Jiang Nuo soon started to feel sleepy again, snuggling into Si Yan's arms to sleep. It only took her ten minutes to go from dozing off to falling asleep.
Si Yan held him as they half-reclined on the bed, looking at Song Zheng, who sat in the wicker chair, seemingly hesitant to speak, with a puzzled expression. "What do you want to ask?"
Si Yan lowered his voice and asked, covering Jiang Nuo's ear with his palm.
"Weren't we supposed to move at night? Why is he asleep?"
Whenever Song Zheng is on a mission, he is always on high alert, let alone able to sleep.
Si Yan glanced at her phone; it was only 8 PM.
"Operate at midnight."
"Oh, no wonder."
Song Zheng scratched his head, nestled in the wicker chair, and closed his eyes, pretending to doze off.
Si Yan's gaze fell on him, but she couldn't see anything special about him. She still didn't understand why Nuonuo had specifically asked this person to come over.
However, Si Yan rarely interfered with his wife's decisions, since they were always useful anyway.
He withdrew his probing gaze, held Jiang Nuo, and closed his eyes.
At midnight, before the alarm clock had even gone off, Jiang Nuo opened her eyes precisely on time.
He paused for two seconds to process the unfamiliar surroundings, then raised his hand to gently pat Si Yan. After only two pats, Si Yan grabbed his hand and kissed it.
Jiang Nuo returned the kiss without hesitation, cupping her face in his hands. In the dimly lit room, illuminated only by a kerosene lamp, the temperature rose slightly.
Song Zheng, who had just opened his eyes and immediately closed them again. "..."
That's inappropriate for you two! Who goes on a mission and then tries to flirt?
Swish.
Jiang Nuo turned her eyes sharply and heard a rustling sound outside the room, like cloth shoes moving on the ground.
He immediately got out of bed and went to the window to look. He could vaguely see a shadow wandering in the yard, not moving fast, and it didn't seem like sleepwalking.
"Go out and take a look," he said softly, opening the door with the key he had taken from Simazi. The wooden door creaked easily, so Jiang Nuo didn't open it too wide, just enough for one person to squeeze through sideways.
The three entered the courtyard. The coffin from the daytime still sat there quietly, and the white curtain used to separate the courtyard swayed gently in the night breeze.
Among the coffins, Jiang Nuo sensed a breathing sound that didn't belong to the three of them.
Following that direction, the path led directly to the spot where the shadow had disappeared.
The three, approaching with utmost caution, then fell silent.
Jiang Nuo suddenly remembered the question she had asked A Wu earlier that evening, but his compliment about how comfortable the coffin was just a casual remark. How could this child actually be sleeping in a coffin!
Moreover, it was a coffin specifically prepared for children, and it was extremely cramped.
Jiang Nuo fell silent for a moment, then belatedly realized how awkward it was. She touched her left eye and looked out into the courtyard.
"There are plenty of rooms here, why is Simazi abusing children?"
Just as she was wondering, Si Yan suddenly grabbed her arm and pulled her back a few steps.
The three of them hid behind the tall coffin and peeked. The shadow reappeared, floated over lightly, lay down horizontally with its body suspended in the air, and then slowly lay down on the other side of A Wu's coffin lid.
The human and the ghost slept almost on top of each other.
Jiang Nuo suddenly realized, "No wonder this person is so thin and sinister; it turns out all his yang energy has been absorbed by the vengeful ghost."
He went to test the ghost, but the ghost sensed another presence and turned to run away, showing no intention of intimidating him at all. However, Jiang Nuo still blocked its way.
The ghost let out a low scream, covered its face, and squatted down on the ground, seemingly waiting to be beaten.
Jiang Nuo: "..."
He leaned over and peered inside. "Hey, which one of us is the ghost? Why are you such a coward?"
The ghost remained silent, still clutching its head and trembling. Jiang Nuo lost her patience. "Stand up!"
The ghost shuddered in fright and hurriedly straightened up, but although its body was standing, its head remained drooping, and it dared not raise its head.
Jiang Nuo wasn't in a hurry. The ghost's body was almost translucent, and it didn't seem to have any murderous intent. Apart from absorbing A Wu's yang energy, it probably hadn't done anything else harmful.
"Besides you, are there any other powerful ghosts around here?"
The ghost trembled, withdrawn yet honest, or perhaps simply too afraid to resist this seemingly fierce person, silently stretching out its arm and pointing to the mountains behind it.
The three of them followed his gaze, Song Zheng exclaimed in surprise, "We're not going to go up the mountain so late at night, are we?"
Jiang Nuo shook her head. "That's something to do tomorrow."
After answering the question, the ghost dashed away from the courtyard, wishing it could disappear into a crack in the wall so no one would notice.