Chapter 9: A Night of Terror

  Novel Network

  I stomped my foot in frustration and drove back to the Shen family's old mansion.

  Shen Lan hadn't slept yet and was standing at the gate, looking around like a ghost, as if waiting for me to return.

  As soon as I stopped the car, I saw his ghostly shadow, which gave me a big fright. I cursed: "Damn it, you're like a ghost standing here in the middle of the night, trying to scare me to death..."

  Shen Lan felt a bit wronged and said: "Yu Ge... this is... I'm worried about your safety, aren't I?"

  Thinking about the encounter with Qin Suer tonight at the bar, but there was no substantial breakthrough, and in the end, not even leaving contact information, feeling annoyed, he replied irritably: "I'm telling you Shen Lan, can't you just stop being so nagging and fussy like a housekeeper? How come you're more annoying than your eccentric old man? I'm a grown man, am I going to lose my soul and be haunted by a female ghost?"

  "I didn't expect Shen Lan to come up with such a sentence: 'Yu Ge, I'm really worried that you'll be haunted by the female ghost and lose your soul.'"

  My god! This is purely cursing me, I'm speechless, but looking at his pitiful appearance, I endured it in my heart and didn't bother to argue with him.

  As I walked into the room without making a sound, Shen Lan followed me like a shadow. I watched him enter the adjacent room and close the door, letting out a sigh of relief in my heart. Damn it, how could a grown man act so timidly, just like a woman with bound feet? If we weren't living in this old mansion, I'd dare to guarantee that I would kick Shen Lan out of this garden at dawn every day.

  I lay in bed, my mind involuntarily recalling Qin Suer's faintly visible cleavage and beautiful legs under her long skirt, feeling extremely hot and bothered, my lower body reacting uncontrollably.

  Nima, the charming and popular Shen Da Gongzi is really awkward in front of Qin Su'er. If he could bring her back to the old mansion, it would be a different scene now. Who knows... Hehe, at this moment, I am holding her slender waist and we are in a romantic embrace...

  Thinking of this, I felt even more distressed, and stretched my hand into my pants, touching it, that thing was jumping up and down.

  I had an experience of masturbation in high school and knew that excessive masturbation is bad for the body. Later, I got a large group of girlfriends and never masturbated again. But now, I'm thinking about Qin Su'er's beautiful legs and have an urge to release it.

  "My god, I really can't take it anymore. I got up and went to the bathroom, had a thorough release, and then lay back down in bed."

  Drowsiness overcame me and I fell asleep in a daze. Suddenly, I heard a singing voice, a faint yet familiar singing voice.

  I was startled and woke up from my dream.

  What's going on? This was my first thought, had her ghost appeared again? I couldn't care less about being scared, the curiosity to figure out what secrets this old mansion held made me follow the singing voice outside.

  In the darkness, the long corridor seemed especially lengthy.

  The faint singing voice came from the third floor, the sound was small but clear and distinct.

  I went back to my room to fetch a flashlight and headed towards the third floor. The singing voice seemed to be there, yet not quite, echoing in the corridor.

  "Is that you?" I shouted loudly, hoping to see her and figure out the truth - why she kept appearing in this old mansion, singing every night.

  But the answer was still her singing voice, and I followed her song all the way, refusing to give up.

  I chased her up to the rooftop on the third floor, and then the singing suddenly stopped.

  The night wind blew by, causing the leaves of the Chinese parasol trees in the garden to rustle. A chill rose up my heart. I looked around, but didn't see a single person in the darkness. I felt a wave of panic and fear, holding onto my flashlight as I thought about returning to my room.

  I walked down from the rooftop, and suddenly a cold and sharp laughter echoed in my ears. Who, who was laughing?

  I turned around with a flashlight and ran upstairs, that laughter seemed to get closer and closer to me, as if it was following me.

  "Who is it?" I shouted loudly.

  No one answered, I ran into the room and slammed the door shut, panting heavily. Damn it, this is too scary! Tomorrow I must go find Old Man Tianji and ask him what's going on. Otherwise, our family business will be ruined and my life won't be spared.

