Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 278 Good Man

Chapter 278: Chapter 278 Good Man

His tone was strange... making Xu Zhifei feel very uncomfortable.

Xu Zhifei stared blankly at Bai Yanliang, this strange feeling was...

Bai Yanliang sat on the ground, blinking his eyes, the blood color in his pupils had completely vanished. He tilted his head, curiously looking at her.

Bai Yanliang... has he lost his memory?

No... is he really... Bai Yanliang?

Although he looked exactly the same on the outside, his aura was completely different. Such a drastic change is something only a person with a split personality would have, never a normal person!

Once Xu Zhifei felt the stiffness leave her body, she immediately stood up. She did not answer Bai Yanliang, nor did she speak, she just kept staring at him.

Bai Yanliang seemed a bit uncomfortable with Xu Zhifei’s gaze. He crawled up from the ground, hesitantly reached out, and grabbed the hem of Xu Zhifei’s sleeve.

Xu Zhifei’s eyes widened slightly, obviously startled.

She looked at Bai Yanliang’s eyes in confusion, noticing that he was also looking at her, his clear and bright black eyes carrying a hint of confusion as if he had just woken up.

Being stared at with such eyes, Xu Zhifei felt very strange.

The next moment, Xu Zhifei’s expression froze, she finally realized what was wrong with Bai Yanliang.

Now he... is just like a child under ten years old!

"Sister..."

The two words that Bai Yanliang uttered gave Xu Zhifei an urge to collapse.

Bear in mind, even when facing a fierce ghost, Xu Zhifei could maintain fairly composed emotions.

But now... she couldn’t do it.

Xu Zhifei stared into Bai Yanliang’s eyes, hoping to see a hint of joking in his gaze.

However, she failed.

Bai Yanliang only looked at her for a second or two before immediately averting his gaze, curiously starting to examine the surroundings.

Calm down...

This was the first time Xu Zhifei had said these three words to herself.

In general, she was quite calm.

After taking a deep breath, Xu Zhifei adjusted her emotions, looked at the twenty-three-year-old Bai Yanliang, whose mind seemed to have returned to childhood, and asked, "What’s your name?"

Bai Yanliang turned his head, still looking at her with that innocent and somewhat bewildered look, grinning: "Sister, my name is Bai Yanren!"

Xu Zhifei’s heart trembled.

Bai Yanren...

Bai Yanren was not his older brother? Even if his mind shrank, it should turn into the childhood Bai Yanliang, so why become the childhood Bai Yanren? Could it be... Bai Yanliang’s childhood was actually Bai Yanren?

Xu Zhifei felt as if she had been drawn into a massive mystery, Bai Yanliang... Bai Yanren, are they truly brothers?

Looking at Bai Yanliang, who still had an adult’s body but whose mind had clearly turned into a child... or Bai Yanren, Xu Zhifei had many questions arise within her.

Is this the ability of Bai Yanliang’s key?

Has the real Bai Yanliang already died?

The Bai Yanliang that appeared in her dreams, has he already come back to life and turned into another person...

For the first time, Xu Zhifei experienced the feeling of a heart in turmoil.

"Let me go."

Xu Zhifei applied a bit of force, shrugging off the sleeve held by Bai Yanliang.

Bai Yanliang stared blankly at her, and his eyes gradually filled with a layer of mist, "Sister, don’t you like me..."

"..."

Xu Zhifei felt like she was about to go crazy.

Why is it like this?

Right... the key, his key!

Xu Zhifei pulled Bai Yanliang’s right hand over, pried it open.

The key was still there, lying entirely silver-white in Bai Yanliang’s palm.

Xu Zhifei picked up the key and forcefully stabbed it into the wound on his palm that had been scratched earlier.

Bai Yanliang grimaced in pain, struggling lightly, but seemed too afraid to do so.

He looked at Xu Zhifei pitifully, the blood quickly soaking the key once again.

However, this time, nothing happened.

How can this be?

Xu Zhifei was about to try again, but the next moment she reacted immediately to something else being wrong.

No... After using the key’s ability, the body ages rapidly, but why is there no sign of aging in Bai Yanliang’s body?

Furthermore, this key can’t be used... either

Why...

Xu Zhifei’s mind raced, suddenly! She turned and stared at Bai Yanliang, and a very unbelievable idea came to her.

Could it be... this key is special?

It has no side effects and can only be used once?

Xu Zhifei didn’t know that her speculation was very close to the truth.

This key was indeed special, because it wasn’t condensed from Fog Gathering, but appeared by chance in a village in the real world.

Moreover... its original color wasn’t silver-white, but blood-red.

"Sister... why did you hit me..."

Bai Yanliang’s voice was full of grievance, but with his adult physique, it suddenly gave Xu Zhifei goosebumps.

What to do now?

Xu Zhifei turned her head, no longer looking at Bai Yanliang, looking at him only disrupted her thoughts.

The first thing to do is to leave this old house and then find a way to understand the secrets of this world and find the way to survive.

Only after getting out safely could she gradually consider the issue of Bai Yanliang.

But...

Xu Zhifei quietly took a look at Bai Yanliang, in his current state, can he really leave this world alive?

To be honest, Xu Zhifei didn’t have the confidence to protect him while finding a way out of here alive.

"How old are you?"

Xu Zhifei suddenly asked a very odd question.

Bai Yanliang’s black and white eyes brightened up, he happily replied, "Five years old!"

"Do you have a younger brother?"

Xu Zhifei continued to ask.

She kept her gaze firmly on Bai Yanliang, still finding it unbelievable up till now.

Bai Yanliang looked at Xu Zhifei in confusion, shook his head, "No..."

"Then... have you ever heard the name Bai Yanliang?"

When mentioning this name, Xu Zhifei was on high alert, if the person in front of her showed any oddity, that would show he has a problem...

However, upon hearing this name, Bai Yanliang merely nodded obediently, "Uh huh! That’s me too!"

"Yanliang is the name Mom gave me, Yanren is the name Dad gave me, they’re both my names!"

Bai Yanliang was smiling.

But Xu Zhifei was chilled to the core.

Bai Yanliang, Bai Yanren... did the turn out to be the same person?

What is going on here?

Bai Yanliang... what exactly is his existence?

Looking at the childlike Bai Yanliang, Xu Zhifei suddenly felt a deep-seated fear welling up from within.

He really... has serious issues...

But... in Xu Zhifei’s mind, images of Zhongyuan Village appeared unexpectedly.

Back then, under that tree, with the moon behind and the tree’s shadow in front.

He clasped her properly, speaking of finding her body.

In the end, he actually found it.

And now, it’s his soul that’s lost...

A flicker of emotion passed through Xu Zhifei’s eyes as she quietly watched Bai Yanliang.

Even if it’s... just to return a favor.