the tomb, she could only say, "Brother, sister, can you move aside? I need to clean this up."
Zhuque squatted down and gently tidied the little girl's messy hair, saying softly, "Little sister, who told you to clean this place?"
It was the first time Chen Yang had seen Zhuque's usually cold voice become so gentle.
"My grandfather told me to clean it. Originally, I was supposed to clean the house in front too, but there are always people drinking there, so I'm afraid to go."
As the little girl spoke, she blinked her eyes and looked at Zhuque doubtfully, "I think I've seen you before, sister."
"Sister Que?"
"You know me?" Zhuque was surprised that the other party recognized her and immediately picked up the little girl.
Zhuque suddenly remembered someone, "Your mother's name is Wenli, right?"
The little girl immediately nodded joyfully, "You are Sister Que! Grandpa and Mom both told me about you."
"My name is Shi Jingshan, Sister Que, you're finally back! You're even prettier than in the photos!"
Chen Yang did not disturb Zhuque, as this was the first time he had seen Zhuque speak so much.
The two chatted for a long time, and Zhuque also learned a piece of news.
The old man Shi, whom she had entrusted with the care of the place, had passed away from illness two years ago.
Shi Jingshan's mother, Shi Wenli, had been working in the city since giving birth to Shi Jingshan, only returning for one day every Sunday.
For the rest of the time, Shi Jingshan lived alone.
As the three of them went down the mountain, Chen Yang held Shi Jingshan's hand and asked, "Jingshan, aren't you afraid of being home alone?"
Shi Jingshan shook her head, "I'm not afraid. Why should I be? The grandpa and grandma next door take good care of me and often cook delicious food for me!"
"Brother, are you Sister Que's boyfriend?"
As soon as she said this, Zhuque next to them coughed violently in surprise.