"Exactly. It's just too much of a coincidence. We did nothing but wander around the streets, and then we saw her? Or rather, she spotted us first," the Thin Man said at once.
Guo Yujie asked hesitantly, "Is she trying to lead us into a trap? But isn't that what happens in the story? She should be looking for someone to help her, right?"
"That doesn't mean she has no ulterior motives. A story is just a story, and it's been so many years since it happened. Things could've changed. There's another story, isn't there? A demon was trapped in a bottle and couldn't get out. After a hundred years, it wished someone would free it, promising to give them endless riches. After two hundred years, it promised to make them immortal. But after three hundred years, it would kill whoever let it out." The Thin Man casually recounted another familiar tale.
Chen Xiaoqiu asked him, "Do you think she's trying to lure us into a trap?"
The Thin Man was taken aback. "Uh... That's my guess, but..." He looked conflicted. It was probably just a suspicion that had come to him instinctively, not something he'd thought through. He wasn't sure whether it would trigger his ability.
"Regardless, we have to go find that ghost, don't we?" Guo Yujie countered. "Other than this child, do we have any other clues?"
Everyone looked at me.
"I sensed some yin energy," I replied, pretending to think it over. "Tell the story again. There might've been clues we missed before."
As I said this, my heart pounded. I was afraid that the four of them would become suspicious and cause my own memories to be altered.
Fortunately, that didn't happen.
Chen Xiaoqiu agreed with my suggestion and added, "The situation here isn't exactly