Although Shui Miao knew Lin Xue might not believe him after hearing the truth, he still decided to speak out.
Lin Xue was a master at reading people’s expressions; it was almost impossible for anyone to lie to her.
She stared into Shui Miao’s eyes while he spoke, and then began to ponder. His gaze was calm, and what he said seemed genuine, without any lies. Considering his young age and lack of special training, he couldn’t have possibly deceived her. Yet his story was so incredible—how could ghosts truly exist in this world?
“That’s what happened. If you don’t believe me, you can check the surveillance footage and find that driver—he can confirm everything,” Shui Miao said in one breath, then looked at Lin Xue and Chu Miaoyi.
Lin Xue fell silent and turned to Chu Miaoyi.
Chu Miaoyi shook her head. “It’s not that we don’t believe you—it’s just that Zhang Bureau Chief definitely won’t believe it.”
“Then let’s just tell him the truth. Whether he believes it or not is his problem. Anyway, this female corpse is already so decayed that there’s no way she could be connected to Shui Miao,” Lin Xue glanced at her phone. “Oh! Zhang Bureau Chief should have arrived by now! Why are they so slow? Is the police in Hai Cheng really this inefficient?”
“Sis, this is Reed Ditch we’re talking about—this is the countryside, a remote place. Maybe they got lost?”
“That’s true. Then let’s drive to meet them…”
“Alright, Shui Miao, get in the car…”
Talking, Lin Xue and Chu Miaoyi got into the car one after another.
Shui Miao was about to get in when the gang leader suddenly kicked him hard, sending him sprawling to the ground.
In fact, the gang leader had regained consciousness ten minutes earlier. After kicking Shui Miao, he immediately got out of the car and ran into the dark reed bushes…
“Damn! I should have tied his legs!”
Lin Xue shouted, pushed open the car door, and sprinted after him.
Shui Miao lifted his head and saw that the gang leader was running straight toward the direction of the female corpse. When the gang leader reached the edge of the ditch and saw the corpse, he suddenly stopped moving.
“What’s going on?”
Sensing the gang leader’s abnormality, Shui Miao instinctively felt he might have seen the female ghost. He immediately activated his spiritual energy and opened his Yin-Yang Eye. Once it was opened, Shui Miao saw a white shadow缠住 the gang leader’s legs!
(Note: The word “缠住” here appears to be Chinese and seems out of context in the English sentence. A corrected version of the sentence might read: “Once it was opened, Shui Miao saw a white shadow clinging to the gang leader’s legs!”)
“Lin Jie, don’t go over! He’s being held down by an evil spirit!”
Seeing Lin Xue running fast, Shui Miao shouted urgently.
Hearing the shout, Lin Xue was startled and immediately stopped. Looking at the gang leader’s legs, she noticed something strange—he was struggling hard but couldn’t move, as if his legs were nailed to the ground.
“Could there really be a ghost!?”
Lin Xue was shocked and instinctively took a couple of steps back. The gang leader’s reaction was just too bizarre.
At this moment, Chu Miaoyi had already gotten out of the car, adjusting the camera to try to capture the ghost’s image.
Shui Miao ignored Chu Miaoyi. If the camera could capture ghosts, then what was the point of cultivating spiritual energy? Quickly approaching Lin Xue, Shui Miao saw the evil spirit climbing up the gang leader’s body, inch by inch, exuding strong negative energy that wrapped around his calves and thighs. Faintly, they could even hear sounds…
Of course, only the evil spirit could be heard.
“Shui Miao, you’re a feng shui master. What should we do?”
Lin Xue asked Shui Miao to make the decision.
Shui Miao shook his head. “I don’t know, but this evil spirit seems to have a grudge against him. She keeps saying ‘I want revenge, I want revenge…'”
“No! Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me!!”
The gang leader was terrified, desperately turning his head to look at Shui Miao. “Brother, save me! I’ll give you one million! No, five million!!”
“Whoever blocks my revenge, I will kill!” The evil spirit suddenly stopped, glaring at Shui Miao with a ferocious expression.
“I didn’t block your revenge, but you killed innocents. The car accident on the highway was your doing. How do you explain that?” Seeing the ghost speaking more clearly, Shui Miao began to reason with her. After all, he had spiritual powers and had no reason to fear her.
“Shui Miao, who are you talking to?” Lin Xue asked in surprise, her eyes wide.
“Lin Jie, I’m talking to the evil spirit. Don’t be nervous. Let me talk to her,” Shui Miao protected Lin Xue behind him, his hands clasped together, ready to chant the nine-character mantra at any moment.
Unexpectedly, the evil spirit suddenly sneered coldly. “Shui Miao, I’m helping you take revenge. Don’t you realize that?”
