There seemed to be faint thunder surging within Si Jiangchen's body. His lips trembled slightly as he kissed me.
My lips were chapped again by his kiss, and a faint scent of blood lingered between my lips and teeth.
Li Xinrui, who had been frantically tearing at the plastic wrap, suddenly collapsed as if her soul had been snatched away.
"She's not moving!! She's not moving!"
Dong Jianhui didn't know that Si Jiangchen had intervened. He just watched as the piles of rotting and disgusting flesh finally stopped wriggling and shouted out in relief like a survivor after a disaster.
It was only then that I suddenly remembered that Si Jiangchen was injured. Using his power would subject him to the might of the thunder curse!
"You..."
I couldn't help but grab the collar of his clothes.
Si Jiangchen's warm and thin lips had left mine, and there was still a trace of blood on them.
"I'm sorry."
Watching the cyan thunderlight gradually fade under his skin, my heart ached for no reason. God knows how much pain he had endured in that instant.
"...I don't accept just verbal thanks."
Si Jiangchen laughed nonchalantly and lowered his head to kiss me again.
This time, I genuinely responded to his affection.
"...Xiao He is so obedient."
Si Jiangchen also felt my first - time active enthusiasm and tightened his hand on my shoulder.
Suddenly, it went dark in front of me. My grandfather, Du Wenzhong, appeared behind Si Jiangchen with an enraged face.
"Du Xinghe, are you crazy?!"
The veins on my grandfather's ghostly face bulged. He reached out to tug at Si Jiangchen's short hair, but unfortunately, he was a soul body, and his fingers passed right through our bodies, missing the mark.
"Ah!!"
My face instantly flushed red. I desperately pushed Si Jiangchen away, wiped my mouth, and jumped to the side.
I had actually forgotten that my grandfather, that old - fashioned stickler for propriety, was right beside us.
Previously, when I used the Yin Five - Thunder Technique, I could see how angry he was. Now that Si Jiangchen had kissed me in front of him, no wonder this old man was going crazy!!
Sure enough, before I could grab my compass and run, Du Wenzhong blocked my way with his hands on his hips. The old man glared at Si Jiangchen angrily and pointed at him, scolding, "Who is this hooligan? How dare he touch you? Does he want to die?!"
Si Jiangchen was oblivious to my grandfather's accusations. He stood up, smiled, and ruffled my hair. "Make it up to me when we get back tonight."
"Shut up!!"
I panicked completely and covered Si Jiangchen's mouth with my hand, afraid that he would say something even more shocking.
If it weren't for the important things to do, I would have wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
"What?! What did that hooligan say? How far have you two gone?!"
My grandfather was fuming with impotent rage. He didn't even care that he was a wandering soul outside his body. He raised his translucent fist and tried to punch Si Jiangchen.
"Xiao He, an office on the twelfth floor was rented by the same company as this spa. Do you want to go and take a look?"
Si Jiangchen's phone rang. As he looked down at the message, he walked over to me and happened to dodge my grandfather's punch.
"Okay!!"
I was eager to get out of my grandfather's range of anger.
"Wait a minute."
Si Jiangchen reached out and put his arm around me again, preventing me from escaping. "You said Si Tong and the others have been rescued. Did you capture their souls?"
"Uh... not yet!!"
I originally didn't plan to put my grandfather in a bottle. But seeing his current state of wanting to devour Si Jiangchen alive, I was afraid that if Si Jiangchen said something even more shocking, it might explode my grandfather's soul!
So, I took out a soul bottle from my bag and unscrewed the cap.
"Xiao He, if you dare to capture me, you'd better watch out..."
Before Du Wenzhong could finish his words, I pointed my two - finger sword gesture at him and said, "Capture!"
My grandfather let out an "ow" and was captured into the bottle before I could even hear what he was scolding.
"Grandpa! Scold me when you're better..."
I muttered softly as I put the bottle with the yellow seal back into my bag. I looked up at Wang Yingxiu in mid - air. "Xiuxiu, I'll leave those little ghosts to you!"
My soul bottles were made by a master of artifact - refining.
I didn't like his ash - covered clay bottles. I thought the bottles of quick - acting heart - saving pills that my grandfather had finished using were prettier!
It made that master look down on my taste.
Actually, I knew that the clay bottles he made himself were more powerful, but a single bottle cost as much as twenty thousand yuan. How could my grandfather and I, two bottom - tier fortune - tellers on the run, afford them?
I had to make do with what I had.
The heart - saving pills were good medicine for saving lives and had been blessed by countless people's beliefs. I captured ghosts to save lives too.
The most important thing was... this bottle was cheap.
The master said that I was about the same age as his daughter. I was already able to support my family and handle things on my own, while his daughter was very disobedient! She didn't study hard and always made him half - dead with anger!
The master once wanted to take me as his god - daughter, so the soul bottles he made were sold to me at a discounted price. Five thousand yuan for ten bottles. It was really a great deal.
I had very few of these bottles left, so I had to ask Wang Yingxiu to help me capture those little ghosts.
Wang Yingxiu, who was naturally maternal, nodded at me and tied those little ghosts up even tighter.
I took my compass and went downstairs along the emergency stairs.
Although I had rescued my grandfather and Si Tong, Li Chengxian was still a ticking time bomb. Since he was nearby, I would never let this bastard who had bullied my grandfather for months get away!
I, Du Xinghe, had always been a vengeful person!
All the rooms on the twelfth floor were offices of companies or business offices. It was long past working hours. Except for the ceiling lights in the corridor emitting a faint white light, the inside of those imposing glass doors was pitch - black, with only the emergency lights glowing green.
Even if Si Jiangchen wasn't a zombie, he had the "money" power.
With just one phone call, he could be like an all - knowing and all - powerful "god" and find out everything he wanted to know.
The suspicious room was the innermost one on the circular corridor of the building.
It was said to be a consulting company. Usually, the door was tightly closed. Occasionally, some people wearing sunglasses and masks would go in secretly, stay for a long time, and then leave secretly.
So, there were gossips in the building that this was a feng shui master who could change the fate of the rich. The people who came were all from the circle of wealthy people who had requests. They were the main characters often seen in various news, so they naturally couldn't show their faces casually.
My compass showed a needle - pressing situation outside Room 1214.
This meant that there was no ghost inside, but a genuine immortal. That was why the gold needle of the compass was pressed down, bowing to the divine might!
Did Li Chengxian have such great abilities?!
I frowned slightly. I knew that his talismans could summon the spiritual consciousness of the gods in Taoism, but that was just a tiny bit of consciousness. Just like the Water Deity he summoned at the stream in Dayu Village last time. It was only a fraction of his power, and I could do the same... Before I lost my virginity to Si Jiangchen, I was a mage who could summon the "Great Universal Lord of Thunder of the Nine Heavens" to help me summon thunder!