Chapter 37 4. The Killer Cow Tradition

Zhu Neng was dubious about Bai Jingjing's words. After experiencing so many things, Zhu Neng has changed, becoming sensitive, suspicious, and preoccupied.He even hated his grandfather a little bit, hated that his grandfather brought back a damn Xuanzang parietal bone relic, and made his life full of horror. He misses his old life very much. I get up at 7:00 every morning, have a quick breakfast at the stall, and then start to squeeze the bus and go to the zoo to feed the monkeys.When I got home at night, it was almost dark, I fell asleep after eating... This kind of life is getting farther and farther away from him.

The sun is still shining in the sky. However, Zhu Neng's heart was shrouded in shadows—he had no relatives, no friends, no job, no house, and all he had was a cold tombstone with his name engraved on it. In the eyes of others, he is already a dead person... The next day, Zhu Neng and Bai Jingjing came to the train station, and he was going to find the truth.There were a lot of people in the waiting room, so they found a corner and sat down.It seemed that Zhu Neng was a little downcast, while Bai Jingjing was looking around, as if looking for something. Suddenly, she touched Zhu Neng and whispered, "He's here."

"Who's here?" "Niu Tradition, he is the person Xu Lan asked to kill you." Bai Jingjing said, "Low your head, don't look! Let's just pretend we didn't find him." So Zhu Neng continued to hang his head down, his heart beating violently.How did the cattle tradition get involved?How did he and Xu Lan meet?The more he thought about it, the more confused he became. He really wanted to look up, but he didn't dare. After a while, Bai Jingjing said, "He went to the smoking room." Zhu Neng breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, a woman in black came over and sat opposite Zhu Neng.Like Bai Jingjing, she also wore a mask, covering most of her face.Zhu Neng could smell the fragrance on her body.

He felt that her eyes were somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them. After a while, Zhu Neng felt that the woman in black was peeking at him.He looked over, only to find that she was dozing off with her eyes closed.He turned his head away unnaturally, thinking hard, who is this woman?Why does it look familiar? Suddenly, his scalp exploded—this woman in black seemed to be the woman who sent him to Ruyi Hotel that night! He began to feel uneasy.Turning to look at Bai Jingjing, she is texting.When Zhu Neng turned his head to look opposite again, the woman in black had disappeared.He looked around and saw that she was walking slowly towards the smoking room.

Zhu Neng took a deep breath. Is she an accomplice of Niu Tradition?That night, the person who wanted to kill him at Ruyi Hotel was Niu Tradition? Bai Jingjing stood up and said, "I'm going to buy some drinks, what do you want to drink?" "Green tea." Zhu Neng looked straight at the door of the smoking room, wanting to see if the woman in black was an accomplice of Niu Tradition.After thinking for a while, he put on a mask, he was afraid that Niu Tradition would see him when he came out.On second thought, since Niu Chuanli was following him, he must have recognized him a long time ago, so he took off his mask again.

He doesn't like wearing a mask, and he panics. After a long time, Zhu Neng really saw Niu Chuanli coming out of the smoking room, and there was another person beside him, but it was not a woman in black, but a man wearing a mask and a hat. Zhu Neng quickly lowered his head, and he felt that this man wearing a mask and hat looked familiar. What happened to this world?Why are there acquaintances everywhere? Zhu Neng was surprised. Bai Jingjing came back with two bottles of drinks. Instead of sitting down, she pointed at the ticket gate.Ticket checking has started.Zhu Neng picked up his luggage, and together with Bai Jingjing moved slowly towards the ticket gate with the crowd.

"I saw him, he has another accomplice." Zhu Neng said in a low voice. Bai Jingjing looked behind, her expression changed, and she murmured, "It seems to be Yuan Tiangang from our village..." "Yuan Tiangang? What are you doing?" Zhu Neng asked. "Sell rice cakes in the resort." It turned out to be him!Zhu Neng was even more confused.What is he going to do?Why is he with Niu Tradition?He is also thinking about Xuanzang's parietal bone relic?Zhu Neng thought of Yuan Tiangang's sneaky actions again, and he couldn't help shaking. Niu Chuantong and Yuan Tiangang didn't seem to be afraid of being discovered by Zhu Neng, they followed closely behind.Especially Niu Tradition, when he met Zhu Neng's eyes, he even nodded to Zhu Neng, as if he was greeting a friend...

The conspirators have nothing to fear.Zhu Neng avoided his gaze, feeling extremely depressed. Zhu Neng and Bai Jingjing bought sleeper tickets. When they found the carriage, a woman had already arrived. She was lying on the lower berth face inward, her body wrapped in the quilt, and only her long hair was exposed. He suspected that she was the woman in black. Taking out the ticket and looking at it, Zhu Neng found that he was also in the lower berth. He couldn't help but glance at the woman again, she was motionless.At this time, Bai Jingjing was already lying down on the upper bunk. Like that woman, she was also lying face inward.

