Chapter 9 chapter eight

Qin Lan got out of the car.She is still dressed luxuriously, and her face is full of spring breeze today, "Okay." "Just walk along the road for a while." Marvin suggested. Qin Lan nodded.In order to get that store easily, she is now obedient. The two walked along the road. There were not many vehicles on the road in the new area, and there were lush trees on both sides. The air was much fresher than in the downtown area.Marvin said: "Although this area is remote, it lacks a lot of the turmoil in the city. Isn't it good to live here?" "Of course." Tan Lan raised her eyebrows and said, "So, your shop and house in the new district are your treasures. The pet shop in the city center is so annoying to manage. I'll take it over for you. Well, it's a favor for you."

Marvin smiled faintly, "Yeah, I just figured it out. Of course, I also figured out some other things—there is actually no conflict of principles between you and me." Qin Lan nodded again and again, followed Ma Wen's meaning, and said duplicity: "Isn't it? We just have different personalities. You like quietness, and I like lively. But this is also complementary... In terms of speaking, you may Believe it or not, after the divorce, I will never forget you in my heart..." Marvin waved his hands, "Forget it, I won't talk about it now. I just hope that you will manage that store well in the future and live another happy life."

Qin Lan seemed to be really moved, so that Ma Wen couldn't tell whether she was acting in what she said, "Ah, Ma Wen, you are so considerate of me. I promise you, I will definitely take that A well-run store will not let your father's hard work go to waste." "That's good..." They chatted and took a walk, and after walking for more than ten minutes, Marvin "accidentally" found a path extending from the side of the road, and he said, "Look, there is a dirt road here that leads to the forest, let's go for a stroll? " Qin Lan frowned slightly, "What's there to do in the forest? You're tired of shopping in big shopping malls. Why don't you change your tastes. You know I like these quiet places, so why don't you just keep me company?"

Qin Lan pressed her chin slightly to her chest.But his eyes were raised, "Do you want me to accompany you to find out how you felt back then?" Ma Wen deliberately made an embarrassed look, "If you don't want to... just forget it." Qin Lan smiled slightly, "Who says I don't want to." She stretched out her hand to hold Ma Wen's arm and walked along the path. Marvin's heart beat faster, and he tried to stay calm. Entering the forest, Ma Wen kept using various topics to attract Tan Lan's attention.He found that this forest was very familiar to him now, and he could move back and slowly approach the cabin in a winding way.After walking for more than ten minutes, Qin Lan stopped, looked back, and said, "Let's stop going forward, we can't see the way we came here."

"Are you afraid of getting lost?" Marvin said, "It's okay, I remember how to get back." Perhaps out of an instinctive vigilance, Qin Lan insisted not to move forward, "I'm hungry, Marvin, let's go back." "Okay." Marvin nodded while looking around.This place is just right. Qin Lan flicked her long hair and said charmingly, "Aren't you going to treat me to dinner?" "Of course." Marvin smiled, and then frowned again, "I'm suddenly a little anxious. Wait for me, I'll go nearby for convenience." Qin Lan sneered, "Do you still need to avoid me? Forget it, it's up to you, hurry up."

"Hmm." Marvin walked towards a dense bush.Tan Lan turned around, took out a pack of women's cigarettes from her purse, took one out, put it in her mouth, and lit it with a delicate and compact lighter. A cigarette was exhausted, and Marvin hadn't come back yet.Qin Lan turned around, looked at the direction Ma Wen had just walked in and shouted, "Ma Wen, are you done?" There was no response, Qin Lan frowned, she glanced at her watch, and before she knew it, it was nearly 6:30, only then did she notice that the sky was getting darker, and the forest was being shrouded in darkness.

"Marvin, Marvin! Are you alright? Where are you?" Qin Lan was a little anxious, and walked towards the bush where Marvin said it was convenient. She pushed through the bushes and grass, and there was no sign of Marvin in front of her. Suddenly, she realized that she might have been tricked.He jumped into a rage in an instant, and shouted sharply: "Ma Wen, you didn't trick my old lady to come here and leave me here on purpose, did you?!" Qin Lan's sharp voice pierced the tranquility of the forest, and even frightened a group of birds perched on the treetops into the air.She was sure that the sound just now could be heard within a few hundred meters.But there was still no response from Marvin. It was very obvious that everything was just as he thought - he was really teased and discarded!

