The brothers didn’t dare to say a word as the elderly lady scolded them in the house.

Shen Xingyue tried to help the grandfathers. Otherwise, her Third Grandaunt would have turned her Second grandfather's house upside down.

After she finished scolding them, Second grandfather said carefully, “Third sister, I sent you a letter when you were in the mountain. What do you think about the matter that I brought up to you? Is it doable?”

“We got to do it! I'll kill the person if anyone dares to stop me from doing it!” Third Grandaunt said without hesitation.

Subsequently, she hugged Shen Xingyue and said chokingly, “My darling. Poor thing. Don't worry. Mum is here for you. You won't die!”

“Mum! Has she mixed up her identity?” Shen Xingyue thought.

There was a story about it. When Shen Xingyue was born, Third Grandaunt liked her very much to the point of wanting to be her mother. She even fought with her eldest brother because of it.

After that, Shen Xingyue's grandfather could not stand her appeal and designed a bet to win her and forced her to stay in the mountain. With much hatred, she left the place. However, the agreement would be canceled immediately when Shen Xingyue was in trouble. Third Grandaunt could come down from the mountain at once and nobody could stop her from calling herself whatever titles she wanted.

Her brothers were embarrassed by her. How could she force Yueni to call her mum? From her granddaughter, she became her daughter. Because of this, Yueni would become one rank more senior than her peers. How could this absurd thing happen to them?

No one dared to say anything because of Third Grandaunt's ferocity. The only person who could control her was long dead. Nobody would be able to tackle her. She could do whatever she wanted.

“Mother!” Shen Xingyue was liked by everyone because she knew the right time to act. She called her mother without any hesitation.

“Yes, baby. What do you want to know?” Third Grandaunt smiled.

“Is there any way to save me?” Shen Xingyue stared at the elderly lady with hope.

“I'm not boasting when I said you could be saved. Don't believe in the doctors. They only know how to cut you. What else do they know? Your illness is nothing big. Count on me! I've waited for today to come for many years. There is still great hope in our family!”

Her brothers were pleased by what she said. All of them looked happy.

“Second brother, have you spoken to the rest of them?” Third Grandaunt asked.

“Sister, don't worry. There is no coward in the family. All of them agreed with the decision. It shouldn't be a problem!” The Senior Village Chief vouched.

“I believe in you! Our family has been hiding here for almost two hundred years. It's time for us to come out of our comfort zone. We can't let go of this opportunity!”

The elders nodded.

“Mother! What are you all talking about?” Shen Xingyue was a little confused.

“My child, don't worry. I'll explain it to you once you recover from your illness. Let's not talk about those annoying matters. The most important thing is to cure your disease!”

“Mother, what should I do now?”

The elderly lady smiled. “Baby, you don't have to do anything. Go and sleep now. You'll be freed from your illness when you wake up from your sleep!”

That simple? Shen Xingyue looked at her questionably. The elderly lady did not further explain. She asked her brothers, “Have you done the preparation?”

“Yes!” The elders replied in unison.

The elderly lady counted on her fingers and smiled. “Today is a good day to do it. Now is the best hour to do it too. Alright, let's start!”

After that, she carried Shen Xingyue and patted her gently. “My sweet baby. Go and sleep now. Sleep now...” Shen Xingyue fell into a deep sleep after just a while!

…

Li Mu was anxious in the ancestral house. They did not switch on the lights. Only an oil lamp was found on the table. It was dark and looked a little scary and eerie.

He had always found it strange that people here did not use any electrical lights even though they were not poor and had an electrical supply. All the families used oil lamps and did not have any electrical appliances. The only electrical stuff that they would use was a torchlight.

There was no internet signal in the village. They used their phones to make phone calls and write messages only. Nothing related to the internet could be used here.

It was ten o'clock at night. Li Mu could not help walking to the door and looking out to check whether Shen Xingyue had come home. The village road outside the gate was empty. And because there were no street lights, it looked dark and terrifying. It was dead silence as if the air was not circulating anymore.

After a while, Li Mu turned around disappointedly and was stunned by what he saw next. My goodness! Two female ghosts were standing and their long hair almost reached the ground.

As he took a closer look, it turned out that they were Shen Zixing and Shen Ming'er, whose hair had grown crazily long and had completely covered their faces.

Under the dim light, these few words immediately came into his mind when he saw them. Gloomy, weird, horrible, and grotesque. In short, there was nothing good about it!

“What's wrong with you? What happened to your hair?” Li Mu asked in a loud voice, trying to stay calm.

