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

It must be because she's in poor health, can't do anything, and doesn't have normal clothes to wear that her skin is so pale.

Not to mention Jiu Ge, even An Chen is much fairer-skinned than them.

They must have been unable to do anything and ate a lot, which is why they were driven out of Fish Bait Bay.

"So besides the war ending and the children returning safely, do you have any other unfulfilled wishes?" Jiuge pressed on while the iron was hot.

Like An Chen, she had already vaguely guessed what the old man's obsession was.

In just a few days, Gouzi Bay will be razed to the ground.

Whether their sons and daughters-in-law return or not, they will never see them again, much less witness the end of the war.

Suddenly, Jiuge felt that the word "not yet finished" was not quite appropriate, but fortunately the two old people did not care.

"We don't have many wishes. We just want our sons and daughters-in-law to come back safely, for the war to end soon, and for our family to live a good life."

Grandma Li's drool had stopped at some point.

When she spoke of this heartbreaking wish, her eyes lit up again.

"I will come back." Jiu Ge said with a serious expression.

"Yes, it will get better," An Chen comforted her.

He glanced at Jiu Ge with some surprise.

Unexpectedly, under these circumstances, Jiuge was able to utter such a comforting white lie without changing her expression.

"But... I haven't heard from them for two months. My parents, uncles and aunts, and my uncle might be gone." Little Egg suddenly cried even harder.

Little Twist started crying too.

"Don't talk nonsense! Don't cry!"

The two elderly people looked at An Chen and Jiu Ge apologetically and ordered the little dog Egg and Little Twist to stop crying.

Little Egg and Little Twist have really stopped crying.

They finished the last few bites of rice without saying a word.

It was already dark when the old man lit a kerosene lamp, which provided some light in the room.

The lack of electric lights is indeed inconvenient, and the light from a kerosene lamp can make the surroundings look eerie when you're around unfamiliar people.

Like a glowing stone, the light emitted by the mysterious stone in Grandma Li's pocket gradually grew stronger.

An Chen and Jiu Ge felt a little awkward.

The meal was almost over, but the atmosphere had become somewhat awkward.

They also planned to ask Grandma Li about the origin of the glowing stone in her pocket, which was the most important and decisive question.

When Jiuge first faced Grandma Li, she also felt that the crystal on her body had become much colder than usual.

It felt like wandering into a mass grave.

In this situation, even a fool could guess that the stone is the most important object, and it is probably the decisive factor in the formation of the illusion.

"Oh, right, Grandma Li." After thinking for a moment, An Chen decided to speak up.

It's risky to steal it after the first cycle ends; let's find out its origin first.

"Is there something you need?" Grandma Li put down her chopsticks and looked at An Chen and Jiu Ge with a kind expression.

If my son and daughter-in-law come back, they will surely be just as loving.

Perhaps after this experience, the third son will find a daughter-in-law who is just as beautiful.

"Why does the stone in your pocket glow?" An Chen asked in a somewhat exaggerated tone.

He looked surprised, as if he had just noticed.

An Chen was genuinely surprised this time, as was Jiu Ge who was standing next to him.

The entire stone emitted a light like an incandescent bulb, illuminating the whole room as if it were daytime.

This is neither the most amazing nor the most bizarre.

What frightened Jiu Ge the most was that when Zhen Jiu Ge and Zhen An Chen looked through the window into the house, it was still dimly lit by the flickering kerosene lamp.

Because the room was as bright as day, the old man immediately turned off the kerosene lamp.

An Chen and Jiu Ge outside saw a pitch-black room, but their illusory clones saw it brightly lit.

You mean this rock?

Grandma Li took the stone out and held it like a precious treasure, her face turning ashen.

"Hahaha, you can actually see that?" The old man took big gulps of tea, revealing fangs in his mouth.

Hehehehehe.

Hehehehehe.

The two children started laughing eerily, and as they laughed, their hair grew longer and longer.

