"Oops, right!"
Jiang Yingxue, even in her sky - high heels, was only about my height. She held a bra and gently waved it twice on my shoulder. Her bright red lips curved slightly. "Is that shabby little shop of yours still open? Do you want me to introduce some business to you?"
All the hairs on my body stood on end.
Since Jiang Yingxue appeared in front of us, I had been like a frog targeted by a venomous snake, not daring to move a muscle.
Because that hanged ghost was still hovering above Jiang Yingxue's head. As she walked around, he bobbed up and down. His blood - red eyes had never left me since they entered the store...
"Little girl, fancy meeting you again. What a coincidence!"
As Jiang Yingxue walked closer to me, he also hung his head down from the ceiling. Like a balloon, he exhaled a fishy and cold breath beside my face and said, "Stop pretending. I know you've always been able to see me."
"I don't want to buy anymore. Zifeng, let's go!"
Grabbing Zhao Zifeng's arm, I pretended nothing had happened and ran towards the half - open store door.
"Stop!"
Jiang Yingxue's hoarse and strange voice came from behind. I could even imagine her being dragged by the hanged ghost like a dog on a leash, stiffly lunging towards us.
"Don't let them go! They stole things from the store!"
Jiang Yingxue's shrill voice reached the ears of the red - haired salesgirl. She immediately rushed over like a woman possessed and grabbed Zhao Zifeng's arm, pushing her to the ground.
Jiang Yingxue also grabbed my shoulder. Since she had been with the ghost for so long, there was no warmth left on her body. Her fingers, cold as ice, dug into my skin painfully.
"Let go!"
I struggled, but to my surprise, her strength was incredibly great. She grabbed my shoulder with one hand and choked my neck with the other, dragging me into the fitting room inside the store.
With a "click", the lock of the fitting room closed.
In the mirror behind the door, Jiang Yingxue's eyes had rolled upwards, showing her pale white eyeballs. The noose of the hanged ghost had left a deep groove on her neck.
"Do you know why I've been haunting her?"
The hanged ghost was excited. He suddenly pushed his face in front of mine. "This woman's father did some immoral things, and the retribution must fall on her. I died in the housing project her father sold, and she'll die under me. Isn't that fair, huh?!"
Every time the hanged ghost spoke, his blood - red tongue would droop a bit.
The fitting room was only about one square meter. With Jiang Yingxue, myself, and a ghost squeezed in at the same time, there was hardly any room to dodge.
"Danzhu, the god of the mouth, spits out filth and dispels evil...", I was certainly not going to sit there waiting for death. I made a hand gesture and slapped at the hanged ghost in front of me. "... May it make me truly connected, and let the energy of the Tao always remain. Urgently, as in the laws of the gods."
This was the exorcism spell I had memorized most proficiently. Since I was a child, I had heard my father muttering it. After I went to school and learned to read, I dug out this supposedly very effective spell from the ancient books he collected and mastered it.
The hanged ghost was indeed shaken back to the partition. Instead of getting angry, he cackled and said, "You're more capable than my current mistress... Maybe you can serve me for a few more months!!"
"What did you say?!" I was a bit shocked.
"This woman is about to die!" The hanged ghost shrank behind Jiang Yingxue's neck. His long tongue reached into her nostril. I could see Jiang Yingxue's face turn even paler. "Do you know? When a ghost has intercourse with a human, it's to suck the essence of the living to strengthen its own soul. Look at me now..."
He spun around in mid - air and grinned, extremely satisfied with his current state. "I can even appear with her in such a crowded place. Hehe... In the past month or so, I've already sucked her dry!!"
I had no intention of listening to his boasting!
I was completely shocked by the hanged ghost's words "When a ghost has intercourse with a human, it's to suck the essence of the living to strengthen its own soul"!
Gu Fancheng and I had a ghost marriage. It wasn't just a formality. He had also slept with me! Could it be that he also wanted to suck my essence so that he could exist in this world for a long time?
Taking advantage of my momentary daze, the hanged ghost dragged Jiang Yingxue, whose eyes were rolled back, and rammed towards me. Then the black rope that had been around Jiang Yingxue's neck wrapped around my neck.
A chill instantly invaded my body through my neck. My vision went black, but my mind immediately became clear. I reached out to grab the intangible rope.
The hanged ghost didn't expect that I wouldn't be controlled like Jiang Yingxue. His face showed a mixture of surprise and ecstasy. His sticky long tongue drilled towards my mouth.
"Um..."
My hands were already entangled by the rope, and I couldn't form the hand gesture anymore. Seeing the tongue dripping with thick blood approaching, I could only tilt my head back desperately and barely avoid it. The hanged ghost's tongue licked along my chin and into my collar.
The cold and sticky tongue was like a disgusting snake trying to go further down. I quickly tried to reach out and pull it out, but unexpectedly, a hand suddenly reached out of the mirror behind me. It was faster than me and grabbed that disgusting tongue.
"Ao!"
The hanged ghost let out a shrill scream and tried to retreat.
But that hand turned its wrist, wrapped the slippery tongue in a loop, and pulled it tighter. At the same time, another hand quickly reached out from my side, made a thunder - hand gesture, and stabbed at the hanged ghost's forehead.
A pungent smell of burning instantly filled the air. In the small fitting room, it was so smoky that it was hard to open my eyes.
"This bitch actually dared to invite a mage to capture me!!"
The hanged ghost's shrill scream pierced my eardrums. He quickly removed the rope from my neck, wrapped it around his own tongue that had been stretched extremely long, and with a "hiss", he twisted off his tongue. Then he turned into a puff of ghostly mist and quickly got into Jiang Yingxue's mouth and nose...
"Oops! Let it get away!!"
A somewhat slippery voice sounded behind me. The hands that had been around me on both sides disappeared.
I quickly turned around and looked at the mirror behind me. The black - like color inside was gradually fading, and a figure in green clothes was also disappearing.
The mirror returned to showing the scenery of the fitting room.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Someone was pounding on the door outside. "Open the door. Hurry up. I'm a mall security guard!"
I unlatched the door, and immediately a tall and burly female security guard rushed in.
"You! What did you do to Miss Jiang?!"
She saw Jiang Yingxue lying on the ground at a glance.
At this moment, Jiang Yingxue's face was a mixture of green and purple, and the mark on her neck was even more obvious.
"Someone, call 110 and 120!!!" The female security guard grabbed my arm and shouted. "Someone's committed murder!"