Chapter 55 They Will Face Retribution Sooner or Later
When Liu Haoyu spoke, he also noticed the computer screen that was lit up in the living room.
He was a little surprised.
“I didn’t expect you to still play games…”
To this, Liu Zining explained.
“Like us college students, we have a lot of free time. When there are no jobs, we don’t know how to pass the idle time if we don’t play games.”
“Is that so?”
Liu Haoyu withdrew his gaze and said to Liu Zining.
“We’re all colleagues, so my friends just call me Old Liu or Hao-ge.”
Liu Zining showed a faint smile on her face as she cupped her cheeks.
“I can see that you’re good at getting close to girls. Then you can call me Ningning, my sister and my friends call me that. By the way, it’s the Ning of Ningyuan, the second tone.”
“As for your title, I’ll compromise and call you Liu-ge.”
“Ningning…”
Liu Haoyu looked at the girl’s face. He could see that although the girl was smiling, there was no joy in her eyes.
This was an act she put on.
“Since we can call each other by name,”
Liu Zining extended her slender and fair hand and placed it in front of Liu Haoyu.
“Then we are friends.”
Looking at the small hand in front of him, Liu Haoyu still shook it.
The girl’s hand was very delicate and cold, but her palm had some calluses.
Looking at the girl’s fake smile, Liu Haoyu took a deep breath and said.
“Since we are friends, there is no need for you to pretend to be someone else.”
“It’s already tiring enough to be a ghost exorcist,”
“Why add unnecessary trouble to yourself?”
Liu Haoyu’s unreserved exposure made Liu Zining’s expression a little awkward.
The smile on her face gradually disappeared, and she returned to being the颓废 (tuífèi – decadent/颓废) girl.
“As expected of Beiming City’s strongest ghost exorcist, this disguise can’t hide from you…”
The girl slumped on the sofa, unreservedly pouring out her inner distress and the pain of losing her loved ones.
In the end, she held her head and could no longer make any sound.
The girl sobbed in despair.
Liu Haoyu roughly understood Liu Zining’s thoughts.
She felt that her sister’s death was not worth it.
She had kindly saved someone, but the parents of the child she saved did not thank her. Instead, they resented and were dissatisfied with the huge compensation they unexpectedly had to bear.
To this day, the other party had only offered a reluctant thank you, and the compensation was still due.
Not everyone knows how to write the word “gratitude.”
Liu Haoyu sat beside Liu Zining and reached out to pat the girl’s shoulder.
Perhaps for someone they had only met a few times, this behavior was a bit out of line, but this very young girl before him indeed needed a little comfort.
“Don’t worry, they will face retribution sooner or later.”
“I’m sorry…” Liu Zining quickly looked up again, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said, “You saw me making a fool of myself, Liu-ge.”
“You’re welcome,” Liu Haoyu sat back in his seat and said, “If you have anything troubling you in the future, you can just cry in the toilet. If that’s not enough, I can lend you a shoulder.”
“You wish!”
Liu Zining’s face lit up with a smile again at Liu Haoyu’s words.
“But I have to admit, Liu-ge, you’re good at charming girls. Just that conversation, plus your decent looks, might really win over other girls.”
Liu Zining sat back in her gaming chair, crossed her legs, and swayed back and forth on the chair like an old man.
As she swayed, she said.
“Especially someone as straightforward as my sister, if she met you, she’d probably be taken to bed in two days.”
“Then I’m suddenly curious what your sister looks like.”
“Why do I feel like you want to steal my sister’s photo?”
Liu Zining rolled her eyes at Liu Haoyu.
She indeed looked like a recluse who had been living in seclusion.
Perhaps this was her true nature?
The girl crossed her legs and asked Liu Haoyu.
“Speaking of which, the night before last, I encountered a Red Shadow.”
“According to her, she is a guide from Jiangliu City.”
“But according to my information, the guides from Jiangliu City cannot leave that area.”
“After much deliberation, I couldn’t help but guess…”
“Is her arrival related to you?”
Liu Zining narrowed her eyes. She knew that Liu Haoyu had a tool to deal with ghosts – the Ghost Orb.
That thing could trap fierce ghosts within it. Due to the difficulty and limitations of its use, only he and another ghost exorcist from Jiangliu City named Old Deng could use it.
Only such a thing could bring a guide to Jiangquan City.
Liu Haoyu was a little surprised.
The night before last… wasn’t that when Qin Liu lost control?
No wonder the Black Book said that this matter had something to do with Liu Zining.
But for what reason did Qin Liu lose control?
Liu Haoyu decided to ask Liu Zining and see if she had any known clues.
After coming back to his senses, Liu Haoyu frankly admitted.
“I did bring the guide here. It was from her that I learned of your sister’s death.”
“Oh?”
Liu Zining frowned slightly.
She knew that the guides from Jiangliu City were responsible for guiding souls from the human world to the underworld, but logically speaking, they shouldn’t have jurisdiction over the Jiangquan City area…
So what was going on?
While Liu Zining was thinking, Liu Haoyu spoke.
“By the way, can I see a photo of your sister?”
The man wanted to confirm something.
Liu Zining glanced at him and said.
“Wait for me.”
The girl stood up from her gaming chair and walked towards the room at the end of the second floor.
While she was getting the photo, Liu Haoyu took out the Black Book and wrote.
“Did you find any clues?”
“No.”
In the Black Book’s perception, everything related to Qin Liu was hazy, and no useful information could be seen.
But it knew that the guide’s loss of control was likely due to a problem with Liu Zining.
Qin Liu would not have come to Jiangquan City to find Liu Zining for no reason.
Even with the reason of Liu Qian’s soul entrusting, it seemed too flimsy now.
Soon, Liu Zining took out the photo from the bedroom.
She walked up to Liu Haoyu and handed him the photo of Liu Qian.
“Here, this is a photo of my sister.”
Liu Haoyu carefully examined the girl in the photo.
Wearing glasses, refined, with a faint smile at the corner of her mouth, but unable to hide her teacher’s temperament.
This was a very virtuous girl.
But… she didn’t look like Qin Liu at all.
