The mark on the withered wrist completely disappeared. The cleaning lady finally grabbed Qiao Wan and emphasized again and again, "My child, you must help me!"
Qiao Wan frowned. Why did you go there earlier? People are always like this. They wait until things are irreversible before they even think about repenting.
The cleaning lady stared at her closely, "Child, you just said that Xiaoyu doesn't eat people. Is there someone like Xiaoyu in the apartment? You know him, right?"
Since the corpses she handled in the past were not eaten by Xiao Yu, it means that there are other weird things that the Archmage said. Are those weird things suppressing Xiao Yu, so she has no food to eat?
Over the years, she has been wiping the butts of other weirdos, and on more than one occasion she has lured humans into the apartment to provide food for the weirdos. She sometimes even kills humans and drags them to her door, and then disposes of them when only the remains are left.
In short, besides Xiao Yu, the girl in front of her must be related to other weird things. She is not an ordinary person. Looking for her to seek protection for Xiao Yu is the only way now.
…
Qiao Wan understood that to some extent she was threatening him.
Cleaning aunt: "My child, forgive my selfishness. In addition to the occasional care I mentioned before, I also hope that you can take Xiaoyu with you when you protect the people who are important to you."
"Don't worry, I will tell the police that everything was done by me. After I lost two children one after another, I was simply jealous and hating everything in the world. I wanted to destroy them and everyone else's. , the happiness I don’t have.”
"I will tell the police that I want to see you just because you forced me to give me fifty yuan and reminded me of my deceased daughter."
…
…
A week later, Taihe Cemetery——
Qiao Wan bent down and placed a bunch of blooming Bai Baihe in front of the tombstone, then raised her head and looked at the black and white photo on the tombstone.
The system pops up a white font in front of you, [Task Progress 2\4]
She stretched out her hand to sweep away the dead leaves that had fallen on the cold tombstone. Light rain began to fall in the misty sky. She held up a transparent umbrella and turned to leave.
There is no difference between humans and ghosts.
Sometimes, ghosts are cuter than people, at least in her opinion.
After getting out of the taxi, the rain was getting heavier and the hem of her gray coat was soaked. She turned into a convenience store near the apartment and bought two cigarettes that looked more pleasing to the eye.
She remembered that the cigarettes Qin Yu smoked before were all exchanged with marbles for the little boy in the nightgown. There was no fixed variety. As for where the boy in the nightgown got it, Qiao Wan had a rough answer in her mind.
Perhaps it was in those houses that had been hurriedly moved out and left unoccupied.
Qin Yu sat in front of the computer screen, typing and deleting the fields on the computer. He lost his patience and pushed away the keyboard. He held his head in annoyance and ravaged it randomly. His hair was messier than a chicken coop.
The cigarette case on the table was already empty. The kid upstairs hadn't come to her to exchange cigarettes for marbles for a long time. It was obvious that the kid liked marbles the most.
There was no smell of cigarettes, it was too torturous, and her whole body was always surrounded by a strong sense of emptiness. Any slightest disturbance was enough to make her jump violently, and sometimes she even wanted to jump from the window.
She stood up and lay down by the window. The rain splashed on the window edge and wet her face. She leaned down and looked at the empty downstairs, as if... it would be good to jump off. What would happen if she jumped off the tenth floor?
Will your eyeballs pop like watermelons? Will the bones break? Will her body break if she accidentally hangs on a nearby branch? Could the entrails be hanging on the tree?
If she died, would anyone be sad?
With this thought in mind, she climbed up to the window sill. The rain wet most of her hair, and the water droplets fell from her black hair, as if something was calling her from downstairs.
"Dong dong dong!" The knock on the door from behind pulled her out of her strange emotions, and she turned to look in the direction of the sound.
Qiao Wan knocked twice more, "Qin Yu, are you there? I'm Qiao Wan."
Retracting his body, Qin Yu jumped off the window sill and ran to open the door barefoot as if nothing had happened.
Qiao Wan looked at Qin Yu, whose head was wet, and frowned, "Why don't you blow dry your hair after washing it? The weather has been very cold recently, so be careful of catching a cold."
Qin Yu was not used to others caring about her like this. She shook her head lightly and asked, "What's the matter with you?"
Qiao Wan handed her the bag she was carrying, "Here you go."
Qin Yu glanced at the transparent bag, his eyes briefly flashed with light, "Smoke!"
She stretched out her hand and was about to take it when she suddenly remembered something. She retracted her hand and her expression returned to indifference, "No, the royalties haven't been paid yet. I have no money."
Qiao Wan smiled, "I won't give it to you for free. Don't you have marbles? I like marbles very much, but now I can't buy as beautiful marbles as you have. You can exchange them with me."
