Yu Yao is a detective who firmly believes in materialism, and she trusts supernatural things the least.
Yet, ever since she was little, she could hear strange things.
At the crime scene...
Yu Yao was stunned.
Why is Shu Wen here? Is this fake again?
She quietly peeked out of the window and happened to meet Shu Wen's gaze outside. She looked at him carefully. Shu Wen looked normal, nothing unusual about him. But considering the previous situation, she didn't dare to believe it. What's more, why did Shu Wen appear here?
"Why are you here?" Yu Yao asked while looking out from under the crack of the door. This time the light in the yard was normal, and she could see Shu Wen's feet in high heels.
"It's because you keep running around to strange places that I have no choice but to come look for you." Shu Wen sighed leisurely outside the door. "I heard you ran over here, so I came to look for you. Are you okay? Are you in any danger?"
"No." Yu Yao shook her head. The other person's tone was exactly the same as Shu Wen's, making her doubt her life. "Are you the real Shu Wen?"
"Could there be fake ones here?" Shu Wen raised his eyebrows slightly, his expression somewhat helpless. "The ghost exorcist lady inside isn't in good condition, right? Bring her out, and I'll take you away from here."
"But there are... a lot of ghosts outside, eh? Why don't they come out?" Yu Yao glanced outside through the glass. There were ghosts everywhere yesterday, but today there was not a single one.
"Who knows? Come out quickly, I'll keep an eye on it for you outside." Shu Wen stepped outside and waited at the entrance of the yard.
Yu Yao stared at Shu Wen outside, then turned to look at Liang Yubai. Indeed, if Liang Yubai stayed any longer, she might be in danger. If she could get out, she wanted to take Liang Yubai out as soon as possible.
After thinking about it, Yu Yao decided to open the door and try.
She unlocked the door, carefully opened it a crack, and looked out. She didn't see any strange ghosts, only Shu Wen standing at the entrance of the yard. She was standing there fiddling with her mobile phone. As usual, she was wearing a black tight skirt, and her hair and nails were very neatly groomed. She was so beautiful that it was out of place in this small, shabby village.
"Hurry up and bring the person out." Shu Wen turned around and saw Yu Yao shrinking and testing the door, and couldn't help but urge her.
"Oh, okay." After confirming that there was no danger, Yu Yao turned back into the house, helped Liang Yubai up from the chair, and supported her body as she walked out.
"It's so heavy! Shu Wen, come and help." Yu Yao staggered Liang Yubai out of the house and couldn't help shouting over there.
"How is she?" Shu Wen came over to help Yu Yao lift Liang Yubai up, then looked down at her condition. "Does she have a fever?"
"Yeah!" Yu Yao nodded. "She started having a fever last night and hasn't eaten or drunk anything until now. We need to get her out of here quickly."
Shu Wen was silent for a moment, staring at Liang Yubai with his dark eyes slightly darkened, "...Okay."
Two people supported Liang Yubai on both sides and took her out of the village.
On the way out, Yu Yao looked around carefully, alert to every house she passed by, for fear that a ghost would suddenly jump out of it. But after walking out of the yard for a long way, the whole village was still quiet, without any sound, as if the ghosts that wandered around the village yesterday had disappeared completely today.
"Strange, why didn't any ghost come out today?" Yu Yao stared at her surroundings vigilantly, not daring to let her guard down, but at the same time she was very confused. Mingtian had been bothering her in the yard for a long time last night, knocking on the door and windows, and pretending to be Dr. Bai, but when she came out, she didn't see a single ghost.
"Maybe...something happened." Shu Wen thought about it and simply said it perfunctorily.
"That's too weird, is something wrong with the group?" Yu Yao was still extremely worried. She followed Shu Wen out of the village with trepidation. After leaving the village, she looked back at the village and found that it looked the same as when she first came, and had turned back into a deserted village.
"This place feels really weird." Yu Yao frowned, still feeling a chill down her spine. She turned around and couldn't help but talk to Shu Wen about what happened last night. She felt very uneasy if she didn't find someone to talk to.
Shu Wen listened silently as Yu Yao told her about the situation in the village. The two of them supported Liang Yubai and slowly walked into the woods.
"This village had some outdated customs a long time ago, which led to the deaths of many people in the village. Later, it was sealed off by the police and no one lived there anymore. However, the souls of those who died unjustly here in the past all stayed here. Perhaps the resentment was too heavy, so it caused a certain impact." Shu Wen told her lightly.
"Plus, atrocities often occurred outside the woods in the past, and those who died tragically here have gathered together with the resentful spirits within the woods, causing this area to become heavily gloomy."
