The New Tong Qian

The countryside on the outskirts of the city was quiet, with only the occasional chirping of insects in the grass.

Having already left the suburban villa, Luo Suyī, Huang Fei, and the others sat in front of the barbecue grill, yawning and listlessly poking at the charcoal fire with a twig they had picked up.

I checked the time.

It's already 3 a. m.

They couldn't compare to Yang Jian, who was an outlier. Although he had become Ghost Tamer, he still needed to rest. In particular, Luo Suyī and Lin Luomei had gone to a hotel and hadn't had a proper rest yet. They had originally planned to eat and drink their fill and have a good night's sleep, but little did they know that Yang Jian was playing with ghosts at home.

Who can withstand this?

"Smack!"

Luo Suyī slapped him hard across the face.

"What are you doing?" Huang Fei asked, looking at him from the side.

"There are mosquitoes," Luo Suyī.

Huang Fei said, "If you're a mosquito, swat the mosquito! Why are you hitting me?"

"No, it's because you have mosquitoes on your face. I'll swat them for you," Luo Suyī.

Huang Fei said, "There are still mosquitoes around Yang Jian, why don't you go and swat them for him?"

"I don't get along with him very well, so let's just forget about it. I just saw you were about to fall asleep, so I wanted to cheer you up, since you never know when you might have to run away again." Luo Suyī said, as if he was doing it for your own good.

Huang Fei looked at him strangely; "If you keep doing this, I'm going to fight back."

"It's okay. If you see me falling asleep, just slap me awake. Please don't leave me here alone. It's the middle of nowhere, it's not safe."

Luo Suyī turned to Yang Jian and asked, "Yang Jian, how's the situation over there? Did it succeed? I need to go home and get some sleep."

Yang Jian wasn't constantly paying attention to the house in the distance; he was currently watching a movie on his phone.

Sharing mobile data using satellite positioning is so convenient.

"Tong Qian's condition won't last long. After all, the two ghost faces are almost identical, so balancing them is easy. We'll have a result soon, don't worry. I know what I'm doing. I've been observing her," Yang Jian said casually.

"You said the same thing an hour ago, and you didn't even observe; you were just playing on your phone."

Yang Jian, "Really? That's because I hadn't finished watching the movie an hour ago."

As he spoke, he looked up at the villa in the distance.

At that moment, he noticed that the lights outside the villa had been turned off at some point, and it was pitch black in the distance; he couldn't see anything.

"Is your power outage? Did you forget to pay your electricity bill?" Yang Jian asked.

"I just paid the electricity bill the day before yesterday, how could there be a power outage? There must be something wrong. Now you handle it, but don't drag me into it." Luo Suyī immediately sensed something was wrong and tried to distance himself from the situation.

"Let me take another look."

Suddenly, the skin on Yang Jian's forehead was stretched open, revealing a strange, scarlet eye.

The Ghost Eye emitted a red light, staining everything nearby with an eerie crimson hue, as if blood were flowing on it.

Soon, the red light coalesced into a line, like a searchlight, and extended towards Luo Suyī's villa.

Using his Ghost Eye, Yang Jian's gaze immediately fell upon the room.

The darkness inside couldn't block the Ghost Eye's vision.

He saw a person standing abruptly in the lobby of the villa. In front of that person was a wine cabinet, and the glass door of the wine cabinet reflected the images of three faces.

It's obvious.

Tong Qian got up and came out of the room.

Yang Jian couldn't be sure what her current state was like.

"How's it going inside?" Luo Suyī asked curiously.

Yang Jian pondered for a moment, "It should be successful, but I'm not sure, since it's just what I saw with my own eyes. So I need to go and confirm it. By the way, do you guys want to come along?"

"No, no, you go ahead with your work. Call me when you're safe." Luo Suyī didn't dare get involved with Yang Jian.

This guy is playing with things that are more dangerous than he can imagine; he might even lose his life.

"Then I'll have to go and confirm it myself." Yang Jian said, immediately standing up to go back and check the situation.

At this very moment.

In the living room of the villa.

Tong Qian stood there, somewhat numb, motionless.

Although there were no lights in the dimly lit living room, she could clearly see her reflection in the glass by the light shining in from outside.

It was eerie and strange, like a resurrected vengeful ghost, sending chills down one's spine.

"Why am I alive? Where am I? Shouldn't I have died in the Caesar Hotel?" Countless questions popped into Tong Qian's head.

But compared to my current state, those few problems are insignificant.

All she knew was that she seemed to have been resurrected.

As for why she was resurrected, she didn't know; all she could see in the mirror was a strange reflection of herself with three human faces.

A grotesque face with a strange smile.

She recognized that face.

