Wu Yihao widened his eyes in disbelief and looked at Cui Wenyan: "Do you think we’ll listen?"
"Forget it, pretend I didn’t say anything." Cui Wenyan rolled her eyes. People are like this, unless they see something with their own eyes or experience something personally, they won’t believe it. It’s useless to waste words on them.
"Hey, Cui Wenyan, really? You actually believe that stuff? Hahaha, don’t tease me." Wu Yihao laughed out loud.
"Why do you think this villa complex was abandoned?" Cui Wenyan asked coldly.
"The rumor is that it’s haunted, right? Hahaha, no, Liang Bing said it’s because a certain permit got stuck, they never got it, so they couldn’t proceed." Wu Yihao said confidently.
"Alright, everything you say is right. Just don’t stray too far from me later." Cui Wenyan said helplessly.
"Huh? You’re scared? Then why did you come to explore?" Wu Yihao assumed Cui Wenyan was scared.
"I’m not scared. Here, take this with you." Cui Wenyan handed a peace charm to Wu Yihao.
"Huh? You got this amulet from the temple? Specifically for me? But Cui Wenyan, remember what I said? No early romances, early romances are..." Wu Yihao said earnestly.
Cui Wenyan, expressionless, was about to take back the peace charm.
"Hey, no, I’m just kidding. I know you don’t have that kind of intention." Wu Yihao laughed and snatched the peace charm, stuffing it into his pocket.
"There are a few more, are you giving them out?" Cui Wenyan wasn’t familiar with the others, and if she tried to give them charms, they’d probably think she was weird. So she hoped Wu Yihao would give them the charms.
"They definitely won’t take them. Don’t worry about them." Wu Yihao shook his head.
Cui Wenyan sighed inwardly, forget it, she’d just keep an extra eye on them later.
"What’s up? What are you guys talking about?" Liang Bing came over, draping an arm around Wu Yihao’s neck, and asked with a wink.
"Nothing much." Cui Wenyan said, "Shall we go in and have a look together?" The sooner they’re done, the sooner she can get rid of this bunch and get back to work.
"Alright, let’s go see." Liang Bing pointed to his backpack, "I brought a lot of gear."
"Gear?" Cui Wenyan was puzzled.
"Flashlights, DV, stun guns, they have snacks and beer in their backpacks too. There’s a big surprise; you’ll see later." Liang Bing said mysteriously.
Alright, Cui Wenyan didn’t want to ask anymore. Seeing how determined they were, she knew persuading them to leave was useless; they wouldn’t listen to her anyway, so she decided not to waste her breath.
Then five of them entered the villa complex.
By evening, the villa complex was eerily quiet; apart from the sound of the wind, not even a bird could be seen.
The group walked through the villa complex until they reached the other end’s wall. Due to a lack of management, the brick wall was half-collapsed, overgrown with wild grass, dilapidated. Other than the overwhelming silence, there was nothing unusual.
Zhao Qian held onto her collar, shivering slightly, and whispered, "Maybe we should head back. We’ve come this far and found nothing. Plus, it’s getting dark."
"Yeah, let’s go back, we didn’t find anything. It’s all just weeds and broken walls, nothing interesting." Cui Wenyan agreed. She genuinely wanted to get rid of these people quickly. She still couldn’t ascertain the level of danger this mission held or whether she had the ability to keep them all safe.