"How come there are so many snakes here?"
"I don't know. We had checked the surroundings and made sure there were no problems before setting up the camp."
"Forget it. Stop talking about this. Are you all wearing the protective suits properly? Hurry up and carry those two kids out!"
The rescue team soon arrived at the camp. Fully armed, they walked into the camp and carefully picked up Han Shuo and Shao Rong, then carried them to a safe area.
Next came the task of clearing the snake swarm.
The teachers led all the children away from the camp. They would return to sleep after the rescue team confirmed that there were no more snakes.
The school had long made preparations for all kinds of situations. A group of small snakes were quickly cleared and thrown to a distant place.
"Whose thing is this?"
A rescue worker held up a large white flower and asked.
The children looked at each other, all looking puzzled. Han Shuo rubbed his hands and stepped out of the crowd. "It's mine. I saw this flower on my way and thought it was very beautiful, so I picked it."
"It's okay. I'm not blaming you. This flower is called tuberose. It smells good and looks beautiful when it blooms, but it attracts snakes, insects, rats and ants. You can't pick things in the mountains casually. Maybe some plants are poisonous. Remember?"
"Remember." Han Shuo nodded, looking extremely embarrassed and ashamed.
After the rescue team left, the teacher called the children over and talked about the rules again.
Don't touch any animals or plants casually, or you'll be in danger.
Children are naturally curious. The teacher repeated the instructions several times before letting the children go back to their tents to sleep.
Miaomiao and her friends returned to their tent and got into their sleeping bags. After such a scare and all the commotion, no one was in the mood to chat anymore.
Shao Rong followed Han Shuo back to their own tent. When passing by Miaomiao's tent, Shao Rong paused for a moment and took out the small white flowers from her pocket.
The white flower the rescue worker mentioned was actually not the one Han Shuo picked. It was picked by her.
At first, she just thought it was beautiful and put it in the tent to make herself feel good. She never expected it would attract so many snakes.
The few flowers in her pocket were what she planned to take back and make into sachets.
Shao Rong looked at the silent tent, gritted her teeth and threw the flowers beside the tent.
No one noticed her little action. Even Han Shuo was too scared to look back and fell asleep as soon as they got into the tent.
Shao Rong kept her eyes open. In the darkness, she looked extremely strange. Her eyes were very complicated.
There was uneasiness, worry and a bit of excitement.
After a long time, Shao Rong didn't hear the expected screams and fell asleep in a daze.
When it was broad daylight, the teachers called the little kids to get up. When they walked to Miaomiao's tent, they let out a scream.
"What's going on?"
The male teacher quickly ran over. The female teacher standing beside Miaomiao's tent pointed at the ground with a trembling finger. The male teacher looked in the direction of the finger and was also shocked into silence.
The ground was full of poisonous snakes, dead poisonous snakes.
These poisonous snakes were much bigger than the first batch that came last night. Each one was as thick as an adult's arm. They were lying on the ground with their eyes rolled up, dead in a pile.
"What's going on? How come there are so many snakes?"
The male teacher summoned up his courage and walked forward. He saw a pile of broken tuberose petals beside the tent where the snakes were coiled.
Hearing the noise outside, Miaomiao rubbed her eyes and walked out of the tent.
"Are you okay? Is everyone all right?" The female teacher remembered there were four kids in the tent when she saw Miaomiao and quickly came over to check.
Even if they got into trouble, these kids must be safe.
If they got into trouble, the school had a huge insurance policy for their families, which would be enough for their families to live a worry - free life for a lifetime. There would also be various compensations in the future. But if the kids got into trouble, it would be a disaster for them.
"Ah? Teacher, what's going on?"
Cheng Ruan and Yao Mingxuan also woke up. They looked at the panicked teacher in a daze. Wei Ziqi slowly got up and cast a puzzled look.
Seeing that the four kids were all safe and sound, the teacher immediately let out a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness. The kids were okay.
The teacher quickly led the four kids away from the tent. The male teacher, who had checked all the snakes by then, came over and said, "They are all dead snakes. I don't know how they died. Can this tuberose not only attract snakes, insects, rats and ants but also kill them?"
"No. I saw the snakes yesterday. They wanted to bite me and the little teachers. So I beat them all to death."
Hearing the male teacher's confusion, the little girl quickly replied. She always answered every question.
"You... beat these to death?" The male teacher obviously didn't believe Miaomiao. He frowned and looked at her. He didn't know whether he should start by teaching the kids not to lie or comfort the kids' fragile hearts first.
"Teacher, don't you believe it? Our Miaomiao is a female knight. She has really learned martial arts. She can even beat three strong men by herself!" Cheng Ruan was a bit unhappy that the teacher was so skeptical about Miaomiao. She immediately stood up to defend the dignity of the female knight.
The female knight's demeanor was beyond doubt. She firmly believed that it was Miaomiao who had protected them and beaten the snakes to death last night.
"Teacher doesn't mean that. Teacher just thinks..."
"Teacher, Miaomiao really has this ability. But I think you shouldn't be so concerned about how these snakes died. You should first find out who put the tuberose beside our tent. After all, we didn't pick these flowers yesterday. And the rescue team must have searched carefully before they found the flower in Han Shuo's tent. So these flowers must have appeared beside our tent after the rescue team left. This is attempted murder."
Wei Ziqi slowly walked to Miaomiao's side, took the little girl's soft hand and looked the teacher straight in the eye.
This matter was too strange. He had looked at the place where the tuberose petals were scattered. There were no flower roots. So this thing didn't grow beside the tent naturally. Someone must have deliberately put it there.
"This... it can't be that serious. Besides the teachers, there are only you students here. The teachers won't harm you." The male teacher thought Wei Ziqi was overthinking and said unhappily.
"I don't mean to doubt the teachers. I know the teachers are all responsible. But the students may not be so united and friendly. Of course, it's also possible that some student was too scared to admit that they had picked the flower and just threw it beside our tent after the rescue team left. But whether it was intentional or not, it has threatened our lives."