"Pine Town? Never heard of it."
"There has never been any town with that name around here, young man."
"Are you sure you got the name right? Because I've been living here for two decades and never heard of a place called Pine Town."
Those were the standard answers they got from the townsfolk and villagers living close to Pine Town's location.
It was as if they were the only ones who remembered the existence of the small town adjacent to the woods. The implications were horrific, to say the least.
Among the three of them, the only one who didn't look shaken out of wit was Xuanyuan Zhou. But her calmness didn't strike Han Xuhan as odd. He had grown used to her perfect poker face over time.
Truth be told, he felt that Xuanyuan Zhou only expressed her emotions when she wanted to gain something out of it. Manipulative as it was, Han Xuhan felt a sense of camaraderie with her in that aspect.
