The Slacker Method

Chapter 113

"What exactly do you want?"

The female ghost let out a chilling giggle. "He Qian told you about Granny Zheng, didn't she?"

He Qian nodded, but she did not really know what had happened. She could only shake her head to show that she knew nothing more.

"With so many sisters gathered here, what makes you think you can keep us trapped forever?" Enormous resentment swirled around the island. Once it reached a certain peak, it would inevitably mutate. "The Zheng family had always handled ghost marriages in the village. They could communicate with spirits. When they realized something was wrong, they came to deal with us—and nearly got themselves killed."

"You went to all this trouble because you want to... be reincarnated?" Li Wenchuan asked. His bound hands never stopped working alongside Tang Jingran's.

The production crew had not tied dead knots, leaving them a chance to escape. The ropes were gradually loosening now. Li Wenchuan nudged Tang Jingran, signaling him to help the two female guests. His priority was to stall this female ghost for as long as possible.

Though reluctant, he quietly helped Jin Yue loosen his ropes as well.

"Wouldn't that be letting them off too easily? We want to leave and find our families!" The female ghost's shrill voice echoed through the residence. "I miss them so much..."

The other female ghosts began to chime in, muttering as though possessed:

"We want to find our families. I miss them."

"I still want to ask them why."

"I want to know whether they feel even the slightest bit guilty."

Their murmurs were uneven, yet they endlessly magnified and reverberated through the residence. This place seemed to contain a massive vortex that swallowed every last shred of hope.

Li Wenchuan pretended not to understand. "Then