"You may not know, miss. When a soul is trapped in one place for too long, it will develop deep resentment. Eventually, the whole room will be permeated with a depressing atmosphere, bringing misfortune and bad luck to the owner. This is also what I blame myself for the most."
The original owner of this house was Li Meizhuang, a well - educated young lady from a wealthy family.
Many years ago, Li Meizhuang bought this mirror from an auction house and placed it in her home, thus bringing back Yu Xiao's soul.
Li Meizhuang was beautiful, capable of handling both household and social affairs. She was definitely a good wife. However, she fell in love with a man who never came home. She had to endure long, lonely nights and shed tears every night.
Yu Xiao took pity on her, so she showed herself and became friends with Li Meizhuang. They also made a deal. Yu Xiao would help Li Meizhuang keep her man, and Li Meizhuang would help Yu Xiao find a man.
Yu Xiao had been frequenting the entertainment places for years. She knew men's hearts best and knew how to keep a man's body.
The two soon reached an agreement. Unexpectedly, Yu Xiao really made Li Meizhuang's husband change his mind and come back to her on his own initiative.
It should have been a happy thing, but unfortunately, it incurred the revenge of the mistress his husband had kept outside. The mistress found their home, stripped Li Meizhuang naked and hanged her in the bathroom.
It was noon at that time, when the sun was shining brightly. Yu Xiao was a soul and couldn't be exposed to the sunlight for a long time. So she could only watch helplessly as Li Meizhuang was killed, but was unable to do anything.
After Li Meizhuang's death, the resentment in this house became even stronger. Li Meizhuang's grudge was so hard to dispel that she finally turned into a fierce ghost and wandered in the room every night.
Later, there came a second owner of this house. Coincidentally, this woman was also a mistress.
Li Meizhuang turned into a fierce ghost precisely because of the mistress. How could she swallow this grudge? So she killed someone.
The way of death was the same as Li Meizhuang's. She was also hanged naked in the bathroom.
The reason why Yu Xiao showed up today was that she didn't want to abet evil anymore. If I bought this house, she was afraid that I would bring disaster to myself.
"Don't worry. I won't buy this house. Thank you for your reminder." I said.
"However, things are different now. You are a disciple of a shaman. Naturally, you're not afraid of us lonely souls and wild ghosts. Moreover, you have the powerful Gray Immortal to protect you. I hope you can help me get out of this misery, break free from Li Meizhuang's imprisonment as soon as possible, and be reincarnated."
After hearing this, Jixiang was so flattered that her face beamed like a rape flower. She really believed those sweet words.
After Yu Xiao finished telling everything, I intended to wait for Gu Yuan to come back before giving her an answer. But then someone knocked on the door.
The person knocked on the door while shouting, "Miss Lan, help! Our boss, Cheng Kuan, doesn't know what's gotten into him. He went to that haunted house alone in the middle of the night."
I walked to the door and quickly opened it, inviting him in to talk.
"What's wrong with him going back to his own house?"
"That's exactly the problem. After his mistress died, he didn't dare to go to that house at all."
Lin Xiaobao might have run too fast. He was out of breath when he spoke. After entering the house, he was completely out of strength. After finishing his words, he fainted. No matter how I pushed him, I couldn't wake him up.
Jixiang calculated with her fingers and said, "Oh no, his boss is probably in mortal danger."
"Jixiang, let's wait for Gu..."
"We don't have time to wait. Let's go first. You can invite him later."
Before I could object, Jixiang had already pulled me out. When Bailing saw me leaving, she also chased after us. Bailing was not a running - attendant immortal, so her foot strength was not as good as Jixiang's.
In a short while, Jixiang and I arrived at the door of that house, but Bailing hadn't caught up yet.
The door of this house was not locked at the moment. I guessed that Cheng Kuan was already inside.
I stood outside the door and softly called Cheng Kuan's name.
"Cheng Kuan, are you in there?"
There was no response. I called again.
"Cheng Kuan, can you hear me?"
It was still deathly silent inside. I licked my lips, swallowed hard, and then gently opened the door a crack to look inside.
The lights in the room were not on. The weak street - lamp light shone faintly through the French window into the living room.
I was still hesitating whether to go in when suddenly I saw a black figure quickly climb up the French window and jump out of it.
"Cheng Kuan, calm down. Don't do anything stupid." Jixiang shouted and rushed into the room. She jumped out of the window in an attempt to pull Cheng Kuan back.
"Damn it, we've been tricked." Jixiang exclaimed.
Just as I was about to turn around, someone suddenly pushed me from behind. I lost my balance and fell directly in the foyer of the room.
At the same time, a red light suddenly came on in the bathroom of the room. No, it was blood flowing on the glass door of the bathroom. The blood was flowing down like a waterfall from the ceiling, covering the wall and the glass door and pooling on the floor.
Even more terrifying was that there were two people hanging from the ventilation opening in the ceiling of the bathroom.
Their hair was in a mess, and their necks had already been broken by the ropes, dangling on their shoulders.
They were naked, their limbs hanging down, and the blood was dripping from their fingers and toes.
It was extremely terrifying. I was sitting on the ground, and it seemed that the blood had already spread to my feet. I instinctively stood up and ran into the living room, trying to find the switch on the wall.
Suddenly, I touched a cold hand. I let out a scream in fright, rushed out in a hurry, and shook the bell in my hand. I had called Gu Yuan's name countless times in my heart.
In the darkness, Yu Xiao dragged Cheng Kuan out of the darkness by his hair.
Cheng Kuan was covered in blood at the moment and was still begging for mercy in a daze. I must have touched his hand just now.
"I originally planned to get rid of you this morning. Who would have thought that Li Meizhuang would have a conscience and save your life. Then you deserve to die even more. Let you know the end of being a mistress."
Yu Xiao's face was crazy. She dragged Cheng Kuan and threw him to one side. She played the role of a resentful woman to perfection.
"You've got it all wrong. I'm not a mistress. I'm very much in love with my husband."
"Is it the Gray Immortal? He's a born philanderer. Their only wives can be Gray Immortals, not humans. So what else are you if not a mistress?"
Jixiang's big mouth was really a disaster.
"Who told you he's my husband? My husband is a hundred times better than him. Look, he's standing right behind you now."
Yu Xiao really believed my words. Taking advantage of her distraction, I rushed into the master bedroom and locked the door from the inside.
I squatted behind the bed, shaking the bell and calling Gu Yuan's name while looking for incense to invite the immortals to possess me.
I was in a complete mess. I thought to myself: Gu Yuan, Gu Yuan, please show up quickly. Your wife is going to become a hanged ghost.
I took out the incense in my hand, lit it, and began to sing the shaman's incantation.
Just as I was about to start, there suddenly came a "kaka" sound of scratching the wooden board under the bed.
I subconsciously glanced to the side. A person crawled out from under the bed. I couldn't help but gasp in horror. My hands were shaking so much that I almost fainted on the spot.