"Passed away? Why?"

Yue Jiuling was surprised when she heard the news. She picked up the water glass on the table, took a sip, and asked, "Do you know why? Oh, right, I remember that old lady said that they cast the curse on her son. How did her son die?"

Mu Xiaoyi continued to ask her friend on her phone. She said, "I heard from them that it seems to be some kind of terminal illness, the kind where he won't live much longer. They're just having someone cast a curse on him to try and extend his lifespan. The illness is definitely incurable."

"Tsk tsk, when it comes to life and death, those who are destined to die will die sooner or later. Using such a method to prolong life is too despicable. If they hadn't run into me, they probably would have succeeded long ago."

Yue Jiuling strongly disapproved of their actions and believed that such people must be severely punished.

Mu Xiaoyi also said, "That's right, doesn't someone else's life matter?"

"Hmph, Xiao Yi, what do you think their sentence will be?" Yue Jiuling was more concerned about the aftermath.

Mu Xiaoyi shook her head and said, "I don't know yet. It will probably take a few more days to find out. But don't worry, the law enforcement department above is very strict about these kinds of cases and will definitely not let them off easily."

"Oh, that puts my mind at ease."

City C

Taking advantage of the nice afternoon weather, Yue Jiu Nian planned to take the stone monster out for a stroll and let it see the world. She carried a small transparent bag, put the stone inside, and then said to Liu Zhan, who was following behind her, "Are you sure you want to come along too? You're not going to stay home and study?"

Liu Zhan kept his eyes fixed on Yue Jiu Nian's small bag and said in a very firm tone, "Yes, I want to go out with you too."

Yue Jiu Nian knew he wanted to see the stone monster, so she asked him, "What? You haven't seen each other for several days. Do you want to say hello?"

Liu Zhan wasn't really afraid of the stone monster anymore, probably because of the presence of the 'master' Yue Jiu Nian, or perhaps because he knew the stone monster wouldn't harm him. So he looked at Yue Jiu Nian with an expectant expression and said, "Is it okay? Will the stone... will it disagree?"

Yue Jiu Nian reached out and patted the small bag, saying, "Of course you can, as long as you're not afraid of it anymore. Hey, Big Stone, someone wants to see you. Wake up, don't sleep."

The big rock was still half asleep, but after being woken up by Yue Jiu Nian, it revealed its strange expression and said, "Oh? Someone wants to see me? Who is it?"

Upon hearing the stone monster speak, Liu Zhan immediately became a little nervous. He looked around and, seeing that no one was paying attention to them, bent down and greeted the stone monster in a low voice: "Hello~ Hello, do you... do you remember me?"

Although the big rock was a little confused, it still remembered the young man it had seen in the mountains before. It opened its eyes and said, "Oh, it's you, young man. What are you doing here?"

Liu Zhan said awkwardly, "Um, I'm here to see my sister." He pointed to Yue Jiu Nian and continued, "She's my sister."

Yue Jiu Nian also explained, "Oh right, I forgot to tell you, this guy is actually my cousin. I only found out in the last few days."

The stone monster understood and said, "Oh, I see. You two are really destined to meet. By the way, Jiu Nian, where are you taking me? This place feels very small to me."

The stone monster was put into Yue Jiu Nian's bag while it was sleeping, so it didn't know that Yue Jiu Nian was going to take it shopping.

Yue Jiu said, "Hey, this is my bag. Here's the thing, I'm planning to take you out for a stroll and let you see the world outside the human realm. What? Don't you want to go?"

"Oh~ Going outside? Sure, I've been looking forward to this for so long, how could I not want to go out? Let's go, I can't wait!"

The stone monster understood now and immediately asked Yue Jiu Nian to take it out for a walk. Its voice was full of anticipation, showing how much it wanted to go out.

Liu Zhan, who overheard their conversation, said, "Let's hurry up and go out, otherwise Auntie and the others will come back later, and they definitely won't let us out. They'll just tell us to study hard."

Yue Jiu Nian picked up her phone and walked towards the front door: "Let's go then. Oh, right, I also need to tell Auntie that we won't be back for dinner tonight, so she doesn't need to cook for us."

Liu Zhan said, "Okay, then send a message to my aunt first."

The two left quickly, but since they were both minors, they didn't have their own car and took a taxi to the mall.

When Liu Zhan was sitting in the car, he saw the stone monster secretly moving its eyes to observe the interior of the car from inside Yue Jiu Nian's bag.

Liu Zhan was afraid the driver would notice, so he slightly turned to the side to cover the bag. As he did so, he asked Yue Jiu Nian something he had just thought of: "Hey, sis, do you have another name? I remember my mom told me your name was Jiang Nian, but you told me before that your name is Yue Jiu Nian, with the surname Yue. Did you take your mother's surname?"

Yue Jiu Nian knew that this curious child was now curious about her name again. She shook her head and casually replied, "No, my mother's surname is not Yue. My name Yue Jiu Nian was actually given to me by my master. It's the name I use in the underworld."

"Oh, I see. So people in your circle don't use their real names, right?"

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