Even more horrifyingly, as Luo Yingbai spoke about “car accidents” and “being chased”, the driver felt the steering wheel turning by itself, and something seemed to be knocking on the car windows…
Luo Yingbai said: “Oh, by the way, I haven’t asked – are you from the Xia family or the Ou family?”
As soon as this question was asked, they seemed able to move again. The small-eyed glasses guy secretly hid the hand holding his phone behind his back and carefully said: “Well… young brother, sorry. We’re just doing a job. Mr. Ou Ziheng heard you’re quite capable and wanted you to check feng shui and fortune, but was afraid you’d be too busy to agree, so we resorted to this method. We’re truly sorry…”
He was making up an excuse while secretly typing, moving slowly because he couldn’t see the phone screen, but Luo Yingbai seemed not to notice.
Three big men going to kidnap a pretty boy, only to be “counter-killed” – though embarrassing, he really couldn’t handle the situation and was now afraid they might be kidnapped by Luo Yingbai.
The small-eyed glasses guy trembled in his plea, feeling weak and pitiful, with news of people mistakenly getting into the wrong car and being dismembered flooding his mind, apparently forgetting he was the one who first dragged the other into the car.
Just then, he felt something scratching his typing hand.
He froze, turning back. Outside the car window was only passing scenery.
A chill ran down his spine. Looking down, he saw half a bloody chubby hand playfully scratching with its fingertip.
The small-eyed glasses guy rolled his eyes and silently fainted.
The muscular man was startled, about to ask what happened, when a small hand bounced in front of him and wobbled, making a “V” sign.
He was silent for a moment.
“Ah—”
“Sorry sorry,” Luo Yingbai quickly apologized, picking up the hand and stuffing it back in his pocket. “Leftover from dinner, it accidentally fell out. I didn’t mean to scare you… Oh, where were we?”
Leftover from dinner?
The muscular man was on the verge of tears, looking at Luo Yingbai’s flower-like beautiful face, swallowing hard and honestly revealing everything.
Chapter 23: Hero Doesn’t Save Beauty
Xia Xianning’s Bentley had only ever carried two passengers – himself and Luo Yingbai. Luo Yingbai could distinguish cars he’d sat in. He knew this kidnapping was definitely orchestrated by Ou Ziheng, but learned the specifics from the muscular man.
After failing to teach him a lesson last time and being criticized by netizens, Ou Ziheng inquired around and heard about Luo Yingbai helping Principal Yi with feng shui, realizing Principal Wang had unfortunately run into trouble, which also implicated him.
Frustrated by his previous failure and unable to vent his anger, Ou Ziheng threatened to “make Luo Yingbai look bad.” However, the small minions didn’t know exactly how, only hearing that Ou Ziheng had invited many friends in the circle to “watch the show.”
Luo Yingbai seemed very interested: “Okay, I also like watching shows.”
The car drove for a long time, stopping only after the fifth ring road. Luo Yingbai got out to face a villa area. The gate of one house was wide open, completely dark inside.
The original plan was for the small-eyed glasses and muscular man to drag him in and lock him inside before running away. Now, no one had the courage, but they had taken Ou Ziheng’s money and couldn’t fail the mission. The muscular man hesitated, then forced a smile: “Mr. Ou asks you to come inside and find him.”
Luo Yingbai smiled slightly, entered the house, and had barely taken two steps when the door behind him closed automatically, plunging the space into darkness. Faint sobbing sounds began to emerge from the room.
Snap—
Something was broken, creating an inexplicably heart-stopping feeling.
With this shattering sound, a green light suddenly came from somewhere, covering a white hospital bed. The female ghost on the bed slowly sat up.
“Creak, creak, creak…”
Her bones made a teeth-grinding friction sound, and the crying continued to come from all directions in the room. When the female ghost crawled down from the bed and looked up, the dim green light hit her face, revealing her protruding buck teeth, eyes with only white, and a face blurred with blood and flesh.
She slid to the ground like a twisted snake, crawling towards Luo Mingbai.
It turned out to be a free haunted house game – Luo Mingbai wrinkled his nose, feeling that the actress playing the ghost had really gone all out.
It wasn’t easy to fool Luo Mingbai. Looking at the scene before him and combining what he had just heard, he had pretty much guessed Ou Ziheng’s intention – this guy probably didn’t believe he understood feng shui and thought Luo Mingbai had definitely tricked Principal Yi.
isn’t as cold as I expected.”
As the realization dawned upon him, he understood that this female ghost was not entirely what she seemed. He tilted his head slightly, his curiosity piqued. “So, are you an actress? Are you meant to scare me or entertain?”
The female ghost, caught off guard, hesitated for a moment before responding. “Well, a bit of both. It’s part of my job to make sure people are scared.”
Luo Mingbai chuckled, his tension dissipating. “You’re doing a great job at it, but I think you need a new approach.”
Just then, a noise echoed from the corner of the room, startling them both. Before they could react, another figure emerged—an unexpected addition to their ghostly encounter.
Luo Mingbai’s laughter faded as the new apparition approached, shrouded in an even thicker guise of ghostly appearance. It looked more terrifying, with tattered clothes and a hollow expression.
“Now, this is more like what I expected from a ghost story,” Luo Mingbai thought as the figure loomed closer.
But rather than evoke fear, he simply felt bemused. The unexpected turn of events transformed what had begun as a childish scare into a curious exploration of the situation at hand.
As the two “ghosts” stood before him, Luo Mingbai pondered silently, realizing that perhaps he wouldn’t merely be fighting fire with fire, but engaging in a peculiar connection with entities of the night.
In this dark room with only a dim green light, the female ghost was focused on scaring people and hadn’t looked closely at Luo Mingbai. It was only now, when they were close, that she discovered he was actually an exceptionally handsome man.
The light dyed his white shirt a pale blue, and his originally cold and melancholic eyebrows, paired with a faint smile, were unexpectedly stunning.
The female ghost almost forgot how to speak, but Luo Mingbai continued: “…your hand is a bit rough. You should go to the pharmacy and get some cream to apply.”
Luo Mingbai clearly wasn’t scared at all. The female ghost quickly realized he had already guessed this was a real-person prank – but whether he was afraid wasn’t the most important thing. For the ghost, she needed to perform convincingly to earn more money.
She broke free from Luo Mingbai and reached towards his chest, saying eerily: “Then you come and treat me. If you can’t cure me, we’ll tear you apart…”
As she spoke, about a dozen dark green light beams fell, and the surroundings were filled with ghosts in various poses and styles. Some even held clubs and buckets.
But before they could act, the female ghost, almost falling into Luo Mingbai’s arms, suddenly cried out: “Ah, there’s a ghost!!!”
Of course there were ghosts – they were all ghosts now – but her voice was so shrill that everyone paused and followed her gaze.
To their surprise, they saw a person actually floating in mid-air!
Unlike their staged ghostly appearances, this was clearly not a movie special effect – someone was actually floating!
Who was this extra person?!
