Chu Qingjiu said this blandly, with no intention of sparing Li Zihao's feelings.
Li Zihao's expression froze almost the instant Chu Qingjiu finished speaking.
A ghost... had been watching him from right beside him?
Did that mean an invisible ghost had been beside him all along, before Chu Qingjiu came into the room and turned on the light?
Li Zihao hesitantly looked at the unruffled Chu Qingjiu and asked softly, "Then... could it have been Chu Zhi?"
Chu Zhi used to appear at night. Although he did not know why she had stopped appearing, she was still the first person Li Zihao thought of.
Chu Qingjiu neither confirmed nor denied Li Zihao's guess, giving only an ambiguous answer. "You should be able to judge that yourself."
After all, he had never encountered the "Chu Zhi" Li Zihao had described, so he had no way of knowing whether she had been watching Li Zihao before he entered the room.
He could only be certain that a ghost had been in this room. Moreover, Li Zihao looked to be in terrible shape, a dense darkness gathered between his brows like grime accumulated little by little.
Li Zihao looked as though he had only a few days left to live. Whether that had anything to do with the ghost watching him was unclear.
Chu Qingjiu merely gave him a cursory glance before looking away, with no intention of telling him.
After all, Li Zihao might be part of the Ghost Tamer's operation. Perhaps he had deliberately placed that ghost beside himself to lower the players' guard.
Just like a werewolf attacking itself in a game of Werewolf, all he needed was to establish himself as one of the good guys.
Seeing Chu Qingjiu remain silent, Li Zihao waited a long while before asking,