Chapter 94: No Escape
“Did you hear? Someone jumped into the Cangshui River last night.”
“Of course I heard. They say a police officer was dragged into the water while trying to save someone who had fallen in.”
“Yeah, yeah! I was there at the time, and the scene was a bit strange, to be honest. The police officer who was saving someone, after grabbing that dark shadow in the river, just sank.”
“But they recovered the body, right? They said it was due to leg cramps from drinking?”
“Do you think… leg cramps would make someone sink straight to the bottom of the water as if they were tied to rocks, with no struggle?”
“And after searching for so long, they only recovered the body of that police officer. As for the person he was trying to save… they haven’t found the body yet!”
“Could it be that they encountered a water ghost?”
“It’s possible…”
The diners at the breakfast stall were discussing what happened yesterday in a lively manner.
Liu Haoyu sat to the side, listening to them with a pale face.
He did follow behind Li Rongjun last night, but he didn’t expect the police officer to be so fast. Before Liu Haoyu could stop him, the police officer instinctively jumped into the river to save someone.
At the time, there were many onlookers, and the noise was very loud. Li Rongjun couldn’t hear Liu Haoyu’s shouts at all.
Or rather, even if the police officer had heard him, he might not have stopped.
Thus, the tragedy happened.
A friend he was drinking and eating barbecue with just before had drowned in the river.
Liu Haoyu had experienced this feeling many times.
But he always found it difficult to accept.
“Handsome, your packed breakfast is ready.”
Liu Haoyu took the bagged breakfast and walked out of the breakfast shop.
He took out the black book. There was a line of blood written on it. After this incident, it felt like a needle piercing his heart.
“The dead and the dying are all targets of the Red Gate, locked onto it, just like having their names written in the Book of Life and Death by Yan Wang. There is absolutely no possibility of escape…”
Li Rongjun’s death was definitely related to the Red Gate.
After dealing with the Ghost Messenger and resolving the curse for two people, Li Rongjun still couldn’t escape the pursuit of the Red Gate.
What about himself?
The Red Gate’s power was truly terrifying. How should he deal with it?
Liu Haoyu knew very well that in the ghost exorcist profession, one could die at any moment.
He was not afraid of death, but he would definitely not sit idly by.
The Red Gate feared Qin Liu, that was beyond doubt. However, no one knew how long Qin Liu could hold on under the influence of the fierce house’s resentment.
Although Qin Liu’s strength was indeed strong, no soul could escape the influence of resentment.
If they were exposed to the fierce house’s resentment for a long time, even Qin Liu might completely lose her sanity.
As the black book said, Qin Liu could temporarily protect him, but she absolutely couldn’t protect him forever.
“It seems now that I can only use some special methods.”
Those fierce ghosts who were burned to death had a way to escape the Red Gate, but they fled very quickly. Moreover, knowing about Qin Liu’s existence, they probably wouldn’t dare to seek trouble with him proactively.
But as mentioned before, constantly hiding would only lead to being taken advantage of.
Now that they were hiding and fleeing for their lives, Liu Haoyu didn’t mind taking the initiative to capture them and give them a good beating.
As for how to capture them…
This would require a method used in the fierce house a long time ago.
Questioning ghosts.
Besides the fierce ghosts burned to death at Longshan Vocational High School, there were also many wandering lonely souls.
These spirits were merely a trace of obsession left in this world, so they generally wouldn’t attack people proactively.
And questioning ghosts was directly inquiring about their whereabouts from these lonely souls, just like trying to inquire about Qin Liu’s whereabouts in the fierce house before.
However, that time, the ghost questioning was clearly a great failure.
The fierce house was so bad that even ghosts disliked it. To conduct ghost questioning there… even ghosts would have to pack their bags and run overnight.
As for this time, it was at Longshan Vocational High School, which was relatively better, at least compared to the fierce house.
As Liu Haoyu was thinking, Qin Liu poked her head out from the last red jade and said worriedly.
“Speaking of which, Li Rongjun had an accident. What about the other police officer? Could it be…”
Qin Liu had not forgotten that Li Suqin was also one of the people who directly faced the Red Gate.
Now that Li Rongjun had an accident, had something happened to her too?
In response, Liu Haoyu shook his head and replied.
“She didn’t die, but I heard that after Liu Rongjun drowned, she completely went insane and is now being kept in a mental hospital.”
“…”
Qin Liu fell silent after hearing that.
Seeing Qin Liu’s silence, Liu Haoyu continued.
“There aren’t many red jades left, and Old Deng doesn’t have any stock for now. To be safe, let’s go home first.”
“Okay.”
In fact, Liu Haoyu wanted to go home last night.
However, since he had been drinking, as a five-star citizen, he certainly understood the principle of “don’t drive after drinking, don’t drink after driving.”
So after witnessing that incident last night, he went to Deng Xiaolin’s house to stay for the night.
However, because Bai Anting was sleeping in the guest room, Liu Haoyu slept on the sofa last night.
That thing was not very comfortable to sleep on, and it even made Liu Haoyu miss his own bed in the fierce house…
Oh wait, that was Qin Liu’s bed.
He hadn’t bought his own bed yet.
He would think about it next time.
Liu Haoyu looked at his empty wallet and sighed with melancholy.
When he had money, he would buy Qin Liu a new bed.
Anyway, Qin Liu could float and sleep, so for now, he would have to endure this little ghost.
Liu Haoyu rode his motorcycle out of the city and headed towards the fierce house.
When he reached the entrance of the small path, Qin Liu saw the “Beware of Bears” notice board and couldn’t help but say.
“I don’t think there are any bears near my house…”
Liu Haoyu glanced at the notice board. It was quite new.
Seeing the signature of the Jiangliu City Public Security Bureau, Liu Haoyu couldn’t help but scratch his head.
Could it be that those police officers who were chased off the cliff by ghosts that day thought they were being chased by bears?
But he couldn’t be bothered to think too much about it. As long as those police officers didn’t come looking for him again, dealing with the authorities was always troublesome.
The motorcycle followed the small path back to the fierce house.
After parking the car, Liu Haoyu walked into the bedroom.
Even though he had only been away for a day, there was a strange sense of nostalgia.
For example, the cool temperature made him feel very refreshing and comfortable, like entering an air-conditioned room on a scorching hot summer day.
“Here you go.”
Liu Haoyu placed the breakfast he bought for Qin Liu on the altar.
The latter happily began to eat it. Although Liu Haoyu couldn’t see, he could roughly imagine Qin Liu eating the bun like a hamster gnawing on a bun.
It should be quite cute.
Thinking this, Liu Haoyu took out the black book and wrote on it.
“Besides the silver mirror and the Red Gate, is there any way for me to see Qin Liu?”
After a moment of silence, the black book displayed a line of text.
“You’re just lusting after her.”
