Original Mystery Novel: 《Bℒ𝒾𝓏𝓏𝒶𝓇𝒹 ℳ𝒶𝓃ℴ𝓇》 EP33

"This diary, you wrote it, didn't you?" Fang Guodong asked. "I don't know," Chen Mo replied, his voice hoarser than he expected. "I have no recollection at all. But I can't deny—" He flipped to the title page. Inside, in the same pencil script, was a name and an address: Fog Valley Village, Number Thirteen. Beside it, a small banyan tree was drawn. Chen Mo closed his eyes. The palace of memory in his mind trembled—he tried to find any memory fragments related to Fog Valley, but all the rooms were empty. No Fog Valley, no banyan tree, no face of that young woman. Only a blankness, as if deliberately erased. "One more thing," Fang Guodong pulled an envelope from the bottom of the leather case. "There's a letter inside, addressed to 'Future Chen Mo.'" Chen Mo opened the envelope. The paper was already yellowed, and the handwriting was adult, neat, and strong: "Chen Mo, by the time you read this letter, I should no longer be in this world. You were the last child of Fog Valley Village. We sent you away so you could survive. But the price was that you had to forget everything here—that ritual, the people in black clothes, and what happened that night. If you have returned now, it means that person has also returned. He didn't succeed back then, but he never gave up. He will use all sorts of methods to make you remember the past, because only when you remember can his ritual be completed. Do not trust your memories. Do not trust anyone. Including (To be continued)