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  As for Jiang g's as, her Xiaomeng nor Zh made any attempt to stop him. On the trary, if Jiang g had not acted, they would have used their owhods to make the girl speak.

  Although the house the girl mentioned was dipidated, the dried chili peppers hanging uhe eaves and the vegetables pnted in the yard indicated that there were adults in the house.

  The girl didn’t expect Jiang g to ge his demeanor so quickly and act so fiercely. Her eyes instantly reddened, and just as she was about to cry, she heard Jiang g’s slow voice: "If you dare cry, I'll have this dy destroy the vegetables your family has pnted."

  Upon hearing this, the girl was too scared to cry.

  For her, this threat was more terrifying than beien because her family relied on those vegetables for survival.

  Hunger had been a stant in her life since she could remember.

  "No," the girl said, her eyes blurry with tears, but she didn’t dare to let them fall. Her small face torted in distress as she looked pitiful. "Those were pnted by my mother. Please, don’t destroy them."

  Jiang g set the girl ba the ground. She wao turn and run back to her house, but knowing that she could run away while the vegetables couldn’t, she dared not flee.

  "We’ll make a deal," Jiang g bent down, looking into her eyes calmly. "Every time you answer a question, I’ll give you half a steamed bun. How about that?"

  "Okay," the girl answered, her voice timid.

  "Only you and your mother live there, right?"

  "There's also my grandmother," the girl said, pressing her lips together, "But she’s very sid needs my mother to go up the mountain to get medie for her."

  "What about your father?"

  The girl stared at Jiang g, her eyes seemingly full of emotions.

  Jiang g pulled the half-steamed bun from his pocket and slipped it bato the girl's, making her immediately say, "Hong Hong never met her father, but my mother said he went to a big city. When I grow up, he will e bad buy me lots and lots of white steamed buns."

  Her eyes gleamed, but the others’ expressions dimmed.

  It seemed that white steamed buhe limit of the girl's imagination.

  And the others khat her father would probably never return.

  He must have already died at the hands of Zhao Xiangmei.

  "Is your mother and grandmother both at home?" Jiang g asked.

  The girl nodded.

  At this point, Zh suddenly noticed that the sun had already set halfway, and only a sliver remained visible over the mountain.

  Night was fast approag.

  Jiang g took aeamed bun from his pocket and ha to the girl. "We’re going baow," he said. "I’ll be here waiting for you tomorrow evening. The usual deal: one question, half a steamed bun."

  "But..." The girl looked at the whole bun in her hands, then raised her eyes to look at Jiang g, asking in fusion, " you give me half more?"

  "This half is a deposit," Jiang g said without turning back, then turned and ran toward the pce they were staying.

  Just before the sun pletely disappeared behind the mountain, the three finally ehe house. On the old wooden table, there was a bck pot and several sets of chopsticks.

  "Mr. Yin," Li Lu, who was still suffering from her leg injury, warmly greeted them. "e eat, the soup is still hot. The vilge chief just sent someoh it."

  Zh sed the empty house, where only Li Lu was sitting by the edge of the kang.

  "Where are Pei Qian and Jiang Zhongyi?"

  "Pei Qian and Jiang Zhongyi said they were going to walk around the yard," Li Lu said, then seemed to realize something, her pupils widening. "Wait, didn’t you see them when you came in?"

  Of course, they hadn’t.

  "When did they leave?" Jiang g asked.

  "About... 15 minutes ago," Li Lu also realized the seriousness of the situation. Her face lost some color, turning pale. "They left before eating."

  Xiaomeng turned and opehe door. Li Lu, peering through the door, saw that it was already pletely dark outside.

  The night here was dangerous, and it was clear that if they hadn’t e back yet, something must have happened.

  But acc to Li Lu, they left 15 minutes ago, which meant they must have noticed it was getting dark and wouldn’t have gone far.

  They must have been deyed or distracted by something ued.

  And nearby, there was something that could have drawn their attention... In a fsh, the three of them simultaneously thought of a building.

  The rgest, abandoned, and sealed-off building in the yard.

  "Miss Xiao Longnu," Zh quickly said to Xiaomeng, "Please stay here with Li Lu. Mr. Yin and I will go check it out."

  This time, Xiaomeng didn’t insist on following. She agreed without hesitation to stay behind.

  Li Lu nodded apologetically to everyone, uanding that her presence was holding the group back.

  Zh opehe door and, while walking outside, said, "Mr. Yin, we o hurry."

  But to their surprise, Jiang g didn’t move. He just stared at Xiaomeng and Li Lu, then suddenly spoke, "Maybe I should stay. I’m better at taking care of people."

  He paused for a moment, then said formally, "I’m a doctor."

  "Heh," Xiaomeng sneered coldly, giving no face as she retorted, "Please respect the medical profession. They would never accept someone like you."

  Just as Jiang g kept pestering Xiaomeng about staying with her, they suddenly heard a loud crash.

  "Bang!"

  The sound was deep and muffled, as if something heavy had fallen, not far away.

  The three immediately turned and ran outside. Li Lu, though curious, knew she wouldn’t be of much use and might slow them down.

  A few seds ter, a shrill scream was heard.

  The voice was deep and raspy, suggesting someone older. The three immediately reized the voice as belonging to Pei Qian.

  Whatever had caused him to scream like that, they were all eager to find out.

  Jiang g returo the room, grabbed the oil mp from the table, and then headed in the dire of the scream. Zh followed closely behind, and after a moment of hesitation, Xiaomeng decided to join them.

  Their judgment was correct. The two had indeed goo the abandoned building in the yard, and the scream had e from there.

  The dim light barely lit the way ahead, barely dispersing the darkness around them. The night air was thick with an uling st.

  Jiang g paused.

  He slowly took a deep breath, his expression ging.

  The uling st was unmistakable—he could smell blood.

  But even more uling than that ei Qian. His scream had only sted a brief moment, and then, suddenly, it stopped.

  The surroundings became eerily silent.

  (End of the Chapter)

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