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.

about Tangqian Village, ma’am?”

outside before lowering her voice, “You

Rong was

disappearance of all 108 villagers five years ago, that place has become haunted. Someone even saw ghosts flying

didn’t believe in ghosts. “Do you know why they disappeared?”

none of the locals dares go into that place.” The lady boss shivered. She didn’t want to talk about this anymore, so the woman went back to

Zhi.” Gu Mingchen

at him and

of Tangqian Village. See if there’s anyone studying or working in a different place.” Gu Mingchen

“Yes.”

think this whole thing reeks of suspicion. What do you think?” Gu Mingchen looked

there are still people there in the village, so someone thought they met a ghost. I suggest

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

“Yes, sir.”

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

disrepair. Many places needed to be refurbished, but none took the job. All the shops here closed their doors early. The

town had streetlamps, let alone

fruit shop across from them restocking, so she quickly went ahead. However, the woman stepped into a pit and almost fell. Gu Mingchen quickly held

time they repaired the road here?”

I’ll get someone to

Rong took Gu Mingchen to the

fruits from the stall owner, then she asked, seemingly casual, “When was the

years ago, I think.”

it wasn’t a jerry-built project, then it must have been caused by heavy trucks frequently passing by, right?” Bai Rong peeled a lime and had a slice, then peeled another in half before giving

He hated limes since they were sour. However, since this was given by her, he took a slice