Love Mountain Spring was located at the border of the primeval forest.

Song Yuelin's commercial car was parked in an area where the terrain was flat and a car could be driven through even though the vegetation was also dense.

In contrast, the terrain near Love Mountain Spring was steep, and a few places had almost 90° slopes.

The difference in terrain also led to a slight difference in the vegetation that grew there.

Most of the vegetation grew parallel to the ground as it emerged from the earth, and when it reached a certain length, it bent upwards to draw in the sun and rain.

From a distance, the slopes of Love Mountain Spring looked like a short comb, and the thriving bushes were dense and tough as the teeth of the comb.

Ji Mingxia saw the landmark stone marker of Love Mountain Spring amidst the barren grass. He had just read it out when an unusual rattling sound came from above.

The wind was blowing somewhere in the trees, and the leaves were rustling, as if something was shaking the trunks of the trees.

In addition, there were a few faint human voices coming out.

Although it was daytime at the moment, the forest was very quiet, and these sudden sounds seemed extremely spooky.

Ji Mingxia had recently encountered ghosts and monsters, and when he saw the shaking trees, his first thought was, ‘It’s not another ghost, is it?’

As he thought this, he unconsciously moved closer to Yu Ning.

As Ji Mingxia's position shifted, the shaking leaves also changed their position.

The movements were originally about two to three metres away from Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning, but gradually, they soon moved to a position less than a metre in front of them.

Although the foliage was dense, there were some gaps after all, and with the distance reduced, Ji Mingxia soon discovered that there seemed to be someone hiding in the trees.

The constantly shaking leaves affected his vision, so Ji Mingxia could only roughly judge that someone was crawling around inside. He could not tell if it was a man or a woman, tall or short, fat or thin.

As Ji Mingxia was wondering, he suddenly heard the snap of a tree branch.

The next second, an opening suddenly appeared in the dense foliage, and as the branches broke, a person covered in leaves fell from the tree above and was about to fall on Yu Ning below!

"Yu Ning, be careful!" Ji Mingxia was startled and warned anxiously.

He thought that Yu Ning would quickly dodge out of the way with his warning, but to his surprise, Yu Ning looked in his direction at the critical moment, then suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed him.

Before Ji Mingxia could react as to why Yu Ning was pushing him, another huge figure once again came down from the tree and fell onto him.

Everything happened so fast that Ji Mingxia couldn’t even react to what was going on, and by the time he came back to his senses, he had already been knocked to the ground.

The man should have been able to crush Ji Mingxia, but Yu Ning gave him a temporary push, allowing him to escape.

Although his shoulder was still hit, causing him to lose balance and fall to the ground, he was at least not seriously injured.

However, there was an old wound on the side of Ji Mingxia's waist. When he fell from the impact, his body rubbed heavily against the ground, and the scab of the wound was immediately torn open, causing Ji Mingxia's body to jerk in pain.

The wound on his waist was caused a while back when he accidentally hit the desk in the classroom while helping Yu Ning.

Before meeting ghosts, he didn't need to do anything other than study every day, so he had developed a delicate skin, and this was the only wound on his body.

It hurt a lot when he was first injured, but luckily, he recovered well and it didn't hurt much the next day.

After so many days of recuperation, it had now scabbed over, and Ji Mingxia would completely ignore its existence as long as he didn’t touch it.

However, although the wound has scabbed over and did not hurt at all, the inside was not fully healed yet. At this moment, with the tear and multiple impacts on his body, Ji Mingxia's eyes went black for a few seconds before he came back to his senses.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to do that, are you alright?" After realising that he had hit someone, the culprit scrambled to his feet and shook Ji Mingxia.

Ji Mingxia was shaken and he felt like he was falling apart: "Ouch! It hurts, don't touch me."

Ji Mingxia said, raising his head to look at this insensitive culprit.

What came to his eyes was a face with some baby-fat. The features were squeezed together because of some false fat, but he could still tell that it was a relatively handsome boy.

He seemed to be a little younger than Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning although tall, and had the youthful appearance of someone who had just started high school.

"I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it." The chubby boy looked at Ji Mingxia with a bitter face and said.

On the other side, Yu Ning had missed the best time to dodge after pushing Ji Mingxia away.

