Chapter 53: Identifying the Identity
Three days went by, and Professor Zhāng and his team still found themselves at a standstill. With heavy hearts, they bid farewell, their hopes unfulfilled. In the aftermath, Black Pond Village returned to its peaceful state, and the once-forbidden Dark Pond was now open to villagers without any whispers of water monkeys.Following the incident, Huǎngzi hurried back to his shop due to pressing business matters. Before departing, he asked for my assistance at his store, proposing that our collaboration would be mutually beneficial. Though his offer was sincere, I politely declined, my aspirations for entrepreneurship waning in light of Xiǎo Líng's tragedy. With only four years left to live, my priorities had shifted entirely.Now, my sole focus was to cherish the precious time with my family after seven long years apart. Naturally, my family remained unaware of my affliction with corpse poison. It wasn't a delibe