C41 —- Deadly Lover
by UntamedSLin Anqi sat on the bed in the guest room with a dull expression. He was holding a plate, but the food on it wasn’t touched at all. He just silently silently at the ceiling, his eyes unfocused.
He was looking at Liu Jingyun on the ceiling.
The woman was hanging upside down, her long seaweed-like hair dangling just above him, and drops of bloo-d were falling onto his body.
“Don’t eat me… don’t eat me…” He kept muttering like a madman; wrapping the covers tightly around him, his face went pale.
Lin Anqi lost consciousness last night and only remembered leaving home in a daze. When he regained consciousness, he was in the magnificent Jiangjing Villa, which was truly a home of fierce ghosts.
There wasn’t only the dead Jiang Xingyu, even Liu Jingyun and Luo Musheng became ghosts. Jiang Xingyu also showed him the deaths of those friends with care, and their souls were swallowed up by Jiang Xingyu.
He has been incontinent three times and was on the verge of collapse; he could no longer hold out.
Suddenly, the door of the room moved without wind and made a creaking sound. Lin Anqi looked towards the source of the sound and saw a male ghost without half of his head.
“Luo Musheng, your deaths are none of my business; it’s really none of my business, ah…”
He only followed the instructions to lead Zhuo Yu and Jiang Xingyu to the roadside where the truck would pass by; the real murderer was Zhuo Ran! He was innocent; he was really innocent!
Lin Anqi kept brainwashing himself.
Before he could finish rambling, he was in a state of shock, as if he was possessed by a ghost.
Luo Musheng blinked his eyes and moved his body; he and Lin Anqi were quite compatible; it was as if he had put on a whole outfit, and he could even speak.
“It works well.” The voice was also Lin Anqi’s.
Luo Musheng remembered Zhuo Yu’s instructions; he fished out his cell phone, unlocked it with his fingerprints, and dialed Zhuo Ran.
Zhuo Ran answered after half a minute.
“What’s the matter again?”
“Zhuo Ran, you don’t want to be caught, do you? If you don’t save me, I will definitely expose you to the media. You aren’t clean; don’t be so confident.”
Lin Anqi’s voice was maniacal and fearful, like he had been pushed to the extreme.
On the side, Liu Jingyun threw over a surprised look, seemingly marveling that Luo Musheng’s acting skills weren’t too bad.
Zhuo Ran knew when he heard the other party’s voice that this NPC must have been haunted by the fierce ghost, but if he ignored him, the trouble he made would affect the later plans; he could only sigh and handle this mess.
“Don’t be so excited; you know that I’m on good terms with Baoshan Temple, right?”
“So what?”
“I can ask for a peace talisman that can protect you for a while, and I’m already working on Jiang Xingyu’s matter, so when the time comes, your crisis will naturally be lifted. The abbot of Baoshan Temple is extremely strong; it’s just a fierce ghost; it doesn’t matter.”
“How would I know if you’re lying to me?” Lin Anqi’s voice was filled with distrust.
“Then what do you want to do?”
“Let’s make an appointment, Saffron KTV room 13, nine o’clock at night. I want you to give me the thing with your own hands.”
Zhuo Ran frowned; why was this person so troublesome? He helplessly responded, “Okay, anyway, I also have something to ask you; you should have already seen Jiang Xingyu; his ability… No, what did he do to you?”
As the captain of the Tianxiang Union, Zhuo Ran never forgot to gather intelligence, but he found it strange to ask an NPC about the boss, so he could only rephrase it.
“Is that guy strong? Ghosts aren’t really like in horror movies, are they?”
“Hmph, wait until we meet.”
“You’re being too cautious; there’s no need for that between you and me.” Zhuo Ran hypocritically said, “Since you’re Xiao Yu’s friend, you’re also my friend. I won’t abandon you.”
The reply to him was a hang-up busy tone.
Zhong Xiaoxiao sat aside playing with her nails and curiously asked, “He’s just an NPC; why bother with him?”
[TN: NPC — Non playable character]
“It’s a troublesome matter left by my character. This character used him in the first place, which has led to him being haunted by ghosts. If he’s not saved, he’s likely to do something irrational and expose us to Zhuo Yu.”