However, he had instinctively turned his body to the side at the last minute, so only his foot ended up being slightly crushed.

The person who landed in front of Yu Ning was a thin woman wearing a loose blue jacket and without Yu Ning's cushion, she would have fallen straight to the ground.

Fortunately, the forest was soft and full of weeds, and the woman in blue was light and wearing thick clothes. Although the landing posture was not elegant, she was actually not injured.

When she realised that the only thing she had crushed was Yu Ning's foot, the woman in blue couldn't help but raise her head and look at Yu Ning in a slightly reproachful manner.

He saw someone falling but not only did he not offer help, but he also dodged away at the first opportunity.

Although she ended up crushing the surface of his foot, it was just one foot, which was not not effective and was equivalent to no one catching her as she fell to the ground.

A dull pain came from where she had bumped her body, and the woman in blue frowned at Yu Ning. When she saw what he looked like, she was stunned.

Yu Ning stood there with a cold expression, not even glancing at her, but the woman in blue was drawn to Yu Ning's appearance almost instantly.

These eyes with different pupils, matched with his features, looking ghostly. If he were anywhere else, she would either think that this man was born with otherworldly features or that he was too different, but at this moment, in the daylight-bathed forest, the fine sunlight shone on his face, and his delicate and cool appearance was almost like an elf walking out of the forest.

The woman in blue stared at Yu Ning in a daze, but unfortunately, Yu Ning had turned his head and was not looking at her anymore.

Not only did he avert his eyes, Yu Ning had even withdrawn his foot and turned around, intending to walk to the side.

The woman in blue opened her mouth to ask for help, "I’m hurt, can you help me up?”

She was thin and slender, the exact figure of a popular young girl. She had deep features, mixed with a bit of exoticism, and a delicate sweet voice when she opened her mouth. An average man would want to pick her up immediately and hold her in his hands, don’t even mention refusing.

Yu Ning did not seem to hear her, and continued to walk to the side.

The woman in blue thought that Yu Ning hadn't heard her and she raised her voice, "Hey, I'm injured and can't get up, can you help me?"

However, Yu Ning still didn't look back and quickly walked to Ji Mingxia.

Seeing Ji Mingxia lying on the ground, Yu Ning hurriedly bent down and supported Ji Mingxia's shoulders so that he could sit up, and then leaned Ji Mingxia's back onto him so that although Ji Mingxia was sitting, he did not need to exert much effort.

"Where are you injured?" Yu Ning whispered as he supported Ji Mingxia.

"I’m not hurt ......," Ji Mingxia said reflexively.

Yu Ning slowly lifted his head and looked at the chubby boy at the side.

The chubby boy was originally looking at Ji Mingxia apologetically, and when Yu Ning stared at him, his whole body stiffened: "I ......I accidentally bumped into him ......"

Yu Ning usually had a cold, indifferent, and do-not-approach appearance. Even when Ji Mingxia realized that he was the protagonist, he did not quite dare to approach Yu Ning, let alone ordinary people, they’d just want to stay away.

At this moment, although Yu Ning's face was also expressionless, the look in his eyes was extraordinarily cold.

The forest was much hotter in the daylight than at night, and the chubby boy had developed a thin layer of sweat after all this tossing and turning.

He felt the temperature around him drop by several degrees and he stiffened in place, not daring to move, and not daring to look at Yu Ning.

Although Ji Mingxia couldn't see Yu Ning's face, he could also guess how scary Yu Ning looked now by looking at the chubby boy's reaction.

Ji Mingxia was still leaning on Yu Ning, and in order to lessen Yu Ning’s worries, he quickly said: “Fortunately, you pushed me away in time, otherwise I would have been crushed. I was only knocked down and fell. But this old man’s skin is thick and fleshy, and it’s durable.”

Yu Ning looked at Ji Mingxia. His eyes unconsciously fell on his white neck, then he said to Ji Mingxia: "Try lifting your left arm."

Ji Mingxia obediently did as he was told, and after raising his arm, he said to Yu Ning, "See, it's not injured, it's still fine."

"Are there any bruises on your body?" Yu Ning asked.

"No." Ji Mingxia said quickly.

Yu Ning gave Ji Mingxia a look, then reached out and patted the dust on his waist.

