Growth Within

It felt like an eternity from when Wang Bin hung up the phone until now.

Because he heard the sound of his front door opening, and vaguely sensed that something had walked in from outside into the living room, as occasional sounds of ornaments being moved could be heard from the living room.

It was like a mischievous child was playing curiously outside.

But with every sound that came, Wang Bin's heart skipped a beat.

Thinking that the child from before was in the living room, only separated by a wall, he felt an inexplicable fear.

He didn't dare to open the door, nor even approach it.

He was afraid that the child would appear outside the door the next moment.

However, passively waiting meant some things would eventually have to be faced.

As the commotion outside the living room stopped, as if the child had grown tired of the ornaments inside the living room, which were like toys, faint footsteps gradually approached, and finally stopped outside the door.

"It's here, it's coming in, Dad, Mom, hurry and leave, it's looking for me, I can feel it, hurry and leave," Wang Shanshan's emotions became agitated at this moment, she seemed to be able to sense the ghost infant's arrival.

"Daughter, what nonsense are you talking about? How could Mom leave you alone?"

Wang Haiyan said, wiping away tears, "Husband, what exactly is outside? We'll fight it if we have to."

Reminded by this, Wang Bin also snapped back to reality. He suppressed his inner fear, looked around, and finally picked up a coat rack, preparing for a fight. He just waited for the child to run in, and he would smash it wildly, smashing it into ashes.

"No, don't, Dad, don't, that detective said ghosts can't be killed, find Yang Jian, only Yang Jian has a solution, only he can save us," Wang Shanshan said in terror, wanting to stop Wang Bin's actions.

But Wang Haiyan next to her hugged her.

"I already called Yang Jian and promised him 500,000 to handle this. He should be on his way. Don't worry, everything will be fine," Wang Bin said nervously.

However, at this moment.

With a click of the lock, the security lock opened by itself.

The doorknob slowly turned, and with a crisp creak, the door opened a crack.

Then this crack grew larger and larger.

The next moment.

A child's head poked in, a pair of pitch-black eyes without pupils, with a strange evilness, scanned the people inside, and finally its gaze landed on Wang Shanshan.

"Ah~!"

Screams came from Wang Haiyan and Wang Shanshan inside the house.

"Damn it, die for me." Wang Bin, out of his duty as a husband and father, mustered his greatest courage, shouted, and swung the coat rack at the ghost infant.

But the ghost infant completely ignored Wang Bin. It ran along the wall at a bizarre and terrifying speed and then pounced directly at Wang Shanshan.

The ghost infant's mouth opened, splitting wider than a normal person's.

The mouth had no tongue, no oral cavity, only a bottomless black hole, as if anything swallowed into it would never reappear in this world.

It intended to swallow Wang Shanshan whole.

Seeing this, Wang Bin's teeth gnashed, filled with both fear and rage.

Wang Shanshan and her mother Wang Haiyan huddled together in terror, screaming madly.

However, at this very moment.

The bedroom light flickered and turned red, the light bulb seeming to transform into a red eye, and a strange atmosphere filled the surroundings.

"Bang~!"

With a loud bang, the ghost infant was sent flying, crashing heavily into the wardrobe.

Yang Jian walked over from a corner of the bedroom, holding his phone. Red light emanated from him, and his face and the backs of his hands were covered with scarlet eyes, each eye rotating slightly, staring at the ghost infant that had been sent flying.

"You didn't answer my calls, I thought you were already dead and was about to report it to the police to collect your bodies. The business at the crematorium must be very good lately, I wonder if there's a queue."

Yang Jian glanced at the ghost infant, his heart tightening.

Before, at school, this ghost infant was still crawling on the ground, but now it had grown taller and could walk on its own.

This ghostly thing was growing.

What was written on that human skin was indeed correct. The thing inside Zhou Zheng's ghost infant's belly was very unusual. Who knows what kind of vengeful ghost it would turn into when it finally grew up.

