Jiang Yan

"First, I'll put myself in a safe place. I'll deal with the ghost matter slowly. As long as I don't use the power of the vengeful ghost within my body, I won't lose out. And that person named Yan Li is also very special. I want to know what's so special about this ghost wielder, and if there's anything worth learning from or borrowing."

Yang Jian watched the group of people fleeing, his expression unchanged, unmoved.

If he had used his ghost domain just now, he could have brought these people out of here in an instant.

But that would be a self-damaging act with no benefit.

Yang Jian wouldn't do such a thing.

He would only make a move when these people were at their most desperate and fearful.

Exchanging the smallest cost for the greatest benefit.

After all, people don't cherish things that come too easily, which was why he hadn't even bothered to negotiate earlier.

He'd let Boss Tang experience it first, then he could make his move.

Besides that, there was also that person named Yan Li stealing his business.

If this ghost was difficult to deal with, Yang Jian wouldn't mind slipping away and letting Yan Li handle it, since that person was clearly after the ghost.

This wasn't some valuable item worth fighting over. Using the power of the vengeful ghost too much would only hasten his death.

After thinking it through, Yang Jian, holding his flashlight, walked towards the restroom as if nothing had happened.

Just as he was peeing while biting on his flashlight, the light shone into a corner of the restroom. Suddenly, he saw a foot sticking out from the last stall. The foot was wearing black stockings, and it was obvious it belonged to a woman.

"Why is there a woman's foot in the men's restroom? Could it be a pervert? Or is this another corpse?"

Yang Jian froze for a moment. He walked over, shining his flashlight, and cautiously opened the door to take a look.

Inside the stall, a woman was curled up, wearing a white blouse and a skirt. She should be a staff member from the mall. However, her face was pale, and her eyes were closed. It was unclear if she was already dead.

He reached out to check her breathing.

She was still breathing; she wasn't dead.

Yang Jian was immediately surprised. He wouldn't be surprised if this woman were a corpse, but she was alive.

He had seen the mall staff during his two days of work, and while he didn't know all of them, they were at least familiar. But he was certain he hadn't seen this woman in the past two days.

Because this woman was quite beautiful.

The female staff members in the mall were generally not very attractive, making people unwilling to remember them.

"Wake up, miss, wake up." Yang Jian nudged her.

After a while, the beautiful woman slowly woke up. But when she opened her eyes and saw Yang Jian, her eyes widened in shock, and she immediately flinched back. She looked as if she had seen a ghost and wanted to scream, but Yang Jian covered her mouth first.

"Miss, don't scream! If you attract the ghost, you'll be the one to die," Yang Jian quickly covered her mouth.

Sigh, women are indeed trouble.

Time to leave, time to leave.

Seeing that she seemed to have calmed down a little, Yang Jian prepared to leave and find another place to stay.

"Wait, wait."

The woman quickly grabbed Yang Jian's hand, looked up, and asked with a hint of fear and unease, "Are you human?"

"Of course, I'm human. Otherwise, would I be standing here talking to you?" Yang Jian said, "Are you a mall employee?"

"I'm the mall accountant, my name is Jiang Yan. Who are you? Why are you here, dressed like that?" This woman, Jiang Yan, held onto Yang Jian's hand tightly and asked.

Yang Jian chuckled, "I'm the new security guard, just here to use the restroom. Why would I be here? As for you, why is a woman hiding in the men's restroom? Your foot sticking out earlier startled me. I thought it was a dead person."

"There's a ghost outside, I don't dare to go out. I've been hiding here for four days. Besides eating a pack of biscuits, I've only drunk tap water. I'm starving now. Do you, do you have any food?" Jiang Yan said weakly.

So her pale complexion was due to hunger.

"Wait a moment, I'll see if I have anything to eat." Yang Jian patted his pockets. "Uh, I don't have anything to eat either, but there's food outside. How about we go out and get something to eat?"

"But there's a ghost outside." Jiang Yan showed a fearful expression.