  In the morning, when I drove out in BMW, Shen Lan had already gotten up. He saw my haggard face and asked: "Yu Ge, why didn't you sleep well last night?"

  "My god, last night was full of singing and laughter, making such a big noise, he actually didn't hear it like a dead man, now still having the nerve to ask me if I slept well last night?"

  "Last night was really terrifying, I shouted in a bad temper: 'I saw a ghost again last night, and I almost got scared to death, do you know that?'"

  Shen Lan didn't show the surprise I had imagined, his face calm: "What? Yu Ge, you went up to the third floor again last night?"

  It seems this kid already knew what happened last night. I got even angrier: "Damn it, if you knew, why didn't you come to the third floor?"

  Shen Lan said calmly: "Yu Ge, I've told you before, don't go up to the third floor if it's not necessary."

  The third floor is really haunted? I'm speechless, I stepped on the accelerator and drove out of the Shen family's old mansion. I thought to myself, forget it, talking to him is like playing a zither to a cow, finding Tianji's father is the real deal.

  Unexpectedly, when I arrived at "Tian's Paper Shop", Old Man Tian wasn't there. That little brat walked over with a dazed smile: "Buddy, did you have a wild night?".

  "Damn it all, I had a sleepless night!", I shouted at the paddy frog.

  The frog asked me in a hurry what had happened, and I told him about the events of last night. The frog told me that his old man was not in the store, there was a family in Sanjiang Town who had been haunted by ghosts last night, and he had gone to drive out the evil spirits early this morning.

  I was just about to ask Tianji, your old man isn't around, so can you little brat handle it?

  Before he could even speak, a figure hastily walked into the store. As soon as he entered, he asked if Master Tian was at home?

  I was stunned. Wasn't this the bald-headed guy who sent Qin Su'er back home last night? What is he doing at Tian's paper shop so early in the morning, instead of working on his business?

  The paddy field frog left me alone and asked with a twitching mouth: "Sir, what's the matter?"

  Damn it, money can really make a ghost grind a mill. As soon as business comes to the door, that cunning and crafty business expert Tianji has put me in the cold.

  The bald-headed man obviously didn't recognize me, and with a gloomy face, he said to Tian Ji: "Young master, what is your relationship with Master Tian? I've encountered some trouble, please help me out!"

  The pheasant was delighted to hear that, and it really was a business opportunity. Laughing, he asked his brother: "Brother, I am the son of Tian Dashi, Tian Xiaoshifu, catching ghosts and driving out evil spirits, all-powerful."

  I'm going! I almost fainted, this kid is really good at bragging!

  The bald-headed guy seemed to have completely believed Tian Jiao's words, and with a terrified expression, he said: "Tian Xiao Master, it was like this. I'm a taxi driver, and last night at 12 o'clock, I picked up a female passenger who looked very beautiful. Along the way, I kept sneaking glances at her white chest and long legs, but she didn't get angry, only urging me to speed up. I stepped on the gas pedal hard, wanting to accelerate, but for some reason, the car's speed just couldn't pick up, like it was filled with lead, and it burned through more than half of the oil I had just added. I was extremely puzzled. When we arrived at our destination, she opened her small handbag. Oh my god, that little bag was full to the brim with a bag of renminbi (RMB), and I was stunned, it really was a rich woman... She took out a 100 RMB note from her handbag and handed it to me, saying 'Master, you've worked hard, no need for change.' My heart was filled with joy, damn it, tonight I encountered a rich woman..."

  The bald brother said, spitting on the ground: "How would I know? This morning, when I opened my wallet and took a look, the money I collected last night was actually a dead man's bill. It scared me to death... Little master, what should I do if I encounter such an unlucky thing?"

  I sneered in my heart, who told you to always look at other people's daughters' chests and beautiful legs, this is called retribution, isn't it?

  I suddenly thought, no, it was midnight yesterday when I accompanied Qin Su'er out of Yuexiu Park and hailed a taxi for him. He wouldn't have picked up another female passenger halfway, would he?

  Suddenly, a chill ran down my back. No way, no way, how could Qin Su'er be the female ghost that this bald-headed guy was talking about?