When Gu An walked to Maeve, the poor ten-year-old girl had returned to her normal appearance, except that she was dirty. The skinny little girl was tied tightly with a rope and looked like

Very pitiful.

"Your name is Maeve, right? Don't be afraid. It's okay. I'll help you untie your rope."

Gu An smiled gently at the little girl who looked at him with two big round eyes, and then he stretched out his hand to untie Maeve's rope.

"Yan Shuangying! Be careful..."

Seeing Gu An reaching out to take the rope from Maeve's body, Lu Wen, who was blocked by Gu An's back and didn't know that his daughter had returned to normal, was shocked.

He quickly walked towards Gu An, trying to stop Gu An from untying the rope around Maeve, but before Lu Wen finished speaking, he finally saw Maeve who had returned to normal.

"Mave, you're okay! You're really okay!"

Lu Wen's voice was trembling. He looked at his daughter who was tied up by his own hands. Tears finally flowed out of his eyes. Lu Wen was already desperate. He had already prepared to take care of his daughter who turned into a monster for the rest of his life.

Maeve.

When Lu Wen saw Maeve return to normal, his mood was indescribable, as if he had been plunged into endless darkness, and suddenly a light fell from the sky, breaking all the darkness and allowing him to regain light.

After Gu An untied the rope from Maeve's body, the little girl cried and threw herself into Lu Wen's arms. Lu Wen, who was kneeling on the ground and holding his daughter, also burst into tears.

After hearing the commotion, Yuri came in with the little boy from the door. When she saw Maeve returned to normal, tears burst out of her eyes. She rushed over with her little son and hugged her husband and daughter tightly.

Looking at the family crying in front of him, Gu An's eyes couldn't help but turn red. He sighed, missing his family a little.

Slowly exhaling, Gu An walked out of the room, letting the long-suppressed family vent their anger.

Standing at the door of the house, Gu An looked at the cleaned yard. Suddenly, his attention was attracted by a red dot on the radar map in the lower left corner of his sight.

what happened?

Why did a person suddenly jump out with a strong intention to kill him?

Gu An looked towards the position where the red dot appeared on the small radar map, and saw a man looking at him with half of his face hidden behind a big tree not far away.

After seeing that he was discovered by Gu An, the man whose face was only half exposed shrank, turned around and ran away without any hesitation.

Humph, you dare to have murderous intentions towards me, and you still want to run away?

In an instant, his speed exploded, and Gu An's figure disappeared directly on the spot.

The person who peeked at Gu An was a middle-aged man with a very ordinary appearance. He turned around and ran two steps when he saw that Gu An, who was standing at the door of Lu Wen's house, had appeared in front of him.

The middle-aged man was startled. He looked at Gu An in horror. Sweat appeared on his forehead. His eyes rolled around in his eye sockets several times. Then the middle-aged man said:

"what you up to?"

"What do I want to do? I should be the one to ask you this, right? Why do you peek at me?"

Gu An stared at the middle-aged man in front of him with a half-smile. This middle-aged man looked very slovenly, and his body exuded a strange smell that he had not taken a bath in a long time.

"Who's peeking at you? I just..." The slovenly middle-aged man stared, as if he was very reasonable. But before he could finish his words, Gu An had already pointed the muzzle of the Mauser pistol at him.

On the forehead of the middle-aged man.

"Now, what I don't like the most is people telling lies in front of me. Now I'll give you another chance. Tell me, why do you want to kill me?"

Opening the hammer of the Mauser pistol and pressing the trigger gently with his index finger, Gu An looked at the slovenly middle-aged man in front of him with a deadly look.

"Wha, what?!"

The slovenly middle-aged man stared at Gu An's finger pressing the trigger without blinking, with cold sweat all over his head.

Seeing that the middle-aged man in front of him seemed to be taking chances and refused to explain honestly, Gu An looked at it expressionlessly and said: "The answer is wrong."

Then, Gu An instantly turned the muzzle of the Mauser pistol and shot twice at the slovenly middle-aged man's thighs.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

With no time to react, the slovenly middle-aged man fell to the ground and let out a shrill scream.

"Now, can you answer my question seriously? You can continue to perfunctory me, but you only have two chances to answer wrongly."

Putting the muzzle of the Mauser pistol that was still smoking white to the head of the slovenly middle-aged man, Gu An spoke in an extremely calm tone.

Covering his thigh with two bloody holes from the bullets with both hands, the slovenly middle-aged man's face turned pale and his lips were trembling. He looked at Gu An as if he was looking at a statue from hell.

The devil.

"What? Do you think it's okay if you don't answer? My patience is limited. There is no need for people who have no value to be alive. Be careful in the next life and remember not to offend people you shouldn't offend again."

As he spoke, Gu An was about to pull the trigger of the Mauser pistol that was placed on the head of the slovenly middle-aged man.

"Don't kill me! I will say anything!"

The slovenly middle-aged man finally collapsed. After all, he could not bear the fear of death.

