He then learned from the old lady that she lived alone and that her son had gone to work in a big city.
But when she mentioned her family, there was sorrow in her eyes, as though she were hiding something.
Yuan spoke up then. "Master, I found that her son and grandson are both dead. Their deaths were caused by ghosts."
Su Li raised an eyebrow. "I sensed a kind of ghostly energy on the people here. Is that what caused it?"
"Yes, master. Ghosts caused it. Whenever anyone goes more than five li beyond this village, the one who placed the ghostly energy on them will activate it, and they will die."
"I see." Su Li looked thoughtful. The ghosts here were interesting. Were they keeping people from leaving so they could lure more people in to kill?
After that, Su Li spent an hour petting the cats at the old lady's house and helped her with some chores.
Before he left, the old lady reminded him again, "Child, remember what I told you. Don't go out at night, and leave this village as soon as you can, understand?"
This was not a good place. She did not want such a good child to be in danger.
"All right, I understand."
After leaving, he looked at the courtyard and said to Yuan in his mind, "Yuan, I'm not a good person, but I admire good people."
"Master, you simply make a clear distinction between kindness and wrongdoing." Yuan thought everything Su Li did was right.
Su Li had finished his task. Seeing that there were still forty minutes left, he went to check on Chen Zhuo first.
Things on Chen Zhuo's end really were utter chaos. He had thought feeding geese would be easy, but he had not