Chapter 69: Why are you still asleep?
“Hao-ge, what was that sound from the rooftop just now?” Deng Xiaolin asked Liu Haoyu as she walked out of the room.
“Sister Qin climbed onto the roof?” Liu Haoyu pretended to know nothing about it.
“No, no, it should be the sound of a cat!” Qin Liu’s wailing cry when she finally escaped was quite loud, even disturbing Deng Xiaolin inside the room.
“That sound doesn’t sound like a cat at all,” Deng Xiaolin said suspiciously, looking at Liu Haoyu.
“Don’t overthink it, that’s how young kittens sound,” Liu Haoyu didn’t dare to explain too much; the more lies he told, the easier it would be to get caught. He simply returned to his guest room, leaving Deng Xiaolin no opportunity to ask further questions.
After Liu Haoyu returned to the room, he took out the Black Book. However, the latter spoke first, writing a line of text.
“Tsk tsk, your luck with women is really good. From your perspective, it was really…” like Liu Haoyu, the Black Book had naturally seen Qin Liu exposed.
“You saw it too, didn’t you?” Liu Haoyu contemptuously wrote on the Black Book.
“We’re all accomplices, no one can blame anyone else.”
“I’m a book, not a person. Our species are different. Do you think anyone would be attracted to a lizard?”
“…Hard to say.” A not-so-good news item flashed in Liu Haoyu’s mind. The image was too beautiful to imagine, so Liu Haoyu shook his head repeatedly, casting these chaotic thoughts out of his mind.
“Don’t worry, I couldn’t see from my angle, and even if I could, I wouldn’t fight with you over a woman.” The words written by the Black Book seemed to carry intonations. Liu Haoyu could even feel its indifferent expression from these characters.
“Moreover, I’m quite surprised that Qin Liu didn’t fight you with the lantern in that situation. If it were me, I’d smash you, you shameless guy, with the lantern.”
“Qin Liu doesn’t know how to use the lantern or her own identity.” Because the confidentiality work had been done very well, Qin Liu still hadn’t figured out her own situation.
“Compared to Qin Liu, I’d rather ask about the Red Gate. That thing is like a ghost, lingering…” Liu Haoyu briefly and clearly wrote about the situation he encountered in his dream on the Black Book.
The blood writing on the Black Book began to boil and evaporate. The surroundings fell silent, and the Black Book seemed to be thinking about something. Then, lines of blood writing appeared before Liu Haoyu.
“The Red Gate is very powerful, so it’s no problem for it to transform into Qin Liu’s childhood appearance.”
“But please note, unlike the Guide, that is definitely not Qin Liu!”
“It is coveting your body and your soul.”
“It will never miss any opportunity to make a move.”
“And now, your hands are stained with the aura of the Red Gate.”
“Under the torment of nightmares, as long as you fall asleep, it will find you again and again.”
“For you, every time you fall asleep now is like walking on the edge of the Ghost Gate Pass.”
After reading the Black Book’s words, Liu Haoyu clicked his tongue and said, “So all my previous efforts were in vain?”
The Black Book expressed its negation.
“No, if you hadn’t removed your name from the tombstone, you would be dead by now.”
“Your trip to the Underworld and Old Deng’s desperate struggle have bought you more time to deal with the Red Gate.”
“The Red Gate has been severely injured. If it were before, the moment you encountered it in your dream, you would have been pulled in.”
“Why would it need to choke you?” The Black Book’s tone seemed to be laughing.
“However, this choking incident gave your first kiss to Qin Liu, which could be considered a blessing in disguise… I saw how happy you were before.” When Liu Haoyu came back to his senses from the dream and realized that Qin Liu had performed CPR on him, his expression was truly priceless. The Black Book probably wouldn’t forget his expression in its lifetime.
“Even though you say all sorts of vulgar things, you’re still a pure young man in your heart.” Faced with the Black Book’s mockery, Liu Haoyu simply shrugged and said.
“So, I can’t even sleep now?”
“Using the blood of the Faceless Ghost Child, the Red Gate’s aura on you can only last for three days.”
“As long as you don’t sleep during these three days, there won’t be any problems.”
“On the contrary, if you fall asleep, you must be prepared to never wake up again.”
The Black Book’s warning made Liu Haoyu frown. Although what the Black Book said was somewhat reasonable, he also had his own considerations. The Red Gate was hidden very deeply. Ever since being severely injured by Old Deng, he and the Special Task Force had been trying to find its whereabouts. However, that door seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth, and no matter how hard they looked, they couldn’t find it. If they dragged on, it might even allow the other party to regroup. By then, it would not be so easy to deal with it. Therefore, thinking of this, Liu Haoyu made up his mind. However, before that, he had to go back to the haunted house.
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It was afternoon when Liu Haoyu returned to the haunted house. Qin Liu had been hiding in the Hong Yu since being exposed that morning and remained silent, like a hermitic hamster. Liu Haoyu entered the bedroom. He covered the room with talismans and drew some formations on his body.
“What are you doing?” The Black Book was completely astonished by Liu Haoyu’s actions. When Liu Haoyu took out the quilt and covered himself, it was so scared that it almost jumped up.
“What the heck! Didn’t I tell you not to sleep?!”
“Are you tired of living?”
“Or do you just want Qin Liu to give you CPR?”
“Then you should just tell her directly, no need to gamble with your life!” Facing the Black Book’s string of words, Liu Haoyu said calmly.
“Since the other party has come to the door, why not follow the trail and find their location?”
The Black Book continued to dissuade Liu Haoyu.
“There will be plenty of opportunities later, why rush for this moment?”
“You know, although the Red Gate can’t beat you in reality, in dreams, she is definitely an existence you cannot contend with.”
“In dreams, you don’t even have weapons, and even living is a problem.”
“Let alone following the trail, that’s just wishful thinking!” By the end of the writing, the Black Book’s tone became more and more agitated. Liu Haoyu just lay down peacefully and said.
“Who says I don’t have a weapon?” At this moment, the Black Book realized that at some point, Liu Haoyu had placed Qin Liu’s red embroidered shoes on his chest.