“Tsk.” Zhong Xiaoxiao blew on her fingernails to clear the dust. “Do you want me to try and test Zhuo Yu?”
“Yes, dress up as a cleaner; at that time, I’ll make a phone call and irritate him. I don’t know if he’s with the BOSS. The BOSS this time is very difficult to deal with; you all have to be careful.”
Zhong Xiaoxiao nodded and looked at the other five teammates, “How are all the spells you’ve collected?”
Since entering this movie, the main mission of Tianxiang Union had appeared.
That was to destroy the fierce ghosts in the movie.
So, as rich second-generation people, they had been utilizing the resources at hand to acquire all sorts of protective items, as well as enlightened treasures, which had been packed in large piles and placed in the grid space.
Seven star swords, compasses, and treasure gourds, whether they were scams or not, as long as they claimed to be effective, were all purchased by them with great amounts of money. The metaphysical circle speculated whether they had done something wrong while happily making money.
Why shouldn’t they slaughter the fat sheep in front of them?
“I’ve already bought over 200 pieces; I think it should be enough,” said the muscular bald man.
“The only way to make up for our lack of spiritual damage weapons is through this means. Don’t stop; continue casting a wide net. If you can buy real treasures, we’ll make a profit and bring them back to the guild as props. “Zhuo Ran counted then he continued, “However, the most effective one is Baoshan Temple. It must be because the boss is too strong that the set gave us such strong support.”
“Mo Gang, I’ll go to Baoshan Temple later and ask for a set of talismans. Let’s meet Lin Anqi together tonight.”
“There’s only one way to make NPCs shut up forever,” Zhuo Ran said with a hint of malice in his eyes.
Zhong Xiaoxiao nodded in appreciation, “That’s how it should be.”
On the other end, Luo Musheng, who hung up the phone, breathed a sigh of relief. He had discussed with Zhuo Yu that the first trick to lure the Tianxiang Union out of the hole was to lure Zhuo Ran over. As long as they handled Zhuo Ran well, the Tianxiang Union would definitely fall apart.
He was sure that their union already developed a mur-derous intent towards Lin Anqi. This was even better; maybe they could attract more members in one move.
And Zhuo Yu had also reserved an hourly worker to clean up the messy villa.
— Zhong Xiaoxiao, it’s time for us to meet again.
Zhuo Yu put down his phone and coughed weakly a few times, then he picked up his cup, and took a few sips of goji berry water. He spent every day by the side of three ghosts, so even if he wanted to maintain his health, he couldn’t. Now he didn’t dare to look in the mirror. Whenever he looked in the mirror, his face was as pale as paper, and he looked extremely weak.
However…
That was also good.
A certain fierce ghost seemed to have fallen into extreme confusion.
Jiang Xingyu was at Zhuo Yu’s side, and as he looked at Zhuo Yu’s waning body and the injuries that had destroyed the other man’s life, he felt that his hatred was extremely ridiculous, but behind the absurdity was also the truth.
He heard Zhuo Ran’s conversation at Lin Anqi’s house.
Zhuo Ran said that his target was him in the beginning, so Zhuo Yu was simply dragged down by him, causing him to spend the rest of his life on disability. However, it was Zhuo Yu who pushed him into the truck, and that was an indisputable fact.
Jiang Xingyu felt two forces tearing at him; one side of him said/: Zhuo Yu has become like this because of you. The other side would retort: But he k-illed you; you should take revenge.
He could no longer face Zhuo Yu honestly.
The ghost’s faith was wavering.
“Hey, don’t be so quick with your hands; we have a common enemy. In the future, if there’s anything you want, discuss it with me first.” Zhuo Yu’s eyes narrowed slightly. “Do you hear me? Stupid dog?”
The familiar address brought back Jiang Xingyu’s sanity.
He habitually squatted beside Zhuo Yu and literally pressed his face against Zhuo Yu’s hand like a dog. “I just want to love you, ah, I just want to take you with me. How did things become so complicated?”
Jiang Xingyu didn’t understand; he was just an ordinary person. Why would he be targeted by Zhuo Ran? Could it be that he wanted to ki-ll him to break Zhuo Yu’s mind? But when Zhuo Yu was with him at that time, Zhuo Ran never cared about Zhuo Yu’s actions.
