Qin Manjiang swallowed the candy with a calm expression. A red glow immediately radiated from his body, and he plopped down on the sofa, ignoring Shen Hai's threatening gaze.
He had never liked Shen Hai much. The man always acted as though everyone else in the world was an idiot. Who did he think he was?
I'm only afraid of ghosts, not people.
"Mr. Shen, aren't you going to find another piece of candy and give yourself a coating of red light? Careful, or the ghost might catch you." He tilted his head to look aside, not even bothering to glance at him as he teased.
Xu Youqing seemed stunned by the conflict that had suddenly erupted between them. He obediently ate the red candy his underwear had turned into and sat down on the sofa too.
"Gentlemen... please calm down. That ghost could come out at any moment," Xu Youqing said.
"Then let it come back. We've got the red glow now, so we're entitled to chat, right?" Yet as Qin Manjiang spoke, he was looking at Shen Hai.
Shen Hai stared fixedly at him, as though trying to engrave Qin Manjiang's appearance at that moment into his mind.
Now that he no longer had the red glow, he really did not dare linger here.
But the look he gave Qin Manjiang before leaving made even Xu Youqing's scalp prickle.
Once Shen Hai had left, Xu Youqing could not help saying, "Mr. Qin, you shouldn't have provoked him. He's one of the Ten Seats, he has a Permanent Item, and he's very... erratic. Why bother?"
Mr. Qin, however, was taking deep breaths. His fear had not entirely subsided-not because of Shen Hai, of course, but because of that Vengeful Ghost. Why was he so afraid of ghosts now? It