Chapter 57 Cause and Effect

Successfully promoted to a two-star hunter.

Yu Ke left the Forestry Bureau and went shopping in a nearby mall.

He waited until the evening before heading back to his residence. The return ticket had been bought, tomorrow afternoon.

"Boss, a bowl of pickled mustard greens and shredded pork noodles, a well-cooked poached egg, and no green onions!"

Back in the familiar noodle shop, Yu Ke, wearing a black down jacket, sat on a bench playing with his phone. With a suitcase beside him, he no longer had the coolness and sharpness of the forest ranger uniform. He was a pure migrant worker returning to his hometown.

No one would have thought that the special suitcase he was carrying contained a long-handled axe and a sharp-toothed bow and arrow.

There was no way, the forest ranger uniform appeared in the ordinary community where his predecessor had lived, which was too easy to attract attention.

His sight briefly stopped at a statue of a deity enshrined in the corner of the store. There were still unburned incense sticks in the incense burner, and smoke was curling.

Yu Ke remembered that there was no such thing before.

Confused, he turned his eyes to the residential area on one side of the street. His previous residence was not high-end, but just an ordinary middle-class residential area in Danhang City.

But the entrance of the community today seemed particularly deserted.

At this time in the past, vendors would come to sell their goods with carts, and adults would take their children out for a walk.

After staying at home for nearly a week during the cold wave, it was finally sunny, but no one came out?

Shaking his head, Yu Ke stopped thinking about it.

He lived in this community for more than half a year before becoming a forest ranger. Looking at the streets and the evening scenes in front of the community that were so familiar that he could reproduce the location of each store in his mind, he still didn't have much sense of belonging.

This was the memory and life of his previous life, not his.

Yu Ke came back here specifically to say goodbye to his previous life.

He was going to move forward, and the past could no longer bind him.

If there was anything he was reluctant to leave, it was only the pickled mustard greens and shredded pork noodles in this noodle shop, which tasted so authentic.

The noodles were served on the table. Yu Ke had just lowered his head to eat a few bites when he heard the bell ring at the door of the store. A new customer entered the room. He subconsciously looked up to check, but his sight suddenly froze. Seeing the man looking at him, he quickly avoided him.

"Boss, green vegetable and shredded pork noodles, poached eggs, and green onions."

As she spoke, her footsteps finally stopped beside Yu Ke, and she asked uncertainly,

"Yu Ke, is that you?"

"Uh, um, long time no see, Teacher Xu."

Yu Ke looked up at the woman in front of him. She was wearing a light pink down jacket, her hair was tied on her shoulders, her gentle and dignified facial features were tired to the naked eye, she was holding a bag of frozen dumplings in her hand, and she tilted her head to look at him.

A colleague of his predecessor, and also the object of his pursuit before the accident.

After Yu Ke "resurrected from the dead", he was worried about exposing his identity, so he cut off contact with everyone with the excuse of being too sad.

Apart from the relatives who disappeared after coming twice, she, who lived in the same community, came to visit from time to time.

"You seem to have changed a little. It seems that the work of a forest ranger is very hard?"

Xu Wan looked at Yu Ke's angular face. If it weren't for the similar eyebrows and eyes, she really couldn't recognize him.

"Haha, you are stationed in Jinghu Forest. You exercise every day. It's normal to be thin."

Yu Ke laughed dryly and ate noodles a little faster.

"I saw the video you posted. It's amazing. It was told to me by other teachers. Your deeds have spread in the school. It's amazing. I heard that the principal wants to contact you to go back and tell the students about your experience."

"I will definitely do it if I have the chance in the future."

"I plan to stay for a few days this time. There will be a vacation after the cold wave ends, right?"

Noticing the large suitcase next to Yu Ke, Xu Wan asked with a gleam in her eyes.

"I'm actually leaving tomorrow afternoon. I'm back because there are some things I need to deal with at the Forestry Bureau. There are many hunting group activities in Jinghu Forest recently, and I, a forest ranger, have to stick to my post."

Yu Ke made up a random excuse and explained awkwardly.

He could fight with dozens of Wendiego in the deep forest in the blizzard without changing his expression, but he was a little overwhelmed when facing the woman in front of him who still cared for him for half a year after he crossed over.

This feeling belongs to the predecessor who died in the disaster, and Yu Ke has no love for Xu Wan. If he has to say anything, it's just gratitude.

He never planned to pretend to be his predecessor to accept this feeling.

After quickly finishing the noodles, Yu Ke stood up and was about to say goodbye. Instead of getting entangled, it's better to make a decision immediately.

As a result, Yu Ke just stood up and was grabbed by Xu Wan's right cuff. At this time, he noticed that the latter was wearing an apricot-yellow amulet folded into a triangle on her exposed wrist, and the cinnabar spell was faintly visible.

"Wait, you just came back and you may not know, our neighborhood has been haunted recently, especially at night, it's not peaceful."

Xu Wan noticed Yu Ke's gaze, and took out an identical bracelet from her pocket and said,

"This is what I and several colleagues in the office went to a nearby temple to pray for during the day. They said it can ward off evil spirits."

"Is it an attack by a ghost?"

Yu Ke sat back in his seat and realized why Xu Wan looked so tired.

The content mentioned by colleagues during the camping dinner came to mind.

The recent ghost attacks in Danhang City have indeed caused a lot of noise, but if Yu Ke remembered correctly, the place of the incident should not be this community.

"Yes, yesterday evening, a victim also appeared in the neighboring community."

Speaking of this, Xu Wan's eyes were full of worry and her face was a little pale. She currently lives with her elderly parents. It is difficult to feel safe when encountering such things, so she prays to the gods.

"Has anything strange happened in the community recently?"

Yu Ke took the amulet and looked at it. It had no effect. It was purely a trick, but he did not expose it and asked instead.

"I'm in school during the day, and I heard about what happened last night from others. Why don't you go find a hotel to stay in, otherwise it will delay your trip tomorrow."

"It's too late to book a room at this time. Besides, I'm already at the gate of the community, so there's no reason to turn around and leave. I'll go back with you later, and I want to see what kind of evil ghost is so arrogant."

Yu Ke was still wondering if there really are evil ghosts in this world not long ago, so he took this opportunity to investigate.

If he could run into that evil ghost, he would just let it disappear into ashes, which would be the last thing he did for his neighbors or Xu Wan before leaving, and settle the various causes and effects left by his predecessor here.

"Aren't you afraid? I remember you didn't even dare to watch horror movies before."

Xu Wan looked at Yu Ke in surprise, and then thought of the videos he had posted recently.

When talking about evil ghosts, he was like talking about a bared wild dog he met on the roadside, as if he could easily get rid of it, and his words were full of unparalleled confidence.

She always thought of Yu Ke as the slightly plump colleague from half a year ago, but how could he be the same person now?

Suddenly, Xu Wan fell silent.