“What do you mean? Explain clearly!” Shui Miao was shocked and bewildered.
“You should still remember the small room downstairs at Liu Hongmei’s house. That was where I used to live. My name is Wang Ruyan, an ordinary migrant worker. But that vicious woman Liu Hongmei introduced me to this gang leader Gu Chuncheng as his girlfriend. He raped me, I resisted, and he actually killed me, strangling me to death and throwing my body into this reed ditch, letting insects bite me and fish eat me. I hate it! I hate it!!”
As the evil spirit screamed, a gust of ghostly wind suddenly swirled around the gang leader Gu Chuncheng!
“Take it easy. Maybe I can help you, but first tell me why you say you’re helping me?” Shui Miao listened in confusion, eager to understand the truth.
The evil spirit paused, then spoke again. “Your father was the old lover of Madam Pan. He abandoned her, so she bore a grudge and conspired with Liu Hongmei to replace you with a stillborn baby and give you to Liao Jifen. I found out all this, but I couldn’t take revenge. Gu Chuncheng, Liu Hongmei, and Madam Pan all had strong birth charts. But later, you appeared, and I knew my chance for revenge had come. Liu Hongmei liked you so much because I was secretly manipulating her. You had sex with her five times, and your spiritual energy injured her soul, allowing me to possess her body and cause tonight’s car accident. I also blinded the taxi driver to lure you here so you could learn the truth and help me accomplish something. In fact, I didn’t actually get hurt that night. Xiao Rong going to the nightclub was also my doing—I manipulated her to help me set up this revenge scheme. And even Lin Xue and the others were led to the nightclub by me!”
It turned out that the evil spirit had orchestrated everything!
However, Shui Miao found it hard to believe. He felt the ghost couldn’t possibly be that powerful. At least part of her story—claiming she wasn’t injured—must be a lie. If she were really that powerful, she wouldn’t have needed to talk so much nonsense with him and ask for his help.
After thinking for a moment, Shui Miao asked, “You want me to help you with something. What is it?”
“There’s something of mine in that small room. In the bag, there’s my parents’ contact address. Help me transfer one million yuan to their account and call them, pretending to be my boyfriend, telling them not to worry about me and that I’m doing fine…”
At this point, the evil spirit’s tone clearly turned sorrowful.
“One million yuan! Even if you kill me, I don’t have that kind of money!” Shui Miao exclaimed in shock. This situation reminded him of Sun Jihong’s case, but this time it required him to spend his own money—one million yuan! Even robbing might not get that much!
“You may not have money, but Liu Hongmei does. She has a hidden box under the bathtub in her room, filled with treasures. Go back and transfer it before her nephew takes it,” the evil spirit looked at Gu Chuncheng, the gang leader. “Now, it’s time for me to take my revenge!”
“Wait!” Shui Miao quickly raised his hand. “By the way, do you know who my father is? How can I find him?”
“Your father is already dead, but your mother is still alive. Go to Fukang Nursing Home to find her. Her name is Yang Min.”
“Hu!”
Suddenly, the evil spirit transformed into a stream of blood energy, surging upward and enveloping Gu Chuncheng’s head. Stream after stream of blood energy entered his body through his seven orifices… Gu Chuncheng suddenly could move again, but his head felt heavy while his feet felt light, swaying like a drunk man, clutching his head and struggling desperately.
To Lin Xue and Chu Miaoyi, it looked like…
“Fukang Nursing Home, my mother’s name is Yang Min!” Shui Miao silently repeated the name, determined to remember it forever.
Lin Xue asked anxiously, “What’s wrong with you now?”
“I know where my mother is. Let the evil spirit take her revenge! Good and evil will eventually meet their due. Gu Chuncheng deserves this retribution for his own sins.”
Shui Miao was deeply grateful to the evil spirit.
“Gu Chuncheng—you’re saying this gang leader’s name is Gu Chuncheng? Did the evil spirit really tell you that?” Lin Xue still had some doubts about Shui Miao’s claim of seeing a ghost.
“Lin Jie, at this point, how can you still not believe me?” Shui Miao felt frustrated, wondering how else he could explain.
Before Shui Miao finished speaking, the gang leader Gu Chuncheng had stopped struggling. He turned around, his face dark, his eyes blood-red, and approached Lin Xue. “Want to see me? It’s easy. Just turn your head down, lift your feet up, and press your forehead to the ground—I’ll show myself to you!”
Within a few breaths, Gu Chuncheng had already been possessed by the evil spirit.
“Fine! I’ll give it a try…”
Lin Xue was naturally fearless. Without hesitation, she stepped back a few paces, followed Gu Chuncheng’s instructions, turned her head down, lifted her feet up, and stood on her head…
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