What Love Is?

Can you erase my memory?

When Li Yao heard this, she didn't react at first, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that Yang Jian's words were a bit strange.

Change your memory? How?

Hypnosis, brainwashing, or some kind of inhumane experiment using prohibited drugs?

Li Yao's eyes flickered as she considered all the possibilities in a short time, but none of them fit the current situation, unless... Yang Jian's method involved using some kind of ghost's ability.

Only in this way can Yang Jian's words be understood.

"You can't possibly alter my memories in such a short time. I've seen your file. Although you control two ghosts, neither of them possesses such bizarre abilities. Wait, regarding the recent paranormal events in Z City, it seems someone in the file mentioned a ghost with the ability to tamper with other people's memories."

Suddenly, Li Yao thought of something, her eyes narrowed, and she looked at Yang Jian with a hint of fear.

Yang Jian had been to Z City.

He was the one who handled the incident in Z City. Although the ghost had been brought back from Headquarters, as the key figure who personally dealt with this paranormal event, he might be hiding something.

"Oh, you've already realized it? You're quite sharp, and your intelligence capabilities are indeed excellent. I haven't been handling the Z City incident for long, and I've tried my best to remove any information about that ghost's abilities from the paranormal files. It seems that either Feng Quan or Guo Fan overheard something similar from me and it was recorded in the files."

Yang Jian didn't expect to completely seal off the news.

As long as it doesn't become common knowledge in a short period of time, that's enough. There are countless paranormal events in this world; who would be so bored as to focus their attention on something so trivial?

"But you didn't control that ghost at all, how could you invade someone else's memories?" Li Yao panicked completely. Although she didn't believe Yang Jian had such means, she believed even more in the current situation.

If he wasn't confident, how could Ghost Eye Yang Jian dare to create a paranormal event in J City?

But the goal is only for oneself.

Spending so much effort to deal with an ordinary person is quite a large investment for Ghost Tamer.

Yang Jian smiled slightly; "So you office workers are really naive. You have no idea how fast the world is changing. You were bragging before that the supernatural might not be a threat anymore. I was trying really hard to hold back my laughter."

"You should be thankful that I dismantled that memory-altering ghost; it no longer poses a threat. Otherwise, if that thing had invaded Headquarters, or rather, controlled several Ghost Tamer and spread from there, could you have handled the consequences?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yao immediately understood the meaning behind Yang Jian's words, and a chill ran through her body instinctively.

If what he said is true, and that ghost has invaded this place and altered my memories, then J City is about to suffer a terrible disaster.

Because no one can be sure whether their family, friends, or even themselves have had their memories altered and become part of a ghost.

"So you extracted that part of the power from that ghost and mastered it yourself?"

Li Yao had already secretly turned on the phone recording. If her memories had indeed been altered, then this recording would be the evidence.

She believed that no matter how her memory changed, she would be able to find the flaws in the recording with her own mind.

But she forgot that this was Ghost Domain.

Yang Jian created a supernatural space just for her; how could someone who has solved numerous supernatural incidents make such a mistake?

"You don't need to try to get information out of me, nor do you need to deliberately stall for time. It's useless, because no matter how much you know, it's pointless. I'll make you forget everything in a moment. Also, you don't need to play any tricks, like secretly recording anything. From the moment you entered my Ghost Domain, you've had no room for resistance."

He strode over, clutching the old, blood-stained newspaper.

Li Yao's hand, which was secretly clutching her phone, trembled suddenly, and her face grew even more terrified.

"No, that's impossible. My phone is specially made. Your Ghost Domain shouldn't be able to affect the gold. That's an unchangeable fact."

Yang Jian had barely taken two steps before he was already in front of her. This sudden appearance startled her, and she took several steps back. But Yang Jian didn't stop her; he just smiled and asked, "What makes you think your phone, the car you were driving, and even the clothes you're wearing are real?"

"You're still just an office worker; you've never dealt with vengeful ghosts, so you can't possibly understand how terrifying they are. Do you know what you look like in my eyes right now? A woman who has nothing but a sexy, alluring body."

"Your supposedly clever little tricks and schemes are nothing but a joke in my eyes."

"The reason I'm willing to spend a few minutes talking to you is simply to see how naive you become in the face of real terror, so that you can understand what true ignorance is."

"No, this is impossible, this is impossible, I don't believe it, I don't believe it. At most, you can only make me hallucinate, how could you possibly do this?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yao panicked completely.

If Yang Jian's words are true, then perhaps he really is standing naked somewhere, acting like a fool, pretending to drive, listen to music, and call for help, etc.

It's so stupid it's laughable.

"Want to prove it? After all, these kinds of files won't record any of this information, just like some news reports that only record the victim's death but not the process of being murdered. And that process is precisely what's important."

Yang Jian said, "For example, the phone in your hand is actually just a slipper."

After he finished speaking, Li Yao looked at the phone in her hand again, and it really had turned into a slipper.

At that moment, she was on the verge of collapse.