Zhou Zheng, oh Zhou Zheng, you really let loose something incredible.

"Yang, Yang Jian?"

Hearing Yang Jian's voice, Wang Shanshan immediately looked up, and the fear in her eyes instantly turned into surprise.

It was as if Yang Jian had become her savior at that moment.

"You, you are Yang Jian? How did you get in just now?" Wang Bin asked in shock.

"If I can't even get through the door, how dare I take your 500,000?" Yang Jian said, "Uncle Wang, don't you understand the principle of getting what you pay for? This thing has exceeded my previous estimate. As of now, I might not even be able to handle this situation, so... I need more money."

He wasn't joking.

He had been able to repel this ghost infant when he had four eyes.

But now, this thing could no longer be called a ghost infant; it should be called a ghost child.

The level of terror had definitely increased.

"It's best not to exceed the limit of six eyes, otherwise, we'll just have to run." He glanced at the others, ready to retreat.

With no family or close friends, they were just classmates. Yang Jian wouldn't throw his life away to save someone.

Wang Bin was also a smart man. Seeing the look of retreat in Yang Jian's eyes, he quickly said, "One million. I'll give you one million, and there will be further rewards after this is over."

Yang Jian withdrew his gaze and sighed, "Another detestable rich person. I should have asked for a higher price before."

One million was indeed worth taking a risk for.

Who could blame him when that was the going rate in the country?

Immediately, he set his sights on the ghost infant again.

The ghost domain had already been opened; there was no reason to waste this opportunity.

At this moment, the ghost infant slowly stood up. It tilted its head, its pair of pitch-black eyes appraising Yang Jian. Its bluish-black skin exuded a sense of death.

The kick from earlier had not harmed it in the slightest.

It was only because Yang Jian was in the ghost domain state that he had managed to repel it.

Ghosts could not be killed.

Only ghosts could deal with ghosts.

These two statements were not contradictory.

Being able to deal with them did not mean being able to kill them.

"So, what Zhou Zheng meant was that only a ghost can repel another ghost?" Yang Jian's gaze shifted slightly. After several encounters with supernatural events, he had gradually overcome his fear.

Perhaps it also had something to do with him becoming half-human, half-ghost.

"I don't know if you have any reason, if you can understand human speech, but what I want to say is that I'm protecting this family today. Can you give me some face and let this matter go?" Yang Jian said.

However, before he could finish speaking, a surge of bluish-black energy erupted from beside the ghost infant.

This energy gradually spread, affecting the surrounding objects.

"This is... a ghost domain?" Yang Jian's eyes suddenly narrowed, and his heart trembled.

Damn it, it was learning and growing.

This ghost infant was definitely not simple.

"This ghost infant is strange. It's best to be safe and send this ghost away first." Yang Jian's expression shifted slightly.

Suddenly, the ghost infant's feet missed their footing, and it fell straight through the floor to the level below.

Yang Jian also took a step forward, his body flashing with red light as he disappeared from Wang Bin and the others' sight.

The ghost domain followed the ghost infant as it fell.

The sixteenth floor. The thirteenth floor. The ninth floor.

On the last floor, Yang Jian retracted his ghost domain.

"Bang~!"

With a loud crash, the ghost infant fell from the sixteenth floor directly onto the ground floor. Its body was flattened, lying on the ground in a grotesque posture.

Yang Jian looked down from upstairs at the ghost infant, which lay motionless on the ground.

He knew it wasn't dead.

He checked the time.

The limit of the ghost domain was approaching.

"I'll take Wang Shanshan's family away from here first, and then I'll figure out how to deal with the rest." Yang Jian knew that his experience in dealing with vengeful ghosts was insufficient, so he could only proceed with caution.

He immediately vanished from his spot.

Just a moment after he left.

The ghost infant, which had been lying on the ground as if it had been smashed into a pulp, slowly wriggled its strange body and finally stood up.