Chapter 248: I'll Send You Off

Su Yan naturally thought of the Ma Chulong siblings as well, which was why they felt the matter might be somewhat serious.

"Su Yan, have you discovered anything?"

When it came to sensing evil spirits, Su Yan was incomparably more powerful than them.

Yet this time, Su Yan actually indicated that she had found nothing unusual.

"Hopefully we are just overthinking it, and the missing people have nothing to do with evil spirits, but are simply victims of human intent," Ma Chulong couldn't help but mutter.

It wasn't just Ma Chulong and his sister who had received news of the missing persons; the Zhou family, the Kong family, and other influential families had also quickly found out.

If this had happened in the past, it might have been one thing, but now that so many exorcists were gathered here, such a provocation as evil spirits causing chaos could not be tolerated.

Consequently, in addition to increased police patrols on the streets of the capital, there were many more people dressed in strange attire.

They moved through the crowds and streets, seemingly searching for something with a specific goal in mind.

At this moment, however, Su Yan chose to rest in her room.

Since there were so many people wanting to contribute and make a name for themselves, there was naturally no need for her to worry.

Having a rare moment of leisure, she called Su Yao; after confirming that Su Jianguo's situation was stable, she felt slightly more at ease.

As evening approached, Ma Chulong actually brought over the files of those missing people, asking her to see if there were any issues.

Su Yan once again marveled at the so-called strength of a family.

One had to realize this was the capital, while the Ma family was a thousand miles away from here, yet even so, they were able to obtain such important information immediately. This was enough to explain the situation.

After Su Yan had skimmed through them, her brow furrowed even deeper.

All eight missing people were young adults, in the age range of twenty to twenty-six. Their professions were completely different, and they had no points of social connection.

Ma Chulong sat quietly to the side, waiting for her analysis.

"Eight people disappearing on the same night without leaving any clues... the possibility of human intent is indeed very small," Su Yan's voice was somewhat heavy.

"Yes, I think so too. People are already patrolling all over the streets now, but the biggest problem is that they still haven't found a single trace."

The people outside were no fools. As far as Ma Chulong knew, not only the Zhou family, but even members of the Kong and Feng families had been deployed.

In this situation, finding nothing at all truly indicated that the problem was serious.

"Su Yan, my sister and I also plan to go out and look around tonight, but you can stay in the hotel and wait for our news first," Ma Chulong asked for Su Yan's opinion.

After all, the problem needed to be resolved as early as possible to prevent new victims from appearing.

As for not letting Su Yan accompany them, it was also because they considered that the Feng family might also take action. Even if they didn't know about previous events, if they discovered Su Yan's abilities and grew interested again, it would be an extremely troublesome matter.

"Alright, be careful," Su Yan instructed.

By the time Gu Yang and Lu Feng finished their overtime at the publishing house, the moon was already hanging in the willow branches.

The streets were even more silent, completely deserted.

Lu Feng scanned the entire street; the already cold weather felt exceptionally grim and chilling.

"It seems people were all frightened by last night's events and don't dare to come out."

Lu Feng tightened his coat, and his stomach let out a growl.

"Want to go eat?"

He couldn't exactly go back to the dormitory on an empty stomach.

Gu Yang nodded, and the two of them got into the car together.

After driving through two streets without seeing a single person, both of their nerves couldn't help but tighten.

One had to realize they were on the most prosperous streets; normally at this time, even if it wasn't a sea of people, there would be constant traffic.

But now, let alone people, there wasn't even a stray cat or dog.

"Gu Yang, don't you feel something is wrong?" Lu Feng said while looking out the car window to confirm.

Although Gu Yang held the steering wheel and looked straight ahead, his mind had already prepared for the worst.

Because the current scene was far too similar to the night he had experienced in the county town.

Even if a terrifying crowd suddenly popped out, he wouldn't find it strange.

"Watch out! Someone's ahead!"

As Lu Feng shouted, Gu Yang also spotted a figure walking right in the middle of the road.

He slammed on the brakes, and the tires made a piercing screeching sound against the ground.

The person was clearly startled; they didn't even know how to dodge and instead stood frozen in place.

Within Gu Yang's sharply constricted pupils, he drew closer and closer to that person.

Lu Feng was breaking into a cold sweat, closing his eyes in fear.

However, the expected collision did not occur; the car stopped only half a meter away from the person.

"Phew!"

Even Gu Yang couldn't help but let out a long breath. He unbuckled his seatbelt at top speed and stepped out.

"Comrade, are you alright?"

The person who had almost been hit by the car was a woman in her twenties. Her face was somewhat pale, and her whole body was trembling, clearly having been frightened.

At this time, Lu Feng also got out of the car to check on her condition along with Gu Yang.

"I... I'm fine," the woman answered tremblingly, but her eyes were brimming with tears.

"Try to move a little bit and see if anything hurts?"

Although Gu Yang was certain they hadn't hit her, he still wasn't entirely at ease.

The woman shook her head in a panic. "My medicine..."

As she spoke, she crouched down directly, searching for the pills that had fallen out of her medicine bag due to the fright.

"Let me help you," Lu Feng offered proactively.

Gu Yang turned back to the car, drove it back a few meters, and the headlights landed perfectly on the area where the woman was searching for the medicine.

Lu Feng patiently picked up the pills from the ground one by one.

"Thank you." Although the woman was in a disheveled state, she was not impolite.

"There's no one else out right now. Did you come out alone?" Lu Feng observed the woman and found that she was actually quite beautiful. In this environment and situation, it made one feel even more sympathetic toward her.

"My mother is sick. These are the medicines I worked so hard to buy for her. She's waiting for my medicine to come back to save her life," the woman's eyes reddened as she spoke.

Lu Feng's sympathy was instantly triggered. "Where do you live? We'll take you back."

He didn't even consult Gu Yang, feeling that helping others was only natural.

"This... won't it be too much trouble for you?" the woman said, full of unease.

"It's no trouble; it's just a matter of stepping on the gas."

Listening to the conversation between Lu Feng and the woman, Gu Yang actually felt a hint of hesitation.

His searching gaze fell upon the woman once more, attempting to see if there were any clues.

On these deserted streets, there just happened to be such a woman, and she happened to appear right in front of their car—wasn't this a bit too much of a coincidence?

Could it be that Lu Feng hadn't noticed something was wrong?

In the next second, Lu Feng enthusiastically opened the back door and motioned for the woman to get in.

(End of Chapter)