Jiang Xingyu’s heart was filled with a frenzy.
Zhuo Yu snorted coldly, “If it weren’t for me asking Liu Jingyun to stop you yesterday, you would probably have torn Lin Anqi apart.”
That’s right.
Jiang Xingyu recalled last night when he heard the truth and became extremely crazy. If it weren’t for Liu Jingyun bringing Zhuo Yu to stop him, he would have crushed Lin Anqi’s body and smeared his residue in every corner of the room. That tragic situation would have turned his home into the number one haunted house in C city.
After finishing those tasks, he’d have gone to Zhuo Ran’s place, opened up the treacherous little man’s belly, and hung him on the street lamp with his intestines.
However, Zhuo Yu’s words made him clearheaded.
Things couldn’t just pass by in a vague way, and Zhuo Yu said he wanted to play a game with his brother and promised that Jiang Xingyu would also like it.
Jiang Xingyu understood that k-illing these people like that was really too easy for them.
With this thought in mind, Luo Musheng arrived at their room. He instinctively wanted to push his glasses, but touched nothing.
“Our guess is correct; becoming a ghost is indeed a huge advantage…” Before he could finish speaking, he was glared at by the fierce Jiang Xingyu and could only abruptly stop talking to Zhuo Yu.
Jiang Xingyu didn’t like these ‘so-called’ friends.
[Union Channel]
[Luo Musheng: This boss is so fierce.]
[Zhuo Yu: Forgive him; he has gone from a domesticated dog to a mad dog. He wants to take a bite out of everyone.
[Luo Musheng: You guys play quite a lot… Let’s not talk about that for now. I just wanted to say that I tested it and found that as long as I’m attached to a person, many testing equipment won’t work for me.]
[Zhuo Yu: Testing equipment?]
[Luo Musheng: The spinning wheel branch I got as a reward is a ghost detector. I just used it on myself, and it didn’t go off. It looks like our possession is a deep possession. This is good for laying a trap; if only Liu Jingyun could be like me.]
[Zhuo Yu: Of course. Liu Jingyun’s body is also coming; it’ll be here in the afternoon.]
The two of them used the old-fashioned way to communicate under the eyes of the ghost; Luo Musheng didn’t disturb their two-person world and went to find Liu Jingyun to notify her of the good news after the debriefing; not being able to speak for the past two days had already suffocated the girl enough.
And before entering the film, she even bought a bunch of ghost ammunition, which couldn’t be used since she had become a ghost. If she wore a layer of human skin, this restriction would also disappear.
In the trio’s anticipation, the unsuspecting Zhong Xiaoxiao pressed the villa’s doorbell.
“Hello, I’m the housekeeper who was invited here today.”
Zhong Xiaoxiao dressed very plainly; her face was made unremarkable, making people forget at a glance.
Unfortunately, Zhuo Yu had long ago used a resurrection to survey this woman, and if he hadn’t been ki-lled by Jiang Xingyu, there was a good chance that he would have missed this threatening and stealthy opponent.
With a click, the villa door opened on its own, Zhuo Yu’s voice came out from the surveillance spot, “Please come in.”
Zhong Xiaoxiao stepped into the villa and once again sighed at the life of the wealthy. She disguised herself as a hardworking and good employee, diligently cleaning the broken glass on the floor, then mopping the floor and resetting the furniture.
She was sweating profusely by the time she finished tidying up the villa; she finally returned to the living room and prepared to leave.
[Union Channel]
[Zhong Xiaoxiao: Hurry up and call! I’m so exhausted! It’s the first time I’ve cleaned up a house since childhood.]
[Zhuo Ran: Okay. You really did the chores?]
[Zhong Xiaoxiao: Otherwise? Zhuo Yu is a gay man, and I can’t become a man.]
She viciously turned off the chat channel but still maintained a good smile on her face. She changed her clothes and prepared to observe the interaction between the BOSS and Zhuo Yu not far away.
Would Zhuo Yu be ki-lled?
It has to be said that Zhuo Ran’s technique of fanning the flames really made her very curious.
Just as Zhong Xiaoxiao was about to leave, the chandelier above her suddenly made a creaking sound.
“?!”