Ji Mingxia's body twitches, and when he realised that Yu Ning was looking at him, he pulled at the corners of his mouth, "It tickles."

Yu Ning gently patted along the dusty part of his clothes, and when he reached his waist bone, Ji Mingxia couldn't take it anymore.

Although Yu Ning's motion of patting the dust was very light, the clothes were gently rubbing against the wound, making it painful for Ji Mingxia and he couldn't help but shrink to avoid Yu Ning's movements.

When Yu Ning was patting his waist, Ji Mingxia was already gritting his teeth to endure it, the further down this went, the more sensitive and painful it became, and Ji Mingxia couldn't hide it anymore.

He was so obvious, and Yu Ning stopped his hand: "Pull the clothes away for me to see."

"No way ......," Ji Mingxia refused in a small voice. Seeing Yu Ning staring at him, Ji Mingxia hurriedly said, "I admit, I admit, there are bruises ...... but they are not very serious. It's summer, and the wound will recover quickly. I’ll put some medicine at night and sleep."

Yu Ning instantly understood what Ji Mingxia meant.

With two outsiders present, Ji Mingxia did not want to expose the wound, let alone examine it on the spot.

After meeting Song Yuelin, Ji Mingxia was very wary of strangers that appeared in the forest.

Yu Ning didn't say any more and avoided the wound on the side of Ji Mingxia's waist, carefully lifting him up.

There was a pain from his waist to his thigh, so he couldn't really use much strength for a while, and he leaned slightly on Yu Ning's body.After standing up, Ji Mingxia realised that the one who had fallen in front of Yu Ning was actually a woman.

And a beautiful woman who was very much in line with the current aesthetics.

With the harsh environment within the forest, there was little chance to wash and clean up after herself. The beauty's hair was loose at the moment, and her face was not painted with any make-up, but her appearance was still very delicate.

The loose blue jacket not only did not show fat, but made her look more slim and delicate, and she was still collapsed on the ground.

When she saw Yu Ning carefully helping Ji Mingxia up, the woman in blue's face sank slightly, and her gaze took on a bit of scrutiny as she looked at Ji Mingxia.

As Yu Ning helped Ji Mingxia up, the chubby boy remained squatting next to them for a couple of seconds before finally looking back and spotting his companion still sitting.

He hurried forward and carefully helped the woman to her feet, "Are you alright?"

"I'm not okay." The woman in blue said angrily as she stood up, "What's wrong with you, are you a man or not? I told you not to step on that branch, but you had to, now see what happened."

The woman in blue said, and couldn't help but look at Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia again.

At this moment, Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning were standing together, and the woman in blue and the chubby boy were at the other end, also standing together. The four people were invisibly divided into two camps, and they looked at each other vigilantly.

"I’m sorry, it was me who accidentally stepped on the branch, causing us to fall down together and hit someone." The boy’s chubby body shrunk into a ball, and he couldn't stop bowing to everyone apologetically.

Ji Mingxia was originally annoyed that two people had fallen from the sky for no good reason, causing him to tear his wound after knocking him down.

Even on a normal day, having an extra wound on his waist was annoying, let alone in the middle of the forest at this time and with a monster appearing in the evenings. The wound on his waist greatly affected Ji Mingxia's movements.

However, looking at the other two, one was a young chubby boy, and the other was a soft female.

Although Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning were not exactly powerful, they were adult males after all, and with the four standing like this, it was immediately obvious which side was stronger.

Yu Ning was fine, only Ji Mingxia was slightly bruised, and in this situation, Ji Mingxia could not afford to be too aggressive with the other side.

He could only ask, "Who are you and why are you climbing here and falling in front of us?"

The chubby boy gave the soft female a look and said to Ji Mingxia, "We are people who came to the forest for a tour..... We encountered some danger in the forest and hid for safety's sake. We saw you coming from a distance and were hesitating on whether we should ask for help ......”

"Since neither of us is very strong, we would be in great danger in case you were bad guys, so we finally decided that we would test you out."

"Test?" Ji Mingxia raised his eyebrows.

The chubby boy’s face was full of embarrassment: "We just wanted to scare you guys a bit and observe how you react ......"

Ji Mingxia instantly understood.

