I traveled through the Cretaceous period and farmed with the ever-changing dog egg.

"Zheng, the road is dry! It's really dry!"

After five days in jail, Lin Chaoyan couldn't take it anymore; she was going crazy.

"Ah Zheng~ I won't step in puddles, let me go out to play! Ah Zheng~ I don't want to go to jail..." In order to have a chance to go out for fresh air, Lin Chaoyan clung to Ying Zheng's arm and acted coquettishly.

Upon witnessing Lin Chaoyan's first instance of acting coquettishly, Ying Zheng's face showed surprise. A soft touch came from his arm, making him restless and a hot flame ignited in his lower abdomen.

He struggled to suppress the urge to devour her right there and then.

Seeing that he ignored her, Lin Chaoyan pouted and put down his arm in annoyance, then turned around and ran out of the carriage.

"Ayan?"

Startled by this, Ying Zheng immediately pulled her back into his arms. He realized then that he had truly stifled her and that he absolutely could not restrict her freedom in the future. Her attempts to be affectionate were her bottom line; if that failed, Lin Chaoyan would become enraged.

"Let me go! My will is free! Freedom is not an object like property, but an eternal right of man. You wicked man, don't even think about trapping me!" Oh heavens! Oh earth! This is even more terrifying than during the pandemic lockdown! Lin Chaoyan struggled and thrashed in Ying Zheng's arms.

"Okay, okay!! I promise you, I'll take you out for a walk after dinner." Ying Zheng was certain that the restless person in his arms had really wanted to run away just now.

Lin Chaoyan stopped resisting and looked suspiciously at the man who had restrained her. "Really? You're not lying to me?"

"Hehehe!!! Really! You! What am I supposed to do with you!" Her distrustful look made Ying Zheng both laugh and cry. No matter how willful and reckless she was, he just liked her, liked her to no end.

"Ayan, you are not allowed to leave me or run away from me in the future." If you run away again, I will build a golden cage and lock you inside.

Not leaving? Well, that depends on your performance. After all, loving someone is only 30% of what you love yourself. I want you to feel 100% of what I love. "Then you can't restrict my freedom, you can't bully me, you can't be mean to me, hit me, or scold me. If others bully me, you have to help me, and if I bully others, you have to trust me unconditionally."

"Alright~ How could I bear to see my Ayan suffer even the slightest grievance? I'll kill whoever bullies you." As for making Ayan take action, that must be the other party's fault. My Ayan is not an unreasonable person who acts recklessly.

Lin Chaoyan placed her hand on Ying Zheng's heart, speaking with utmost seriousness. "And another thing! If you change your mind, or if your heart is moved by someone else, then I will leave you without hesitation, and we'll be strangers when we meet again..." Ignoring his current feelings, she continued, "Also, don't harbor any illusions. I can sense whether your mind has changed. Words can lie, but the aura emanating from your heart won't. I won't fight to the death with you, or get entangled any longer. If your mind changes, I'll leave. Anyway, there are plenty of other people in this world..." Handsome, leaving might be painful, but that's better than prolonged suffering.

I don't care about your past, but I will be disgusted by your future. Once you're unfaithful, there will be no more chances.

Ying Zheng remained silent for a while. The heart is beyond control; being moved is uncontrollable. Restraining myself for you, choosing you was my instinct. But I couldn't say it; if I did, the person in my arms would leave without hesitation.

"Okay! I promise you." Ah Yan, I can't guarantee who my heart might beat for in the future, but I promise my choice will only be you.

Lin Chaoyan could sense his fear, unease, and uncertainty.

But a gentleman judges by actions, not intentions! If that day ever comes, as long as he manages to restrain himself, he should be forgiven.

As evening fell, everyone rested where they were, while Lin Chaoyan led the children to run around in the woods and play "Red Light, Green Light".

"One, two, three, freeze!"

The four little radishes standing on one leg like a golden rooster, and the way they spread their wings like a roc, are hilarious.

"One, two, three, freeze!" The moment Lin Chaoyan turned around, Xiao Fusu fell to the ground with a thud.

"Hahaha... Xu'er, I've got you!"

For dinner, we had pasta and steak, and I gave Ying Zheng some red wine. I don't know where Arcadia got it from.

When Lin Chaoyan asked him, he just smiled mysteriously and wouldn't say anything.

"Mother, shall we tell Xu'er a story?" Grandmother had heard stories, and her three aunts had heard stories, but she herself hadn't.

