Odd Jobs

Bai bought a ticket and took the high-speed train out of City D.

She stood with her backpack before the seats, glanced at the luggage rack high overhead, and decided against it. The trip was only two hours anyway, so she might as well hold it in her arms. Her aisle seat made getting in and out easier.

She sat in her seat hugging her bag, lowered the brim of her cap, listened to music, and immersed herself in her own world.

Before leaving, Director Li had asked her to help resolve a few troubles—or perhaps "part-time work" was a more fitting description. She would handle the evil entities the Special Department could not deal with in exchange for future conveniences. Mutual benefit was the proper path.

The train sped faster and faster, and the scenery outside the window blurred into lines racing backward.

City D Station.

Director Li and the other Special Department agents watched the high-tech train speed away, their spirits soaring as they high-fived each other in celebration.

"Yeah~ She's finally gone! Hahahaha~"

Having sent off that savage beast, the taut strings wound tight for months could finally loosen. Heaven knew how they had endured each day trembling in fear of being stepped to death. Good that she was gone. Better yet, she should stay in another province and never return to L Province. A small temple could not support a great deity.

Outside the school gates.

Yun saw that the Monster Burrito stall had been replaced by one selling liangpi, and her heart felt strangely empty.

Chuanggou Village, early morning. Zhen Bei's mother's funeral procession set out.

Paper money scattered across the road, and paper streamers swayed. Villagers carried the coffin from the house and up the mountain. The mountains were green, the waters clear, the