Bai Xinyu, who was touching up her makeup, overheard their conversation and said, "Oh dear, Comrade Long, why didn't you say so sooner? I've already put on my lipstick, so I can't eat now even if I want to."

Mu Xiaoyi happened to come out of the tea room and heard this, so she laughed and said, "So what if you put on lipstick? Just open your mouth wider and stuff it in."

Her words made everyone laugh.

Hahahaha~

Bai Xinyu spun around in her chair, turned around, and glared at her, pretending to be angry, saying, "I don't know how to eat it this way. Why don't you demonstrate it for us?"

Yue Jiuling also said, "That's right, Xiaoyi, why don't you give us a demonstration?"

As she spoke, she picked up another steamed bun and took a bite, saying indistinctly, "Come on, keep going, you can do it!"

Mu Xiaoyi laughed and said, "No, no, I just made a suggestion, but that doesn't mean I have a big mouth and can demonstrate how to eat a bun one bite at a time."

"Haha, then why did you say that?" Bai Xinyu looked up at her and laughed.

"Okay, I was wrong, but I'll do it again next time!"

The morning passed quickly amidst such laughter and chatter.

On the bus, Yue Jiu Nian sat by the window, feeling utterly hopeless, because next to her sat a middle-aged woman who talked incessantly. That woman had been chatting incessantly with another middle-aged woman across the way, her mouth never stopping since she boarded the bus, and she was still talking non-stop, seemingly without a care in the world.

The older woman spoke in a loud voice, and her gestures and speech were very expressive. She would make gestures along with every sentence she spoke, making it impossible for Yue Jiu Nian to fall asleep. She was almost driven to tears by the annoyance.

Yue Jiu Nian leaned against the window, gazing at the scenery outside the car, her mind pounding with anger: "Damn it! I should have just stayed in the hotel a little longer and changed my ticket. At least I wouldn't have run into these two. Damn it, I really want to use magic to shut them up! Tell me, tell me, what's there to say? So annoying!"

Fortunately, the journey wasn't very long. A few hours later, Yue Jiu Nian was finally free and could finally escape the nagging of the older women, because the station had finally been reached.

"This bus has arrived at its final stop. Passengers, please disembark."

Yue Jiu Nian carried her backpack and got off the bus with the crowd. She then went straight out of the station and hailed a taxi to the Jiang family.

The Chiang family:

The Jiang family has a guest today; it's Huang Qing's younger sister.

Huang Qingniang has three children: an older brother and a younger sister, who are both married and have children.

"Sister, look at our Xiao Zhan. He's about to take the college entrance exam and this still happened to him. What's been going on with us lately?"

Huang Qing's sister, Huang Ru, said to Huang Qing, "Thank goodness he came back safely, otherwise my husband and I wouldn't know what to do."

"Hey, don't worry too much. At least he's back safe and sound now. Just be more careful in the future."

Huang Qing also said with a helpless and heartbroken expression.

Huang Ru, still looking pained, said, "He's back, but he seems to be terrified. He keeps saying he saw monsters and encountered a giant flying snake. I'm very worried that he might be sick."

Huang Qing knew that his nephew had suddenly disappeared a few days ago, and then was suddenly found and brought back by the police. However, after returning, he kept telling his parents that he had encountered monsters and giant snakes, which frightened Huang Ru and his wife. They thought that their son was terrified and was hallucinating.

However, after hearing about this, Huang Qing said, "Actually, maybe what Xiao Zhan said is true. After all, there are many things in this world that science cannot explain, such as ghosts..."

"Sister, when did you become so superstitious? It's one thing for Xiao Zhan to have delusions, but why are you superstitious too?"

Just like Huang Qing before her, Huang Ru didn't believe in ghosts or gods, so she was very surprised when she heard Huang Qing say this.

Huang Qing was also helpless. She knew what kind of person her younger sister was, so when Yue Jiu Nian returned to the Jiang family, she did not tell her own family about this. But now, she had no choice but to tell them.

"Ah Ru, actually, I saw a ghost, just a short while ago..."

Huang Qing, seeing Huang Ru's shocked expression, told her about Yue Jiu Nian's affairs, and then recounted the ghost stories her family had witnessed, leaving Huang Ru completely bewildered.