You Owe Me, My Love

Gu Mingchen drove for safety purposes. Aside from Bai Rong, he only brought a follower called Chen Zhi.

Tangqian Village was farther than he had anticipated. Gu Mingchen didn’t ask Bai Rong to drive. The man only asked her to sleep in the backseat.

After switching shifts with Chen Zhi and driving for half a day, they finally reached the mountain area and it was no longer possible for them to continue travelling by car.

The GPS signal was lost. Even their phones had lost their network signals too.

Gu Mingchen stopped the car and looked at the mountain range around them. He frowned. “I thought they cleared the road. Was the governor reporting fake results?” Gu Mingchen was angered, while Chen Zhi hung his head low and said nothing.

Bai Rong came out and went up to Gu Mingchen. She held his hand and calmed him down, “It’s commonplace. When the hospital organized a group to provide free checkups for the people in the slums last year, they said the roads are there. But when we got there, not only were there no roads, we didn’t even have electricity.”

Gu Mingchen calmed down slightly after Bai Rong spoke. He didn’t want to get worked up before her, so he said, “We are the military. Can’t interfere with the administration.”

“We are humans after all. Not gods.” Bai Rong smiled.

Gu Mingchen looked at her gently before telling Chen Zhi, “Tangqian Village is under Zhenghai Town’s jurisdiction. You should go to town and get a guide. We’ll catch up in a bit.”

“Yes.” Chen Zhi drove back to the town.

“May I suggest something? Since it’s getting late, why don’t we stay in town for the day? We can go around and get some news from the locals. We may even get a clue.” Bai Rong said.

“Sure.”

They came back to town after half an hour’s drive. Gu Mingchen and Bai Rong stayed in one room using fake identification. On the other hand, Chen Zhi stayed in a room by himself.

They went to the small restaurant beside the hotel to have a meal after settling down. The lady boss there kept smiling at them warmly.

you something about Tangqian Village, ma’am?”

lowering her voice, “You sure are not a local,

Bai Rong was

of all 108 villagers five years ago, that place has

He didn’t believe in ghosts. “Do you know why

go into that place.” The lady boss shivered. She didn’t want to talk about this anymore, so

Gu

looked at

government tomorrow and check the resident record of Tangqian Village. See if there’s anyone studying or working in a

“Yes.”

reeks of suspicion. What do you think?” Gu

offshoots. I think there are still people there in the village, so someone thought they met a ghost. I suggest we do not get a guide this time.

Chen Zhi. Do it tonight, but don’t let anyone see you. Get a map too.” Gu

“Yes, sir.”

Bai Rong went around for a stroll after their meal. They were going to get

Town’s roads were in disrepair. Many places needed to be refurbished, but none took the job. All

even the town had streetlamps,

across from them restocking, so she quickly went ahead. However, the woman stepped into a pit and almost fell. Gu Mingchen quickly held her waist and pulled her to him. “Did you sprain your

was the last time they

sure. I’ll get someone to

took Gu Mingchen to

Bai Rong to the stall. The woman bought a lot of fruits from the stall owner, then she asked, seemingly casual, “When was the last time

years ago, I think.” The

it wasn’t a jerry-built project, then it must have been caused by heavy trucks frequently passing by, right?” Bai Rong peeled

they were sour. However, since this was given by her, he took a slice and popped it in