Chapter 7 Someone in the Backseat
Facing such a strange smile, Liu Haoyu took a step back.
Just now, he clearly felt an icy gaze.
And this gaze was coming from inside that villa.
“Hahaha…”
The madman was still laughing at this moment, his wide-open eyes staring intently at Liu Haoyu’s face.
Being stared at like that, Liu Haoyu naturally felt uncomfortable all over.
It was an unspeakable chill.
At this time, Deng Shuyuan also walked over. He looked at the madman with messy hair and a frenzied expression, a hint of disgust appearing on his face.
“What are you laughing at?”
“Hahaha…”
The madman’s laughter grew weaker and weaker until, finally, his eyes widened like light bulbs, and he mumbled incomprehensible words.
“Move… move…”
Looking at the madman’s state, Liu Haoyu confirmed one thing.
That he wasn’t actually crazy, but his soul had been eaten by a ghost, which had turned him into this frenzied state.
As for what was supposed to move… it was unclear for now.
And it was obviously unlikely to get an answer from this madman.
But even so, Liu Haoyu still decided to try.
He took out a calming talisman and prepared to stick it on the madman’s forehead.
But as Liu Haoyu took out the calming talisman and was about to stick it on, the madman’s dazed eyes instantly became terrifying.
Those were not the eyes a man should have. His expression was frenzied, his gaze malicious and extremely cold, like a vengeful woman who had died tragically.
When Liu Haoyu tried to stick the calming talisman on him, the madman suddenly jumped up with such force that the sound of bone fracture could be heard.
The madman’s leg was indeed fractured, but there was no pain or wailing on his face. Instead, he moved on all fours in a posture that was not in line with human anatomy, scrambling towards the villa.
It was unknown whether the villa door was locked or not, but with his impact, it was directly knocked open.
Even more bizarrely, after he went inside, the villa’s main door was closed by something.
Inside the house, his frenzied and strange laughter could still be heard from time to time.
“Hahahaha…”
Under the afterglow of the sunset, this laughter was like the screams of a fierce ghost, making one’s spine shiver.
Even Deng Shuyuan shivered at this moment.
“Brother Liu, you see, this place is very spooky.”
Liu Haoyu just stood there, his expression not showing much change.
After putting away the calming talisman, he said.
“Regardless of whether it’s spooky or not, we have to go in and take a look.”
Since the sun had not yet set, the two decided to wait in the car.
Back in the co-pilot’s seat, Liu Haoyu found the black book from his backpack.
After a day, the blood on the black book had been completely digested, leaving large blank areas.
Just now, when Liu Haoyu approached the madman, he got a button from him.
With the help of this button, perhaps he could ask many things from the black book.
After sticking the button on, Liu Haoyu bit his finger and wrote on it.
“Tell me about the origin of this haunted house.”
After absorbing Liu Haoyu’s blood, lines of bloody text began to appear on the black book.
“The owner of the villa… had a shameful illicit affair before his death.”
“A woman coveted his wealth, and for it, betrayed love and marriage.”
“Even after the truth was revealed, the woman died tragically inside the Buddha statue.”
“But the illicit affair was destined by fate; he could not escape, never escape…”
The black book’s words made Liu Haoyu frown.
The death of the villa owner was actually related to the Buddha statue case at Panwang Temple years ago.
And if that were the case, it would be no wonder there were rumors of seeing a woman’s corpse with stitches all over her body inside the villa.
“What did that madman see?”
“He who covets the property of the dead will naturally pay the price.”
“His soul is imprisoned in a small, square box and has now become a plaything for fierce ghosts.”
The black book’s language was still so pedantic, it gave one a headache.
Although he could understand its meaning, it was still a bit of a headache to read.
As Liu Haoyu held his head, lines of bloody text reappeared on the black book.
“Even though your strength is immense,”
“The fierce ghost in the haunted house was born from the Buddha statue. The Buddha’s aura that was meant to save all beings has now turned into a dangerous ghost energy.”
“This has caused its strength to far surpass ordinary fierce ghosts. Even you… if you are not careful, you will die!”
“Here is a warning: Do not approach anything that is square, angular, and has a mirror. Absolutely do not approach it!”
The last words of the black book turned into large bloody characters, each word seeming to strike the heart, deafening and illuminating.
