"If I said I had seen him in my dream, would you believe it?"

Since he accidentally revealed his strength in desperation, Chen An simply stopped hiding anything from Xia Qin. After all, Xia Qin is not an outsider. Now that he has no threat from ghosts in his dreams, even if he says it, it will not have any impact. Moreover, he is really unable to withstand the pressure of confusing dreams and reality alone.

"Chen An, aren't you kidding?" Xia Qin was a little stunned, subconsciously stretched out her hand to his forehead. Her seemingly relaxed tone was mixed with complex emotions of tension and hesitation. "You must have come back to read the newspaper and then teased me specifically, right?"

"Xia Qin, what I said is true." Chen An took Xia Qin's hand away, stared into her eyes and sighed. "You know I never joke about such serious things."

"...Chen An, you know that it's not that I don't believe you, but that what you said is too incredible." Xia Qin said in silence for a moment.

"I am as unbelievable as you. The problem is that reality is so inclined to not believe it." Chen An said with a wry smile. "I am very confused now and I can't calm down and think rationally. I know you may think that my work pressure is too high, causing mental problems, but I can assure you that everything I say is true and credible!"

"You tell me the whole story of the cause and effect of the matter. I will try to analyze it for you." Xia Qin knew what kind of person Chen An was the best. After confirming that he did not lie, she had no choice but to say helplessly.

Chen An glanced from the corner of his eyes at the empty shoe cabinet in front of the door, and then told Xia Qin about his detailed experience of returning from a business trip from Qinzhou to his last fainting, including his meeting of the ghost of the little girl in red.

"I already know the basic situation."

While Chen An was telling her, Xia Qin even took out paper and pen from her bag and recorded every key point he mentioned. Until he finished speaking, Xia Qin still kept meditating and drew circles on the paper. Chen An did not disturb Xia Qin, and helped her make a cup of hot tea on the way. After a long time, she stretched and said.

"How is it? Are there any gains?" Chen An asked hurriedly.

"If you don't have hysteria, all the sources of everything are pointed to here." Xia Qin picked up the hot tea and took a sip, then picked up the signature pen in her hand and pointed to a place recorded on the paper.

A mysterious tavern with no trace.

"The first time you saw this tavern was in the nearby alley where you came back after drinking and saying goodbye with Mingtao. The second time was on the way back to the celebration banquet with your colleagues. The third time was in Nanshan District. You didn't enter this mysterious tavern for the first time, but the third time you went in. That night, you saw the ghost for the first time. This was something you had never encountered in more than 20 years ago. Then, you began to experience a series of incredible strange things." Xia Qin tapped the paper with a sign pen and gradually analyzed. "So, it's hard not to arouse my suspicion. What's strange is that you haven't noticed this key point."

"Because after seeing a ghost, I was thinking about this matter all over my mind, so I couldn't calm down at all. I thought from the perspective of the bystander. Now after hearing your analysis, I suddenly realized it." Chen An hung his head, covered his face with his hands and felt exhausted physically and mentally.

"Actually, it's all small things that you're confused for a while. Now your most important thing is to figure out what's going on with you. Only by solving the source can you solve your troubles and problems." Xia Qin reached out to wrap her arms around Chen An's shoulder and comforted her softly.

"That's right, I'll take a leave tomorrow to find that mysterious tavern, and I'm going to investigate the truth of all this!" Chen An cheered up and gritted his teeth.

"Do you need my help?" Xia Qin said worriedly.

"No, believe me, I am alone and have the ability to solve this problem." Chen An said with a tight grip on Xia Qin's hand.

"Since that's the case, I won't interfere with your decision. When I go to the field, I will also help you find out what you said about the mysterious tavern, but I only have one condition." Xia Qin sighed and said with a serious expression. "Promise me, safety is the priority, and don't take risks!"

"Don't worry, I'm more afraid of death than you imagined, and you won't joke about your life easily."

When he said this, Chen An still habitually glanced at the shoe cabinet in front of the door.

No one, no ghost.

"Are you still worried and scared?" Xia Qin, who was keenly noticing Chen An's eyes, looked at the door.

"Yes, but now I feel much more at ease." Chen An said with a wry smile.

"Don't think about it anymore. You're tired of traveling on a business trip. Go to bed early tonight, so that you will have the energy to investigate the tavern tomorrow." Xia Qin said.

"Well, I'll go to the bathroom to wash and get ready to go to bed later." Chen An nodded.

"Then I'll go take a shower first, and then go to the hot water room to make a pot of hot water for you to soak your feet." Xia Qin patted Chen An's shoulder, then picked up her bag and walked into the room to start tidying up her changing clothes.

Until Xia Qin left the door, Chen An, who was sitting on the small sofa, finally stood up. He took off his coat and came to the bathroom to wash up. However, when he saw himself in the mirror, especially a dazzling blue-purple pinch mark under his neck, the toothbrush and water cup in his hand fell to the ground, and he felt a chill rushing his forehead.

"Chen An, what's wrong with you?" Xia Qin heard the noise outside the house and rushed back anxiously, rushed to the bathroom with a nervous look at Chen Andao who was motionless.

"Did you see it?" Chen An raised his hand tremblingly and pointed at his neck in the mirror.

"What did you see?" Xia Qin looked into the mirror, as if she was unaware of anything.

"The pinch marks on my neck." Chen An said in horror.

"No, Chen An, are you dazzled? I really didn't see anything." Xia Qin looked at the mirror and then at Chen An. Finally, she leaned directly to Chen An's neck and observed it carefully, but she couldn't see the pinching marks that Chen An said.

"You really can't see?" Chen An said in surprise.

"Chen An, are you too suspicious?" Xia Qin grabbed Chen An's arms and shook them hard.

"..." Chen An aimed at the conspicuous pinching marks on his neck in front of the mirror, but finally said silent for a while. "Maybe, I was really in a daze and misread."

"Chen An, how can I feel relieved to you like this!" Xia Qin showed a sad expression, tears rolling in her eyes.

"It's my fault, it's my fault, it's my fault, which makes you worried." Chen An immediately hugged Xia Qin tightly and stroked her head gently.

"Remember, don't think too much."

After a while, the two separated, Xia Qin solemnly instructed.

"I understand, you go and take a shower."

After Xia Qin left, Chen An stood in front of the mirror again and stared at his neck. He touched the blue-purple pinch mark, but he didn't feel any pain, like a decorative tattoo.

Picking up the toothbrush and quilt falling from the floor, rinsing it clean, and finishing washing, he returned to the small sofa in the living room, staring at the shoe cabinet in front of the door.

This time, there was nothing.

Xia Qin came back from taking a shower and put in hot water to wash Chen An's feet. The two of them lay on the bed in the bedroom. They were speechless for a while and the atmosphere was a little heavy.

"I will ask for leave with you tomorrow to investigate that tavern."

It was Xia Qin who broke the deadlock.

"I understand." Chen An did not refuse, because he heard the firmness from Xia Qin's calm tone. He knew her. Once she made a decision, no one could dissuade her.

"Go to bed early."

After saying that, she turned over and fell asleep.

Chen An didn't know how to express his current mood, anger, helplessness, despair, pain... fear was like an enemy pressing step by step, breaking his psychological defense line again and again. Sooner or later, he would completely collapse.

A strong feeling of sleepiness came, and his heavy eyelids slowly closed, and before he knew it, he fell asleep.

He seemed to have a dream.

There was a voice in the dream calling me.

But the sound is very blurry.

Gradually, the sound gradually became louder and clearer.

"Shit...hit...hit..."

What sound? Snake?

"Uncle... are you looking for me?"
Chapter completed!