"Strange cases often happen, and there are people seeing ghosts, so even fewer people come here." Shu Wen turned around and knocked Yu Yao on the head. "Why did you come here? Why don't you just stay at home? Coming to such a dangerous place will really cause trouble for me."
"I came here to look for Liang Yubai. She was taken away by a mysterious woman. I can't just leave her alone." Yu Yao felt very aggrieved.
Shu Wen sighed slowly, his voice dull, "If you ignore this matter, it will go more smoothly."
"By the way, I have investigated the specific location of Liang Yubai's family. She is very weak now. After we take her out, let's send her back to recuperate." Shu Wen suggested.
"Sure!" Yu Yao nodded, and after a moment of confusion, she belatedly asked, "Why did you go and look up Liang Yubai's address?"
Shu Wen was silent for a moment, "Well... I'll pay some attention to the sudden appearance of someone around you."
"Oh! I see." Yu Yao nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
Two people supported Liang Yubai as they walked in the woods. After entering the center of the woods, the surrounding fog became thicker, spreading between the trees and enveloping the figures of the three people. The fog was so thick that they could hardly distinguish the road.
Yu Yao looked around in confusion. The fog was so thick that she could only see Liang Yubai next to her, while Shu Wen a little further away was just a blurry shadow.
Following Shu Wen in such an environment, Yu Yao was quite unsure about the vast expanse of white surroundings. "Are we going this way?"
"Right." Shu Wen responded calmly, "I remember coming from this direction."
"Shu Wen actually remembers it so clearly?"
"My sense of direction is infinitely better than yours."
"In this kind of fog, even a good sense of direction is useless."
"Don't doubt my direction. You'll definitely get out this way."
The two of them were arguing back and forth when Liang Yubai, who was holding onto the other person, suddenly shuddered and uttered a small sound, "...My head hurts."
"Liang Yubai! You're awake." Yu Yao turned her head in shock, looked down at Liang Yubai's condition, reached out to straighten her body, and let her stand steadily.
"It's chilly here, so I've probably woken up a bit unconsciously." Liang Yubai rubbed his temples with a pale face, turning his head to look at the vast expanse of white. "I thought I heard you talking to someone just now. Is Miss Bai Fang back?"
"No, it's my friend, Shu Wen, she..." Yu Yao looked up at the place next to Liang Yubai, where Shu Wen had just stood, and was suddenly stunned. There was no one next to Liang Yubai, and Shu Wen's place was covered in white in the blink of an eye.
"Shu Wen is lost!!" Yu Yao panicked instantly. She supported Liang Yubai and turned around to look around, trying to find Shu Wen. However, all she could see were blurry tree shadows and white fog. She couldn't see anything clearly.
"Shu Wen? You have such a friend." Liang Yubai was a little surprised. He raised his head with great effort and turned around to look for her. "I've never seen her before, but she actually came here to find you. She's quite impressive. It's difficult for ordinary people to find that village without guidance."
"Shu Wen! Shu Wen, where are you?" Yu Yao shouted at the top of her lungs, feeling a little panicked. "She was just here, but she disappeared when you woke up. Was she kidnapped?"
Liang Yubai was silent for a moment, thinking for two seconds, "It disappeared as soon as I woke up?"
"Um."
"What color clothes is she wearing? Let's look for it together. Ghosts appear here from time to time. Let me confirm it."
"black."
Liang Yubai was silent for two seconds, then nodded slowly, "...I understand."
"But let's not be too far apart. Remember to listen to my voice at any time so as not to get separated again."
"Okay..." Yu Yao nodded, looking a little flustered. She looked at the white fog around her, squatted down and began to check the wet ground, looking for Shu Wen's high heel prints.
But the footprints were all over the place, and she couldn't tell which direction they were going. She could only search roughly based on the range.
Liang Yubai casually walked around, looking around from the place where Shu Wen had just disappeared. The pain in her head made her drowsy, but she still perked up and looked around.
She is different from Yu Yao. It will be easier for her to find Shu Wen.
She was already familiar with the breath of the mysterious woman. In this foggy forest, finding a ghost was a piece of cake for her as an exorcist.
The only problem is...
She turned around and glanced at Yu Yao who was looking for Shu Wen's whereabouts in the back.
Yu Yao seemed to be unaware of this matter, but she also had some understanding of what the female ghost wanted to hide.
"Yu Yao, you look around here. I'll look somewhere else. I won't go too far." Liang Yubai gave a reminder and began to look for the scent of the female ghost.
"Don't go too far, you are still very weak." Yu Yao raised her head nervously and looked around trying to find Liang Yubai's figure, but found that there was nothing to see except a vast expanse of white.
"Liang Yubai?" She called out in a trembling voice, but heard no response.