The 34 coerced evil

  Liu Sheng raised his head and looked at me, his voice somewhat ethereal. "Please help my dad, I have no one to trust now, and I'm out of options. I know you've been to my house before, and you didn't have any ill intentions, that's why I came to ask for your help."

  I hid behind Ming Yan's body, tilted my head and looked at this helpless broken-armed ghost. Is this really the notorious Liu Sheng that everyone talks about? If he were still alive, I really wouldn't be able to put him in the same category as the people on the mixed path, let alone categorize him as a literary youth type.

  "You get up first, I'm just an ordinary person, and it's not worth shortening my life for no reason." It really would shorten my life, after all, we don't know each other at all. At most, I know him, and he only knows that I exist. Praying to the gods for peace and safety is one thing, but praying to me, an ordinary person? How can I bear it?

  After helping him up, I looked around and found a fast food restaurant not far away. Since it was raining today, there weren't many customers. I took them inside, ordered a cold drink and a hamburger, sat down in an empty corner, eating while asking what happened.

  Ming Yan sat beside me, while Liu Sheng sat opposite me, looking a bit awkward. He tilted his head to glance at the sparse crowd of guests, and clenched his right fist on the table before finally speaking up.

  "I'm the one who escaped, and I heard from the underworld that my fate was sealed, that I had to do all sorts of bad things before I could get my retribution. But no one knows that the car accident was actually caused by someone's sabotage, which led to my death and also the death of that innocent little girl." He recalled the scene of the car accident with some fear, and tears of regret fell down.

  He said he knew he would end up like this, but didn't think he'd die so miserably. In order not to implicate his father, he deliberately distanced himself from his family. It wasn't that he didn't want to clear his name, it was just that he couldn't turn back now, he had already carried the burden of blood debt, with lives on his hands, even though it was only an accidental killing.

  One misstep would lead to another, and his little secret would be grasped by those who knew the truth. He could only be led by the nose. If he didn't follow orders, not just him but even Liu Lao would be in mortal danger. And this time, those people were using Liu Lao as leverage to force him into submission.

  He died on the spot and was taken directly to the underworld, but he couldn't put down his father, so he took advantage of not having gone to hell yet and shook off the yin messenger on the Yellow Spring Road and escaped back to the world. He hid in the vicinity of his home every day, guarding that hypocritical old man.

  But I don't think he's pitiful, his downfall today is a result of his own doing, his cowardice ruined himself and his family, and also led to the death of a young girl. Now regret is useless.

  I rubbed my slightly numb ears, which were pinched by the headphones, and didn't take them off. Instead, I pretended to glance at my phone and asked, "So, you've always been around your house? In other words, you never left Liu Laoyezi?"

  "Uh-huh." Liu Sheng lowered his head in dejection, "My mom died early, and it was my dad who raised me to adulthood. If I hadn't accidentally killed someone in middle school and gone astray, maybe... never mind, I've gotten what I deserved anyway. That day before you guys arrived, I was hiding under the big tree. I felt an unusual aura and a yin energy that seemed similar, so I hid and observed secretly, and I also saw you walking together with him, which made me think you're different, you won't discriminate against someone like me who's an outcast."

  I was wearing a high hat, and I felt a bit uncomfortable, so I rubbed my nose and didn't say anything, letting Mingyan handle the next question. I lowered my head to enjoy my hamburger instead.

  Ming Yan smiled sympathetically at Liu Sheng, "Now it's too late to say anything, we'll do our best to help you if you ask for our assistance. But I have to tell you that we won't let a vengeful spirit like you linger in the mortal world. The resentment in your heart will only grow stronger and eventually turn you into an evil ghost, unable to ascend. After this conversation, I'll send you to surrender yourself. Otherwise, as a guilty ghost, you'll be sentenced to severe punishment. Xiao Yue is a Yin-Yang messenger, she'll escort you back and use her influence to help you get a lighter sentence by saying that you cooperated with us."

  I bit the straw and slanted my eyes at this scoundrel, no wonder he's a ghost fairy. How to say it? Sympathy is overflowing, I suppose.

  I cast a silent sideways glance at them and continued eating and drinking without joining in the discussion.

  Liu Sheng obviously didn't expect that an ordinary little girl like me would be the envoy of the free and easy yin-yang. He couldn't help but look at me a few more times, then nodded his head in conviction, "As long as you can guarantee my dad won't be harmed by them, I'm willing to cooperate with you and tell you everything I know."

  Ming Yan was very satisfied with this answer, and directly asked the question: "Do you know some secret? Why did you die, but those people still want to snoop around your home for something? Your father doesn't seem to know either. I also went to check your house and didn't find anything unusual. Who did you see before the car accident? We need to know all these things. If you can tell us, it's considered redeeming yourself, and maybe there will be a chance to start over."

  Liu Sheng's dull eyes flickered with a glimmer of hope, but only for an instant before returning to emptiness. With a thoughtful expression, he lowered his head, hesitated, and finally spoke up.