"No..."
"Wrong..."
Ji Li opened his eyes on the bed in his own hotel room and immediately saw the cold sunlight outside the window, eager to slip indoors.
In the bright, spotless window was reflected a figure in vivid red bridal robes, with waterfall-like black hair spilling over them.
The location matched, and the appearance matched, but there was a problem with the rules.
The ghost in bridal robes sitting in the main room could never have been the Ghost Bride. The only one who could have appeared then was the Time Ghost.
At the time, the crisp knocking sound had symbolized the manipulation of time. It forced back the cycle of the Red and White Collision while driving Ji Li out of the night.
Furthermore, over the past four days and nights, the Ghost Bride's situation had visibly deteriorated bit by bit. She had even lost her position as the one In Charge of the bridal chamber.
What was more, when they had first arrived at the Li Residence, she had personally warned Ji Li. The urgency, weakness, and helplessness in her tone had no reason to be false.
Unless Ji Li had misunderstood the Ghost Bride's objective based on the current clues, there was absolutely no reason for the Time Ghost and the Ghost Bride to be one and the same!
Even if he had guessed the Ghost Bride's objective wrong, such a powerful ghost would not bluff, much less be so contradictory and conflicted between killing him and saving him.
The two ghosts were definitely not the same, so why were they so consistent?
Ji Li sat at the edge of the bed, gazing at the quiet scene beyond the window. He felt around, lit a cigarette, and pondered something.
In his memories, the Ghost Bride's appearance