Before she could react, the crystal chandelier weighing several pounds suddenly fell and hit her in the back of the head. Zhong Xiaoxiao fell to the ground in an instant and lost consciousness; only the slight twitching of her limbs proved that she was still alive.
“Hey, you were too rough, Jingyun.” Luo Musheng came out of the guest room and kicked Zhong Xiaoxiao’s body with his foot. “Fortunately, she’s still alive.”
Zhong Xiaoxiao’s body awkwardly propped up. She propped up her body and quietly responded, “The captain said we must make the enemy lose consciousness instantly; otherwise, she may pass on the message through the union system, and our existence will be exposed.”
Luo Musheng hissed, “Yes, yes, Zhuo Yu is very attentive.”
With a ding-dong sound, a new message appeared on the system interface in front of her.
[Union Channel]
[Zhuo Ran: I’ve already called; just wait.]
Liu Jingyun widened her eyes.
Wait a minute, how could she see her system interface?
She tried to open various interfaces, even checking the grid space. The massive number of treasures inside made her numb. Although she was no longer a ghost, she still felt threatened.
“This is a good thing; it means that the body’s fully possessed. Ah, you inherited everything from her. Even if you are ki-lled, the one who dies will be Zhong Xiaoxiao. You just need to detach from the body.”
“This is really … good,” Liu Jingyun felt like she had picked up a big pie. “Why don’t we split these props equally, in case we can transform them into our props?”
“What are you thinking?” Luo Musheng poked Liu Jingyun’s forehead with his index finger, “If it can be converted into props and brought into the next film, wouldn’t it be too much? How would the studio let you exploit such a loophole?”
Liu Jingyun rubbed her forehead. “Then let’s go find the captain and talk.”
“Your captain is busy right now.”
Luo Musheng had already heard noises in the master bedroom.
Zhuo Yu received a call from his good ‘brother.’.
“I heard you ran away from the hospital and have been drinking everywhere for the past two days.” Zhuo Ran’s voice rang out; it was still the same familiar conversation from last time.
Zhuo Yu lazily responded, “So what? You can’t control me.”
“Xiao Yu, I am doing this for your own good. Listen to your brother’s words; in two days … ”
“Blind date, right?”
“?” Zhuo Ran froze, feeling as if his lines had been snatched away.
“Save it; it’s already happened several times. If I say I won’t go, then I won’t go. You know, I like men. Why should I marry a woman? Isn’t that a scam?”
“You should grow up now. A family like ours is…”
“Alright, what era is this? If you don’t get married and have children, you can’t inherit the family property? Then you should hope that I won’t get married for the rest of my life, right? Why are you persuading me now?”
Zhuo Ran couldn’t refute it at all. He was suppressed by Zhuo Yu’s words and didn’t know what to reply to.
“But… father is very angry.”
“The old man is about to die anyway. It doesn’t matter if he dies a few days earlier or later because of anger.” Zhuo Yu was very firm: “I’ve said it before, Jiang Xingyu and I are serious. I’ve said it so many times.”
He hung up the phone with a bang, only to see Jiang Xingyu’s complex expression.
“What are you looking at? I didn’t lie to you.” Zhuo Yu put his phone aside and ignored the insecure ghost, starting to chat with Liu Jingyun and Luo Musheng on the union channel, completely ignoring the other.
As a fierce ghost, Jiang Xingyu felt that he had no prestige.
He thought and thought again and finally asked, “Why?”
“Why what?”
“You once said that I can only appear behind you in a place where I won’t be seen.”
“You don’t believe me when I tell you the truth, but you don’t believe me when I lie to you.” Zhuo Yu’s face was red with embarrassment: “Stupid dog.”
Jiang Xingyu suddenly became excited and climbed onto the bed. If he were really a dog, his tail would have wagged into the sky. “Really? I’m so happy.”
The ghost smiled foolishly, but then his smile faded; those cold eyes once again examined Zhuo Yu.
“This is where I feel something’s wrong. When we were still in school, you didn’t know I existed at all. I just liked you silently. We had no intersection. I don’t believe you are serious about me.”
The ghost sat on Zhuo Yu’s body, his hands gripping his neck like iron pliers.
“I don’t believe it.”
