I saw clearly that in the blink of an eye, a huge white eyeball rolled up from the back of Li Li's bitten-through head. It stared coldly at the male ghost perched on my shoulder!
Before the male ghost could react, Li Li's hand twisted backward at a strange angle and reached out to grab the male ghost's hair.
"Ho!! Bold mortal! How dare you show disrespect to the Buddha Mother!"
Li Li let out a deep growl, which felt like a sledgehammer pounding on my chest.
Then, she turned her head.
Although I knew that ghosts defied the natural laws of this world, I still felt a chill run down my spine when I saw her head spin a full 360 degrees.
Li Li opened her mouth to an extremely exaggerated angle. Another eye popped out from the black hole of her mouth and instantly sucked the male ghost in.
The male ghost's soul was parasitic on me. I couldn't just sit back and do nothing while he was being devoured by the "One - Eyed Buddha Mother".
"Stars of the Big Dipper pacify the colorful spirits, their light shines on the netherworld..."
I quickly murmured the incantation to subdue ghosts in my heart and pointed my sword finger at Li Li's glabella.
After all, Li Li was Dr. Lu's girlfriend. If I used the Yin Five - Thunder Technique taught by Si Jiangchen, it would be too powerful and might disperse her soul completely. But the "Buddha Mother" that was attached to her soul and sucking the life force of humans wouldn't be eliminated. She might just find another person or ghost and continue to set up that ghost formation in the spa...
Just thinking about it made my blood run cold.
The appearance of the One - Eyed Buddha Mother in the hospital was probably not just a coincidence!
This was the most famous hospital in the capital. There were countless lives being born, dying, and getting sick every day!
She didn't even need to deliberately kill to have a steady stream of living souls to use...
As long as she could get to them before the ghost messengers from the underworld came to claim their souls!
Wasn't the suicidal male ghost on me just a fish that slipped through the net of the ghost messengers?
"Du Xinghe, what's this?!"
Dr. Lu, who was standing behind me, was completely at a loss, scared out of his wits by the scene in front of him. The Li Li he saw before looked like me, but now, as she struggled with the male ghost, her face had turned into a bloody mess.
"This is the Li Li you wanted to spend the rest of your life with!"
My finger had already touched Li Li's brow. She let out a scream and retreated, but the male ghost was being sucked by the "Buddha Mother" in her mouth, dragging me forward with him.
Seeing that half of my body seemed to be about to merge into Li Li's, Dr. Lu let out a shout and rushed over from behind me. He hugged my shoulders desperately and pulled me back.
He was a kind person with great merits for saving lives. Although the faint golden light around him had dimmed a lot because of Li Li, it was still more than enough to deal with a mere clone of the "Buddha Mother"!
I was being held by Dr. Lu. The faint golden light on him was like red - hot molten iron splashed on ice. The eye of the "Buddha Mother" embedded in Li Li's head howled and turned into a cloud of black mist that dissipated in the air.
A hole was torn out of Li Li's soul body. It was wrapped in the black mist of the "Buddha Mother" and disappeared without a trace.
Due to the great force, Dr. Lu pulled me back several steps, knocking over two chairs. We fell under the computer desk. The male ghost, whose soul had been half - eaten, wailed and hid back in my hair...
"Yo... What's going on here? Is this a doctor's office?"
Before I could get up from the ground, a strong smell of green tea came with the clicking sound of high - heeled shoes. Bai Wei walked in gracefully, wearing a champagne - gold high - end evening dress with a light - gray men's suit jacket over it.
"Click, click, click..."
She happened to be holding a phone in her hand and casually took a picture of Dr. Lu and me rolling on the ground in an embrace.
"What a surprise..."
Bai Wei tilted her head slightly and looked down at me haughtily. "Jiangchen originally wanted to come and pick you up in person, but several investors pestered him to discuss cooperation, so I volunteered... Well, I thought I'd get to see a heart - touching drama of filial piety, but instead..."
She shrugged her shoulders, looking extremely contemptuous.
"No, ma'am, it's not what you think!"
Dr. Lu was lying under me. Seeing that I was being misunderstood, he quickly tried to struggle up to defend me. "Please delete the photo on your phone!"
"No. I'm going to show Jiangchen what lies lower - class people tell. You claim to take good care of your relatives, but then you turn around and fool around with a doctor!"
Bai Wei waved her phone triumphantly. "Just wait!"
"Humph!"
I couldn't be bothered with Bai Wei at all. I got up from the ground on my own. "Dr. Lu, can you take me to see Yang Fan?"
The so - called "One - Eyed Buddha Mother" had only sent out a clone. If we couldn't find the body she was parasitizing in, she would be like an incurable cancer cell, constantly replicating.
"I'm afraid not..."
Dr. Lu gave a bitter smile. He glanced at Bai Wei before continuing. "The most urgent thing now is to explain this to your boyfriend, isn't it?"
"Why should I explain?"
I glanced at Bai Wei. "It's just a single picture. You can make up any story you want. If Si Jiangchen believes it, then he's an idiot!"
"Ah!! How dare you call Jiangchen an idiot! You... You!!"
Bai Wei's fingers with shiny nail polish trembled as she pointed at me.
"Didn't you turn on the recording? Can't you play it for Mr. Si?"
I casually pulled Dr. Lu up from the ground and then said to Bai Wei, "Do you want me to say it again?"
"You... Don't be so arrogant!"
Bai Wei was so angry that she stamped her high - heeled shoes hard on the ground and turned around to leave.
"Miss Bai, didn't you find her?"
Ji Chen's voice came from outside the door. Then Bai Wei pretended to be calm and said, "She's inside. I interrupted her good time. She's not very happy."
"Hey?"
Then Ji Chen walked into the office, looking completely confused.
When he saw Dr. Lu and me, he immediately put on a smile. "Miss Du, Mr. Si invites you to the dinner party. He sent me to pick you up."
"Me?"
I could never understand Si Jiangchen's thought process.
I was just an ordinary commoner. The only banquets I'd ever attended in my life were the wedding feasts in the village. To go with him to a dinner party with only cold dishes and drinks? Not to mention the etiquette issues! After a few hours at a banquet, I'd definitely be starving!
"No. I have a lot of troubles to deal with here!"
I flatly refused. Si Jiangchen had so many schemes in mind. Who knew what he was up to this time? There was clearly a beautiful and elegantly - dressed woman like Bai Wei, but he had to take me, a country bumpkin, to the party. What for?
"Ji Chen, I told you there was no need to look for her. There's a dance after the dinner party tonight. If she goes, she'll definitely make Leng Shan look bad."
Bai Wei shook her head outside the door.
"Miss Bai, this was Mr. Si's order. If we can't invite her, neither of us will be able to explain ourselves."
Ji Chen still wore that professional smile.