The Shadow Puppet

"Uh..."

In the silence, the Siren drew out her words and asked plainly, "Should we take a detour?"

Only then did Old Huang snap out of it. He shuddered and grabbed Zhao Mou by the sleeve. "Quick, quick! While 'she' hasn't noticed us, let's get out of here!"

The woman's voice kept sobbing in the distance.

Zhao Mou furrowed his brows and pulled Old Huang's brazen hand off his sleeve, his expression darkening. "Don't touch me."

"Oh, right..." Old Huang looked a little embarrassed, but he was even more anxious. "Come on, let's go!"

"We're not leaving." Zhao Mou gave a cold laugh. "This forest is huge. How long would it take to go around it? And if it's really like you said, and this forest wasn't here before... how can you be sure we can get around it?"

Shock spread across Old Huang's face. "Then what do you want to do?"

"Go in and take a look?"

Zhao Mou turned the copper coin bracelet around his wrist, his eyes sharp. "Come on. I've been wanting to see what kind of ghost dares to come out and wander around at six."

"Don't!" Old Huang was terrified. "Damn it, you can't do that! There's no need to see it! I'm not lying to you. That thing's dangerous. People die!"

He turned anxiously to Yu Xing and the Siren. "Talk some sense into him! We can't go in!"

To his surprise, the beautiful woman laughed. "I'm curious too. Let's go in and see."

Yu Xing looked even more relaxed, as if he didn't take the matter seriously at all. He glanced at Old Huang. "You think we haven't seen anything before?"

Then, under Old Huang's stunned gaze, they stepped one after another into the unfamiliar forest.

The moment they entered, the cold