Chapter 35 Bribery
Looking at Qin Liu’s naive reaction, Liu Haoyu was a bit stunned. He repeated himself, “I mean, you should know that there is a basement or something in this house, right?”
“I don’t know.” Faced with Qin Liu’s ignorance of everything, Liu Haoyu could only cover his head, and he began to doubt the truth of Old Wang’s words. Does this haunted house really have a basement?
“Then what’s the deal with the blood-red iron door I saw in my dream?”
“How would I know about a dream you had?” Qin Liu replied speechlessly. She could indeed control people’s dreams, but this control had certain limitations. Moreover, Liu Haoyu’s will was very strong, and even Qin Liu could only change a part of it.
“Hiss… my head hurts.” Liu Haoyu covered his head. He thought he could find out the source of the resentment in the house directly through Qin Liu. Unexpectedly, Qin Liu knew nothing, and she didn’t even understand what was going on in her own house. It seemed this path wouldn’t work. Did he really have to obediently follow the instructions in the black book?
As Liu Haoyu was thinking, Qin Liu continued, “So why are you looking for a basement?”
“Why…” Liu Haoyu looked around the room, trying to find Qin Liu’s main body, but unfortunately, he couldn’t see anything, so he could only answer, “Seeing that you still have your sanity, I’ll be direct. If the concentration of resentment in this house continues at this rate, within a year, your divine consciousness will dissipate completely, and you will turn into a mindless evil ghost. What I’m doing now is to investigate the source of the resentment in this house, to prevent you from becoming a fierce ghost who kills and sets fires. Understand?”
Upon hearing Liu Haoyu’s words, Qin Liu was greatly alarmed. If it were as Liu Haoyu said… wouldn’t this loss of sanity be almost the same as death? But after careful consideration, Qin Liu felt something was not quite right. After she reincarnated into this ghost, although she didn’t know how long it had been, it had been several years at least. If the yin energy… meaning resentment, could affect her, she should have gone mad long ago. So, after realizing this, Qin Liu said with a questioning tone, “Aren’t you trying to fool me into leaving this house? Let me tell you, there’s no way I’m leaving the house.”
In fact, even if Qin Liu wanted to leave, she couldn’t. She could only go to the outside world with the help of Hong Yu, and Hong Yu had restrictions, which was very troublesome.
“This is definitely not fooling you,” Liu Haoyu said thoughtfully, “And Miss Qin Liu, it’s very impolite to hide when talking to people.”
“…” Qin Liu never expected that there would be such a shameless person in this world.
“Bah! I think you have evil intentions!” Qin Liu had seen it with her own eyes in her dreams. This guy looked very upright and honest, but he was definitely a pervert! Especially when she dreamt of him wearing white stockings, he almost drooled. Of course, it wasn’t as exaggerated as Qin Liu said. Liu Haoyu was actually examining it with a critical attitude at that time. After all… who doesn’t love white stockings and ice cream?
“Forget it, let’s sit down and talk slowly.” Liu Haoyu knew that haste makes waste, so he wasn’t in a hurry.
“Would you like something to eat? 21st-century snacks taste very good.” As he spoke, Liu Haoyu took out an Alps lollipop and potato chips from his backpack. Seeing these things, Qin Liu, who hadn’t eaten snacks for who knows how long, naturally felt a craving. She stared blankly at the snacks in Liu Haoyu’s hands. Just as she was hesitating whether to accept them, she found that Liu Haoyu had already placed a lollipop and a bag of potato chips in front of the shrine.
“Try it.” Qin Liu looked at the potato chips and lollipop in her hands. Finally, she said in a somewhat reluctant and embarrassed tone, “…Thank you.”
“You’re welcome, consider it a reward for your legs.”
“…” Why does this man always bring up awkward topics! She just wanted to try using seduction to break through Liu Haoyu’s defenses, control him, and hint at him to leave this place. She didn’t expect that this guy would indeed be tempted by seduction, but his willpower was too strong. In that situation, she couldn’t control him and could only make him wake up from the dream. So, in this regard, wasn’t she the one who lost in the end? Realizing this, Qin Liu became angry. She turned her grief and indignation into appetite and stuffed the potato chips into her mouth. Her taste buds, which hadn’t tasted salt for who knows how many years, exploded at this moment. It could be said that just one bag of potato chips was like tasting a delicacy from some anime food show for Qin Liu.
“How does it taste?”
“Good!” Qin Liu instinctively answered Liu Haoyu’s question, but quickly reacted. “Don’t expect to buy me over with this stuff.”
Although Liu Haoyu couldn’t see Qin Liu eating, judging by her reaction… this little ghost seemed to like it quite a bit? So, Liu Haoyu took out a can of Sprite from his backpack. Because he was worried that Qin Liu wouldn’t be able to open the pull-tab can, Liu Haoyu specially opened it for her before placing it on the altar.
“It’s a bit dry to eat potato chips alone, have some of this.” Before Liu Haoyu could finish speaking, the sound of “gulu gulu” echoed in the air. This showed that Qin Liu had already started eating by herself.
“Ah~” Qin Liu let out a satisfied breath. Liu Haoyu’s mouth curved slightly upwards. Even though this little ghost was very powerful, maybe she could be bribed with snacks?
“You can freely enter Hong Yu, right?”
“Yeah? What’s wrong?” Qin Liu asked vaguely while holding a lollipop in her mouth.
“But I can’t use that thing for too long. If I stay there for too long, it will break.”
“It doesn’t matter, do you want to eat more delicious things?” Hearing Liu Haoyu’s voice, which was like a creepy uncle, Qin Liu immediately became vigilant.
“What do you want to do?”
“What can I do to you? You don’t have a body.”
“That seems right…” Qin Liu said with sudden realization. “But as they say, unsolicited kindness is either a trap or theft.”
“It’s nothing, I just hope you can accompany me to investigate this mysterious basement. After it’s done, I can help you with one thing, or take you to eat more delicious food. What do you say, is it worth it?”
Although Qin Liu wanted to refuse, she really couldn’t. She wanted to go to Jiangquan City to see her younger sister. Without the help of others, she couldn’t leave this house at all. Moreover, this man was a ghost exorcist, very powerful, and not afraid of any danger. After considering it, Qin Liu said, “Okay!”