Liu Haoyu closed the book and then asked Deng Shuyuan.
“I forgot to ask earlier, what is this commission this time?”
“Tsk tsk, Brother Liu, I always feel like you’re not at all serious about making money.”
After such a long time, he still didn’t know the purpose of the commission, Deng Shuyuan didn’t know what to say to Liu Haoyu.
“Right now, no one outside knows whether the owner of this villa is alive or dead. So, his girlfriend commissioned us to find the villa owner’s computer and transfer an account to her.”
“…”
Liu Haoyu didn’t know what to complain about this operation.
Did some people really underestimate modern investigative methods too much?
If they really transferred the money, the police would probably come looking for her the next day.
“I know you have a lot of questions, but there are just so many absurd things in this world, and the other party is paying quite a lot.”
Liu Haoyu could only sigh helplessly upon hearing this.
Indeed, people are beyond understanding.
But since the commission required it, Deng Shuyuan, as the professional, could handle it.
As for Liu Haoyu, he didn’t need to worry about it; he just needed to catch ghosts.
The operation was scheduled for 10 p.m., and there was still some time until then.
So Liu Haoyu chose to sleep to regain some energy.
He hadn’t had a good rest these past few days. The more sleep he got, the better.
As for Deng Shuyuan, the blonde looked at Liu Haoyu, who had his eyes closed, and secretly clicked his tongue.
“I envy people who can sleep anytime, anywhere.”
But he knew that Liu Haoyu wasn’t like this at first.
Because he had been living on the edge, repeatedly disregarding death, he had become so indifferent, one could even say this man was a bit slow-witted.
“Sleep, sleep. Tonight’s mission is dangerous again, so we really need to conserve our energy.”
But for some reason, he always felt a chill in the car, an inexplicable coldness.
This eerie feeling made him shiver twice.
“Strange… could the grudges from the haunted house have spread over?”
He pulled his clothes tighter and picked up a jacket from the back seat to cover himself.
However, even so, this inexplicable chill did not disappear.
Deng Shuyuan even had a vague feeling that there was a third person in the car.
Although his strength was not strong, in this situation, he instinctively sounded the alarm.
Liu Haoyu was still sleeping in the co-pilot’s seat, appearing completely unguarded.
Deng Shuyuan nudged him, but there was no reaction.
Looking at the sleeping Liu Haoyu, Deng Shuyuan realized that his brow was furrowed, as if he was dreaming of something terrible.
And a chilling aura of resentment emanated from him.
As a ghost exorcist, Deng Shuyuan naturally knew Liu Haoyu’s situation.
This guy was likely being targeted by a fierce ghost.
“They say you can’t stand by the river without getting your shoes wet. That saying is indeed true.”
Deng Shuyuan felt a bit troubled. He took out a calming talisman and placed it on Liu Haoyu’s forehead.
However, it was useless. The calming talisman was quickly blackened, indicating how dangerous Liu Haoyu’s experience was.
At this moment, cold sweat kept flowing down the man’s forehead, and his breathing was a little irregular.
What had he dreamed of?
Seeing this, Deng Shuyuan dared not neglect and took out another calming talisman.
However, compared to Liu Haoyu, Deng Shuyuan, with his limited strength, was helpless in this situation.
After several attempts, he could not wake Liu Haoyu up.
Furthermore, Deng Shuyuan felt more and more that there seemed to be someone sitting in the back seat.
He looked back, but the back seat was empty.
But the problem was that the black leather seat had somehow sunk down.
Something was sitting on it!
A few drops of cold sweat appeared on Deng Shuyuan’s forehead.
There was definitely a ghost in the car!
When did it get in?
Was it when he and Liu Haoyu went to see that madman?
But the good news was that the “person” sitting in the back seat had not discovered him.
It just sat there quietly.
But just sitting there made Deng Shuyuan’s breathing become lighter.
The blonde man cautiously gripped the Zhenlei Talisman.
Compared to Liu Haoyu, his Zhenlei Talisman was much weaker, and he couldn’t use many of them.
However, just as he was about to unleash the Zhenlei Talisman, a terrifying killing intent washed over him.
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
Everything around him slowed down.
It was as if an invisible hand had grabbed Deng Shuyuan’s heart.
