At Huai'an Residential Complex, Nie Yunzhen dug around the roots of the Old Locust Tree, shovelful by shovelful.
One hole...
Two holes...
Three holes...
She had expended a great deal of effort, but still found nothing beneath the tree.
Where was it?
If she delayed any longer, it would be too late...
Nie Yunzhen rarely grew anxious, but this time, thinking of Qin Manjiang, she found it hard to control her urgency.
Logically, its ability to "grant wishes" had appeared almost simultaneously with the ghost story, so what exactly had made it start "granting wishes"?
Qin Manjiang's theory was that something had been buried beneath it, most likely Shen Hong's body.
But Nie Yunzhen couldn't find it.
No matter how she searched, she couldn't find it.
She could feel how exhausted her body was, her strength nearly spent, yet her arms kept moving mechanically, scooping out earth one shovelful after another.
Where exactly was it buried...
Nie Yunzhen couldn't work it out, and her limbs were growing weaker.
Just then, a blood-drenched hand reached over and pressed down on her shoulder.
Nie Yunzhen froze for a moment. She turned her head and looked at the hand on her shoulder. The injuries were so severe that the finger bones were visible...
Her gaze slowly traveled upward until she finally saw who had come.
More precisely, she recognized the newcomer by her eyes.
This woman looked so unfamiliar that it unsettled her, but those eyes were not unfamiliar at all.
"Miss Zhong?"
Nie Yunzhen asked.
The woman nodded. It was Zhong Xueran, who had returned to Huai'an Residential Complex once again.
Xu Yi was dead, and Yan Xiao had taken his body away. He had been right: Xu Yi's game had ended here, but hers was still going.
And she had figured