Fishing

In the end, Liu Haoyu still followed Elder Deng Xiaolin's choice.

No matter how you looked at it, as long as it looked good, that was all that mattered.

After choosing what they wanted and paying the bill, Liu Haoyu stepped out of the shop to find that the sun was already close to setting.

Buying all these things and taking the motorcycle to the repair shop had consumed the entire day in the city.

However, the motorcycle had only just been sent to the repair shop and was not fixed yet, so Liu Haoyu could only rent another motorcycle to use.

"Brother Hao, Brother Hao." Deng Xiaolin looked at Liu Haoyu with eager eyes and asked, "Have you been catching ghosts or anything lately?"

Deng Xiaolin was extremely interested in catching and exorcising ghosts. She also knew Liu Haoyu's true profession, so every few days, she would grab him and bombard him with questions.

However, because of Elder Deng, Liu Haoyu could only tell her about it verbally, like recounting a story. He had never actually taken her to a scene.

Not only did Elder Deng refuse to let her come along, but Liu Haoyu himself also did not want Deng Xiaolin to follow him.

Catching and exorcising ghosts was simply too dangerous.

Countless people had died at the hands of ghosts and monsters. That was also why Elder Deng had constantly urged him not to continue in this line of work.

But if he simply abandoned the legacy he had inherited from his father,

Liu Haoyu naturally would not be able to let it go.

Besides, he had a talent for this line of work.

"Brother Hao? Why are you just standing there spacing out?"

Perhaps because he had been thinking too much and had ignored Deng Xiaolin for so long, the youthful and beautiful girl immediately complained.

"Wouldn't it be better if you let me come with you?"

"This isn't a question of whether it would be better or not." Liu Haoyu spoke in a threatening tone. "You need to have some awareness of danger. Out in the wilderness, with a lone man and woman together, what if I wanted to do something improper to you? Wouldn't you be in danger?"

Faced with Liu Haoyu's threat, Deng Xiaolin's pretty face flushed red as she muttered,

"Do... do it, then."

"What?"

Deng Xiaolin's voice was too soft, so Liu Haoyu had not heard her. Just as he was about to ask her to repeat herself,

the girl hurried ahead of him.

"Nothing! If you don't want to take me, then forget it!"

With that, she quickened her pace and soon returned to the dormitory.

As soon as she entered the dormitory, Deng Xiaolin threw herself onto the bed and hugged her pillow, looking extremely dissatisfied.

"What would it have hurt to take me along..."

Everyone knew about Deng Xiaolin's obsession with supernatural incidents. Hearing her mutter, her roommate said,

"Xiao Lin, are you looking for ghosts and monsters again?"

"No..." Deng Xiaolin puffed out her cheeks and said unhappily, "I wanted Brother Hao to take me out and broaden my horizons, but he refused."

"What's the big deal?" Deng Xiaolin's roommate immediately became interested. "You can just go yourself."

"But I don't know where any supernatural incidents have happened."

"You don't know?"

Her roommate looked surprised.

"A few days ago, there was a car accident on the road beside the reservoir. The driver has been muttering things like 'ghost, ghost, ghost' ever since. It's really creepy."

"Oh?" Deng Xiaolin immediately became interested. She poked her head out and said, "Tell me everything!"

Seeing Deng Xiaolin's eyes shining, her roommate also began to slowly recount everything she had heard.

After talking for several minutes, Deng Xiaolin could no longer suppress her curiosity and said,

"Why don't we go take a look together?"

"Uh..." Her roommate looked awkward. She waved her hands and said, "I'll pass. Besides, that place is pretty dangerous. Xiao Lin, just listen to the story. Don't go there."

"I know..."

That was what Deng Xiaolin said, but her thoughts had already drifted away.

On the other side, Liu Haoyu rented a motorcycle and drove toward the reservoir while the sun had yet to completely set.

Perhaps because of the recent rumors about hauntings at the reservoir, there was not a single person fishing there now.

Liu Haoyu had not come here to fish, either.

He needed to find the bones at the bottom of the water.

After reaching the shore, Liu Haoyu hooked a Talisman Papers onto the fishhook and cast it far out.

Once the float landed on the surface of the water, it did not remain still. Instead, it began drifting back and forth in every direction.

It was as if it were searching for something beneath the water.

Finally, when the float stopped, Liu Haoyu felt a heavy weight in his hand, as though he had hooked something.

"This should be it."

Liu Haoyu suddenly pulled hard. The moment the fishing line rose, a spherical object was flung toward him.

Looking closely, he saw that it was a human head.

Because it had been soaked in water for so long, the head was extremely swollen. It was also covered in marks left by fish and shrimp gnawing at it, leaving it barely recognizable as human.

Judging from the long hair still remaining on it, this was likely the female ghost's corpse.

Liu Haoyu put on his gloves and crouched down. Before he could examine it carefully, he caught a revolting stench.

The eyes of the head had disappeared. Its two pitch-black eye sockets seemed to be staring at Liu Haoyu.

Whether it was river water or corpse fluid, something was constantly flowing from the sockets, resembling two lines of bloody tears.

As it stared at him, a distant and terrifying voice continued echoing beside Liu Haoyu's ears.

"Kill them..."

"Kill them..."

The voice seemed alternately near and far, yet it struck directly at the soul. Fortunately, Liu Haoyu was thick-skinned. He signaled for the Fierce Ghost to be quiet, then fished out several strands of hair that had fallen into the water before saying,

"Wait a moment. Let me call the police first."

Although there were many supernatural incidents in this world, calling the police when there was trouble was never wrong.

Besides, Liu Haoyu had already more or less identified the three suspects.

At the warehouse, even though he could not see the three men's faces clearly, he had still identified several people based on their clothing and height.

After carefully investigating today, he had confirmed that these three were idle men who often fished at the reservoir.

From their photographs, the three men looked kind and good-natured, like simple, honest people.

But who could have imagined...

That was why Liu Haoyu could not help sighing. The human heart was far more terrifying than any ghost.

Liu Haoyu called the police. Before long, two police cars arrived on the road beside the reservoir, sirens wailing.

Nearly ten police officers came over to Liu Haoyu.

And among them was an old acquaintance.

"Hello, Officer Li Rongjun."

"It's you?"

Officer Li Rongjun was also somewhat surprised when he saw Liu Haoyu. He asked,

"What are you doing here so late at night?"

"Fishing." Liu Haoyu pointed at the fishing rod in his hand. "What else would I be doing here?"

After hearing Liu Haoyu's answer, Li Rongjun was rendered speechless. He said,

"Fishing? Where are the fish..."

Before Li Rongjun could finish, he noticed the human head lying quietly at Liu Haoyu's feet and immediately jumped three feet into the air.

"Holy crap! What the heck did you fish up?"