"You really don't recognize me anymore. Actually, I'm..."
The voice of Peach Blossom Spring Town's mistress cut off abruptly.
She had not stopped of her own accord. Her lips were still moving, and her throat was still producing sounds, but those sounds seemed to have been erased from the air by an invisible hand.
Luo Fan could clearly see her mouth opening and closing, forming word after word, yet all that reached his ears was the whistling night wind. Not the slightest trace of a human voice came through.
Luo Fan frowned and instinctively turned his head, glancing at Zhao Chunfeng beside him out of the corner of his eye.
Zhao Chunfeng was looking at him too. Their gazes met briefly, and each read the same question in the other's eyes: what was going on?
It was not just the two of them. Jiang Shengnan, Han Xiangdong, An Xiaoran-everyone present wore a look of utter confusion.
This woman had charged after them to block their path and insist they stay, only to suddenly go mute at the crucial moment. Anyone would have found it baffling.
Luo Fan turned back and stared at the mistress of Peach Blossom Spring Town, waiting for her to continue.
But she seemed to have noticed something wrong herself. Her brows knitted tightly, and agitation appeared on her face.
She opened her mouth and tried again, but still no sound came out.
Her mouth moved, her expression changed, and even the muscles in her throat could be seen trembling slightly, but some unknown force cut off every word. Not a single one reached anyone's ears.
"Ugh, this is so annoying!"
The mistress of Peach Blossom Spring Town finally lost her patience.
She stamped her foot hard, turned to pick up a wooden stick that had fallen