The moment I heard Song Yixuan's agent's voice on Wei Yuan's phone, I had a feeling that this time, I might not be able to fulfill the female ghost Wang Yingxiu's request.
No matter where I was, it seemed that as long as Si Jiangchen was around, I would lose control of all situations.
I could still hear Wei Yuan roaring at the agent on the phone, but my feet had already involuntarily started running downstairs.
Si Jiangchen's assistant, Ji Chen, was already suspicious of me. If I stayed here any longer, I would surely be exposed sooner or later.
My inborn self - preservation instinct kicked in. By the time Wei Yuan called out to me from behind, I had already reached the stairwell on the first floor.
"Why are you running so fast?" Wei Yuan frowned.
"Si Jiangchen is here. I'm not doing this job!"
I shook my head firmly.
"You're a yin - yang master. How could you not save people?"
My behavior probably refreshed Wei Yuan's view of the world again. In his impression, all those feng shui masters were compassionate and kind - hearted, regarding saving the world and helping people as their duty. They even claimed they were willing to sacrifice their lives to eliminate demons and defend the Tao!
"I'm a master, but I'm not a fool."
I rolled my eyes at Wei Yuan and pulled my cap brim lower.
Now that I was outside, there was a possibility of being discovered at any time...
Wei Yuan was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that someone like me who refused to save others would be so self - assured. After being at a loss for a while in the wind, he quickly caught up with me and said, "Are you going back? I'll drive you."
"No, I'll take the subway."
Wei Yuan had already been exposed to Ji Chen. I wasn't stupid enough to take his car.
Public transportation was the safest. As long as I transferred a few times, who could track me down?!
"But..."
Wei Yuan took two more steps after me. "What about me? You're not going to abandon me, are you?"
I looked back at him. "No!"
"Ah!"
The worry on Wei Yuan's face turned into a hint of joy.
"Get the money ready as soon as possible. Wait for my call!"
I had already made an agreement with the female ghost. How could I let go of ten million in potential income?
Thinking like this, I trotted all the way towards the subway station, leaving Wei Yuan alone, at a loss in the night wind...
After transferring three times on the subway, I still wasn't at ease. I then took a bus and traveled half across the city before getting off a few stops away from Lvyuan Community. I walked all the way back home.
I unlocked the door with my key. Wang Yingxiu, holding the child, silently dropped down from the ceiling above my head.
"Miss Du, have you found him?"
Suddenly facing a pale ghostly face, if I hadn't seen so many such things, I would definitely have been so scared that my legs would go numb.
"I saw him, but... there was an accident. I didn't get a chance to talk to him."
I wasn't really lying. I had indeed seen Song Yixuan from a distance.
Disappointment was clearly written on Wang Yingxiu's ghostly face. "He doesn't want to come, right... Is it... he doesn't want to come?!"
"No! No!!"
Seeing Wang Yingxiu's voice getting more and more shrill and showing signs of losing her sanity, I quickly cast a soul - soothing spell to calm her resentful aura.
"He's very busy. I didn't even have a chance to get close to him. But we've made another appointment. We'll meet again soon!"
With Wei Yuan around, getting in touch with Song Yixuan wouldn't be a problem. Taoran Media definitely wouldn't dare to offend their future big investor.
The little ghost in Wang Yingxiu's arms wasn't affected by his mother. He climbed onto my shoulder, trying to lift my cap and pull my hair. It wasn't until I took out a pack of colorful lollipops from my backpack and gave it to him that he happily spun around with a "squeak".
Little ghosts who died young, no matter their age, still had childlike innocence. They didn't know good from bad and were ignorant of the world. They only knew to act according to the preferences of their supporters.
Buying lollipops for him was like offering him a sacrifice according to his preference, which could reduce his malevolence a bit.
I had been busy all day but achieved nothing. Instead, I had experienced a life - and - death race in the elevator and walked several miles to prevent being followed. Now that I was finally home, I felt as if my body was falling apart.
I threw my backpack aside and collapsed onto the bed. My eyes were already too heavy to stay open.
Just as I was about to fall asleep, the little ghost crawled to my side. He seemed to want to get close to me, but just as he reached my leg, he suddenly let out a shrill scream and quickly scurried off the bed and into the wall, as if he had touched a red - hot branding iron.
I was startled. When I got up to look, I found that the yellow talisman I had used to seal the harmful little ghost in the Hyatt City had fallen out of my pocket.
I guessed that Wang Yingxiu's unborn child thought it was some interesting toy and tried to tear it, only to be hurt by the power of the talisman, so he fled without a trace.
The triangular yellow talisman had a corner torn. Wispy black smoke was trying to escape.
I grabbed a roll of red string from the bedside table and quickly tied a soul - locking formation. As I tied the last knot, the fierce little ghost crawled out of the talisman.
"Squeak!"
As soon as he saw me, he immediately glared at me with his red eyes and pounced on me, but was blocked by the red string of the soul - locking formation. He spun around like an ant trapped in menthol oil but couldn't find a way out.
"I'm trying to save you."
I folded my arms and coldly watched the little ghost dash around like a headless fly. After he had been knocked around until his black aura was scattered and his sharpness was dulled, I said, "Can you understand human speech?"
The little ghost finally stopped and sat in the red - string formation, hissing black smoke.
Wang Yingxiu's ghost son, who had run away just now, curiously squeezed out from the wall and peeked out from behind me to watch the commotion.
"... I... I'm hungry!"
The little ghost trapped in the red string saw the lollipop in the ghost son's hand behind me and immediately reached out his hand to me.
"I've got plenty!"
I picked up a lollipop from the ground and waved it in front of him. "Why did you hurt people in the mall?"
Although the Hyatt City was located at the ghost gate position, gathering wealth and ghosts, the ghosts wandering in the mall wouldn't push living people around to cause accidents.
"My dad told me to accumulate merits there!"
The little ghost was innocent and couldn't resist the temptation of food. While drooling, he said, "There are five of us in total. One of them didn't want to come out and was almost beaten to death by my dad!"
"Five?!" I was shocked. Could it be that in the Hyatt City, there was not just a Five - Ghost Fortune - Gathering formation, but actually five little ghosts waiting to harm people?
"You only caught me. Humph! There are still three there. Three people will die!!"
The little ghost glared at me and held up three fingers. This gesture made me feel a moment of familiarity. It seemed that Si Tong, who had come to my shop, had made the same gesture!
"Who's your dad? Where's your home?"
I casually tore open the cellophane of the lollipop and put the candy into the red - string circle.
The little ghost happily grabbed the lollipop and stuffed it into his mouth. The bright color of the lollipop I had put in the red - string circle immediately faded.
This was how it was with food offered to ghosts and gods. After being consumed, the essence of the food was gone.
"My home... Humph, I can't say. My dad won't let me. He'll burn us with fire!"
The little ghost was eating the candy, but fear showed on his hideous face.
I was about to continue to tempt him with something else when suddenly I heard a knock on the door.