Global Exploration: Starting from Decrypting Chernobyl

48: Strange village! What is hidden? 2/6”Peach Blossom Garden?”

The Shopkeeper sneered.

”The three of you...”

”I’ve lived here for decades and never heard of any Peach Blossom Garden. You haven’t been watching too many of those baseless marketing accounts online, have you?”

”How can there be a Peach Blossom Garden in this world?”

”...”

”How can there not be...”

The fatty was startled and was about to argue with the Shopkeeper.

Wu Tian reached out and stopped him.

”Haha...”

”The Shopkeeper is right. The Peach Blossom Garden written by Tao Yuanming of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was over a thousand years ago. Even if it existed, it would have been destroyed by now. Moreover, that was originally a spiritual solace in Mr. Tao Yuanming’s writings!”

”The three of us are just here for tourism!”

Smiling,

Wu Tian scanned the QR code at the shop entrance and paid.

”We’ve paid, boss, so we won’t bother you anymore. Since we’re here, let’s go out and look around!”

”We’ll be back for dinner!”

”Alright! Welcome!”

”Please be careful, the three of you!”

”...”

The Shopkeeper also smiled slightly.

He waved at the three people who were gradually disappearing from the shop entrance.

A long while later... when the figures of Wu Tian and the other two had almost disappeared at the end of the small path, a hoarse, low voice came from the dimly lit back kitchen of the restaurant.

”How is it?”

”Can those three be used?”

”They can be used...”

The Shopkeeper nodded.

”But that thin man seems to be quite extraordinary!”

”Never mind!”

The Shopkeeper frowned.

”Let’s see tonight.”

”Mm!”

...”How was it?”

Walking on the road, Zhang Meng asked Wu Tian beside her, out of the blue.

”There’s a bit of a problem!”

Wu Tian frowned.

”This person’s ancestors were from Ulan Country, and his grandfather happened to come here in the 1960s. This makes me have to suspect that his grandfather had something to do with that mercenary group in ’61!”

”...”

Zhang Meng also frowned.

”I was thinking the same thing.”

”You’re saying...”

”Does he know something?”

”He definitely knows!”

Wu Tian nodded.

”If his grandfather was indeed one of the surviving mercenaries from back then, and he settled here, he must know something!”

”Then what do you two say...”

After the two had talked for a long time, the fatty finally realized what they were talking about.

He was stunned for a moment.

The fatty asked seriously.

”If we ask him directly, will he tell us?”

”...”

”...”

Wu Tian and Zhang Meng turned their heads at the same time, looking at the fatty as if he were an idiot.

After holding it in for a long time, Zhang Meng really couldn’t hold it anymore.

She started scolding the fatty.

”What do you think?”

”Why the hell has that person stayed here for so many years?”

”Leaving aside himself, his father has also lived here his whole life, right? Think about why!”

”Isn’t there something fishy going on here?”

”You ask him and he has to tell you? Why?”

”Because you’re a mascot?”

Zhang Meng rolled her eyes.

”...Uh!”

The fatty slapped his forehead.

”Oh!”

”Could it be...”

”Because the Peach Blossom Garden really exists, and there are treasures or secrets hidden inside?”

Clap!

Wu Tian smiled and patted the fatty’s shoulder.

”You got it right this time.”

”This Peach Blossom Garden must exist, and by a stroke of luck, we actually found the right direction!”

”This wave...”

”You’ve made a meritorious contribution this time, little mascot!”

”Ah...”

The fatty was utterly bewildered!

...”Hahaha, I love it, I love it. Miss Zhang Meng is beautiful and sharp-tongued. A combo instantly made the fatty understand everything!”

”But seriously...”

”The fatty really is a mascot!”

”He can even precisely locate clues in such a large place as Southern Hunan just by eating a meal?”

”I finally understand why the Host brings the fatty along!”

”I can do it too!”

One Fan typed furiously!

”Host, look at me, look at me. I drink water and get another bottle, eat noodles and get another packet, even when I fall face first, I pick up money. I’m a mascot too, take me with you!”

”I’m very easy to take along!”

”Haha...”

”The person upstairs probably could win another train car full even if he ate poop?”

”...”

”So what do we do now?”

The fatty looked at Zhang Meng and Wu Tian and asked.

Wu Tian glanced at his watch.

He looked at the quiet village around them and said.

”It’s just past one in the afternoon now, the Villagers should have just finished eating. Let’s go ask around and see if we can find some useful clues.”

”Okay!”

”I have no objections.”

Zhang Meng nodded.

The three implicitly took Wu Tian as their leader; as long as it was a decision made by Wu Tian, both the fatty and Zhang Meng would execute it unconditionally.

The efficiency was unexpectedly high... A few minutes later, at the entrance of a somewhat shabby courtyard.

”Bang bang!”

The fatty, with a beaming smile, knocked on a Villager’s door and chuckled at the elderly woman who opened it.

”Hehe...”

”Madam, have you eaten?”

”...”

The elderly woman was startled.

Then she looked at the fatty warily and shouted loudly into the house.

”Son.”

”A idler has come, come out quickly and see!”

”Bring a hoe!”

Fatty: ...”Let me ask, you just wait a moment.”

Wu Tian rubbed his head, had to squeeze past the fatty, and showed a kind smile to the elderly woman.

”Madam, don’t mind him, he here...”

Wu Tian pointed to his head.

”Has a bit of a problem.”

”Actually, we’re here for tourism and wanted to ask if there are any attractions nearby!”

”Oh~”

The elderly woman nodded in sudden realization.

She looked at the fatty with disdain.

”I knew it...”

”Alright!”

”You ask. My family has lived here for generations, and there are many fun places around. Where do you want to inquire about?”

”Haha...”

The elderly woman chuckled, and very politely nodded at Wu Tian.

”Alright.”

Wu Tian nodded.

”Madam, have you heard of the Peach Blossom Garden?”

”Or...”

Wu Tian smiled slightly.

”Are there any strange places nearby, preferably with peach trees planted?”

”...”

The elderly woman was startled.

The smile on her face slowly receded. She held onto the doorframe tightly and asked warily, looking at Wu Tian and the other two.

”Aren’t you tourists? Why are you asking about this?”

”Curiosity.”

Wu Tian still smiled kindly.

”Just want to look for it!”

”Don’t look, there’s no Peach Blossom Garden here!”

”I...”

Wu Tian still wanted to ask.

Bang!

The elderly woman, with a cold face, slammed the door shut, followed by the sound of chains rubbing. The elderly woman directly locked the door!

”...”

”Something’s not right!”

By this point, Wu Tian’s expression slowly darkened.

”She definitely knows about the Peach Blossom Garden, otherwise why did her expression change instantly when I asked?”

”What is she afraid of?”

”Or rather...”

Wu Tian’s eyes lit up slightly.

”What is she hiding?”

”Something related to the Peach Blossom Garden...”

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