Transformed into a heartthrob's simp, every day is a battleground.

Chapter 75 Inside the Wooden Box

The background of Yan Xun's parents was not explained much in the movie.

They said that they had moved outside the village before Yan Xun was born. When Yan Xun heard the boss say this, he recalled carefully... The Yan family owned a processing plant in the city. Their life was neither good nor bad, but they were still quite well-off, which is why Yan Xun in the movie had a somewhat spoiled personality.

He wasn't quite sure what the boss meant, so he could only say, "He's willing."

“Your cousin is indeed willing.” The shopkeeper chewed on a toothpick and then began to study the lottery tickets in front of him again.

There was a newspaper in front of him, which published the winning numbers for each issue... Yan Xun looked at it for a while, "Do you go out to buy the newspaper every time?"

"No, it was stolen," the shopkeeper said irritably, looking up at Yan Xun. "Did I not buy it, or did I steal it?"

Yan Xun opened the sparkling water and took a sip. "I don't think it's convenient to go out from here."

"You didn't park your car in your yard, so I thought someone brought it to you."

"Of course I need to get my goods out," the boss said. "Otherwise, who would come to this remote mountain valley to deliver them?"

Perhaps it was because Wusheng Village was really too boring. Apart from the old men and women sunbathing under the trees, there were very few young people, and the shop owner's business was not good. So, although he seemed impatient, he still answered every question.

Yan Xun then went even further, taking advantage of the situation.

I made up an excuse and simply sat down behind the boss's counter.

He sat on the other person's small stool and asked, "Have you met Yan Yu's fiancé?"

He feigned curiosity, "I've never seen it before."

“I asked my parents, and they both said they didn’t know,” Yan Xun recalled. “I didn’t even know I had a cousin, and this was the first time I’d ever heard of Wusheng Village.”

“I was planning to play video games at home during summer vacation.” He acted like someone his age often does in movies. “Then he suddenly told me that a distant cousin of mine was getting married and we had to go back.”

"They were acting all mysteriously the whole way."

The boss listened and said, "I've never met your cousin's fiancée."

Nobody has ever seen it.

He suddenly said to Yan Xun with a grin, "Anyway, I've never seen him talk to any girl, nor have I ever seen him go on a date with anyone."

"Maybe he was just saying that to lie to you."

"They'll collect a gift of money."

Yan Xun: "..."

Although he knew that Yan Yu's marriage partner was most likely not human and there was probably something fishy about it, his boss's words still made him fall silent for a while.

"I don't think so," Yan Xun said. "He doesn't seem like the kind of person who's obsessed with money."

"Who knows?" the boss said with a grin. "Aren't some people quite good at pretending?"

"I think your cousin is a real actor."

"Speaking ill of me while I was away?"

Yan Xun looked up when he heard the familiar voice and saw Yan Yu standing at the entrance of Xiaoxiao Supermarket, carrying a familiar backpack. It seemed that Yan Yu had already retrieved his luggage from the Yan family home.

Yan Xun immediately jumped up from behind the counter and ran out of the supermarket in a few quick steps. "So fast?"

"Not that fast." Yan Yu handed him the backpack, glanced at Xiaoxiao Supermarket, and said, "It's already fast enough for you guys to start gossiping about me behind my back."

"I was just asking around." Yan Xun picked up his backpack, opened it, and glanced inside. Sure enough, there were chargers and other electronic devices that Yan Yu had packed for him. He looked at Yan Yu again and said, "I just asked the shopkeeper about my cousin's marriage partner."

"So curious?" Yan Yu asked.

He greeted the boss and then led Yan Xun back.

Once the two reached their temporary accommodation, which was not far from the supermarket, Yan Yu spoke up, "Let's go inside first and talk."

The room was exactly as Yan Xun had left it. Yan Xun plopped down on the bed that Yan Yu had made up, carrying snacks and drinks he had looted from the supermarket on his arm. He pulled out an ice pop and handed it to Yan Yu, saying, "Don't be shy." It was as if he wasn't spending Yan Yu's money.

Yan Yu accepted it, saying, "Thank you."

Then he tore open the popsicle wrapper and took a bite. He didn't seem to eat these snacks often. With a snap, he bit off the rock-hard popsicle, chewed it up in a few bites, and swallowed it whole. Then he nodded to Yan Xun, "It's delicious."

Yan Xun wanted to ask the other person if their head didn't hurt, but then she remembered that the person opposite her wasn't even human.

"It's not that I don't want to reveal my fiancée's identity."

"It's just that the village has special rules."

"You'll know on our wedding day," Yan Yu said patiently, uttering what Yan Xun considered a load of nonsense.

"If you don't want to talk about it, that's fine," Yan Xun said. "I don't want to force you to."

Yan Yu looked at Yan Xun with some difficulty, "You can ask me a different question, and I will answer whatever I can."

Upon seeing this, Yan Xun immediately asked, "What's in those little boxes in Cimu Hall?"

Yan Yu was surprised that he would ask this, but perhaps it wasn't a secret, so he said, "They are all children that no one wants."

Even though he already had some guesses in his mind, Yan Xun still found it unbelievable.

—When he saw the children beside the golden statue of the compassionate mother in the Hall of Compassionate Mother, and the mischievous little devils at night, he did have doubts about those wooden boxes.

He knew of a similar curse: what appeared to be an ordinary wooden box contained a dead child. When placed in the home of an enemy, the women and children in that cursed household would die unexpectedly.

Of course, I've also heard that this kind of curse can only be dispelled by placing it in a temple or shrine.

When Yan Xun first entered the Hall of Compassionate Mother and saw the rows of wooden boxes and the children beside the statue of the Compassionate Mother, the first thing that came to his mind was this curse.

Especially last night, the little devils kept causing trouble in the yard, which further confirmed his suspicions.

Hearing Yan Yu's answer now, I can only feel that I knew it was true.

He thought this to himself, but outwardly he put on a terrified expression, "...so..."

He seemed to want to say "scary," but worried about offending someone, so he swallowed those two words.

"No wonder I heard a lot of children playing last night."

Seeing that Yan Xun seemed genuinely frightened, Yan Yu could only say softly, "Those children meant no harm; they were just a little mischievous."

“The Compassionate Mother Goddess will resolve their resentment,” he thought for a moment and said. “They are all pitiful children, abandoned at birth.”

"They can't go out during the day, so they can only play around at night..."

“Everyone in Wusheng Village knows about this.” Yan Yu sat down next to Yan Xun, reached out and patted Yan Xun’s shoulder reassuringly. “This is why I told you not to go out at night before.”

"You might be scared if you accidentally see these children playing."