"Damn it! Damn that stinky man! How dare you... trick me like this!" Tan Lan's face was already contorted with anger.He growled hysterically: "Wait for me to go out...see how I settle accounts with you!" While roaring and cursing, she was scurrying through the forest, her eyes were hidden more than a hundred meters behind her, watching her quietly. Marvin didn't go far, he hid in the bushes in the other direction. Sorry, I was going to have someone for dinner tonight, but not you.It's a lizardman named Mengnu.He thought coldly. Now everything is going as he planned——Tan Lan is going in the wrong direction.And her cursing and roaring will surely draw out the hungry monster in the forest.

Last night, Marvin went to Ni Ke's cabin again. When he left, he quietly went to the place where the food was put for the dream girl, and took all the food piled there—those rotten pork—with a bag. up.Ni Ke didn't know about this matter. Counting it, Meng Nu should not have eaten anything since this morning. She should have been hungry long ago.Ready to move. Qin Lan walked further and further away, and Ma Wen followed carefully, keeping a distance of about 100 meters from her.The sky was getting darker and darker, and Marvin's heart was beating wildly. He had a feeling that Meng Nu had already noticed this woman.Getting closer to food.

Qin Lan's heart was also beating wildly, and she also had an ominous premonition in her heart. Marvin left her here, obviously not just for letting her get lost, she is not a child, and she doesn't know how to play such boring prank games. This must be a dangerous foreshadowing. Thinking of this, Qin Lan felt chills all over her body. She calmed down and did not dare to make any more noises, but it was too late. There was a sudden rustling sound from the lush bushes ahead, and Tan Lan stopped in horror.My eyes widened, and something was approaching me.Cold sweat broke out on her back, before the thing approached her.She instinctively sensed a fatal danger, turned around suddenly, and ran forward.