No wonder there was no response after sending out the distress signal for so long; the phone I was holding the whole time wasn't actually a cell phone.

"For example, the clothes you're wearing," Yang Jian said.

"Stop talking, stop talking."

Li Yao clutched her chest, squatted on the ground, and broke down in tears. "You'll regret this, you'll definitely regret this. You can't hide this forever. As soon as I get the chance, I'll kill you, kill your whole family, and make you disappear from this world forever."

Her confidence, her intelligence, her self-esteem were rendered worthless by Yang Jian's manipulation. This sudden contrast and blow were unbearable for her.

She was just a poor student, and she only became Ghost Tamer by luck, a newbie who had only been around for about six months. But what about herself? She came from a wealthy family, was beautiful, intelligent, and had a sexy figure, and a master's degree. Even if the supernatural events hadn't happened, she would still be a winner in life.

But why, why should I be humiliated by Yang Jian today?

Yang Jian said seriously, "I don't doubt that you really want to kill me, or even my whole family, but as an ordinary person, if you get involved in the struggle between Ghost Tamer, you have to be prepared to risk everything. Dealing with ghosts means you have to gamble with everything you have, because one wrong step means losing everything."

"So you're naive. That naivety reveals your stupidity. If you want to associate with me, you should be prepared for the worst. Be extremely careful with your words, and don't let me see through your ruse or sense any threat in them."

"If I feel threatened and you don't immediately eliminate me, then I can declare you have lost this fight."

"Do you know how ghosts kill people? There are no signs, no reason, no warning. You don't even know you've been targeted by a ghost until the moment of your death. Only then do you realize how dangerous your situation was."

"So, if you want to deal with me, you have to be like a ghost, striking suddenly and catching me completely off guard, so that I die before I even understand what's happening, just like how I attacked you today."

Yang Jian slowly took out the strange, bloodstained old newspaper and, without the slightest hesitation, covered Li Yao's beautiful face with it.

A strong feeling of suffocation washed over her, and Li Yao began to struggle violently.

She reached out to tear the thing stuck to her face, and Yang Jian didn't stop her, because she couldn't tear the strange newspaper at all.

After all, she was just a human, an ordinary woman, and even the weakest supernatural being had no power to resist her.

Yang Jian stood beside her, looking down at Li Yao who was lying on the ground struggling, waiting for the next step.

In just about ten seconds, Li Yao went still and lay motionless on the ground, no longer breathing, as if she were dead.

But Yang Jian knew she wasn't dead; rather, her face, along with his memories, had been stolen by this strange old newspaper.

Yang Jian bent down and picked up the blood-stained old newspaper.

Pasted on the newspaper was a lifelike woman's face; though her eyes were closed, the remaining expression still conveyed a sense of despair and fear.

"Compared to most people, you are lucky; at least I won't kill you. But now let me think about how you're going to greet a stranger like me?" Yang Jian's eyes flickered slightly.

After holding this strange newspaper in his hand, he spent some time pondering how to use it.

Although his ability is simply to alter memories, it is actually very difficult to do so because he is not a real ghost and cannot change a person's thoughts at will.

Of course, simply forgetting some memories is easy.

Humans are naturally forgetful, and forgetting some unfavorable memories won't cause any problems.

The most difficult part is implanting a memory that doesn't exist.

For example, if Yang Jian were to make Li Yao call him "Dad".

So once she wakes up, any investigation will immediately raise suspicions, which is a serious violation of reality. Even if she believes it herself, others will not.

Therefore, such alteration is foolish and should not be done.

"The only way to make Li Yao loyal to me without anyone suspecting her, even to the point of betraying certain people, is through emotions." Yang Jian's eyes flickered slightly.

Emotions are the most incomprehensible thing, and also the most uncontrollable thing.

And within relationships, there are familial love, friendship, romantic love, and so on.

Family ties are definitely out of the question; Yang Jian and Li Yao are completely unrelated.

Friendship is even less likely. This is the first time I've met her. We've never known each other since childhood. If I were to forcibly insert the identity of childhood sweethearts, it would create a huge flaw.

So only one thing remains: love.

"Let's start from this point."

Yang Jian thought about it carefully for about half an hour, filtering through several options in his mind before finally choosing to implant a non-existent love story into Li Yao's life. At the same time, he tried his best to minimize any mistakes that might occur after altering her memories, so as not to arouse suspicion.

To be honest, it's despicable to toy with a woman's feelings like this.

But he showed no remorse whatsoever.

For Li Yao, the consequence was simply falling in love with someone she shouldn't have, but for Yang Jian, one step of failure meant death.

Forget everything that happened after 8 PM today.

"From the moment you met Yang Jian, you felt a strong liking for him and developed feelings of love. This love will transform into an unwavering devotion after you wake up again. You will trust Yang Jian and be very willing to help Yang Jian, as well as his family and friends."

Yang Jian began this terrifying game of memory manipulation.

When Li Yao wakes up again, she will be completely changed, and she won't even know how it all happened.