Chapter 38 She’s about to start dreaming.
Time came to the evening.
Tonight, Liu Haoyu decided not to go out.
Instead, he stayed in An Qinglian’s rental apartment, waiting for the ghost infant to show up.
He looked at the formation and talismans set up in the room, then said to An Qinglian, who had finished washing up.
“You should sleep first. I don’t go to bed early.”
“I can tell,” An Qinglian covered herself with the blanket, looking at the haggard Liu Haoyu, and couldn’t help but complain, “But Master, you look like you need a good rest, not like a ghost catcher, but more like you’re cultivating immortality.”
“There’s no other way. Ghosts only come out to move at night.”
Liu Haoyu sat on the edge of the bed, looking at his mobile phone.
The time was already 10 PM.
He didn’t know if the ghost infant would show up tonight, but since there were no clues for now, he could only wait here.
In supernatural events, saving people is the top priority.
“Oh?” An Qinglian seemed to think of something, “Then I should be able to go to work safely during the day, right?”
“Logically, yes, but ghosts just don’t like to be active during the day. But if you’re unlucky, you might encounter them during the day… Go to sleep early.”
“Okay.”
An Qinglian lay down in the quilt.
But she still poked her head out and looked at Qin Liu, who had been silent there.
“Qin Liu, are you sharing the bed with Liu Haoyu? My bed is a bit small.”
Actually, An Qinglian’s bed was not small, and since Qin Liu had no physical form, they could definitely squeeze in.
But she still chose to let Qin Liu sleep with Liu Haoyu.
“This…”
Qin Liu wanted to say that she could sleep inside Hong Yu, but she glanced at Liu Haoyu, who was on watch, and felt a little uneasy.
The ghost infant had caused such a commotion last night, clearly intending to kill Liu Haoyu.
As a ghost herself, she could help a little.
And if she slept inside Hong Yu, she might not be able to react in time.
So, after much consideration, Qin Liu lay down on the bed.
She knew that looking at Liu Haoyu’s condition, he would probably pull an all-nighter again tonight.
“If you’re sleepy, you should go to sleep early too.”
Qin Liu lay on the bed, tilting her head to look at Liu Haoyu.
“You can’t push yourself too hard. Relaxing is also a good choice.”
Liu Haoyu glanced at Qin Liu.
This little ghost looked even more alluring and cute when she was on the bed.
Especially when she yawned and stretched her legs, it gave off a wonderful sense of temptation.
So, he couldn’t help but look at her a few more times before reluctantly retracting his gaze.
“It’s okay, I’m not sleepy yet.”
“Alright…”
Qin Liu was not the type of ghost who liked to advise people. Seeing that Liu Haoyu chose to insist, she said no more.
Instead, she closed her eyes.
The night was long tonight.
For some reason, Liu Haoyu felt that the light was exceptionally dark tonight.
He picked up the black book and wrote on it.
“Is there something wrong with Qin Liu?”
Since he had been with Qin Liu all day, Liu Haoyu hadn’t had a chance to ask the black book.
Now that Qin Liu was asleep, he immediately chose to clarify this matter.
After a moment of silence, the black book appeared a line of blood characters on the blank page.
“Qin Liu is gradually recalling her mission, which is not a good thing for you or her.”
“Her human body is currently preserved in the black coffin,”
“But if she chooses to accept the mission of a guide, she will never be able to return to her body,”
“And will completely become a new guide.”
“At that time, due to her good impression and dependence on you, you might be fine,”
“But people who have interacted with her are very likely to encounter terrible nightmares.”
“Guides have no emotions; they only look at lifespan. If the lifespan is exhausted, it’s certain death.”
The black book also felt a sense of dread as it said this.
As a tool spirit, it was already a dead existence. Once it encountered a guide, it would surely die at their hands.
As for Liu Haoyu, although his lifespan had also been exhausted, with his eight characters comparable to rebar, and the guide’s dependence on him, he might still live.
But… the outcome would probably be to share the same coffin and be trapped forever, a tragic fate.
