Chapter Thirty-Two: A Promise with a Ghost
Since the engine stopped working, the mechanic hasn’t been able to start it.
So, unfortunately, this car couldn’t be repaired.
After all, he hadn’t even fixed the engine, what else could be done.
It would be cheaper to buy a new one with that money.
After agreeing on terms, Liu Haoyu sent the car to be scrapped, considering it as selling some scrap metal.
Liu Haoyu looked at the money in his hand with some regret.
“I thought I could have my first car, what a shame.”
Although Liu Haoyu didn’t consider things like marriage and having children in the future.
Finding a wife was just a joke.
But having a car was very convenient for travel, especially since his home was far in the suburbs.
“I’ll see if I can find a suitable used car later.”
Liu Haoyu wasn’t afraid of cars with soul rings attached.
Anyway, the “original owner” usually didn’t dare to snatch the steering wheel from him.
After planning for the future, Liu Haoyu rode his motorcycle towards the haunted house.
It was only five o’clock now, so if he went back, it would be exactly six in the morning, and he could get a good night’s sleep.
When Liu Haoyu passed the reservoir, he saw a white figure standing by the roadside.
This time, Liu Haoyu didn’t accelerate. Instead, he stopped his motorcycle on the side of the road and calmly walked to the side of the white-clothed fierce ghost.
He took out a cigarette from his pocket and said.
“You don’t mind if I have a cigarette to refresh myself, do you?”
The white-clothed fierce ghost stared at Liu Haoyu with her pale eyes hidden beneath her black hair. She spoke with her remaining consciousness.
“There’s one more…”
“There’s one more…”
Liu Haoyu took a deep breath. The dizziness and numbness caused by his lungs helped him calm down.
“The last one is already dead, killed by another fierce ghost.”
In fact, Liu Haoyu had always found it strange.
Supernatural events had been happening too frequently recently.
He might not encounter one a month before, but since arriving in Jiangquan City, supernatural events happened almost once a week, or even several times a day, like now.
Even the driver who died ten years ago could appear before him as a ferocious ghost.
The frequency was obviously not right.
It was as if something was constantly awakening ghosts and monsters.
Could this be what the black book mentioned about “terror spreading outwards”?
Just like the “terror renaissance” in some novels, was he experiencing this situation now?
While Liu Haoyu was thinking, the white-clothed fierce ghost had already come to his side.
Her pale green hand tightly gripped Liu Haoyu’s arm. The force was so strong that it made his arm ache. Her bloodshot eyes stared fixedly at Liu Haoyu.
“I’m not reconciled… I’m not reconciled…”
Unable to kill her enemy with her own hands, this situation naturally couldn’t resolve the fierce ghost’s resentment.
If this fierce ghost continued to be in such a resentful state, she might completely lose control.
At that time, Liu Haoyu could only use force to transcend her, so as not to harm others.
So, understanding the situation, Liu Haoyu said to the white-clothed fierce ghost.
“Liu Xiaoxiao, right?”
“…”
The white-clothed fierce ghost released her hand and nodded blankly.
“People killed by fierce ghosts might become their ghost servants. I will go to the home where he died to investigate. If I find the murderer who killed you, I will naturally call you over so you can kill your enemy with your own hands.”
“…”
Listening to Liu Haoyu’s bargaining tone, Liu Xiaoxiao stared at him blankly, like a mentally retarded patient.
In fact, this was the most real state of fierce ghosts.
They were already dead, and their souls had dispersed. They could retain consciousness, but not much.
Even the square-faced driver who seemed normal was just reacting instinctively for survival.
On the other hand, Qin Liu…
It had to be said that the red-clothed fierce ghost in the haunted house was truly unreasonable.
Not only was her spiritual consciousness preserved intact, allowing her to communicate with him without barriers, but she could even express her personal emotions.
In short, she didn’t seem like a fierce ghost but more like a person.
“But if the person who killed you has already been scattered, I advise you not to dwell on this matter. Resolve your resentment as soon as possible.
Harming people is not a good thing. Killing innocent people will only make your parents more uneasy.”
Unlike Liu Haoyu, Liu Xiaoxiao had family.
Police Officer Li Rongjun said that after Liu Xiaoxiao’s parents learned of her death, her mother cried in the police station for a whole morning, and even fainted.
“Or do you want to see your family?”
“…”
Liu Haoyu looked at the white-clothed fierce ghost, and neither of them spoke.
After a moment of silence, Liu Xiaoxiao spoke again.
“I want… to see them.”
It was no longer a hoarse and unpleasant voice, but a sobbing, very soft girl’s voice.
She was crying, she was sobbing.
But Liu Haoyu couldn’t do anything to change it.
The dead cannot be resurrected, and Liu Xiaoxiao’s soul had already been shattered. Being able to say this sentence was already very difficult.
“Yes, after I completely resolve the murderer, I will take you to see your parents.”
Liu Haoyu extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand, then got back on his motorcycle and said.
“Wait for me here for a few days, and don’t harm anyone.”
With that, he drove away from the reservoir with a flourish.
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On the other side, a certain red-clothed fierce ghost in the haunted house was lying on Liu Haoyu’s bed with a dead fish-like stare.
No, that was her own bed in the first place.
Originally, she would only hear the strange sound of “merit +1” in her ear.
Now, her mind was filled with “merit +2”.
It was obvious who the unlucky guy was who was messing with things.
What, was he trying to make her a Buddha or an immortal?
It would have been better if he had played the “Great Compassion Mantra” and had her ordained on the spot.
Qin Liu glanced out of the corner of her eye at the red embroidered shoes on the shrine. Those shoes were still lying there quietly.
Although Qin Liu could go and get them back.
There was no longer any need for them. After all, she had gotten used to going barefoot these past few days, and since she could float in the air, it didn’t matter whether she wore shoes or not.
Besides, those red embroidered shoes were not comfortable to wear, and taking them off was very troublesome. So, she decided to leave them there.
Qin Liu sighed.
Throughout the entire night, she had tried an experiment.
That was to possess Hong Yu and stay as far away from it as possible.
However, when she left Hong Yu, black substances would accumulate inside, and the further she was from it, the faster this black substance accumulated, until Hong Yu shattered, and she would be forcibly sent back to the haunted house.
Even if she didn’t leave Hong Yu, just staying inside it, as time passed, Hong Yu would turn black and eventually shatter.
So, to achieve freedom of movement, it was still a long and arduous journey…
Just as Qin Liu was lying on the bed lamenting, a hard object smashed directly into her face.
“Ouch?! What have that scumbag done this time!”
Qin Liu took the object, which came from nowhere, and looked at it closely. Only then did she realize it wasn’t some strange clothing as she had guessed.
It was just an apple cut in half.
