Uncovered Clues

After saying goodbye to Deng Xiaolin, Liu Haoyu went to an empty corner.

Although Elder Deng had told him many things, there were still plenty of unanswered questions.

For example, when Elder Deng and the others entered the haunted house, they should have encountered Qin Liu.

But judging from what he had said, they had only encountered a large number of Fierce Ghosts, and had not met Qin Liu.

As for the basement door...

Not only Elder Deng's companions, even Old Wang had kept making strange cries about the "basement." Clearly, there was definitely some connection between them.

It was just that Liu Haoyu still had not figured out exactly what was going on.

At this thought, Liu Haoyu took the Black Book out of his backpack.

He had not written in the Black Book for so many days, and by now a large section of blank paper had appeared inside it.

He should be able to ask quite a few questions.

Thus, Liu Haoyu bit through his finger. He was about to write something on it when a line of text appeared in the Black Book first.

"The white-clothed Fierce Ghost's resentment has been eliminated, and her enemies have been torn apart by her fury."

"But the matter is far from over. The murderer who killed the family of four is still at large."

"Find this evil soul from hell as soon as possible and purify it."

"Warning: The red house still contains clues you have yet to discover."

After displaying this large amount of text, the Black Book fell silent.

Seeing that there was still some blank space, Liu Haoyu wrote on it:

"What connection does Qin Liu have to the basement door?"

Faced with Liu Haoyu's question, the Black Book gave no response. Instead, without a word, it spat the bloody characters Liu Haoyu had written onto the ground.

It seemed unwilling to answer this question.

Still, it had to be said that the Black Book truly seemed to be very afraid of Qin Liu.

When it came to questions about Qin Liu herself, it usually chose to ignore them or remain silent.

Seeing this, Liu Haoyu could only settle for the next-best question.

"Was Qin Liu the one who killed those two ghost exorcists?"

From Elder Deng's account, it was obvious that the two ghost exorcists who had committed suicide had been possessed by evil spirits.

And the greatest possibility was that they had encountered a Fierce Ghost.

For that very reason, Liu Haoyu did not want this matter to have anything to do with Qin Liu.

Based on the time he had spent with her, the possibility of Qin Liu killing someone was extremely, extremely low.

The Black Book looked at the question Liu Haoyu had written. After hesitating for a while, a line of text appeared.

"She was once the most terrifying Fierce Ghost in the world. If she had encountered those ghost exorcists, they would not even have been able to leave behind ashes."

"The main reason they died such horrible deaths was that they saw something they should not have seen."

"And you still have a chance to turn back. Give up investigating this matter and leave this haunted house."

"Otherwise, you will end up just like those ghost exorcists."

Like Elder Deng, the Black Book tried to dissuade Liu Haoyu.

But the young man merely closed the book calmly.

He said nothing. As usual, beneath the afterglow of the setting sun, he mounted his motorcycle.

Liu Haoyu returned to the haunted house.

Before heading back, he discovered that it was Thursday.

Along with the promise he had made to Qin Liu, Liu Haoyu had therefore made a special trip to Kentucky Fried Chicken.

He wanted to offer the little ghost some delicious modern food.

Carrying fried chicken, hamburgers, and fries into the bedroom, Liu Haoyu discovered that Qin Liu did not seem to be in the room.

Where had she gone?

Although he was somewhat puzzled, Qin Liu was a ghost who appeared and disappeared unpredictably, so Liu Haoyu did not think too much of it.

He placed the fresh incense into the shrine once more and put the bag of Kentucky Fried Chicken on the altar.

Then Liu Haoyu left the room.

He wandered through the gloomy haunted house.

The temperature inside the haunted house remained just as cold and eerie as ever.

The lighting inside was also extremely dim. Liu Haoyu followed the corridor on the first floor, walking forward continuously.

Soon, he reached the end of the corridor.

According to Elder Deng's account, the basement door should have been located here.

But before Liu Haoyu was only a gray-white wall covered in quite a lot of moss and vines.

It was old and dilapidated, exactly like the surrounding environment.

If not for what Elder Deng had said, Liu Haoyu would never have believed that a blood-red iron door had once existed here.

Staring at the gray-white wall, Liu Haoyu slowly reached out and placed his hand against it.

But no matter how hard Liu Haoyu pushed, he could not push the wall open.

It really was nothing more than an ordinary wall. There was no hidden door behind it either.

Liu Haoyu withdrew his hand.

It seemed that the door had truly "run away."

But he had to find it. Only by finding the door could he uncover the source of the resentment in this haunted house.

Unfortunately, he currently had no way to do so and no clues either. He could only follow the Black Book's guidance and find the so-called "evil ghost from hell." Perhaps only then would he be able to figure out what had happened.

The crescent moon gradually rose. Liu Haoyu went outside, drew a bucket of water, and soaked his body in it.

The icy water was bone-chilling, but it also cleared his mind.

After thinking for a long while, he decided to return to that blood-red residence.

Just as the Black Book had said, perhaps there were clues inside that he had overlooked.

While Liu Haoyu was soaking in the cold water, a missing-person notice popped up on the phone beside his ear.

"Two students from Jiangcheng University have been missing for several days. If any citizens have discovered clues, please contact 110 immediately..."

The two people mentioned in the news should have been Sima Cai and Wang Qiang.

Compared with the police of ten or twenty years ago, the police nowadays were remarkably efficient.

They probably would not need long to investigate and find their way to that red house.

However, Liu Haoyu had not left any clues inside the house, so the police probably would not suspect him.

To be honest, for someone in Liu Haoyu's line of work, the thing that gave him the biggest headache was not Fierce Ghosts, but the police.

If a stranger frequently appeared at crime scenes, how could that not look suspicious?

Besides, since Fierce Ghosts were responsible for most of the crimes, it was usually difficult to explain his innocence clearly.

So in situations like this, he had to be more cautious. Otherwise, before he caught the ghost, he might end up being arrested and thrown in jail himself.

After bathing, Liu Haoyu dried himself and put on his clothes before entering the house.

The temperature inside was even colder now. He shivered, then walked toward the bedroom.

For some unknown reason, however, the bedroom was brightly lit by candlelight. Clearly, Qin Liu had returned to the bedroom.

Liu Haoyu gently pushed open the bedroom door and was about to enter.

At that moment, he suddenly saw a young woman in a red wedding dress sitting on the bed.

She held a hamburger in both hands and nibbled at it in tiny bites like a hamster. She was inexplicably adorable.

Her small, fair feet, as delicate as jade porcelain, swung gently in the air, making it hard to resist the urge to hold them in his palms...

Such beautiful legs. What a sight.

Those flawless jade-white feet—there was no need to think about whose they were.

But the problem was... had she manifested herself?

Liu Haoyu froze for a moment. His gaze focused again, and he prepared to take another look.

But the red-clothed young woman had vanished, as though she had never existed.