The illusion of Jiuge got up and tried to run away, but the illusion of Anchen held her down to prevent her from moving.

"Alas!" Both Jiuge whimpered in fear at the same time.

After enduring this horrific scene for about ten seconds, the Zhang family returned to normal.

The light emitted by the stone dimmed slightly, turning into a warm, lamp-like glow.

"This was given to me by my third son before he passed away."

Grandma Li touched the stone intently, looking at it as if it were a precious treasure.

It seems that Stone is her third son.

The two children started clearing away the dishes.

In the dead of winter, the old man used a broken fan to fan them.

"Why can it glow?" Jiuge asked curiously.

“It was given to me by my son,” Grandma Li continued talking to herself, without answering the question.

"Can I take a look?" An Chen suggested.

"No!!!" Grandma Li screamed in terror.

Jiuge was so frightened that she fell to the ground, while An Chen remained calm and composed.

The other three members of the Zhang family continued with their own business without reacting.

Chapter 83 Darkness

Grandma Li's screams were deafening.

Jiuge was terrified, and her face turned even paler.

"I was just kidding, I didn't intend to touch it." Seeing that things weren't going well, An Chen quickly gave Grandma Li a smile.

"Oh, I knew it." Grandma Li's voice returned to normal, and her expression became kind and gentle again.

The other three members of the Zhang family continued with their own activities, showing no reaction whatsoever, as if everything remained as usual.

"Then we'll go ahead and get busy. I'll call you when I've prepared your sleeping place." Grandma Li got up, pushed open the back door, and went to the backyard.

She needs to find some better straw.

The old man smiled at An Chen and Jiu Ge, and then planned to follow them to the backyard.

Before leaving, as if he had thought of something, he took out a few rags from a box at the bottom of a broken cabinet next to him.

"If you don't mind, you can put some padding in your clothes. We wear a mix of spring, summer, and autumn clothes, and we have more children's clothes, but unfortunately you can't wear them." The old man's expression was somewhat apologetic.

He genuinely believed that An Chen and Jiu Ge were about to catch a cold from the cold.

"It's alright, we have a special constitution, we're resistant to cold, we're really not cold." An Chen chuckled.

"Mmm." Jiuge nodded in agreement.

The old man patted his head, shook his head, and continued, "Look at how senile I am! Although we don't have much firewood left, you can still make a fire if you need to..."

"Thank you, but really, it's not necessary."

The awkward conversation lasted for a while before it ended.

After the old man left, the two children, Little Twist and Little Dog Egg, finished cleaning up the dishes.

Having just finished their work, and full of energy, they started playing hopscotch with An Chen and Jiu Ge in the dark.

……

far away.

An Chen and Jiu Ge's true forms were hiding behind a haystack, observing secretly.

The timeline of the illusion is still a hundred years ago, unlike the brightly lit modern world. Jiuge waved her hand and released a few small white light orbs for illumination.

To avoid being seen by passersby, they set up a mini barrier as a precaution.

Because of An Chen's enthusiastic verbal recommendation, Jiu Ge used illusion magic to readjust the two's settings.

The phantoms Jiuge and Anchen, who are currently playing games in the dark with two children, are portrayed as lively, cheerful, and funny.

Four figures hopped and skipped around in the dimly lit doorway, looking extremely happy.

In an instant, An Chen seemed to see the shadow of a kindergarten teacher who was trying hard to amuse the children by gesturing wildly in his illusion.

Jiuge remained silent, her expression revealing no change in her feelings.

“Zhang Zhidong’s ancestors were also very good,” An Chen remarked.

“Indeed,” Jiuge agreed.

Aside from the fact that the strange phenomena were frightening, that's the essence of it.

"It's still early," An Chen said, picking up his phone.

My phone still shows noon.

"..." Jiu Ge couldn't help but give An Chen a cold glare, as if he were an idiot.