I set you up on a blind date, and you've managed to overcome all the weirdness?

"Your cooking is not bad; it's barely edible."

"However, next time you can stew the onions a little softer; I don't like them too crunchy."

She ate it!

She not only didn't find the sweet onion beef rice unpalatable, but also complained that the onions weren't cooked soft enough.

The crucial point is that she didn't even ask about the missing red ginger strips, as if that was the most natural way to prepare the dish!

This is no coincidence. Even if it becomes bizarre, the subconscious habits of humankind do not lie!

She is Xiao Qi!

The girl who was hysterical and wanted to die with him.

The incident caused quite a stir back then. Later, Lin Yan heard that Xiao Qi had dropped out of school.

Various versions still circulate in schools today.

Lin Yan suddenly pulled his hands under the table to hide his hands, which were trembling uncontrollably with nervousness.

She was sitting across from me, eating the beef rice she had made herself, bite after bite.

Lin Yan could only use all the acting skills she had accumulated throughout her life to bury all her emotions deep inside.

He finally understood.

Why did she take the initiative to ask me out?

Why would she take such good care of herself on a first date?

Why does she listen to me so much?

She felt inferior.

She didn't want Lin Yan to recognize her.

Even though she became grotesque, she still retained her pride in her subconscious.

If I were to expose her true identity now, and break through her disguise...

She would definitely go berserk on the spot. With her half-step advancement in strength, she could probably make him and the entire apartment disappear with a single snip of her scissors!

Absolutely must not admit it!

Even if it means dying here, we absolutely cannot let her discover any flaws!

Lin Yan pinched her thigh, forcing herself to smile.

"It's settled then, Saya."

Lin Yan picked up his bowl of rice and casually shoveled a large mouthful into it.

"Next time I'll stew it for an extra half hour, and I guarantee it will be tender and flavorful."

"Um."

Saya kept her head down, not looking at him, and simply responded softly.

Outside the window, the night in Jiangcheng is gradually deepening.

Tonight's meal was the one in which Lin Yan spoke the least, and also the most thrilling, in his entire life.

A former ex-girlfriend has now become a freak, yet she inexplicably evokes a lot of affection, and she could chop off her own head with a pair of scissors at any moment.

It takes immense courage to have a meal with someone like that.

Although I don't know why Xiaoqi changed her name to Saya, or why her face looks different.

But Lin Yan couldn't care less about that at that moment.

If I can't afford to mess with them, I'll just avoid them.

"The bureau asked me to work overtime tonight, and I'm running late, so I'm leaving now."

After rattling off a long string of words, Lin Yan didn't dare wait for Saya's reaction. He grabbed his phone and fled as if his life depended on it.

Instead of sitting at home anxiously waiting for Saya's possible reckoning or "care," it's better to scout out the air-raid shelter beforehand.

After all, facing a group of cult members is much safer than facing a bizarre ex-girlfriend who hides her identity.

It's 11 p.m.

In the southern suburbs, at the foot of a desolate mountain range.

A refrigerated truck was traveling on a mountain road, and not far away was the entrance to an abandoned tunnel.

This is the outer perimeter of the former site of the 704 air-raid shelter.

Lin Yan changed into the black work clothes that had been prepared in advance and gripped the steering wheel with both hands.

As the refrigerated truck continued to descend deeper into the interior, the temperature inside the compartment dropped sharply.

"Sizzle sizzle".

"Brother, the blocking ore here has taken effect." Chu Chu's voice was intermittent.

"Chuchu's signal... you... be careful..."

The sound stopped abruptly, and the car fell silent once more.

Lin Yan stepped on the brake and glanced down at his phone.

There is no signal, and the upper right corner has turned into a red cross.

He opened the dating group, and the profile pictures of several female guests had all turned gray.

It seems that what Chu Chu said was true.

This place truly became a forbidden zone; from the moment he stepped in, all connections with the outside world were forcibly severed.

Lin Yan closed his eyes and reviewed the plan once more.

Only after making sure everything was correct did he release the brakes and continue driving into the darkness.

We drove to the end of the lane.

In the distance, a blast-proof lead door appeared, with a rune engraved on each side, which appeared to be the work of cultists.

Four guards stood scattered in front of the gate, all dressed in black robes and holding rifles.

"Stop the car! Turn off the engine!"

One of the guards raised his gun and shouted.

Lin Yan did as instructed, opened the car door, jumped out, and handed over the pass.

This was given to him by Chen Feng when he picked up the car; he said it was found on the body of the cult leader they had arrested.

The guard took the pass, glanced at it, but did not let them pass immediately. Instead, he took out a stone that emitted a faint green glow from his waist.

"Routine procedure, verify identity."

The guard took the stone and carefully scanned Lin Yan's body.

Lin Yan hadn't expected this, but he remained calm and let the stone sweep over him from head to toe.

He has no spiritual power. Logically, this kind of test should be related to spiritual power, so nothing should be detected on him.

however.

The stone suddenly flickered as it swept past Lin Yan's pants pocket.

The entire stone suddenly turned scarlet, and even a few wisps of black smoke drifted out.

The guards around him immediately changed their expressions and almost simultaneously raised their rifles, all pointing them at Lin Yan's head.

"Who are you?!"

The lead guard shouted sternly, his finger already on the trigger.

Lin Yan sensed something was wrong, but his face remained expressionless. He even made eye contact with the guard who was asking him questions.

He had already pulled a frog balloon out of his pocket and was holding it in his hand.

Could it be that the disguise has been exposed? That shouldn't be the case.

Just as Lin Yan was preparing to break through the encirclement.

The guard holding the stone suddenly shuddered and glanced at Lin Yan as if he had seen a ghost.

He dropped the stone he was holding, but he didn't bother to pick it up. Instead, he frantically pressed down on the gun barrel that his companion had raised.

"Are you all blind?! Put the guns down!"

He kept his head down very low, his back almost bent at a right angle, and dared not meet Lin Yan's gaze at all.

"S-Sir!"

"I was blind and didn't recognize you as the hunter secretly selected by the higher-ups..."

Lin Yan was taken aback, then secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He may not have any spiritual power, but the frog brooch in his pocket does!

That's a rule-based artifact made from a grotesque demon, not to mention the soul of Ah Feng, who's being constantly tormented, inside.

The Demon-Testing Stone attributed all the evil spirit energy emanating from the brooch to Lin Yan.

In the eyes of these cultists, this malevolent aura, so intense that it could make the demon-detecting stone bleed, was practically the standard equipment of a ruthless killer.

Lin Yan instantly got into character.

He outwardly remained impassive, letting out a cold snort without even glancing at the guards, and said impatiently:

"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask. Are you going to pay for disrupting His Holiness the Bishop's plans with your lives?"

"Yes, yes, yes! You've had a long journey, sir, please come in!"

The leader was so frightened that he bowed repeatedly and quickly waved to signal them to let them pass.