Qin Manjiang calmly swallowed the candy. Red light immediately radiated from his body, and he plopped down on the sofa, ignoring Shen Hai's threatening gaze.
He had never liked Shen Hai. 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, why don't you 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 the side, not even bothering to look at him as he teased him.
Xu Youqing seemed stunned by the sudden conflict between them. He obediently ate the red candy his underwear had turned into and sat down on the sofa too.
"Both of you... please calm down. That ghost could come out at any moment," Xu Youqing said.
"Let it come back. We've got red light on us now, so we're entitled to chat, aren't we?" Yet as Qin Manjiang spoke, he was looking at Shen Hai.
Shen Hai stared fixedly at him, as though trying to burn the way Qin Manjiang looked at that moment into his mind.
Without red light on his body now, he indeed did not dare linger here.
But the look he gave Qin Manjiang before leaving made even Xu Youqing's scalp prickle.
After Shen Hai left, Xu Youqing could not help saying, "Mr. Qin, you shouldn't have provoked him. He's one of the Ten Seats, and he has a Permanent Item. He's also very... erratic. Why bother?"
Mr. Qin, however, was taking deep breaths. His fear had not completely subsided-not because of Shen Hai, of course, but because of that Vengeful Ghost. Why was he so afraid of ghosts now? It was practically like the fear