“Why is it so sudden?”
“Everything has its omens. The moment she left Jiangliu City indirectly proved that she had recognized many things,”
“But for her, knowing too much is not a good thing,”
“The Night Walker sealed within her body is constantly warning her of buried memories,”
“Qin Liu’s strangeness this morning is also related to the Night Walker.”
After hearing the black book’s analysis, Liu Haoyu closed the book.
The young girl on the bed slept soundly. She was as pure and flawless as a budding water lily.
Lovable and heartwarming.
Liu Haoyu was a little lost in thought.
Qin Liu’s sleeping face was facing the man. Liu Haoyu unconsciously reached out his hand and gently brushed aside Qin Liu’s bangs.
“Staring blankly?”
In response, Liu Haoyu withdrew his hand.
“I think any man would be stunned to see such a scene. More importantly… she is indeed beautiful, so beautiful that she doesn’t look human.”
“Action is better than inaction.”
The black book wrote cheerfully on the book.
“Perhaps she likes you too?”
“Forget it, one of the three great illusions in life is that she likes me.”
Liu Haoyu clearly didn’t believe the black book’s words, or rather, he was unwilling to believe them.
“Hehe… Think about it with your head full of white stockings,”
“Normally, why would a girl be willing to sleep in the same bed as you,”
“and lying on your bed?”
“And based on my understanding, Qin Liu’s thoughts are very simple,”
“If you coax her a few more times, I dare say that if you ask her for white stockings, she’d be willing to give them to you.”
The black book’s words made Liu Haoyu recall when he encountered the ghost infant.
The emotionless Qin Liu had solemnly handed the white stockings to him.
Even now, recalling that moment made him a little unable to control himself.
“Forget it. If it were the emotionless Qin Liu, she might still be willing to give them to me,”
“But this little ghost who looks like a silly goose, I ask her for white stockings?”
“She’d probably slap my face with her shoes.”
Liu Haoyu waved his hand, but after a moment of silence, the black book continued to write.
“Speaking honestly, isn’t this a reward for you?”
“How is that possible?”
Looking at Liu Haoyu’s earnestness, the black book clearly didn’t believe him at all.
“If you have the guts, make an oath.”
“I swear on Qin Liu’s conscience…”
“You truly can’t stand to lose, can you?”
“…”
In the quiet and dark night, only the sound of Liu Haoyu writing and drawing on the book remained.
The night grew deeper.
After waiting for who knows how long, Liu Haoyu checked the time.
It was 1 AM.
He yawned.
In fact, he hadn’t slept well in the morning. He had been busy setting up the formation and talismans all day and had hardly slept.
He was already feeling drowsy by this time.
But his experience told him that as long as he survived the most difficult hours of midnight and 1 AM, he would feel much more energetic for the remaining time.
Logically, this should be the case.
However, as Liu Haoyu yawned, faint, intermittent voices began to reach his ears.
“Sleep… sleep…”
There was no rise or fall in this voice.
But it seemed to have a strange magical power, making Liu Haoyu unable to resist.
His tired eyelids could no longer stay open, and he fell asleep sitting up.
However, the moment he fell asleep, Qin Liu’s eyes instantly opened.
But her eyes were no longer clear, but rather hollow, blood-red.
Expressionless, she hugged Liu Haoyu from behind and gently laid him on the bed.
After confirming that he was asleep, the emotionless Qin Liu approached Liu Haoyu’s ear and said.
“Sleep well.”
There was a hint of faint tenderness in the voice that lacked any fluctuations.
Qin Liu’s gaze lingered on the sleeping man for a long time before she slowly stood up.
The talismans on the door could not only block externally but also internally.
Both offensive and defensive, ordinary fierce ghosts could do nothing about this.
But Qin Liu just reached out her hand, intending to tear it off. But looking at the man behind her, she chose to silently withdraw her hand.
The formation had an alarm. Tearing it off would instead wake the man.
So, Qin Liu lay back on the bed, pressing tightly against Liu Haoyu.
She was about to start dreaming.
