I looked up. He wasn’t bad-looking, but his eyes were too cold, like ice frozen three feet deep. I glanced at the ghost approaching me and asked, “Where’s Huahua?”
The male voice coldly said: “Throw her into the River of Bones right now.”
I struggled: “Where’s Huahua?”
Negotiations failed, so I had no choice but to resort to force. Just as I was about to summon my immortal energy, someone rushed out from the room – and wasn’t that Huahua’s beautiful face? I broke free from the little ghost’s hand and embraced her: “Huahua!”
Huahua urgently hugged me back, saw the blood at the corner of my mouth, and burst into tears: “Did Huaer cause trouble for her sister?”
I hurriedly comforted her, stopped her crying, and asked: “Where were you just now?”
“Huaer was sleeping in the room.”
What? Sleeping? I became angry, standing up ready to strike the man: “What did you do to my Huahua?”
Huahua blushed: “It’s not what sister thinks, I was just sleeping. We walked too much today, and I was weak, so Qingquan-gege brought me here.”
I let out a sigh of relief: “That’s good.” I perked up my ears – Qingquan-gege? I glanced at the man cold as frost.
Qingquan, without moving, spoke: “Prepare a feast.”
I interrupted: “No need. I’m taking Huahua away. Although she’s a demon, she doesn’t belong in the ghost realm.”
Huahua was obedient, saying: “Qingquan-gege, I need to find Jade-jiejie, so I won’t stay long.”
“Wait,” Qingquan paused, a hint of surprise in his eyes, “White Jade?”
Huahua nodded, then saw Qingquan frown: “Isn’t White Jade already dead?”
His words made her face turn pale, grabbing his sleeve, her knuckles turning white: “What do you mean? Jade-jiejie is dead?”
Qingquan lowered his eyes: “Yes, three years ago she came to the ghost realm, took a wrong path, entered the ghost forest, was poisoned by corpse toxin, went mad, and was killed.”
Huahua was stunned, letting go of him, unsteady on her feet. I quickly supported her: “Huahua…”
“Jade-jiejie can’t be dead, she can’t be,” Huahua murmured, seeming to realize something, “Dust-gege never went to find Jade-jiejie, and didn’t let me look for her – was it because he already knew she was dead?”
