Chapter 1358

"Um, Xiao Zhangzi has a point," Zhu Yanyi nodded.

Zhang Haofeng looked smug, as if to say, See? You need me to remind you at critical moments.

Zhu Yanyi chuckled softly. "Since that’s the case, I’ll sprinkle some Dream Fragrance into this formation."

"What is Dream Fragrance?" Zhang Haofeng asked curiously. She felt that Zhu Yanyi had more and more strange items.

Zhu Yanyi giggled. "Dream Fragrance, naturally, is incense that brings sweet dreams."

Seeing Zhang Haofeng’s continued curiosity, she kindly explained, "It does nothing during the day. But at night, especially around midnight, as oxygen levels rise here, the fragrance takes effect. Beautiful women, money, all kinds of scenes will appear. However, after one night, it leaves only broken dreams. And the aftermath of those broken dreams is quite interesting."

"How interesting?" Zhang Haofeng became even more curious.

"You want to know?" Zhu Yanyi looked at her mysteriously.

Zhang Haofeng nodded earnestly. "Yes, I really do."

Zhu Yanyi smiled lightly. "Then come watch them tonight, and you’ll see for yourself." She ignored her reaction and went straight to picking up dry twigs.

Yan Aohan saw Zhang Haofeng, dumbfounded by Zhu Yanyi’s teasing. Holding back laughter, he patted Zhang Haofeng on the shoulder. "Alright, stop teasing. Help pick up the twigs."

Yan Aohan’s intervention made Zhang Haofeng sigh. Indeed, when there’s a woman, there’s no humanity. Still, he quickly started gathering twigs.

Zhu Yanyi looked at the pile of twigs and nodded slightly. The quantity was sufficient. She began setting up the formation quickly.

"Once the formation is done, we’ll go home for a good meal. I barely ate anything at noon," Zhu Yanyi said with a regretful expression. The lunch had been so rich, but various events had prevented her from finishing. Fortunately, there were plenty of leftovers for dinner.

"Once you’re done, we’ll head home right away. Uncle Shun Yao and Auntie are probably waiting for us," Yan Aohan said gently, handing her more twigs.

As Zhu Yanyi inserted, threw, or hung the twigs on trees, she asked with a smile, "Do you think someone will disturb my sister and brother-in-law’s wedding night today?"

"You want to disturb it?" Yan Aohan understood her intention immediately.

Zhu Yanyi nodded, looking理所当然 (as if it were natural). "I only have this one sister." The implication was clear: this was the only chance to play such a prank. It would seem odd not to.

"Then let’s do it," Yan Aohan said. He supported whatever Zhu Yanyi wanted to do. This made Zhang Haofeng, standing nearby, rub his forehead. "Don’t you think this is excessive? How can you unconditionally support someone doing bad things?"

"How is disturbing a wedding night a bad thing?" Zhu Yanyi looked at Zhang Haofeng curiously. "Have you never disturbed a wedding night?"

"Of course I have," Zhang Haofeng said speechlessly. "But is it okay for you two to do this? Aren’t you afraid that Great Uncle Yuan Xiang will retaliate when you get married?"

"We won’t marry for at least five years. And our custom is that newlyweds cannot participate in disturbing wedding nights. So I’m never afraid of my sister and brother-in-law retaliating. Besides," Zhu Yanyi pointed at Yan Aohan, "the person I will marry is your boss. If anyone tries to disturb our wedding night, he will handle it, right, Aohan?"

"Of course," Yan Aohan nodded directly. "Besides, no one in this world can disturb our wedding night. Don’t worry. When we marry, absolutely no one will disturb us."

Since no one could disturb their wedding night, they could eagerly disturb others’ without fear of retaliation. What kind of logic was that?

Even though the reasoning was flawed, Zhang Haofeng had to accept it.

"Done," Zhu Yanyi said after about fifteen minutes. "Once activated, this formation lasts for a day and a night." She then asked Zhang Haofeng, "Xiao Zhangzi, where are Zhu Jinfu and the others?"

"They are in the mountain valley ahead. At their speed, it will take about twenty minutes to reach here," Zhang Haofeng replied.

Zhu Yanyi nodded. She took out a pill and buried it in the nearby soil, then smiled. "Let’s go. Follow me closely. I’ll take you to the side. Once they enter the formation, we can leave." She glanced at Zhang Haofeng again. "Of course, if you are very curious about the effect of my Dream Fragrance, you can come back at midnight to watch."

Zhang Haofeng nodded, thinking that he would indeed come back at midnight to see the effect.

As Zhang Haofeng had predicted, Zhu Jinfu and her group arrived in their area in about twenty minutes. The moment they entered, Zhu Yanyi threw the last dry twig, and the formation activated.

Zhu Jinfu and his companions walked for a while and felt something was wrong. "Strange. Did you notice? The road here seems endless."

"Yes. I calculated that the distance from where we came to the opposite mountain range should take only two hours. Why does it feel like I can’t see the end of the road?" Zhu Jianyao also felt a strange confusion.

"It’s a formation," the taller of the two strangers said. "Someone has set up a formation here."

"Really?" Zhu Jinfu’s eyes lit up. "If there’s a formation, there must be some treasure nearby that we don’t know about. We might have found the spot."

"We must be careful," the tall man said. "If Inspector Xie’s tomb were that easy to find, it wouldn’t be our turn to look for it."

"Understood. Rest assured, Mr. Li. We know this. Regardless, the presence of a formation indicates a secret nearby," Zhu Jinfu said confidently.

Logically, this was correct. Unfortunately, he didn’t know this formation was set up later by others.

The man called Mr. Li said, "Mr. Zhu, your guess is valid. However, to discover the nearby secret, we must first break the formation. I wonder if Mr. Zhu can break it."

"(⊙o⊙)…" Zhu Jinfu realized he had been so happy that he forgot this crucial point. He didn’t know what to say for a moment.

"Who among you can break formations?" Zhu Jinfu placed his hope on Mr. Li and his companion.

"We learn everything, except formations," Mr. Li said helplessly.

"What should we do?" Zhu Jinfu asked.

"How about we make a mark here and walk slowly? Maybe we’ll walk out eventually," Zhu Jianyao suggested.