What if you were targeted by a cool and aloof beauty?

“We’re not going,” An Chen said seriously.

"?" Jiuge and the Knight looked at An Chen in confusion.

"But we can't come here for nothing. Could you tell us what exactly happened here? We came because our school assigned a report essay that requires us to study urban legends using examples." An Chen made up a lie with a straight face.

"..." Jiuge tilted her head, somewhat bewildered.

The knight remained seated beside him, not daring to move at all.

"Your school is really strange..." The proprietress took a breath and calmed herself down.

“My husband disappeared after going into the mountains…” she began slowly.

"Ah..." Jiuge looked at An Chen again for help.

They wanted to know the truth of the news online, but they didn't expect the proprietress to directly expose her own painful past.

"I'm sorry, I brought up something sad." An Chen felt a pang of sympathy seeing the landlady's distressed expression.

However, to thoroughly resolve the matter in the mountains, it is necessary to understand the true course of events.

Based on this, they can make a reasonable inference about the current situation.

When the time comes, you'll be better able to handle whatever comes your way.

"It's alright. It's good that I've made you understand how serious things are, so you won't agree to my terms and then run back in the door." The proprietress sighed.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhidong landed on the ground and sat down next to the proprietress with a serious expression.

“…” An Chen nodded.

No matter how much or how terrifying they say, they'll still go in right away.

An Chen suddenly felt a pang of guilt.

"I was still in school when that incident first happened," the proprietress recalled.

Back then, she was a college student with braided pigtails.

My parents run a very small shop here.

At that time, a few junior students who were a few years younger than me suddenly came into the store and bought a lot of snacks and bottles of water.

When his family heard that the boys had done very well in the exam, they were very happy for them.

But less than a day later, something terrible happened—the boys disappeared.

In the end, the search and rescue team searched for a very long time, but only found the bag scattered on the ground.

As for the chopsticks standing upright that are circulating online, the proprietress had never heard of them.

However, she remembered that the search team said there seemed to be animal-like footprints at the scene.

Later, other people also came into the mountains, including the proprietress and her family, but nothing happened to them.

Over time, everyone came to regard the first incident as an accident.

Until the second incident occurred ten years ago.

A woman suffering from mental illness has gone missing.

After they went into the mountains, there was no further news of them.

This mountain has once again attracted attention.

The elderly man in the third incident was indeed bizarre.

The cell phone signal moved to many different locations in a short period of time, and the elderly man left distress signals in many places.

There's an inexplicable sense of eeriness about this matter; no matter how powerful an old man is, he couldn't possibly teleport.

If it were truly possible to teleport, it would be impossible to disappear inside.

However, there is indeed no solution for fast movement.

Regarding the later incident involving the missing boy's photo, the shop owner believed it was simply a matter of light refraction captured during the photo shoot.

Because the blue and white clothes could actually overlap with the clouds in the sky.

She didn't know much about the man in his thirties, only that it had been reported on the news.

"Then came my husband's disappearance..." The proprietress sniffed.

It's different from the version circulating online.

The proprietress's husband met those strangers at the shop entrance on a rainy night.

The husband let those people in to take shelter from the rain, and they thanked him and came in.

But in the blink of an eye, all the strangers disappeared, leaving only messy footprints on the ground.

The proprietress insisted that the last time she encountered something extraordinary, because the door had not been pushed open at that time.

Her husband immediately called her to go outside, but they couldn't see those people anymore.

The next day, the proprietress's husband disappeared.

Contrary to rumors circulating online, she had never heard that her husband had gone into the mountains that day to deliver food to those people…

Chapter 208 Understanding, I completely understand (Seeking monthly votes and subscriptions)

By the time we circled back to the other side of the Man-Eating Mountain, it was already getting dark.

The temperature dropped.

Despite it being summer, everyone clearly felt cold.

Jiuge clung tightly to An Chen's arm, cautiously surveying her surroundings.

"Is it okay for you to just leave the rented car in such a remote place?" The rider kept turning around, looking back again and again.

He always felt that if he drove the car to a remote place, it would be difficult to find it even if it wasn't stolen later.

"There's nothing I can do. I promised the kind landlady I wouldn't come in," An Chen sighed.

"Using stones is too extravagant, and I'm afraid it might attract some strange things," he added casually.

"Hmm...and if it gets lost, we can just replace it with a new one." Jiuge said casually, holding An Chen's arm.

An Chen was speechless again.

Fortunately, he didn't rent an expensive car.

If compensation is needed, it should be more than enough to use Ms. Song's own bank card.

It will be a bit harder to save up the dowry money to marry Jiuge.

"What is a stone?" The knight had no memory of the Hook Bay incident.

Before meeting the adult Jiu Ge, his impression of her was just that of a proud little girl who was only a little over 1.5 meters tall.

“A storage tool,” An Chen explained gently.

After saying that, he gave Jiuge a quick kiss on the cheek in front of the knight.

Jiuge was so frightened that she almost let go of An Chen's arm and fell straight down.

"I see." The knight scratched his head.

Although I don't know what kind of storage device could hold a whole car, but...

Having mentally prepared himself for a few days, he was no longer surprised to see Jiu Ge and An Chen being so affectionate and sweet in front of him.

Rather, the Knights believe that this version of Jiuge is better.

With companionship, she was no longer lonely, and she was happy every day, gradually acquiring the things that girls her age should have.

“Not bad! But I feel something’s not right about this place!” Zhang Zhidong’s voice boomed as he floated in the sky.

"By the way, Jiuge, remove the barrier around Zhang Zhidong." An Chen remembered that Zhang Zhidong hadn't yet shown his true potential, and reminded Jiuge, who was clinging to his arm like a koala.

If we don't untie it, there's no point in bringing Zhang Zhidong here.

However, to be fair, Jiuge is indeed impressive, and he has some feelings about that...

It's incredible that they could create such a thick barrier to protect the heroic spirits, and that this barrier remains unaffected even in such a dark and mysterious place.

That's really awesome.

Jiuge's face was still red, and her head was spinning.

She didn't react to An Chen's words.

"Jiuge, if you keep doing this, I'm going to kiss you in public!" An Chen poked Jiuge's cheek with his other hand.

"Alas..."

With a soft "whoosh," Jiuge removed the barrier around Zhang Zhidong.

"..." The knight thought An Chen was a bit shameless.

However, he only thought about it and didn't dare to say it out loud.

Once the barrier was lifted, everyone no longer felt cold.

Soon, they even felt the heat.

Strangely enough, Zhang Zhidong, dressed in a police uniform, was more effective at warding off evil spirits than his younger brother, Zhang Zhidao.

With that dazzling golden light and the astonishing heat, not only had the yin energy that was felt after dark disappeared, but even Jiuge felt no fear.

Jiuge's tense body relaxed, revealing an expression that showed she was much more relaxed.

Bringing Zhang Zhidong along was definitely the right decision.

She gives people a greater sense of security than An Chen.

"Great! The strange feeling has suddenly disappeared!" Zhang Zhidong exclaimed.

The ominous aura that I could feel just now while wearing the "barrier clothes" has disappeared.

"It's good that it disappeared." An Chen nodded in satisfaction.

We brought Zhang Zhidong along precisely for this effect.

"Amazing!" The knight looked at Zhang Zhidong with admiration.