Chapter 1796: Chapter 1796: Not Very Wise
It might have been the middle of the night, plus the firelight shining right next to her, that made everything in front of Xue Ganggang seem incredibly unreal. All she could manage was to rub her eyes and murmur, “It feels like I’m dreaming.”
Bai Hu let out a low chuckle, seemingly coming from deep within its chest, muffled but tantalizing.
The sound was pleasant.
But—
Xue Ganggang lay back down on the stone bed, closed her eyes three times, and opened them three times, even sitting up three times, only to see the same white tiger beside the fire pit. She rubbed her eyes again. “Why can’t I wake up?”
Bai Hu laughed softly, “Is it so unbelievable that you’re deluding yourself? Looking at you, you don’t seem to be from around here. We Beastmen would not react like you. You only have the scent of a human on you, so, you are completely, just a human, right?”
...“Beastman?” Xue Ganggang’s eyebrows furrowed tightly. Perhaps because the white tiger in front of her was speaking to her so calmly, she felt no fear at all.
However, she and her little sister Xue Yan had been together when suddenly everything in front of her changed, and then she felt like she was in another place.
Da Ling had no Beastmen.
So had she ended up in another country, or another world?
It was then that Bai Hu transformed back into its human form, once again the young man with an elusive smile on his face, though the smile didn’t seem to reach his eyes.
The young man asked her, “Who are you? How did you end up here? I encountered two people on the hillside who smell similar to you, both with the scent of humans. Are you all together?”
Xue Ganggang suddenly had the feeling that this young man resembled her uncle, Xue Sifu, who always smiled but seemed to hide his true thoughts, making her extra cautious.
Thinking about his question, she could answer. Naturally, she said, “My name is Xue Ganggang, and I don’t know how I got here. I was with my sister, and then she disappeared. I looked for her for a long time but couldn’t find her. You said you encountered two people on the hillside, also with the scent of humans. What did they look like?”
The young man roughly described the two people.
“It’s my little uncle and Little Aunty!” Xue Ganggang immediately confirmed upon hearing a simple description. “Where is that hillside? I need to go find them!” She hurriedly got off the stone bed.
The young man said, “Just next to that forest.”
Upon hearing ‘forest,’ Xue Ganggang knew it was the forest where her little Yan Yan disappeared. She quickly asked, “How do I get there from here?”
She was a stranger in a strange land.
Completely uncertain of her bearings.
The young man replied, “You exit through this cave mouth and keep heading east. Walking as a human, it will take about a day.”
“Understood, thank you.” With that, Xue Ganggang was ready to leave. She had to find her uncle and Little Aunty quickly and tell them about Xue Yan’s disappearance.
Although she did not understand how her uncle and Little Aunty ended up here as well.
The young man did not stop her but added, “It’s the depth of night now, predators roam freely, and it isn’t wise for you to go out like this. Moreover, those two disappeared during the daylight, and I searched for a while but didn’t find any trace of them. Even if you go to the hillside, you won’t find anyone.”
Xue Ganggang immediately halted, stopping at the mouth of the cave. Going now would be unwise.
However, she was determined to visit that hillside; her uncle and Little Aunty had been seen there; furthermore, it was next to the forest where she and little Yan Yan appeared, and where little Yan Yan had disappeared. Certainly, there must be something odd about that place. Perhaps she should wait until daylight tomorrow to start her journey to the hillside.
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