Tell a story? Lin Chaoyan, who'd already told fairy tales to death, suddenly had a brilliant idea. "Then I'll tell you a ghost story! Hehehe!! If you're scared at night, you can hide under the covers!"

"Don't turn around if someone calls your name in the middle of the night. As the saying goes, if someone calls your name in the middle of the night, don't turn around... because it may not be a person calling you!"

Each person has three fires on their body, one on their head and one on each shoulder. When walking at night, turning around can easily extinguish the fire, or it can be extinguished by something unclean. Moreover, you can't be sure if someone is calling you, or what you will see when you turn around. If the fire goes out, it is easy to be possessed by evil spirits, or to be taken away as a substitute.

Because his parents worked away from home year-round and rarely returned, Xiao Chuan and Along often liked to go to town to play.

That night, we had a blast, playing almost every game we could think of. Even the air was filled with the scent of joy. Before we knew it, it was dark. Darkness in August comes so suddenly. Just a moment ago there were glimmers of sunset, and in the blink of an eye, it was pitch black all around.

"Let's go back! It's getting dark, and today is the Ghost Festival." Ah Long shook the dirt off his clothes and pulled Xiao Chuan back. Xiao Chuan was a little reluctant, after all, he hadn't had enough fun and felt that the happy time was too short.

"Alright! We'll come again tomorrow." Xiao Chuan stood up as well. A Long seemed to be in a hurry, walking quickly, and the distance between the two widened to several meters in an instant.

Walking on the mountain road back to the village was a bit scary. They didn't feel it during the day, but as soon as it got dark, they realized how difficult the road was to walk. Xiao Chuan was surprised that A Long had made such a fast pace.

Suddenly, Ah Long stopped and asked Xiao Chuan in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"What's wrong?" Xiao Chuan asked him, puzzled.

"Xiao Chuan, weren't you calling me just now? You kept calling me Ah Long." Ah Long asked curiously.

"I didn't call you! You must have misheard, or it could just be a whisper," Ogawa explained.

Ah Long's expression changed drastically. His eyes gleamed in the darkness, like the will-o'-the-wisps the old man had described. He kept looking around, his neck turning rapidly.

"Ah Long? What's wrong with you?" Xiao Chuan was very scared, after all, Ah Long's behavior was too strange.

Ah Long didn't explain, but instead pulled Xiao Chuan and ran home quickly. He had a strong grip, and Xiao Chuan was practically dragged back by him.

Ah Long took Xiao Chuan home and left. Before leaving, his face was deathly pale, devoid of any life.

The next day, Xiao Chuan went to visit A ​​Long as usual, but when he got to A Long's house, he found that the door was unlocked and opened with a push.

He thought Ah Long was probably still sleeping. He had played wildly and stayed up late yesterday, and he must be very tired when he got back. "Ah Long? Ah Long?" Ah Long's house was very dark. Although the sun was already high outside, his house felt very gloomy. Ah Long's room was upstairs.

Xiao Chuan called Ah Long's name again and again, but the small room was deathly silent. He carefully climbed the stairs. The second floor was dark, and Xiao Chuan called again, but still no one answered. He assumed Ah Long had already gone out and was about to turn around and go downstairs when he suddenly saw something wriggling in a dark corner of the attic.

"Ah Long, is that you? Why aren't you saying anything?" Xiao Chuan walked over happily.

Ah Long's room had a window. As Xiao Chuan approached, sunlight gradually streamed into the attic. Finally, he saw Ah Long.

Xiao Chuan stared in shock, his mouth agape. In just one night, he was almost unrecognizable. The once robust Ah Long seemed to have died. Before Xiao Chuan stood an incredibly thin man, his dark circles deeply sunken into his large eye sockets, his cheekbones prominent, and his overall appearance frighteningly gaunt. He wasn't wearing a shirt, and Xiao Chuan could see his ribs protruding.

Only the occasional twitch of the whites of his eyes tells you that he is still alive.

"Ah Long? What happened to you? How did you become like this?" Xiao Chuan asked him excitedly, shaking his huge head and crying. He didn't say a word, staring blankly behind Xiao Chuan.

"It's calling my name, it's calling my name again. It's going to take me away," Ah Long mumbled from his throat as if in a dream.

"It? Who is it? Ah Long, don't scare me. I'll go find someone to save you." Xiao Chuan let go of Ah Guang and was about to go down to find someone when suddenly Ah Guang grabbed Xiao Chuan's clothes tightly with great force, almost pulling him over.

"Don't go! It's here, I see it, it's right behind you!" Ah Guang shouted hoarsely, pointing to the dark attic behind me, extremely agitated.