Chapter Forty-six: Woman's Sleepwear

  The next moment, Wang Zhuo suddenly exerted himself and jumped to the back of the tree with a loud shout, and caught the person behind the tree.

  "Big brother, please spare me! I had no choice but to follow you! I...I won't dare again! Please, big brother!" The man suddenly turned around and knelt down on the ground, begging.

  The prince only then saw clearly that the person kneeling in front of him was a girl with tattered clothes, her face almost without a clean spot, but from her appearance, she looked extremely delicate and charming, with a hint of sweetness.

  This made Wang Chu involuntarily think of Tian Mi, and then recall the words of the wooden house woman earlier. Suddenly, his face sank, and his eyes gleamed like a knife: "Stop pretending! Old witch, did you just catch a girl?"

  The girl saw the prince's sudden change in expression and was immediately frightened, trembling all over, crawling backward constantly, and sobbing: "I... I saw a girl, but I didn't catch her!"

  The prince hesitated for a moment and continued: "Where is that girl? Do you know?"

  The girl recalled: "About 4 hours ago, I was running in the direction you came from to escape the pursuit of that old witch. On the way, I saw a girl wearing strange clothes wandering in the forest, but she looked very beautiful. Later, I didn't know what happened!"

  "Why is that old witch chasing you?" Wang Cuo asked.

  "Because she needs to suck the youth of beautiful girls to beautify herself, she has lived for 500 years. In the past, this forest was very lush, with countless flowers, birds, insects and fish, full of life. But from 100 years ago, the trees here began to wither and die one after another. Later, people found out that the dead trees were all sucked dry by the old witch. 20 years ago, the forest became what it is today. Then, the old witch actually started sucking the youth of beautiful girls to maintain her beauty, and one beautiful girl could keep her looking young for a year. I was unfortunately her 20th beautiful girl, but luckily, on the day before she was going to suck my youth, I unexpectedly had the chance to escape. A month has passed, now she should have become an old hag! Without beautiful girls, she will age one year every day."

  The girl's words were like a fairy tale, and the more Wang Cang listened, the more he felt as if he was listening to a children's story. He swallowed dryly and spat out saliva, saying: "Where is that old witch now?"

  The girl hesitated for a moment and stuttered: "Actually... actually..."!

  "What's going on? Tell me quickly!" Wang Chu frowned and urged, not that he didn't cherish his loved one, but his own woman was still in a precarious situation.

  The girl's shoulders couldn't help but tremble as she said: "Actually, you've already been there!"

  "Have I been there? Are you referring to that small wooden house?"

  "Ah!" The mention of the wooden house seemed to have brought a look of terror to the girl's face.

  The prince looked at the girl's weak appearance, no matter how he looked, she didn't seem like a witch. Even if she was pretending, her acting skills were too good. He thought carefully about the woman in the wooden house and felt that there were too many suspicious things about her. A hoarse voice paired with shiny black hair was too unreasonable. Moreover, he hadn't even seen her face earlier. Thinking of this, the prince had a strong feeling of being deceived, so he decided to return to the wooden house to investigate.

  Wang Chu quietly approached the wooden door, this time he didn't rush to knock on the door like before, but instead peeked inside through the narrow gap. The woman was still sitting in front of the mirror, combing her black hair that shone slightly, the only difference being that she had changed into a red nightgown. Wang Chu stared at the nightgown for a long time, he felt it looked very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before, but couldn't quite recall where.

  Suddenly, the woman's hair-combing movements seemed to speed up a lot, as if she was getting annoyed. Then, every time she combed her hair, some of it would fall out with the red comb, and where the black hair fell out, white hair grew out strangely. In an instant, the woman's head presented a pattern of black and white stripes, and from behind, she had a few flavors of a modern non-mainstream young girl.

  At this time, the prince suddenly seemed to see the true face of the woman in front of him, but she was still facing away from him, and her body blocked the reflection in the mirror. The prince stroked his chin thoughtfully for a moment, then suddenly smiled foolishly and quietly crouched down and moved towards the wooden window on the right side of the wooden door.

  The prince crouched under the wooden window, his mind sketching out the woman's appearance. He thought that this woman had lived for 500 years, and she was a real and genuine person of great skill. It was said that even her spittle could kill herself, which made him feel fearful in his heart. However, the prince finally plucked up his courage and climbed onto the window, slightly poking out his head.

  Only at first glance did Wang Zhuo get a fright.

  The face in the mirror was full of wrinkles, looking like it was sixty or seventy years old. She wore a purple nightgown, while the woman in front of the mirror wore a red one, but the two nightgowns were exactly the same style.

  "That... That nightgown is Tian Mi's!" Wang Chu exclaimed in surprise.

  "Hmmph! Young man! Since you've seen it all, come on in!"