There is a long, thin river in the town. It is said that a beggar thought it looked like an earthworm, so he called it the Earthworm River.

Now, the river has become a landscape in Yueshan Town, famous far and wide.

When foreigners come, they will go to the river for a walk.

Huang Dan and Ye Lan stood side by side by the river, gusts of hot wind hit their faces, and they felt a little dizzy.

Speaking of which, Huang Dan is also unlucky. He is afraid of heat, and he doesn’t like summer the most. It was summer when he travelled to the first world and it is same in the second world.

What’s even more frightening is that although the first world has no air conditioners or electric fans, can wears few clothes and walk barefoot shirtless, while the second world…

Huang Dan looked at his body, ai.

None of the servants followed closely.

They couldn’t listen to what the master said. If they heard it, it would be very painful, because the most difficult thing in the world is to keep their mouths shut.

Ye Lan was wearing a light purple embroidered cheongsam with neither high nor low slits. Inside the skirt were two fair and slender legs. She just ran out of a banquet and felt bored, “Song Wang, Do you yearn for love?”

Huang Dan said, “Yearn.”

Ye Lan was slightly stunned, and she laughed out loud, “I’ve never seen you so straightforward. I asked you before and what nonsensical reasons were you pulling with me? It’s better now.”

Huang Dan found a fragment about Ye Lan in the original owner’s memory.

The original owner was in unrequited love with Ye Lan, who had someone she liked in her heart. To be precise, she didn’t know who it was, it was just a back view, saying that she was playing under the arcade when the building suddenly collapsed, and someone rescued her. She only saw a figure from the back, and the obsession was planted at that time.

Ye Lan has been inquiring about it, and after returning from overseas, she is still looking for it.

“Song Wang, times have changed, and will continue to change, but Yueshan Town is still the same as before, pedantic, clueless, ignorant, feudal and stubborn.”

A bit of melancholy appeared in Ye Lan’s eyes, “The air here is depressing, I really don’t want to come back.”

Huang Dan was silent.

Ye Lan opened the small bag, took out a dark black cigarette case and bit a cigarette, “What happened to you that night?”

Huang Dan said, “I don’t know.”

Ye Lan search lighter in her bag. After the click, her red lips parted slightly and she exhaled a smoke ring, the movement was skilful, “I waited in the teahouse for a while and after I heard the report from the servant only then did I know that something happened to you.”

Huang Dan smelled the smoke and remembered a brand called Qixi.

“I went to your house the next day. You were unconscious and the old madam didn’t have the heart to see me either.” Ye Lan smiled, “It’s a good thing you’re fine, otherwise I’d feel really bad about it. If I hadn’t made an appointment with you, You won’t have to come out either.”

Huang Dan said, “I heard it’s been a bit chaotic recently.”

Ye Lan smoked a cigarette, “Well, my parents specifically told me not to go out alone, Song Wang, have you heard any rumors?”

Huang Dan seemed to mention it casually, “It seems that someone is missing.”

Hearing this, Ye Lan tilted her head and said in surprise, “It’s true, why didn’t I see a single policeman?”

Huang Dan shrugged, “Who knows.”

Ye Lan asked, “Do you want one? This is new brand.”

Huang Dan doesn’t smoke or drink, and now he suddenly wanted to try it. He took the cigarette from Ye Lan’s hand, took a puff after the tobacco was lit, and frowned in disgust.

Ye Lan shook her head, “Eldest Young Master, you are really picky.”

Holding the pack of cigarettes, she said, “Just this small pack is worth half a year’s income for many people.”

Huang Dan cut off the cigarette, much worse than Qixi.

Ye Lan held her right elbow with her left hand, a cigarette between her slender fingers, her bright red nails are particularly dazzling, “There is a tailor shop on South Street, and the master craftsmen there are good at work, come with me for a walk?”

Huang Dan looked at the servants behind him.

Ye Lan said with a smile, “You should get married early and let the old madam have a great-grandson, so she won’t fix her eyes on you like this.”

Huang Dan said, “It’s hard to find good one.”

Ye Lan took a few puffs of cigarettes, then suddenly said, “What about me? What do you think of me?”

Huang Dan looked down.

Ye Lan made an exaggerated expression, “Why, I’m not good enough for you?”

Huang Dan looked away, “Love is about consensuality, you are not interested in me.”

“You saw through it.” Ye Lan said, “I think your family also want to arrange a marriage for you. When we have nowhere to go, it’s better for us to make do with each other.”

She flicked off the cigarette ash, “My sweetheart is not a little boy like you, he is a macho man, taller and stronger than you, and he can hold me up with one hand.”

