They were about to blow their tops.
‘Dammit, it looks like we’re helping him!’
Especially Fang Qiming, whose face was contorted with rage.
Plan C: Throw a snake in front of the guy to scare him.
Result: The guy was not afraid at all when he saw the snake. Instead, his eyes sparkled with excitement.
He reached out and grabbed the snake, which was as thick as a man’s wrist. “Hmm, this snake looks healthy! I can make a good stew out of it,” he said.
He took the snake next to the stream and, to their utter shock, took out a knife from somewhere and slaughtered the snake.
He set up a fire and took out various utensils from his backpack. There were pots, pans, bowls, spoons, chopsticks, and all sorts of seasonings. It was as though he carried his entire kitchen in his backpack.
Their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
‘What the hell? Are you kidding me?
‘How did he fit all that in his backpack? The kid isn’t a robotic cat from the 22nd century!’
Very soon, an incredible fragrance emanated from the pot. They could not help but drool when they smelled it.
However, they could only stare at Tang Hao and his friends happily eating the snake stew while their stomachs growled.
They could still feel a dull ache in their butts, which added to the torture.
“Grrrr! I’m so angry!” Fang Qiming was about to reach his limit.
“Dammit, you filthy kid, don’t blame me for being merciless. You asked for this! I’ll be using my ultimate tool. Hmph! I didn’t want to use it because it is too cruel, but you forced my hand!” He said viciously.
Tang Bowen and the others went pale.
They knew what Council President Fang was talking about. It was a wicked and cruel device.
“Hmph! Just you wait, kid!”
Fang Qiming retrieved a small wooden box from his backpack. There was a wooden figure of a human in the box with a nail stuck to its head.
The wooden figure was covered in strange runes.
The group of people gulped hard when they saw the wooden figure.
Mundane people feared supernatural things, especially when they were in the mountains, where supernatural occurrences were rumored to happen frequently.
Even Fang Qiming hesitated for a very long time.
He obtained that thing from his uncle, who said that he got it from Nanyang. There was a ghost sealed inside the figure.
One could control the ghost with the wooden figure and can command it to possess a person.
“Dammit, what am I so scared about?” Fang Qiming mumbled, trying to bolster his courage.
They returned to their tents to rest for a few hours. Later at night, they sneaked out of their tents and hid behind a bush near Liu Bingyao’s tent.
Fang Qiming pulled out the nail from the wooden figure. A wisp of smoke appeared and coalesced into the vague shape of a human.
Some of the people could not stop trembling.
Fang Qiming was the one who trembled the most. He forced himself to calm down and gripped the wooden figure tightly.
The ghost seemed to be able to sense his thoughts. It turned around and floated toward the tent.
“Hahaha, you’re finished this time for sure, kid!” Fang Qiming was ecstatic.
However, the ghost stopped at some distance away from the tent.
It turned around, transformed into something horrific, and pounced on them.
They were utterly bewildered.
In the next moment, their eyes widened as they suffered the biggest fright of their lives.
“Mommy!” They shrieked.
They quickly stood up and ran away as fast as they could, not caring that their butts still hurt.
Some people tripped as they ran. However, as they turned around to see behind them, they shrieked in fear, struggled to get to their feet, and continued running.
At that instant, they could not think of anything else other than an urge to run as far away as they could. They scattered and ran deep into the mountains.
When they came to their senses, they could not find their way back.
They took out their phones to discover that there was no coverage.
They looked around them and saw that it was dark everywhere. They dared not move around but instead curled up on the spot. They were cold and hungry, and their butts were still in pain.
Fang Qiming and Tang Bowen were curled up in a distant corner somewhere deep in the mountains.
They huddled together to provide each other warmth, but their lips were purple from the cold. It was a very pathetic sight.
“So… so cold… so hungry…” They sounded like they were almost crying.
“Mommy, I wanna go home!”
Chapter 439 - So Cool
“What’s that sound?”
Liu Bingyao was surprised when she heard the noise outside.
“Don’t know. Who cares? Let’s sleep! It’s already late,” Tang Hao said.
He lifted his arm to look at his wristwatch. It was a little past eleven o’clock.
“Those idiots…” He mumbled.
He knew that those guys were trying to get him from the start. All he did was give them a small warning. They must have been scared out of their wits by now!
“Serves them right!!” He mumbled.
The tent was big enough for them to sleep on separate sides, though the atmosphere was rather peculiar. After all, they were young and single.
Tang Hao could smell her light scent in the air.
