Why Did You Provoke Her? She Can Tell Fortunes!-Chapter 75 - 48: An Unexpected Encounter on the Road

Chapter 75: Chapter 48: An Unexpected Encounter on the Road

Mu Yunchu felt a noticeable gaze, turned her head slightly, and just happened to see Wen Xu looking at her.

On his handsome face, the angled eyebrows flew diagonally into his temples, below which were a pair of narrow, long eyes like pink blossoms, cold and distant.

He stood there, his posture tall, the collar of his white shirt slightly open, and the simple attire made him look like someone you’d see in a customized outfit at a gala. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Their eyes inadvertently met in the air, and the sound of old engines around seemed to quiet down significantly.

Wen Xu’s eyes darkened slightly, and he was the first to look away, finding a nearby seat to sit down.

By rights, Wen Xu knew Mu Yunchu.

But the latter did not know him.

Meeting in this remote place thousands of miles away from Qinghe City made him wonder about the reason for her appearance here as well.

Because of Mu Yunchu’s movements, Li Shang also noticed Wen Xu’s presence.

Exclamations sounded in the ears of the former.

"They say that a place nurtures its people, and I didn’t expect the people here to be so good-looking?"

Just like the stars she saw in magazines.

"He’s not a local," Mu Yunchu said in a voice only the two of them could hear.

Mu Yunchu unconsciously recalled the face that had imprinted itself in her mind for those brief two seconds.

However, what Li Shang said about him being good-looking was true.

She thought quite objectively.

So she didn’t refute the latter part of Li Shang’s sentence.

...

After a long and tiring day, the sun had gradually set from its highest point.

The uncomfortable car seats made their backs sore, and the car felt like it might break down at any moment, making all sorts of noises along the way.

Fortunately, the conductor stood up and told the people in the car that it would be about fifteen minutes until their stop.

However, once they reached the town, they would still need to hire a vehicle specifically to get to Tianbao Village.

From getting off the plane until now, Mu Yunchu had gained a profound understanding of the backwardness of this city, which didn’t even qualify as a third-tier city.

If they wanted to hire a car, there were no taxis in town.

They barely managed to find a horse-drawn carriage.

A local introduced them to the horse carriage, which happened to be delivering vegetables to the village, so it could give them a ride along the way.

The owner of the carriage was an elderly man with a head full of white hair. Upon hearing that Mu Yunchu and her companion wanted to go to Tianbao Village, he first asked for their reason and then hesitated to speak:

"Young ladies, if you don’t have a compelling reason to go, you’d better not go there."

There was a flash of hesitation and pity in his eyes.

Only after confirming that no one around could hear their conversation, did he voice his concern.

Li Shang, straightforward and direct, blurted out, "Why?"

The old man blinked several times suddenly, a bit guiltily turning his gaze away.

"It’s nothing, just that there’s nothing much to see there."

"City folks like you might find it hard to handle the rural environment."

Mu Yunchu looked at him, a warmth flashing in her eyes, understanding the true reason behind his advice.

"It’s okay, sir. We indeed have an important reason to go."

"You, you all..." The old man saw someone slowly approaching them from the corner of his eye, and the words he wanted to say were cut off, leaving him to only sigh helplessly.

"Alright, alright, get on the carriage."

"We’ll leave right away."

However, Mu Yunchu said, "Wait a moment, there’s someone else."

The old man: ???

Li Shang: ???

"Someone else?"

"Isn’t it just the two of us?"

As the words fell, a faint scent of tea lingered at Mu Yunchu’s nose.

The ’enthusiastic townsman’ who had just brought them here also brought Wen Xu along.

He too said he wanted to visit Tianbao Village for some inspiration.

The old man’s gaze swept across the faces of the three of them, smacking his lips together and muttering, "Why are city people so strange nowadays, leaving their big houses to come to such a place..."

...

Fortunately, there weren’t many vegetables being transported this time, so the three of them had plenty of space to sit.

But the environment wasn’t great.

After all, it was a vegetable delivery vehicle, so there wasn’t much to ask for.

After Mu Yunchu took her seat, she saw Wen Xu across from her take out tissues from his bag to spread on his seat.

Ensuring that he wouldn’t directly contact the soil on the vegetables, he then sat down at ease.

Li Shang leaned over to Mu Yunchu’s ear with a handkerchief in her hand.

"Look, this gentleman seems to have a cleanliness obsession..."

Mu Yunchu thought of his profession.

And withheld any comment.

Perhaps because of his overly attractive appearance and coincidental meeting, Wen Xu piqued Li Shang’s curiosity.

"Young sir, are you also going to Tianbao Village?"

Her soft voice echoed, causing an inexplicable shiver down Wen Xu’s spine.

He subconsciously moved a bit to the side.

This reaction was caught by Mu Yunchu, raising some questions in her mind.

Although not wanting too much interaction with these two, Wen Xu still responded coldly with a ’hmm’.

Clearly indicating he didn’t want to engage in conversation with her further.

But Li Shang seemed completely unaware, continuing her relentless questions, until the elderly driver joined in, the conversation hardly felt cold any longer.

However, when Li Shang stopped asking, Wen Xu suddenly spoke up voluntarily.

Only his subject was Mu Yunchu.

"You don’t seem like locals either, traveling so far to Tianbao Village for tourism?"

Wen Xu’s voice didn’t quite match the first impression he gave.

The clear and pleasant tone carried a trace of warmth.

But paired with his frosty profile, people often overlooked this warmth, only feeling his aloofness keeping others at bay.

No one seemed to have expected him to speak, so when Wen Xu posed the question, everyone fell silent for a few seconds.

Facing his undisguised inquisitive gaze, Mu Yunchu did not admit the convenient excuse.

"It’s not tourism but at someone’s request."

The same was true for Wen Xu.

He pursed his lips and said nothing more.

Feeling the warmth of the sun behind him and gradually adapting to the bumpiness of the carriage, Wen Xu unexpectedly fell asleep under these conditions.

In his dream, he once again saw those who had been beneath his scalpel.

Yet the four children who had been killed were absent.

Their cries for help had turned into something else.

"Tianbao Village..."

"Go to Tianbao Village..."

As they spoke, they closed in on him, as if to trap him there forever.

Just as those ghostly hands reached for him, cornered with nowhere to retreat, warmth suddenly radiated from his shoulder.

Instantly dispelling the chill like a thousand-year-old ice cellar.

The warmth was fleeting, but the ghosts no longer surrounded him, gradually lifting him from his nightmare.

For the first time in years, he wasn’t startled awake by the intense light. For the first time upon waking, he didn’t feel drenched in a cold sweat.

Seeing Mu Yunchu’s flawlessly close face, he was briefly dazed.

Clear eyes reflecting a bit of his own discomposure.

So she had just tapped his shoulder?

Wen Xu couldn’t help but wonder.

"I saw you were asleep." Mu Yunchu remained calm, returning to her seat once she saw he was fully awake, "The old man said we’re about to arrive."

"Thank you." Wen Xu exhaled deeply.

Li Shang leaned by Mu Yunchu’s ear, "He seemed a bit strange just now."

"Mm."

Mu Yunchu frowned heavily, scanning her surroundings, then spoke quietly, "Something’s off about this place."