A smile finally appeared on Qin Yu's face, "Is that okay?"
"certainly!"
She opened the door, smiled shyly and invited Qiao Wan in, "Come in and get it yourself."
Qiao Wan saw that she was in a good mood. She was a smoker, a ghost who could feel happy when she smoked. Ghosts were always simple and easy to satisfy.
She stepped into the house. The situation in the house was even worse than before. A file called "Death Apartment" was open on the computer screen.
Before she had time to look further, Qin Yu couldn't wait to tear open the cigarette package, light one, take a deep breath of satisfaction, and enthusiastically invite her to choose marbles.
Originally, the whole box was going to be given to Qiao Wan. In order to save the next time, Qiao Wan only chose two after refusing. She knew that Qin Yu was a ghost who didn't like to take other people's things for free.
She didn't want anyone or anything to disturb Ji Chi, so she agreed to the cleaning aunt's conditions at that time.
"Come to Ji Chi and I's house for dinner tonight." Qiao Wan sent a friendly invitation.
Qin Yu, who was trembling with excitement from smoking, was stunned. She had forgotten about eating. She put her hand on her abdomen. How long had it been since she had eaten? Oops, there's nothing wrong with her health. She doesn't have spare money for medical treatment.
"Hiss..." She thumped her head. Her memory was really bad and she was always confused. What year, month and day was it now?
How long has it been since her royalties were paid?
Seeing her distressed look, Qiao Wan stepped forward and took her hand, which was colder than Ji Chi, interrupting her thinking, "Don't worry, this time it won't be as bad as last time. You don't know your elasticity." Pearls are so rare, I must thank you very much, come on, come on."
Knowing that she didn't like to socialize with others, Qiao Wan said thoughtfully, "I'll call you when I'm done!"
Qin Yu lowered his head and stared at the hand she held in his own, sniffing it with the tip of his nose. He always felt that she exuded a distant and familiar aura.
It was something she once longed for and hated, very much like that person's scent.
Probably she was overthinking it. If possible, she would never want to see her again. She should not have been brought to this world. She hated being on the upturned side of the scale, hated unfair treatment, and hated everything.
She will slowly pay back the meals she ate at their house in those years, work harder, and wait until her work results get better...
…
A group of uninvited guests came to room 1014. Ji Chi was surrounded in the center, his head lowered in silence, his broken hair covering his pupils that glowed dark red.
"I really underestimated you." A middle-aged woman wearing high heels and a bejeweled outfit said coldly, holding a black and white photo of the boy, "You killed Ning Ning and hid here alone. Over the years, I have told you countless times Those crazy fans who are fighting for Ning Ning revealed your location, but you are still safe and sound, you are really... a shameful person."
Regarding that matter, Ji Chi no longer bothers to explain anymore. When people need a vent, they always habitually ignore the truth. His knuckled palms touch his belly. He grins and smiles coquettishly.
"Haha, are you talking about those who poured blood on me, wrote vicious curses on my door, and even used knives to kill me and destroy my food?"
Next to the middle-aged woman stood a young girl less than twenty years old. Her name was Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao held the woman's arm, frowned, and looked at Ji Chi with disgust, looking like a domineering young lady. She didn't understand what Ji Chi was saying strangely, what kind of food, what the hell?
He was still as annoying as before. More than ten years ago, she was still a child of a few years old. Her brother Xiao Ning was handsome and talented. He was the lead singer of the band and doted on her. But suddenly one day, he was The man in front of me was forced to fall from a tall building and died.
She understood that he just wanted to force his brother to death so that he could return to the Xiao family to fight for the family property.
I heard from my mother that not long after my father and his mother Ji Yun divorced, Ji Yun became pregnant with him. She returned to the Xiao family with a heavy belly and said that she was carrying her father's child.
Who knows if it was bred with some wild man outside in order to save dad's life.
"I tell you, even if your brother is killed by you, don't even think about taking advantage of the Xiao family's property. Dad will not recognize you. You killed your brother and his own son. He hates you. Don't even think about it. It was miserable in front of him."
Xiao Xiao pointed at Ji Chi, "Why can you hide here and live a peaceful and peaceful life with peace of mind? You should pay the price for this."
"Hehehe." Ji Chi let out a creepy chuckle, with a faint layer of black air lingering around him. He raised his head and tilted his head to look at her, "What price do you want?"
Xiao Xiaocai was not afraid of him. She was surrounded by bodyguards brought by her and her mother. She was just afraid that he would resist excessively. Did he think he could scare anyone with his desperate look?
She raised her chin proudly, and with her free hand held the frame of the black and white photo together with the middle-aged woman, "I want you to kneel down and apologize to my brother!!"