The couple laid there, looking at the ceiling of the tent.
“Tang Hao!” Liu Bingyao said suddenly.
She turned to her side and faced Tang Hao.
“What’s up?” Tang Hao turned to his side and faced her.
Those beautiful eyes that were staring at him were sparkling in the dark.
“Thank you for today!” She said softly.
“What did I do?” Tang Hao was surprised.
“Thank you for accompanying me! I had a lot of fun!” Liu Bingyao said with a smile, “I feel safe with you around.”
Tang Hao instantly felt guilty. Her life was at risk twice because of him.
The two were silent for a while.
“I can’t sleep… how about we chat?”
“What do you want to chat about?”
“Anything! How about… we talk about you? Didn’t you say that you’re something like a Taoist master? You should have seen many strange things before, right?
“Say… are ghosts and zombies real?”
“They are real!” Tang Hao said.
“Really?”
Liu Bingyao seemed a little afraid. She discreetly shifted her body closer to Tang Hao.
“Don’t worry, there are none here!” Tang Hao said with a smile.
He told her some of his past adventures. Eventually, she felt sleepy, and her eyes gradually closed.
Tang Hao smiled as he looked at her sleeping face. He closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.
The sleep only lasted for a few hours. He was woken up at three o’clock in the morning. There was a commotion outside. He listened closely and realized that the other people had finally discovered that Fang Qiming and his gang were missing.
Tang Hao quietly got up and sneaked out of the tent. Outside, many people were carrying torches. More and more people were awakened by the commotion and got out of their tents.
Cao Fei and the others were standing not far away.
“Oh, Brother Hao! You’re up too!”
Cao Fei spotted Tang Hao immediately.
“How was it, Brother Hao?” The other guys winked and grinned at Tang Hao.
“What do you mean by ‘how was it’? We weren’t doing anything!” Tang Hao reprimanded them with a straight face.
They continued laughing and winking.
“Brother Hao, I’ve heard that Fang Qiming and his gang are missing. Many park rangers have been
dispatched to search for them,” Cao Fei said.
“Those people are nothing but trouble. Don’t tell me that they went backpacking deep into the mountains on their own!”
“Whatever, it’s none of our business!”
They grumbled among themselves, then went to the streamside, started a fire, and barbecued things to eat.
More and more people woke up. Eventually, even Liu Bingyao got out of the tent.
Some park rangers came to ask them questions. Tang Hao pretended that he did not know anything.
Almost all the students at the campgrounds were up.
At half-past four, Liu Feifei came over to inform them to pack up. As soon as day broke, they would gather in the parking lot and leave the campgrounds.
Tang Hao and the others did what they were told. Right after they returned their tents, news got around that some of the lost students were found.
“Hey! Have you heard? The council president was found. Oh, poor him! He was out in the freezing cold for the entire night. It’s a miracle that he hasn’t lost his mind.”
“I’ve heard that too. When they were found, they clung onto the rangers’ legs and didn’t want to let go.”
Many people were talking about them.
Tang Hao smiled when he heard that.
At about six o’clock, just before sunrise, everyone gathered in the parking lot and prepared to depart.
While they were waiting in the parking lot, they saw a group of people coming from afar. The people who walked in the front were the park rangers, while Fang Qiming and his gang followed behind.
Their faces were pale and their lips were purple from the cold. They covered their butts as they limped along, which made for an awkward sight.
“Are you OK, Council President?”
Many people crowded around them.
“We’re fine. It’s just a little setback for manly men like us! That was an adventure. Everything went fine until we encountered a ferocious beast.
“What beast? Is that important? No! It was so dark, how could we see clearly?
“Look at this injury. It happened when I was fighting with the beast!”
Fang Qiming spun tall tales without feeling any guilt.
“Wow, you’re so cool, Council President!”
The girls shrieked in excitement. They did not doubt what he said.
Even though he had an embarrassing episode earlier, Fang Qiming remained popular in Z University. He was tall and handsome, and his family was rich. That was why he still had many followers.
Fang Qiming felt a lot better when the girls showered him with flattery.
Very soon, a Lamborghini sports car drove into the parking lot.
Everyone’s attention was drawn to the extremely cool sports car.
“Wow! A Lamborghini! That must be the Council President’s car!”
“So cool!”
The girls were more excited than ever.
A car door opened, and a middle-aged man in a business suit stepped out. He bowed at Fang Qiming and said, “Are you OK, Young Master?”
