After provoking the holy maiden of Miao territory, she was infected with a love curse.

heat.

It's unbearably hot.

It felt like my body was soaking in a hot spring.

The sweltering heat made Yin Huaixi crawl out of bed. Her cheeks were flushed as she reached for her phone and unlocked the screen.

A disturbing scene flooded her eyes like a tidal wave, startling Yin Huaixi so much that she quickly turned off her phone screen.

He clutched his chest, panting.

Excessive indulgence is wrong!

Excessive indulgence is sinful!

I absolutely cannot stay up all night reading yuri "Liu Bei literature" again!

"Huaixi, are you up?"

"The sun is high in the sky, why aren't you coming down for dinner?"

Xiang Yuzhen stood outside the door.

I wanted to kick the door open.

This ancestor is on vacation and goes home, but he just stays in his room all day, doing who-knows-what.

Now he sleeps until noon and doesn't even eat breakfast or lunch.

If he weren't her biological son, she wouldn't want to take care of this ancestor.

Urged by her mother, Yin Huaixi subconsciously closed her legs tightly; she was covered in sticky sweat.

If I don't go out and take a shower, I'll definitely feel terribly uncomfortable!

Yin Huaixi grabbed the blanket and immediately comforted the old woman.

"Mom, I'll get up now."

"You eat first, don't wait for me, I'll heat it up myself later!"

When Xiang Yuzhen heard that she was awake, she told her to get up and eat quickly, and then left.

She had a rare weekend off, and in the afternoon she even made plans to play mahjong with her girlfriends, so she was in a rush.

...

Holding his breath, Yin Huaixi only breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Xiang Yuzhen's footsteps fading into the distance.

She walked to the bathroom with a sigh of relief and turned on the shower.

After washing up, Yin Huaixi dried her wet hair with a towel. She saw her reflection in the mirror, a fleeting ancient phantom.

"Sang Che..."

For some reason, Yin Huaixi unconsciously uttered those two words.

Only after she said it did Yin Huaixi realize how outrageous she had been. It was one thing to read an ancient novel with explicit content, but how did she end up getting so absorbed in it!

What nonsense! Why are you reciting the main character's name?!

They even started to fantasize that they were characters in a novel.

I really can't stay up this long next time.

They even diagnosed hysteria!

After changing my clothes, I came out.

Yin Huaixi's phone, which was on the bedside table, kept ringing. She quickly went over and picked it up.

"Hello, Qianqian?"

"Have you booked your plane tickets?"

"National Day...how about going to a Miao village?"

Nuo Qianqian: "Yeah, didn't you keep saying you wanted to go to the Miao village? You even said you looked up all the travel guides when you got so engrossed in the novel."

"We've been begging you for so long! Are you going or not? If you're not going, we'll go somewhere else to play."

After thinking about it carefully, Yin Huaixi realized that there was indeed such a thing, so she immediately sat on the bed.

"Go ahead."

"You've already bought your plane tickets, so changing them will cost you money. Anyway... we've already explored the surrounding area, so let's go to the Miao village instead."

After hanging up the phone, Yin Huaixi bought tickets for the same flight as Nuo Qianqian. Only then did she change her clothes and go downstairs to eat.

...

There are many people during the National Day holiday.

Yin Huaixi, Nuo Qianqian, and Han Ke were almost crushed into biscuit crumbs when they landed.

After spending a day in the city, Yin Huaixi had long forgotten about the Miao novel she had read a few days ago. The travel guide she had made on her phone was very detailed, and she could easily explore the entire Miao village during the National Day holiday.

"I booked a guesthouse with pretty high ratings. It's located in a Miao village, and the owner said he would come to pick me up."

"You don't need to rush."

Yin Huaixi packed the luggage, and her dedicated service earned her two best friends' thumbs up.

Han Ke: "Huai Xi, I'll hang out with you from now on. You're the most reliable one."

"I've always wanted to visit the Miao village, but as you know... it's a tough place, and I didn't dare to come alone."

Nuo Qianqian was browsing through marketing accounts when she heard Han Ke say this, and she couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Keke, stop reading those messy, misleading things online."

"How could there be such a thing as Gu in this world?"

"Those are all things the local tourism bureau made up to attract tourists and boost its business. I don't believe them."

"Coco, don't scare yourself."

After saying that, Nuo Qianqian's gaze fell on Yin Huaixi again. She raised her chin and asked, "Huaixi, do you think what I said is right?"

Yin Huaixi scratched her head. She never took the fictional worlds seriously when she read novels; otherwise, she would have been driven mad long ago.

"Yes, Coco, Qianqian is right. All that nonsense in the books is just bluffing. If there really were Gu worms, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"

After being comforted by her best friend, Han Ke's original worries subsided by half, and she stopped worrying about the posts online that described the Gu worms as incredibly powerful.

There are plenty of police officers in the scenic area. With Uncle Hat around, what could possibly happen?

The next day, Yin Huaixi checked out of the hotel, and sure enough, the owner of the guesthouse was waiting outside. He greeted the three of them with a cheerful smile.

"Are you going to the village to play? My wife has heated up some food for you at home, it's authentic wood-fired food."

Seeing how enthusiastic the guesthouse owner was, Yin Huaixi was the first to thank him. She took out her phone and showed the guesthouse owner the Miao village travel guide she had prepared.

"Oh my, little girl, you've really put in the effort."

"You've booked all the fun places we have..."

See the last position.

The boss's expression froze.

He immediately returned the phone to Yin Huaixi and drove the car out of the hotel. Yin Huaixi knew that the boss's words had a hidden meaning.

Holding her phone, she zoomed in on the last detail and asked, puzzled, "Boss, did you... leave something unsaid?"

Nuo Qianqian and Han Ke stopped playing on their phones and both looked at the guesthouse owner in the driver's seat, wondering why he had become so quiet after talking so much earlier.

Having been pressed to this extent, the guesthouse owner knew that pretending to be ignorant was impossible.

He sighed, "Young lady, that place is taboo in our area. It is very beautiful, and many tourists go in against our wishes, but you... it's best not to go if you can avoid it."

The guesthouse owner didn't dare to be too harsh in his advice. He had previously taken in several tourists and solemnly told them that they shouldn't go to that place, but they didn't believe him and insisted on going.

Some only broke their legs, while others... were found dead in the wilderness the next day.

These are just the cases that have garnered attention. Some people use crooked methods to evade tickets just to get a more authentic view of the Miao village, and many of them can't get out once they go in.

Yin Huaixi became even more curious after what the boss said. The location she had prepared was praised by netizens as an authentic Miao village scenic spot.

However, there is no specific name for it.

People online call that place "Moon River" because the river flowing under the ancient stilted houses looks like a bright moon.

Especially at night, the moon in the sky reflects the moon on the ground, and the silver threads of light ripple and flow, truly a scene of heaven and earth.

Looking at the photos on her phone, Yin Huaixi asked the guesthouse owner, "Boss, we're not going to Moon River... but what do you locals call this place? I'll post it online so others can avoid it."

Seeing that she listened to his advice, the boss also shared what little he knew.

He gripped the steering wheel and said earnestly, "That used to be where the seedlings lived. We seedlings weren't allowed to go in. My grandfather... used to work there as a laborer, repairing houses and such for others."

"I heard from the older folks there that the place... is inhabited by an immortal female ghost."

"She guarded the remains of her beloved, hoping that he would be reincarnated."

"My grandfather said... that place is called by the local Miao people in their Miao language, which translates to... the place of sacrifice."

"Do you understand what I'm saying?"

"You mustn't go to that place."

"You absolutely must not go there."