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"": "Gu Yiren looked very wary, her eyes scanning in every direction.
After taking the medicine, she had recovered further. Even the flush in her cheeks looked healthy now.
Luo Bin lowered his head to check the time again and said gravely, "Be ready at any moment. Dad, I'll go out in a bit. If you see the evil spirits attack, shut the gate immediately. If everything's fine, follow me out. Understand?"
"Xiao Shan, weren't you..." Gu Ya began to panic.
"Listen to Xiao Shan. Trust him. He's just taking precautions," Luo Feng interrupted in a low voice.
"Let me do it." Zhang Li was trembling a little, afraid, but he still spoke resolutely. "After all, Luo Shan, you're the only one who's tested this. What if they're only making an exception for you and won't attack you? Let me go out. That would be a more reliable test."
Zhang Li did not spell anything out.
Clearly, he knew something. Gu Yiren had not kept it from him.
Luo Feng and Gu Ya frowned.
"Zhang has a point. Then let me do it," Luo Feng said with a nod.
"No, Uncle Luo. You're more useful than I am. If something really goes wrong, we won't be able to leave, and we'll have a long life ahead of us in this village. Help me take good care of Yi Ren." Zhang Li smiled, as though he were not bravely going to his death, but merely saying something as simple and ordinary as having noodles with a fried egg for dinner.
Gu Yiren whispered, "Follow the evil spirits, and we can leave the village... follow the evil spirits... and we can leave the village... we'll be fine. We'll definitely be fine. Follow the evil spirits... leave the village..."