love on the turquoise land

Chapter 13

notes: in the raw link, they have more than 300 chapters so I decided to combine four to five chapters into one chapter in this translation. I hope you don't mind

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Lao Qian said, "This name has some history to it, with two explanations. One is that the well water in the village is not good, drinking it causes bad teeth, so everyone in the village ends up with big, flat teeth."

Nie Jiuluo laughed, "That's... a bit far-fetched, isn't it?"

Bad teeth from the water do exist, but it's more of a general decay, not something that specifically targets the molars.

"The other explanation is, since our village is surrounded by mountains, and behind it is a mountain with a vertical face and a straight fissure in the middle, it looks like the gap between two big teeth, hence the name 'Flat Teeth Village.'"

Nie Jiuluo asked him, "Have you been there?"

"Most people wouldn't go there, it's just a funny name. A small village, nothing much to see..." At this point, Lao Qian's curiosity was piqued. "Miss Nie, are you interested in going? If you are, I can take a detour, it's not much trouble."

Nie Jiuluo shook her head, "Not interested. You'd better not go either, it sounds ominous."

Lao Qian became curious, "Why's that?"

"Didn't you say the village is backed by a mountain, which looks like two big teeth? Teeth are connected to the mouth, and the village sits at the edge of the 'mouth,' as if it's about to be swallowed, it's bad Feng Shui, unlucky."

Lao Qian clicked his tongue twice, "Hmm, that makes sense."

But in his mind, he thought: This Miss Nie, so young, yet she believes in these things, quite superstitious.

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In the car on the provincial road.

This road isn't a highway, there are no toll booths. He drives while glancing at the rearview mirror, the large box on the back seat catching his eye.

After a while, strange noises came from the back of the car, rustling and occasional bumps, irregular and unsettling.

Frowning, Yan Tuo focused on the road ahead. The provincial road's guardrails weren't well laid out, and there were junctions leading to county and township roads along the way.

Soon, he turned onto a village road, then onto the nearest township road, in short, as long as the car could go, he drove towards the remote areas. Finally, he parked the car by a secluded grove.

Yan Tuo sat in the car for a while, not in a hurry to get out. In this season, the leaves were turning yellow, giving a desolate feeling. In the distance was a village nestled against the mountains, very peaceful.

After making sure the surroundings were clean, he got out of the car and opened the rear compartment. Inside was a canvas bag, vigorously moving, clearly containing living things.

Yan Tuo unzipped the bag.

Sun Zhou, struggling inside, stiffened as he looked up at Yan Tuo. His mouth was taped shut, unable to make a sound, only blinking and shaking his head desperately, pleading in his eyes.

Yan Tuo took out the car's medical kit, grabbed a piece of gauze, poured some liquid from an unlabeled plastic bottle onto it, and covered Sun Zhou's nose with it.

Sun Zhou struggled even harder, but being exhausted and constrained, his struggles weakened quickly. In less than half a minute, he was completely still.