Chapter 224: I’ll Sleep Right Above You

The train heading to Zhonghai City was speeding along swiftly.

Shui Miao was lying on the sleeper berth with his eyes closed, but his mind was racing through the many events that had recently occurred. He was also contemplating how to protect his loved ones and friends while handling everything perfectly once he returned home. At the moment, Bai Feng and the Black Snake Demon were still following him. The Black Snake Demon wasn’t a big deal—it was just a minor follower, either here or not. But Bai Feng was a disciple of the Bai Madame, a millennium-old female ghost, and bringing her along might interfere with his plans. If that were the case, how should he respond? Should he make some prior arrangements?

As Shui Miao was pondering, he sensed a strong wave of yin energy approaching. Opening his eyes, he saw Bai Feng already standing in front of him.

“Oh my god! Thank goodness I know her, or I’d have been scared to death!”

Shui Miao slightly frowned, somewhat overwhelmed. “Senior Bai, do you need something?”

Bai Feng gently sat down and looked at Shui Miao. “Many things might happen once we arrive. I want to talk with you.”

“Okay, Senior, please go ahead.” Shui Miao had also wanted to talk with Bai Feng.

“Please just call me Bai Girl from now on. Although I’m older than you, my abilities are far inferior to yours.” Bai Feng seemed a bit shy, completely different from her previously cold and aloof self. “After experiencing so much, looking at things from an ordinary person’s perspective, I’m not sure anymore whether what I’ve been doing is right. Perhaps my master truly had selfish motives, and maybe she isn’t as good as I imagined. Perhaps you were right… So I think we should first see what kind of person she really is. If she’s truly bad, then I’ll cut ties with her.”

What did that mean?

Shui Miao’s mind raced and he realized—Bai Feng wanted to tag along with him!

Blinking, Shui Miao replied, “It’s hard to say. Your master is so powerful; she’ll detect us the moment we arrive. Before we even understand what’s going on, she might already be coming after me. Then, what would you do?”

“Let’s figure it out when the time comes. Anyway, you rest now.”

Bai Feng didn’t want to dwell too much on things that hadn’t happened yet and immediately got up and left.

She seemed to have reverted to her cold demeanor again. Had he said something wrong?

Shui Miao frowned slightly, feeling speechless. By chance, he noticed a girl in a miniskirt glaring at him from the lower bunk. When their eyes met, the girl rolled her eyes and muttered to herself, “Country bumpkin, trying to get my attention like this. How lame.”

“Pfft! What nonsense.”

Shui Miao scoffed disdainfully and started playing with his phone.

But soon after, Shui Miao sensed another surge of yao qi—demonic energy—approaching. He turned his head and saw the Black Snake Demon standing before him.

Seeing Shui Miao, the Black Snake Demon grinned. “Master…”

“What do you want now?”

Shui Miao felt annoyed. This Black Snake Demon looked suspicious again—could it be scheming for the Yin Spirit?

The Black Snake Demon glanced at the miniskirt girl and said lewdly, “Master, she dared to defy you. Let me teach her a lesson!”

“Get lost, you bastard! What are you thinking?” Shui Miao’s anger flared—he thought the Black Snake Demon was getting out of hand.

Startled, the Black Snake Demon quickly turned and ran away.

“Idiot! Psycho! You’re making me so mad!” The girl kicked the upper bunk with her foot and said, “I want to switch with you. You sleep downstairs, and I’ll sleep upstairs.”

Shui Miao looked down and—oh no, she was flashing her legs. He quickly pulled his head back.

The girl glanced at her thigh, blushed, and couldn’t help but curse Shui Miao again as a pervert and scoundrel.

As soon as the girl spoke, many people turned to look. Shui Miao was stared at with disdain, feeling very embarrassed.

Being misunderstood by everyone was extremely frustrating.

Shui Miao sat up and had no choice but to respond, “Miss, please have some self-respect! You’re sleeping beneath me and kicking me with your feet. When I looked down, what else could I do but see what you were up to? Isn’t that natural? Even if I accidentally saw something inappropriate, it’s entirely your own fault. If you hadn’t kicked me, why would I look at you? Besides, a young lady dressing like that—how can you still blame others?”

“What! You shameless rascal actually have the nerve to argue!”

The girl, with a fiery temper, grabbed the edge of Shui Miao’s bunk and pointed at him, shouting, “I want to switch with you. You sleep downstairs and I sleep upstairs.”

“Why should I? I paid for the upper bunk. Why should I let you have the comfortable spot?” Shui Miao wasn’t backing down either. Why should he give in? Was he just someone to be pushed around?

“If you don’t come down, I’ll drag you down!”

“Pfft!”

“You come down right now…”

“Get lost! Why should I give up my spot? Do you think you’re the big boss here?”

“If you don’t come down now, I’ll scream!”

“Scream then! Scream until you lose your voice—no one will care!”

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Shui Miao and the miniskirt girl started arguing back and forth. To anyone who didn’t know better, it sounded like a man and woman engaged in some shady business. Several lustful men, who had originally looked down on Shui Miao, now turned their attention to the girl standing on the upper bunk, arguing with him. Her white thighs were fully exposed, and many men stared at her with lecherous eyes. Some even took out their phones to film. After watching for a while, some even egged the girl on to climb up and drag Shui Miao down.

If the miniskirt girl climbed up, she would definitely flash everyone.

A female train attendant approached and, seeing the girl’s indecent outfit, immediately pulled her down and scolded, “What are you doing here? If you want to embarrass yourself, do it at home. A young lady dressing like this and harassing passengers—we might even arrest you!”

Hearing this, the girl immediately became furious and started yelling at the train attendant.

Then a male train attendant arrived and, without a word, directly escorted the girl away.

Shui Miao looked at this male train attendant and realized he was possessed by the Black Snake Demon.

“Quite clever…”

Shui Miao was somewhat surprised. Although the Black Snake Demon often had evil thoughts, overall, it wasn’t too bad—it was quite clever and could help him deal with some troubles. Unlike Bai Feng, who was unpredictable, sometimes warm and sometimes cold.

Shui Miao was about to call his grandfather when Bai Feng suddenly appeared in front of him again.

“The Black Snake Demon is a bad creature—you can’t bring it along,” Bai Feng said sternly.

Shui Miao frowned and countered, “Why do you say that?”

“She’s lustful!”

The word “lustful” made Bai Feng somewhat hesitant, as if it were difficult for her to even say it.

Shui Miao sighed, shaking his head. “Bai Sister, you’ve been a ghost for far too long—you no longer even recognize a true pervert. At most, the Black Snake Demon merely entertains some wicked thoughts; she isn’t genuinely lustful. Moreover, she’s a yaojing—a demon spirit—who has already lost her physical form, almost like a ghost herself. She’s incapable of engaging in any intimate yin and yang relations at all. Unless she wishes to die, she would never dare to do such a thing.”

“Fine then. If that’s what you think, let her die.”

After saying this, Bai Feng vanished again in a flash.

“…”

Shui Miao was speechless once more.

However, his words unsettled the nearby passengers lying in their berths. Everyone thought something was wrong with Shui Miao—either he was mentally ill or some kind of sinister person. Either way, they’d better stay away from him.