He couldn’t help but sigh inwardly, blaming himself for being so charming and capable that people would remember him and come looking for him, even though they didn’t really have much of a relationship.
He said: “She’s definitely here to find me. You two should go back first.”
Fang Wei said solemnly: “Watch your chastity.”
Luo Yingbai ruffled Deng Wanlin’s hair and stood up: “Don’t worry.”
Zou Ying certainly hadn’t forgotten their previous “grudge”, but she really had no other choice.
The last time she heard Luo Yingbai say her daughter would break her leg on Sunday, she didn’t believe a single word and was angry, thinking Luo Yingbai was deliberately trying to scare her. She didn’t even mention it when she got home.
The result was that on Sunday, she received a call that her daughter Chen Jingyu had been in a car accident and broke a leg, and was sent to the hospital.
When Zou Ying heard this phone call, she was so scared that she didn’t dare to continue following Zhao Qi’s suggestion to give false testimony. These past few days, she had been repeatedly thinking about this matter, feeling both regretful and afraid.
Zou Ying searched the school forum for the first time, and the top post that had turned red was still the recent high-rise falling object incident.
Many students seriously presented evidence and analysis, suggesting this wasn’t an accident, but a supernatural event, and that Luo Yingbai, who saved Tang Yuebo, actually had supernatural abilities.
Zou Ying no longer dared to think of this as nonsense, and most importantly, her daughter Chen Jingyu had been acting strange these past few days – constantly saying she had seen ghosts, and sedatives weren’t helping.
Helpless, Zou Ying had to come and find Luo Yingbai.
Seeing Luo Yingbai had noticed her, she suppressed her unwillingness and walked over with a forced smile, explaining her purpose. Her attitude was completely different from before. To avoid embarrassing herself, Zou Ying only said her daughter had been unexpectedly hospitalized and was seeing unclean things, and wanted him to take a look.
Luo Yingbai found it strange. The last time he looked at Zou Ying’s face, he saw damage to her child palace and had kindly warned her, but she didn’t believe him.
According to Zou Ying’s appearance, Chen Jingyu should have died in some unexplained accident after breaking her leg in the car crash. But now, half the calamity had passed, and Zou Ying’s appearance had already changed. There must be some other mysterious mechanism at work.
He looked at Zou Ying’s attitude of wanting to ask for help while still trying to maintain her dignity, found it interesting, and had already decided to investigate, but deliberately played dumb, saying with a concerned expression: “What happened? How did the junior end up in the hospital?”
“She broke her leg,” Zou Ying, afraid he wouldn’t want to help, cleared her throat and lied with a straight face. “The teacher has long known you’re not an ordinary child. Look, you’re good at studying and understand mystical arts.”
Originally, I was praising you to other teachers, saying you’re reliable and dependable.”
Saying he was reliable was truly unreliable. Luo Yingbai said: “But I remember telling you last time not to go out on Sunday. So how did the junior get injured? Did she fall at home?”
Zou Ying: “…”
This kid was deliberately asking knowingly. She had just praised Luo Yingbai and said she believed in him. If she now explained that Chen Jingyu was injured in a car accident because she didn’t heed his warning, it would be too embarrassing. But she couldn’t stay silent either.
She smoothed her hair to hide her awkwardness and stammered: “This is my fault. I forgot to tell her… She was in a car accident outside.”
Luo Yingbai gave a meaningful “oh”.
Zou Ying felt uncertain and had to continue: “…The doctor said the leg injury will heal well and won’t leave any sequelae, but the child doesn’t know what’s wrong. These past few days, she’s been saying ghosts are haunting her. I’ve asked several people, but nothing works. I can only trouble you to come and take a look. Yingbai, please help me for the sake of our teacher-student relationship.”
Luo Yingbai laughed cheerfully: “Don’t worry, I’ll definitely help. Consider it earning some extra money. Who am I earning from anyway?”
Zou Ying forced a laugh: “Oh… you want money?”
Luo Yingbai looked surprised: “You weren’t planning to pay?
Zou Ying quickly said: “No, no, I just thought mentioning money between teacher and student might seem a bit… distant. The teacher has always treated you well.”
Luo Yingbai readily responded: “It’s fine. For the sake of our teacher-student relationship, I’ll give you a 20% discount. It won’t exceed 300,000 in total.”
Zou Ying remained silent, recognizing Luo Yingbai was just teasing her. Once he solved her daughter’s problem, the payment would be her decision.
Luo Yingbai smiled slightly and followed her to the hospital.
There was only Chen Jingyu in the hospital room. She was a high school student. When Luo Yingbai entered, Chen Jingyu was lying on the bed, watching videos on her phone. However, her gaze was wandering and her complexion was haggard, indicating her mind was elsewhere.
Seeing a strange man like Luo Yingbai enter, Chen Jingyu was uncomfortable. Under Zou Ying’s urging, she greeted him, then lowered her head and picked at her fingers.
Her facial features were not favorable, which suggested a difficult life.
However, the palace of illness and disaster, which should govern misfortunes, unexpectedly showed a healthy and full appearance, which clearly indicated a turning point in fate.
If they had followed Luo Mingbai’s suggestion at the time, it would have been fine, but since they didn’t avoid this disaster, things were a bit strange.
Luo Mingbai was puzzled but kept a calm expression. He pulled up a chair and sat next to the hospital bed: “Chen Jingyu? Nice name. I heard from your mother that you sometimes see ghosts when you’re in the hospital. Is that right?”
His tone was gentle, and being good-looking, Chen Jingyu finally looked up and nodded.
Luo Mingbai’s smile unchanged, he continued: “So, is it one ghost or many? When do you usually see them?”
Chen Jingyu mumbled and then fell silent again.
Zou Ying was afraid Luo Mingbai would get impatient, so she quickly interjected: “She says she can only see one, usually at noon.”
Luo Mingbai said: “Oh, what a unique ghost…”
Before he could finish, Chen Jingyu suddenly looked up, staring directly at Luo Mingbai with bloodshot eyes.
Luo Mingbai was stunned, awkwardly saying: “Sorry, I won’t praise her anymore.”
“She’s here!”
Chen Jingyu suddenly let out a high-pitched scream.
In that instant, Luo Mingbai understood why she was alone in the hospital room – she had driven everyone away with her abilities.
Without giving him more time to think, Chen Jingyu stretched out a finger, almost poking his nose. Her eyes were almost bulging out of their sockets as she shouted hoarsely: “She’s right there! Right behind you, ah—”
Hearing these words, the female ghost immediately became excited. She opened her mouth wide, making whimpering sounds in her throat, and lunged towards Chen Jingyu with claws and fangs, but was instantly bound tight by the chains on her body. She struggled futilely and awkwardly, unable to do anything more, and a look of despair gradually appeared in her eyes.
She was a reincarnated ghost, exposed to sunlight for a long time, and though she would not dissipate, she could neither speak nor resist the yang energy of living beings. Just as she was in despair, the chains on her body suddenly loosened, and when she looked up, she found that the young man had grasped them with his bare hand.