Huang Dan looked at Ye Lan. Although she looks thin, her frame is only half a head shorter than him. When she wore high heels, she looks taller than him and he could hold her up with one hand?

If that person can support Ye Lan, then it is not a problem to support him.

Huang Dan raised his eyelids, only a demon can do it, right? “Ye Lan, how old were you when the accident happened?”

Ye Lan said, “Eleven years old.”

Huang Dan said, “You are twenty-five now.”

Ye Lan corrected, “Twenty-four, thank you.”

Huang Dan, “……”

Ye Lan, “Tomorrow is my twenty-fifth birthday.”

Huang Dan is speechless, is there a difference? “That said, it’s been fourteen years, and the person you’re looking for should be old.”

The smoke between Ye Lan’s fingers trembled, her eyes were firm and full of tenderness, “It doesn’t matter if he is old or disabled, as long as he is still alive.”

Huang Dan couldn’t understand, “Even if you stood face to face with him, you wouldn’t recognize him.”

Ye Lan didn’t feel discouraged at all, “I will respond telepathically.”

Huang Dan twitched the corners of his mouth. Then he also believe it for once, maybe he has a connection with that demon.

Ye Lan finished smoking, “Do you want to go to South Street?”

Huang Dan shook his head, “No, I can’t go back too late.”

Ye Lan buckled the small bag, “Okay, you should go back early, don’t wander around in the street, I’ll go by myself.”

Huang Dan looked at the back of the woman leaving, “Quite good looking.”

“Charming, right, Mr. System.”

“Yes.”

Huang Dan walked along the Earthworm River. According to the normal number of routes, the demon should be around him. Even if he was not there at the beginning, he would come to him later because of certain things and certain people.

Who is the one?

There are a lot of servants in the house, accountants, housekeepers, kitchen staff, these all add up are many. It will takes a lot of work to check.

The first world was eliminated by death, and this method is not possible for the time being. Huang Dan didn’t even have a single object of suspicion.

At night, when the Ye family came to the house, Huang Dan found out that Ye Lan is missing.

Father Ye didn’t even take a sip of tea, and when he saw Huang Dan coming out, he hurriedly asked, “Nephew, were you with my family’s Lan Lan this afternoon?”

Huang Dan told the truth.

After hearing this, Father Ye immediately went to the tailor shop on South Street.

Song Yuan Shi asked his grandson, “Ah Wang, did Ye Lan tell you anything else?”

Huang Dan said, “No.”

A glint flashed in Song Yuan Shi’s eyes, “You are lying to grandma.”

The corner of Huang Dan’s mouth twitched, this old lady is not easy to dismiss, “Ye Lan said she didn’t want to come back because her family arranged a marriage. So she didn’t like it.”

The sharpness in Song Yuan Shi’s eyes disappeared, “Life is short, how can there be so many likes.”

Huang Dan doesn’t understand, doesn’t like it, so how can they live together? Just as he was about to speak, he heard the old lady ask, “Is Ye Lan opposed to that marriage, so she ran away from home?”

“Not quite.” Huang Dan said, “Ye Lan is not someone who would run away.”

Maybe something went wrong.

At the door of the tailor shop, a servant yelled loudly, “Open the door! Open the door for me!”

An impatient voice came from inside, and the tailor shop owner put on his coat and opened the door latch, “Who is it, it’s so late, do you want someone…you…what do you want to do?”

The tailor shop owner was pushed to the ground vigorously. He saw a group of men in gray and screamed in fright. The servant stepped back and stood beside the carriage respectfully, not at all arrogant just now, “Master.”

The curtain of the car was opened, Father Ye stepped down on the back of the servant, and looked down at the tailor shop owner condescendingly, “I’m going to ask you something, you need to answer honestly, if you hide something, don’t even think about keeping this shop.”

Tailor shop owner Xiao Jipeimi nodded like chicken pecking rice, saying that he will tell the truth.

Father Ye asked if he had seen his daughter during the day.

There was a drop of cold sweat dripping from the forehead of the tailor shop owner, and he could already guess what was going on. It was really unlucky. He finally met such a distinguished guest as eldest Miss of Ye family. He thought he could make a fortune, and he would not have to worry about food and clothing in the second half of the year. Conclusion, the other party didn’t buy anything and got him into trouble.

“Seen.”

Father Ye signaled, and the servant stepped forward, grabbed the tailor shop owner by the collar, and lifted him up.

The tailor shop owner tied his tongue, “B…bu…but she left soon!”

Father Ye asked, “Which direction did she go?”

