Fell Into the Trap!

Perhaps Deng Xiaolin had the ability to sense ghosts, but this was the first time she had encountered something so terrifying and bizarre.

So at that moment, she let out a scream exceeding one hundred decibels.

"Yaa!!"

Then, without a second thought, she ran towards the exit at what felt like the fastest speed of her life.

But as she gripped the doorknob, she discovered it was tightly bound by layers upon layers of black hair, and no matter how hard Deng Xiaolin pulled, she couldn't turn it.

She was already in tears from fright, her heart pounding as if it would leap out of her chest.

Seeing no hope of escape, Deng Xiaolin could only clutch the peach wood sword in her hand, her teeth chattering, and stiffly turned around little by little.

She was afraid, afraid that when she turned her head, the hanged corpse would lunge directly at her.

But fortunately, the corpse was still hanging in place, merely meeting her gaze.

Looking at her own corpse, Deng Xiaolin felt an uncontrollable chill run down her spine. After secretly swallowing a gulp of saliva, she mustered her courage and spoke.

"I... I don't have much flesh! Don't... don't eat me."

The hanged corpse showed no reaction, only its mouth slowly splitting open, cracking all the way to its jawbone, forming a smile that made one's scalp tingle.

Then it opened its gaping maw and lunged forward instantly.

At that moment, Deng Xiaolin woke up.

She jolted upright in bed, touching her neck repeatedly.

My head wasn't eaten... Thank goodness, thank goodness...

Still shaken, Deng Xiaolin hadn't even had time to breathe a sigh of relief when she felt something tickling her forehead.

Must be hair?

So Deng Xiaolin smoothed it down, but the more she smoothed it, the more she could clearly feel... this wasn't her hair at all!

Something was on top of her head, and she was holding onto its hair.

What to do, what to do?

Deng Xiaolin's small face had completely lost its color.

Cold liquid dripped onto her head, sliding down her face.

She wiped it with a trembling hand and saw her palm smeared with a dark red liquid.

Blood...

It was blood.

Under the barrage of stimuli, Deng Xiaolin was so terrified that she fainted dead away.

And after she fainted, a red shadow appeared by the bed.

"Oh dear... I didn't scare her too badly, did I?"

Qin Liu had just been marveling, "That's right, this is how a normal person should react when seeing a ghost."

But when she looked back, the person had fainted.

To prevent any lasting trauma, Qin Liu naturally had to quickly check on her.

"Breathing normal, heart rate normal. Looks like she just fainted."

Qin Liu hadn't intended to be so scary, but she'd encountered someone who wasn't afraid of ghosts at all.

It made her doubt if her ghost-scaring abilities had weakened, so she'd used a bit more force.

And then she overdid it.

But a normal person seeing a ghost should react like that, so why was it different with that man named Liu Haoyu?

Recalling her experience in his dream just now, facing the corpse hanging from the bed, the man had a calm expression. He planted three incense sticks on the ground and then said to his own corpse.

"Miss Qin Liu, I think we need to discuss how much rent to pay... Also, I don't accept spirit money."

Can you believe someone would say that?

This was her house in the first place!

The thought of Liu Haoyu saying those words almost made Qin Liu faint from anger.

But as she thought of this, Qin Liu couldn't help but feel a surge of sadness.

Everyone knew there were many oddballs in the world, and she had certainly met the oddest of them all.

She had originally planned to ask Liu Haoyu for help, but upon further reflection, it didn't seem quite right.

Undoubtedly, Liu Haoyu bringing this girl who could see her here was because he wanted to find her.

A ghost hunter looking for a ghost sounded like he meant trouble.

As a wandering spirit, he was probably like the Taoist priests in TV shows, intending to subdue her, right?

It was unlikely he was here to catch Pokémon.

But to leave this place, she needed a living person to take the Red Jade to Jiangliu City, which was where she lived in life.

Considering the hostile intent of Liu Haoyu, Qin Liu had to think carefully. Therefore, her priority target became the young girl who had fainted after being scared by her.

Her name was Deng Xiaolin, wasn't it?

With that thought, Qin Liu placed her hand on Deng Xiaolin's head, helping to calm her nightmares and soothe her nerves. Then, in a suggestive tone, she said:

"Take Liu Haoyu's Red Jade and leave here..."

Following Qin Liu's suggestion, Deng Xiaolin shakily got up from the bed.

Her eyes were vacant, her gaze dull, making her look as if she were under mental control.

This was also Qin Liu's skill, but this kind of control could only be used on those who had fallen into extreme panic.

The mental worlds of such people were extremely easy to invade, which was why many people controlled by fierce ghosts were likely those who had fallen into fear and despair.

However, even though mental control sounded evil, Qin Liu wouldn't do anything nefarious to Deng Xiaolin.

Moreover, as an ordinary lonely spirit, even if she wanted to, she didn't have a physical form.

"Take Liu Haoyu's Red Jade and leave here..."

Qin Liu continued to suggest, and Deng Xiaolin began to search Liu Haoyu's backpack.

After a while, she finally found the blackened Red Jade.

But before Qin Liu could be happy, she looked closely and realized that the Red Jade, which she had previously occupied, was now completely consumed by black and had shattered. No matter how Qin Liu tried, she could no longer enter the Red Jade.

"Strange," Qin Liu said, stroking her chin. "Could it be that this thing is some kind of timed item?"

Since Qin Liu didn't know the true function of this Ghost Jade, she only thought it was something that could store souls.

Therefore, seeing that it was broken, she didn't think anything was wrong.

Qin Liu entered another Red Jade and again suggested to Deng Xiaolin:

"Take this and go to Jiangliu City."

After this suggestion, Deng Xiaolin began to move like a zombie.

While it looked a bit eerie, this was just mental control and wouldn't harm her.

Once Qin Liu returned to Jiangliu City and saw her sister, as long as she confirmed her sister was alive and well, she would have no regrets in death...

It sounded as if she were being ushered into the afterlife.

Qin Liu muttered, then gestured for Deng Xiaolin to open the door.

However, as Deng Xiaolin's hand touched the door, a powerful repulsive force blew her to the ground, and she broke free from Qin Liu's control.

Deng Xiaolin looked around blankly, then, like a startled rabbit, she immediately hid behind Liu Haoyu.

Qin Liu scanned her surroundings and realized that the room had been covered in talismans at some point.

Wait? Had she fallen into a trap?!

She turned her head and saw Liu Haoyu, who should have been asleep, standing behind her and saying:

"Good evening, Miss Qin Liu."