Dare I say that these two wanted to ask him and Yu Ning for help, but they were worried that he and Yu Ning were bad people or not useful.

So they decided to scare Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia to see how resilient they were.

As a result, the chubby and the woman in blue had overestimated their abilities.

Halfway through the scare, and before they could see Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning’s reactions, the two were careless and fell down from the air, injuring Ji Mingxia.

The chubby boy looked at Ji Mingxia full of apologies: “I’m sorry ah …… I really didn’t mean to do it, if I knew I would fall, I wouldn’t even have done it. I really didn’t intend to harm you.”

This chubby boy looked pitiful and was very sincere in his apology.

The woman in blue didn’t say anything the whole time, but she was as thin as a bamboo pole, as if she could fall over when the wind blew.

Ji Mingxia said helplessly, “Forget it, pay some attention next time.”

The chubby boy said, “Then …… the two of us should go first?”

The woman in blue raised her head all of a sudden and pinched the chubby boy’s arm.

The chubby boy sucked in a breath and looked at the woman in blue, “Why are you pinching me?”

“Because you’re stupid.” The woman in blue said.

The chubby boy looked at the woman in blue in confusion, not understanding what she meant.

The woman in blue had no choice but to take a step forward and said to Yu Ning, “The two of us are trapped and lost in the woods. Since you are not angry, can you take us out?”

Yu Ning’s gaze had been on Ji Mingxia since he helped him up, and although the woman in blue was looking at him and speaking, Yu Ning didn’t even notice it, so naturally he wouldn’t make any response.

Ji Mingxia, who was the spokesperson, hurriedly said, “You are Meng Xinyi, and Bao Guangyuan, right?”

The woman in blue and the chubby boy were startled, and the woman in blue even looked at Ji Mingxia warily, “You know us?”

Ji Mingxia was a little tired of standing in one position and slightly adjusted to a more comfortable position, leaning against Yu Ning as he said to them, “We are also travellers who came to the forest and got lost. We ran into a man called Song Yuelin yesterday.”

“Song Yuelin?” Meng Xinyi said in surprise, “You met him? What about him? How is he doing now?”

“He’s doing quite well now ……” Ji Mingxia glanced at Meng Xinyi and Bao Guangyuan’s dirty clothes and said, “At least before he met us, he had enough supplies, he was well fed, and it wouldn’t be a problem to last another week .”

“How is that possible?” Meng Xinyi looked at Ji Mingxia suspiciously, very skeptical of his words.

Ji Mingxia said, “Let me introduce myself. My name is Ji Mingxia, his name is Yu Ning. We entered the forest on a tour yesterday. We had gotten off the car and walked for a few minutes before we met Song Yuelin. Song Yuelin told us something, but we were not sure which is true and which is not.”

“What do you mean, you doubt us?” Meng Xinyi said somewhat unhappily. She couldn’t help but glance at Yu Ning again, and when she saw that Yu Ning still didn’t look at her, Meng Xingyi’s face became even more unsightly.

“We’re all unfamiliar with each other, it’s only normal to be suspicious of each other.” Having experienced people like Song Yuelin, Ji Mingxia was very frank when he said this, “We are all trapped in the forest, if you want to team up and leave here, the prerequisite is that we must trust each other, otherwise it would be better to go our separate ways. ”

Ji Mingxia’s attitude was strong, but Meng Xinyi and Bao Guangyuan did not want to leave after hearing this.

They were indeed very disadvantaged when compared to Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning.

The most important thing was that Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning had run into Song Yuelin, and Meng Xinyi and Bao Guangyuan were very curious as to what had happened and why Song Yuelin had disappeared.

Anyway, there was nothing to lose by telling them, and they might even get more useful information from each other.

With this in mind, Meng Xinyi pulled the chubby boy to discuss in a low voice, and finally, the chubby boy gave an account of the situation of the past few days.

It was similar to what Song Yuelin had said. There were seven of them, and they entered the primeval forest in a commercial vehicle, but to their surprise, people started dying on the first night.

After two consecutive days of death, everyone broke down on the third day and finally decided to split up and run away separately.

But leaving alone was simply asking for death, so the five people who remained formed teams and left.