The things behind also accelerated, and it was obvious that something was chasing her!And... that walking sound didn't sound like a human being. Tan Lan was terrified and ran away desperately, but it was already dark and she couldn't see the way clearly. In her panic, she tripped over a stone and staggered forward. Leaping forward, the body hit a tree.Oops!Qin Lan felt that something behind her was approaching her, she turned her head suddenly, and what she saw made her frightened. A giant lizard?All the blood in Qin Lan's body froze.This is a terrifying monster that she has never seen before. It transcends all the horrors in the nightmare and appears in reality. Now, this lizard monster is spitting out a message and approaching her. "Ah..." Qin Lan's feet were so frightened that she couldn't make a sound even if she wanted to scream. However, when the monster was about to approach her, her instinct for survival suddenly made her use all her strength to swing the gun in her hand. The leather bag threw the lizard man, and the bag hit the lizard man's head, but the damage caused was too small. Qin Lan turned around and ran away again. The lizard man was enraged and made a strange hissing sound. It slithered over like a snake, opened its huge mouth, and bit Qin Lan's calf. "Ah!" A heart-piercing pain hit Qin Lan suddenly, and at the moment of her death, she unexpectedly developed amazing strength, touched a stone near her hand and yelled and threw it at the lizard. Yi, hit the lizard man on the head, this time the trauma was obviously much more severe than last time, the lizard man let out a scream, and loosened the leg in his mouth, Qin Lan got a glimmer of life, she struggled to get up , endured the severe pain, and fled in a hurry. Ma Wen, who hid not far away and watched this scene, was already terrified and couldn't bear to witness it, but what he didn't expect was that things didn't develop as he imagined, and there was an unexpected change.At this moment, he was stupefied, his heart turned cold—this woman could actually hurt Mengnv and escape to heaven?Moreover, it seemed that Mengnv had been severely injured and did not continue to catch up. Ma Wen broke out in a cold sweat, he ignored Meng Nu and ran towards the direction where Tan Lan was escaping. Now, he doesn't need to hide and cover up anymore, it's already dark and he can hardly see people clearly - besides, his plan has been exposed, Tan Lan obviously knows his sinister purpose of deceiving her here, but after chasing her so what?Marvin's mind is in chaos now, and the development of the matter once again made Marvin feel unexpected. This woman's luck is so good—the route she fled in panic happened to be the correct route out of the forest, and Marvin followed her. later.She watched helplessly as she ran out of the woods and rushed from the small dirt road to the road. At this time, another truck happened to pass by. Tan Lan ran to the middle of the road desperately, and shouted loudly while waving her hands, " Help!" At the entrance of the forest, Ma Wen saw that Tan Lan finally exhausted her last bit of strength after shouting these few times, and fainted from injuries and injuries. The truck stopped, and two people came out from inside. He picked up the woman who called for help and carried her into the car. Several people on the road also saw this scene. They talked a lot, maybe talking about sending her to the hospital. Soon, the truck started again, heading towards the city. drive away. Marvin stood there blankly for a minute, then suddenly his whole body twitched, a gust of cold air shot up from the soles of his feet to his spine, shit, damn it!He exclaimed in his heart.Qin Lan was not bitten to death as expected, she was only injured, and she knew who led her to the forest and what attacked her, and of course she knew that all of this could not be a coincidence— — but a well-planned conspiracy designed to kill her... Marvin was trembling all over now.The pores on her face shrank one after another. If so, she went to the hospital.After being rescued, she will obviously tell the police everything, and the police will immediately think that I have something to do with this lizard monster—and Ni Ke.And they may have a more serious speculation-since this woman was deliberately led into the forest to be attacked, would the three missing people be the same? Thinking of this, Marvin almost fainted.He only realized now what a stupid thing he had done. The failure of this matter will not only get me deeply involved, but will also implicate Ni Ke! No, I have to leave right away. Before the woman can be treated and tell everything, I will take Ni Ke and leave quickly. At 8:50 in the evening, Ni Ke worked in the store until it was about to close, and Marvin walked into the store—it was the first time he came to the store so late.Ni Ke noticed that there was a layer of sweat on Marvin's forehead and face, and his brows were deeply furrowed, with a stern expression. She wondered in her heart, did something happen? Sure enough, Ma Wen went straight to her side and whispered, "Ni Ke, come with me to the office." They walked into the office one after the other, Marvin closed the door, and before he could sit down, he said, "Listen to me, Ni Ke, I have a minivan ready to deliver goods, and we will take Mengnv to your place now." home." Ni Ke was shocked by Ma Wen's sudden decision, "Now? Why are you in such a hurry? Didn't you say you're going next week?" Ma Wen stared into Ni Ke's eyes and said, "The situation has changed." "What happened?" Ma Wen couldn't let Ni Ke know that he planned a plan to use Mengnv to kill his ex-wife. He made up a lie: "This afternoon, I thought that Mengnv's food might be almost finished, so I wanted to send her some pork. But I was only halfway through the forest when I suddenly saw an astonishing scene—the dream girl was attacking a person who came into the forest." Ni Kexia's whole body trembled, and he covered his mouth in horror, "My God, did this happen again?" "But the situation this time is different from the previous few times. The man was not bitten to death by Mengnv, but hit and resisted with stones. After injuring Mengnv, he escaped from the forest." "How is the dream girl now?" "I'm probably injured, but it shouldn't be a serious problem," Ma Wen said helplessly, "I haven't encountered such a situation, and I don't dare to go forward to check on Mengnu's injury, so I can only come to you to discuss. " "I'll go back right away." Ni Ke said, frowning, "But why should we go to my house right away?" Marvin said in surprise: "Didn't you expect that? After that person escapes, he will definitely tell the police what happened to him in the forest. The police will find them soon. At that time, the previous incidents will also be exposed." !" "Ah, yes." Ni Ke gasped. "Now you understand that after this kind of thing happened, we can't stay in that place anymore. We must rush back immediately and