Jiang Chen carried the utterly wretched Starving Ghost to the door of the bedroom belonging to Unit 301's mistress.
He knocked.
No one answered.
He turned the handle. The door was locked from the inside.
It seemed the woman herself knew that her home became dangerous at night.
Bang!
He kicked the door open, and the tremendous noise startled the woman into sitting bolt upright in bed.
"What are you doing?!"
She looked straight at Jiang Chen and roared in anger.
"No... wait, wh... what is that?"
Once she saw the person in Jiang Chen's hand, with no limbs and a hollowed-out belly, her already pale face grew even paler.
"Ma'am, as long as you do as I say, you won't be in any danger."
He walked toward her, carrying the Starving Ghost.
Cold sweat covered her terrified face. She crawled backward across the bed, crying out nonstop, "Stay back, stay back... don't come over here! Aaaah!!!"
So she was afraid of ghosts too.
Yet she had personally delivered so many living people to them.
"Isn't this the ghost you went to such lengths to raise? Why are you afraid?" Jiang Chen stared at her and spoke coldly.
"Don't... don't come any closer! Take it away, take it away! I'll do anything! I'll do everything you say! Please, I'm begging you, get it away from me!"
Tears and snot streamed down the woman's face as she huddled in the corner.
The sight stirred pity in Jiang Chen's heart too.
He strode over and reassured her, "Don't be scared. I've already cured this Starving Ghost. After removing its unnecessary limbs and organs, I've reduced its bodily energy consumption to a minimum. It won't get hungry easily."
"If it isn't hungry, it won't hurt you."
As he spoke, he pulled open the