Chapter Twenty-Two: The Mysterious Woman

  Are you going to follow the rules of a ghost marriage? Is it like what Yin Lao Liu did for Dongjia last time?

  I couldn't help but wonder, however I didn't think that much about it, I can ask Old Yin Liu about this rule later. For now, I'll just get rid of this sanitation uncle and wait quietly for the young man to arrive.

  So I replied to the sanitation uncle with a full mouth: "Uncle, rest assured, I will take care of the things you entrusted me with in these few days. By the way, will Zhao Yang come tonight?" The reason I asked this was because the bus that Zhao Yang drove last time still made me feel uneasy, and now I'm a little afraid of him coming.

  "It won't happen again, it will never happen again. As long as you help them with their yin-yang marriage match, I believe Zhao Yang's resentment will dissipate and he won't cause any more trouble."

  Then I chatted with the sanitation uncle about some irrelevant topics, and only then did he leave with peace of mind.

  After the sanitation uncle left, I looked at the watch on my wrist and found that it was already 2:10. Why hasn't the young man appeared yet?

  Save a life as if putting out a fire, I'm in a hurry now. If he's late for one minute, it means my father will suffer more torture.

  At this time, I was getting a bit restless, pacing back and forth in the small wooden house, constantly looking out the door, hoping he would appear soon.

  Twenty minutes later, I finally waited for a young man carrying a small bottle of white wine.

  After he walked into the wooden house, I followed him in excitement and hastily said to him with a tense face: "Brother, you've finally arrived. I thought you wouldn't show up tonight."

  Seeing me like this, the young man looked at me suspiciously and then asked me: "Are you waiting for me? What are you waiting for me to do? I just saw that the small wooden door was open, so I came over every night to take a look."

  Hearing him say this, I hastily replied: "I've been waiting for you, please help me!"

  "Ask me for help? What can I do for you? You're not mistaken, are you?"

  "No, no, I beg of you, help me rescue my father." I hastily replied.

  "Your father? It can't be that the taboo of harming one's relatives has affected your father, could it?" The young man inquired.

  "That's right! This is what happened, my father killed someone in his early years. First of all, he was a bad guy, a man who deserved to be killed. It wasn't that I broke some taboo and then the uncle next door got possessed by a ghost, and the little ghost who was mistakenly possessed reported my father. Now my father has been taken away, and it's no use trying to find someone to intercede for him, so I came to beg you."

  After listening to my explanation, the young man frowned and said: "Then what did you find me for? I can't help you either!"

  "No, no! It was Old Six Yin who said you could help me, so you must be able to help me. He also said that if you're not willing to help, just say it's him, Old Six Yin, asking for your help."

  I didn't mention Yin Lao Liu and everything was fine, but as soon as I mentioned Yin Lao Liu, the young man suddenly flew into a rage.

  "Bang—"

  The young man smashed the half bottle of white wine in his hand, then rushed towards me and shouted loudly: "Yin Laoliu? Yin Laoliu is nothing! Why does he get to say whatever he wants? You go back and tell him that this is what Cao Wanjun said. Tell him that if you don't mention his name, I might have a soft spot and help you out. But now that you've mentioned his name, I won't help no matter what. And you make it clear to him that he shouldn't think I'm an idiot who doesn't know anything. There are some things I understand perfectly well now, but I just can't afford to provoke him, humph!"

  After finishing speaking, the young man who claimed to be Cao Wanjun stormed out of the door in a rage.

  "What the...?! What the hell is going on?!"

  Why does this young man suddenly fly into a rage whenever Yin Lao Liu is mentioned? Isn't Yin Lao Liu speaking nicely? As soon as his name is mentioned, the young man should be willing to help, so why has it become like this now? Is Yin Lao Liu playing tricks on me or something?

  I'm completely at a loss, the question is what to do now? The young man refuses to help me, and Old Yin is also helpless. Am I supposed to just watch my dad go to jail or even get shot? You know, the law is heartless, an eye for an eye has been around since ancient times. If no one helps my father, whether he killed a good person or a bad person, it's all in vain!

  My mind is a mess, completely messed up, I'm about to lose it, tears are welling up in my eyes. I feel so useless, at this moment, I couldn't even protect my father. I had also anticipated that if my father's case really takes a turn for the worse, my mother will collapse too, and I'll lose this home, this outcome is not what I want to see.

  What should I do! What on earth should I do!!!!

  Just as I was holding my head in my hands, with a painful expression and at a loss for what to do, another person walked into the wooden hut.

  To be precise, this time it was a tall woman who came in. The woman's figure was stunning, with a prominent front and back, absolutely enticing. She wore a blue lotus skirt and stepped on a pair of white high heels.

  But what puzzled me was that the woman's face was covered with a black mask, only revealing a head of long hair like a waterfall.

  To be honest, at that time I didn't care who came in, and I didn't even greet them. One person was still frowning, not knowing what to do.

  But just when I couldn't think of what to do for the better, this woman said something that I never thought of even in my dreams.

  "Don't worry, I'm just helping you save your dad."

  "What? You... what did you say?!" When I heard her say something like that, I was completely stunned.

  "I'm telling you, don't worry, I'll help you rescue your dad, but I have conditions." The woman's voice sounded sharp and slightly hoarse.

  "You said you'd say! As long as you can rescue my dad, whatever I can do, any condition I'll agree to!" At this moment, it was like being in a dark night that couldn't see the light, suddenly discovering a bright moonlight appearing in front of me.

  "My conditions are not yet to be mentioned, but they have something to do with your profession. However, what I want to say is that whenever and wherever I make such a request, you must agree to it at all times."

  Hearing her say this, I hastily replied: "I will agree to anything at any time, as long as you can rescue my father and ensure his safety."

  After I said that, the woman nodded and walked a few steps in front of me. Then, as if she had thought about something, she turned to me and said: "Actually, to rescue your father, you only need to deal with the newly appointed director."

  "Do you know everything?" When I heard the woman say this, I could basically confirm that she already knew what had happened to my father, including some minor details. But I was very curious, how did she know? Did becoming a dead person or a ghost give her the ability to understand other people's affairs?

  "Of course I knew, or else I wouldn't have promised to help you save your dad. Tell me, are you afraid of ghosts?" the woman asked suddenly.

  "Huh? Why ask that? It's...alright, I suppose. If it were the first time we met, I'd probably be scared stiff, but since taking on this ghostly job, my mindset has become much more calm and composed. It's just that you ghosts who come to my little wooden hut look no different from normal people, so I'm not afraid."

  The woman replied coldly: "If it's a terrifying and abnormal creature, and you encounter such a ghost for the first time at night, how would you react?"

  "What kind of reaction? Of course, I ran away!" As I said this, I couldn't help but think of the blood-soaked zombies that Zhao Yang had pulled into his car. My whole body felt uneasy. Even if they weren't terrifying ghosts, just encountering these abnormally frightening zombies would be enough to scare me half to death.

  "What if it was at night, and the newly appointed director encountered such a terrible scene, and then what he saw left him with some words, what do you think would happen?" The woman said.

  She said that, and I suddenly reacted: "Oh! You're saying you want to scare the new director? No wonder Old Yin said that some things people can't do ghosts can do, it turns out he was talking about this kind of thing. In that case, I..."

  When I lifted my head and was about to look at the woman, I found that there was no one in front of me. The woman who had been talking to me had disappeared, leaving only the wide open wooden door...

  I know this woman has left, leaving quietly and without a sound. But some questions still puzzle me.

  Who is this masked woman? Why does she want to help me? And what kind of conditions does she want to impose on me?

  The noble gentleman's gathering hall is shrouded in dark fate

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