Gu Xiao Tang:?!
"Where—"
He took a deep breath.
"Where is it?"
"Right beside me."
Xiao Xiao looked to the other side.
The Black Pipa ghost had been admiring the painting beneath it.
At first, when it sensed someone approaching, it paid no attention.
It only frowned.
It didn't like humans getting too close.
But interrupting what it was doing just to avoid a human would feel like giving in to one, and it disliked that even more.
So, even though its expression darkened and it felt uncomfortable, it stayed where it was.
The human would leave soon anyway.
"B-beside you?!"
Gu Xiao Tang hurriedly clapped a hand over his mouth.
He was too surprised.
The sound had already escaped before he realized what he was doing.
He gave the other visitors who had looked over an apologetic smile.
The Black Pipa ghost was also drawn over by the sudden shout.
Its unpleasant expression turned to surprise when it realized the human beside it was someone familiar.
It's him?!
The air around the Black Pipa ghost suddenly tensed.
Why had this human come back?
It didn't believe for a second that his standing beside it now was just a coincidence.
As if it would believe in such a damn coincidence.
What was this human up to?
What did he want?
The Black Pipa ghost clutched the pipa in its arms.
Because of this human whose motives were unclear, it had gone easy on the noisy fellow it encountered afterward without even thinking.
It didn't want to invite unnecessary trouble.
And yet...
This human had still come.
Was he here to settle the score?
The Black Pipa ghost instinctively took up a fighting stance.
"Student Xiao, it's right beside you?!"
Gu Xiao Tang craned