Zhu Neng put his luggage away and lay down too.Maybe because he was too tired, he fell asleep.It was already afternoon when he woke up, he looked out of the car window, the train was passing through a city, streets and buildings flashed before his eyes.Then the train started to slow down, and a woman on the radio said the train would stop here for fifteen minutes. Outside the car window, hawkers approached and yelled desperately——fresh fruit, boiled eggs, hot porridge, roasted meat... Zhu Neng looked, the woman was still lying in the same position, but Bai Jingjing on the upper bunk was gone.

where did she go A young man with a fierce face came over with his luggage. He was wearing a peaked cap, revealing the gauze wrapped around his head, as if injured.After looking at the ticket, he put his luggage on the woman's upper berth.Then he took off his shoes and climbed up. Before lying down, he glanced at Zhu Neng. Zhu Neng felt that his eyes were full of hostility.After thinking about it, he raised his feet and tentatively said, "Can you help me look at my luggage? I'll get out of the car and do some shopping." The young man looked at him and nodded slightly. Zhu Neng got out of the car and bought some food. When he got in the car, he accidentally saw Niu Chuanli and Yuan Tiangang. They were standing not far away, each holding a bowl of porridge, blowing and drinking.Niu Chuanli also saw Zhu Neng, and he raised the bowl in his hand as if to greet Zhu Neng.