“No, don’t know.” The owner of the tailor shop shook his head like a rattle and recalled, “There were several people in the shop at that time. I was busy taking care of the business, so I didn’t look at it. I just remembered that Miss Ye ran out in a hurry, as if she was chasing someone. She didn’t even take her bag.”

Father Ye frowned deeply, “Bag?”

He raised his hand, and the owner of the tailor shop was put down. He scrambled to the counter and took out a small black bag, “That’s it.”

Father Ye took it from the servants, opened the small bag to look, there were cigarette cases, lighters, and lipstick brought back from abroad, but his expression became more serious.

His daughter always had a stable temper since she was a child, neither superficial nor impatient, what on earth did she see that made her panic so much that she even left her bag behind.

The atmosphere in the Ye family hall was dull.

Father Ye was sitting on top, and below was Second Aunt Bai Ying.

Bai Ying covered her lips with a handkerchief, and said in a soft voice, “Master, if you ask me, Lan Lan is very sensible, she must be delayed by something outside.”

Father Ye slapped the table, “What can happen? It is so late. Why did not she come back yet?”

Bai Ying flicked the handkerchief, well, it’s better not to say anything.

She didn’t have son or daughter in the early years. Now this son is well-raised. He is only three years old. It’s time to play around. He doesn’t understand anything and can’t stay still. Now he is clamoring for riding a horse.

Normally, Bai Ying would make her servants kneel on the ground for her precious son to ride on. Now that something happened at home, she didn’t dare to disturb the master at this time, so she hugged her son on her lap and coaxed her in a low voice.

The child didn’t listen, so he howled dryly, without any tears in his eyes, “No, I want to ride a horse.”

Master Ye threw the teacup out, “Give me some peace!”

Bai Ying was startled.

Child’s face also turned pale, he cried out of fright, tears streaming down his face.

Father Ye’s eyes widened, and Bai Ying began to sob, “Master, Lan Lan is a descendant of your Ye family, isn’t my son? He is still so young, why are you scaring him? If something goes wrong, How am I going to live?”

“Hurry up and leave.”

Father Ye waved his hands irritably, and asked the housekeeper to forcibly “invite” the mother and son away.

It was late at night, and the servants who went out searched from door to door, and came back in batches, but there was no news. They also wondered, such a big living person, could it be possible to grow wings and fly?

Father Ye sat in the hall and sighed. The wife was seriously injured when she gave birth to Lanlan, and she left him not long after.

He was busy with the family business and had to take care of all aspects. Later, he met a oiran from brothel at the wine table and made her pregnant and got married.

Lanlan quarreled with him, saying that she doesn’t want to stay at home and was going abroad, so he had to make arrangements.

Over the years, the relationship between their father and daughter has grown apart.

Ye Lan didn’t come back all night. Father Ye took a few bank notes and went to see the County Lord.

In the morning, the Chief Police showed up in the town with a few Policemen. They were all dressed in black and held a knife in their hands. When people saw them, they whispered that something big had happened.

Huang Dan was bored eating snacks in the garden, but fortunately, the points bag dropped in his mind from time to time, so he caught three and quickly saved them up.

Ever since he died of pain once, Huang Dan knew that the chrysanthemum spirit is good, and he needed points to buy that stuff.

Juan’er fanned him from behind.

A plate of snacks on the table was eaten by Huang Dan, leaving a small piece, and there was a faint movement outside the wall, which was the sound of chaotic footsteps.

Huang Dan asked subconsciously, “What’s going on?”

Juan’er shook her head.

Huang Dan wiped his hands with a handkerchief, walked quickly through the corridor and hall, and appeared outside the door.

An uncle ran past him and he stopped him, “Uncle, is something wrong?”

The uncle panted with his arms crossed, “Yes, something happened.”

“It’s too scary.” He was panicked and trembling when he spoke, “Master Song, I’m really not bragging, it’s all gone, the hands and feet are all gone, there’s only a little left.”

Huang Dan, “…so, what’s the matter?”

The uncle was very knowledgeable and before he could say anything, a passer-by shouted, “He’s dead—”

Huang Dan frowned and followed without saying a word.

It wasn’t Ye Lan who died, it was a peddler who disappeared a few days ago. He usually walked around the streets to buy and sell small goods, and there was no one at home, so even if he disappeared, it didn’t cause much commotion.

It was discovered by a woodcutter and he often took his big yellow dog with him whenever he went to the mountains to cut firewood.

Today the big yellow dog was very strange, he kept running to one place, and woodcutter couldn’t even kick him away. He glanced inadvertently and found the wreckage in the grass, tattered clothes, some unknown meat and bones and stench.

