Chapter 13: Making Clothes for Others

  I was momentarily stunned, feeling a chill run down my spine, unable to move. How could a hand emerge from that empty and hollow garment? The arm was as white as wax, without a hint of blood color, and in the dimly lit closet, it seemed to glow with an otherworldly light.

  At this time, "The water is coming... The water is coming..." Someone outside shouted repeatedly: "Guest and sister, hurry up and get out, it's about to flood!"

  "What!" A chair creaked, and Shen Shangshu suddenly stood up. A small servant's voice accompanied the sound of the door opening, shouting: "Sir, it's not good! Hurry up and follow me out!"

  The girl by the stream seemed to have thrown her zither to the ground, and all that could be heard was a shrill cry accompanied by a dull thud: "Your Excellency, I'm scared..."

  "Hurry up and come out to hide with me!" A rustling and thudding sound came from the floorboard, followed by a faint smell of smoke. The ghostly case of murder investigation.

  It's all about walking on water and seeing ghosts, I... my life is over... there's nothing else in my mind, empty as can be, yet that phrase from Wei Gongzi suddenly flashes before me. At this moment, I didn't even have time to stand up, only to see those long arms slowly reaching over my neck, pulling back, and I fell backwards, my throat tightly locked, instantly.

  "The power of a fresh face is indeed effective every time." Just as I was about to pass out from being choked, Longjing's lazy voice came from outside the closet: "Thanks for your hard work, silly fool." As soon as he finished speaking, the closet door swung open and Longjing stood tall in front of me.

  That arm saw Longjing Public and slid back into his clothes like a snake, but Longjing Public was even faster, stretching out to grab that arm.

  That arm suddenly seemed to have lost its strength, and it fell down limply. Longjing Gongzi took advantage of the situation and pulled it out a great distance, taking with it the red brocade robe, and me, who was in front of the robe, were both dragged out of the wardrobe.

  I was suddenly dragged to the carpet in front of the closet, quickly grasping my own neck and shaking back and forth as I stood up, panting heavily with big gasps, it's great that I can breathe!

  Longjing Gongzi still pulled out his arm from the large red brocade clothes, and that arm was really long, being continuously pulled out by Longjing Gongzi. I watched with my eyes wide open, and it took a lot of effort for him to finally pull it all out. It seemed to be several zhang long. He calmly kneaded the white thing that no longer looked like a human, blew some air on it, and suddenly the white thing swayed and inflated into a human shape.

  This figure has hands, feet and head, delicate and elegant, with a slender figure like a young woman. However, the whole body is as white as wax, without hair or facial features, just like a newly molded faceless doll waiting for someone to draw its appearance. A match made in heaven, a clever marriage of fate.

  "What...what is this?" I stuttered and asked.

  "That's the shameless woman!" Longjing Gongzi replied matter-of-factly.

  "Is this a monster?" I cried out: "She just now wanted to strangle me to death!"

  "It's not a monster," said Longjing Gongzi, stroking his chin thoughtfully: "Come to think of it, you might still recognize her!"

  "No, no, no," I waved my hands hastily: "How could I possibly know this strange thing? If I knew, Mei Cai would have been entangled to death by her long ago."

  "Hahahaha," Longjing Gongzi laughed complacently: "A foolish woman is just a foolish woman, can't you see that? Isn't she the wife of Wei Gongzi, that reckless fellow who jumped into the river?"