The villagers' demands sounded somewhat unreasonable.
But there's always a cause and effect in everything, and if Yao Ruyi hadn't insisted on going into the mountains to gather herbs, she would not have encountered danger there, nor would she have caused those villagers to get injured.
Therefore, at this time, someone definitely had to step forward and take on these responsibilities.
Yao Ruyi was frail and powerless, Bai Ruyan's old wounds had not yet healed, and Wang Chen couldn't possibly let the two sisters face those storms.
That left only him.
Furthermore, even without the situation Zhang had mentioned, Wang Chen had been planning to go into the mountains to check things out anyway.
He did not fully believe in the talk of a curse, but deep down he also felt a trace of reverence.
Whether it was to find peace of mind or to resolve the worries of Yao Ruyi and Bai Ruyan, he should thoroughly investigate this matter of the 'curse'.
