"……Ah!"
I could never get used to Gu Fancheng's sudden appearances. Nervousness got the better of me, and I slipped, falling backward.
Gu Fancheng reached out and grabbed my waist, then hoisted me onto the sink.
He was a ghost, yet the shower had drenched him. His exquisite, custom-made shirt clung wetly to his body, accentuating his broad shoulders and slender waist. He had an incredibly good figure.
He roughly lifted my arm. A large scrape on my elbow had turned a bit pale from the water, looking rather alarming. Gu Fancheng frowned tightly. I... was a bit scared.
"……It's just a minor wound," I mumbled.
This position was extremely embarrassing. I was sitting in front of him completely naked.
I was just about to reach for the bath towel on the shelf when Gu Fancheng suddenly leaned down and licked my wound. The icy sensation instantly sent shivers down my spine.
"Your body belongs to me!! If you dare to get hurt again, I'll punish you..." His voice was hoarse. We'd only been apart for less than twelve hours, but he seemed extremely exhausted.
Could ghosts feel tired?!
Before my mind could wander, he started to take advantage. His wet kisses landed on my lips and body, making me gasp for breath...
The bathroom was filled with warm, steamy mist, an atmosphere of sensuality.
But outside the room, there suddenly came a jarring shout.
"Bold demon! Surrender at once!!"
The door was then kicked open.
That "Master Du" rushed in, one foot bare and his fingers forming a spell gesture.
Gu Fancheng frowned even deeper. He grabbed the bath towel and wrapped me from head to toe, then carried me out of the bathroom and bumped right into Master Du.
"Aiya! Demon, where do you think you're going!"
Master Du probably didn't expect a ghost to come right up to him. He was startled and quickly backed away to a safe distance. Then he took out a thumb-sized clay bottle from his pants pocket and pointed it at Gu Fancheng.
"A soul bottle?!" Gu Fancheng said in a deep voice.
"Dangerous!" I screamed, trying to get his attention. I'd seen with my own eyes Li Shanshan's soul being sucked into such an unassuming little bottle without even a chance to struggle.
"Humph..."
Ignoring my warning, Gu Fancheng suddenly stepped forward, pinched the tiny mouth of the clay bottle with two fingers, and gently twisted it. With a "pop," the bottle shattered into pieces.
"Why the hell should I run?!"
Gu Fancheng was extremely angry. Holding me in his left arm, he simply waved his right hand. A cold wind mixed with faint wailing of ghosts instantly swept Master Du out of the room.
"Aiya, my soul bottle, my money!!"
I knew Master Du's soul bottles were precious, but I didn't expect him to be so stingy that even when he was thrown out, all he could think about was his money!
"What a shabby place!" Gu Fancheng frowned and looked around.
It was just an ordinary budget hotel room. There were two small single beds with white bedding, two imitation mahogany bedside tables, and disposable slippers underneath...
Okay, I admit the environment was a bit shabby, but it wasn't as bad as Gu Fancheng made it sound, right?
"Let's go back to the Green Estate!" He couldn't stand it anymore and carried me towards the window.
But I grabbed the window frame and shook my head. "No! I have classes tomorrow. I'm afraid I'll be late!"
This time, Gu Fancheng didn't insist. He put me back on the bed but leaned over. His low voice was full of danger. "If you stay here, you won't be late... right?"
I grabbed his shoulders and tried to ignore his hint. "That man is a Taoist priest. He came to our dormitory last night to catch ghosts. He was so fierce!"
"Humph, he's just relying on the artifacts of the Qingwei School. What real skills does he have? The Taoist traditions are in decline, and their magical artifacts are almost lost!"
Gu Fancheng looked indifferent with a hint of mockery. As he spoke, his cold lips had already landed on my neck...
"Lewd demon, come and take your life!"
There came Master Du's angry voice from the door again. "Don't think a mere ghost formation can trap me!!"
With a "clatter," a slipper was thrown into the room. Master Du was being dragged by several pale and greenish ghost hands but still stubbornly grabbed the door frame and crawled into the room.
Gu Fancheng was stunned. He seemed to have never expected that slippery guy to break through the barrier he'd set outside the door and get in. He quickly grabbed the bath towel to cover my chest.
"Aiya! I shouldn't be looking! Blessings be boundless!"
Although Master Du said so, his eyes were fixed on me. "Little girl, you've been seduced by a lustful ghost! Wake up quickly!"
I saw his fingertips flick, and a yellow talisman appeared. He quickly formed a spell gesture and slapped the talisman towards my forehead.
"Get out!"
How could Gu Fancheng allow him to touch me? He'd already pulled me aside and kicked Master Du in the abdomen.
"Wow!" Master Du was kicked flying and landed heavily outside the door. He crawled on the ground for a long time before getting up. "……Heavens, what a huge amount of malevolence. It's actually taken on a physical form!!"
Saying that, he even wanted to rush into the room again. Suddenly, eight pale ghostly figures emerged behind Gu Fancheng and pounced outside with shrill screams.
"Soul refining!"
Master Du was blown several somersaults by the gusts of cold wind and rolled down the stairs directly. "……Aaaah... You just wait. I'll find someone to deal with you!"
Master Du fled after leaving a threat, but the hotel staff heard the noise and came to the door.
The door of the room was kicked in, and they actually asked me to pay for the damages?
If it were up to Gu Fancheng, he would have thrown those noisy people out of the window and let them fall to their deaths. But I was afraid that he would accumulate more karmic debts, which would be bad for him.
I recognized those eight ghostly figures. They were the women who had died in Fanjing Villa before me!
In the end, I managed to calm Gu Fancheng down.
I obediently wrote an IOU and left my fingerprint. Then the hotel staff arranged for me to move to another room.
The next morning when I woke up, Gu Fancheng was gone again...
After washing up in the morning, I returned to the classroom. Sure enough, Lin Li didn't come to class.
Our major hadn't even officially started classes, yet a student had already died. To soothe the students' emotions, the school leaders arranged for an externally hired psychology professor to give a two - hour talk on mental health in addition to the two regular classes.
When classes were over at noon, Zhao Zifeng came specifically to find me. She knew that I was the only girl left in our major, so she was afraid I'd be lonely and offered to go to the cafeteria with me.
On the way, my phone rang.
When I took it out, I saw that it was my aunt Lu Ling's number.
"Hello, aunt."
Since the last incident when my aunt was beaten by my dad, we hadn't been in touch for a long time.
"Xixi, how have you been lately?"
On the phone, my aunt was as caring as ever.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm already studying at Lvcheng College," I replied.
"Didn't your dad tell you to repeat your senior year? Why are you being so disobedient?!" My aunt's voice sounded a bit helpless.
"Aunt, do you have something to say?"
I felt that she wouldn't have called me out of the blue just to chat about trivial matters.