“I'm not sure. But it's growing longer and longer. I don't bother to care about it anymore!” Shen Zixing replied helplessly.

“Me too!” Shen Ming'er agreed immediately.

“Damn it! How dare you scare me like this? I'm going to shave you!”

Ordinary people would have run away instantly., But Li Mu was not a coward. He was infuriated and took a pair of scissors together with the girls in front of him.

“I won't let it grow anymore!” Snip, snip. In the middle of the night, the village was dead silent. Occasionally, the hooting of night owls came from afar and made those who heard it shudder.

In the ancestral house, none of them dared to say a word. One could only hear the continuous snipping sound of the scissors. The more Li Mu cut their hair, the angrier he became. “God damn! Why did their hair grow even longer after I cut it? This is absurd!” The girls kept quiet and allowed him to do whatever he wanted on them with some occasional chuckles.

About an hour later, their hair started to grow slower. And eventually, it seemed like it had stopped growing.

“Alright. Job done! Now both of you look like a human!” Li Mu said happily.

They touched their hair and saw their hair length was not even. So they could not help but cry out loud!

Li Mu said immediately, “Don't cry. I'll trim for you and make you look beautiful. Let me do it for you!”

Lin Wan and her people rushed to Zhou Feng district, where Shen Xingyue registered her house address. She found it out after sending her people to investigate it.

Mrs. Hong suggested, “Lin Wan, we might draw some unnecessary attention if all of us go together. I'll go and investigate with Lin Kun first and come back to you all with the information.”

“Alright. Be careful, guys. I feel that the atmosphere here is just not right!”

“You sense it too. The evil energy is strong here. Some are familiar, but some are strange. Don't act rashly and wait for us to come back!”

“I'll go with you!” He Xiaoyu got up and said.

“Ms. He, we're not threatening you, but this place is dangerous. You’d better not follow us. I can't take care of you if something happens to you!”

“I'm not afraid at all. I can always call the police if anything happens!” He Xiaoyu insisted.

“Call the police!” Mrs. Hong laughed out loudly as if it was a joke.

Lin Wan pursed her lips and instructed Mrs. Hong, “Bring her along and let her experience it herself. Otherwise, she would always think what we say is a lie.”

Mrs. Hong said yes to her and told He Xiaoyu, “You have to promise me that you will stay near to me and listen to my instructions. If you act on your own accord, I won't be able to protect you!”

“Don't worry. I know what to do and won't bring you any trouble!”

Three of them left the hotel and came to an old shantytown with the guidance of two men in black.

The shantytown was located on the outskirt of the city and was surrounded by dilapidated houses. Many people were living around this place. They could see residents walking around along the bumpy streets that they passed by.

Since they came to this place, Mrs. Hong and Lin Kun started to frown. They furrowed their brows so tightly that it almost twisted into a lump.

Mrs. Hong parked the car on the outskirts of the shantytown and did not drive into the area. She held on to the steering wheel and was contemplating on something.

“Mrs. Hong, what's the matter?”

Sitting at the passenger seat, He Xiaoyu could not help but ask her the question when she saw her anxious face.

“The evil energy comes from here. There must be something wrong with this place. Sixth Brother, Seventh Brother, are you sure this is where Shen Xingyue is from?”

One of the men in black replied, “Mrs. Hong, we've double confirmed her birthplace. This is where she comes from.”

“Could you sense anything abnormal when you first came here?”

“Yes, we did. That's why we dare not take any action. We only tried to gather some news on the outskirts and did not really go deep into the area.”

The other man in black added, “Mrs. Hong, the evil energy wasn't this intense during our last visit. Something might have happened in this place since the evil energy has condensed this much.”

Mrs. Hong did not answer them but kept staring at the main entrance. She hesitated for a while and said, “Let's go in and have a look!”

The few of them went out of the car. Sixth Brother and Seventh Brother went ahead with Mrs. Hong and He Xiaoyu in the middle and Lin Kun behind. They went into the shantytown through the main entrance.

He Xiaoyu did not bother about what she heard just now and thought that Mrs. Hong was bluffing her so that she would fall into their trap.

To her, evil energy and abnormality were all nonsense. It was just an ordinary town in the city. It was common to see shantytowns in the country. What was so scary about it?

They walked exceptionally slowly and paced their way forward. Though they looked relaxed, their bodies were in a ready mode to fight anytime.

He Xiaoyu was a little impatient with them. She could not understand why they were walking this slow as they were not here for a stroll.

She pulled Mrs. Hong and signaled her to walk faster!