"You know there's a ghost outside, so that means you've seen the ghost?" Yang Jian finally reacted and quickly asked, "What does that ghost look like? Where is it?"

If Jiang Yan had really seen the ghost, it would save him a lot of trouble.

Ghosts that could be discovered and confirmed weren't that terrifying; at least they could be guarded against.

Ghosts that couldn't be found were the most terrifying.

Jiang Yan nodded.

"Then tell me quickly. The mall is being haunted right now. Boss Tang hired a con artist to court death here. If this isn't resolved soon, my money will go down the drain," Yang Jian said.

Jiang Yan hesitated, "Tell you if you give me food. I'm starving."

"I didn't expect you to negotiate," Yang Jian looked at her strangely. "But seeing how pitiful you are, I'll go get you something to eat."

He immediately left the restroom.

There was no one on the first floor of the mall now, but there was movement from upstairs. It seemed Boss Tang and his group hadn't left the mall yet.

He took some biscuits, snacks, and water from a closed snack shop and returned to the restroom.

Seeing the food, Jiang Yan's eyes lit up. Like a hungry wolf, she eagerly tore open the packaging and started eating.

The food was gone in no time.

"Is there any more?" Jiang Yan looked at Yang Jian expectantly.

Yang Jian said, "No more. There's one last piece of ham, do you want it?"

"Where is it? Give it to me quickly," Jiang Yan urged.

"Where do you think it is?" Yang Jian looked down.

Jiang Yan gave him a seductive look. "If you can get me out of this hellhole, we can talk about anything."

Yang Jian's eyelids twitched as he sized her up.

Although this Jiang Yan looked a bit haggard, she was indeed attractive, a solid seven out of ten. She wasn't tall, but she had a great figure.

Wait.

What was he looking at? Yang Jian snapped back to reality.

"Let's not talk about that for now. You said you saw that ghost before? So, can you tell me what it looked like now, or what kind of existence it is?"

As if recalling a terrifying memory, Jiang Yan's expression changed slightly, and she said with a hint of fear, "It was four days ago. I was working at the mall as usual. When I went to the restroom that day, I happened to run into that female cashier named Wei Xiaohong. I was about to leave the restroom when I saw her outside. She was shaking her head in front of the mirror. I thought it was strange and was about to ask her about it when I suddenly saw her take off her own head."

"Yes, that's right. Just like a doll, she lifted her head off with both hands. I was scared stiff. It wasn't until she put her head back on that I ran out of the restroom."

Jiang Yan gestured with her hands, her emotions running high.

"But as soon as I got out of the restroom, Wei Xiaohong looked back at me. I was so scared that I accidentally ran into the men's restroom and hid here ever since. I thought about running away, but every time I saw Wei Xiaohong sitting nearby, waiting for me outside the restroom. If I went out, she would surely kill me. I heard ghosts don't dare to enter men's restrooms, so I'll be safe here."

Wei Xiaohong?

Yang Jian immediately said, "Impossible, she definitely can't be a ghost."

"I'm not lying to you, it really was her, I saw it with my own eyes," Jiang Yan said. "You have to believe me."

"It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that I trust my own eyes more, because Wei Xiaohong is already dead," Yang Jian said seriously.

The head that had rolled over in the mall earlier was Wei Xiaohong's.

If she was a ghost, how could she have lost her head?

Did ghosts have suicidal tendencies?

"It's true, she really took her head off, I saw it clearly," Jiang Yan said.

"Shh, wait, someone's coming," Yang Jian suddenly covered her mouth and turned off the flashlight.

In the darkness, footsteps approached the restroom.

The footsteps were neither hurried nor slow, just like a normal person walking.

Something's wrong.

Yang Jian's expression tightened.

There was no one left on the first floor of the mall, and even if there was, the footsteps shouldn't be so calm in the dark environment outside.

Could it be Wei Xiaohong?

He thought of the head left in the mall, its face ashen and emitting a strong stench of decay.

If Wei Xiaohong was indeed a ghost, it didn't seem impossible.