Lingwu probably hadn't ridden in a car many times in her life. She fiddled with the car door for a long time before Ruan Chen helped her open it.
When the old woman initially wanted to sit in the back seat, Ruan Chen was really worried about leaving her back to this ticking time bomb—the old woman had always harbored murderous intent towards Ruan Chen, and she could sense it.
But Ruan Chen didn't care. As long as this person could behave himself for the time being, that was fine. Besides, she needed to maintain a good relationship with this old woman to further win over the Spirit Clan.
Having these old guys involved will make things much better, including the company's establishment and cultural promotion.
Ruan Chen settled Ling Wu in the passenger seat and reached out to fasten her seatbelt. To prevent his wife from misunderstanding, he explained, "This is for your safety. Otherwise, if there's an accident or a sudden stop, you'll fly right out of the first windshield."
As Ruan Chen turned to fasten her seatbelt, Ling Wu's murky eyes stared at her fair neck, where she could even see the blood flowing. With just a flick of her wrist, she could cut the skin there, and the girl would wither away instantly, the prophecy never to come true.
But she restrained herself, because she knew he only had one chance to make a move.
Although she had never actually fought Ruan Chen in real life, she had already seen in the so-called prophecy how ruthless and agile this girl was.
Although Ruan Chen has a good memory, she is a bit bad at distinguishing directions. After confirming with the spirit shaman that it was still the same address as yesterday, she turned on her phone's navigation.
The spirit shaman seemed very eager to learn and asked, "What is this?"
"Navigation is for guiding us, so we don't get lost."
"Will this thing remind us if we take the wrong turn?"
"That's for sure."
Although Ruan Chen was wary of the old woman, he still had to maintain a temporary peace on the surface, so his tone was quite respectful.
After only a few minutes, the spirit shaman suddenly said, "Young man, turn this thing off. All those drawings on it are making me dizzy. If you don't know the way, this old woman will show you. I've lived here my whole life, I'm sure I won't get lost."
Although Ruan Chen really wanted to reply to her, "If you're getting dizzy from looking at this, just close your eyes and stop looking. You'll be home when you wake up after a nap."
But after all, one must respect the elderly and care for the young, so Ruan Chen kept her words to herself, took her phone down—without exiting the navigation software, she connected to her Bluetooth headphones and continued listening to the directions.
She silently complained to herself that this old fogey had obviously never left the village in his life, and probably didn't know the way even after living his whole life. If she gave him directions, he might end up in some ditch.
As it turns out, Ruan Chen was right.
They had only driven a little over a kilometer when they reached a fork in the road. The navigation system told Ruan Chen to turn right, but his wife insisted that he go straight.
Ruan Chen hesitated for a moment, then saw that going straight ahead was also a main road, so she didn't turn for the time being. Then she heard the navigation error message in her earphones and had to replan a new route.
However, at three consecutive intersections, Lingwu told Ruan Chen to go straight, which was different from the route indicated by the navigation.
The navigation system prompts, "You are now 32 kilometers from your destination. Please return to the correct route."
Ruan Chen remembered that the bank was more than 20 kilometers away from the village at first, but now it was obviously getting farther and farther away as they drove straight, and they were gradually getting to a sparsely populated area. Ruan Chen rolled down the car window and smelled a faint salty and fishy smell.
When the spirit shaman instructed Ruan Chen to go straight again, Ruan Chen turned around without hesitation and followed the new route planned by the navigation software.
It was just a simple U-turn, but the spirit witch suddenly flew into a rage. Sitting in the passenger seat, she gripped her cane and pounded the carpet hard. "Didn't you hear me tell you to go straight?! Turn back right now!"
Ruan Chen ignored him.
"You've gone the wrong way!" the shaman shouted.
Ruan Chen hesitated for a moment, then turned around and returned to the road he had been walking straight ahead, heading towards the faintly visible sea ahead.
The anger on the spirit witch's face subsided, and she was panting heavily, clearly showing signs of old age and physical weakness.
She thought Ruan Chen would obediently drive into the dead end she had set up for her, but Ruan Chen gradually slowed down and finally pulled over to the side of the road.
Before Lingwu could react, she saw Ruan Chen reach out and unbuckle her seatbelt. Then the car door next to her opened, and Ruan Chen, with a cold face, didn't even look at her. "Didn't you want to go straight? Then take your time. I won't see you off for the rest of the way."
"Or if you can't walk, I can call you a car."
The shaman slowly twisted his neck, a sinister smile appearing on his wrinkled old face. "You saw through it."
Ruan Chen's heart sank slightly; her sixth sense gave her a very bad feeling.
The spirit witch didn't move, but Ruan Chen decisively opened the car door and got out.
She didn't know what the old woman was up to, but she could tell that staying with her any longer would only lead to disaster.
Although this old, seemingly dying creature posed no threat to Ruan Chen whatsoever.
Ruan Chen just couldn't understand why, even if the old man still wanted to kill her, whom they saw as the embodiment of the devil, given the generous conditions he had offered, he shouldn't be in such a hurry.
At the very least, we need to wait until the company is established and everything is on track.
They've only received 100 million so far, and they're already satisfied?
As Ruan Chen walked away quickly, her departing figure caught the eye of the spirit witch. She remained seated calmly, seemingly unconcerned about being left behind, and the smile on her face grew even more eerie.
Ruan Chen walked straight to the main road, intending to call someone from the group to send a car to pick him up, when he saw a taxi driving by in the distance.
She hung up the phone and reached out to flag down a car.
wrong.
Ruan Chen's outstretched hand, which was meant to stop the car, froze in mid-air.
There's a coastline ahead, so why is an empty car here? Looking around, there's no one here except for myself and that old man.
A thought suddenly occurred to Ruan Chen—there might be someone.
The next moment, she opened her mental network, and everything around her became exceptionally clear in her mental world.
There were people in the woods not far away, in the bushes to the side and behind, and in the pile of construction waste a dozen meters away...
She was surrounded.
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