Chen Miao woke from the memory dream and rubbed his brow.
"No wonder this body was fairly strong. Throwing chairs and tables didn't take much effort. He'd been a thug with some muscle."
Chen Liu had few memories, but many of them concerned Chen Bai.
His older brother, Chen Bai, had occupied most of Chen Liu's short life, even more than his parents had.
Chen Miao even believed that Chen Liu would not have refused if Chen Bai had personally told him what he intended to do.
From Chen Liu's memories, Chen Miao learned about Chen Bai's family background and general temperament.
Chen Bai's family lived not in Qingjiang Town, but in one of the surrounding villages.
"In that case, I probably won't run into Chen Bai's family on my days off."
"Even if I do, given Chen Bai's temperament, I can simply ignore them."
"No, more likely, Chen Bai's relatives would pretend they didn't know him if they ran into him."
Shaking his head, Chen Miao looked at the status section.
Nothing had changed. Presumably, the status he had gained from Chen Liu was another instance of "yin gathering," which had been incorporated into "yin absorption."
After checking the time, Chen Miao went to have breakfast rather than rush to examine the remaining Memory Fragments.
He still spent most of the morning making Paper Offerings in the courtyard.
After taking the morning to unwind, Chen Miao finally examined the three additional Memory Fragments one by one.
Of those three additional Memory Fragments, two belonged to people from villages outside town, while one belonged to a wealthy household's servant. The two villagers had died at the hands of ghosts because they could not afford to replenish their Calamity-Guarding Objects.
The servant, meanwhile, had been beaten to death for angering his