“Who else is there in the remaining five aside from you two?” Ji Mingxia asked keenly.

“Me, Meng Xinyi, Song Yuelin, Zhou Li, and Li Youzi.” Bao Guangyuan said.

Meng Xinyi and Bao Guangyuan came from the same village. The two had a good relationship, so they formed a team together. But since they had left the team, they didn’t know about what had happened to the rest.

Bao Guangyuan was a pet blogger, and a pet owner. Meng Xinyi originally thought he was a reliable person, but after leaving the team, she realised that they were both rookies in the jungle and could not survive in this forest.

Meng Xinyi regretted it a little on the first day they left, and urged him to walk back. Unfortunately, they were completely lost and after walking all day, not only did they not find the direction of the commercial vehicle, but they went further and further to the completely unfamiliar Love Mountain Spring.

Although Love Mountain Spring was difficult to climb, there were springs around that ensured the most basic water needs for humans.

By that time, Meng Xinyi and Bao Guangyuan were already exhausted, so they decided to stay near the Love Mountain Spring, relying on the compressed biscuits in their pockets, as well as wild fruits and spring water, and carried on until today.

“We’ve said all that needs to be said, what about you guys?”

As soon as Bao Guangyuan finished his narration, Meng Xinyi immediately said.

Ji Mingxia didn’t hide anything either, and told them about their encounter with Song Yuelin.

Meng Xinyi and Bao Guangyuan listened calmly at first, but from the moment Song Yuelin picked up the small mirror and lured the monster over, the two of them immediately widened their eyes.

What followed was nothing short of shocking, whether it was Yu Ning’s confrontation with Song Yuelin or Zhou Li's corpse in the trunk, both Meng Xinyi and Bao Guangyuan were terrified.

They never thought that Song Yuelin, who seemed warm and hospitable, would actually kill Zhou Li and eat human flesh?

However, what Ji Mingxia said was justified, and many details corresponded perfectly. In that case, he was not lying.

The two believed Ji Mingxia’s words almost on the spot, especially Meng Xinyi. She unconsciously glanced at Bao Guangyuan with a burst of fear as she listened.

In such an extreme environment as the forest, a woman was no match for a man.

Not to mention Song Yuelin, even if Pao Guangyuan wanted to eat her, she would be completely powerless to resist.

When she thought about how she had been treating Bao Guangyuan over the past few days, and when she thought about Zhou Li, who had already been killed and eaten, Meng Xinyi simply felt like she had escaped by chance.

Luckily, she and Bao Guangyuan were from the same village and she habitually chose someone she was more familiar with at the time.

However, when Ji Mingxia recounted that Song Yuelin had been defeated and fled, and that it was all because of Yu Ning’s calculations, Meng Xinyi’s attention quickly shifted, and along with Bao Guangyuan, both could not help but look at Yu Ning in adoration.

Ji Mingxia deliberately omitted the fact that he and Yu Ning possessed mysterious items, and some details were vaguely passed over.

After all, what Ji Mingxia said was so much that it was beyond their expectation.

Meng Xinyi and Bao Guangyuan, who had never seen the ghost from beginning to end, knew how terrifying it was just by listening to Ji Mingxia’s description.

Song Yuelin, on the other hand, had completely transformed into a murderous demon and had lost his humanity.

However, Yu Ning did not panic under such circumstances, and instead maneuvered between the two. He made the monster and Song Yuelin face each other and extracted a lot of useful information, allowing both him and Ji Mingxia to eventually gain safety and take the initiative.

Even in a stable social environment, smart people are admired, let alone in such extreme circumstances.

Meng Xinyi unconsciously replayed the moment she had just fallen. Yu Ning not only pushed Ji Mingxia away in time, but also managed to dodge at the last moment. This showed that both his resilience and physical qualities were very good.

Good looking, smart, quick physical reflexes, and ……he cared for his companion after finding out that he was injured. It was evident that his character was also very good.

Although he had a cold expression, didn’t talk much, and didn’t pay much attention to her, it just proved that Yu Ning was not a face-controlled licking dog.

With so many advantages, the disadvantages turned out to be contrasting and surprisingly cute.

Thinking of this, Meng Xinyi couldn’t help but whisper to herself, “So, your name is Yu Ning.”