The big yellow dog sniffed the meaty bones and gnawed.

Woodcutter screamed in fright, and swung the hatchet several times, so his big yellow dog stopped chewing.

Many people in the town went to see it, and they couldn’t bear and vomit after watching it, it was so disgusting.

It was not until several neighbors of the salesman recognized the clothes that he was identified.

Most people are spreading rumors that there are tigers on the mountain. The salesman ran up the mountain and was accidentally eaten by the tiger, leaving only a few big bones with minced meat.

There are also people who have a different opinion. Why does the salesman go up the mountain? Could it be that he wants to sell the goods to flowers, plants and trees? What’s more, there are many farmers near the mountain, and many woodcutters also go there every day, so why haven’t heard of anyone doing anything.

The teahouses on West Street are full of dragons and snakes. If anyone wants to inquire about something and fails to find out there, then it is useless.

Huang Dan sat at a table and asked for a pot of Longjing.

Everyone in the teahouse was talking about the salesman, spitting wildly. “What kind of tiger, have you laughed your teeth out, okay? My father, my grandfather, and my grandparents are all Woodcutter for three generations. It is no exaggeration to say that I can walk from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain with my eyes closed and come down.”

A big man with a dark face said in a rough voice, “Don’t talk about me, even my grandfather has never seen a tiger. There are only rabbits, pheasants, and wild boars in the mountains. There are no beasts that eat people.”

“I also don’t think it’s possible.”

After a scholar said that sentence, his tone dropped a lot, “I heard from my teacher that there are demons in the world, could it be the demons who did it?”

Everyone else who heard it laughed loudly, “Demon? It’s not as credible as a tiger!”

The scholar was very serious, and he didn’t mean to be joking at all. He said nervously, “Shh, don’t shout, if there is a demon, if you called him, it will be over.”

Someone had a good face and said arrogantly, “It seems that the one who coaxed you is a demon. What’s the big deal? With so many people in our town, is it possible that we can still be afraid of him?”

“The teacher said that the demon can transform into a human form. Once he puts on his clothes and mixes with the crowd, no one can see it.”

The scholar pointed at everyone, “Maybe it is among us, it is you, it is you, or it is you.”

The atmosphere became weird and everyone was furious. “Boy, I think your teacher is just fooling you. There is no such thing as a demon in this era, so stop talking nonsense!”

“That’s right, let’s continue talking about the salesman.”

“The salesmen have all died like that. There is nothing to talk. If you want to talk, it is Ye Lan, the eldest lady of the Ye family. Have you heard?”

“Who doesn’t know, Master Ye was so loud last night, knocking on doors from door to door, I couldn’t sleep because of the noise.”

“In my opinion, that disappearance of Ye Lan is probably more ominous than good.”

“This time it’s Chief Liu, with him here, I’m sure we can find out the truth.”

“That’s right, all the ghosts and demons have to show their original shape when they are in the hands of Chief Liu.”

Huang Dan glanced at the scholar and recognized him from a branch of the Song family.

The Song family has a private school, and all the people who come in and out are the Song family people. The teacher the other party said is an old man.

Huang Dan pondered and need to found some time to chat.

There is also the Boss Zhang of the medicine shop, that story is not finished yet.

The death of the salesman only temporarily created a sense of fear in people’s hearts, which was soon overshadowed by the noise in the streets and alleys.

When Father Ye learned about the tragic death of the salesman, he felt even more uneasy, and he almost said to the policeman in a pleading tone, “I will leave the matter of my little girl to you, please help me to request Chief Liu to bring my little girl back safely. I will be thankful.”

The policeman said, “Master Ye, our boss will do his best.”

In the afternoon, a group of people appeared in the Song Mansion and unexpectedly patriarch also came. With this ruckus, those who didn’t know will think that Miss Ye’s matter had something to do with the Song family.

Huang Dan was taking a nap in the room. The weather was so hot that he couldn’t fall asleep, so he simply took off his coat, lifted his top, and fanned himself with a book.

The voice of the housekeeper sounded outside, reporting that the patriarch had arrived and a Chief Police.

Huang Dan was stunned. From yesterday to today, there was no news about Ye Lan, so he became a suspect.

After thinking about it, Huang Dan put on his suit jacket and felt hot again, so he took it off and put on a blue gown. He get up to opened the door and go out following all the way to the front hall.

Before getting close, Huang Dan heard the sound of conversation.

The housekeeper introduced, “Master, this is Liu Chu, Chief Liu.”

Huang Dan cast his gaze over, the man was talking to the patriarch. He is tall and mighty, with a bit of arrogance and wildness in his brows.