"Bride, I found your lost protective charm."
Wen Wen suddenly ran out, startling both Sha Linghai and Huang Qi. Once they confirmed that the Old Steward beside them, covered in sludge, was being held back by the East Courtyard "Bride" and showed no sign of moving, they hurried after Wen Wen.
Lin Wenhua, who brought up the rear, hesitated. At the moment, he felt that behind the East Courtyard "Bride" was the safest place to be, but when he saw Huang Qi charge out without hesitation, he could only grit his teeth and follow.
"Wen Wen!" Sha Linghai had heard what the East Courtyard "Bride" had said, too, but he still could not understand why the little girl had suddenly run out with the thing that "Bride" had handed her.
Hadn't the West Courtyard Bride left her protective charm at home?
How had some strange protective charm suddenly appeared?
Besides, the atmosphere in the Back Courtyard was clearly wrong. The Brides standing at the entrances to the West Courtyard and North Courtyard were just as strange as the one from the East Courtyard. Was this really the time to return someone's protective charm?
"I just need a little more to confirm it," Wen Wen said quietly when they caught up to her short legs, then continued west.
Wen Wen crossed a stretch of the Curved Bridge, then followed the stone path for a while before finally stopping five or six meters away from the West Courtyard Bride. Although entering the Nightmare Game meant that humans had to face danger head-on, Wen Wen still wanted to keep her little life intact.
"Bride... big sister." With all three Brides now out in the courtyard, the little girl felt rather awkward calling out sweetly to her "big sister" again. After all, she had