Liu Sanniang took it and gulped it down. After drinking two glasses, she felt a little better and said, "Have another few months passed?"
Chu Yan nodded. "I think so. After we eat, we'll go out and ask around."
They were outsiders in this village. In an illusion, they only needed to experience the major events and their existence could barely be remembered by the villagers.
When they were talking to people, they would only remember the two of them as the couple who came over to find herbs.
Liu Sanniang nodded. The illusion was about to end. She would soon get the answer.
That fire was the real reason why the four families were wiped out.
After dinner, Liu Sanniang went out with Chu Yan.
At noon, the sun was so hot that it could burn people alive. There was almost no one outside.
As they walked through the village, they could hear the cries of children and the adults arguing, fighting, and cursing.