It turns out that this slovenly middle-aged man is not a villager in the village, but a wizard's apprentice. It is this slovenly middle-aged man who turned Maeve into a monster.

"Did you turn a little girl into a monster? Did you have a conflict with Lu Wen and Yuli's family?" Gu An asked, looking at the sloppy middle-aged man.

"...I don't know them." The slovenly middle-aged man hesitated for a moment and then said honestly.

Gu An smiled when he heard the sloppy middle-aged man's answer. He looked at the sloppy middle-aged man coldly and asked:

"Where else have you done the same thing after the Luwin family here?"

The slovenly middle-aged man's eyes widened. He looked at Gu An's face. His face was full of the expression "Why did you know?" He really didn't understand why Gu An knew that he didn't just turn a little girl here into a

monster.

Seeing the sloppy middle-aged man's expression, Gu An knew that he had guessed correctly. He originally just wanted to deceive this sloppy middle-aged man, but he didn't expect that he actually swindled something.

After a pause, Gu An stared at the slovenly middle-aged man and said, "Change back those innocent children you turned into monsters, and I can let you die more happily."

"This change is irreversible. No, no, maybe my teacher will have a way to remove this witchcraft. You can't kill me. Kill me. Those children will never become normal again. Yes, you can't

kill me!"

The sloppy middle-aged man seemed to have figured something out, and there was a hint of joy on his face, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.

However, Gu An suddenly laughed.

"You said that if you die, those children will never be able to become normal children again? How about we make a bet?"

"A bet? What bet?"

Some of the sloppy middle-aged men did not understand what Gu An wanted to do when Gu An suddenly said that he wanted to make a bet with him.

"What to bet on?"

Gu An smiled, and his smile gave the slovenly middle-aged man a creepy feeling.

"Let's bet that after five seconds, the children you turned into monsters will return to their normal appearance. If the children return to normal after five seconds, I win. If they don't return to normal, I lose.

If I win, I will send you on your way; if you win, then I will spare your life. How about a bet or not?"

Sloppy middle-aged man: "..."

After hearing Gu An explain clearly how he wanted to bet, the slovenly middle-aged man's first reaction was that Gu An had gone crazy. After five seconds, all the children who were turned into monsters returned to normal?

Wasn't it obvious that he wanted to win? The slovenly middle-aged man finally relaxed. He felt that this was because Gu An wanted him to find his teacher to restore the children who had turned into monsters to normal.

"Okay, I'll bet with you!"

The sloppy middle-aged man figured it out and no longer hesitated. He looked at Gu An with a smile: "You should be able to keep your word. The bets have been set. You can't change it anymore!"

Looking at the prompt in front of him that "The winning card has been activated successfully!", Gu An smiled. He looked at the sloppy middle-aged man who couldn't wait and said, "Are you in such a hurry? It hasn't even been five seconds. You

Do you want me to cash in my bet?"

The sloppy middle-aged man squeezed a smile from his face. He wanted to speak, but before the sloppy middle-aged man said the first word, he heard Gu An say:

"Okay, I am actually a very reasonable person. Since you are so anxious to get on the road, I will send you on the road now. It is really an advantage for you. I originally wanted to torture you again, but eh, I am still too kind-hearted.

Already."

As he spoke, Gu An pulled the trigger of the Mauser pistol in his hand without hesitation. The bullet left a bullet hole in the forehead of the slovenly middle-aged man. The middle-aged man with a look of astonishment fell backwards to the ground.

I still don't understand why Gu An suddenly beat me to death. Isn't he supposed to have won?

"The moment you bet with me, you have already lost. Remember to be smarter and be a good person in the next life."

As Gu An spoke, he held his breath and groped around on the slovenly middle-aged man's body. In the end, he only found a few small statues with a strange aura, and he knew at a glance that they were not good things.

Gu An had no idea of ​​leaving these statuettes behind. He dragged the sloppy middle-aged man's body away, found an empty space with no one around, took out gasoline from his pocket, poured it on the slovenly middle-aged man's body, and prepared it.

Measures to prevent fire, then snap your fingers.

With his back turned to the blazing flames, Gu An used the mount summoning card and did not go back to accept the thanks from the Lu Wen family. He walked towards Fangyuan Town where Nancy and Nan Si took Gu An to.

When Gu An arrived at Fangyuan Town, it was already dusk. The sun was setting. A red sun hung on the thin branches in the distance. It was as clear and bright as if it had been washed by water. The red of the sunset was dyed red.

The clouds in the west.

Although the weather is still cold in this originally chilly evening, the sunlight at dusk makes people feel warm and beautiful again.

In the dusk, people were coming and going in front of the hotel, and when they walked inside the hotel, the setting sun shone through the windows in the corner, and the thin air was dyed with a layer of plain warmth.

There were many people sitting in the lobby of the hotel having dinner. Electric lights were hung on the beams. Under the lights, countless flying dust feathers turned into a few reddish glows on the horizon.

The guests chatted happily while eating dinner. Looking at the lively scene in front of them, Gu An inexplicably felt a sense of loneliness in his heart.
To be continued...