"Doctor, don't leave me hanging like that. You're starting to scare me." The Fatty had thought they could sleep easy tonight, but after hearing Jiang Cheng say that, he suddenly felt short of breath and kept glancing at the door.
"Then... I'll keep it brief," Jiang Cheng said after hesitating.
The Fatty and Huai Yi sat up straight at the same time. The Fatty even nodded his big head and swallowed before urging him on. "Go on, go on. Don't just give us a few words, Doctor. Be thorough—we'll listen to hundreds of them."
Jiang Cheng paused as if gathering his thoughts. "Where did Halson go?" The next second, he abruptly asked, "He's the owner of this manor, and the source of the curse. But we only saw him once, right at the start of the mission. After that, he vanished and never showed up again."
The Fatty and Huai Yi's expressions shifted. Jiang Cheng was right. So far, three ghosts had appeared: the big-handed female ghost had killed Wan Ming, the woman in the black dress had killed Jiang Zhao, and the Knocking Ghost had attacked Jiang Cheng last night, failed, then gone on to attack and kill Liu Hui. And from Jiang Cheng's description, that ghost hadn't felt like the manor's owner, Halson, either.
"Could Halson be unable to kill people directly? Maybe he can only control other ghosts and make them kill," Huai Yi suggested, though even he thought it was unlikely.
They got nowhere discussing Halson, but the conversation served as a warning to the now-relaxed Fatty and Huai Yi. "Tonight matters. Stay sharp, and get the lights and candles ready," Jiang Cheng reminded them.
"Brother Jiang." Huai Yi suddenly sounded frightened. He pulled the quilt tighter around himself and asked uneasily, "Do you mean that