Impossible!
He was still running, but the farther he ran, the more muddled he became, his mind a chaotic mess.
Suddenly, his communication stone rang.
Kun Tianchen shuddered all over. He took out the communication stone and saw that it was from Yuexi Qianqian. She appeared in the projection and said speechlessly, "Are you sick? Why did you suddenly sneak off?"
"No, weren't you setting a trap to kill me?" Kun Tianchen asked blankly.
"Catch your grandpa, you dumbass."
After cursing him out, Yuexi Qianqian shut off the communication stone.
That made Kun Tianchen stop dead in his tracks. His whole body went numb as he turned to look in the direction from which he had fled, his mind seeming to jam into a complete mess.
"No, she's trying to lure me back?"
"But couldn't they have just chased me then?"
"What exactly is going on? Could they really be investigating a case?"
Kun Tianchen felt like one head had become two. In the end, he decided... to go back.
Mm!
That was right, go back.
When he awkwardly scratched his head and returned to where they had been, all five of them, Zi Zhen included, were staring at him speechlessly.
"Sick in the head?" Yuexi Qianqian cursed again.
Kun Tianchen gave a foolish grin. "Well, it just felt too stuffy, so I moved around a little. Heh heh."
Sifang Yin merely glanced at him before saying, "Stop wasting time. Let's go."
As he spoke, he had Bo Mengyan resume the journey and continue onward.
Zi Zhen and Kun Tianchen ended up bringing up the rear again.
"What do you say?" Zi Zhen asked.
"Well, um... I overthought it!" Kun Tianchen said sheepishly. "If it really were a trap, they should have chased me just now instead of letting me