It was also like jumping into river water; a cold feeling came from all directions, completely engulfing him.
At this time, through the rearview mirror, he saw a terrifying and chilling red shadow sitting in the seat behind Liu Haoyu.
A red-clothed fierce ghost!
Despair began to well up in Deng Shuyuan’s heart.
He couldn’t see the red shadow’s face, only that it seemed to be lowering its head, looking at something.
Perhaps a book?
“Ugh…”
Fortunately, Liu Haoyu finally woke up at this moment.
As Deng Shuyuan had guessed, he had indeed had a nightmare.
This time, he again dreamed of that blood-stained, rusted iron door.
And what was even more chilling was… just now, he seemed to have seen Deng Shuyuan waving at him from behind the door.
If he hadn’t woken up and seen Deng Shuyuan sitting beside him, Liu Haoyu would have really thought he had passed away.
After Liu Haoyu woke up, the terrifying and suffocating feeling that had surrounded Deng Shuyuan also disappeared.
The blonde man gasped for air. He looked back again, only to find that there was no one behind Liu Haoyu.
The terrifying red shadow had vanished without a trace.
But Deng Shuyuan knew it was still in the car…
What should he do?
Deng Shuyuan looked at the Zhenlei Talisman in his hand, which had turned into black ash, his face filled with panic and unease.
“Are you okay?”
Seeing that Liu Haoyu had woken up, Deng Shuyuan didn’t say a word. He got out of the car and, at the fastest speed, rushed to the co-pilot’s door and pulled Liu Haoyu out.
After escaping to the shade of a large tree five hundred meters away, and confirming that the red-clothed fierce ghost in the car had not pursued them, Deng Shuyuan said, still shaken.
“Brother Liu, you are truly my brother, no, you are my father! Given the situation just now, how could you fall asleep?”
Initially, Deng Shuyuan thought Liu Haoyu would be overwhelmed by nightmares and unable to wake up.
But this guy, it turned out, was just sleeping too soundly?
“Huh?”
Liu Haoyu was still a bit groggy from just waking up.
“Look at how flustered you are… could it be that the fierce ghost from the villa has attacked?”
“It’s a ghost! But it’s not the female ghost with stitches all over her body from the villa, but a more terrifying red-clothed fierce ghost. It was sitting right behind you!”
Hearing Deng Shuyuan’s words, Liu Haoyu felt like crying and laughing.
However, logically, only those who are dying or have died can see Qin Liu. Yet, Deng Shuyuan had seen her twice so easily.
It was unclear whether his spiritual sight was high, or if he was flirting with death again.
“Don’t be afraid, this is just a small problem.”
Hearing Liu Haoyu’s calm reply, Deng Shuyuan breathed a sigh of relief.
In his impression, Liu Haoyu was someone who seemed slow-witted but was actually very cautious.
Although Deng Shuyuan had never seen Liu Haoyu’s full strength, he couldn’t deny that his power was definitely among the best of ghost exorcists.
Since he said it was a small problem, then the red shadow should be a piece of cake for him.
So Deng Shuyuan said.
“Brother Liu, please be careful. That red-clothed fierce ghost in the car is definitely not to be trifled with. I almost died in the car just now when I tried to use the Zhenlei Talisman.”
“Uh oh?”
Liu Haoyu was startled by this.
“Wait, you didn’t unleash it, did you?”
“No… but the Zhenlei Talisman became like this.”
Deng Shuyuan showed the black ash in his hand, which made Liu Haoyu fall into silence.
Qin Liu didn’t seem like someone who would counter-attack spells. Could it be that her guide’s consciousness was awakening?
But there was no time to think about this now. He needed to appease Deng Shuyuan first, let him understand Qin Liu’s relative harmlessness, and prevent any further conflicts or accidents.
After thinking for a moment, Liu Haoyu slowly said.
“Don’t be afraid…”
Before Liu Haoyu could finish, Deng Shuyuan preempted him.
“Of course I’m not afraid. I believe in Brother Liu’s strength!”
“No, no, I’m not saying that.”
Liu Haoyu shook his head and pointed at the sedan fifty meters away.
“What I mean is, just consider the red-clothed fierce ghost inside as my wife.”
“…?”