empty out all the things related to you and the dream girl in the wooden house. Don't let the police find anything that can be associated with you. traces of life, and immediately take Mengnv away." "However, if we leave overnight like this, won't it arouse the suspicion of the police?" "No." Marvin shook his head and said, "The person who was attacked was also seriously injured, and he will be in the hospital for emergency treatment. We haven't had a chance to inform the police yet. In addition, the police don't know that the monster that attacked him is related to us. Going to other places to buy goods, delaying for a few days, will not make people suspicious." Ni Ke thought about it briefly, and said: "Okay, let's go to the forest to find Mengnv now, and leave as soon as possible." "Wait a minute, I'll go and explain to Zhou Yi and Xiao He, we can't make them suspicious, let's go out together now, don't let them and the customers outside feel that we seem to be in a hurry." Ma Wen told Ni Ke. The two left the office, Marvin found two clerks, and confessed to them for a while pretending to be understated.At this time, the last two customers in the store had also paid their bills. Ma Wen told Zhou Yi and Xiao He to close the store, and he and Ni Ke left first. The minivan drove to the entrance of the forest and parked on the side of the road. Under the cover of night, the two quickly entered the forest.Marvin held two large folded plastic bags in his hand, ready to take all the things in the wooden house away. Ten minutes later, they arrived at the cabin.But Mengnv was not inside, nor was she near the house.Ni Ke said anxiously: "Mengnu...how many injuries did she suffer?" This Ma Wen couldn't explain clearly either, so he comforted him, "Don't worry, let's look around." The two began to search around the wooden house like a circle.The radius is gradually expanding, but there is still no sign of the dream girl.Due to their guilty conscience, they did not dare to shout, so they could only continue to search. Time passed by bit by bit. Marvin estimated that it had been almost three hours since Qin Lan was attacked—I don’t know how she is now. Have you notified the police?And could the police be heading here?Thinking of this, Marvin was very anxious - if he ran into the police at this time, it would be over. Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried movement in a bush.Before the two of them could react, a huge black shadow rushed towards Ni Ke and pushed her to the ground. Ni Ke screamed loudly, but the black shadow stopped when he heard the cry, and Marvin took a closer look. , is the dream girl. Ni Ke also saw it clearly. She threw Mengnv to the ground and said angrily and fearfully, "Are you crazy? Do you even want to eat me?" Mengnv lay on the ground and dared not move, and made a hissing sound. Ni Ke stood up from the ground and looked at Mengnv in horror, "The people in front...is this how you attacked them?" Marvin looked around nervously, and said to Ni Ke in a low voice: "Don't talk about it now, the police might be rushing here, let's go back to the wooden house to pack our things and leave." Ni Ke nodded helplessly, and said to Meng Nu: "We are leaving here, you follow us honestly, do you hear me?" Marvin saw that the lizard man seemed to nod his head, and then hissed twice. Ni Ke turned around and said to Marvin, "Meng Nu seems to have not eaten for a long time." Ma Wen was startled and said, "Maybe I prepared less pork last time. It doesn't matter. I have already prepared a few catties of pork in the truck. She can eat it after we get on the truck." Ni Ke nodded, whispered a few words to Mengnv, probably to tell her to be patient for a while, and then they hurried back to the cabin with the lizard man. Ni can pack up some of her clothes and daily necessities as quickly as possible, and put them in the plastic bag that Ma Wen brought.There are also some insignificant things left here - in short, all traces of their life here have been erased.Ten minutes later, they were sure that even if the police came here, they would not find anything, so they left in a hurry. They quickly walked to the entrance of the forest - it was almost eleven o'clock, and there were no pedestrians or vehicles on the road at this moment, only Marvin's pickup truck was parked by the side of the road.But Ma Wen was still very cautious. He said to Ni Ke: "I'll go out and have a look first. If there is nothing special, start the car, turn on the lights, and come over quickly." Ni Ke nodded and watched Ma Wen walk to the side of the road alone. He looked around for a while and got into the car. Soon, the lights flashed. Ni Ke received the signal and carefully led Meng Nu to the side of the truck. Marvin got out of the car and opened the back of the van.He put Ni Ke's things in and said, "There are a few catties of pork that has changed its taste, it should be enough for Meng Nu for the time being." Ni Ke beckoned Mengnv to jump into the carriage. When Mengnv saw the pork, she rushed over like a hungry tiger, tearing and swallowing.In less than two minutes, the few catties of pork were eaten up. Only then did Marvin realize that he had completely underestimated the food intake of this hungry lizard man.But it's also impossible to get pork now.He could only say to Ni Ke: "Let's go on the road first, there will definitely be places selling meat along the way, and then we will buy some for Meng Nu as food." "Yeah." Ni Ke responded.She said to the dream girl in the carriage: "You stay inside, we will get you food when we get to the next place." Meng Nu responded with her hissing sound. There were several empty cardboard boxes in the carriage, and she lay beside her, motionless. Ma Wen and Ni Ke looked at each other and said, "Let's go." He closed the compartment and locked it with an iron lock. The two of them got into the car, and the truck started. Driving on the dark road, Ni Ke asked worriedly, "Brother Ma Wen, can you survive driving overnight?" "It's okay, I'll stop and rest for a while when I'm tired." "How long does it take to drive from here to my hometown?" Marvin made a rough estimate, "Even if there is no traffic jam, it will take about twenty hours." "So long?" Ni Ke exclaimed. "No way, the journey is long." Marvin said, "You should lean on the chair and sleep for a while." "Okay, then you drive slower, brother Ma Wen." Ni Ke tilted his head back, leaned on the back of the chair, and closed his eyes. Although Ma Wen was also a little tired, he knew that he couldn't afford to delay, and the sooner he left, the better, so he pulled himself together and started the night train. When Ni Ke woke up, it was past five o'clock in the morning. Now that the car was parked on the side of the road, Ma Wen seemed to be unable to bear it any longer. His head drooped to the side, and he fell asleep. It was because of herself, and she felt very sorry, so she took off her coat and put it on Marvin.