"Yes, it was me," the person on the other end of the line replied. "It was indeed my negligence to let that soul escape from the doll. Talking about this gives me a headache. At the time, it looked like it had lost all hope in life and wanted to get out of it quickly, but then it suddenly became interested in something and possessed the doll. I really can't figure it out."

"If Liang Yubai is having trouble with this, I'll handle it myself." The person on the other end of the line quickly read out a string of numbers and said calmly, "This is my cell phone number. If anything happens, call me. Also, you can't exorcise ghosts, so you'd better be careful and don't act rashly. Rather than worrying about Liang Yubai, I think it would be more meaningful for you to investigate who the female ghost is currently possessing."

"Oh, okay." Yu Yao took out her cell phone while listening and quickly wrote down her contact information on her phone.

"By the way, where did you find Liang Yubai's phone?"

"In a wood."

"The foggy woods?"

"Um."

"I advise you to leave as soon as possible. That place is really not a good place. I don't know what happened in the past, but the resentment is very strong. I asked around a little before, and it seems that there is a remote canyon behind the foggy woods, with a small village in the middle. The village is called—"

The business on the other end of the phone paused, and the phone, which was already running low on power, popped up a final low-battery reminder and then turned off.

"The battery is out..." Yu Yao stared at her phone in a daze, and was glad that she had written down the other party's phone number in time.

"Who's calling?" Bai Fang asked next to him.

Yu Yao stood up and told Bai Fang about the conversation just now. She also looked around and thought about a way out.

The person on the phone told them not to stay here any longer, which meant that it might be dangerous. They only found Liang Yubai's cell phone, but didn't see any figure or trace of him. Instead, they were surrounded by white fog and couldn't even tell the direction. If they stayed here any longer, not only would they lose their way, not to mention finding Liang Yubai.

But recently, looking from the outside, there was only a thin layer of fog, at most the level of morning fog. Unexpectedly, not long after we came in, the deeper we went, the thicker the fog became, and the visibility was so low that we could only see objects within one meter around us.

Yu Yao had never seen such a strange natural environment before.

"Doctor Bai, let's go back first." Yu Yao squatted down, shining the light of her cell phone, trying to find the footprints they left on the ground. The fog here was heavy, the air was very humid, and the soil was also moist, so footprints could be left when they came.

I wanted to go back along the same path, but when I squatted down and looked, I saw footprints everywhere on the ground. They might have been left by the two of them running back and forth looking for each other.

"Doctor Bai, can you still tell which way to go back?" Yu Yao stood up helplessly, feeling a little troubled by the current situation.

Bai Fang shook his head and looked around. "I have a poor sense of direction in the woods, and the fog is so thick that I don't even know which direction I'm heading."

"Oh, I see..." Yu Yao nodded, and was very calm. In order to avoid getting separated from Bai Fang in the fog again, she held Bai Fang's hand tightly, put Liang Yubai's phone in her pocket, and then, with the light from her own phone, walked to the side, found the nearest tree, and knocked on the trunk.

"Can I ask for directions?" She asked while standing in front of a larger tree. This forest has been there for a long time, and almost every tree passing by can talk. However, the plants themselves become quieter as they age, and are even more silent than the streets outside.

Unlike other chatty objects, trees don't talk on their own initiative, but they will usually speak if you approach them.

"Where are we going?" Yu Yao asked, and immediately heard the answer, a slow voice.

"I can't tell the original direction, but as long as we get out, we can leave this forest." Yu Yao replied.

The tree was silent for a moment, then its branches swayed as if blown by the wind, shaking two leaves. "Go straight in this direction, don't turn, and you'll be out."

"Okay! Thank you!" Yu Yao immediately nodded with a smile, pulled Bai Fang to stand in the direction where the leaves fell, and started walking straight in that direction.

"Did you ask the tree for directions?" Bai Fang looked back at the tree and asked Yu Yao.

"Well, it says that we can get out by going straight in this direction."

"Is it credible?"

"Plants and objects generally don't lie, unless their existence is threatened," Yu Yao replied.

"They just told you the direction so straightforwardly? They seemed easy to talk to, didn't they?"

"Plants are pretty easy to talk to, right? Except for the newly grown buds or flowers, they are generally easy to communicate with. The same goes for mature objects." Yu Yao explained to Bai Fang in detail while pulling her.

