Ye Chu crouched beside her, about to reassure her that she had nothing to fear, but the girl sensed someone nearby and panicked, swinging her arms wildly.
Fortunately, Pei Yanchuan reacted quickly enough to grab Ye Chu by the collar and haul him up. Otherwise, her arm might have struck him right in the face.
At that thought, Pei Yanchuan's expression darkened.
The two stood there watching the girl cry with her hands over her eyes. When nothing happened around her, she finally sensed something was off and looked up in confusion.
Opening her eyes to find two people, one looking thoroughly displeased, she asked in a small voice, "Are you Ghost Opera Singers?"
Ye Chu crouched down again. "Wouldn't a Ghost Opera Singer be wearing an opera costume?"
The girl looked into his eyes and asked timidly, "Then are you human or ghosts?"
Ye Chu pointed at his shadow beneath him. "Do ghosts have shadows?"
The girl looked down at his shadow and finally relaxed. "Why did you come out of this house? Isn't everyone here dead?"
"Well... we can't tell you that yet." Ye Chu stood up. "Want to come inside for a bit?"
Fear crossed the girl's face, and she struggled to shake her head.
"I think you have nowhere else to go, either."
Ye Chu was right. If she didn't go through this door, she really had nowhere else to go.
The girl took a deep breath and followed Ye Chu inside, with Pei Yanchuan bringing up the rear and shutting the door.
The moment she entered, the girl saw the body laid out on the ground. She clamped her hands over her mouth to keep herself from screaming, her eyes widening as she stared at the two men in disbelief.
*Who exactly are they? They