The round moon hung quietly in the night sky, its edges seeming to sprout fuzz as it cast a hazy, indistinct glow.
Yu Qinghuan was hiding in a narrow alley between two tall buildings.
After speaking to Qin Manjiang on the phone, her will to survive had grown stronger.
Picking up her pace, she had actually managed to shake off that terrifying Red Wedding Sedan!
She suppressed her panting, using this rare, brief respite to recover her strength.
The night looked strange. Apart from that fuzzy moon, not a single star was visible, as though an enormous black cloth had completely shrouded the sky.
Mr. Qin actually chose to help me...
Yu Qinghuan was deeply grateful. Thinking back carefully, she had no relationship whatsoever with Qin Manjiang, nor was she a "center of attention" like him. But... she did not know what Mr. Qin planned to do.
If he rashly entered this district, he might become trapped here too.
A chilly gust suddenly slipped into the cramped alley. Yu Qinghuan leaned against the wall, her back ice-cold.
She suddenly felt some regret. When she answered the call earlier, she had been so focused on asking for help that she had forgotten to tell Qin Manjiang the specifics, such as how this place had already become a mysterious space like a ghost wall.
No... I have to call him again!
Mr. Qin can't just come in, or that sedan might trap us both in this district...
Yu Qinghuan carefully took out her phone. Her surroundings were pitch-black. The first reason she had chosen this narrow alley was that it was dark enough to effectively hide her from the Vengeful Ghost's sight.
The second was that it was so narrow that only two people could walk abreast. That Red Wedding Sedan could