So, the thing in the green mist had not been hiding from Ji Li, but from it...
Bai E Hua Avenue fell into deathly silence, broken only by two sets of breathing at different rhythms.
The Night Watchman's breathing came in rapid, shallow gasps from beneath its thick curtain of hair, carrying an air of menace.
Ji Li did not move. He merely gripped the Red Envelope in his palm, his gaze shifting cautiously between the Night Watchman and the Red Envelope.
The Ghost Heart was helping him.
Everything that had happened since last time, and even much earlier, showed that regardless of Ghost Bride's ultimate purpose in giving him this heart, it had offered him a certain degree of "protection."
The retreat of the green mist, the things that fled along with it, and the Ghost Heart's abnormal pounding were all sending Ji Li one message—the Night Watchman was a terrifying presence.
Then what did it mean that it had silently approached from behind without attacking, while both its gaze and words were directed at the Red Envelope in Ji Li's hand?
Ji Li's leg was disabled. Though he could run, he was still slower than an ordinary person. Escape was certainly impossible.
He could only hope to find an answer in the rules. Perhaps the Night Watchman's appearance, made entirely of hair, had some connection to the Hair Strands tucked inside the Red Envelope...
"When using a wandering soul, the woman's personal belongings are often sealed inside a packet and scattered by the roadside or among the bushes.
"Any unmarried man who picks one up is considered to have tacitly entered a marriage pact with her, and is regarded as her ghost husband!"
After receiving the marriage pact, Ji Li had looked into information regarding Ghost Marriage. Only