On the other side, however, a similar grimace made her feel both unfamiliar and uneasy; it was a crying face that contrasted with a smiling face.

As for the face between the two faces, that was her own face.

Although her skin was pale, she was still delicate and beautiful. However, her expression seemed to have a hint of laughter and a hint of crying, which made her seem very strange. It seemed to be a lingering effect of this incident.

"And this body doesn't seem to be mine." Tong Qian felt that she was a little taller and stronger than before.

Most importantly, the body's features appear to be male, not his original body.

"What exactly happened?"

Tong Qian muttered to herself, but she felt no panic, only questions, not unease.

It seems to lack a certain emotion.

"Hiss~!"

Suddenly, a series of faint electrical hums came from the surroundings, followed by the lights suddenly turning on in the living room, instantly illuminating the dimly lit space.

At that moment Yang Jian emerged from a nearby room, a blood-stained old newspaper rolled up in his hand.

"Who?"

Tong Qian spotted him instantly, her mind racing, and she turned to him with a crying face.

Strangely, she could see everything in front of her through that crying face.

"It's me. What? You don't remember me after not seeing me for a while?" Yang Jian put away the blood-stained old newspaper. As for the face covering, it was completely rotten and useless.

The face covering is not a supernatural object; it is merely a vessel for a crying face and does not possess any special abilities.

"Yang Jian?" Tong Qian slowly turned around, presenting her face to him.

Tell me, what exactly happened?

Yang Jian said, "A few days ago, I received a notification from Zhao Jianguo saying that you had gone missing while handling a paranormal incident in Z City. Later, I came to help, and together with Feng Quan, Xiong Wenwen, and several other Ghost Tamer, we resolved the incident. It's that simple."

"That's not what I'm asking. I'm asking why I became like this?" Tong Qian asked.

Yang Jian, "You died, killed by a ghost, leaving only a human face. I used some special methods to revive you, and incidentally helped you control two ghost faces. It's that simple."

"This isn't my body." Tong Qian reached out and looked at it.

The hands were slightly rough and completely unfamiliar.

"Your body has been invaded by a ghost, and you should be with Feng Quan now. I don't mind if you want to go see him, but to resurrect you, we can't use your original body. We need to find another body, which is currently the only one I can find that matches you. Of course, I've also considered that you might not be too satisfied."

"Unless you want me to kill an innocent girl to match you with a fresh body."

"No, no need. I can't kill someone and take their body just to be resurrected. Luckily you didn't do that, otherwise I would never forgive you."

Tong Qian interrupted him abruptly, refusing such a cruel method.

Yang Jian, "I thought so too, which is why I didn't do that. I just don't know if you can accept yourself as you are now?"

Instead of answering, Tong Qian asked, "Whose body am I in now?"

"He's my high school classmate, his name is Zhao Lei. He was attacked by a ghost. I can't find his face, only this body is still alive. If I don't let you use his body, then his body will die in two or three days at most. I have no choice," Yang Jian said calmly.

"It's good that we didn't choose this path."

Tong Qian turned to look at the glass mirror in front of her, continuing to scrutinize her new appearance.

It takes time to accept yourself as you are.

"You should calm down first." Yang Jian didn't disturb Tong Qian, but turned and left.

"Yang Jian, wait a minute." Tong Qian suddenly turned around and looked at him again.

"Is there anything else?"

Tong Qian said, "I'm very hungry and want to eat something. Also, thank you, thank you for doing so much for me."

"It's alright, staying alive is the most important thing, isn't it?" Yang Jian smiled gently.

However, Tong Qian suddenly tilted her head to the side, her smiling face staring at him strangely, and she inexplicably spoke, "Don't smile. Never smile in front of me again. I can't get used to this state of my own, and I'm afraid I might accidentally kill you."

The voice that came out when that smiling face spoke was eerie and unsettling, like a vengeful ghost issuing a warning, sending chills down one's spine.

As soon as she finished speaking, Tong Qian turned her head, and her beautiful face looked at him with some worry.

Yang Jian's eyes flickered slightly.

He could easily deduce from this sentence that once he smiled, Tong Qian's smiling face would turn towards him.

Then you might die without even having to laugh.

This is a new kind of eeriness.

Similarly, crying is definitely not allowed.

But to his surprise, after Tong Qian perfectly mastered the two ghost faces, she could actually control the ghost faces to speak, and it seemed that she could also control the ghost faces to see her, which meant that she truly had three faces.

"Then you'd better get used to it as soon as possible; it's a very scary and dangerous ability," Yang Jian.

"I'll try my best," Tong Qian said earnestly.

Yang Jian, "There's food in the refrigerator, I'll go get it for you."