Chapter 106: Caring for an Empty Nest
The black shadow with only its upper body left continued to flee.
Its gaze flickered back occasionally, ensuring Liu Haoyu wasn’t pursuing.
Taking one step back and looking back three times, the black shadow finally stopped after confirming it was completely safe.
It was unwilling, but it also knew that with Liu Haoyu around, it wouldn’t be able to taste delicious food.
In its life, it had already been watching Bai Anting, and even in death, it was still obsessed with her.
Even though all its companions had left and pursued their final freedom.
It had not chosen to give up.
It yearned for and was infatuated with Bai Anting, like a fervent fan.
Although it only had half its body left, for a fierce ghost, killing someone could restore it to its original state.
However, without its lower body, its movements were indeed inconvenient.
It could only crawl forward bit by bit with its hands.
Even so, its speed was still terrifying.
If one wasn’t paying attention, seeing its figure in the vast night, one would instinctively mistake it for a fleeing wild cat.
This fierce ghost sped along. It didn’t enter the city but chose to wait in the suburbs. As long as a driver passed by, it could capture one to return to its original state.
It lurked in the grass, quietly waiting for the opportune moment.
The temperature in the suburbs at night was a bit low. For a fierce ghost, this should have been nothing.
But it felt very uncomfortable all over its body.
It was as if something was peeking at it from the dark…
The black shadow looked around but saw nothing.
It felt uncomfortable all over, but its incomplete soul was not enough for it to think about what was making it scared.
Therefore, it chose to continue lurking here and did not leave.
The suburban road was pitch black. It didn’t know how long it waited; the black shadow couldn’t even see a car’s taillight.
It was a bit confused, and the grim cold became more and more apparent.
Now, even it dared not linger in the same spot.
It stood up from the grass, wanting to find another place to ambush.
However, as soon as it stood up, its remaining half-body suddenly froze.
As if subjected to a paralysis spell, the black shadow stopped dead in its tracks.
But upon closer inspection, its body was trembling uncontrollably. Its ferocious face now conveyed its heartfelt fear.
Its consciousness was clear, but it wanted to escape, yet its body was completely out of its control…
Despite being a ghost, it felt an unprecedented chill.
It was as if it had arrived in the dead of winter, or entered a gloomy crematorium.
This cold permeated its soul and reached its consciousness…
In its terrified gaze, it saw a hazy red shadow, carrying a broken lantern, approaching it…
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“Mmm… ahhh~”
Inside the haunted house, Qin Liu, who had just woken up, couldn’t help but stretch.
She rubbed her hazy eyes.
Looking at the empty room and the alarm clock by the bed, the little ghost said with some doubt.
“It’s already one in the morning, why hasn’t Liu Haoyu come back yet?”
He left at six in the afternoon, and it’s now one in the morning. It’s been a full 8 hours. He should be back by now…
“No, no…” Qin Liu shook her little head. “He’s so strong, why should I worry about him?”
Qin Liu floated aimlessly in the air, not knowing what to do.
The empty house, with only herself lonely.
It felt a bit desolate, even with a touch of the beauty of an old person living alone.
Qin Liu picked up a bag of potato chips that had been offered to her. She floated in mid-air, eating happily.
She didn’t know why, but she had just had a dream.
Ghosts shouldn’t dream, but she did dream of something very strange.
In the dream, she seemed to be chasing a monster that was disfigured by fire, and for some unknown reason, only had half its body left.
But it was only this strange, puzzling scene, because she woke up, she didn’t know what happened next.
“It might be because Liu Haoyu took me to Longshan Vocational High School before… That place was really scary.”
Qin Liu still felt a lingering fear.
Even looking at this empty room, she still felt insecure.
“Did something really happen to Liu Haoyu? But if something happened to him, I wouldn’t be able to go save him.”
Qin Liu was a bit conflicted, then she sighed again.
“Forget it, thinking too much won’t help.”
After finishing the potato chips, she looked out the window again.
The outside world was so beautiful, yet she could only stay in this house.
This was indeed unbearable loneliness.
“Speaking of which… what did I usually do before Liu Haoyu came?”
Thinking back carefully now, Qin Liu always felt that she didn’t have any deep memories of her past.
In the first two weeks after her rebirth, she maintained a little excitement.
However, after getting used to this body, all that remained was endless emptiness.
They say that ancient people liked to live in seclusion, yearning for a life isolated from the world.
But Qin Liu felt that her current situation was definitely not what they yearned for.
It was too lonely.
If nothing else, the words Qin Liu had spoken these past few days were more than all the words she had spoken in countless years before combined.
Because in the time before, she basically just talked to herself. The number of words she spoke could be counted on two hands.
“Oh no, I was supposed to get him to find a way to leave, but now I’m a bit reluctant.”
Qin Liu sighed helplessly, putting down the potato chips in her hand.
Indeed, humans and ghosts have different paths. She was a ghost, and Liu Haoyu was a human.
For her own feelings, she made Liu Haoyu linger here.
Was that appropriate?
Even among loved ones, they have their own lives.
Moreover, these grudges can harm people. If Liu Haoyu remains in such an environment for a long time, even if he is a ghost exorcist, he will be fatally affected.
The best way was for him to stay away from this place.
Isn’t it good for him to be with Deng Xiaolin, that little girl?
Qin Liu let out another melancholic sigh.
“I’ll go out and look at the moon and count the stars. I think I used to pass the time like this…”
After all, in this villa in the suburbs, far from the hustle and bustle of the world, the only things she could do were count stars, watch the moon, and watch sunrises and sunsets.
Qin Liu did not pass through walls to go downstairs. Instead, she opened the room door and closed it again.
This way, at least it would be more like a person, right?
Qin Liu gave a self-deprecating laugh.
But as soon as she walked out the door, she suddenly heard the main door downstairs being opened by something.
The “creak” sound of the dilapidated old door.
It could be heard clearly even from the second floor.
