Private Settlement

"Last night, how exactly did you escape that nightmare?"

While the argument raged outside, Yang Jian found his cousin Xiao Yuan and seriously asked about what she had experienced in that nightmare. He remembered that the ghost had not gone after Xiao Yuan, choosing to attack him instead.

Of course, it was also possible that Xiao Yuan had continued dreaming after he woke up.

Xiao Yuan's eyes were slightly open, but she seemed dazed, not taking in anything anyone around her said. Blood still stained her body and hands, as if she had truly done what had happened before. She herself was immersed in what had just occurred, unable to recover.

"Even if there are things you don't want to say, you have to say them. If we can't completely resolve this nightmare, something like what happened today will happen again. It's not just Lin Xiaoxi who died today. Maybe one day, your parents will die, everyone in the village will die, and I'll die too."

Yang Jian continued questioning her. He wanted to uncover the source of this nightmare.

Too many clues had now been cut off. The only remaining lead was Xiao Yuan.

"Xiao Yuan, can you hear me?" Yang Jian continued, waving a hand in front of her face.

"I don't know... Xiaoxi and I got separated, and then she died. I shouldn't have separated from her. If I hadn't left her, she wouldn't have died. I would have protected her."

As his cousin Xiao Yuan spoke, she suddenly burst into tears, blaming herself for leaving back then.

Yang Jian frowned, finding it strange.

In the dream, Lin Xiaoxi had been attacked first and taken away by the ghost. Only then had Xiao Yuan gone after the evil ghost, leaving him alone. How had it become Xiao