Chapter 31: Ye Jingchen Appears in the Public Restroom

  I saw two rotten hands grasping my ankles tightly, and following the hands with my eyes, I saw a wet and rotten head with its scalp all rotted away, the facial features were completely indistinguishable, only vaguely seeing water grass hanging on the face.

  My mind paused for a second before I reacted, and I realized that I had encountered a water ghost. Probably because I've seen ghosts too many times recently, I quickly calmed down.

  He dragged me by the foot towards the river, fortunately the railing on the bridge was sturdy enough to get stuck in the gap. I struggled desperately, ignoring the nausea, trying to pry open his claws, and shouted: "You damn well let go of me, or else I'll make your soul fly away..."

  Of course, I couldn't let it go to waste, I'm not capable of that yet, so I just tried to scare it. Who knew that guy wasn't having it, and his ghostly claws gripped even tighter.

  Helpless, I had to shout for help at the top of my lungs, but passersby couldn't see that thing and thought I was mentally ill, avoiding me like the plague. Dammit, am I really going to die? I just escaped from Ge Fei's hands, now I'm going to die at the hands of a water ghost.

  I couldn't just die like that, I'm only twenty-five! I used all my strength to pull and scratch at his paws. However, it seemed I shouldn't have used my hands to pull him, as soon as I did, he pulled me in along with my hand.

  I was dragged by it and stuck on the railing, my legs were all scratched, if I continued like this, even if I wasn't pulled down, I would be squeezed to death at the edge of Fusan River.

  "Ah!" The fellow didn't know what was happening, suddenly let out a miserable cry, cried to the point of being miserable beyond human endurance, as if someone wanted to kill it. Clearly, it was the one who wanted to kill me!

  I hastily withdrew my hand and quickly pulled myself out from the gap in the railing. Damn, really, aren't ghosts supposed to be intangible? How did this water ghost become a physical entity? My hand was pinched red... wait, no, it wasn't my hand that turned red, it was... the red string on my hand is emitting a red glow.

  Could it be... that the water ghost was burned by this red rope? It seems that Ge Fei's thing is still somewhat useful. But Ge Fei..., forget it, I'd better leave here first. Who knows if I'll run into something strange again later.

  Chengdu's night market is bustling, but it's not a city that never sleeps. By the dead of night, it's desolate and quiet. The stillness of the night is exactly when ghosts and monsters come out to play. As I walk on the empty streets, my heart skips a beat. I feel like there are things lurking all around me, ready to pounce at any moment.

  "Don't listen to sad songs..." I cleared my throat and started humming a Mayday song, when I was young and walking at night, I used to sing to suppress my fear.

  "Don't listen to sad songs..." I've been singing this one sentence over and over. Suddenly, a loud thunderclap shook me, accompanied by lightning, giving me a fright.

  Looks like it's going to rain today, I'd better find a place to take shelter. I remember... there's a free public toilet around here somewhere..., yeah, I'll go there. As I walked into the stinky toilet, I thought of what Lu Jian and I said back in college - if we had nowhere else to go, we'd go to a public toilet. Who would have thought that I'd actually end up in one?

  Uh, I don't know if there are ghosts in the toilet, but ghosts always appear in toilets in horror movies. I also don't know if it's because of my bad luck, but as soon as I thought about it, a hand landed on my shoulder. On this dark and windy night with thunderclaps all around, it's either a ghost or a pervert.

  "Lin Sijia, I told you earlier not to be with him, but you didn't believe me." Just as I was thinking of how to sneak up on the thing behind my back, it suddenly spoke.

  Wait... wait a minute, why does this voice sound so familiar. I suddenly turned around, and a beautiful face appeared before my eyes.

  "General Manager!" It was midnight in a public restroom when I ran into Ye Jingchen, the young and promising general manager of Jiangshi Group. Anyone would be surprised.

  Ye Jingchen wore a white short-sleeved shirt, and his expression was not as serious as it was when he was in the company. He hugged his arms and looked me up and down: "How about it, do you believe me now?"

  I watched him warily, not responding. Who knows what he wanted to do? Judging from his tone of speaking, he must have known Ge Fei's secrets, and it was clear that he wasn't an ordinary person either, maybe some kind of ghost or monster.

  "Look at you, let's go..." Ye Jingchen showed a rare smile, then pulled up my wrist.

  My conditioned reflexes kicked in and I retreated repeatedly: "Where...where are you going?"

  "Do you really plan to spend the night in the toilet? As far as I know, this toilet doesn't seem very clean." Ye Jingchen said, looking around. He then pulled my wrist again and dragged me out without saying another word.

  I must struggle, who knows what he is up to, I remember that I am not familiar with him, recently he suddenly cares about me so much, I don't know what he wants to do. I just escaped from the tiger's den, but I don't want to fall into the wolf's lair.

  Outside, the heavy rain poured down with thunder, and I was afraid of being struck by lightning as I walked out. I hastily retreated to the toilet, but Ye Jingchen didn't know what he had eaten to grow so strong, and with one hand, he lifted me up and threw me into his car. In front of Ye Jingchen, I didn't have any room to fight back, and all my struggles were in vain.

  Sitting in the passenger seat, I felt like I was sitting on pins and needles, my whole body feeling uneasy and confused, and also fearful. How did Ye Jingchen know that Ge Fei would harm me? What is his relationship with Ge Fei? And... why has he been paying so much attention to me recently? If it weren't for the fact that I've been having a streak of bad luck lately, I would have thought I had caught the eye of a rich bachelor. But now, clearly not.

  "It's strange, isn't it? My inhumane and cold superior suddenly cares about you so much?" Just as I was racking my brain thinking about what Ye Jingchen's intentions were, he suddenly spoke up.