"They will all forget us, and as for the short-lived curse, they will continue to say it and believe there are monsters, but they definitely won't be as scared as before. As for whether the monster hunter will come, I don't know."
"Then..." Mu Anxiao hesitated for a moment, then looked up and asked, "Can the aunt be revived?"
"Let's go," Shen Yan said, turning towards the aunt's house.
Arriving at the aunt's doorstep, Mu Anxiao asked, "Why did you bring me here?"
Shen Yan remained silent, glancing at the villagers who were discussing.
Mu Anxiao frowned, following Shen Yan's gaze to those people.
"The aunt was such a good person, to have died from exhaustion like this."
"Yes, if she hadn't worried so much, she wouldn't have ended up like this."
"Alas, what a pity."
"Has the coffin been sealed? I want to see her one last time."
"It was sealed this morning, burial is tomorrow."
"What a shame."
Mu Anxiao was surprised by the villagers' discussion, which was completely different from how they spoke in the morning.
"You're really amazing," she said, looking up at Shen Yan.
"You'd best not spout nonsense in this mortal world," Shen Yan said, turning and walking away.
Mu Anxiao pouted, and just as she was about to speak, the two spirits appeared before her: "That person has a really bad temper, do you want to join us?"
"Yes, we cooperated well together today, why don't you..."
Before the second spirit could finish, Mu Anxiao screamed in fright again.
Instantly, everyone nearby shifted their attention.
Shen Yan stopped and turned to the two spirits blocking Mu Anxiao, saying, "You have no right to do this."
Hearing this, the two spirits simultaneously turned to Shen Yan, frowned, and vanished.
Seeing them disappear, Shen Yan returned to Mu Anxiao's side and said coldly, "If you want to be beaten, keep screaming."
Hearing the familiar reminder, Mu Anxiao's momentary fear vanished. She opened her eyes, smiled sheepishly at the onlookers, and then turned to Shen Yan, saying, "If I hadn't followed you, I wouldn't be this unlucky." With that, she walked past Shen Yan.
Shen Yan remained silent, glanced at the villagers, and then followed Mu Anxiao.
Walking along the road, Mu Anxiao asked, "It's strange, logically speaking, I should be quite familiar with them by now, why," she sighed, "do I still get scared?"
Shen Yan did not answer her question, stopped, and looked at the courtyard gate not far away, saying, "Go."
Mu Anxiao also stopped and looked at the closed courtyard gate, saying, "That guy gave me冥银 (Underworld Silver), I don't want to go."
"You've already agreed to him. If you don't go," Shen Yan glanced at Mu Anxiao, "he'll hold a grudge against you, and then you'll be in big trouble. Think carefully."
Upon hearing of big trouble, Mu Anxiao resigned herself.
"Alright, you come with me."
"I'll wait for you here."
Mu Anxiao dared not force Shen Yan. She stepped up beside him and said, "This family is also strange, running away is one thing, but running this close, it's better they didn't run at all."
"Because of their son, the people in this village, if they leave, will suffer a greater curse. Therefore, they cannot escape and can only stay here their entire lives."
"So now it's good, but..." Mu Anxiao said, suddenly recalling the villagers outside the aunt's house and realizing, "Oh, you took away all their memories of monsters causing harm."