There was a lot of professional equipment in Leopard's car, so even though the SUV was spacious, it felt cramped with six people and their luggage inside. Liu Liangwang was the only one sitting in the passenger seat.
I had to huddle together with the luggage.
All of it belonged to Leopard, and it had been packed up in professional packaging. But who knew what was inside? I remembered that Jin Shanshan's corpse had external injuries...
Going around in circles with suspicions like this wasn't going to get me anywhere.
But now, if I wanted to look at how the others were doing, I had to make my way through layer upon layer of obstacles.
I was in a spirit state and, fittingly, couldn't touch people or objects. Otherwise, that would be a problem. Even if it didn't make moving around difficult, I couldn't stand the thought of overlapping with another living person.
My thoughts were split between what had happened in Sanghua Township and whether Ye Qing was controlling my spirit state—whether Ye Qing also decided if I could touch things. Perhaps the changes to the dream's timeline had something to do with Ye Qing, too. If that was the case, though, some things still didn't quite add up...
Hei-jie's phone rang just then.
Jin Shanshan was holding it. The name Wu Qiren appeared on the screen.
"Ah Ren." Jin Shanshan answered, murmured "Mm-hm" twice, and told Wu Qiren what had happened. She made it sound like no big deal, though, saying only that her phone had been stolen. She didn't mention the strange atmosphere in Sanghua Township.
Wu Qiren gave her a few words of advice, then hung up.
Jin Shanshan let out a breath. "Ah Ren's number is linked to my phone. He said the phone's already