Was that his permanent item?
Qin Manyi recalled what she had just seen-the phone in Qin Manjiang's hand.
After glancing at his phone, Qin Manjiang's expression had barely changed, but his body had abruptly tensed.
He was nervous. Qin Manyi had never seen her textbook "human" of a brother so nervous before.
Had his permanent item detected danger in the village?
But... weren't permanent items unusable outside the Ghost Story Game?
Why could he use his?
Could it be something other than a permanent item?
It didn't make sense...
Still, she could understand why Qin Manjiang had suddenly decided not to enter the village. Compared with him... she knew far, far more about this village...
"What's wrong with Classmate Qin? Is he feeling unwell?" Xi Wutong asked casually, then honked the horn.
The car crawled along at the village entrance. Private cars kept coming and going, making the narrow, dilapidated road into the village even more congested.
"This village really is lively..." Xi Wutong muttered.
Lively?
Every trace of a smile vanished from Qin Manyi's face. She rolled up the window too, watching their surroundings warily.
"Doctor Xi, follow my directions. Head straight to the right."
"To the right? All right."
Xi Wutong carefully threaded her way through the traffic and finally squeezed into the village.
Following Qin Manyi's directions, the car wound through one turn after another. Shops and farmhouse restaurants lined the route, along with newly built imitation traditional buildings. The village was practically half-commercialized already.
Xi Wutong also knew that something must have happened for Qin Manjiang to suddenly decide not to enter the village, but she could not understand what it was.
The village was livelier than she could have imagined. There were crowds of tourists enjoying themselves even though it was not a holiday, and