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Wang Jianguo's home was located at the base of Rock, with two daughters, both of school-going age.

His wife didn't have a job, so the burden essentially fell entirely on Wang Jianguo's shoulders.

His ancestors had left him a self-built house at the base of Rock, so housing wasn't an issue for the family; the main problem was the daily living expenses and the tuition fees for his two daughters, which were quite a headache.

Through a loan, Wang Jianguo bought a second-hand niche-brand car from the used car market. He would rise early and return home late, shuttling back and forth between the suburbs and the city center to pick up passengers—what's commonly known as "driving a black cab."

Without a business license, and without company management, the money he earned, after deducting fuel and maintenance costs, was still the main source of income for his family.

Moreover, Wang Jianguo was incredibly hardworking... when others were still soundly asleep, he might have already made several trips into the city.

Every day at around 6:30 a.m., Wang Jianguo would wake up on time and habitually turn on the "Taxi" app he had registered, setting it to ready-for-hire mode.

When he didn't have acquaintances or regulars to support his black cab business, he was, in essence, a part-time ride-hailing driver.

Around 6:50 a.m., just after finishing at the toilet and freshening up, the sound of an order notification suddenly came from Wang Jianguo's phone.

He quickly took out his phone and saw that the map showed a passenger at a bus stop around two stops away from Rock had requested the service.

Wang Jianguo was stunned for a moment, then noticed that the passenger's location shown on display was slowly moving. After some thought, he decided to simply make a phone call.

"Hello, is it you who ordered the car?" Wang Jianguo asked as soon as the phone was connected.

"Yes, I did. How far are you from me?" came the voice of Yan Junze.

"I live on Rock Street; if I leave now, I'll be there in a couple of minutes. But I see you're moving. What's going on?" said Wang Jianguo.

Yan Junze replied, "I'm in a hurry to get to the city center. I'm currently on a bus. Drive over here to pick me up, the quicker, the better! If you're fast enough, I'll give you an extra 200 yuan."

"Okay!" Wang Jianguo was immediately excited.

He hung up the phone, grabbed his car keys, and went out the door. He settled into the driver's seat, secured his phone, plugged in the charging cable, started his beloved niche-brand sedan, and zoomed out of the main street of Rock.

...

This was Yan Junze's second Rewind after encountering Lv Xin.

After the bus plunged down the steep slope, he had performed his first Rewind. The second time he was supposed to take the bus and run away, but he was discovered and pursued, so he had no choice but to release his three Spirits and eventually Rewind after being overpowered.

This time, he decided not to startle the snake in the grass but to change his approach and not take the bus.

Upon noticing that Lv Xin had boarded, he immediately opened the "Taxi" app and soon got a response from Wang Jianguo.

With an extra 200 yuan to motivate him, Wang Jianguo almost floored the gas pedal, and in just four minutes, Yan Junze's phone rang.

"Hello, are you on bus route 803? I'm right behind you guys," said the voice of Wang Jianguo.

Yan Junze nodded, "Wait for me at the next stop."

As soon as the call ended, a silver-gray niche-brand sedan whizzed by, rushing ahead of the bus route 803 and stopping at the visible bus stop ahead.

There, apart from this sedan, there was only one person waiting for the bus.

It was a woman, dressed in white shorts and a short-sleeved shirt, with disheveled hair, her back to the street, seemingly looking at the ad board on the platform.

Before long, the bus approached the stop.

The moment the rear door opened, Yan Junze, who was all set with his backpack, leaped off the bus and immediately dove into the waiting sedan.

After closing the door, Yan Junze immediately looked over to the bus and saw Lv Xin sitting motionless, seemingly unaware that he had gotten off.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Then, Yan Junze realized something was off about the platform.

He turned his head, his gaze landing on the bus platform, and his pupils instantly narrowed.

The bus driver had waited barely two seconds before seeing that the woman in white, who had her back turned to the bus, showed no signs of boarding. Therefore, he closed the doors and started driving forward.

"Let's go, pick up the pace," Yan Junze instructed Wang Jianguo, retracting his gaze. "Head downtown."

Wang Jianguo had already started the sedan. At the words, he nodded, pressed the accelerator, and the car shot forward, quickly catching up to the departing Route 803 and surging past it into the distance.

Yan Junze turned his head again to observe the movement of the bus behind them and took another glance at the platform. Finding no abnormalities, he turned back and let out a soft sigh of relief.

Indeed, a private car was quite convenient. It had quickly passed through the most rugged part of the mountain road and had probably left the bus far behind.

As they drew closer to the urban area, more houses appeared on both sides of the road, and Yan Junze's heart gradually settled down.

Soon, the sedan entered the only inbound road to the city center, where, for some unknown reason, a massive traffic jam had formed with a long line of cars stalled.

"What's going on?" Yan Junze leaned forward from the back seat to the driver's cabin, eyeing the impenetrable road ahead.

All the cars in front had stopped, with no one trying to cut in line.

In fact, there were so many cars that it was impossible to cut through; each vehicle was orderly following the one ahead.

He hadn't expected to get stuck here, at this time of day.

"It must be the rush hour, and there might have been a minor collision," Wang Jianguo murmured, guessing to himself.

Unable to see the exact location of the collision, there was nothing to do but wait.

Yan Junze checked the time and made a call to his parents.

His father, Yan Daguo, had worked the night shift at the factory and had not come home, while his mother had left early for the morning shift.

So, there was no one at home right now.

Given the current situation, Yan Junze seemed to have rid himself of the Resentful Granny's pursuit, but he was all too aware that the real trouble lay ahead.

Zhang Xiaomo wouldn't be able to rush back momentarily, and the other members of the Exorcist team here might not have anyone above a three-star Exorcist. If it were two-star Exorcists or lower who arrived, they would be of no use.

If push came to shove, he planned to implement the previous plan, going to Yu Xiaochang and waiting for Zhang Xiaomo's arrival.

In the meantime, he would use Ke'er's Rewind early warning to temporarily evade.

As he was contemplating, a bizarre thought suddenly emerged.

This idea even surprised Yan Junze himself; he couldn't understand why it had suddenly popped into his head. But upon further thought, it seemed not entirely impossible.

After all, he currently had three Evil Spirits at his disposal. Though they were no match for the Resentful Granny, this crazy idea might just work.

Just then, a familiar silhouette of a car appeared to the right of the silver-gray sedan Yan Junze was riding in. He instinctively turned his head for a glance and was immediately stunned.

He saw Route 803 bus actually overtaking them, having come up alongside the stalled stream of vehicles.

Yan Junze wasn't sure about other cities, but typically in second or third-tier cities like Shuntian City, buses would frequently overtake, hog lanes, cross lines, and push through with reckless abandon, earning them the nickname "Sweeper of the City Streets."

Therefore, it was no surprise that their car was overtaken by the Route 803 bus amidst the congested traffic.

Inside the bus, that familiar young person was still seated, and there were several other passengers aboard now.

As Yan Junze was observing, Lv Xin, who had been sitting primly, suddenly moved his head. Slowly he turned it around and, through the bus window, fixed his gaze directly on Yan Junze seated in the small car.

"Fuck it, no more hiding! Let's do this!"

Looking into Lv Xin's eyes felt like staring into the eyes of the Resentful Granny. At that moment, Yan Junze made a decision and immediately set out to execute the plan that had spontaneously come to mind.

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