They waited for quite some time.
Miss Long still had not appeared, and there was no sound of fighting from the front courtyard.
The surroundings were deathly silent.
It was as if they had entered an ancient residence that had long been abandoned.
"What's going on?"
"Why hasn't she come yet?"
Wei Jinglou was growing anxious and uneasy. He kept looking around. Lanterns hung in the rear courtyard, with Double Happiness characters pasted on them. But there were few lanterns, and the dim light did nothing to make anyone feel safe.
On the contrary.
The uneven stone bricks, the overgrown weeds that had not been tended for a long time, and the wooden pillars that had already begun to decay—
As well as the pitch-black rooms that seemed to have been uninhabited for ages—
All of them created the terrifying impression that they had wandered into a haunted house.
He instinctively wanted to leave.
He did not want to stay here any longer.
"The Supernatural Aura here is very faint, but it hasn't disappeared. That means there's a supernatural source nearby." Jiang Qiao calmly surveyed the houses around them with curiosity.
"Let's go."
"If Miss Long isn't coming to find us, then we'll go find her."
Jiang Qiao spoke.
"Is... is that really a good idea?"
Wei Jinglou hesitated. It was not because he had such a high moral standard. This place was simply creepy, and he did not particularly want to wander around aimlessly. What if they ran into something? Wouldn't they be screwed then?
"It's fine."
"We're only doing this out of goodwill. We want to see whether Miss Long has run into trouble."
"Besides, she's your wife now."
"Even if you're a live-in son-in-law."
"That doesn't mean you can't see your own wife, right?"
Without bothering about