The blood - red shoes were facing the mirror. The tips of the shoes tapped lightly and swayed from side to side, as if a girl was standing beside the mirror admiring her own beauty.
"Hahaha..." The sudden laughter almost made Wang Xiaobao pee his pants.
"Are you still not telling the truth?" Bai Linger scolded. Frightened, Wang Xiaobao quickly hid behind me.
"Sorry, I did this under duress. I only know that the house was bought by my boss for his mistress. Not long ago, the mistress died a tragic death in this house. I really don't know anything else."
Just as he finished speaking, the red embroidered shoes clattered towards us.
"Ah... I'm wrong, Xiaomei. The wrongdoer should bear the blame. If you have something to settle, go after my boss. Please don't come after me." Lin Xiaobao was so scared that he knelt on the ground begging for mercy. He took a sudden breath and then collapsed on the ground.
I was about to step forward to check on him when Bailing'er said, "He just fainted. He won't die."
At the same time, as the embroidered shoes took elegant steps slowly towards us, they gradually disappeared.
The room returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.
"What's going on? Why can't I see the soul, but the embroidered shoes can move on their own?" I turned to look at Bai Linger.
Bai Linger looked serious. She pulled Wang Xiaobao up and said, "Something's not right. Let's get out of here first."
The strange event just now was really eerie. I didn't dare to delay for a moment and followed Bai Linger out of the room.
Just as the door closed, a woman's gloomy wail came from inside.
"Chen Kuan, come and see me. I've been waiting for you so long. Wuwuwu..."
I didn't care about anything else. No matter what happened, I had to leave that house first.
Bai Linger and I dragged Lin Xiaobao into the elevator. At the moment when I turned back, a woman in a red flower - patterned cheongsam from the Republic of China era appeared at the door of the room.
The red embroidered shoes on her feet were the same ones we had seen just now.
We rushed out of the elevator and threw Lin Xiaobao on the open space in the community. Bai Linger didn't know where she picked up a mineral water bottle and poured all the water into Lin Xiaobao's mouth.
Lin Xiaobao gave a start and quickly sat up from the ground. "Pupupu..." He spat out several mouthfuls and asked unhappily, "What did you give me to drink?"
"Boy's urine. It wards off evil spirits." Bai Linger didn't shy away and told him directly.
After hearing this, he immediately sat on the ground retching.
"Go back and tell your boss that those who do evil will surely be punished. If he keeps doing such immoral things, he'll be haunted by the vengeful soul."
After saying that, she pulled my arm and walked towards the outside of the community.
"Why did you help me?" I let her pull my arm and lead me out of the community gate.
Bai Linger still had a cold face. She said coldly, "It's nothing. I'm just repaying a favor."
Seeing her like this, I actually felt a bit relieved. At least she was changing for the better. This was a good start.
"Linger, actually you're a girl with a good sense of right and wrong."
Bai Linger's hand that was holding mine suddenly trembled.
"Don't try to get on good terms with me. I won't say a word."
She still thought I would try to get information about Huai Ji from her.
I smiled softly and didn't say more. She was a smart girl. She could tell the difference between sincerity and falsehood.
When I got home, Gu Yuan wasn't back yet. He promised to be back in the afternoon. Why wasn't he back yet?
I was about to call Gu Yuan when Jixiang came out of the shrine. The first thing she said when she saw me was, "Where have you been? Why do you have such a strong yin aura on you?"
I told Jixiang what happened when I went to look at the house today.
After Jixiang heard this, she asked about the location of the house and its basic layout.
"This house is good. You can consider buying it."
I was stunned for a few seconds and then asked, "Two owners have died in this house. Are you sure it's okay?"
"That house is waiting for the right person. Don't worry. The owner will come to you on her own. Then you can bargain for half price. With me around, there's no problem."
Jixiang's words really confused me. Weren't the owners already dead? How could she come to us? Could it be that her soul would come to our door?
Sure enough, my guess was right. That night, Jixiang and I were still in the shrine.
When the clock struck twelve at midnight, there was a soft knocking sound outside the shrine.
I instinctively stood up to open the door, but Jixiang pushed me back.
"I left the door unlocked. Come in by yourself." Jixiang's voice was full of playfulness and sounded really funny.
As soon as she finished speaking, the person outside walked directly through the door and stood in front of us.
This woman was the one I saw in the morning. She was extremely charming, with bright and charming eyes and long, shiny black hair styled in a finger - waved hairstyle, which made her look even more alluring. However, the red embroidered shoes on her feet seemed out of place with her outfit and were especially eye - catching.
It was obvious that she must have been an upper - class socialite back then, a woman who shuttled among the nightlife.
The woman placed her hands on her waist and bowed. "I'm Yu Xiao. I've come to pay my respects to the Gray Immortal."
When Jixiang saw her, his eyes almost popped out. He quickly stepped forward to help her up, but I gave him a look and stopped him. He coughed lightly and said, "Get up and talk."
Yu Xiao then slowly raised her head and looked at us. I have to say that this kind of charming woman was full of femininity. Back then, she must have been the object of competition among many rich businessmen.
"Why did you harm people?" Jixiang got straight to the point.
"Answer to the Gray Immortal, I didn't harm anyone. Please investigate clearly."
"Then why did you show up today?" I stood beside Jixiang and asked urgently.
Only then did Yu Xiao turn her gaze from Jixiang to my face.
"Aren't you the girl who went to look at the house this morning?" Her voice was very pleasant, like a nightingale singing.
"Yes, the real - estate agent was scared half to death by you."
"Hehe... I was really abrupt. If I had known you were the Gray Immortal's woman, I wouldn't have gotten involved in this matter."
I tilted my head and glanced at Jixiang. Jixiang also looked at me awkwardly and said, "She's at most my mistress because she can't bear children..."
I glared at him angrily, and he swallowed the rest of his words in fear.
Yu Xiao gave a soft laugh, as if she thought we were just flirting.
As I guessed, Yu Xiao was indeed a socialite during the Republic of China era. Since she was eighteen, she had shuttled among all kinds of men and was a famous beauty in the city at that time.
Because of her outstanding looks and being pursued by thousands of people, she was very arrogant. She basically didn't even look at men she didn't like.
Over time, she got the title of "Ice Beauty".
At a banquet, she met Wang Chen'en, who had just returned from studying abroad. They hit it off immediately. The first gift Wang Chen'en gave her was those embroidered shoes. They flirted with each other, and their relationship quickly heated up.
He almost stayed in Yu Xiao's gentle embrace every day and didn't want to go home. After a long time, Wang Chen'en's family found out about this. They thought their son was bewitched by a fox spirit and it was ruining the family's reputation.
So they led a group of people to break into Yu Xiao's house in the middle of the night and beat her to death.
Wang Chen'en cried bitterly in the room, telling Yu Xiao to wait for him. He promised he would come back for her.
So her soul possessed the mirror in the room. She had been waiting for almost a century but never waited for the person she wanted.
When Yu Xiao said this, she raised her hand to wipe her cheek. Her face couldn't hide her disappointment.
"But what does your story have to do with the two dead owners of the house?"