Bai Fang was aware of Yu Yao's special ability, but every time he saw her suddenly turn her head and talk to the wall, branches or something, he always felt it was a bit strange, perhaps because he couldn't hear what they were saying.

Even though I know Yu Yao's abilities well, I still find it strange. If it were someone else who doesn't know about her, I don't know how they would view Yu Yao.

People who don't know her will think she is weird, and people who know her may not be able to accept her weirdness. This is why Yu Yao cherishes her friends so much.

When Bai Fang thought of this, he felt a little heavy-hearted.

Did Yu Yao know about Shu Wen's situation? Was she completely oblivious, or was she subconsciously aware of it but simply not accepting or acknowledging it?

She quickly realized Shu Wen's identity, but it must have been like a thin layer of window paper in front of Yu Yao, whom she had known for many years, and no one dared to reveal this secret first.

Bai Fang glanced at Yu Yao secretly. She had been holding Bai Fang's hand. Her face, soaked in mist, was a little blurry, but one could detect a hint of tension. She was uneasy.

But at this time, comfort is useless, we can only observe how the situation develops.

Yu Yao likes both Liang Yubai and Shu Wen very much, which is no small matter for her.

As he was walking and thinking, Yu Yao beside him suddenly stopped, turned his head and looked at Bai Fang quickly, his eyes wide open, and asked in a low voice: "Doctor Bai, did you... hear any footsteps?"

Yu Yao's voice was very low, almost to the lowest tone she could muster, and even Bai Fang next to her couldn't hear it clearly, but it also meant that she was a little nervous.

After hearing what she said, Bai Fang immediately fell silent and listened carefully to the sounds around him.

The woods were thick with fog, and from time to time there were the sounds of falling leaves or branches, but otherwise it was quite quiet, and any other sound would have been noticeably abrupt. As soon as Yu Yao reminded her, she noticed it immediately.

There was indeed a faint sound of footsteps not far away, slowly walking towards this side.

After confirming the footsteps, the two of them fell silent at the same time and did not dare to speak.

Is there someone else in this forest, or...something that is not human?

Yu Yao listened to the voice quietly. The other party seemed to know where they were and walked towards them steadily without any hesitation.

Bai Fang also realized this, and reached out to stop Yu Yao behind him, staring at that direction vigilantly.

"Huh?" A girl's voice came from the fog, sounding a little childish. "There really is someone here."

The two paused, and as the voice approached, a girl of about fifteen or sixteen slowly emerged from the mist. She was wearing dry cloth clothes, and her face was a little dirty, as if she had just rolled on the ground and crawled up. Her whole body was wrapped in mist, which was indescribably weird, but her eyes looked very spiritual.

"Are you two sisters lost here?" Seeing that neither of them spoke, the girl took the initiative to ask.

Yu Yao subconsciously raised her eyes to look at Bai Fang and pointed at the girl, "Can you see it?"

Bai Fang nodded.

"Ah, you can see it, so it should be a human, right?" Yu Yao was not quite sure. This girl did not look like a ghost, but she just did not look like one. After all, ghosts can also appear in front of people and be seen.

The girl blinked and glanced at the two people innocently. "Are you lost? People often get lost in this forest. You probably can't get out, right?"

Yu Yao nodded hesitantly. "Do you know the way? Are you lost too?"

"No, no." The girl smiled and waved her hand. "I was just about to go out when I heard some noise over here and came over to check."

She pointed behind her and said, "If you're lost, I can take you out. I know this place very well."

"If you're worried, you can get out by walking straight in this direction." The girl pointed. It happened to be the direction Yu Yao had just asked about. They could get out by walking straight, but they stopped for a while because they met the girl on the way.

Yu Yao looked around suspiciously, staring at the girl. "Why...are you so familiar with this place?"

"Because I live in the back." The girl shrugged calmly, "I often come to this forest."

Yu Yao was even more confused. "Live in the back? Is there any place else to live in the back?"

"It's a village. People in our village don't like outsiders, so we don't come out often, and not many people know about it." The girl waved at the two of them, "I have to go out. You can leave here by walking straight in this direction. Don't turn around."

The girl said this as she walked past Yu Yao and the others and left, not paying any attention to the two people.

The two men stared at the girl's figure until she disappeared into the mist, then turned back blankly, "The village she was talking about... is it the village I heard about on the phone before?"

"I remember it said there was a remote canyon behind the woods, and there was a village in the canyon, right?" Yu Yao carefully recalled what she had heard on the phone before.

There is actually a village behind such a forest.