He retrieved a bag of clothes from the boot. “These are the clothes that I’ve brought for you, Young Master. Please go get a shower and change!”
“Thank you, Uncle Fu!”
Fang Qiming nodded and took the bag.
The girls’ eyes sparkled when they saw that.
‘The council president has a personal butler who calls him ‘Young Master’, and he owns a sports car worth a few million. He’s truly rich!’
They admired their Student Council President even more.
Meanwhile, the boys were envious when they saw that.
“That car must have cost a bomb!”
“Sigh, that’s a rich kid for you!”
Fang Qiming became smugger than ever as he heard the people around him talking about him. The praises had satisfied his need for self-affirmation.
Despite all the setbacks, he was still the Student Council President!
He was content when he looked at his favorite Lamborghini sports car and remembered that Tang Hao was only driving an Audi A8.
In his eyes, the A8 was trash!
He could not blame Tang Hao for driving that car. That kid was a country bumpkin from a mountain village who had no good taste.
He was a noble, and the kid was nothing more than a country bumpkin!
Chapter 440 - Beautiful Ice Queen
He felt relieved as he arrived at that thought, as though he had successfully avenged himself. He turned around, found Tang Hao among the crowd, and gave him a condescending glance.
“I shouldn’t waste my time on that country bumpkin. He’s only going to bring me down to his level!” He mumbled to himself, feeling rather smug.
He walked toward the reception area of the campgrounds, changed his clothes, and returned a short while later. He wore a business suit and gleaming leather shoes, and he was once again the glamorous Student Council President.
However, his gait remained unnatural.
That, however, did not diminish his glamour. His female juniors looked at him eagerly.
“I’ll be off, m’ladies! I’ll miss you!”
As he walked, he waved and occasionally threw flying kisses.
His expression sank as he walked past Tang Hao. ‘Dammit, this kid is too lucky!’
He lifted his chin and looked at Tang Hao arrogantly.
“Tang kid, I hear that you drive an A8! You must have such poor taste to drive a shabby, old-fashioned car like that! That only shows your lack of taste!
“Those who don’t know you might even think that you’re poor!
“I can’t blame you. You might have made some money, but you’re still a country bumpkin. You haven’t learned how to live the high life yet!
“You need to work harder before you reach my level! Look at you, what are those clothes? This is ridiculous. You look just like you just got off the bus… look at my clothes and my car. Can you see that we’re on different levels?”
Fang Qiming smiled smugly as he said that.
The people around them looked at them with a peculiar expression on their faces.
They knew about the grudge between them.
One of them was a self-made man, while the other was born with rich parents.
However, they dressed and behaved very differently.
Tang Hao was dressed rather plainly, and some might even consider him shabby, while Fang Qiming had always been at the forefront of fashion.
“That’s true. Tang Hao looks like a country bumpkin! He’s not at the same level as Council President Fang.”
“That’s right! Sigh, I wonder what the beauty queen is thinking. If it were me, I’d choose Council President Fang for sure!”
Some of the female students were talking among themselves and pointing at Tang Hao.
Fang Qiming was satisfied when he heard that.
If he could not get back at that guy yesterday, it was also not bad if he could diss the guy in front of everyone.
“You have a lot to learn, Tang kid. I’ll be leaving!”
Fang Qiming laughed, straightened his collar, and walked toward his Lamborghini.
“Young Master!” The middle-aged man greeted him and opened the rear passenger door.
Fang Qiming sat inside. He continued to wave at the crowd. “I’m leaving for real, m’ladies! Don’t miss me too much!”
“Wow, how handsome! How cool!”
Many girls were infatuated.
Fang Qiming waved his arm for a while more until he was satisfied. Then, he prepared to leave.
Suddenly, there was a loud rumble in the sky.
The noise came from afar, but everyone could hear clearly that it was approaching quickly. The noise was getting louder and louder.
They listened closely and discerned that it was the sound of a propeller rotating at high speeds.
The people in the parking lot were surprised. They lifted their heads and looked toward the direction of t
he noise.
They were shocked the next moment when the source of the noise came into view.
“It’s a helicopter!”
“Oh my god! It’s a military helicopter!”
All the students at the parking lot were shouting excitedly, especially the boys.
Many people took out their phones and started taking photos and videos.
The sky was barely lit by then. The black military helicopter swooped across the sky like a falcon.
The roar of its massive propellers echoed in the mountains.
Soon, it flew past the mountains and toward the parking lot.
“What’s going on? Why is the helicopter coming toward us?”
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