Zhuo Yu sighed deeply in his heart. It was over. This heartless and capricious ghost really lacked a sense of security.
If his wording wasn’t good, he may be strangled to death again.
“I don’t care if you believe it or not.” Even though Zhuo Yu was held by his lifebloo-d, his eyes were tinged with disdain: “You’re crazy. Is it a must for you whether I love you or not?”
Jiang Xingyu froze.
“Could it be that when I didn’t love you, you didn’t stalk me every day and secretly film me?”
“……”
“In the end, you’re just using me to fulfill your perv-erted fetishes and desires; you’re using me as a symbol of redemption, aren’t you?”
Jiang Xingyu was silent, his nice eyebrows arched up, and he suddenly smiled.
Yes, he grew up with low self-esteem and sensitivity; his family’s condition couldn’t be worse. His parents were convicts who had just been released from prison. Because they couldn’t find a job, they would take it out on the young him. If nothing else, his body was green and purple, and there wasn’t a single piece of good flesh on his body all year round.
Then later, his parents were beaten to death in front of his eyes. He was helpless and could only go to school on social welfare. Even if he left that environment and no one abused him anymore, he was still deeply affected.
He had thick bangs; he wore framed glasses to cover his face even though he was clearly not nearsighted; he was poor and out of place. Then he was envied for his good grades, and his family affairs were publicized, which led to a new round of violence.
Why wouldn’t he hate it? He spent every day cursing the world, and every piece of his sketchbook was filled with malicious words.
Zhuo Yu, on the other hand, was a man who was the complete opposite of him; he seemed to be born to shine.
And one day, that light shone on him.
Jiang Xingyu still remembered that in the middle of a summer’s day, that good-looking teenager forced back the students who were bullying him with a condescending look and coldly spat out, “Don’t always engage in these boring things; it’s annoying.”
Regardless of whether or not he meant it, Jiang Xingyu wasn’t bullied again.
As a dark shadow, he wanted to chase that light.
Whether or not the light would look back behind him wasn’t in his consideration; Zhuo Yu was right: whether he loved him or not, it didn’t really matter.
The day he was caught red-handed stalking by Zhuo Yu, he also wondered if the light would go out right in front of his eyes and stop shining on him, but it was the opposite.
Zhuo Yu was quite interested in him.
“Know why I made you my boyfriend?” Zhuo Yu licked his lips. “As it happens, I, for one, have yet to be truly liked, and those who approach me do so with an agenda, whereas you were just chasing me.”
“I’d checked you out, and I knew that your house was filled with pictures of me, and that you’d been following me nonstop for thirteen years straight.”
“Weren’t you scared and disgusted ……”
“No.” Zhuo Yu took his long-loosened hand to his mouth and gently bit it. “I was excited about it.”
“Knowing that someone loves me so much, my first thought was, it didn’t have to take thirteen years; if you’d shown it earlier, we’d have gotten together in school.”
“Yeah, it’s that sizzling look. I love it when you look at me like that.”
“……” Jiang Xingyu’s gaze seemed to ignite a fire; he was hungry now, it was a hunger that stemmed from his soul.
“My dear, I’ve given you the chance to get close to me, yet you still want me to fall in love with you. Aren’t you too greedy?” Zhuo Yu ran his finger across the ghost’s chin. “But it’s not without its merits; there’s still plenty of time when we’re done with our enemies.”
Jiang Xingyu could no longer feel warm and melting love; his heart was icy cold, but in that coldness, an unbearable itch flooded him; he didn’t know what his current emotion was called; all he knew was that even if Zhuo Yu asked him to ki-ll Zhuo Ran and the others right now, he wouldn’t hesitate.
He was Zhuo Yu’s dog.
Not understanding the seriousness of the matter, the Tianxiang Union was still on the way to Baoshan Temple. Zhuo Ran was a bit flustered; the other party’s reaction after picking up the phone was completely different from what he thought, and Zhong Xiaoxiao sent a message saying that the fierce ghost had made the villa gloomy, and it seemed that he didn’t care about Zhuo Yu anymore.
It was time to seize the opportunity to enlist the Baoshan Temple and ask them to send an abbot to subdue the fierce ghost.
Unbeknownst to Zhuo Ran, he was about to step into a deadly trap.
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