Zhu Neng quickly got into the car. Back in the carriage, he was stunned——Bai Jingjing was lying quietly on the upper berth facing inward. when did she come back After a pause, Zhu Neng said, "I bought something, let's come down and eat together." Bai Jingjing seemed to be asleep, she didn't talk to her. Zhu Neng looked around, and the three people in the carriage seemed to have made an agreement, they were all lying face inward, motionless, like three corpses... He shivered.With his things in hand, Zhu Neng walked out of the car, sat down on the window seat by the aisle, and ate listlessly. The train moved slowly, faster and faster, the city had disappeared, and the scenery outside the train window became desolate, only some bare dead trees, and no one could be seen. After eating, Zhu Neng went to the joint of the carriage to smoke.After a while, a marshal came over: "Comrade, take a look at your ticket." Zhu Neng took out the ticket and handed it to him. "Going out to travel?" asked the marshal. Zhu Neng said, "Come out for a trip." "A family from?" After a pause, Zhu Neng said, "It's a family." The marshal looked at him and said, "Who are you, the boy in the hat?" "I do not know him." "Then the woman in his lower bunk..." "I don't know each other either." Zhu Neng rushed to say, "I came out with Bai Jingjing, and she was on my upper bunk." The marshal nodded and said, "Oh, I thought the four of you were together, and your tickets have consecutive numbers." Zhu Neng's heart tightened for a moment, and he pretended not to care and said, "Maybe it's a coincidence." "What a coincidence." The marshal said, "Pay attention to your luggage." After speaking, he walked away.After walking a few steps, he looked back at Zhu Neng again, with strange eyes. Zhu Neng felt cold all over.Consecutive tickets...coincidence?He doesn't believe it.If it wasn't a coincidence, it would be that Bai Jingjing bought four tickets at a time, one of which was given to him, and the other two tickets were given to the woman in the mask and the young man in the hat—they were accomplices! Zhu Neng suddenly felt lonely.He has only one person, but there are five opponents—Bai Jingjing, the woman in the mask, the young man in the hat, Niu Chuantong, and Yuan Tiangang. What's even more frightening is that he doesn't know what the relationship between the five of them is... Zhu Neng never returned to the carriage, he had a sleeper ticket but stood all the way. When the train arrived at the station, Zhu Neng went back to the compartment to get his luggage, only to find that the woman and the young man in the hat were gone, only Bai Jingjing was sitting on his berth with her head down.Her face was hidden behind her long hair, with an ominous expression.Zhu Neng didn't speak, he picked up his luggage and went out. "Where have you been?" Bai Jingjing asked quietly. Without turning his head, Zhu Neng said, "I didn't go anywhere." Behind her, Bai Jingjing sighed softly. After leaving the train station, a group of people immediately gathered around.Are you staying?Thirty for a single room, cable TV, shower, clean and hygienic; where is the eldest brother going?Shall I take a taxi there?There is an invoice for the table... Bai Jingjing pulled Zhu Neng to avoid them and walked straight forward.After a while, they came to a jeep.Zhu Neng recognized it at a glance. This was the car he took for the first time, the one that fell off the cliff in an accident.He turned his head to look at Bai Jingjing, she was embarrassed. "Last time, we lied to you." She whispered. Zhu Neng snorted coldly and said, "What about this time?" Bai Jingjing lowered her head and didn't speak for a long time.Finally, she slowly opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat.Zhu Neng also got into the car, sitting in the back row just like last time. The jeep started and drove slowly out of the city. Soon to see the woman snuggled up beside his grandfather in the photo, Zhu Neng's heart beat faster and faster.What is the story between her and grandpa?Why did grandpa go crazy?How did she come here for so many years? "Is she okay?" Zhu Neng asked suddenly. "Who?" Bai Jingjing obviously didn't understand. "Your grandma." "pretty good." After a long silence, Zhu Neng asked suddenly: "Did you all know from the beginning that she...is my grandma?" Bai Jingjing didn't say anything, it seemed that she had acquiesced. Zhu Neng continued to ask: "Then why did you come up with a fake photo? Why did you come up with a so-called grandma Yuan to lie to me? Why didn't you let her... come to me directly?" After a while, Bai Jingjing said hesitantly: "She doesn't agree with us doing this." "Oh, really?" Zhu Neng responded lightly, and then asked, "Why does your grandma live here?" Bai Jingjing said: "This is her home." "I heard... your grandma used to live in that village." Bai Jingjing stopped the car suddenly, turned her head to look at Zhu Neng, and said, "She is waiting for your grandfather in the village." Seeing that Zhu Neng was stunned, she said, "She said, your grandfather will definitely go back to find her." , so she never moved away. A few years ago, she left after learning that your grandpa had passed away. " A questioning light flashed in Zhu Neng's eyes, and he said lightly, "Don't the old people in the village know where my grandpa is? Why didn't your grandma go to him?" Bai Jingjing's face and tone turned cold all of a sudden: "Your grandpa said that he would definitely go back to find my grandma. For this sentence, my grandma waited for most of her life until your grandpa passed away." This reason left Zhu Neng speechless. Bai Jingjing started the jeep again and continued to drive forward.She didn't turn her head back, and concentrated on driving into the distance, Zhu Neng only saw her black hair. "What is the relationship between Yuan Tiangang and you?" Zhu Neng asked. After a pause, Bai Jingjing said: "He told us a few lies." Zhu Neng tentatively said, "Recently, he has been following me furtively." "I don't know what he's going to do either." "You said...Xu Lan asked Niu Tradition to kill me?" Bai Jingjing sighed, and said, "You also saw it along the way, Niu Chuanwen is following us." Zhu Neng looked back subconsciously.Sure enough, there was a taxi following them, some distance away, and the faces of the people in the car could not be seen. "He doesn't seem to be afraid of being discovered by us..." Zhu Neng murmured. Bai Jingjing suddenly accelerated the speed of the car, as if she wanted to get rid of the taxi behind her. "Forget it, you can't hide from the one who should come." Zhu Neng said. Hearing this sentence, Bai Jingjing seemed to tremble a bit, and after a long time she said: "What are you going to do in the future?" "Let's find out what happened to my grandfather first, maybe we can find some clues about Xuanzang's parietal bone relic, and hand it over to Xu Lan after we find it. I haven't thought about the future." "Have you ever thought about calling the police?" Bai Jingjing asked softly. Zhu Neng smiled wryly: "I thought about it, but the police were frightened by me, they thought I was dead." "Old Yuan died." Bai Jingjing said word by word. There seemed to be something malicious in her voice, Zhu Neng was startled, he took out a cigarette, lit it, and smoked vigorously. "You really don't know the whereabouts of Xuanzang's parietal bone relic?" Zhu Neng took a puff of smoke and said, "I don't know." Bai Jingjing turned her head and glanced at him, her eyes full of deep meaning. At this time, the jeep drove into a village.All the houses are lonely, the gray exterior walls are mottled, and there is no trace of life.It was getting dark, and there was no one outside, only the strange smell of meat wafting from nowhere. The jeep stopped in front of a large iron gate. "We're here." Bai Jingjing said. Zhu Neng heaved a sigh of relief, opened the car door with his luggage and walked down.Bai Jingjing also got out of the car and went to knock on the door.Not long after, Zhu Neng heard a slight sound of footsteps getting closer, and he suddenly became nervous. The door opened slowly, and an old lady appeared at the door.Her face was full of age spots, and she looked seventy or eighty years old.She stood there without saying a word, her eyes glazed over, and there was no expression on her face. Zhu Neng couldn't tell if she was the same as the woman in the photo. Suddenly, she smiled strangely at Zhu Neng. The luggage in Zhu Neng's hand fell to the ground.