After the car was sold, the dealership owner immediately offered him a place to stay.
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It was a small attic on a quiet street corner, with no other residents.
It was exactly what Gu Qingshan wanted.
After all, a house offered a basic degree of protection within its walls.
In this world, no one could barge into a house right away without a proper reason.
The monsters targeting him couldn't come after him immediately, either.
The night passed.
Morning came.
Gu Qingshan opened his eyes and ended his meditation.
After a night's rest, he was refreshed once more.
This house wasn't bad—
Just as he thought that, a faint sound came from the corner of the wall.
Gu Qingshan sighed helplessly.
The moment he'd walked in yesterday, several bloody heads had rolled out, trying to scare him.
But had Gu Qingshan really seen so few heads?
He'd tied the heads together with a chain and tossed them onto the floor.
Then they'd been too noisy in the middle of the night, rolling around and shrieking nonstop, keeping him from resting.
In a fit of anger, Gu Qingshan went to find a stick.
He shoved it through their mouths, strung them together, and propped them up in the corner.
Only then had he finally gotten some peace and quiet.
Now, it was daylight.
"Ah—"
Gu Qingshan stretched, went to the bathroom, turned on the tap, and cupped water to wash his face.
Aside from the occasional pointless disturbance, everything about the house was pretty good.
As he thought this, he bowed his head to wash, unaware that a black Shadow was gradually appearing in the mirror opposite the basin.
—It was a Sinister Female Ghost, her entire body wreathed in chill.
The ghost pressed herself against the mirror, staring fixedly